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Agree, and nice to appreciate all that there is in simply being alive, and living the way one chooses. TBH, if in USA, as TH is just a different location, I doubt if much would be different. Family & friends are doing the same back in USA. Enjoying life.

Anchovies as an ingredient, no problem, as I used making Caesar Salad, but as a pizza topping ... nah. Olives, no use for them, but I use salt to enhance flavor, not to 'be the flavor'. Don't think I'd like them raw either, though don't think they sell them, as very bitter, or so I read. Usually in a brine or pickled, and don't think I had them pickled. Read some are even very mild or sweet, again, only had the ones in a brine, I think. If I see them in or on something, the get picked out and tossed to the side. Every once in a while, I'll taste and remind myself why I don't like them.

Really does depend on what you were raised on. Most Yanks my age, I think were raised on Philly/NY Style pizza. Chewy crust, that does take a while to make, and the gluten to develop. I think that was the standard, Until Wolfgang Puck came along, and introduce Neapolitan, as first time I saw it offered up. Became a California thing, then countrywide. Detroit & Chicago had their thing going, but that's about it, I think. And thin crust pizza, TBH, don't think I ever saw it in the USA, and not till I came here.

What's changed, as it's been like that since I was a teenager and paid attention to the propaganda. Only thing surprising is, taking 50 yrs for some people to realize it. 'Zappa & M of I' ... 1973, me, graduating High School that year. Nothing has changed:

I guess you don't know any Yanks that have eating good pizza. My one chickie friend use to have a pizza & hoagie/sandwich shop ... excellent. Along with a cousin owning same. I've rarely had a bad pizza in the USA. Way too many crap pizzas here. To the point, I don't roll the dice often, and just make at home. My pizza bread/rolls at home (when lazy) is better than most pizza here. Cheese is their biggest weak point, and why I usually get pepperoni here, as makes up for the lack of flavorful or amount of cheese they use.

Now ... anything goes, and depending on one's mood, and desire, it all tastes good. Pizza is simply a flatbread ... and welcomes anything you want to put on top of it. No different than; flatbread, bread, pita, rolls, wraps, tortilla, naan, and simply a conveyance of your favorite food. I will draw the line on anchovies, that's just gross, and not a fan of olives, on or in anything.

???? I've had pizza as good, but yet to have one beating what I would order in the USA. Or any other ethnic food, with exception of Thai of course, although I've had excellent Thai in USA, and better than most that is served up here, that's relative to finer dining & cost though. SoHo Pizza on Suk 11 is damn good, though daughter was disappointed last time she ordered, though not sure if from Suk 11 branch.

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If your name or DL # is not on the citation, I would think it would go to the registered car owner.

I didn't have to read any more after this line: "And the federal government is also sending $1.4 billion to defense contractors and pharmaceutical companies for more Covid “countermeasures” and vaccines. ... ... Does the lunacy ever stop?" Apparently not ????

Crashing ... that's a bit of a stretch, as actually up, 2023 vs 2022. The current population of Thailand is: 2023 is 71,801,279, a 0.15% increase from 2022. 2022 was 71,697,030, a 0.13% increase from 2021. 2021 was 71,601,103, a 0.18% increase from 2020. 2020 was 71,475,664, a 0.24% increase from 2019. Still in the positive, so more people here next year, probably than this year. source That they prefer a different lifestyle, instead of following the family path, may or may not be an issue. Especially farming, but with better farming & higher production and yields per rai/hectare, I don't think it's really going to matter.

Do you have an unpaid citation that is waiting for your payment ? Check here

Any and all replies are irrelevant, if at least since May, the system is now being instituted. We all now have the answer, conversation over, unless you just want to argue when for sake of arguing and a few more clicks. Any time this year is recent to me. The regulation, have been in effect for a long time (relative) ???? If not for below post, I would have ignored replying at all. For those with a glove box of citations, check them dates. I think the statue of limitation is 2 yrs. Either way, I'll keep using my cruise control set @ 60 & 90 kph when appropriate, as love P!ssin' the people off behind me. Point system was suppose to go into effect Jan 9th

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Not really a big deal, just be aware it is there, and you will need your ID Unmistakable yellow sign at entrance, and just past it, coned off, so DO NOT try to bypass it.

That has changed considerably. ALL int'l tourist must park & provide ID info at the manned station. Didn't realize their is a form to fill out as posted above. Before, just a folder/ledger sat on a small counter, unmanned: name where from time in any ID # you want to scribble in it time out ... which nobody really bothers with since no parking on exit side of road, unless you park in the PO That's if you wrote anything on the ledger. All changed now. I actually get waved through, as I had an yellow book address on base. Amazing amphur office didn't realize the address was on base, as surely a farang can't live on base. Never used it for Imm, just the lease from our rental at the time. But all the guards recognize me & dog on lap, hard not to. Weekly visitor almost, as friends live there, on base. To add, there a 'museum' area & monuments, remembrance of the Japanese invasion & battle (short lived) that took place 8 Dec 1941. Nice to peek at, and same area, used to have large troop of Dusky Leaf Monkeys, quite cute vs their very aggressive, troublesome cousins/langurs. Not to be seen in quite some time, past couple visits over there.

