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So what ? 

It is the Triton submarine.

I always like a little relish with my Hot Dog.

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so what is one good restaurant ?

But I am not a tourist.

3 hours ago, CharlieH said:

If you want peaches theyr'e gonna be out of a can in Thailand.....lol...

I did not want peaches. I did not ask for peaches. I wanted fresh fruit.

Have sampled about twenty. Nothing great so far. Canned peaches in the fruit bowl at Siam Paragon yesterday. Really would like to have something good. Prices at all my restaurants went up a lot last week by the way. It is getting expensive out there.

Hello all. I have a good friend who walks and sleeps with excruciating hip pain. Is it possible to just go in and buy some Codeine or Dicodin in Thailand ? 

Never got any vaccine.

It’s a joke, right ? 

Seems to be a mystery. Have asked many pharmacies and they keep telling me to go to another and another and another. 

I enjoy wearing a mask and havent been sick in three years. 

This change has great meaning for me. I went to the night market in Patpong on Saturday and there was not one stall or seller there. It was a dark street. Couldn’t believe it. Usually has hundreds of sellers. 

8 hours ago, SpeakeasyThai said:

Yet your little ray of sunshine is no more than a negative response in itself. ?

 

It is incredible that guests in a country seeking their dream would ever complain. It shows that those people will not change and that they were chowder heads in their own countries.

Very good article, and a very important topic indeed. Thailand changed my life and made me a much better person. Thailand taught me so much. How to be patient, kind, and to think good thoughts. I studied Buddhism in a temple and lived there. I am much calmer and better. I got a lot out of Thailand. My kids were born there.

But, having said that, this is not the same Thailand anymore. My days were amazing and wonderful, and so were the people then. Bangkok was an amazing place, Bernard Trink was alive. There was magic in the air everyday. Those days are long gone folks. You missed it and you are different. I have no idea why many of you are in  Thailand now. What could it possibly have to offer anyone ?

The answer is no. Land borders are not easier. They are just as stern and serious these new days. Everything has changed. They have exactly the same info in their database everywhere. It is not attractive to continue to live there. Good luck.

I fear fellow Westerners more than locals here and elsewhere when I travel.

These news articles are very poorly written.

The population in Chiang Rai is more than doubling every 5 years. Young educated Thais are moving here and starting up small businesses for a better quality of life. Drug laundering continues at about the same fate in the last 20 years but this is super big money. They use it to buy land and then backfill it. The large amount of new roads under construction along with the new SEZ in Chiang Khong will cause the population to increase. I have noticed a lot of people switching to growing pineapples and strawberries which are not controlled by the government mafia. The new 6 lane motor way from Chiang Khong connecting to the new roads in Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai and Bangkok will bring a lot of Chinese tourist. The current big time construction of the ring roads should be finished in 2=3 years. The motor way to Chiangmai and the railroad from Chiang Khong will take longer.

You must be a Windows user. I haven't seen a virus or malware for fifteen years.

How to find that out, whether one was blacklisted?

. Just come back, no problem. It isn't the issue people say it is. I know. . But to me, Thailand is not the same and not cool any more at all.