Pedrogaz

Anyone believing an inflation rate of 2.4% is an idiot who has never been in a shop in the last decade.

I often get coconuts and dead bodies mixed up. RIP underpant man. 

As a 67 year old long term resident here with a home, partner, cars etc......paying outrageous taxes on cars but getting nothing back. I would go back to Europe if I hadn't invested so much on this racist country.

The government should allow all longer term (one year plus) resident to access the Thai government healthcare system for a reasonable fee instead of forcing us into the claws of these morally bankrupt private hospitals and insurance companies that charge foreigners much more than Thais.

We seem to have a government that wishes to blame foreigners for all that is ill with Thailand. Frankly, it smacks of racism.....not in a full frontal assault Western racist way, but in a "Japanese racist" way, where when you are sat alone between two empty seats on a crowded bus or subway carriage. They don't want to sit next to you because they think you smell bad, but they are rarely rude to your face. 

No doubt things are getting harsher.....take the insurance scheme for O-A holders. At the time the claim was made that 500 million baht was left unpaid by foreigners.....well 500 million baht is only about 15 million dollars or about 30 cents per visitor. Making the O-As  fork out 40000 baht a month for crappy insurance is just pandering to the insurance lobby and using hatred of foreigners as a flimsy excuse. Make no mistake the insurance rules will be extended to O visas with time....and for the over 70s this will be a disaster with exclusion of current or prior illness. If you are advertising retirement visas they should be for life and you should be able to pay into the Thai medical scheme.

I am in a fix here. I'm 67 and will soon be uninsurable. I do have enough to lock up 3 million baht in a frozen account for medical expenses, but for obvious reasons don't wish to do this as I would expect hospital bills would rise to exactly 3 million for an ingrown toenail as soon as hospital doctors know that you self insure. 

It amazes me that in the hub of ASEAN for the digital world, we are having such problems. Every other government app works perfectly unless it is on a day that ends in a 'y'

I'm wondering how many of the 1300 foreign visitors were multimillionaires per the government's strategy of targeting this group with especially bewitching baits? Anyone know the financial status of those who poured in yesterday. 

I have to say, an impressive start. Well done, Mr Prayut, Prawit and Anutin. I must say I was not a believer, but I have changed my opinion 180 degrees and am now, more than ever, convinced that we are on the right track. Just think how many visitors we will have if "nearly 2500" visitors come every day. Wot's 2500 times 365? Just figure out the answer to this sum and you will have the answer.

...and still a two hour wait at immigration?

RIP

I am sure you will sign a contract when you buy the condo that enables the developer or owner of the condo block to rape you and your family if you ever want to sell. Land is a pretty good investment here, but second hand property returns nothing, nada, zilch, NOTHING.