thecyclist

Spot on. If you go back even further to when there were less than 400k tourists a year, coming to Thailand was like entering a different universe. There were just a couple of bungalows on Phuket. Compared to now,there was Virtually no traffic in Bangkok. Then again, the celebrated night owl ,our own Bernard Trink, even back then was pronouncing Thailand spoiled , for the real Siam you had to go back to when he was the only Farang in the land.

Like a 90 year old three year old: why, what, what for, who says, oh he says but why he says that..... Very easy to just ,why,why,why.much easier than reading medical journals like the professor certainly did. You probably,like a 3 year old or Trump, don't read at all, while being older than the combined age of Trump and the 3 year old.

Are your doubts visa related or marriage per se related?Or both ?

Supported by research is the very antithesis of anecdotal reports, my friend.I assume you have never taken a methodology course in an empirical science, or you would know that. That is not to say that there are no studies showing negative effects. Very few things in life are all good, or all bad. getting married for example, living in LOS, having sex with hookers...

Keep going for how long? 1 hour, 2 hours...at some point you re going to collapse from exhaustion

That was my reaction the first time I tasted it, but this fruit grows on you. Now it's my favorite. Truly the king of fruit.

Wise approach, although once she has moved in with you, it's not that easy to walk away anymore. There are a lot of wily ones, whose toxicity transpires only slowly.

And one died in jail, while the real crooks and kleptocrats are out and about amassing more fortunes.A total disgrace.

Pattaya, minimal rainfall.Trat, if you love rain.

But often provide additional services, so I was told by insiders, the technical term is happy ending. Never experienced it myself, but it sounds good.

Are they edible??😀😁 Jellyfish is a Japanese delicacy:kulaga

Like the go go dancers

Like the go go dancers

Prices can differ even from device to device Laptop and smartphone searches sometimes result in different rates.

Skyscanner directs you to a plethora of other providers.

I thought so too initially, but now I think they just make it so complicated that most people give up, especially when it is just a buck or two , which it usually is here in Thailand and neighboring countries. Being a cheap Charley, I persevered, and sofar got 4 cashbacks transferred to my account, with 3 more pending.

They are know enjoying the luxurious cages of the Siamese prison system.

How about those, like me, who had booked flights for the end of May, then learned that had they booked for a few days later would have gotten 60 days, proceeded to kick themselves, and now know that they suffered a sore backside for nothing?

Hasten the feasibility study, which for Suphanapumi lasted about 10 years.

The 100 Baht massage places are on Soi Buakao near Pattaya Klang Road, as well as on some of the Sois off Chalermprakiat.

Not only in Thai culture, but just as much ,if not more so, in Cambodian, Vietnamese, Pinoy....culture.

I agree with most of what you say, but have to take issue with your assessment of the security in both Thailand and the Philippines. Yes,there are lots of conmen, swindlers, tricksters, thieves (most of it non violent)in the PI, but the usual portrayal of the PI as very dangerous and violent ,is vastly exaggerated, while it is vastly underrated in LOS. At least that is my experience. I have ,in the past, cycled extensively in both countries, and that includes a lot of night biking. Never have I been the victim of a violent attack, never have I felt threatened in the PI, in spite of that I as a single farang on a bike in the middle of the night in the the middle of nowhere would make the perfect target. Contrast that with Thailand, where I have been the victim of numerous unprovoked attacks, one brutal, where I ended up in the hospital, and have encountered innumerable threats and racial slurs (farang kuay,farang monitor lizard,farang kee nok). To me ,the portrayal of the PI, very widespread, as extremely dangerous, is a myth, while the notion of LOS as very safe in comparison is ridiculous. The violence in the Philippines is mostly instrumental, they want your money, hand it over, and they will leave you alone.In Thailand a lot of it is racist, they want to humiliate the farang.

Projecting in bad English.

It would definitely have to go through Soi Pothole, turning right all the way down Soi Buakao past the lovely beer bars (the girls would love it, nice distraction from the potbellied farangs ambling), then down to the artificial, often disappearing, sand beach, zipping through walking street. Has to be in August , the flooding would add some extra challenges and excitement.

I am not so sure. I fly in from Vietnam regularly, both Bangkok airports, and most of the time accidentally end up with a young female officer, and never had the slightest problem . Well, maybe it's not really that accidental. Not a fan of the male Thai, so maybe my subconscious steers me away from them. Where in the past I always hoped to not end up with a woman, was at Chaeng Wattana. There used be one older female IO, with excellent English shout dozens of questions at every applicant, for the whole hall to hear. Luckily I never got her, she made me nervous just watching her.. So, I would say a young attractive female newbie with bad English is the way to go. 😁😃😍