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Never heard of the bloke and looked him up. Now I can say that I am quite proud for not knowing such creeps but he's a sign of times. Not being a semite but his anti-semitism is groundless and the pr1rck has no clue what he's talking about. If he has 32 or 33 million followers is - irrelevant; I think that in that case he has 32 or 33 million followers too many 🤮

OK, so this week's news is in - we can be relieved and get ready for next week's "mishap" - as reliable as the sun rise in the morning 😞

Given the hygiene standards of feet in this country (have a look at your foot soles) I opt for keeping my footwear on. Not knowing where this incident took place but I opted eating elsewhere in Chiang Mai when I was asked to remove my shoes prior to entering a garden coffee shop in open air. &nbsp While I adhere with great pleasure to this local rule in residences I believe that public places, like a shop, restaurant, government office etc. should accommodate the jump into the 21st century - given the hygiene deterioration evident everywhere these days 😉 Just saying 8-)

Tell that official pr1kc that "Ni Hao" now is no longer an insult to his semi-divine derailed brain but - frankly - a pretty smart door opener towards the comrades in the red North 😉

Well, one should bar all those gifted politicians who changed their mind of "no" to "yes" within hours; wondering what kind of envelopes/promises Merz had to admit. Merz is not there to serve Germany to the best of his abilities but to serve himself to the best of his ego and status. Nothing to do with excellent German politicians like Brandt, Schmidt, Genscher or Wishnevsky - sad state of affairs. But then again, why should Germany be different to the rest of completely decadent derailed Europe ....... Europe - quo vadis? The car called "Europe" had an excellent motor called "Germany"; regretfully a thing of the distant past. Let's see if war mongering Merz puts the "Taurus" war gear in motion towards Ukraine which will break the (Russian's) camels back. Unless someone can stop these mad minds I fear for the worst. Eventually common sense will prevail and Merz is "detronizzato" within a year - hope dies last, as we know. As a non-German I can only hope and wonder, if the outcome reflects the true wish of the German voters or rather some WEF-corrupt clowns in the circus tent of Berlin?

How blessed are we with such most valuable contributions like yours - bless the Lord for this 😉

No clue, just was told by a friend who lives there; in the last ten years they apparently moved for the third time 😉

Khon Kaen's dungeon moved from the Friendship Highway to the Bus Station on Road 230 and recently again; as well planned like the visa policies which change almost monthly

a) the currency is a yoyo issue, no predictability b) tourists might have completely different visa regulations between booking and arriving c) Thailand became EXPENSIVE in line with the free fall of quality and service level d) rip-offs on a daily basis, nicely splashed all over the internet - daily e) ongoing ranigaxoo on the ladyboy front in Pattaya f) two-tier pricing of up to 25 times higher than the locals g) the command of foreign languages is heading towards North Korean standards

a) I would never eat Thai food in a department store with their practice of skinning the operators of those third-party food suppliers alive b) taking photos is, unless explicitly forbidden, allowed c) stealing a menu is a no-no but a bagatelle and going public all over the internet - being also accessed from outside Thailand - might backfire big time Ridiculous; get the menu back; the food cannot be that exclusive that it became a state's secret - or am I wrong again?

After decades in the Land: - completely different culture - in many cases communication inability (unless the non-Thai speaks proper Thai) - Thai society structure is incompatible with anything non-Asian - priority settings - loss of face - polarizing discussions with the ability to agree to disagree - inferiority complex of Thais as educated/hammered into them by a completely non-functional education system - caste system just to name a few ........ Deal with your opposite (i.e. your Thai spouse) as a same level person, learn the language and get them to understand, that not everything needs to be shared in culture, culinary or society issues. That only works, if both partners can communicate deeply with each other and that, my experience, applies to only very, very few intercultural relations I came across.

I would reply in detail if your writing would make any sense and would be related to the original subject 8-)

The daily input from the Ladyboy front; it seems that this is all much more interesting than all those historic sites and beautiful national parks ......... me thinks?

But this survey did not include the ladyboy scene which is getting beatings nightly, right?

