Mr Dome

Are you asking us if you should ordain? ???? What's happening here is that the few bad apples are taken to represent the whole Sangha for some posters on here and that's not right, as it wouldn't be right with any topic. The majority of monks in the Theravada countries aren't engaged in anything scandalous or illegal.

You started with "isn't a religion", I agreed 100% and now you're back to "religion". The simple fact is that our parents shape our spiritual beliefs until or if we choose to go a different way, that's all. Don't know what your beef with Buddhism is ????????‍♂️ but I'm not on here to convince anyone. If you don't believe any of this, that's your prerogative.

What a strange comment filled with ignorance, unfortunately. Thailand is a Buddhist country, Buddhism doesn't need to be "peddled" here. You picked the one thing people were born into to make it sound like they were just copying someone rich & famous. Why? Yes, Buddhism isn't a Religion, fully agreed because there's nothing to believe in and the Latin word for religion, meaning to reunite, doesn't apply here. Individual critical thinking was always encouraged by the Buddha. As for your final comment, it doesn't sound like you know the country very well.

If you have seen "Jai Ron" in action - and both Thais & foreigners can possess it - it's sadly not hard. Hate & anger are extremely destructive and should be avoided as much as possible. The lesson here is not to enrage others on purpose. For those saying "it's usually the Thais", well, it's a numbers game and they win it every time, don't they? Stop asking for a level playing field when that'll never happen. Yours is in your own country. Journey in Peace to the deceased and a quick recovery to the injured.

So many words from you when "I'm a complete ignoramus" would have sufficed.

Still, overstayers spend money and most of them aren't an immediate danger to anyone. So, apart from making themselves look good there isn't a big advantage to Thai society here, I dare say. That being said, you shouldn't overstay.

Unfortunately, by being confused about what the May 12 date really meant and arguing about it, you got on the agent's bad side and she refused you the simple visa exempt 30 day option. Just get a plane ticket & fly in.

But do we get to have a say who we foreigners welcome in the Land of Smile? ????

I had explained the point but you seem to have an issue with others taking different approaches. Don't want to bicker, Mr. Know It All.

Since Oman Air is an established player, I will report back, as it could be an indicator of the airline having a more relaxed attitude and thus potentially having value for others. Just don't read it then ???? I've flown into Thailand since 1999 and dealt with this issue many times. If certain politicians feel that we're all "dirty" drug taking no good layabout farang whose only goal after arriving is to overstay, that's not my problem. I aim get away with what works best for me to satisfy that rule ☺️.

I live in the region. My ticket to Bangkok IS my return ticket ???? Anyway, I asked the non-low cost carrier and received an answer in the positive. Might be different on the actual day of departure, I realize that but I won't do/get anything else in advance. This is in the same category as the "must have 20K THB (in any currency)" rule. This is only enforced if they don't approve of "your nose" upon arrival. Imagine if the burden was on the airlines to check that also.

I asked them, they said yes. Carries a lot more weight than some stranger's opinion on the internet. I'm not disputing the rules nor claiming this would always be sufficient but not all airlines handle this the same way. I shall report back here on the 25th.

Just to add another angle here. Had some time to kill waiting for my connecting flight upon arrival at FRA with Oman Air and asked them if for my return to BKK my (within 30 days of arrival) bus ticket from Aranyaprathet/Poipet to Siem Reap would be accepted. They said it would and that their policy was traveler self-responsibility anyway. I would love this if true & practiced by all airlines. Will put that to the test then on the 24th at MUC.

Maybe but we haven't even moved on fully from military rule & into the next phase yet.

And then disappear in jail? I could warm up to that outcome. ☺️

Yikes ???? What are the chances this will actually pass?

Should he return, the countdown for the next army coup will start.

So, you're in favor of that? With restaurants, we have a choice - ilke don't go to the crowded ones - with public transportation, most don't ????.

"unclamping" the opposite of clamping isn't mentioned anywhere. My question would be, why clamp a vehicle blocking traffic in the first place? I'd have trucks with cranes standing by removing any gross offenders asap.

It's not done with us yet. Good to see a 90+% masking rate on public transportation.

Well, dear Kitty, when people think money is to be made it's always like this and can't be helped. It was always going to be like this. Plus, let's face it, the factor that's hurting your industry the most by far is the unclear legal situation. But now that it's become clear that neither the demand not the profits are really there, the great "weeding" out will slowly start and only the most resilient ones will survive. Unless the new political bosses take it all back, of course. Chohk Dee, krub.

Wow, looks like he didn't mind having a very "structured" & rent + food free kind of retirement. ????

They didn't even let him say goodbye to his cognitively partially furnished die-hard audience - Ouch! Seems everyone eventually goes "woke" if the bill is high enough ???? Nice to see that actions still have consequences, even for a big corporation like Fox Entertainment (definitely not news). And the next law suit is already lined up. Imagine the possibilities ☺️

The thought of taking a prostitute to a room with you, in Thailand to boot, while you have over five grand cash on you is pure insanity to me. But then again, I don't go out at night - with that money on me - and get so hammered that I can't think straight anymore.

Gives a completely new meaning to "urine luck" ???? I dare say if you really want to catch illegals, you need to target different venues and work smarter not harder. This basically satisfies their intrinsic need to throw their weight around.