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1 hour ago, Henryford said:

Note to myself - never go to Phuket

Yes, stay away please.

A giant comcrete platform as landmark on top of this stunning cliff. Lovely.

Let me guess, not a fact: it's wastewater from shrimp farms that causes these plankton blooms.

On some corruption, not all of course. Impossible to eradicate corruption as the country would implode when the informal economy would cease to exist. 

Bangkok is one of the only cities in the world where taking a taxi is often cheaper than taking the metro. Bangkok's public transportation network is horrible compared to most other big cities. Try going from Bang Na to the CBD's or airports.

Raining almost non stop here in Phuket since Friday

Another interesting NIDA poll last month was about winning the lottery. A whopping 89.8% of the respondents was in favor of winning the lottery.

On 9/2/2023 at 7:00 PM, VincentRJ said:

Why are the comments so negative?  At least planting more trees will improve the scenery and the air quality.

 

"The project plans to cultivate more trees on road islands and pavements across 14 districts, covering 34 kilometres."

Maybe because many here have become rather skeptical over the years, as authorities here couldn't organize a piss up in a brewery.

50 minutes ago, retarius said:

But they offer better service, cleaner toilets and better coffee shops than anyone else. Our local Esso station is the worst station in town, run by miserable Chinese, where absolutely everything is a huge effort for them, no toilets, no coffee shop, and you wait an age for service. Good riddance.

PTT does indeed offer a good service. Whether other stations are run by Chinese, Thai or Martians is irrelevant of course.

Is that Prawit wearing a wig in the OP photo ? Or his sister? How cunning.

I read very little about the ecological damage as this project would destroy primary rainforests in Ranong. Big no.

That depends on how this scam/scheme is financed. Is it financed through tax collection, then the GDP won't necessarily increase as people can only spend their income once, be it on tax or on products. 

Don Muang is a nightmare to get to from most parts in and around Bangkok. 

The word invertebrate comes to mind as PT seems to lack a moral backbone.

5 hours ago, retarius said:

I don't much care if he "sold out", I was never a member of the MF fan club. But I do care that he gets the economy, which is in sink mode with Prayut's massive borrowing campaign. I'd like to see him do something for the poor people In Thailand.

By giving them a 10,000 handout paid either through tax collection (also poor people pay tax!) or bonds. This handout then needs to be spent in affiliated businesses. Genius. A handout to the people, paid by the people.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Until the hoards come

 

The hoards will go to Phuket and Krabi mostly. Khao Lak is nice for European families, and Phang Nga town is just a sleepy provincial town. We even consider moving there ourselves.

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Phang-Na soon to become a nightmare place.

No, it won't. The new airport is long overdue and will be built near to the Sarasin bridge, just 20km from the Phuket airport. Phang Nga will still be Phang Nga, which is empty and green.