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I would invite tenders for both, the bridge to Samui and the monorail in Pattaya; you might be in for an additional discount. 

Are these people completely mad? The bridge will not bring a single quality tourist more which would justify just a feasibility study; let alone an actual bridge .....

The boys at Pattaya‘s city hall must be smoking seriously good weed. Look at the incredible mess of this city. Central road a total Desaster and the Beach Road (possibly the only beach road on the planet which can get flooded) is being graced with a drainage pipe; one - I repeat ONE lane is open to traffic. Imagine the hell going lose every night and Xmas and New Year is around the corner.

The underpass on Sukhumvit is more than proof that Thailand has many, many beautiful spots, advantages and skills but traffic planning and management is seriously not one of them, now or in the future! 

Are the official clowns aware that the internet is also read OUTSIDE Thailand and just created yet another hell of a laugh for hundreds of thousands ........ 

Did not know that Morocco's standards are that low. Thaksin introduced a populistic system which is better than nothing - agreed, but there could be much better systems with higher efficiency by offloading 90% of the bureaucracy in those government hospitals.

A case of "closing the barn after every animal has escaped"? 

Ronakit is more a problem than a solution! 

Nice, that the government finally understood, that not everything goes their way. I've been using Grab for years and now it is even legal - how good is that! 

A pristine example of selfishness and egoism. Had such a "neighbour" blocked my drive-in all the time. Took 15 pictures and then got the police to organize a tow truck; B 4'000 later he understood - finally! 

Well, wondering how these chicken exports are paid for. Barter against a railway or, like in Thaksins case, against Airbus aircraft? 
The high THB does not essentially invite buyers to source from Thailand these days ....

Wonder where they accrue penalty points for all those drivers without a license though .... absolution in cash, maybe? 

Good luck; the dead Cambodian's family (i.e. wife and children) can certainly benefit of the excellent coverage of the workman insurance fund.

How sad; most likely was forced to leave home for an underpaid job in Bangkok and now returns in an urn due to absolute inferior standards and ignorance in both, his home country and the place he worked - no choice! 

I had workers on my construction site telling me, that they also grow tomatoes (along the Mekong river) for four to six Baht the kilogramme.

The chemicals they use (as instructed by the farm owner) require the workers to wear special gloves. Not doing so results in terrible skin irritation and cancer so, for once, they follow the instruction. 

So think twice when you bite into a tomato, which you just bought for 30 Baht, next time and rinsing it properly might not be a bad idea .......... 

This sounds like in middle of a war zone:

.... deploying security officials from the Airports of Thailand, the military, and the police to maintain security and safety at the airport
.... setting up checkpoints
.... suppressing the activities of illegal guides and taxis
.... measuring the alcohol level
and the best of all being:
.... speed of drivers and cars in the airport

With all those Somchais at work, you can take heavy delays for absolutely granted! Well done, yet another mess in the making ...........

Ban it all together; there is really no survival necessity to this "delicacy" but oozes Chinese handwriting on the menu. Comes from the same source like tiger wines and all sorts of aphrodisiacs from the non-vegetarian corner!  

Yet another Thai thing; make it as complicated as possible to make sure that only the very, very smart ones reach the goal - more often than not by chance only! 

I am surprised about the listing of other ASEAN/AEC2015 countries; I would have thought that FTAs with fellow member countries would become obsolete.

On 12/6/2019 at 5:57 AM, saengd said:

No theft in your country then!

Of course there is but a coffin? How would you feel putting a loved one to rest in a nicked box? 

Yes, a friend of mine managed to reduce the bank holdings from 800K to 200K two months ago - smooth, no issue; so happened at the immigration office of Pattaya on Beach Road, Soi 5 

I'm using UTP Utapao airport very regularly, i.e. more than once a month. 

The new terminal is a welcome upgrade; regrettably there seems to be a real mess with the toilet piping. All cubicles are locked and the only serviceable toilet is the loo for the handicapped. Has not been resolved in seven weeks. 

Then, of course, the usual Thai taxi mafia is at work again. A cab to Pattaya costs you B 1'000; the flights into UTP cost you less (CNX or UTH). The minivans are driven by absolute maniacs and grab taxi drivers are not allowed into the compound. 

I have my regular taxi picking me up, officially as relative of my wife, but as long as these issues are not solved, Utapao/Pattaya/Rayong International Airport (that's what they announce all the time) will be yet another monkey stop on Thailand's map of micky mouse airports! 

Trump's idea is that NATO will spend $400 billion collectively on defence by 2024. Against who does NATO have to be defensive?

It might be noteworthy, that Trumps "United States of Aggression" has increased the "defense" budget from USD 600 billion to USD 723 billion this year. 

Four questions remain:

• what is the name of the aggressor attacking the USA at its own borders giving the USA a reason to "defend"? 
• who is the beneficiary of all those spendings on war toys for the testosterone loaded boys in their little Micky Mice uniforms saluting each other? 
• why did the USA not learn anything from the consequences of a total failure of foreign policy since Persia in 1950? 
• why is nobody stopping these crazy warmongers? 

OK; that's it for this week. They cremate their loved ones in a STOLEN coffin? Explains a lot about the social values in this beautiful country!