PingRoundTheWorld

3 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

Regarding cheating, maybe most people take it too lightly. It is, after all, a form of betrayal.

And why should anyone be surprised that it enrages a Thai woman? 

If you cheat on your woman and get away with it, consider yourself lucky. 

There is no such thing as "cheating" when you're RENTING a "girlfriend". You can't cheat on a hooker, by definition.

Flip...flop....flip....flop. Amazing Thailand.

But overall this is a good thing: less tourists and in particular less tourists of the stoner variety (young, no money). Poor guys "investing" in weed shop and production gonna have a **** time though (but the doctors will be happy with their new revenue source). Now if you can just do something about the Indians it'll be great. kthxbye.

2 hours ago, Purdey said:

It's another issue if a school doesn't want to hire a teacher based on clothing.

Good point. If they look like a man in women's clothing no school will want to hire them anyway. It's just victim complex - they know it's impossible, but today they complain about being denied from the test, but if they passed it then they'd be complaining no one is hiring them.

Thailand: why are foreigners not coming?

Also Thailand: let's do our best to make life harder for them!

Also also: this will have the exact opposite effect as foreigners will simply not bother with a Thai license and drive with their home country license and IDP, or without a license at all.

On 6/14/2025 at 8:24 AM, soalbundy said:

Gold and BRICS are throwing a giant spanner in the works and it would seem that the dollar is losing its status as a reserve currency

Wet dream of some dictatorships for sure, but nah - not in actual reality. Not sure what you're on about but that's not happening.

On 6/15/2025 at 4:56 AM, Srikcir said:

Versus the government's constant drum beat that the baht is "collapsing." And for that reason has been demanding BOT reduce interest rates.

That makes no sense. If interest rates are reduced the baht will weaken (which it needs to).

On 6/10/2025 at 2:04 PM, Cameroni said:

I know, I know, but Thailand doesn't have the ability to weed out trouble makers a priori, finances won't do it.

So the only option is a blanket ban really.

I'm confused by your logic: they won't weed out troublemakers because they want the income they get from them - so they should ban entire countries and the income they get from them?

2 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

and then in mid-2024 the Thai Govt decided to step in and stop the decline. As the new PM at the time said - 'we over did it'.

And then they cry "why are the tourists not coming". No - you didn't over do it - you did too little and now the baht is artificially strong which impedes tourism and exports.

Pretty sure VAT is supposed to be included in the price displayed on the menu, if it wasn't she was completely right. If the menu did display the final price correctly however, STAH.

3 hours ago, Cameroni said:

Israelis should be banned globally really. How could we forget them. There should be an Israeli boycott, not of Israeli products but of Israelis themselves. Not Americans obviously, they're lovely people.

There's a word for someone who hates an entire country based solely on where they come from: racist. These Russians don't represent all Russians, either: the problem is Thailand is not vetting which tourists can come and who to reject - they're letting all in, easily. There should be at minimum a visa requirement with proof of financial resources and more scrutiny given to young people's applications as they're more likely to get into trouble and/or work illegally. But they won't do it of course.

Just one case, which begs the question: why aren't authorities doing more to enforce and remove kids from the streets in the middle of the night and make sure they go to school? There are many many being forced to beg, steal, sell, or just loitering. If they don't meet their quotas they suffer physical abuse. There's a particular family(?) that loiters around Asoke, the parents sitting down on the sidewalk eating while they send the children after random passerbys. One time I was in a taxi nearby and one kid failed to get anything from a couple of passerbys, when he got back to the family the dad smacked him so hard I could hear it loudly across the street in a closed car. The saddest thing about this is that these kids don't get an education and don't know anything else - so they're likely to be the parents using their kids as slave labor when they grow up.

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

There's really nice condos at the end of my road for 2,500bht/month.

The poor people's rooms are 1,500bht/month (you've posted a photo of them).

These days you can't find a decent condo in Bangkok for less than 15k/mo. They aren't going to live in Isaan. Pattaya Jomtien can still be had for 7k, but anyone that has to worry about the rent probably shouldn't come (for their own sake - Thailand sucks if you can't afford it).

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

One European applicant, stranded for five weeks, expressed frustration on social media: "I've run out of money. When they asked for one more document, the 15-day timeline restarted."

If they run out of money then they won't qualify for the visa anyway. 500k in the bank and a steady income. Most likely the problems are because they simply don't qualify for the visa so embacies are struggling to verify that they do instead of flat out rejecting them. The visa was intended to bring money into Thailand, not to provide an easy visa for people who won't spend much.

9 hours ago, 2long said:

I have a DTV and I really hope that the bad eggs don't ruin it for those who deserve it from merit.

 

But you know they will. It's just a matter of time. Thailand tends to flip-flop on things like this once they realize them (which takes a year or two).

Thanks for wasting our time. This isn't news.

2 hours ago, jingjai9 said:

There was also a bar named Heart of Darkness where a handful of  local, more wealthy young Cambodians whose fathers were government workers would frequent. They would wait for the foreigners to get good and drunk and then toy with them with guns.

I was there around 2018-2019. Did not feel threatened in any way, but Heart of Darkness seemed like a gay club. Pontoon was actually pretty good but AFAIK closed down during Covid. Not sure if/what clubs they have going now.

6 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

Hello Cambodia, please take the Indians also.  Thanks.

Please! 🙏

Best news I read in a while. Win-win-win: Thailand gets rid of these pests, Chinese cheap charlies get more bang for their buck, Cambodia gets much needed cash. Let Thailand get back to attracting higher spending western tourists.

What a mess of a family... Son becomes daughter, adopts child (poor child!), he adopts another daughter, and ladyboy's boyfriend moves in and shares a room with the adopted daughter? wtf?

1 hour ago, Reddavy said:

Really??? Well she must of kept all her own money from the last couple of weeks work from soi 6

Nobody who works at soi 6 is 37 years old. Next.

13 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Mine gives it all to other women selling makeup, skin creams and herbal supplements.

You forgot her mother, her sister, her aunt, and her friends who constantly need a "loan" but are never there when she needs one.

It's costing the government nothing if it's increased demand that wouldn't exist if the taxes remained. In fact the government IS getting extra revenue from sales and income tax on the profits from those sales. And what social costs? That's nonsense- people just switched from cheaper local alternatives to better wine - which is a good thing. Those who would drink and drive would do it with wine or whiskey (if anything wine is safer), and youths?? youths aren't going to get wild on wine - LOL!

I think casinos at designated areas outside of the main cities may be ok. Maybe even creating a special zone as a gambling and entertainment area. But placing it in Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, etc will only serve to increase the wrong kind of tourists, traffic, rents, and basically make things worse for anyone actually living there Thais and expats alike. Tourist areas are already too packed - wouldn't hurt to create a new one specifically for that.

The issues of gambling accesibility and addiction are moot because Thais already have ample local access to illegal gambling operations. If anything making it legal and administered by established large scale operators like MGM will probably decrease illegal activities while making profits taxable. As long as they keep operations clean and avoid corruption and bribery. This being Thailand....I'm not so optimistic about that.

P.S. Online gambling should be legalized. No reason not to.