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Not in such a case as this it isn’t !!!!! And even , a real “ crime of passion” candidate still faces prison even life.

Since my first visits in 1984 I have heard far too many reports of violence between thai couples, foreign men and Thai women , foreigners being murdered for their money or inheritance, even school age kids in gangs with knives that don’t hesitate to hurt or kill. Rape, violence, gambling, drugs, abuse, jealousy, theft , seems part of many Thais DNA. I’d put it down to complete lack of education , ( even from parents that have money), and poverty.

Well I suppose they’re much happier in a 5 * club than feeding the thousands of hungry Thais.

Take that useless submarine money and put up cameras and speed detectors like they do in UK and many other countries. Pay up when fined ( big) or confiscate. Same with bikes. Make the driving test a proper one. All solved. Then there’ll be cooperation.

Please someone put me straight on this. I’m British, if I go on holidays to Thailand with my designer handbag, my shoes, a t shirt or two, bikini , my Rolex, and am a tourist staying 10 days, I have to pay tax in that country ? I thought , that if you bring designer goods into the country you are resident of, then you have to pay duty on them over a certain amount of money depending on each country. i did not know that this was Thai law for tourists .

So are they going to rip,off the wealthy Saudi families when they come ???

A bit off the subject, but get a good insurance. 10 thousand dollars would not last long if you actually had to use it. You will probably know that being from the US. Any illness, accident or Covid hospital would cost far far more than that.

Absolutely disgusting behavior from the police, and I can’t even believe that it’s legal. This is not a guy stealing a bottle of Sangsom , it’s a brutal attack. Doesn’t matter from where the person comes, or what age,. The attacker said himself he was guilty, that he had to vent his anger . To me, this sounds like the guy needs serious help and doesn’t belong on the streets. Shame on the police, I hope this goes out as a warning to all tourists wanting to visit the country. Needs public outrage from locals too.

You know you don’t have to quote someone to answer the thread ?

Also said that most infected came or had contact with African nations.

It’s been found in mainly sub saharien people.

Good advice, I use Joe Taxi Pattaya and insist on a lady driver or I don’t go ! I pay about 200 Baht more, I don’t care .

Pollution, poverty, lack of human rights, lack of hygiene where food and water is concerned.

Where I live restaurants have to have menus with the * allergic* ingredients mentioned for each dish. Especially nuts , sea food, shellfish , can be very dangerous to some, also some chefs don’t take care and forget the fish sauce or that satay sauce has nuts in it. I think it should be law everywhere , remember that poor teenager dying on a London to France flight after eating a sandwich bought at the airport? Tragic. A restaurant once gave me pork instead of chicken in a stir fry. I’m not allergic, I could have had religious reasons not to eat porc.I don’t. I did say to the waiter it was porc, he checked his order, it said chicken.,I left it there, but they were adamant it was chicken. I did eat it too, but that’s not the point.

Exactly, I live in the south of France, outside the hot season, it can be very humid and does rain. I just bring in my clothes rack into the bathroom, and turn the fan on , dry in an hour .Also I hang trousers or shirts on hangers from the shower glass bar fixture, dry and easy to iron if necessary.

But will those “ swarms” open up the closed businesses? Takes money to pay rent and buy stock to open up, which the average small business does not have anymore. A weekend of Bangkok tourists doesn’t help much in the current situation. Phuket is dead quiet, and with the rains now starting up will be till next high season.

Since when we’re the Thai authorities worried about children in cars, or traveling on a motor bike with absolute no safety.? It gets worse and worse.

Anyhow, just go visa exempt and do the 30 day extension. You can then do a border hop. Very annoying tho that they don’t give a reason. I think you can email or call them in UK.

Is it something to do with not able to have 2 visas within 6 months of the last .? Or refused because you stayed more than 180 days of your yearly quota. My excuse, I can’t remember the actual wording of what I read. It’s on the website rules somewhere.

Has the premier or anyone high up actually visited the tourist areas badly hit by the pandemic and forced close downs ??? I don’t think so. After the bird flu outbreak some years back, Thaksin came and talked to the people, hosted a free chicken festival on Bangla in which all the local and first class restaurants and hotels cooked various chicken dishes for free. I wasn’t the only one who was shocked at the amount of very poor people who emerged out of the shadows. At least he came and helped to comfort his people.

I was told by businessmen in Phuket yesterday, that the Thais that have packed up and left, especially businesses owners, were not coming back !!! The beach towns are going to remain as they are now, shanty town .

Saw one of our former cleaning ladies near centre Jomtien ( 3 years ago) who told me she was working at a hotel now, and that they had to re decorate the hotel rooms as they’d had a Chinese contract . I stayed in a 5 star hotel center Penang around that time, and the management moved me to a private members room for breakfast as the Chinese group were behaving so disgustingly !! Think I prefer Indians, at least they are polite.,

Beach is awful, dirty sea water but !!!! It’s the only place in Thailand that has a policeman to take you across the road.

“In the wild “ . These poor animals are not in the wild, they are LOCKED up, far from their natural surroundings. This is a very cruel business, and those who contribute to it are uneducated supporting this cruelty. Shame on you. I’m sure the world agrees.

The Paris embassy is so bad it cannot even update new regulations.