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The usual jerk reaction. Trying to do my part by cleaning up the beaches myself, engaging with local authorities about solutions... there can only be betterment by realizing what's wrong, what could be done better and then act. But just accepting anything as is, well, your choice, not mine.

Can't he just wear civilian clothes? Doesn't foster confidence, all these uniforms everywhere here.

PKK has the perfect location, yet bewildering "city planning." The whole beach front is wasted, looks abandoned, not a single restaurant for instance along that long beach road... could easily be the perfect town.

Thailand 5.0, anyone?

Agree... let's keep those hidden treasures secret 😇

Been a while in LOS, three decades to be exact. Until some years ago you could stroll along any beach, I don't recollect feeling tempted to always walk with a waste bag in hand to collect all the rubbish washed up on beaches. Until some years ago, I don't recollect having been warned about PM2.5. Of course there was the slash and burn season. Now? The air in the places we all know is so bad, you can clean the floor daily and you still have a dark fingertip when checking the floor. Oh, and I prefer to stay in a beach town which was rather sleepy until a few years ago. Meanwhile, there was so much development, when schools are off in the afternoon there are Bangkok-like traffic jams. It's a wild building frenzy. Of course, infrastructure is not expanded. The authorities just informed there is not enough water, so tabs are closed each day after 10 a.m. Oh and of course hardly anyone in decision power cares about the future. There is hardly any awareness about the environment. Kids throw away ice tea cups and snack packings, because... who cares. And especially now, in this heat with ample clear skies and burning sun, the authorities still don't make it a priority to feed the power grid with solar power. Cheap electricity: Thailand could run on it, but the vested interests love coal. At least tourism arrival numbers are reaching record levels again... Thais get upset with rage tourists who are not too "krieng jai"... Thailand has become all about short-term profits, with zero vision about a sustainable future.

Wow. Sounds like in Stalinist Soviet Union.

How... will it all be enforced?

They dare yet again once more? I bet not.

You give up so easily, OP? This can happen anywhere with any company. Unfortunately you have to waste some time on this, but you'll get your money back.

Yeah but also very quiet, definitely an oversupply of watering holes along Pak Nam Pran beach stretch ????

Homebrewing law got loosened last year, or is it still not possible for small places to sell their own brewed beer? Anyone in the know?

Heard this from a European embassy, the ambassador told me they'd be supporting a lie in signing such a paper. Obviously there are workarounds. An applicant told me he submitted an own written statement and it was accepted.

Looking for such a place in / around Hua Hin.

To-be-redcarded tourists are certainly a tiny minority. No bashing here, but Thais are world champions in rule-bending, a sizeable part of the population would be red-carded in no time.