clivebaxter

Well if that's what you have to go through living in 'paradise' I'm glad I don't, would not put up with that, or go through an agent, to live anywhere

Dont they have the organization for the advancement of coloured people still in the USA? or has that got a new name?

I thought we had moved onto people of colour, hard to keep up!

That would be ' challenging standard beauty norms' in the meantime it looks like we are stuck with slightly fat half Thais with a confrontational attitude

Courage indeed entering a contest looking over weight and with a very odd costume, appearing slightly angry and non smiling most of the time. These contests need to have a weight limit to prevent the chunky activists seeking publicity in future.

He had a black trumpet player, there were no black Queens, tudor courtiers or Roman Emperors, but Tv does not let historical facts get in the way of feelings these days. Unwatchable nonsense, oh they also cast her as a part time lesbian as well!

Never used an agent

My friends came here on a cruise a few years ago docked at that port in Chonburi, they were told it was the port for Bangkok. Bus trip into Bangkok took almost 3 hours, left an hour and a half here then back on the bus. They were not impressed, just had time for a meal in MBK food court and that was it. I would have thought the sea here was too shallow for those enormous ships like Princess line have now

I did get an impressive eye roll when I asked how long it would take to fix it, that was 6 months ago, still the same overstay message !

Watched the first one and was impressed that the BBC had produced something this good without the usual mis placed ethnic casting. Getting to the end credits it seems it was not produced by the BBC at all so no surprise after all. Good one.

The last time I went into Nanaplaza it was fully naked girls with lezzie sex shows, shower shows, dirty dance contests as well as the usual pussy shows, if that comes back wake me up. What has been around for the last few years is not worth the cost of a plane ticket IMO.

Diversity productions just lie about the ethnic make up of the country, trying to rewrite history and promote the myth it's always been multi cultural, so dishonest.

How come they can get this to work but most online IT is a cock up here? I don't use it and don't trust it.

Only for medical care, which he now does not qualify for

Been done online including here for years, Grace is the default source to go to it seems. The problem with agents in Bkk is it appears they cannot get you an extension from CW so have to get from up country, but the law says you have to get it from the province you live in.

Anyone remember Titty Twister in Nana Plaza? tiny bar about 20 years ago. The 'owner' with a Mexican sounding name sold large shares in it to a few people, including a disabled Scandinavian in a wheelchair, before doing a runner! From what I saw over the years the Thais were often the least of peoples problems!

That site does well to ignore possible defamation charges on this story, which are extremely unlikely in this case. but at the same time are so paranoid that they do not allow anything posted that contains Thai! This includes music as they do not understand Thai and worry some material may be actionable. After a bank scam costing me 40k I decided to go with the Japanese one here a few years ago., clueless staff but so far no major problems.

Of course some other countries had them at their own embassy in Bkk months ago, why could Biden not arrange the same for Americans? You really think he cares about you or Thais?

Not as bad as a 55 year old marrying a 6 year old, we all know who that was and can still see the aftermath today. This will end up like Nong Nat and her elderly well off husband she proclaimed her love for. ????

Mrs drives me up the wall- constant commentary on how bad all the other drivers are, but it all stops when she tries to park????

Never understood the logic- single needs 800k but married only 400k to live on ????

where can you get 10%? getting an extension illegally from another province by paying a bribe seems rather silly to me

Filling one form out taking less than 3 minutes, going to the office yourself and paying 1900 baht seems a challenge to some, you do not need agents if you have the funds. For one thing I would never trust somebody else with my passport, the risk of it being lost would be too stressful.

There is nothing world class about illegal prostitution, that's only world class hypocrisy. There is a lot of fun to be had in Thailand, but not in Pattaya, that business was just an embarrassment, never a threat.

Who said romance was dead, degrading personal memories hardly makes it a nice thing to do. You'd be happy for your daughter to be banging away in a public toilet then?