JimHuaHin

Happened already. Just over 9 years ago I was travelling on the green song thaew from Khao Ta Kiab towards the city. About 100-150 metres before Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin some idiot crashed into the back of the song thaew, injuring an elderly couple standing on the back platform close to where I was standing (the elderly man was bleeding from a cut to his mouth) (no major damage to the song thaew). Pressed the "stop" button, the useless driver just kept on driving and stopped at Maraket Village, where the angry driver exited the cabin, to be confronted with some upset passangers and now two elderly bleeding people.

Corruption and fakness = essential elements of Thainess.

Great generals lead by example, not words.

Depending on the size of the pool, may I suggest a strong dose of chlorine.

I suppose it depends on where you are. I moved into a gated community just after COVID hit. It had been about 2.5 years of peace, quiet and security. But over the last 6 months, I come to realise that many, if not most, of the properties in the estate are for rent, short-term or long-term, and thus now there is a steady stream of noisy tourists, mostly farangs, some here for a few weeks, others a few months. Peace and tranquility has gone. Plan ahead, carefully.

An example of fake news.

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The suspected gunman, Tran Huu Can, appears to be Vietnamese (or he could have been Chinese-Vietnamese). Two victims' names were released this morning - one had a Vietnamese name the other a Chinese name. In my experience, some Chinese-Vietnamese have reverted to Chinese names in the West. We shall probably get more detsials in the coming days.

Agreed, it is not only condos by also villa estates, with Russians being the dominant group. Mostly young families and groups of young single people, taking out 2-3 month renewable leases, according to a couple of real estate agents.

He is probably afraid to live anywhere else except on an Thai Army base where he feels safe from his many "enemies".

In other words, junta leader General Prayut has ordered Thailand’s Election Commission to find reasons to abolish any political parties which are a threat to his re-election.

LOL. Maybe the Thai authorities will stop checking for COVID. Thus, no problem.

What about protecting the Thai people against the Chinese gangs?

Maybe Public Health Minister Anutin wants more money for his Ministry, and thus allowing in potentially COVID-infected Chinese will help.

Will the Ministers be wearing masks and active social distancing.?

I noticed the same in Hua Hin recently.

Never heard of them, ie Sam Smith.

A similar "invasion" in Hua Hin. A farang friend recently noted that Russian is now the second most spoken language in Hua Hin, having displaced Esarn from second place.

Reading the different reports from Chinese medical facilities/professionals on social media (before the posts were deleated by the Chinese censors) one gets the feeling that COVID had spread across China at an alarming rate. With just over half the Chinese population having received 2 China-made COVID vaccines, and a low percentage of the elderly having any vaccine, it is no wonder the elderly are the main victims now. As some Western medical scientists have noted, the chances of new COVID mutations appearing in China is high. The chances of mass Chinese international tourism within the next few months are probably low, unless foreign carriers are permitted to enter and leave China and insane (?) countries allow Chinese carriers to bring Chinese tourists to their shores. As many countries seem to have COVID "under control" domestically, do these countries want a new mega waves of COVID to further damage their economies and push thier health care systems past breaking point?

Try a Google search on "Ingleburn shooting 2016", which may answer some of your questions.

Full of "refugees" from Putin's Russia?

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Probably only the small insignificant ones.

I went there yesterday - in at 0820, out at 0850. Great service. All that I had to show were my Hua Hin Hospital Card and Mor Prom vaccination history.

Does this mean that there will be a big recruitment drive soon for more staff?