DonniePeverley

Pretty much in central zones, malls, it is quite big. There was a big thing around Siam this weekend. But outside these areas i barely notice anything.

Wait till they see what's in Phuket.

Can anyone summarise these past 123 pages in about two lines as to what is going on ?

Yes because Thailand itself doesn't exploit workers from other countries do they ?

Actually what a lot do is actually look to stay open in any way they can.

I have a better idea - when it gets to 10pm, simply turn the clocks back 4 hours, so we go back to 6pm. And we can then get 4 hours more shopping in . We just sleep a little less.

Not all are wearing it for pollution. If that was the case pre covid you would have seen a large percentage where it back then, but that wasn't the case. You have people wearing masks cos their is still a worry about covid (alot of the Thai population is still immune), some even wear it as a sun filter, and hell some even wear it cos they haven't done their make that morning - and some DO worry about the pollution. I'm thinking of getting a mask this week again.

Localised pollution from vehicles especially is horrific. You won't get that much UPCOUNTRY.

What specific music is stopping you from simply downloading something like youtube - and downloading the music, so you can listen to them without any wifi or data? All you need is an account with them.

Most bars will start serving a few hours early anyways - but most won't be serving during the day.

Roast chicken dinner is actually rather healthy. White chicken or Turkey, vegetables, some mash, yorkshire puddings ... ? The problem i find is the yorkshire puddings they make here - they look and taste like Bricks. They also can't do gravy. And roast chicken dinners with the skin on - WTF is that about. Who eats SKIN !?

Nothing wrong with white meats like Chicken. Avoid red meats.

This. Bangkok is a great culinary city, but it cannot replicate the great ole British roast dinner. I miss a Toby Carvery !

Once Chinese numbers return to normal - that could go up to 40 million. Begs the question then why they needed to stimulate Chinese tourists by losing out on all that visa fees they were getting from them.

Would be interesting to see Putin in Phuket and see the volume of Russians out there.

I follow Thailand forums on Tripadvisor sometimes - they're doing a bang up job on deleting posts from tourists complaining about aggressive, racist, and awful behaviour from Russians.

The Russians must be aware of the volume of their citizens in Thailand at the moment, so they must be condoning it for those who can afford it. May even be so diplomatic pressure to let them stay longer, as ridiculous as it sounds.

I miss that general they had for the previous 7 years.

ROFLMAO

You know what happened.

You make TikTok videos peddling this don't you ?

What is wrong with staying open till 4am? Most European countries adopt this and it has shown to work, because it allows drinkers to take their time, and they disperse out of bars, clubs and restaurants at different times. Having one cut off time, makes people rush drinking, and it's recipe for disaster when you let out so many drunk people at the same time. Then there's the obvious financial benefits to owners of establishments if they want to stay open till 4am. Let's face it most are doing it now anyways.

Let's see. I'll message you in a year. You'll still be sitting in Thailand (whinging about the volume of Chinese tourists and now Indians).

One of the most ridiculous nonsensical posts i've read on here. Have you seen the pollution on Bangkok roads? Try walking on pavements taking in the whaff of exhaust fumes. The more of the population that transitions to electric vehicles the better it is. Most condos have the charging set up.

Nonsense. You are hanging around too many retirees. The vast majority of tourists are here for maximum two weeks. The problem is the distance from Europe and America - hence you need to attract them with incentives. It seems all incentives at the moment are for Chinese only.