StayinThailand2much

On 3/7/2024 at 8:27 AM, Terek said:

I noticed this pattern, in Central Pattaya near shopping areas there is some strange people, looking Indian or something similar. They come to random people trying to give some weird advice, usually they start without any manners telling that you are too fat, skinny,  bald or something other about person's  appearance and say they have advice, stupid and annoying. I smell it's some scam going on or just thieves trying to distract victim. Maybe someone smarter can comment what it's all about? 

They probably want to sell you suits at their tailor shop. Other such patterns are saying: "You're a lucky man", or: "Come to my shop for free fries."

19 hours ago, PJ71 said:

You also need to bear in mind that a lot of people that have been here 20, 30, 40 years or more have watched Thailand loose the appeal it once had but have built their lives here, not easy just to up and leave.

Yes, Thailand is a country attracting tourists and expats. What always helped me to cope with Thai's attitude, was sometimes just leaving for 6 or 12 months. And the Thai IOs seemed happy too, that, for once, I spent my money someplace else...

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thai premier Srettha 'P' Thavisin

'P' for 'puppet'...

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Let's hope the Thai woman who hit and run killed a 73 year old Swiss tourist in Pattaya last night gets similar attention.

May he R.I.P. 

But no, they will either say it was a 'misunderstanding', or 'suicide' by the Swiss... - With all the publicity about Swiss citizens in Thailand, perhaps some Swiss will think twice before booking a holiday here in the near term.

3 minutes ago, damian said:

In Australia, some Australians take great pleasure in burning the Australian flag particulalrly on Australia Day. Conversely, New Australians (foreigners who have received citizenship)  wave it proudly and enthusiastically. 

You should have seen me when I came to Thailand for the first time; Waiing everyone and eager to learn the language... That changed when, back in 2002, thanks to big T., people's attitude changed dramatically. 

I've been to Oz thrice, and, it's always magical to touch down there.

1 minute ago, daveAustin said:

If the Thais want millions upon millions of tourists, they'll have to expect crass behaviour like this. Not everyone is a Mary Poppins type.

(Most) Thais will never understand, or respect the way of foreigners. They are not interested in them at all, but only in their $$$$...

8 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

How does Thailand fly their flag when in distress or are they always in distress? 

asking for a friend.

Not to mention that, oftentimes, I see torn and colour-faded Thai flags. Where is the pride in that?

1 hour ago, Incobart said:

I have a bit a problem with generalisation, there arrive maybe every day 5000 tourists in Phuket, 1  or a a few misbehave something, meaning 4995 are good for the country, and isn't that  on any place, school, factory, concert ... that 1 or 2 do something wrong ?

Yes, and I would bet that one or the other Thai misbehaves abroad too; not that any Thailand-based media would report about such incidents objectively...

4 hours ago, Wobblybob said:

I thought 'free banking' only is applicable to your province your bank is located. Don't we get charged a fee when we leave that province?

I always thought such a fee would be calculated into the exchange rate.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The banks claim that the DCC charge is in line with credit card practices for transactions abroad adding, however, that customers have an option to use “travel cards” without any extra fees.

Great, so as a foreign(er) devil, can I easily get a "travel card" from my bank? Using my Thailand-issued debit card abroad proved very useful for me recently, but I guess it's back to carrying cash...

23 hours ago, Barnet1900 said:

Thailand aims to be an international hub of chemsex orgies by 2025.

If it promises to brings in 'big money', they will!

On 3/1/2024 at 10:39 AM, webfact said:

Defence counsel for Jurairat cited her tumultuous past in Thailand and her escape from debt bondage, painting a picture of desperation that led her into...

So she's the average Thai person then...

On 2/27/2024 at 6:44 PM, Accidental Tourist said:

Good that the world is full of pretty destination without paying such extortion entry fee; there a even destination where you can make a week holiday with this amount. Thailand definitely goodbye...

Correct. While I'd like to travel to Bhutan, I won't, as I don't like to pay extortionate fees. Perhaps Thailand wants to go that way; rich but few tourists... Good luck with that!

On 2/27/2024 at 6:49 PM, gomangosteen said:

But still the option of 30 days visa-exempt. Minimal impact, more interesting is whether they intend to increase fees from other countries by a similar %.

Rates are set (in baht) by the Foreign Ministry, not by individual embassies, so, yes, it's coming. Will much higher rates have much of an impact for short-stay tourists? Probably not, but it might change long-term plans for some expats. 

Also, if they change all visa applications to online ones, does that mean that one can only apply in one's home country? Travelling back home just to apply for another Thailand visa? - Yeah, right! 

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

Those damned foreigners!

They are all "hiding" (in plain sight that is) in Thailand... Time to fit them all out with electronic tags for better monitoring.

11 hours ago, SABloke said:

 

No, not only that. The next paragraph that you quote clearly states that she was in Thailand for 13 days (contrary to her claim). So it's fabricated.

Well, it's possible that she fabricated at least part of her story.

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

It could also be that people were taking advantage. Tourism is people with a little dough coming for a couple weeks and going home. 

That's exactly what happened after Australia waived the visa requirement for Malaysians; many decided to work (illegally) rather than travel...

16 hours ago, khunpin said:

Smart move. 

It will definitely help to boost the tourism ... 555

One step forward (Chinese, Russians, and Kazakhs visa-free), but two steps back (GREED!)... Guess, soon all visa fees will be up by 600%... LODSIE - Land of dollar signs in eyes...