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4 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Seeing as 'farang' tourists get 30 day visa free entry on arrival, I fail to see how they are trying to 'get them out', in favour of other nationalities ? Unless you are babbling on about TM28/30's, which is an entirely different thing. 

I understand exactly what he means .. and he’s not babbling . As a 4 visit a year man I don’t feel as welcome as before and I really must say, however racist it may appear ,that quite a few Indian and Chinese visitors behave badly in many instances that I have witnessed personally . I now actively by enquiry seek out hotels that are not frequented by those nationalities and I do not care how racist that may sound. It is based on personal experience. I am considering my options and changing my destinations within Thailand to actively avoid having to witness some of the antics I have experienced from some of these visitors.  

Has someone lost the key to Jenny’s Room ? 

7 hours ago, Badbanker said:

Most times it works, but sometimes it doesn't!

 

I do that now as I was pulled in for the first time ever this year. I stay 28 days 4/5 times a year, so a lot of stamps , but I always have the return flight and a first week’s accommodation voucher and my insurance and €2000 in cash. There was no problem once they spoke to me and actually didn’t ask for any of them once I explained my pattern of visiting as a retired person. They also assured me .. though I took it with a grain of salt .. that I was very welcome and would not have a problem with this routine. The one question they asked me that Amused me was had I got a Thai Wife .. I said no.. I don’t want a wife she would spend all my money and they laughed with me . Hasn’t been a problem since.  

3 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

You either learn fast to have common sense or your dead.

Hi .. Are you Canadian ? 

They’ll be check us out for Big Dicks soon ! 

7 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Yes, but it's not as if those flights suddenly turned up as a surprise is it? They know what flights are coming in and when, and ought to be capable of providing sufficient immigration staff to deal with these rushes. I spent many years flying all over the place and while I have seen some bad queues in lots of places, Thailand has REALLY bad ones way more regularly than anywhere else I have ever seen.

so .. knowing busy .. 7 booths unmanned ... .. 

Scruffy Murphy’s was a famous pub in Dublin. I spent my youth in it ....  but I must make a note to visit the Bangkok version because I am curious about these “TALL PINTS “ of Guinness and the other beer we actually don’t have in Ireland .. ...” They say McGilligan’s daughter ... doesn’t know the taste of water ..” 

8 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

Not really following the logic, there are no thais at the beach on a thai holiday so therefore tourist numbers are down.

I think the clue is in the vague comment by the boat jetski guy ... somebody somewhere do something about ... something ? not sure what they mean either .. you really couldn’t have sympathy for theses chancers and rip off merchants . same with the girls .. they are crying  l. no no customers and still looking for go go prices and as for the go go,girls ... they can go go anywhere as far as I’m concerned .. but not into my pocket ! 

1 hour ago, Redline said:

So, this is a hypothetical conversation with who?

God ... or Trump... same thing though ! 

19 minutes ago, Will27 said:

His kids are entitled to UK passports.

But all the Brexit fearing Brits are looking for Irish ones .. with a name like that he doesn’t sound Irish , and if he was living in Somerset in England with access to unlimited quantities of scrumpy, as an Irishman you could not blame the man as he would be off his ziderhead before he even came to Thailand . 

i think the “pig mask”  is is photoshopped on to the “ take a bow” curtain call opportunity photo by the RTC ? .. legal reasons perhaps ? might be wanted by Scrumpy Police ! 

On 7/2/2019 at 9:47 AM, webfact said:

disseminating

Now I haven’t heard that word used for a while ... interesting ! 

So, on the one hand, close bars in Pattaya and on the other hand TAT say the tourist numbers are down so far this year .. someone needs to think about this.  

8 hours ago, BestB said:

Well that’s in total contradiction to our Thai visa experts who claim Chinese outspend Europeans. 

 

Would appear Chinese spending does not make up for loss of European money . 

When you see the groups walking around behind a flag bearer they are not spending anything except the cost of the tour,run by Chinese anyway. Now they can’t spend it on Prostitution as there’s none in Thailand . 

On 6/23/2019 at 3:04 PM, daveAustin said:

Currently 04:50 up and 21:30 down in middle England. In winter, up (ish) at 12:00, down at 12:01. 

There was still light last night at 22.20 in Dublin... that’s one thing I don’t like about travel to Thailand or other Asian countries when it’s summer at home in the Northern Hemisphere. 

On 6/23/2019 at 8:18 AM, glennb6 said:

geez, ussa nanny state coming to thailand. thought thailand was 'land of the free'.....

 

brilliant, smokers Mrs starts yacking about AGAINST THE LAW, smoker starts nicotine withdrawal, which is similar to wanting to kill someone, smoker stomps Mrs to a pulp. 

 

govt at work at it's best.

As long as she doesn’t start laughing ! 

The end is nigh .... Noi’s end ... delicious... lol ! 

1 hour ago, VBF said:

This point has been made numerous times with at least one link to show it.

And yet people are STILL posting on here as if it was a new issue.

Why it's almost as if they post without reading what went before! ????

There’s a lot of non Thai , Farangs, whatever , living in the Kingdom and in general, but not always , I have found that the term which springs to mind when conversing with or reading about them is “ not very bright” . It is easy to see why certain  ladies of the kingdom ,although not very well educated or bright themselves,  can have such power over them and outwit them at most worldly pursuits, I.e. money matters . The exceptions almost prove the rule. Gonna get hammered for this ... 

ALL of the listed foods ,drinks , and cosmetics contain liquid and are already banned from Carry on luggage around the world. Nothing new here except that people have been allowed to bring prohibited stuff on board up to now it seems . Does anyone think I could walk though London, Dublin, New York with a can of soup or stew or over 100 ml of liquid anything .. which included toothpaste and perfumes and mouthwash and liquid medicines ?

34 minutes ago, Traubert said:

One of the security girls at U-Tapao once tried to confiscate my Mature Cheddar on the grounds that it was milk. She did get over-ruled when her supervisor intervened, but on another occasion a friend of mine lost 4 cans of Batchelors Mushy Peas because they were 125g to a tin.

 

Little did they know he'd checked in two more cans in his hold baggage.

 

Bwhahahah!!!

Oh god .. they were doing him a favour ...lol... 

1 hour ago, Quack said:

As a diabetic I struggle to find any Thai food at all that doesn't make me ill. I also stick to meat and veg as much as I can

Same

3 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Certainly not scammed, as I offer the driver a price that I'm willing to pay.

Me too

21 minutes ago, Jiggo said:

Why.....

..... Do the stars keep on shining ... good man ! 

17 hours ago, BritTim said:

In my opinion, flying direct to Bangkok planning to enter visa exempt, carries a significant risk of a denied entry. You could safely enter by land, but this involves extra time, cost and hassle. Look into flying to Vientiane (flying to Kuala Lumpur and separate flight on to Vientiane from there may be cheapest) and crossing the Friendship Bridge to enter Thailand at Nong Khai.

I must be very lucky so ... five times a year , under 30 days , for the past 6 years . Stopped once and questioned for 5 mins ..so many stamps .. the guys asked me had I a Thai wife ... I laughed and said oh god no ,she would take all my money . They laughed and said no problem. I asked them what about the next time and they said there is no problem for you . Possible my age , I am over 70  . I wasn’t even asked to show my money or hotel bookings  or return ticket... it was a case of the original immigration officer seeing so many stamps he referred me on to a higher authority.. I think.