News Flash: CH has no intension of invading Taiwan, IMHO Why would they ? CH & Taiwan are intertwined economically, and disrupting the present arrangement, would benefit nobody. Same as Hong Kong, Taiwan enjoys their special 'nominal administrative division' and would be foolish to rock the boat. Taiwan is & always will be, part of mainland CH...IMHO

The very few that did close because of covid, along surfside road only, have reopened, original or under new management (w/price increases), with few exceptions. Covid did not effect PKK city as other destinations, as not reliant on Int'l tourist. Getting few Chinese ? tourist buses, and they have yet to really return. Off surfside road, and nothing has changed due to covid, as it was all fairly normal & unaffected with exception of the 1st month of forced closure, with many ignoring the order. One other restaurant we did enjoy (AC'd) did close after covid, but was empty most times prior to covid, so didn't really affect it, I don't think. I was actually surprised they stayed in business at all. The 'town' appears dead on a daily basis, and only livens up on the weekend, due to domestic tourist. Who travels to 'meet expats' ? ???? I've yet to meet any, by choice, and avoid those 2 restaurants that cater to them, just for that reason. Agree, southern part of S side of bay is terribly polluted, from the pier southward, and where the tourist area/vendors are. Even the locals complained of the sewage / stench

Very little quality food, shopping, sights except the bay (karst/island) itself, which smells of sewage along the South promenade, broken in many spots. North side is getting major revamp at the moment. Lovely 6+ kms of bay to 'look' at. The beaches, Ao Prachuap (fronts the city), polluted w/fishing boats, & Ao Manao (swimmer's beach), both nice to look at, but I won't swim in it, as last 2 times my ears were underwater at Ao Manao, they got infected ... ... nuff said. Half the beach area is covered with chairs & umbrellas, charging silly price to sit, even if you order food. Notice in the posted vid, coming out of hotel to check out, very early Sunday, as stated, and yea, little traffic, but at end of vid, night, from far south end, northward, the road is nothing but parked cars in bicycle lane, as far as the eye can see. So when sitting at street level restaurant, all are except 1 at Hathong Hotel, then the view is of parked cars with scooter going by all night, and cars attempting to drive down the now 1 lane available. We don't go down there much as the restaurants, are nothing special and overpriced. Restaurant, The View (@ Hathong hotel) is nice for an afternoon munch, once the sun is on the other side of noon. The only restaurant we'll dine at, along that stretch of surf. Most times, the only customer there. One other, Rap Lom on N side, most tourist without transport won't venture to. Gets packed with Thai domestic tourist & locals. For sunset, Bay Camp Cafe, (gets packed), decent coffee & pastries, very far N side of bay, loops around facing W. Most of the farangs, living here & tourist seem to visit the 2 restaurants in the vid, serving mostly western food. Love living here, but not in town, and you do have to self entertain. Ban Krut, another hour south of Hua Hin, a much better choice for a 'beach' holiday. A beach you can actually walk on & swim in. Weekend night market along surfside road is quite nice, as is sitting surfside, along the wall, hopefully upwind, and at a space in between the storm/sewer drains. Choose wisely or endure the smell of sewage. We only go down there, surfside, at early evening, when shaded by couple hotels and leave at sunset. If living here, nothing really to do except sit & sip a beverage, which is fine. If tourist, the same from your balcony, from the few hotels that have, putting you about street level and away from the smell. Not to scare anyone from visiting, as good for 2 day R&R, but so you're not surprised or disappointed, and know what to expect. Easy access by train <1km stroll (station to surfside), but better if you self drive, as no real taxis/public transport, except renting a scooter. A few scooters with side carts, but they hang around the train station. Saying that, if arrive by van, you need to probably walk (3 kms) to surfside from Phetkasem road van depot. Ok stroll as long as not traveling heavy. Only 2 other places we dine at, not surfside: Krua Chaiwat ร้านกินเส้นประจวบ - only AC place, good Khao Soi (pork ????), call first though, iffy hrs, lots of unannounced closings.

USA couldn't deter CH even if they wanted to. Not that they do.

We have an excellent Khao Soi shop down here, and we popped in the other day. Good for once or twice a month. One of the very few Noodle Soup dishes that I like. Only a few other places we eat out at here.

Whoa ... seriously ... ???? edit: equal time, checked Philly, Pa, USA, and a lot more than I would have though. None in my hometown area. Wow ... World in Changes

I actually came here Oct 1999, to recon for retirement, on suggestion of coworker, as was running out of places to peek at N. Americas. If I didn't have weeks of timeshare to burn & worked for an airlines, that would never have happened. Simply to far for a recon or a dive trip, which it turned out to be also. And only 1 week for 1st visit. Lots of research after, (hindsight, limited) came back a year later, Sept 2000 & stayed. 6 month later retired. Retiring, or playing tourist here, SEA or Europe never interested me, prior to. Only went to Europe, because my niece lived in Sweden, and I wanted to go somewhere cold, before coming to hot TH, from hot (August) Memphis, TN, USA, having like 2 months off of work to kill.

If the one at Bkk Hosp a few years back, I concer, and fixed the BumCrap clusterFk I referred to earlier.