thecyclist

Yes, the goat will let us know the etiquette .

A tool or a fool, or both????

He was in the operating theater for 5 hours. Give me a break. Triple bypass. That is total BS.

Neither is possible in his case. His body would reject them.

Arrogance and sense of superiority is basically the same. I think somebody made this 'survey " up

Two tier pricing in that hospital, and maybe at all or most hospitals in the Pattaya/Rayong area . I did a little shopping around for a cataract operation. It seems that once you get out of the farang zone prices drop by 50 %. In the Lopburi provincial hospital the eye doctor was surprised to hear that many hospitals in Thailand charge farangs double. They also seem to be friendlier, take their time to answer your questions. Waiting time for the examination was only 1 hour, which is excellent for a public hospital .

Not explicitly, but "verify his presence in the hospital " means that at least this group has some doubts about his whereabouts.

So he might not even be in the hospital anymore? So he is either a healthy person receiving "treatment " in the hospital, or they surreptitiously whisked him off to some secret luxury suite.

Wasn't this fellow involved in a couple of scandals?Spent some time in jail?

In PP it's better to go through an agent. Or you could buy a dummy ticket for around 400 Baht. They provide you with a genuine booking that is good for a couple of days. The PP embassy likes giving people a hard time. I am not sure, but kinda doubt they accept a bus ticket.

Yes, you try to stop a fight between Thais, you have basically started a fight.

A smiling donkey pulled by the nose by temporarily "imprisoned " squared-faced abomination.

Yes, remember a certain minister condemning Farangs as filthy. basically saying that most of them are of the Kee nok variety.

The crucial question here is was the wife Thai or British?

Yes, true, although there is difference between Thailand and the Philippines. The majority of Thais, especially educated Thais, got wise to these kleptocrats, as the recent election showed. The Pinoys seem to keep falling for the false promises of the 'populist ' elites.

What shooting incident in Pattaya? Do they mean the Paragon shooting?

2 Christians were handing out Jesus DVD's in Vientiane.???????????? Jehovah's witnesses or Mormons ? Jesus DVds?? So, basically 2 nutcases were shown the door.

West coast route is more scenic, and more challenging. I would go via Satun.There used to be, and probably still is , a boat from there to Kuala Perlis, and then a very scenic route ,partly along the coast, to Penang.

Cambodia and Vietnam are probably better alternatives.

End of an era.

Kind of agree. Yes, a cold beer, and for a little while longer a nice joint

These Hamas 'faces ' won't be alive much longer, let alone come to Thailand. Israel is not going to rest until they have wiped out Hamas completely.

Red Bull had to pay the cops and the judiciary a lot of money.

Essential for what?To learn how to read a language is essential for reading the language, obviously. It's helpful, but not essential to converse with Thai people. I have met lots of people who were able to do that ,but couldn't read a word. There might be individual differences in how to best approach a tonal language like Thai. In all my years in Thailand I have come across two Farangs who mastered Thai with a native proficiency. One said it is absolutely essential to first master the tones. The other said the exact opposite, don't bother with the tones.

How do you separate reading from writing? You learn how to read a language, you learn how to write it at the same time ,at least to some extent.