BangkokReady

I heard people suggest a while ago that covid was allowing people to basically buy up the tourism properties. Either the Chinese or the Thai elite. I think it was claimed that it was following a similar pattern to Cambodia, where the locals make very little from tourism.

You misunderstand me. Of course Yingluck was a proxy for Thaksin, as would this girl be. But it isn't something normal and run of the mill. "Of course we will take orders from our exiled father, what else would you expect from a close family?" - we know it will happen, but it isn't "expected" in terms of how a democracy is meant to function. (And yes, I know she would be elected based on the fact that everyone knows that she would be taking orders from her father, but I feel my point still stands.) But hey, TiT!

Not really. If you're the Prime Minister I think most people would expect you not to be taking orders from an unelected person.

I always think that when prisoners attack paedophiles. Like they're OK because their crime didn't involve children. If someone had seriously hurt me or stole something worth a lot of money from me, I'm not sure I'd particularly like the idea of them feeling somehow proud of themselves for beating up or killing a paedophile, as though what they did to me was OK and did not warrant a beating.

So the Laos land border is open?

Well, the UK has a hefty percentage of the population fully vaccinated with vaccines that have a reasonable protection against the current Covid-19 variant. Thailand has somewhere between 30 and 70% properly vaxed. Maybe 50%.

Very brave. Hope they find some justice, but TiT.

Crazy. The pre-departure is logical and airlines might even ask for it regardless. The test upon arrival with the associated hotel stay is the one that needs to go.

It sounds like you still need pre-departure test, insurance and day one test with stay in quarantine style hotel to enter Thailand. There's supposedly going to be some sort of discussion on Friday about reducing the entry requirements though. Possibly reduced insurance and no test on entry, but we'll have to see what they actually come up with. If they want to compete with now Cambodia and Vietnam, they need to drop something.

https://hochiminh.thaiembassy.org/en/page/cate-7425-announcement-|-thông-báo-mới-nhất-về-thị-thực?menu=5d80ab3215e39c2fe800a722

I had a theory about this, many years ago, when comparing the ease of getting visas in Cambodia vs. Laos. I wondered if maybe Thailand wanted people to do their visa runs in Laos rather than Cambodia (for whatever reason) and therefore made it easier to get them in the former and harder in the latter. No idea if that is the case though. If this is somewhere near being true, hopefully this will continue to be the case now.

I genuinely believe he was thinking exactly this. Blind with rage and simply not being capable of putting together firing a gun into a car and someone inside that car dying. No excuse though. Sad.

As the title says, Vietnam is apparently now open with only a pre-flight RT-PCR test within 72 hours of arrival, with visas returning to pre-covid procedures. This means it is, in theory, just as east to get into Vietnam as it is to get into Cambodia. With that in mind, which place is better to go to get a new visa for Thailand? Vietnam or Cambodia? My instinct is to say Vietnam, based on which place is nicer to visit (I especially miss the coffee), but what about getting a visa? Is one country known for being easier on foreigners trying to get visas for Thailand? https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel/foreign-visitors-can-travel-freely-with-negative-covid-test-health-ministry-4439344.html

It isn't that, or it isn't just that, it's the culture. If you instituted Western style law enforcement on Thai roads tomorrow there would be a national outcry. Thai people just wouldn't accept it. I think people are mistaken when they blame solely government officials for the state of the country. Almost everything that people complain about and blame on the government happens at all levels in Thailand.

Who said that a national tragedy was going to push anyone to change anything?

Getting down to the important nitty-gritty of the matter...

*nor

Didn't they say they were going to open on the 15th?

Based on the final sentence, I think they mean they will look carefully through your documents and expect you to have everything.

Do these people even know where they are? Isn't Thailand one of the top countries for discriminating against someone based on their looks?

Did they think he was a ghost?

So, this might be a little out there, but why not give the body to the other family so they can get a funeral? Kind of like a wife swap, but a bit different.

You really can't take the moral high ground and claim equality then ridicule someone in such a way. You lose all credibility.

Do you know which one is for teaching in a language school? Is it "teaching" or "work or conduct business"? Thank you.

Also parents not ensuring that their children are actively studying and students knowingly skiving off...