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The European planemaker is responsible for any added duties on supplies it imports to its own aircraft assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama, and then sells on to customers, Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury said on a conference call after reporting first-quarter results. “However, when we are exporting from Europe to United States, that’s an import for the customers,” Faury said. “They’re also not very much willing to pay tariffs, but it’s on them.” https://financialpost.com/transportation/airlines/airbus-tells-u-s-airlines-pay-tariffs

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Where an entry requirement exists, it has always been that a visa or letter of approval was issued prior to boarding. Think the letters were discontinued with the introduction of the evisa.

UK passports have been exempt for some years. When I went in 2019 got 15 days but last year it was 45. My friend from Belfast travels on an Irish passport and he had to get evisa.

Went there a while before HH, must be 20 years ago, quite enjoyed it. As you say, very quiet, we hired a tandem and cycled round the town. Doubt if the traffic would allow it these days.

When covid broke out, those registered with pink card could be added to Mhor Prom immediately by the hospital. Guy I knew at same hospital, his wife made a complaint when she found out I had an appointment for the vaccine first day of the rollout, turned out he was registered at the hospital with his passport and it couldn't be done. The guy was a lot sicker than I was, cancer, died not long after. People can live in the hope that is never relevant again.

You probably use private hospitals. In the government hospitals it is quite common for Thais to hand over their ID card. It is slipped into a plastic sleeve which is then stapled to their docs. That cannot be done with a passport. In the pre card days I saw the nurse drop my passport on the floor as she walked away, a nurse behind got to it before I did.

I appreciate that there is an additional cost involved but if it was me I would use SWIFT. If there happened to be a problem and the funds go astray you can have a SWIFT enquiry done by the remitting bank. I had to have it done once and it is very detailed, the enquiry showed the funds had been received into the wrong account. The receiving bank had consistently denied any receipt. Not sure if the same facility is available on peer to peer transactions. The odds are probably slim but Murphy's Law is always lurking in the background.

I am on the other side of the water, been in Mueang Chonburi for over 17 years. We have had 5 short stays in HH and unlikely to have another.

Indeed, The start of the wet season is a major deterrent.

Think I have been to HH 5 times, with the same conclusion each time, but wouldn't say it was all bad. In 25 years I have seen most of Thailand and have a good idea of what things should cost. At the end of the day, whatever floats your boat.

I can only assume that you think you know a government that doesn't.

Of course they won the war, about the only country that did not have it's infrastructure decimated. In the real war there was no winner.

That is what I do, you cannot get product description in English on app. I decide what i want and add it to the cart, then go to the app, collect as many vouchers as possible and then place order.

Would think it tastes better, it is the sugar that really ruins it for me, I don't want a dessert.

Indeed, a spoonful(s) of sugar doesn't help it go down.

The ticket machines and barriers were to many Thais at first.

Garbage. A dish that is never the same cannot be judged.

Prices are falling then. Over a decade ago we stopped overnight in Hua Hin on way to Penang. Tuk tuk was 200 baht to go half a mile down the road. Would have walked if not before smartphone days. Always found it expensive and hardly representative of Thailand. I would suggest Chinese staying at home was more to with China's domestic issues.

Indeed. Headline sensationalism.

He would need to follow the guidance. https://wise.com/help/articles/18ewShSmFf7tJ7mm2Zp6H7/restrictions-for-customers-based-in-turkiye

So you are saying Big C would have a bottle of Grouse Smokey Black.

Same, opened in Dec and I came over just after New Year. In those days they used to have a festival at the World Trade Centre, always worth a couple of nights in Bangkok. Girl I was with was scared to go on the BTS, fear of the unkown, and couldn't understand how I knew what to do with it being brand new.

For the uneducated MRT is the Mass Rapid Transit Authority and BTS the Bangkok Mass Transit System.

It doesn't stop you calling into a wholesaler, they will sell you one bottle out of the fridge if you want. Your real complaint is you want to go to one shop instead of 2. When I came of age, alcohol sales were more restrictive than in Thailand, bars only opened 12 - 3pm and 5 - 10pm, no alcohol sales on a Sunday. Come out of the pub at night and the sun would be shining. Scotland has moved on and so will Thailand in due course, foreigners however think an emerging economy should emerge overnight. I don't like the inconvenience anymore than others but nothing to whinge about, insignificant compared to other issues.