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The guy is moving to Texas. I was immediately reminded of the following story I had read: The Two Travelers There was once a traveler who was walking from a village in the mountains to a village in the valley. As he walked along, he saw a monk working in a field and asked, “I’m on my way to the village in the valley, can you tell me what it’s like?” The monk looked up and asked the man where he had come from. The man responded, “I have come from the village in the mountains.” “What was that like there?” the monk asked. “Terrible!” the man exclaimed, “no-one spoke my language, I had to sleep on a dirt floor in one of their houses, they fed me some sort of stew that had yak in it and the weather was atrocious.” “Then I think that you will find that the village in the valley is much the same,” the monk noted. A few hours later another traveler passed by and he said to the monk, “I am on my way to the village in the valley, can you tell what it’s like?” “Where have you come from?” enquired the monk. “I have come from the village in the mountains.” “And what was that like?” “It was awesome!” the man replied, “No-one spoke my language so we had to communicate using our hands and facial expressions. I had to sleep on the dirt floor which was really cool as I’ve never done that before. They fed me some sort of weird stew and I have no idea what was in it but just to experience how the locals lived was great and the weather was freezing cold, which meant that I really got a taste of the local conditions. It was one of the best experiences of my life.” “Then I think that you’ll find that the village in the valley is much the same,” responded the monk. Most likely he'll be doing another youtube video in a year or so telling people how Texas sucks and Thailand had such great people.

Travelers checks? Really? Did I read that right? I can imagine the reaction trying to spend those at the farmers market.

what could possibly go wrong?

One of my favorites: "Car 54 where are you"? Tutty and Mulddoon. They were the same 2 actors who were grandpa and Lurch on the Adams family. Good stuff, both shows.

It's still happening. And no answers from anyone.

Been a member since 2003 (thaivisa.com) but this Aseannow site just doesn't work for me on my PC using Windows 10. (Google chrome) I get to the homepage and then anything I click on from there just goes nowhere? This has been going on for at least 6 months. Anybody know a solution?

came to this thread expecting to hear from others about inexpensive, yet decent phones. Instead, I find an obvious troll post on the 2nd answer and so many fell for it. Wouldn't it be better if the admins would just delete a post like that? Or is it that they like the trolls ruining a thread like this? Or else, just learn to spot a troll? Anyway, I have a Samsung that I bought 2 1/2 years ago. Not the cheapest but it takes great pictures, has lots of memories and is quite durable. It's a Galaxy S20 I believe.

Does anyone know if this is still the case and if any of the other hospitals are giving the jab here in Feb of 2023? Cost?

Black Rock is pretty awesome IMO. Also the Dragon Campground in the same area. You need to walk to get to both though.

K-bank. Works for me!

If you're just one person, the Smart bus is only 100 baht and almost as quick as a cab. (if it's leaving soon) They leave every hour, on the hour. 100 baht to Talang, Surin, Kamala, Patong, Karon, Kata, Rawai. All are the same price. Great bus! Friendly drivers.

I agree about Laem Prom Thep. I have a BIG friend who needed some shirts. He wanted 4X or 5X. They had up to 6X (too big for him)

Simple: Because they can say what they want, anonymously. These (haters) people are most likely not like this in real life. But one of the problems with the internet world is the "hiding behind a fictitious name" Most people are good people. Especially Thais. (they ain't on here)

It is the future. Here starting already. I first saw it in Sweden 3 years ago. (before covid) and was shocked and scared. But you get used to it. We still had some cash because the reindeer herders would only take cash for the boat rides, but most everywhere else was app or credit card only. So, now it's becoming mainstream in Thailand. I'm sure it'll be rough for some for a while. Sort of like smart phones. But we got used to them, didn't we? (well most of us anyway) Good luck folks. Crypto accepted everywhere is next.

Just came back from a 3,500 km road trip (10 days) from Phuket to northern Thailand and many places in between. I'd say about 95% of Thai people were wearing masks everywhere we went in rural Thailand (we didn't hit any big cities and didn't stay in any cities bigger than Chumpon) But back in Phuket now, only about 70% of Thai people wearing them and about 50% of farangs. Just my observation.