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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.

Really, unless you oversee the building of your own house in Thailand, or buy from a well known reputable construction company , you might have huge problems. We all have family somewhere in the west , Germany, Uk,France , wherever. Is it common in those countries to see homes collapsing?. Or new buildings looking ancient after 3 years etc etc. I rent in Thailand ,and have rented many a condo over 30+ years. Bar 2, both older buildings , the others have been shoddy , from the front of the building paint, to the doors which even I could kick in ! One new condo I was in 3 years ago, all the shelves fell off the walls . They came to repair, and hammered huge nails into the wood under the shelves ! Really pretty, not. Catastrophic plumbing a huge problem. Small windows wouldn’t open, sliding doors didn’t slide, the niveau wasn’t right. Needless to say I moved out after 6 weeks. Always thanked my lucky stars I’d never bought. My family have all lived in their own homes for years , and so do my nieces and nephews , never heard a complaint.I live in a beautiful condo in France built 1975 , and apart from embellishments and modernization, I’ve never had work done on it. Still looks great from outside. Good quality and maintenance is what Thailand doesn’t have.

I don’t understand, how can a suitcase, big or not, cause a leg to be stuck under the belt ??

Happens too often on Phuket. Have witnessed it myself , incredible that the police , authorities do nothing to stop it. Every Thai knows what these dangerous thugs will do .

It’s on the TV and newspapers for all to see !!