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On 12/12/2020 at 10:45 AM, Surelynot said:

Pavements you can't walk along.....atrocious air quality,....choked with traffic (when busy)....scams left, right and centre....over priced drinks......aggressive ladyboys.....drugs and the 'p' word.........all fixed with the prefix NEO.

 

Amazing Thailand.

 

It is the last place on Earth high end tourists would want to go.

All bargirls and ladyboys will become government-employees.
They will clean up beaches, guide elderly across the "neo beach avenue" and throw flowers on the high spending local tourists.
In the evenings they will be nannies for the rich's kids, so mommy and daddy can enjoy cultural shows. WAIT !

On 11/29/2020 at 9:05 AM, Jeffr2 said:

I've stayed near the border checkpoint before.  On the left as you are looking at Myanmar. People crossed the river there illegally all night.  Some just waded across, others got into huge bins and were taken across.  I've seen this also happen in many places around Thailand.  It's a very porous border.

Did you stay at that cozy guesthouse too ? ????
Before Covid it was much cheaper for people to cross the river at night, that's the only difference...

30 minutes ago, sandyf said:

You have to show me where the government has ever said that travelling from other countries is covid free.

Illegal border crossing = travelling ?

When will they stop to call these people tourists ?

In which bubble is she living ?

8 hours ago, tonray said:

...don't forget a good soapy massage too

...don't forget an afternoon at an intersection with ignored traffic lights too

BTW, does anybody here (really) know how many people arrived on the STV in October ?

BUBBLES their favourite word in 2020 ...

On 11/11/2020 at 3:54 PM, from the home of CC said:

wherever the platform is used it has caused problems (except for those who have profited turning residential locales into hotels), Thailand was right to ban them except for home rental, trouble is this illegal rental plague has decimated the hotel industry ( well prior to covid). If and when life returns to normality the government would be well served in a strict enforcement policy to eradicate these vultures. Hotels with license pay taxes while those profiting from this illegal business evade taxes.. 

AirBnB is the worst platform to work with.
They seem not to care anything about local laws, instead they support illegal deals.
The only thing AirBNB cares about are discounts for renters and their commission.

7 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

That dirty farangs for you infect and leg it ????

... or these dirty girls from the cheap Cambodian escort service. One shouldn't try to save taxpayers money, it only makes sick. ????

Did somebody count all the bubbles they proposed already ?
Just curious ...

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Where i live near MaeJo University (12Km from Chiang Mai moat), everywhere is open as normal.

In the evenings all the restaurants are packed with students and young people. 

The shops and high street are busy, lots of traffic on the roads.

The old folk still meet for a drink and a chat on the village green at sunset.

 

If I didn't have to wear a mask to enter the bank/7-11/Tesco I'd not know anything was different.

 

As for Phuket, yeah I'd be up for a holiday there every 2-3 months from Chiang Mai, but the flight prices are prohibitive. AirAsia keeps sending me 990bht special offer internal flights emails, but whenever I look the cheap flights are non-existent.

How clever to compare Mae Jo (where 90% of people on the streets in evenings are students of the MJU) with tourist places ...

Reading only the first page of comments shows the poor mental condition of most TV posters ...

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I'd already paid for my holiday in March and nobody was offering me a refund if I didn't go.

Not to mention my permission to stay would have expired if I hadn't left.

I was in Siem Reap when I got a message from Air Asia at 5pm, Thai border closing at mid-night, your return flight next week is cancelled.

Got back in the country with 30 minutes to spare before the airport closed to international arrivals.

 

What would I have done if I hadn't managed to return?

Probably would have dumped my Thai family and mortgage, and set up a new home and family in Cambodia.

I'm not really one for sending money to people in foreign countries, for services I can no longer use.

So is a family only good as service staff for you because you have the wallet?
I hope i did misunderstand your comment...

Who were the +/- 700 NO-sayers representing 57% of a population of 65 million ?
The united farmers of Kuchinarai ?

3 hours ago, Dannyxyz said:

Pinoy is a foreigner. Anybody not Thai is a foreigner. Farang is used instead of foreigner by many people no matter where the person is from. Maybe the Filipino was mixed race and looked more like a farang than traditional Filipinos. Farang is not reserved for westerners only. It's mostly used in regards to looks (White skin). So sometimes even mixed Thai are confused with farang if they look too White like.

And if the farang has a workpermit she/he is an alien with an alien number. ????

3 hours ago, muratremix said:

Why they call a pinoy foreigner? Pinoy is a pinoy (filipino) and farang is a westerner. Asians are not farangs, period. 

Why? Probably because she/he is not Thai ?

9 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

No quarantine, spend 50,000 baht per head over 5-7 days, spread the disease, sounds like a great idea, open the flood gates, they have to eventually.

Your username says it all ...

On 9/29/2020 at 3:19 PM, ChipButty said:

They will have to do something soon, Phuket is in a Coma

Not only Phuket ...

19 hours ago, bodga said:

jesus h christ!!!!!!!!!

100 of the cams might even be working ...

Not only Pattaya ...