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Check your wifi strength and ask condo office / landlord to help .Before renting again, check that the wifi is strong and sometimes condos have a choice of English channels already set up ! A friend of mine had it all in a rented studio !!

Have a look at *LBC listen live * works perfectly on my iPad and telephone. For TV Get a small Amazon stick ( google) works great loads of English Channels or ask your landlord office. My condo office lent me one free of charge !!!!

Although most airports have escalators and heavy suitcases used on them all day and night long. I’ve also often seen (outside Thailand ) an escalator stopped with a sign * maintenance * . Maintenance definitely a problem here , you see it with air cons, I always look and take the filters out when I arrive ( all condos I’ve rented) and they’re filthy, one exception was owned by an American journalist. Could it be the quality of these escalators? Or are they* made in China * Look at that collapsed bridge in Lat Krabang , surely not normal ! ? I’m even wary of lifts, but then , you can’t stop living can you.

I missed something being away, but I thought the accusation of share holding had been refused ? Surly lawyers were on this ? Democracy once again in danger. New attack probably instigated by Prawit .

Probably 30+ years ago buildings/ bridges were better built. I met a very nice guy in Phuket about 30 years ago , and him and his company had been hired to build a bridge in Bangkok. Nice guy too from London. You can see the construction problems on the newer condos all over Thailand. Cutting costs on all the materials. I can remember the first modern mall top Bangla Rd having problems with the basement cracks.

I might be missing something, but how do the family etc know he’s been missing after 24 hours ? If he is, maybe he’s done a runner, I would dump the car too if it was a grey Mercedes. He might be over the border or in hiding.

I think Save the Frogs and Gammaglobuline are the same person myself.

I think the OP was joking about long flight routes ?

I think your post smells bad too. Patong was open last spring 2022 ! Feb / March I was there often, meeting friends ! Why do you need pepper in Starbucks ? I thought we all had a choice where we eat/ drink / shop, I must be wrong . You don’t agree ? Why knock it, like it or not, it’s very successful, yes , more expensive than Amazon or a road side coffee shop. I’d rather pay more for my comfort and I enjoy their coffee. Plus they contribute to the wages they pay, mostly to students and youths who need it. I doubt very much they pay less than an Amazon worker, and disrespect the labor laws. Get over it !!

Emirates was once very good, used them for years, I changed in the last two years as once I had an older plane, and the next time the food was inedible. No idea what happened, but I put it down to too much success .

For me, it’s the only one I can drink due to its lower acidity . Also they do decaf as I’m not supposed to have regular coffee. I love the cleanliness, the design and comfort, aircon., I used to be able to drink the very good Italian coffee, no more. I drink it all over the world, I don’t care about the price . My favorite outlet is in Gaysorn Plaza. The one in Pattaya Central Festival is too popular, too many customers.; Everyone to their own.

Before booking you usually search flights. Price , times, duration/ stopovers , routes, easy to do. With a connecting flight very important, some have a stopover of many hours . Just looked at London to Bangkok prices with Thai, they range from 1370£ to 1500£ return. Wow. You can get much cheaper on other reputable flights. You say more comfortable for Thais to take their National company, maybe, but the larger amount of travelers are foreigners.

A bit more expensive but the comfort , quality and meals beat Thai airways easily. Look at the prices in high season, all flights are. more expensive depending your dates, time of departure and date of booking. I came on the 2 March this year and the price was good. Last time I took a Phuket Bangkok flight I was surprised, plane obviously old and worn. Also, these days , so much good competition to keep up with, Emirates daily flight from loads of countries at good times , not middle of the night only. Bangkok to Europe has a load of flights on offer. One of the best I had lately was Swiss Air. Excellent.

If he was charged with lewd and obscene behavior ( in a private hotel room) , then obviously the police haven’t been to Patpong in the last 50 years, or Bangla road ! Was he naked, didn’t look like in the photo ? Tourists take photos like that in Thailand on the road in Bangla to send to their mates or FB . If it was for scamming, then it wasn’t in the charge. The van driver who attacked a tourist with an iron bar ( on video) got a thousand Baht fine !! Laws are laws maybe, then he should have been deported and banned.

Yes, when I stayed in a condo with the owner abroad, I just stayed in an IBIS hotel (. cheap ) and asked for a screen shot of their declaration which I took for my extension. Easy.

The attack is all on video , in front of a coffee bar with witnesses ! How can anyone here condone that ? The justice system is a laugh .,

That was meant for GammaGlobulin , sorry !!

Always buy induction pans for induction.It’s written underneath the pan/ frying pan! Always buy a good quality one, wash only with a sponge, never scrape.

Oh my God, him again !!!

It’s like a drug. Treat it as one. Watch your back, do as said above, hide all your documents away and prepare for the worst. Then , nicely, find out who’s playing, talk to trusted family members, and warn her of the outcome. She could be ruining you, and you have no idea ! Put your son first. Stay calm.

It’s all relative !

While it would be nice to see a modern tram system, ( can’t imagine how many decades that would take and road disruptions?) what on earth is wrong with a normal bus service working on a loop ?? Just dreams of course, the people who own the Baht buses would not be happy chappys would they ? Buses have more seats, more comfortable, certainly safer than Baht buses for a start. Senior cards for elderly and kids and bobs your uncle.

How can anyone marry someone they can’t have a conversation with ?! I have quite a few foreign friends with Thai wives. One lady is a doctor, another who speaks fluent Chinese and English and is employed in a big travel agency, another one is a cook . Etc .All successful marriages. Would you marry a girl you can’t speak to in your own country , or have a prostitute for a girlfriend/wife ??

Look around , people are huge ! My Thai friends are all on the very slim side, their kids have layers of fat, ice cream, hamburgers , crisps, Thai fast food etc etc making them all unhealthy. I’ve never seen an overweight person who is fit and healthy. I’ll never forget sitting on a beautiful beach in Mexicos Isla de las Mujeres. I walked over the the quay as a US cruiser arrived and tourists disembarked, they could hardly walk the short distance , huffing and puffing. Healthy they were not.

France , for example is the leader in tourist numbers ( around 66 million). The income per tourist is much higher . Thailand has 5 star hotels of course, but not that many. Most hotels in Thailand have hundreds of rooms, and are very cheap compared to Europe and US , or the Emirates. Have you actually seen the price of a room in Rome , Paris or Dubai ? Have a look. Or the Michelin starred restaurants? Thailand isn’t cheap because the airfare is expensive , the hotels and necessities of holidays are very cheap. The Chinese tour groups bring nothing , that’s well known. Why ruin a country with hordes of Tourists when they are cheap ones, it’s just not feasible.