Thainess

99% of all Rolexes and other luxury watches in Thailand are fakes. The problem is that some of them nowadays are very good fakes, so some people will check them and certify that they're genuine, but they aren't. They're all fake.

Short answer: NOTHING. You should consider any money you put down as a deposit on a rental in Thailand to be part of the rent price and budget it accordingly.

Make a huge bonfire in your back garden and burn them.

Yes, it's much better than Singapore but much worse than London.

13 hours ago, allencraig said:

Yes, it is open. Very few women of course, but some. 

Yeah, most of them in there are women with deep voices.

Bats = Covid. Watch out!

On 7/11/2020 at 1:59 PM, Orton Rd said:

Poverty porn, don't get the rich westerners fascination with slum street food. Mostly cooked in old palm oil among roaches, rats and filth, lovely ????

Totally agree. I lived in Thailand for years and ate street food maybe 3 or 4 times. Loaded with salt, sugar, chemicals, pollution and flies. Every time, it left me feeling like I got high blood pressure and heart palpitations. Totally over-rated. Give me an air-conditioned restaurant any day.

Foreigners are unclean! Don't forget that.

90% of what 7-Elevens (correct spelling) sell in Thailand is complete artificial, rubbish, nutrition-free junk food. You'd be better off eating a piece of cardboard. As to the 10% of stuff they sell that isn't nutritional rubbish, almost nobody seems to buy that stuff. Avoid 7-Elevens like the plague! (A pity because the same stores in Japan actually carry a lot of really high-quality foods.) If you want to know why Thais are nowadays fat and Japanese are not, look no further than the sorry excuses for "foods" that are sold in Thai 7-Elevens.

I guess if you live out in Nonthaburi (yawn), going to the store to buy beer must be the highlight of your week. I suppose that's why it merits a long and breathless post about it. Either that or you could, without realizing it, be an alcoholic.

On 4/23/2020 at 8:56 AM, moontang said:

Anything on lower Sukhumvit relates to tourism.  They have had identical issues on KSR, too, but KSR has always sucked.

Didn't you hear the news? The whole of Khao San Road is going to be demolished in the summer to make way for an exclusive ultra-luxury high fashion megamall. https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2020/04/01/khaosan-road-to-become-iconkhaosan-luxury-mall-the-icon-of-prosperity-and-quality-tourism/

They should extend the ban forever. Introduce permanent alcohol prohibition. Thailand is a Buddhist country and Buddhists aren't supposed to drink alcohol. If alcoholic westerners can't do without their drug fix, they can move to Cambodia or Vietnam instead. The quality of western tourists in Thailand will then increase massively.

Sure, everything's open. Just drink enough Thai whiskey at home and you can convince yourself of that.

Look at you bunch of sad sacks unable to survive for a mere 20 days without your regular alcohol poison fix. Get a grip! Unless it escaped your attention, Thailand is a Buddhist country. They should ban alcohol 365 days a year! Alcohol takes you away from the meditative states in which you can achieve nirvana.

Allergies should be the least of your problems right now.

Falang him all have virus, Thai no have khrap. Falang no spend money any more. Falang worry him no have job when go back him home, because falang country him all have virus khrap.

Alcohol kills, but then again alcohol at above 60% kills viruses including coronavirus. Just drink "cask strength whiskey" (google it if you need to) all day long and you should be fine.

The government of Thailand is about as competent, effective and well organized as a government of an average African country, so I'd be very concerned about its ability to control this virus outbreak. I'm not in Thailand right now, but if I had been, I'd have left by mid-January at the latest. I imagine the virus is rampant all over Thailand by now.

Let's get something "straight" here... YOU (your own best mate) were in a ladyboy bar and YOU don't want to admit that you got taken for a fool, so YOU changed the story to the third person ("my mate"). You'll feel a lot better if you just admit your attraction to dolled-up males and get on with enjoying your stay in BKK.