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2 hours ago, Deli said:

The CCP owns Cambodia, they caused the damage and must pay for it.

 

If China owns Cambodia, it would be a province of China and not a separate country right now. Your hatred for China shows you're a racist or propagandist.

On 8/8/2020 at 12:54 PM, kamma said:

99% guaranteed driver was on his phone?!

 

The driving culture in Thailand is pitiful!

Agree. Especially those Grabfood motorcyclists. They are on their phones all the time and they speed most of the time too.

What visa does he have in the first place? Is he abusing his tourist visa? 

Even though the economy is bad, but prices of almost everything is still high. Food remains cheap.

16 hours ago, Yinn said:

 

 

 

 

There's a reason why USA has the worst case in the world, they don't like being told what to do.

1 hour ago, PatrickC said:

Predictable and to be expected.

 

It has become very obvious that no tourists will be let into Thailand this year and probably not in Q1 of next year either. Q2 earliest

I think it will be January next year just in time for Chinese New Year tourists. They wouldn't want to miss that.

All other tourists are insignificant in numbers compared to the Chinese.

Anyway, Russia has already announced a vaccine.

On 8/10/2020 at 2:29 PM, lemonjelly said:

With the high amount of outbound flights being cancelled, what’s going to happen to foreigners still in Thailand after 26 September if their flights have been cancelled? I can’t understand the Thai government’s stance of kicking them out of the country in these terrible times.

Penalty fines.

If you overstayed more than x months, you will be banned from coming to Thailand for x years. It has been a rule for many decades.

These type of people should be banned from coming to Thailand.

On 8/9/2020 at 10:06 AM, Grumpy one said:

Funny thing that

I guess the mutts are way smarter than us humans

All mammals are smart not just dogs. It's just that most people think that some animals (pigs, cows, goats) should be killed and be eaten but not others.

Did my 90 day report 10 days ago and had no problem. Don't know why people still need to go physically to immigration.

I went to Walking street in Chiang Mai city yesterday. The crowd is half the volume before Covid-19. It was a breeze walking through unlike in previous years.

Not all the stalls were opened too. Most of the shops said their business have gone down more than 50%. They told me Chinese tourists are essential to their business.

Best case scenario only at start of next year 2021?

They should really start a travel bubble as soon as possible before more people die of hunger or suicide.

USA has 5 million cases, Thailand numbers is insignificant and catching the virus doesn't mean death for sure.

4 hours ago, AverageBloke said:

It's really quite interesting because in the last 5 years Russia and China have been working towards a trade agreement that will exclude the US dollar. This could have huge ramifications regarding their reserve currency status. These uncertainties tend to make people very nervous and that is probably another driver for gold. 

I thought Russia has huge amount of oil, why do people need to buy from the Arab countries?

4 hours ago, darrendsd said:

It depends on what visa you are on or were on?

 

For example my ED Visa finished in May so I am on the amnesty - I can't obtain another ED Visa because I need to leave and re enter the country (Visa Exempt) in order for Immigration to be able to convert it to a ED Visa again

Can't you just extend your ed visa? Why do you need to leave the country? It baffles me.

1 hour ago, Brunolem said:

But it is losing value, a lot! 

 

Since the creation of the Fed, a little more than a hundred years ago, the dollar has lost 98% of its value against gold, and in purchasing power. 

 

What keeps the dollar going is that it is the world reserve currency, and notably the currency used to buy and sell oil. 

 

But more and more countries are getting fed up with the US abuse of its privilege, and the pressure is growing. 

Why must people buy oil using US dollar? Can't they just buy using the currency of the seller? eg. Saudi Arabian money

What do you mean by world reserve currency?

I often see busloads of Chinese tourists going to ladyboy shows in the past.

In China, it's impossible to see ladyboys so they come to Thailand to see them. In western countries, they have drag queens so it's not really unusual.

It seems that ladyboys do rely on Chinese tourists then.

23 hours ago, Brunolem said:

"If all the forces that are possible combine, gold could be 3 - 5k USD this decade."

 

I see gold going way beyond 5K by the end of this decade, because most Western currencies, starting with the USD, are in the final phase leading to their intrinsic value, which is...zero!

 

I really don't understand how the US can just print and print money without losing value. If every country print more money, nobody needs to work anymore.

1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

First came to Thailand in 1962, loved it, worked here from 1983 to 1987, retired here in 1994. Still love it.

Are you able to speak intermediate Thai after so many years? Or just limited to ordering 'fried rice' and 'tom yam kung'?

@Pilotman

Those who are happy usually stick in their own circle of foreign friends, they don't really mix with Thai people.

Those who are unhappy usually mix a lot with Thai people and know that what foreigners usually say about Thai people being nice, polite, honest all these are NOT true at all. There are lots of rude, unreasonable Thai people around. They like to scam foreigners.

I guess it is the language barrier for the first group who stick with their circle of foreigners.

How much do the tourists have to pay for regular government state quarantine per day?

2 million expats in Thailand? That's quite a lot. 

I thought it was only 100k.

Another nonsensical survey.

Those whose relatives are locked out of Thailand wouldn't vote yes.

Those who are unemployed wouldn't vote yes.

10 hours ago, AndrewMciver said:

And that's how the virus will return. 

There are more chances of catching the virus from Americans than Chinese.

Chinese have the virus well under controlled, as for America, look at who is the top ranked country with the most virus.

The number of Chinese visitors to Thailand in Jan to Mar this year well exceeded any other country.

A Thai citizen going back to her country isn't a problem, it's the foreigners that have trouble going to Thailand.

Is there a limit on the number of flights going to Thailand?

How about going indirectly, go to another country first where there are flights available and fly from there.