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You obviously don't know much about foreign/native English teachers in Thailand. When I was teaching several different subjects back in 2005 all the teachers I met were qualified to teach English as a second language. Pay scale was 35,000 to 50,000baht with a handful of schools paying 100,000+baht. After the 2006 Coup things changed native English teachers were replaced by Philippine teachers who would work for 15,000baht but mostly could hardly speak understandable/audible English. Now move on 18 years: Native English teachers being offered 25,000baht still with required workpermit with qualifications like degree etc needed. Look at the results! 2005 Thailand was progressing well in English world levels but from then till now Thailand's English level has steadily slid lower and lower.

Really "I'm OK Jack", having lived in Thailand before during and after the last two coups, I can assure you life became more difficult for expats. With many expats (my friends) leaving Thailand me included. Attitudes definatly changed against expats right after my first coup with Western teachers within thai education being kicked out and replaced by Philippine teachers. Teachers pay has infact gone down in the past 18 years. Industries leave and the list goes on and on. Backward banking and the never ending double/triple pricing aimed at foreigners. If like many who come to thailand living in their rose coloured bubble especially after investing heavily in a house etc are so happy mostly from the need they never screwed up big time. Then the cracks start appearing and it becomes harder and harder to sit abblivious to one's surroundings then bitterness creeps in and then often pushed to leave. Having a bank hold your money 800k or 400k sits OK with sum but most normal people it's a problem. I for one have a conscious and find it difficult living in a country under military rule witnessing persecution of opposition and decanting voices. People should never forget the brave nurse that was witness to the murder at the temple what persecution was thrown at her and the question I always ask where is she now? Enjoy life Jack.

Possibly not if all your assets frozen or quite possibly disappeared (ask the Dutch business man and his Thai wife who lost had stolen billions then kept in prison). I suppose having a trusted friend taking care if your company change 150,000baht is a way to do it. Next Thai Visa story: Mr Clever Clogs friend spent his camp change 150,000baht...

People aren't broke but they had 2 years to look around and try new locations: the world is a big old place. There is also the flight costs now. Last April 2023 we a family of 4 paid £3,400 (included pick up and hotel for 3 nights) 2024 we are paying £4,600 no pickup and no hotel!!! If we didn't have a house and family we would be heading somewhere else.

It's called tolerances, therfore a road if needing to be tolerant to 30 tons should be able to take 60ish ton before failing. Maybe it's just luck when the tanks roll into bkk for a reshuffle of generals the tanks don't collapse all the roads...

Reincarnation depending on how you have behaved relates to what you come back as.

Thailand has quite strict gun laws but it is the illegally held guns that are the problem.

Have you been living under a rock or very nieve? I know a couple of men this has happened too, quite often when a man starts living with a woman with children. The reason is simple they want rid of the new guy!!! Also there are many cases of rape accusations being lies which muddies the water for real rapes. In scotland a girl can meet a guy in a night club go home with him and when he dosent phone the girl cries rape a week later and because she had a drink the guy is locked up.... Not a good time....

Racist!

Confused! To be a logistics hub surely you need a deep see port, major rail links road artery spanning the country and of course an international airport? I never new these were all part of Ayutthaya? Live and learn.

No money to be made in that!

First: a vast amount of Thai families are poor and in debt. In Thai villages girls will be married as young as 15 for the right dowry or circumstance. Legal Marriage in scotland is 16. Therefore 17 is not young (younger than Thai 19 to be legally bought, sold or rented in an illegal occupation "scratch head"). Second to be so nasty about a young woman wishing her life to be ruined and have untold actions and hardships of sub-human captivity thrust apone her; please reset moral compass. Punish yes also educate but prison No!

Yes it would be. Thai customs and Post Office are well known for being crooks: it coat us more money getting our stuff out of port and 35km than from our front door in Scotland via Singapore. Plus a t shirt from uk with tax 3 x value of the t shirt. Welcome to Thailand.

Customs and police will not be happy about this, its gone from planting one pill to 11.

Rode elephants twice even sitting where the mahout sits "an experience" elephants are very dangerous animals when upset, angry or in Musk. I would not ride again, biggest regret is doing the tiger temple thing: I new it was wrong but didn't realise how bad the industry was. Never been close to a bear.... we all make mistakes and I've made many.

Watch the video. Elephant used its trunk crushing him.

Very derogatory and insulting post. Your post is like me saying: "Thai women laugh at Thai men's lack of prowess in the bedroom, Absence of loyalty in relationships and marriage, non existing responsibility of their children" and I could go on and on. The fact is women in Thailand prefer western men because on a whole they are loyal, responsible and take care of them. However, men make mistakes when C.R.B. and marry the wrong women who are morally currupt but that's life in all countries. Well named profile me thinks.

What a thing to say and to wish for! Quite disgusting or your just so nieve, newbie or Thai military! The damage the last 2 coupes that Thailand has suffered crippling the country with lost real foreign investment, miss management and the massive rise in corruption. Things will slowly unravel as the state of things start to leak out (the military had to put a fix in: a trade of don't look under the carpet)

It is up to the Thai people who becomes PM unless the tanks roll in and the cuntry is stolen. Nothing done under a military government holds any water "null and void"!

Sorry but I do not trust the police due to their reputation for planting evidence. Why is no one asking why he would not pay?

Sorry but if you think providing a barbecue to thank staff for doing thankless work is corruption your moral compass is broken beyond repair. Stop and think or maybe you think it's currupt when a company pays bonuses every year or holds Christmas parties? Just shaking my head in disbelief...

I have a house I built 13 years ago in a Thai village and have many Thai friends. I was well aware what was going on (my father in law was the Head man). I can stand by every word I said including about thwarted murders by legal carry in USA. Maybe you have problems with researching or have ho idea what is going on around you and maybe you. Very little of what goes on reaches the media even Thai media but hay keep those rose coloured glasses on. You just have no idea.

Is the fuss because they are lowly cleaners? I personally think this is/was a very good gesture of thanks. The people complaining should hold their heads in shame.

It's called brown envelopes!

It is getting easier to see the infiltration of this site over the past years since the last coup. Convicted by a kangaroo Court directed by the military is worth nothing until all those who take the country at the end of a gun by generals who become billionaires on very modest salaries. Let him without sin cast the first stone! Always remember he was a truly elected PM by the people and worked for the people and would be elected again and as was his sister.