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The Chinese might do it free of charge if they get docking rights ! They did in Cambodia . Nothing like a few warships in the bay.´

You obviously don’t read enough ! Look for yourself.

The bigger airports have an airport bus like in the west, and in Bangkok you can take the bus or sky train. Phuket has one but it doesn’t have convenient running times. Great service in the UK where you can get the National Express buses that run all day and are quite cheap. Same at Nice airport and all French airports where you have the airport shuttles.What Thailand needs , and not only for tourists is a good public transport system . Imagine in Phuket with all the tourists resorts, restaurants etc employing Thais, their biggest problem is getting their staff there and home . A Thai friend of mine who has a few businesses had to buy a townhouse style house to lodge all his staff . As he said, letting his waitresses and cooks drive up Kata Hill ( or Patong) after midnight on little scooters is life endangering.

Why one day only ? Where are you coming from ?

Pattaya beach is basically a cesspit . I would never swim there, or Jomtien which is slightly better. The pollution from the hundreds of boats could be stopped if they wanted. Give them a designated port further away. The drain system is comparable to 19 th century London . A regular loop service of electric buses would solve most of the filthy air you’re forced to breathe, and ban all tourist buses from the centre. Plant trees and make all sois walking zones only. Deliveries mornings only. It will never be a family resort and the authorities know it. H

Was it a Boeing ? Another incident with a flight from Korea last night.

You keep babbling on about his wealth when you have been told time and time again he and his family have personal wealth , stop posting rubbish if you’re unable to read printed facts. Boring.

I’d never drink it. The big bottles delivered I use only for cooking ( boiled) . I prefer the 1.5 litre ones unfortunately as it doesn’t help the trash problem.

Shame there aren’t many men of Sean Connerys caliber in Thailand. He’s definitely a « Hansum Man « !

He’s probably not wanted there either, but he has a French passport unfortunately . We have inherited « The Serpent « as if that wasn’t bad enough. Giving interviews, making money, writing a book, gives me the shivers.

Never knew this existed in the first place !! Surely it had to be plastered all over the news ??? Anyone know if Asean Now published it ?

If you have time I’d say 3 weeks. Ordinarily, tourists spend 2 weeks. When my niece came, met her in Bangkok and took her around the usual, Grand Palace, wat Arun, wat Pho. River trip to Ayuthaya for a day. Then flew to Chiang Mai, more temples , the White temple and Doi Inthanon. 2 days in Sukhothai which was the most appreciated. Flew to Phuket . Then went to Krabi and Railay beach. Then to Koh Chang for the best swimming, islands snorkeling , great seafood on the beach, lots of long nature walks.and National park. She loved it there. I’ve spent a lot of time there, love it. And no crowds no big hotels and chill. We went direct from there to the airport by local taxi. Great service.

You can see from the road at night. No light s on.

Where has this worked out so well ? Also , there are hundreds of thousands ( numbers ?) of empty condos . How will raising the law of 49% limit to 75% attract more buyers ? i have rented two new build condos in the last 10 years , ans stayed in another just after Covid in Phuket for a few months . The three of them were badly built, flimsy walls and locked front doors you could open with a push. The one in Jomtien had all the shelves and cupboards collapse when I was watching tv giving me nearly a heart attack. Windows couldn’t close or couldn’t open. Drains were unbearable smelly, the kitchen sink and elements were built for a dwarf . In the 80s I rented a small Thai row house which was at least solid and cheap, and then I found a wonderful apartment owned by a Thai American journalist, it was the only one of my 40 years of Thailand that was well built. Unfortunately after a few years they built a little soi with bars and restaurants right under my living room view, on what was once rice fields and wandering buffaloes. So I moved . I could easily have bought something over the years but my experiences put me off . Too much trouble. I’m happy renting less than six months of the year in the dry season in a very small family run condo .

Really ??Do you go out at night, do you read statistics . And yes, there are more single Thai ladies than bargirls, but they’re not looking for a foreign man. “ very few bar girls in most cities “ you are joking ?

The silly lady who left 15 000 B in a bag on the bar and went outside should try and count the number of tourists that are scammed, robbed, attacked, physically hurt, run over, murdered and raped by Thais . I’m not excusing and tourist that commits any crime , but I’m quite sure her 15 000B is a drop in the ocean in comparison. Like many Thais , mostly the dimmer ones, they want the tourists money but not the tourists. For sure, Thailand was a better place before mass tourism arrived , now the damage is done, deal with it.

Strange reason to post . So your problem was deciding for or against having a relationship with a transvestite, or a Thai lady ? There are many more bargirls and hookers than Thai ladies looking for a relationship. If you can’t find one go back to the trans option, they take anyone.

Unbelievable! I remember this sad story well. The German guy was well known. For being a trouble maker and a bit crazy. why on earth wasn’t he stopped , arrested and jailed straight away ? Someone should pose the question to Hua Hin authorities and newspapers. This is the way they treat tourists, shame on them, what is Thailand coming to ?

Normal procedure in certain cases.

Yes Bob, you book it from wherever you live, ( club med is very popular in France / Switzerland etc. It’s an all inclusive holiday, flight and the club. You get everything on site. There’s even a sort of exchange buro, instead of Baht they give you pearls, each pearl has a value. For example a Club Med T shirt would cost you 4 pearls ( plastic pearls of course), they’re on a bracelet which you wear so you need no cash at all. Crazy but true. What money goes to locals , practically zero. I knew the butcher there very well, he was a friend , and French. All legal of course. It’s a huge company. They have clubs all over the world. I’d say a bit like a luxury Butlins. I lived across the rd, Kata Beach.

Sorry, forgot to say the wrong interpretation was in Bali, the good neurologist in France.

My thoughts. I’ve had a few. You can get EEGs everywhere. It the interpretation that counts !!! So find yourself the best specialist is a good neurology department. I had one and the doctor failed to give mt the true conclusion. This led me to having meds prescribed that were for me and gave me huge dizzy spells. I eventually fought back and got myself into a very well known hospital . I had many tests, interviews, EEGs EKGs and the first doctor’s conclusion was proved wrong ! I had 6 months of hell for a bad interpretation. Hope you get the best treatment possible.

They do, Tui has some very cheap all inclusive tours to Thailand staying in quite nice hotels albeit ones that are out of the way, so you're stuck on a nice beach in the middle of nowhere. An island tour thrown in or a trip to Krabi. I have a neighbor who used to go every year for years with his wife and come back dark brown tan and happy with the sunshine and food they liked. Or like the Club Med on Kata beach that used to be jam packed with French tourists when I lived across the road.They hardly left the club except one or two island tours. They have everything they want inside the club, bars, shows, shops, games, kids corner where you can dump them off for the day, perfect for families if that sort of holiday floats your boat. Club Med is the high class of cheap tours. Important is having a nice beach and palm trees.

As fast as possible.

I agree with Bob Smith on this one. Leave straight away. The little one is three years old, you have time to figure out how to get her to UK. As usual, a one time payment to the mother and a lawyer to fix the papers needed plus passport for the child before payment. Never send a single penny to this thieving family. Carry it through now, before the child is too old to move. Leave now.