MarcelV

Living in Narathiwat I am afraid nothing will change this year, or the next, or in the foreseeable future for that matter, and bombs, shootings etc. will still be the order of the day here. Only God can intervene and end this conflict.

Provinces in the far south are usually best for air quality. Places like Satun, Pattani, Yala. Also, islands like Koh Samui and Phangan.

Exactly. Let's just agree that Bangkok is number one, and Nonthaburi number two. The other cities rank different on each list.

There are like a thousand top 10/20/whatever lists of city size in Thailand, and I've never seen two lists that are the same. Most vary wildly, depending on a whole bunch of factors, like area size, source and year.

The only way the dinosaurs could be truly defeated is by a bloody uprising, a revolution. Unless the blood of the martyrs paints the Democracy Monument red, the elites will keep their grasp on society. May the hearts and minds of the young Thai be opened and the hopes of the nation flourish!

Nah, dude. She probably smells like a combination of sweat, weed and feminism. Too much to handle for sure.

Bagpackers be deadpackers.

Don't worry. That bridge will never happen.

Halal coffee is the best. Very good eye for quality alhamdulilah.

Just calling an airport "international", doesn't actually make it so. NST has zero chance of seeing an increase in international tourist numbers any time soon.

Did she cause those waves herself, jumping her big farang body into the sea?

What about Europeans who are not from one of the mentioned countries? Are we still allowed to visit Malaysia by just filling out the MDAC?

We noticed this when driving back home from Hat Yai to Narathiwat yesterday. Lots and lots of Malaysian bikers, treating the 42 and 43 as their personal raceway. Quite a few precarious situations, but thank God we made it home safely.

Disgusting people, the Chinese. Eating plates full of shrimp with their bare hands, pooping in public, spitting on the streets, singing false karaoke songs and butchering female babies, that the Good Lord himself brought into being. Thailand would be wise to just call a stop to the Chinese, Korean, Russian, Indian, A-rab a.o. invasion and allow more white European western caucasian fair-skinned farangs, especially Brits and Aussies, into the country, as well as African-American, retired military, US passport "bros". These are good, rich people that can make lost of beautiful mixed-race babies that can repopulate Thailand and solve the problem of Thai chicks not popping out enough babies by wife-beating, serial cheating, lazy Thai guys, and build many new expensive tier 1 international schools with their foreign money and speed up Thailand's entry into modern society, ready for the rest of the 21st century.

December is the wettest month in the lower south. No surprise here.

There was flooding last year and there is flooding this year, whereas for decades there was no such problem. It's almost a given that human activities have contributed to this misery. My wife and I managed to keep dry feet last year, but this year my rental home got a few cm of water inside, having some minor flood damage. We expect even worse it the years to come and will have to take our precautions accordingly. If you live elsewhere in Thailand, don't get your hopes up either. Greater Bangkok is slowly sinking into the rising sea for sure.

I live more than a thousand clicks outside of Bangkok and prefer to not go there. Sometimes it's necessary obv.

Heavy rain today in the lower south and many roads are flooded.

Living in Wilayah Narathiwat, I spoke to my friends here, including imams. We believe this man was mentally ill, simply for the fact that in Islam it is forbidden to commit suicide: "And do not kill yourselves,” says the Holy Qur'an (nor kill one another). “Allah is, without a doubt, most merciful to you” (Surah al‐Nisa, 4:29). And Allah knows best. أمين

So sad. The locals don't want this, but the govt keeps pushing these business proposals. I am one of those locals and know firsthand how people resist the efforts to spoil their homeland. Miss Khairiyah is a brave young lady to speak up for her community. Hopefully, nothing bad will happen to her but I ain't betting money on it.

Testing my students, as it'll be midterm week. No Christmas holidays here.

Doesn't it have to be filled out three days before the intended border crossing?

That sucks. I live very close to the Thai-Malaysian border and this curbs the possibility of deciding on a whim to do some cross-border shopping, for example.

The clock is ticking. Don't be surprised if TS walks out of the 'prison' hospital on Dec. 5 or 6. The order has probably been written already by The German.

Maybe it's the soft assets of some well-endowed Thai service providers?