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Thanks ++ treetops. This was the one I used often and it is updated to 08/22 so still operating! Great news.

I suppose it’s just logical that for safety reasons you should not overload the overhead compartments.

Hope they are off the streets soon ! Imagine your holiday in a nice pool villa and 5 men storm the place shooting !!! I like Mr Surachat, he always get things done.

Putin is terrified ! Every one saw the photos a few months back on the table as long as a football pitch ! He doesn’t trust anyone, not even his own dogs bodies of generals.

There are quite a few videos around. One shows the two guys out of the car., Then drinking in a nearby bar.

Did you see the videos ( pluriel) ? The Thai was a tiny bit of a guy. The French guy was three times his size ! Nobody does that .

Most people who have good jobs buy when they’re much younger, they don’t wait for retirement ! By the age of 45 to 55 you should have your house paid , savings in the bank and a decent life. No scraping by. I come from a « normal » family in the UK and all my young nieces and nephews who are under 33 have their own houses, decent to very good jobs . You learn from your parents. I live in the south of France, good job, bought my first property at 30 , second at 40, third at 50 where I still live.. Retired now of coursé, no way I have anything near 80k $ a year ! Still live a great life, 4/5 months in Thailand ( renting) plus other holidays , can do and go where I want. No ties. And if I did have 80k a year, I wouldn’t be holidaying or living in Pattaya or Phuket !! PS I am not talking about todays youth who just might have it harder !!

Yes, they always stapled the receipt into my passport in Jomtien. I left it there. Once , arriving back in France the immigration officer was quite shocked by the habit.

Exactly, those names are badly spelt in my opinion. There is a very undesirable community of legal immigrants who have French passports. They are wreaking havoc in France, robberies, they run the drug business in France. These 2 sound like they belong to those thugs ( for lack of a polite word). They make a fortune in EU but cannot spend it there. I’ve seen so many in Patong for example, they do and live as they like, and nasty with it. One of my Thai friends said a few years ago, why so many bad French man in Thailand ? I just told him to look at their names and then he.ll understand ! They should be locked up for a long time and Porsche confiscated.

Burma, thought they were still struggling , bad times. I know you’ve lived there, I’ve been many times . I follow a few Burmese I know on FB and haven’t had any positive news, I was also told not to come even if I could get in . Your thoughts ?

Hi, a friend of mine is going to Thailand next month to visit family. She is not used to traveling alone. Does the Fast Track Service still exist ? I have used this in the past to get to a waiting car quicker. Her older brother cannot pick her up so it would be a perfect solution, plane to car. Thanks.

Indians first arrived in Singapore , Malaysia and eventually Thailand a hundred years ago, plus. They were brought over to work the rubber plantations , mines , etc and were treated with an iron hand , basically slavery. Many stuck it out as they are very hard workers and made money, settled in those countries and clever enough to get themselves educated . I know a few families in Pattaya that went that way and now have very good lives . You rarely hear anything negative about the Indian community in Pattaya or elsewhere. I was born in the UK and had many friends , neighbors, and local businesses of Indian origin., They fit in, unlike many other people who have foreign origins.

What a ridiculous statement, and very unjust ! Indians have been in Thailand for a hundred years and todays population were mostly born in Thailand. They run their Businesses and mind their own business, unlike many on this forum.

The last paragraph says it all.

That’s not true. If you want to go to a UK uni , you have to have all the necessary legal papers ( many) and yes the fee cost is higher which is normal. Why should a foreigner get free education or health when they could go to a uni in their own country ? Lots of Saudis, Emirates, African , Chinese come to foreign universities where English is spoken. Australia, UK, US etc. You can be reported to immigration if you don’t follow your courses. They do attend their lectures/ classes they do not pay for nothing as you say, and their results go towards the diplomas/ degree’s they are working for. No fake , bought diplomas abroad ! . In Thailand it’s common knowledge that those students from,wealthy families can buy their way into life. My niece is head of the department for foreign students in a UK uni and she very often has told me how hard and serious they take their work.

Why, do you fancy him too ?

Well they are bankrupt and have been running at a loss for years. ( we all know why). Any other country would have pulled the shutters down long ago. I don’t use them for domestic either. Bangkok Airlines being my choice. Never had a problem. Arent there other decent companies to Australia ? I love SIngapore airlines and Emirates myself.

But surely if you qualify for the first, you qualify for the latter too ?

But not the death sentence !!!!!

Drugs are wreaking havoc on Thailands families. Something has to be done. You can see the addicts everywhere, especially in tourist zones where there are higher bidders. It’s been a huge problem since I can remember, when I was in Phuket many years back y’a ba was everywhere. Even with taxis and tuc tucs . Drugs ruin families, relationships, childrens home lives suffer , and as we’ve seen this week in Buriram, kills them too. The government has left this very late to reduce/ stop it , cheap factories producing tons of dangerous stuff are everywhere around the Thai borders. Anyone can buy it, kids , adults it’s that cheap. while they’re at war, maybe have a look at the alcohol problem in their ranks.

So, was the victim hit by a blunt object , or not ? Is there a stone or hammer lingering in the bushes ? I suppose that if the poor boy did set himself on fire, he would rather have been unconscious ? If the people who saw him buy the gasoline are credible , then it does look like suicide. Awful to want to die like that.

I would leave too if someone tried to force me into an illegal war on a sovereign country. If it was to fight for my home country I would stay. Not all Russians are Putin lovers. If they have the money , why shouldn’t they leave ? A huge amount of Russians have condos in Thailand and homes in many other countries, or have left Russia a long time ago. They can get visas , renew them, do border hops, stay in Cambodia, Vietnam, Bali for a long time on their savings. Anywhere that will have them. These countries aren’t reserved exclusively for Europeans and Americans.

It doesn’t say that. It said the wife said he’d come back the previous night with his family. His mother came back with him. Also it doesn’t say how long he’d been away, years or on a holiday ? Maybe it was theft and there was a lot of money in his wallet ? Maybe it was a jealous neighbor ?

Maybe the government ought to dig deep and find the reason for all these terrible murders and act . Drugs, alcohol abuse, corruption, poverty , in your face prostitution, violence in homes and on the streets. There’s a lot going on that needs fixing. Unfortunately there are only a few good experienced cops in their force. ( one name mentioned often) . They need more educated men to take on such a task..

How about fully charged speeding down a hill ?