JPHa

"Relationships between Thailand and Germany and with China would remain intact if the Germans eventually agreed to sell the sought-after engine..."

And how exactly is that Germany's problem? The contract and conditions were clear. The Chinese couldn't deliver as per contract. Send it back to the Chinese and ask for a refund. Good luck ????

After all these years dealing with the Chinese and always ending up short, one has to wonder when the Thai finally get it, no matter how fat the brown envelopes must be. 

49 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I agree about the cautious behavior. I do not agree about the extreme paranoia, panic and fear. Wearing a mask on a motorbike, in a park, on the beach, in your car, in your home, in many outdoor places, and even at a restaurant, is silly. You are just going to remove it anyway. Does walking into a restaurant with a mask on offer any safety or protection of any sort? I get it, if someone is hacking and coughing. Otherwise, let us get on with our lives. 

There is nothing wrong with being cautious and I guess nobody will forcibly remove or rip it off of your face if you still want to wear one. But mandatory wearing it in places that are obvious not significantly relevant for spreading the virus or just closing up certain venues, but allowing similar businesses to remain open, just seem very inconsistent and there would have been time to amend, but seemingly there seems to be no interest.

Just now, garyk said:

Poor baby, are you loosing in the market.. haha

oh my! you are one of THESE people... I should have known when reading your initial post that you are maybe the wrong one to provide a proper reply when asked to backup your statement; confusing sarcasm or quippiness as a sign of intelligence instead of backing up claims with a proper statement... well, we re all entitled to an opinion and even voice it as such, so if that is your best, fine by me :))

1 hour ago, garyk said:

The Ruble is very strong right now.  As long as the Ruble is strong Thailand will welcome Russia with open arms.  

Russian oil is very strong. I have read a few saying it will see a huge influx in investment dollars.

So far the sanctions that were put in place are not working against the Ruble.

Curious to see the outcome.

Also America is heading into a rescission, stocks are tanking and trillions are being lost. 

Personally if living in that part of the world I would be putting together an exit strategy.

Sitting on a pile or even mountain-load of RUBs is doing you nigh to no good, when there is almost no place worth going and noone willing to exchange it for any services, products or currency, no matter if you ll get 60 or 120 RUBs for an USD, or whatever they decide to artificially peg and prop the RUB up to. You may want to ask the poor sods who still got Evraz or Gazprom shares in their ports, frozen and banned from trade since 2 months now. As for recession; since all stockmarkets are going down the drain, on a global level, and further clawing each other down in a ripple effect, I d be keen to understand which alternatives you d suggest. Please spare me with crypto's, precious metals or the chinese stocks, whose indices already tanked worse than the US this year and are stuttering from one low to the next, as the zero-covid measures force city upon city into perpetual lockdown. So? what is your hedging bet? buying triple leveraged commodities ETPs e.g. oil at maxed out prices? US or even russian treasury bonds? sporting bets? THB or just stock up on MamCup noodles with almost eternal shelf-life and hope that you can sell them at inflation-adjusted value in a few years? I am happy to be enlighted and keen to learn.

8 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

"Thailand can play important diplomatic role in Ukraine-Russia conflict ahead of APEC"

 

Not quite as intended ????

 

Japan, U.S., Australia walk out of APEC meeting in protest of Russia

Canada, New Zealand also join move at trade minister conference in Bangkok

I bet they didn t miss much by sparing themselves the 5min mouth-f@rting from the russian envoy, repeating another set of distorted lies and telling the world that russia is the victim of aggression and acting in self-defence, while their red buddies nodding eagerly. Just a sad clown show.

Though i understand that the situation is dynamic and changes may be required as needed, it baffles me why other countries seemingly were and are able to come forth with a plan of not only opening up but even completely abolish rules and restrictions and are back to an almost pre-covid normal. Looking at various European countries, they are back to normal, with unrestricted travel, holiday resort already doing business, restaurants operating at full capacity and no masks since months now.

Good evening,

I am new to this form when it comes to contributing or starting a thread/post a commentary. I am a bit in a jam here and am looking for some valid and clear information. I am currently planning a 2 month trip (less 60 days stay) in Thailand with a TR visa. I have read and browsed many pages and forum entries, as well as asked the consulate/embassy, but did not see or got a clear and comfirmed info yet and therefore reaching out to some experienced members.

My parameters:

Nationalty: Swiss

Age: 42 yrs

Work: working in Switzerland

Previous stays in TH:

2018: 2 TR visa plus one VE (all in all about 180 days. It was my sabbatical year and accumulated holidays)

2019: 1 TR visa (less 90 days from Jan to April)

never any overstay, special stamp or issue during my stays. No borderruns to neighbouring countries, always flew back to Switzerland with my pre purchased ticket and at least 2 to 3 months in between visits to Thailand. Financial requirements are not an issue.

I do work in Switzerland and have no intention, no interest and nor the possibilty to work in TH. All i want is to enjoy the climate, the sea, surfing and diving.

Elite Visa program is not an option as i am not interested in a 5yrs period in TH. So please save the Elite Visa sales speech and links to these pages. I have seen it, read it and decided it is not suiting my current needs.

I plan to go to TH again in August/September on a 60days TR visa. I asked the local thai embassy if the previous visits and TR visa would be a problem and they said that it wouldn t be. Reading lots of posts regarding issues at Immigration, as well as seemingly new regulations (which I have never been able to actually see clearly stated by an official source yet e.g. 90 in 180 rule), I wonder if someone has some clear info or experience or would even recommend me to postpone/cancel my TH trip completely.

Thanks in advance for your advice and help.

J.P.