MarcelV

Women choose to wear hijab by themselves. There may be some societal pressure in places, but it's ultimately up to them.

That's not what spidermike said. You are reaching for a strawman.

Well, I live in the deep south, where for nearly everyone this is an important, if not the most important month of the year. To the Thai-Malay people of the three province region I would like to express a hearty "Ramadan Mubarak".

Don't worry about that. First of all, you won't be around to see the carnage. And second, by then there won't be any more of these establishments. Only places where dudes like you and me strutt our stuff on stage in front of obese feminists.

Don't worry. They'll be finding their way soon enough when they hear about our paradise and its ladies. Together with a flock of single male muslims. And Jews. Thailand will be fine. Nothing to worry about.😉

I know many people are worried how they will be perceived after these "incidents" with these lovely Swiss gentlemen, but I for one have yet to experience any kind of adverse reaction from the Thai people around me. Most, if not all of them, have been very gentle until now. Unlike the man from Trang I am not a wife-beating scumbag, and most Thais seem to realize that, fortunately.

Pains me to see so many of you TV members defending a wife-beater. Thailand would be much better off without a lot of you expats.

Yup dude, that's a real s-hole of a town/province. Normal falangs like us go to Pattaya. Why for gosh's sake was her there in the first place?

Yeah. Truly disgusting to beat up your own wife like this. And now she even wants to bail him out. What's wrong with these people?

Is it easier to depart/arrive from BKK than Sattahip?

I have lived in one of the three restive provinces since 2016 and can assure anyone that the situation has much improved. Nowadays, the number of yearly incidents is in the double digits and the number of casualties in the single to low double digits. All in all, there's no reason for anyone to avoid the area regarding safety. It's as safe as anywhere else in Thailand. Since the majority of people don't drink, the number of alcohol-related incidents is much lower than in the rest of the country, so it's probably even safer all around.

None. Only private jets for the rich Chinese businessmen who fly there. Farangs never go there anyway, scared as they are to have their heads lopped off by long-bearded Arabs screaming "allahu akbar". 🙃

So do I. In my province people have more urgent things to worry about than a farang's visa status.

Hammerman, Hammerman, where are you?

What about his visa status? Did someone check if Mr. Russell is perhaps on overstay after 50 days of running?

I've been there multiple times, but don't live there, nor do I know any foreigner who does. Would I live there? Probably not, as it's so far from anywhere else in Thailand and the airport is not being used at all commercially.

Great news! My wife and her entire village are celebrating. Everywhere are red flags and flags with the image of Mr. Thaksin. Everyone is wearing red today to express their happiness. Here in Issan people know when it's time for a party. 🙂 My wife is praying for Mr. Thaksin to replace the current PM asap and give back more to the lovely Issan folk. ☺️

Don't get your hopes up.

No need to print. In fact, many people don't fill in the form until they're asked to at the border.

Easy to say if you don't even know who the insurgents are. They are indistinguishable from the regular population, some of whom support and/or house the actual insurgents. There is simply no solution to the situation except peace talks.

How well has force worked so far? You can kill 10 insurgents, but 100 new ones will take their place.

Wut?

As long as the Thai govt is too busy arresting photographers for doing their job in taking pictures of newsworthy spray-paint on walls, nothing will change about the air quality. The big guys don't give a flying quack about this issue.

I recommend the 410 from Yala to Betong. Similar mountain views to Northern Thailand and much less touristy.

These numbers are nothing special. Next!