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None of what you write apples to Thais on holiday in Britain. As for marrying gullible Brits , were those Brits forced into marriage ? Never seen weed growing Thai s in UK selling sex either. if they did, yes, deport them. Behave when you go abroad , and in your own country , or face the consequences. It’s sickening to see how some foreigners behave and we all know it !

Right ! I’ve been coming to Thailand for long winters since 1984 . Then it was a far off exotic country , the biggest tourist fear was catching Malaria ! It was a different place, much more friendly , peaceful. Nowadays I spend less time due to Covid and complicated visa process, but when I do go, as lately, the people I know make comments on Thailand that are not very complimentary ! They wonder what draws me back to such a place , most of these people have been there in the last 10 years or so. Or the question « doesn’t the in your face « prostitution bother you , the poverty , the pollution ?? It’s hard to answer, I know I get used to it, even if I don’t like it at all.I just say I’ve found a quiet place to spend time through the winter, the best answer I have .

I’m a female, need my shampoos and creams etc that are not allowed in carry ons, also we ladies usually like a good choice of clothes , especially if your a snowbird like myself. The clothes on offer in Thailand are awful for ladies, they’re ok for men tho.

Emirates mostly or recently Swiss air due to the rise in prices.

How about proof of the transfer from the old bank to the new one ?? It will automatically show the date and amount .

« like all other rich Thai spoilt brats » your words not mine !!!

I hâte the way people condemn anyone who buys a good car. Not very open minded calling Thais « spoilt Thai brats « . So anyone who have 30 years of hard work behind them can’t buy the car / house/ watch he likes ??? I’ve worked hard for 46 years , and I’ll certainly buy the car I want. None of these common jealous people bother me. So what ? A friend of mine flaunts her new designer goods like crazy , does it bother me ? She works , nobody else’s business.

Oh, you like the « bribing « game do you , think it’s ok ?

The best comedy series on TV ages ago, Only Fools and Horses, had me crying with laughter ! Delboy buys a load of knocked off Russian dolls which he thinks are the wooden ornaments that fit one into another. They take the boxes home and store behind the sofa. What happens next is hysterical ! Still makes me cry. Google the series with the sex dolls.

Oh dear, chose the right time to arrive ? I’ll bring my masks and hope back’ In Jomtien it’s a bit better .

I knew you’d be back, can’t resist him can you !

Maybe, who knows, he’s good. No idea what age he is.

Maybe they’re not coming in hoards ? Did that even cross the ATTA minds ? Chinese holidays are over for a while.

I fly business and my baggage has never come out first , in fact I think it’s often been towards the end of the rollout as you can see the crowds leaving bag in hand. There is no priority for the baggage in business , it does in with all the passengers bags. Frustrating, last year I think I waited 30 + minutes !

I fly business and my luggage never comes out first , in fact seems to be at the end of the roll out !! You’re baggage goes in the plane with all the other passengers baggage. There’s no business class container.

I went once , and then took my niece . She liked it. It’s the sort of place you go once, and never again. You have to have something that makes you want to go back in that business, and really, the shops sell the same Chinese rubbish you find on every street in Thailand.

Ive never had a problem in Bangkok. Maybe lucky ? I will say that Phuket is the worst, on a par with Pattaya, close behind. Compare the prices you pay in Bangkok with those two , and you’ll never complain about Bangkok drivers again. Add on to that, what Bangkok drivers have to go through every day, pollution, time lost to road works and never ending queues, cheap prices and low wages while the other two laze around smoking and then charge you double or more the real fare. That’s where the complaints should be.

This definitely should be done , clearly and in vue. Why are they putting it in fine print anyway ? Make proper insurance an obligation for all tourists for the time period spent away. There have been the 2 girls lately, and one more a month back , plus 2 hit and runs on Thepprasit/ Thapraya in around 10 days, and another on 2 nd road in center .it’s not always the tourists fault, but everyone should be warned .

Well I don’t know if I was one of the ten, but I certainly missed you ! Glad to have you back, happy to know you are well, and as one of our posters says « if you come to the end of your tether, tie a knot, and hang on « !!!

I used to live on the road going up from,Jomtien night market and those filthy buses used to leave the engines running for hours while their clients ate at the night market and bought fruit. Moved.

It’s a mystery to me why they come . Is it for the weather, I never see them on a beach, yes maybe boat trips ? They don’t go to any of the restaurants I frequent , and the Thai shopping is mostly « made in China » except the designer shops that are more expensive than elsewhere . The only place I’ve seen the buses, apart from 2 nd rd, is the latex pillow shops !!! So it must be very cheap all in one deals ?

I was in Patong a while about 12 yrs back. I live thé summer months in France. These thugs bought up half the back streets of Patong with their scammed credit cards and drug money., worked openly calling out to people to come in, shisha bars and dealing mostly. Seen plenty of those where I live, can ruin a place, gives a bad reputation. Their girls are bad ones too. The way they spoke to the Thais was disgusting, unfortunately I understood it all. Of course there are nice people everywhere, who live normal lives, work, bring up their kids well. That’s not the Patong « French » gang types. Wait till the knives come out !

French ? Not really. A look at their names and you’ll understand. Patong is rife with these thugs ,they do what they like where they like. They need stamping out, fast.

That’s the second girl in two weeks! Both on motorbikes and refused insurance.

Well, got to give it to you, you have a wild imagination ! I cant remember him doing anything xenophobic a few years back, I do know he tried to sort out immigration irregularities , the « tips « asked , and a problem with the excessive investment in useless machines. Yes, he stepped on a few toes . All the latest headlines are ongoing cases ! You expect to be caught and put in jail immediately, you should know, as most people do, that’s not the way it works. Whatever, that’s your opinion, but I find you have an excessive fixation on what most people believe is a good person. Thais love front page headlines, as do the rest of the world. .