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Just make sure the masses cannot afford it to start with - keeps an uneducated voter base guaranteed!

"limited budget is spent efficiently and in the best interest of the public". The submarines spring to min, the additional billions for a dee sea port are not included yet, the high(est) speed trains from Bangkok to Rayong/Utapao, the land bridge from the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman sea ...... But, as said, all this is in "the best interest of the public". Define public please .........

Good on them, the last thing they need here is a spiritual French yogi clown with a touch of Islam - thank you!

So the envelopes made it in time - this time, good news for all!

Tell the goons at the tourism promotion board; apart from apparently smoking excellent weed with double and triple digit increases in arrivals there is seriously nothing they achieve. Thailand as a tourism operator finally got what they deserve as the "quality tourists" are no longer arhsed with "Thai style" rip-offs, double and triple tier pricing and a decline faster than the increase in pricing. Serves 'em right!

Throw the dirty farang into jail - if they would not have been in Pattaya at 3am, then they would not have been chased and harassed and hence the incident would not have happened. But since the dirty farang were there - throw them in the slammer and reward the Katoey with a million Baht ...... or make it two! Honestly, is there nothing more note- and newsworthy than this reaction by visiting tourists against nerds like the local chicks with d1cks?

Don't get me wrong but there are MUCH more professional players in the legal casino business. Macau springs to mind on a pole position. King Romans in the special economic zone of Laos' province of Bokeo (Tonpheung) is to be mentioned as well as Poipet opposite Aranyaprathet or Savan in Savannakhet opposite Mukdahan. Seeing what kind of committees, working groups, departments and ministries are trying to the a slice of the cake in Thailand - the mind boggles. In addition there is no tourism to be expected from this, it will merely permit ill-gotten funds getting money-laundered through ..... casino winnings - your call 😉

I can only congratulate Thailand for the refusal to sign anything. How on Earth can you host a peace conference at CHF 30 million Swiss taxpayers money (THB 1.2 billion) between two fighting parties and NOT INVITE one of those parties? The lame Swiss excuse later on (a blunt lie if you ask me) was that "Russia would not have attended anyhow". How about letting Russia decide, if, which, where, when and who attends what kind of event in the first place? It was the most embarrassing and ridiculous proof of ignorant arrogance by the sitting Swiss government. Switzerland has always been (notice "past tense") the ultimate negotiation table of Planet Earth. So many conflicts were eventually streamlined, some with lasting, some with less than lasting effect but there was ultimately always a peace-focussed result. Present Swiss president Viola Amherd should be sent back to her native Brig in Valais scraping Raclette cheese. The present sitting Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis is an equal joke and should return to his native Biasca in Ticino to savour some Merlot; he might be more competent on that. An absolute embarrassing incompetence on the entire front. Such an important conference should take place in Geneva - to start with - where the entire infrastructure is there with all the facilities of simultaneous translation, meeting venues, accommodation, airport - the full nine yards. Nobody goes to Bürgenstock for a worldwide peace conference - until those clowns in the "palais fédéral" has this splendid idea. The choice of location though was the least problem. The bunch of nerds running Switzerland pissed nicely onto the reputation of formerly neutral Switzerland as a peaceful partner in times of conflict. Europe is in the political doldrums, yet I am not really aware, why some South American and Asian-Pacific VIPs were invited. It was not about hot meals, crisp drinks and important sideshows - but to attend the analysis and pathfinding between Ukraine (a NATO puppet run by the Americans) and Russia (run by Soviet mindset leadership). Russia has been advocating for 20+ years, that they do not want NATO on their doorstep and were promised that in the conference of Minsk on the reunification of West Germany and the German Democratic Republic. The conference was attended by Soviet leader Gorbachev and his very able foreign secretary Shevardnadze, West German Kohl as chancellor was accompanied by Genscher, possibly Germany's most qualified foreign minister. To conclude the invitees, NATO Secretary General Wörner (who happened to be a German national) was there as well. Wörner died and after that, NATO broke a promise at the behest of the US, war mongering on the planet since WW2 with a present-year's defense budget of USD 882 billion which cannot possibly be used against nuclear-free Canada or the Mexicans with their tortillas. Congratulations to Thailands position by not agreeing to a piece of paper containing lots of letters without saying anything nor addressing the root of the problem. What a shame, what a farçe, what an embarrassment - Switzerland, quo vadis? Possibly noteworthy for the Guinness Book of Records, the planet's most expensive selfie of a silly grinning Swiss president 😞

