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The majority of us probably agree with his political opinions. BUT! Thailand is not his (or my) country. We're just guests who can't vote. Our opinion is meaningless to Thais, in the same way that a non citizen Thai's opinion of German politics is meaningless to Germans. No sympathy for him if his visa isn't extended.

I think I have her convinced that I'm not a criminal

I acknowledge that and reflected it in my first sentence. Meanwhile the Chinese are furiously trying to perfect MRNA technology. The people have been largely satisfied with or at least tolerant of the politburo because the economy was growing in leaps and bounds. They may not be so ambivalent if Xi tanks the economy. And I'm not so sure that the politburo doesn't care about the economy. They want their riches to increase, not decrease. Therefore Xi may lose politburo support of if he tanks the economy. The majority is happy with the status quo when things are rosy. Xi is doing many things that will cause long term damage to the Chinese economy.

I'd take Thanathorn over Prayuth in a heartbeat.

Jomtiem Immigration lectured my wife on this being why it's imperative that she file a TM30 form informing Immigration of my whereabouts in a timely manner. When the wife tried to express the absurdity of that explanation she was told to watch a video explaining the dangers of harboring foreign criminals.

I agree. Plus China still refuses to buy the foreign sourced vaccines that are superior to their own. IMO a combination of MRNA vaccines plus immunity by exposure to COVID has gotten the rest of the world past the pandemic. China is going to face a spike in infections when they finally do open, which will be worse if they don't use better vaccines. I believe they'll restrict travel until they develop their own MRNA vaccines and are able to produce enough to vaccinate the majority of their population. I also think this has been immensely destructive to their economy. I was formerly involved in the textile machinery business with many customers in China. It's very difficult to generate new business without personal visits from buyer. Repeat orders can be dealt with via the internet, but buyers constantly require new fashions and products which is why places like Pratumam exist. I'm sure many other industries are the same. Not to mention the difficulty in machine maintenance if technician visits are hugely burdensome. This extended shut down will dampen Chinese business opportunities for years. Xi us an idiot on that front and many others

Google is your friend. Lots of videos found when searching "Natt Chanapa"

In Asian centers of US cities there are "Thai style" gold jewelry shops which sell 24k gold jewelry. They'll buy Thai made 23k but obviously at a discount. But yes, typical western 14k gold jewelry is horrifically over priced junk in comparison what's sold at the thousands of Thai gold shops.

Yes, horrific to watch western retirees spending their retirement savings in Thailand. More needs to be done to encourage them to move on and spend their money elsewhere.

The Mountain B fire caused the PM to recommend Police raids of entertainment venues for $afety in$pection$. Will this prompt him to recommend inspection of all government ministry buildings?

Excellent point. Same in many venues, for example Villa Market on Second Road Pattaya. Back entrance locked for COVID checkpoint consolidation. How about buildings that are not entertainment places? How about government offices? No need for enforcement of safety regulations in those places? How many were forced to have a single entrance/exit due to COVID regulations?

So they had a great, highly productive call. But Biden failed to mention an imminent visit which is controversial enough to completely negate all progress made. Excellent strategy ????

Air France uses 3-4-3 seating on the 777 they fly to BKK. Also, per seatguru.com some BA 777's use 3-4-3 seating. Most airlines are moving to it as they refresh interiors. And if that wasn't bad enough Airbus is now offering 3-4-3 seating in the narrower A350 ????

Should do wonders for the quality of agogo bar staff...

Very conscientious of them to protect the wildlife in that remote out of doors location with masks.

Definitely worthy of a 12 month "State of Emergency".

When checking in at any Thai hotel you must show a Passport/ID card. I agree that the idea is so stupid that it will never be implemented, but if somehow it is they'd presumably determine price via Passports

Similar experience making a connection in Istanbul. The ONLY people in the airport wearing masks were incomming passengers from Asian flights. To be fair to Thailand, the other Asian nations seem to be keeping mask mandates in place as well.

Unless it's between the hours of 2 - 5pm

So it will be okay on Soi 6 in Pattaya where all the bars have rooms upstairs. Any hours when ganja sales aren't allowed?

Can't blame them. I'd export it too.

She says "Muay Thai"

"Kuwait Airlines is offering the best price, saving $600 on the trip vs the next best option (for 2 persons Business Class)" Obviously there are better options. This is the cheapest. My question is are the better options worth $600+ more. Judging by the responses, probably yes.

Thanks. Pretty much what I expected to hear, but I used to avoid Turkish Airlines thinking it would be awful and shocked at how good they are when I finally tried them. I thought possibly it would be the same situation with Kuwait but I guess not.

At least with my experience in Jomtien, it's much, much easier to apply for the Non O visa in the US vs in Thailand. Also, if you have medical insurance in the US it will likely have sufficient coverage to meet the insurance requirement. What you need to do is call them and ask for a coverage letter. Do that early as it can take several weeks to obtain.