stuandjulie

Ao Yon on the East Coast

On 9/30/2019 at 1:29 AM, newnative said:

     Nice to start the day with a joke.  '...the final nail in Pattaya's coffin'.  55555.  No coffin that I can see--let alone any nails in it.  Quite laughable that you think Pattaya's robust growth these past years has been because of British tourists and now that the Pound is sinking Pattaya will, too.

     In reality, the growth continues.  Several new, large condo projects have been announced to join those already under construction.  Amari's all-suites hotel addition is done and the new Ozo Hotel next door is nearing completion.  Several hotels are remodeling and adding features--such as A-01 on Beach Road.  The city itself is finally doing some infrastructure work.

     Recently I mentioned that in Wong Amat near Cape Dara an old low-rise resort on a large tract of land has been bulldozed and cleared.  Drove by yesterday and saw construction fences going up and a sign announcing 'Grande Centre Point 2.  From the photo it's a large high-rise hotel resort project.  I guess Grande Centre Point at T21 is doing so well--even though Pattaya is apparently near death--that another hotel is on the way.  If posters can tear themselves away from Soi 6 and Walking Street they'll see there's a lot positive going on.  

Seems to go against this 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124026-lack-of-european-visitors-the-cause-of-thailands-tourism-woes-says-hotelier/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-14581417 

16 hours ago, JamesBlond said:

Except that's not at all the way it is. They are bound by the fact that if the result is not enacted, Britain's international reputation will be in shreds, parliament will lose all credibility, the foundations of participative democracy will be utterly undermined, and there will be rioting in the streets.

 

'Not legally binding' is just caviling. Everyone knows a referendum is morally binding otherwise it would not be held, and the result will stand unless there are legal reasons why the vote was invalid. As there are no such reasons, the vote is as good as binding.

As good as is not binding then is it? Your whole comment does not alter the facts and I was talking facts not what someone thinks of it !

^{Might as well be Shanghai}

On 5/1/2018 at 8:25 AM, Jingthing said:

I don't think it's that simple.

If I went out and had sex with a woman tonight, I would still be gay. 

Don't want to start an argument but wouldn't that make you Bi ?

On 9/4/2019 at 1:51 PM, DrDave said:

Wow, starting at 3.5 million baht for a 28 square meter studio shoebox with no kitchenette. Based on the websites promoting this property, it appears to be aimed at the Russian market.

So it is a time share on the 'Beach' at the <deleted>tiest part of Chalong, right next to the power boats and their noise, smell of fuel every day, have a walk on the beach from my shoebox in a metre of <deleted>ty mud. No thanks

On 8/30/2019 at 6:48 AM, MartiniMan said:

Cigarette smokers have a hard time getting an erection and cannot perform as long in bed

Just say this a few times within earshot

Sometimes they tell you to shut up but you just look into those weak addicted eyes and continue lambasting 

If he does anything more he gets done and in the jail house so you cannot lose this one just bully him till he cries and goes home very easy to win against the weak boy

Wow what a charmer you are, you must be real fun to go for a drink with, I mean just bully him, really?

1 hour ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Its Safer than London or the USA.  Whats your point?

The point is it isn't safer, some 1,700 road deaths per year as opposed to 20,000 and that is died at the scene <deleted>.

We were burgled 3 times in 10 years even though we had 2 dogs, security cameras and metal window guards, wife was assaulted twice walking from the shops, police response ? Thailand not good for lady walking alone !

Most crime in Thailand is not even reported due to total lack of interest from the Bib unless something in it for them.

So safer, exactly how?

29 minutes ago, mok199 said:

And all along Thai tourism thought tourists wanted more malls....Should have been protecting those beaches Khun Ratchakidpakderm....Its always been about the beaches ,everyone but TAT knew that....

Problem is you cant make money from sand so they are not interested, no thought that sand is why the tourists come.

On 7/21/2019 at 11:35 AM, steven100 said:

yes … totally agree, these guys see the AUD & GBP fall 10-20% and all of a sudden it's posts about going back home.

Well sorry but a house only costs 500k-1 mil to build in Thailand, in Australia and I expect the UK you are lucky to get a garden shed for that,  a taxi can take you 20kms for $10.... food at the markets is still way cheaper than Australia. Oh and the government will tax you as much as they can, and you will need  a licence to fart … well in Auss you just about do.

No thank's …. they can have both those miserable shitholes... lol 

 

 

\if you want to live in the sticks it might, try Phuket lol.

19 hours ago, musicscene said:

Same Same in Hua Hin Very little rain We still have to water the garden

So heading for a drought and you are still watering the garden ?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/thailand-mulls-compulsory-travel-insurance-for-all-visitors/ar-AADRlPY?ocid=spartanntp 

When I was there getting money from the UK came with various codes, I think it depends which channel is used when it gets to BKK, by the way SCB and all banks don't always do what Immigration wants from you, your problem it seems, too difficult to have a seamless system. These attachments from the SCB website may help.

If the scanners are as good as the one on my Samsung I wouldn't worry, you could be Pablo Escabar and still get in.

10 hours ago, Razek said:

They just copy what european did .

No they don't.

1 hour ago, HauptmannUK said:

Unfortunately I doubt most Thais will shed any tears. And I doubt your home country government will do anything to help! If you can't meet the visa requirements (and don't want to do anything illegal) then time to pack your bags and either head home or to a country with less stringent requirements.

One of the things that I've noticed in the UK since the Brexit referendum is a significant hardening of attitudes to expats (read the Daily Mail comments on any expat stories and you will frequently see them described as 'traitors') so don't expect a warm welcome if you're a returning Brit..

Its a tough old world.

Why do people spout absolute crap just to validate their own prejudice? 

One simply cannot get the staff these days old boy.