Andycoops

Isaan is the geographical name for the North Eastern provinces of Thailand and covers major cities like Korat, Khon Kaen, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Buri Ram, Surin etc

It will take 8 hours for myself and my other expat friends to drive to Pattaya, which we will as soon as the bars open.

He should never have had the job in the government in the first place as a convicted drugs felon.

Everyone is different, my wife had that combo of jabs last month and carried on entirely normally with no side effects whatsoever.

For everyday expenses here in Thailand I have no use for CC and pay cash. If I need to book a flight or hotel abroad I use my UK debit card and sometimes for large purchases here 50k up.

People who take over a country by force, a coup in this case, never have legitimacy, they are just corrupt morons thriving off greed.

I await my extension application next month with curiosity.

No doubt the prominent figure is a wealthy hi-so with millions stashed in the bank and can afford to ride this out. Wonder if he's a policeman...

I had exactly the same experience just 3 weeks ago when I went into a local Isaan station, following an accident involving my daughters Honda scooter. Nobody in reception, a policeman in a office with door ajar, pointed me towards a door on my left. Upon entering, again no one in sight but a rhythmic noise emanating from beyond the plastic screen. On closer inspection I saw a fully uniformed policeman, lying across 2 chairs fast asleep, snoring his head off. This was at 1.30 pm.

And no mention of dangerous policemen, tut tut.

I lived in Pattaya for about a year but much prefer my Isaan village for day-to-day stuff. I love to visit Pattaya 2/3 times a year, pre covid and will continue once the bars have reopened. I enjoy catching up with my friends who stay there.

'command and control' he couldn't command and control a pair of chop sticks.

I feel sorry for you, Thai bureaucracy at its worst. I am grateful for getting married here in Thailand, I hope you manage to get things sorted out.

Another triumph for Thailand 4.0. You can't beat walking into your local hospital to get a vaccine, I did, rather than using any government online system here.

Is there going to be an election next year by any chance ...

Looks like a good market for the fake certificate guys then. How to kill the reopening in one swift statement, will the restaurants that open really care and there are going to be alot of people scurrying about checking up on diners, ho ho

And have been for 7 years.

This guy is a sideshow, he doesn't make the conditions, he only makes suggestions, so anything that comes from his mouth is just speculation. The real power lies, unfortunately for him elsewhere.

What a coincidence, the Bangkok chinese embassy issue a statement and within days the Thai grovellers are putting out the same clap trap, I can see the puppet strings from here.

Predictable outcome for the hi-so DAG, a noodle seller would have been sweating his nuts off for several years by now with no end in sight.

Truevisions are losing only Fox sports 2, according to the message on that channel. I haven't see any messages about other channels being removed. They are replacing with mainly chinese and Korean content which apparently the Thais like. I agree that it's becoming a challenge now to keep paying 2000 baht a month, I have the EPL package on top which is why I still persevere with them. When I upgrade my TV it will probably get the boot.

Well I'll be under no illusions about the sanctity of this vow as it will go the way of all his other promises, unfulfilled.

Hardly surprising as the amount of traffic on my main road, the 202, in Isaan must be down by 75%. As a result local independent fuel stations have closed along with many other roadside businesses.

They wonder because they fail to see how ordinary people and in particular young people, who are the future of the country, can see through the whole corrupt charade that this government is and governing for their own pockets at everyone else's expense.

Yet more communist clap trap from the corrupt idiots in peking. They haven't the decency to apologize to the world and won't allow unhindered transparency of the events in Wuhan, boo hoo!