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The fight of the titans ..... I would put my money on the police officer but then, this is Thailand .......

Don't get blended by all that confusing stuff on property and zero rights for non-Thais. It is a fact and still some smarties think they can beat the system. Eventually the non-Thais will lose ...... always. What you can secure is the financial interest in property with complicated legal paperwork on financing a loan for the property. But it will take time to force the land title owner to sell the property and pay you back. As a 60+ years old geezer you should seriously consider renting only; an idiot of a neighbour, too close to a temple or a 7/11 or a motorbike repair shop, smells from the fermented-fish-factory or any other inconvenience = pack your stuff and move elsewhere without a financial impact ........ Irrespective what the beauty of night might try to tell you which is - in most cases - only in HER interest. As blood is thicker than water - specially in Thailand - you will get her entire family breathing down your neck on the subject. Avoid that by saying "no have money" and you're sorted.

You want to see the development of tourism in a fast forward mode? Go to Luang Prabang, within less than five years they turned this jewel of an Indochinese Shangri-la into a steamroller of zero-dollar tourists shouting, screaming and misbehaving in such a way you would slap your own child. But Thailand is toasted already so just go ahead and destroy the little you have left of what was once "amazing Thailand". How sad and what a pity ..........

a) he will eventually get arrested for ............ not holding a work permit b) what he is doing, is ...... wrong, yet if the authorities would focus more on copyrights, trademarks etc. and less on digital wallets, special tourism zones and 300 Baht landing taxation for tourists ....... There is not a day in the calendar where I am not offered fake watches, fake viagra, illegal copies of movies on CDs and the usual offerings of fake hand bags and purses in Bangkok on the way to/from work Lock him up and start educating your own people that ........ if a deal seems to be too good to be true then ........ the rest is history 😉

Less influence by governmental goons who have not the slightest clue what they are talking about and Bob's your uncle!

Don't get blended, the photo does not show a congregation of idiots but a congregation of dangerous, self-centered men out for the hunt of whatever money and power they can get. The real script of their "digital wallet" business will surface sooner or later - get ready for a big surprise. The uncles and grannies in Isan have not the slightest clue, where this money comes from but that is irrelevant; the Bangkokian taxpayers might be advised that it is their money going out the window straight into some selected few pockets. Governmentally approved highway robbery? We'll see .......

I did all the calculations; a single house with a 8x4 swimming pool (i.e. a pump running 2 x 1 hour/daily) and comfy air temperatures by state-of-the-art inverter units cannot be fed with solar power to reach a breakeven point. Even if the swimming pool pump works on-grid only (i.e. no sun = no electricity), you still cannot make ends meet and hence it is with the money-greedy government to do its home work on the taxation of solar power equipment imports. All this is of course a big joke considering the fact, that we live in a country with 250+ sunshine days a year while in frozen Europe with not even half the solar power they manage to run the latter with efficiency and profitability of the equipment owner - go back and do your home work!

It's about an accused, the mother of a rape victim, the police, inefficiency and/or corruption, face and the saving/loss of the latter and 5 million Thai Baht. The main subject should be the 5-years old little girl who, quite obviously, went through the most terrible experience in her life and that is not even a subject here anymore. I can only hope that she can blank out this memory. What have we become; we're monstrous greedy self-centered creatures and I am thoroughly ashamed 😞 I do not feel guilty over the incident, as I am not involved in any way but honestly, can society only focus on the first paragraph above?

What an excellent opportunity to drag feet across the monkey plague - this time in Lopburi or, as a sideshow, in Petchburi. Culling is the only solution as even the local big faces have to make a choice. Are cities here for people or primates. Once you've defined that (will take months for countless working groups and committees studying the situation) then the next step might be kicked into action. Handbags, fancy shoes and watch straps are made of crocodile leather which are groomed in ..... crocodile farms. Why not let the crocodiles roam freely - like the macaques? Honestly, you have to do something here and now without further delay; feed them with tranquilized goodies, round 'em up and cull them. It cannot be, that macaques terrorize anything just because the semi-divines are - again - too lenient to put a plan into action. And, for all the do-gooders out there, if you disagree, then you're certainly most welcome to catch a monkey or two for your own private little garden - if you can 😉

What a load of ......... Bhutan does not charge a tourism tax; you have to spend USD 200 (not 100) per day and that covers hotel, transportation, the works. The reason behind this is, that the Bhutanese have understood the basics and want the upper crust of the tourism cake. Thailand, on the other hand, has lost its plot quite some time ago and is facing the zero-dollar Chinese avalanche and the mostly hatred Southasians; don't even go further West to the Middle East. Put the industry back to where it was, teach your people languages beyond "you buy drink for me", clean up your petty corruptions literally everywhere and get the semi-divine Khon Thai to understand the word "service" and "friendly". Upgrade whatever you do and clear out all that cheap s"ç%t everywhere; will take time as falling down is always done much faster than climbing back - Thailand is a pristine example of that!

Possibly more Russian than Portuguese; irrespective all that .... irrelevant. Here you can look at boobies free of charge, any gogo dump will cream you with overpriced drinks ......

