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Ahh, the smell of meat grilled over charcoal...

The Thais are desperate for tourism revenue but at what cost? A lot of manufactuing revenue has been lost to Vietnam, Indonesia and other more attractive propositions. So, Thailand extends the visa waiver "tourist" entry to 60 days (from 30), gives others 90 days. Now they regret what they have attracted? Make it easier to set-up legitimate businesses as a foreigner, register and pay taxes and employ Thai people and all will benefit. Many countries such as Malaysia offer visa free access of 90 days to most weterners and others. Do they have problems? Maybe the issue is Thailand itself and the people it attracts?

Panic buying and the filling of numerous 50 litre barrels before the price goes up tomorrow is the issue. Soon the stations will be replenished and devoid of long queues (I expect). Of course, the government does seek to limit panic and keep the populace calm. It makes sense. Should have just allowed the price to move to market rates naturally.

All the cremations I've been too, including last November, were on top of a large amount of charcoal. A liberal sprinkling of petrol as accelerant is often added, but no more than one litre.

Or truck by the sound of it!

I picked up something whilst in Pattaya a few weeks ago and still have it. Very nasty (and not a Wife, Kik or Mia Noi!). Runny eyes, coughing, sneezing, headache, a little fever and lots of nasal congestion. Coughing up phlegm still. Will be 3 weeks on Tuesday but feel like it's almost over. I rarely get sick (even first, of four, covid infections was no worse for me.

But be very careful never to name the "department store" or "shopping mall" involved. 555 I suspect that this is related to the recent news that the USA had identified a Thai mall implicated in Intellectual Property (IP) theft recently. Just name the mall! It's been widely shared. Until honesty and accuracy prevail, no trust in the Thai media can occur.

who here really knows what caused her fall? Mere speculation. Could have been intentional, but why? Was foul play involved? Nobody knows until a full invetisgation is completed. I hope she recovers and lives a fulfilling life.

Never ride or drive at night in Thailand. Nothing good will happen.

Just think about potential investment in Thailand, jobs created for locals, taxes raised for the government and possible increases in standards IF foreigners were legally allowed to own businesses without having to create nominees or joint ventures.

So many unsold units in long since completed projects. They will never tell the true story. The developers keep "refinancing" and "re-structuring" but there is only so far they can keep delaying the inevitable. Once one developer collapses, others will face increased scrutiny with more sure to fail. Simply an extreme oversupply in the market (Bangkok at least). Even relaxed loans will not help, prices are too high for the local, already debt ridden market and overseas (cash) buyers are dwindling. Constant uncertainty over visas, with changes planned but not detailed, doesn't inspire confidence.

Why go back to the UK? There are far better places to go. If they were advised, they would have been aware of the UK non-resident tax rules. Any other country, or multiple countries, rather than the UK would have been better. If they kept a "home" in the UK then they likely weren't fully tax exempt anyway. It will be interesting to see the long term future of Dubai under the situation. The rulers must be accutely aware of this.

Thailand is generally very safe except for in certain scenarios suich as the OP. Think about London, where people are afraid to use their mobile phones in case of robbery!

This won't end well for him once he's handed back to China. Vanuatu passport? Wonder how much that cost him. How long do Vanuatu citizens get visa free on entry to Thailand?

Here in Bangkok, it is very rare to get a power outage other than for planned maintenance by my condo engineers. I think daytime has higher load due to A/C so more chance of transformer issues. Another factor, often seen in the news, is power poles being snagged and brought down by construction vehicles (happened in our soi a couple of years ago by a cement truck - MEA were great and has us back on-grid within a couple of hours on a Sunday). Do they even still take depopsits for meters? During covid in 2020 the MEA refunded my 4,000 Baht meter deposit.