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Forgot to mention, if you are looking for something similar in the area, go down 50 metres on Suk 50, on the right side there is a square with restaurants and bars. Google Cheap Charlies bar.

Been gone a few years now as I recall, I think well before COVID. It's expensive land on a major road and near a BTS station, odds are it will get used something more profitable at some stage or when the owner gets the right offer. The nice outdoor Thai restaurant/bar on the corner of Ekkamai suffered a similar fate...

She was right..

Well done for cutting and pasting from a random internet site. I have seen this exact same quote previously, and it is still wrong. A moment spent considering this proposed amount and cross-checking would have been time well spent. Do you really think half of all Thais are earning >USD 3k per month ? If you are still not sure.. Median salaries by country UK USD 2k USA USD 4k Australia USD 3k South Korea USD 2.5k Germany USD 2.5k

There are many here who obsessively bash Thai-bashers as they are not happy with Thai bashing, due to lack of critical thinking, and being unable to rationally consider any objective assessment of Thailand. Rather than do that, the prefer to try to belittle those offering observations or criticisms of Thailand regarding police, politics, judiciary, health & safety etc to feel superior in themselves and re-assure them that they have made the right life decision in coming to Thailand. They are also usually at pains to highlight how marvelously they personally have integrated, as opposed to the less culturally adaptable Thai-bashers. These observations by the group of Thai-bashers-bashers are usually presented in combination with the Thai-bashers-bashers rallying call, which typically includes a suggestion that a prompt geographical relocation would be the best solution for the Thai-basher and all concerned. It's rather sad as they have made many decent posters leave the forum and left others wary of offering objective thoughts on life and news events in Thailand for fear of being attacked, negatively labelled and pigeonholed as a Thai basher. The forum is a shadow of what is was 10/15 years ago, before these obsessive Thai-basher-bashers developed the clearly generic and over-simplified Thai-bashing nomenclature, created to shame and shut-down commentary from the inaccurately named Thai-basher group.

That sounds concerning, given the propaganda style 'news' often seen in Russia. I guess this is Putin's brave new world for Russia, a pivot to countries that were viewed as inconsequential a year ago and before he burned his bridges.......no pun intended in respect of the recent Crimean bridge "incident"

Typical, knee-jerk nonsense. Hang ‘em, castrate ‘em, if I ever got my hands on ‘em.. etc, etc bla bla bla. Reflects very poorly on you and those who liked your post, which was completely meaningless. Two thirds of countries globally have banned capital punishment entirely and most of those that do retain it only use it for crimes deserving of the punishment, such as murder. No civilized country employs such a model for drugs offenses…but great, you sounded off and got a few likes from the brain dead crowd. Here is the group of countries you are joining in executing people …hope you feel a warm sense of pride…

The vaccines were purchased free of will by the Thai government, who should be the subject of your comments. The vaccines are also clearly identified as voluntary.

I do worry that Thailand is actually slowing drifting towards becoming an economic basket case. For the last 30 years, the main drivers of growth have been FDI and tourism. The FDI, owing to restrictions in the Foreign Business Act, is typically limited in certain sectors. During this time, to my knowledge, no major Thai companies have sprung up in these industries. The only area where Thai companies have done well is quasi-state monopolies or sectors where FDI has largely been excluded. Think financials, telecoms, resources, real estate and retail sectors. All of these piggy backing off the wider GDP growth generated by FDI. No major competition or innovation required, just milking a captive market with limited choices. It's hard to see what stimulus and opportunities there are for sustained future growth in Thailand, unless they liberalise the service sectors but that would be stepping on some pretty big toes.

I live not far from the ChalermRat expressway, which feeds directly into this elevated expressway to Chonburi. For years, I have heard high powered vehicles tanking it along the expressway in groups. 5-6am on the weekends seems a popular time. Surprised there hasn't been more incidents like this. Police nowhere to be seen, as usual...