Arthur Mullard

Comment retracted ????

I will retract my earlier comment - yes I have since read that Thailand did the decent thing. What a relief - it's far more preferable to praise than to bash that country, believe me. I suspect they are not able to become an open door to refugees fleeing Myanmar? At least state their position on the atrocities however, if that is indeed the case.

Thank God someone has called out Thailand. What a morally perverse country. Unless anyone can explain their position on human rights in this matter further? If the woman has extended family... God help them. The stuff circulating online is not for the faint-hearted. It needs to be seen though by all.

Moral of the story? Forgive me but you sound as if you've no idea what's going down in that <deleted> hell-hole

Excellent Rooster???? Ruffled several feathers. Parochial Brits most I bet who think metropolitan living equates to a visit to Harrods from zone 4 and beyond - overwhelmed.

And wear glasses handling local notes... that Songthaew driver made off with a red thousand note at Samrong, when it should've been a hundred, silly me. Even sillier that I should've chased it up at the local depot. IDIOT

You mean a c****

"Propaganda" that's rich: when anyone who speaks against the 'special operation' falls out of a window or mysteriously disappears... like 6 (at least) oligarchs have done lately... or when a state poisons those brave enough to speak out... yeah I'll take western "propaganda" by the bus load if that's your idea of an alternative, Idiot.

Morally flawed ???????????? (+ a lot of wai-ing)

Most readers will have noted the new pop-up ads on ASEAN NOW claiming Thailand to China starting prices around £3-400.. A cursory check will reveal the cheapest single fare around £900 +... nowhere near what's being advertised. A recent article also stated that in-coming tourism to Thailand had increased by 200% since July, from China, and excitedly predicted that September prices were due to fall thus boosting tourism... to much joy (NOT) from just about all posters on this forum. At the last check, a round-trip from China to Thailand came in well over $1,000, with advanced booking. Single flights advertised at Skyscanners prices don't exist, in one direction. Period. You might think they're predicting changes in the coming month/s (but still - the advertising is a hoax) however, Chinese travelers who are not traveling for the following three categories; education, employment or business... are NOT permitted to travel. A cursory look online in the terms will reveal this in small print somewhere near the bottom. This all begs the questions; is Skyscanner going to continue advertising false information, and if so why? Will prices fall by half the current ones advertised? How does Skyscanner's advertising fit with the terms mentioned above? Could it be there's a move to create a false sense of normality and return to pre-Covid tourism, when in fact, the facts state the total opposite?

To quote Woody Allen: "I prefer something sexy but..." (Love and Death) ????