You can pass on only two things to a child of yours: a) social competence b) education This mother has clearly not been given either; most likely a broken family at home (Somchai did a runner before she was born to fertilize other flowers) and Grannie or Uncle was kept in charge of upbringing. Social competence includes how you deal with yourself and your surrounding/environment; education covers all the rest (knowledge, common sense, history etc.). Yes, the mother failed in all categories but she jumped into the sack with 15 years of age - an unripe woman (or more closer "a girl in puberty") again. Will the authorities nail her for carelessness regarding vaping and whatever potion sipping - or the use of illegal vapes to start with? They would have to go and nail the Ministry of Education; likewise the PR department of the government should start broadcasting programs on social behaviour/competence. The nightly hammering of local soaps (Lakorn in the local lingua) keeps the masses glued to the telly but has counterproductive effects. How sad ........

Another soap opera in the making or does the PM get the "fast track" Covid version? Remember something of milking arriving foreigners for six digits amounts getting locked into hotels with extremely lousy food some time ago. Or was that North Korea and not Thailand?

This soap opera has the most episodes - and will get listed in the Guinness Book of Records - Thailand edition 😉

Every hour to the hour - in this case rather every year to the year. Not a year passed without a blue water pipe going up in splitters all over Isan - stupidity prevails well into the 21st century.

Sex industry - what are ze Jermans tolkin abowt here?

The little fresh milk there is goes into the production of half- and full cream. What you drink as milk is most likely rehydrated milk powder from the EU; Thailand imports more than 100,000 tons yearly. The price of the milk powder is one thing, the delicate transport, offloading and processing by Foremost, Nestlé and others another. A 5 litres canister is yours for THB 220 or THB 44/litre which is quite a bit less than in Central Europe.

It can (repeat CAN) be related to a cookie placed on your computer/device. The first time you scroll through offerings and look at one or the other advertisement/listing - which is noted with a cookie on your device. Once you come back to the same advertisement, the price might have increased because the advertiser believes, that you are back to close the sale. Happened to me on airline tickets which sky-rocketed from USD 1,490 to USD 2,090. Clearing history and cookings, revisiting the flight = et voila, the old price of USD 1,490 was there again. The platform (here Shopee) knows, from what kind of device you're scrolling the page. The Mac/iPhone congregation can (repeat CAN) have higher prices than the rest of the visitors. Another element could (repeat COULD) be the language settings. Some listing accessed by a Thai-set device are cheaper than a foreign-language set gizmo. In closing, you might want to consider the idea of buying a big machine; the marginal price difference (you can bargain with these guys in HomePro and MegaHome as well) will ensure, that the machine is not dropped at the threshold of your property, hovering it around and installing it yourself. Latter requires careful reading of the manual to avoid, that you i.e. forget to remove the three to four transportation screws on the back of the machine (on a front loader). If they screw it up upon installation, then Bob's your uncle and they'll take care of it. Just saying .........

United we stand - so much to the government's middle and long term policies. Maybe Anutin talks to a dirty farang on how to tie a tie meanwhile ...... just saying 😉

