Expat68

This week the rains have arrived in NE Thailand!! At this moment it is absolutely pissing down

Everyone is entitled to there own opinion but I have lived within the Thai family for three decades

Food is massively important to Thai people, if you notice, within a few sentences of meeting up, they ask if you have eaten.

Yes it is the hottest I can remember up here in NE Issaan, I have live here permanently since 2010

People in Pattaya have to be friendly, that is their job!!

Personally I would put Vietnam number one

First time I came to Thailand was 1990. Loved permanently 14 years

Don't think so

Issaan

Expat strangers are down right rude, thank god for their wives and girlfriends.

Absolutely spot on, where I live it is exactly the same

I think it all depends on what circle of friends you live within Thailand. The place where are I live it is mostly just one happy family. Usually on a Friday night we meet up, expats, wives, girlfriends. Lot of food and drink flowing and everyone enjoying themselves. If I were to meet them in a supermarket with or without their partners, they stop and smile, have a chat and move on. Any newbies would be made welcome

It is called culture, Americans are brash, Thais reserved

Too boring to read such a long post. I could have died by the time I had finished reading it😂😂

Disagree, where I live the Thai smile is just the same

Personally I find expats not very friendly (I always say hello or morning when I pass by strangers) but their girlfriends or wives are just the same

No idea I have lived in Thailand 13 years, never been back. Just someone I know who continued to get pension increases and also got winter fuel allowance until he got found out

I know someone who was also claiming winter fuel entitlement, until he got found out

Waste of time, one of the reasons ladies don't wear helmets is that it messes up their hair

Far better than Philippine's teaching English in Thailand which is the way it is going

International is what it really is called nowadays

There are not many people who actually speak true English. I think I read sometime ago that Oxford and Cambridge are the perfect English language.

Pay tax in my own country and pay VAT in my own country

No

They will not release from PO, have to go and pay first