Get the popcorn ready, guys ........ the fight of the Titans is going to start anytime soon 😉

It would be helpful, if you would read what I wrote and then only comment. A translation of a passport does not automatically add an address - to my limited knowledge. As I can read Thai fluently you may rest assured, that I came across the most hilarious translations, partly or completely wrong. The ultimate winner, 10 out of 10, is and remains the following straight off a menu in a restaurant. The (European) sausage "Cervelat" got translated into ไส้กรอกเสียเวลา. Translate the Thai back into English and you'll get the "time wasting sausage" as "Cervelat" got understood as "เสียเวลา" ... or wasting time. Another beauty is the reversal of translation. The beach towards the South of Pattaya is called หาดจอมเทียน; the English signboards all over Pattaya refer to Jomtien, Jomtian, Chom Thian, Had Shomtian, Chomtien ... among others. The only valid reference to spelling of a name is ...... in its original spelling; the rest is linguistic juggling.

You can three if not fourfold this number ......

In any other country, the army is the executing arm of the legislative - called the government. So, if a colonel goes apes1h4t, then you could nail him for treason, unless the government managed to sneak through the backdoor of the government house due to a botched election. Treason stands for การทรยศ and, in many countries, will result in losing the nationality or a hefty decades-long jail sentence. Those who disagree with the government to that extent usually seek political asylum elsewhere ........

In any other country, the army is the executing arm of the legislative - called the government. So, if a colonel goes apes1h4t, then you could nail him for treason, unless the government managed to sneak through the backdoor of the government house due to a botched election. Treason stands for การทรยศ and, in many countries, will result in losing the nationality or a hefty decades-long jail sentence. Those who disagree with the government to that extent usually seek political asylum elsewhere ........

Mind boggling; any passport holder entered Thailand with a valid passport, got stamped and could manage to the a one-year visa (as this seems to be the regulation). Along comes the municipality office insisting on a translation of a passport, legalized by the respective Embassy and notary-stamped by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. So, what is good for the permit to enter the country as well as to obtain a one-year stay visa .......... is not good enough for the municipality. Maybe Srettha or any other goon in the government might want to wonder, if this is the most efficient way to deal with (mostly) NET spenders like retirees. What a farçe and reconfirmation of the absolute brainless operation of these government offices where left does not even know of the existence of a right. Bureaucracy seems to get worse than all those loose cannon states in central Africa - well done!

Interesting times ahead ...... getting the popcorn ready!

The Swiss ....... again in the news 😞

They came to witness, how people can kill themselves with smog and haze. Bees are equally affected and hence those giant bees are on a study trip - me thinks!

Well, well, this pristine example shows - once more again - how completely off this particular Milky Way certain "politicians" become once they sneak into power. Without her family name she might be in a typing pool in one of those endless dungeons of "Thai office jobs". This sissy clearly has not the slightest idea of what she is talking about. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Head of the National Committee on Soft Power Development and leader of the Pheu Thai Party speaks of 20 million jobs for Thais and the salary hovering around THB 200K/year? Seriously, what kind of excellent weed is this absolutely brainless woman talking about. Thailand needs WORKERS and not JOBS; Thailand needs more educated workers; every Burmese, Laotian or Cambodian has better education and certainly better working ethics than the semi-divine Khon Thai. The THB 200K is not enough to live comfortably but then again, the oligarch elite has managed nicely to keep Khon Thai as uneducated as the Sentinels in the middle of the Gulf of Bengal; those in charge of education are the very same who benefit of a pool of non-educated followers of whatever the elite has up their sleeve. Everyone in business will confirm, that there are more jobs than (fairly, low, poor or non-educated) workers - so Shinaewatra's latest fart is not even hot and clearly proves that she is not a chip of the old block! Get her off the stage and back into a corner where she cannot do any damage. Such statements are nothing but populistic vomit for the listening pleasure of the non-educated voters ......... to be remembered in future upcoming elections 😉

My unsolicited piece of advice would be to change the entire police force; it is one of the most cancerous agencies this country has - shortly after the armed forces 😉

Increase the bureaucracy with all your TM forms even more, in duplicate, to be signed with pink or lime green ink. Photocopies may not be made two-sided and you cannot copy a photocopy and sign it then, i.e. it has to be from the original. In addition, keep dragging your feet in clear and present dangerous environments like Koh Tao where countless dirty farang got suicided and, upon tremendous pressure from the entire planet, two Burmese were thrown into the slammer on death row while nobody really believes that these two kids did it. Carry on the good work and you will be celebrating your entire tourism industry for the semi-divine Khon Thai, who leaves a fraction of money without any inspiration to quality improvement and standard. Next please; this subject is soooooooooooo worn out already and the TATs and all those unqualified ministers passing the revolving door of the tourism ministry are absolutely clueless. Well done; you had the goose laying the golden eggs in the late 80s and did nothing but starve the goose to a slow death. Enjoy the avalanche of the zero-dollar tourists from the red North or the so-much-smarter South Asians you do not like either due to their black skin. Laotians and Cambodians will not fill up your tourism statistics for the time being - me thinks!

Well, Thailand belongs to the Thai people Shinawatras and hence let them do as they please. If the people of this country are fine with it ..... After all, it does not affect the non-Thais for a change .......