Thailand's tourism lacks dedication and passion; they go strictly for the money. The lack of education equals number of tourists with money they spend; more tourists = more money. Fact is, that since 1987 (when they launched "Amazing Thailand") the number of tourists three- or even fourfolded; not so though the revenue and certainly not the profit. Take countries like Bhutan or Switzerland. Costs a fortune compared to the other end of the scale because they have limited availability and no infrastructure for avalanche masses. So they upgraded the product on all levels and make more money per head than more heads per money. I've been around for decades, saw how tourists opened their valet and let vendors help themselves with 500 Baht for an instant ice tea and no change. The tourist did so in the wrong belief, that the auntie selling the stuff would be honest and either take only what is hers or return the surplus change. I was behind that tourist queueing for a bottle of cold water and turned away once I got the picture. Auntie asked what I wanted and I told her in Thai, that I cannot afford a bottle of water if an instant ice tea costs 500 Baht to which auntie answered "not for you, only for tourist". 40 years ago Thailand was a "mono destination" with sun, fun, culture, nightlife, food and lovely people while being affordable. Most of that went out the window while Thailand got stiff competition which resulted in compensating the departure of the wealthier tourists to more dedicated markets while Thailand filled it up with much cheaper Asian visitors. Countless examples all over Thailand; domestic carriers hardly see any caucasians, the Rembrandt Hotel in Bangkok disintegrated from a 4+ hotel with room rates of above 2,000/night to a 2+ place for loud, careless Indians with little to no style. The masses at airports speak their own language - fact is, that the per capita revenue and profit are in free fall and Thailand's greed marred with a lack of common sense and education does not stop that. The ever-changing rules and regulations by the various governments from visa to visa-exempt for 30 days for a certain period is 60 days for a certain period, TM6 obsolete on air travel as they simply could not process the data any longer and must have run out of storage space, TM6 discontinued until autumn on some overland borders while other borders still demand it. The left does not know what the right is doing while people get impatient, rude, and their limited command of foreign languages is on the way down. Ministerial comments on "dirty farang" must have cost millions of tourists, sinking tourism boats in Phuket with drowned Chinese tourists was an accident - the government's comments and actions killed a further hundreds of thousands of tourists. Pass on the tourism management to professionals, like in other countries and if you are it, do the same with Thai Airways which turned from a 5* diamond on Asian aviation some 40 years ago to a below-standard, arrogant if not rude aviation provided operating like a 7/11 without a cashier on the way out (for the executive staff, that is). Your call, your country and it is up to you to clean up the self-inflicted mess .........

The writing has been on the wall for a very long time - more to follow!

Take Bolt, Grab or anything else - I had it with the local taxi mafia with over-oiled meters, refusal to use the meter etc. Would the government take its fingers out of it and allow 10 - 15 taxi companies to cover the market, all this would be obsolete. Just ensure the cabbie has a license (to drive and to know basics about the city) and the car passes inspections on a 6-months basis. All the rest will be sorted by the market, i.e. without governmental interference on all levels with licensing companies etc.

Will teach him a lesson; Thais always need to take the shortcut, never read an instruction manual and believe, that instructions, rules and regulations are only for all the others ........ Possibly an educational hammer but he will be more careful in the future 😉

800 beggars a year, 30% of them foreigners (240 people) from South Asia, Indochina and many other countries. Latter not equipped with work permits; lock 'em up and throw the keys away. On a more serious note, this is certainly not newsworthy; maybe instead of buying submarines and funny new aviation toys the self-elected few pay a kinder attention to real problems.

Maybe the complaining goons would consider a professional website, easy to maneuver and surf, in English. The content in some cases is absolute carp; important information like phone number(s) and GPS coordinates are a mandatory item to each and every listing. What is working very well is a "tourism" card, allowing a visitor for a specified period of time (a day, week, weeks, month) to visit any site. Quite obviously 9 out of 10 turn away, if a Thai pays 20 Baht for something the non-Thai must pay 500 Baht. Thailand has no monopoly on anything and hence has to orient itself on what the VISITOR wants and not what the Thai vendor/operator wants. But explain that to the semi-divine Khon Thai ..........

Maybe the complaining goons would consider a professional website, easy to maneuver and surf, in English. The content in some cases is absolute carp; important information like phone number(s) and GPS coordinates are a mandatory item to each and every listing. What is working very well is a "tourism" card, allowing a visitor for a specified period of time (a day, week, weeks, month) to visit any site. Quite obviously 9 out of 10 turn away, if a Thai pays 20 Baht for something the non-Thai must pay 500 Baht. Thailand has no monopoly on anything and hence has to orient itself on what the VISITOR wants and not what the Thai vendor/operator wants. But explain that to the semi-divine Khon Thai ..........

It is not a question if but rather when ....... Thailand's bumpy road into the 21st century is getting closer and closer; the oligarch elite, the dinosaurs and all those Phooyais fighting for power and money (or both) on the back of the taxpayer and the voters. This country is heading into an abyss; the writing is getting bigger and bigger on the wall - how sad!

You might see the immigration to move eventual visa stamps, re-entry visa etc. They might tell you, that you have to get a new re-entry visa (at the full price) which is incorrect; the enclosed form is the key to an free-of-charge transfer of stamps; good luck 😉 Transfer Stamp into new passport .pdf