paul1804

Its the stupidity of both the residents and the authorities, the solution is very simple. Round up the monkeys, cull the old or sick ( many are ) and move the rest into an enclosure like a zoo. Desex the males and some of the females until the population becomes manageable. I have visited Lopburi many times and always said the ever expanding monkey population if left to its own means will become a nuisance one day but the local people just laughed, now the laugh is on their stupidity for allowing the population to expand as it has. The monkeys are aggressive, they raid businesses stealing food, damage vehicles and property, kill cats and small dogs given the opportunity and generally are a pest to all and this was happening back as far as 2010 when I first visited Lopburi. Now they are forcing the closure of businesses, how irresponsible of the authorities is that?

Welcome to the land of rip offs, they just cannot help themselves!

Sadly American food culture is probably the most unhealthy diet on the planet and if you have ever had an American breakfast in the USA you wont be impressed!

Yes correct but thats the tip of the iceberg!

Have you ever succeeded in telling a Thai they are wrong & such a loss of face!

Like many other state employed people in Thailand they are hugely corrupt, where would you start, RTP, the army, immigration officials, elected members, public office workers and on & on. There is no integrity, no honesty and no shame! Shame on you leaders of Thailand for allowing this situation to become so deeply engrained in Thai society.

well who knows what might happen to the reporter if they told the full story, Thailand you just cannot help it, again shooting yourselves in the foot!

And the authorities wonder why Thai tourism is in the doldrums!

Did you expect anything different?

The CCP is a bully with a fragile ego but we all know Thailand will bow to their wishes, spineless bunch, long live Taiwan!!

Is it April 1st today??

This entire alcohol hours scenario in Thailand is a muppet show, and now "Shrek" the laughing donkey wants to extend to 4am when so many establishments open beyond that with no consequenses except a brown envelope! I can relate to 11am opening but why close between 2 - 5pm, some BS about school kids buying booze, that should be up to the license holder to only sell to people of legal age, if in doubt ask for ID. Then the non alcohol days, why dont the governor's in tourist areas allow alcohol sales on those days, this is a Buddhist thing and 99% of the tourist's either aren't Buddhist or will drink on those day anyway so why. Allowing sales between 2 - 5pm and the Thai alcohol ban days would increase revenue, like I said so many places dont close at 2am so making it legal to open until 4am & with the latest suggestion of no alcohol sales between 2 - 4am is just another laughing donkey show. When will Thailand use some common sense???

That would be too logical !!

There is not too much of "probably" about it, so why all the fuss about 4am closing when many clubs & bars continually & knowingly break the law.

There are quite a few situations in Thailand that us farangs do not understand, the authorities seem to have an irresponble attitude to things like this face book post which we will never understand. If its not financially or personally beneficial its often gets put in the "why should we bother" basket. Its rather sad but thats life here in the LOS !!!

Then why can some clubs & bars stay open & serving alcohol in Koh Samui until 5am if the law is currently 2am???

thats the biggest joke I have heard in years, do they know what the word ethics actually means?

It would be interesting to know the real facts here, MFP just happened to be the the party with the most votes so if their members can be discredited that would be convenient for the current governing party for the next election??

"as their tireless efforts are what keep the local community safe" its not April fools day is it ??

Too much competition for the local Mafia I guess so get rid of the foreigners and the locals get the lions share.

The outcome of a very inefficient & corrupt immigration system/police force and the quest to attract "Quality" tourists from nations with many undesirables and you get what Thailand is now experiencing.

I came to Thailand 5 years ago believing that this was a beautiful Buddhist nation, sadly every week I am reminded how in reality Bhudism is a convenient front for many, face and money are the single most important things to many Thai people.

Well I hope she is right with her arrival numbers, seems a little inflated to me but I guess it depends on who you count as a tourist arrival and who is actually doing the counting. TAT are infamous for "inflation"

Very sadly most governments lie, that is the present state of humanity! The USA and their CIA would have to be the biggest hypocrites on the planet. You think they are the good guys until you learn the truth!

Koh Samui general hospital which is the government public hospital in Nathong, doubt what you like Mike!