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Thailand have made getting a visa harder as well. Their Ministry of Foreign Affairs decreed that Honorary Consuls throughout the world are no longer permitted to process or issue any visas to enter Thailand. In Australia we could go to the Consul in our state capital city to get a visa. Now only Sydney and Canberra are permitted to issue them. Yet another hoop to jump through. I sit here wondering how safe I feel sending my passport to them through the post. If you want to ask them a question over the phone you can only call during a 3 hour window between 9:30am and 12:30pm weekdays, yet another silly restriction.

Because Anutin thinks foreigners are dirty and Thais need to be protected from them.

I am not sure why any tourists would come to Thailand, especially 8 million of them. In the other story today, "Anutin: No indication to end of entertainment ban in Thailand"

A few well aimed cans of beans hitting him in the head could slow him down. But then, being a farang, I would probably end up being the "culprit" in the eyes of the police and end up getting deported.

Only the good looking girls were snapped up. The rest are still back on the farm.

That is what happens when a country tries to sell substandard products. France tried to sell cr@ppy subs to Australia. China is trying to sell cr@ppy subs to Thailand.

My condo is in Huai Khwang and the times I traveled from Nana to home the fares varied enormously. Sometimes the driver would take a short cut through the back blocks and manage to avoid all the traffic, especially around the Ratchada night market, and the fare would be below 100 baht. Another night the driver might just go along Sukhumvit and Ratchadapisek in heavy traffic and the fare will be 150 baht. I usually give the driver a tip between 20-50 baht anyway. No big deal, especially when I know that just the taxi flagfall back in Melbourne will be more than the 150 baht fare in Bangkok.

One possible benefit from all the Russian tourists being stranded in Thailand is that they have access to news that is not being censored as it is back in Russia. At least they can see the horrendous effects their fearless leader is imposing on its neighbour. Ukraine is their "brother" nation with many having friends and relatives living there. Maybe Putin does not want them to return to Russia just yet because they have seen what the rest of the world is witnessing. We can only hope that there are some Russians who have some sympathy for their invaded neighbours.

They say he is scared of catching the CCP virus. Yet he is fine shaking hands with another gangster.

That photo is one of many that I have seen the past couple of weeks. Dozens of large apartment blocks burnt out or collapsed. Hundreds of homes destroyed. Schools, hospitals, a theatre sheltering hundreds of civilians mainly children... all bombed. Putin is not just a war criminal. He is a barbarian with zero morals. Satan is eagerly waiting for him in Hell. Let's hope they can meet up very soon.

LOL. I thought most of these comments were trolling. 555555

Where does the amount of 12 million baht come from? 2 + 0.5 +5 +7 +2.8 = 17.3 million baht. Unless they only counted the house and land.

Enemas are often used to wash out a stuck turd so maybe that is the correct word when it comes to Putin.

Putin must really be looking forward to meeting Satan, his future master. Let's hope they can meet really, really soon.

Australia is a very friendly country, however, we do not include war criminals on our friendship list.

"exported to Russia through nations such as Belarus and China." Lovely company this guy is suggesting. He seems to have forgotten North Korea in the club.

"Mulberry paper making by hand" Will it be OK if I manage to automate the process? I really, really want to make mulberry paper.

Probably yes, that is until they follow their Chinese big brother's example and make VPNs illegal.

I just measured my balcony in Melbourne Australia and it is 0.89m which seems 110mm under the standard. Even with that height I feel unsafe on my balcony and take extra care not to fall over. I am 186cm tall and the top of my balcony only reaches the top of my thighs. I am pretty sure my Bangkok condo has lower railings than here.

As my Thai wife sometimes says, "You cannot eat love".

Perhaps they are trying to attract their CCP masters who are currently at risk of having their assets frozen in several western countries.

The last time I entered Thailand via Don Mueang just before covid appeared, I was pulled aside and got questioned for 30 minutes because I had "too many" 6 month METVs in my passport and the Immigration Officer said I should marry my Thai partner and next time use a "marriage" visa. So even "back-to-back" 6 month visas with gaps of 2-3 months in the home country between each visa are risky.

Telling my friends I am going to visit Bob for 3 weeks somehow does not quite sound the same. I think I will stick with Bangkok which they will better understand.

I remember a long time ago in a Nana Plaza bar asking in a polite manner but the bargirl started to cry and walked away. The mamasan asked me why I was being so offensive to her girl. I said the girl was so pretty I thought she must have been a ladyboy. However, it appears there were no ladyboys in Mandarin. Mamasan had to go and explain to the girl that I was either drunk, an idiot or both. Another of my newbie mistakes.

Is that all? I'll take you on any day with my Sayonara and Sumimasen skills.