What a load of .......... the 54 passengers most likely were all redundant bus drivers who, after the Songkran-mania, now were hired by the air force as future pilots?

Governor Worrayan seems to throw a tantrum over the issue. No airport would rob him from the 15 minutes of fame as well as a statue on the main square of Mukdahan - while others might fear for the commissioning which would not take place. Needless to say, that a Basel-Mulhouse airport (being both a Swiss and a French airport) with a bus shuttling from Mukdahan to and from the gated airport would cost an absolute fraction (in the one digit percentage compared to an airport in Mukdahan which is literally 10 minutes away from the Lao Savannakhet airport). But don't hold your breath, Thailand has proven daily to be good for yet another surprise - on vera, as the French say 😉

Point taken, thank you for the correction - every day is school day ❤️

Road 2331 in Petchabun is a pristine example and, officially, listed as a public road. Now knowing more I drove up that lovely road until I reached a "National Park" shack to the right of the road. There they wanted THB 20 for my Thai child and THB 500 from me; official with tickets and everything. I pretended to take out my wallet which made the staff in the shack to rip off a "Farang" and a "Thai" ticket and then immediately invalidating the tickets by tearing them apart. Once that was done I put my wallet back and said that I changed my mind and shall take another road as I disagree with this heavy two-tier policy based on race. I've never heard worse Thai words for a Farang and was surprised, what else they have in store for all those who are not semi-divine. I wonder how this guy explained that to his supervisor for having torn tickets without money but, in all fairness, this really should stop. Having paid taxes here for 40+ years this rampant racism gets on even my nerves. If they would let Thais pass without any hinderance and collection of anything (as they are the tax payers) while all non-Thais would pay a nominal entry fee, it would have never ever sparked any such discussions and is the way it is done all over Europe.

Me thinks that nudity is the smaller problem on the list of activities on said island .... just saying

Announce that as of Monday, 12 May 2025 anything standing around on public pavements will be removed and destroyed. Trust me, works wonders; they managed on Nakluea road and maybe it is time to boot the backsides of the officials in charge of "cracking down". There might be a conflict of interest though as the same crackers in charge of ensuring that everybody adheres to the laws and rules ...... went/go around for some contributions to unknown destinations. Quite simple, all those laws and regulations serve the sole purpose of lining pockets of those in charge of enforcement. Never came across another nation where literally any instruction is carefully read for the (always existing) possibility to bend it .... or ignore it completely. When caught with the fingers in the cookie jar, a "sorry, I did not know" followed by a little tip usually fixes (almost) all problems. The higher up the culprit or the mistake; the better the tipping gets 😉

Well, the food business is pretty much monopolized by CP; a late arrival by another member of eliterian oligarch roots is the Chirathivat family (owners of Central group) with their addition of "Go Wholesale". All the small "convenience" stores get their supplies from literally the same source as everyone else.

I've been traveling for more than half a century and trust me, 50 years ago there was not even 10% of the bureaucracy anywhere which resulted in much faster processing, as less of everything was involved. Today, apart from removing belts and - anytime soon undies as well, you might wonder, what those authorities will invent next to make traveling more tedious? What do they do with all that data. It does not prevent crime, mischief, it does not provide vital quality data for the host country? Which European country has such landing/departure cards and if not, WHY not? It is not only TM6, if you are interested then query the need of duplicated TM2, TM3 and TM4 when traveling overland by car; they still insist (we're taking about car travels) on passenger lists, crew lists as well as the call sign apart from the car plate registration, colour of vehicle, engine and chassis number. Needless to say, that these forms, as said in A4-duplicates, are not even looked at; just collected on departure (and the second copy on arrival) without even looking at the date.

How about blocking this fake website? The Thai authorities in charge of censoring almost everything we hear, see and read certainly knows how to block off such misbehavings. I remember vividly how they blocked all sites not befitting the semi-divines, the stuff for only over 18 years etc. But then again, who runs the illicit site ripping off the infidel non-Thais .... again?

How to promote even more Chinese tourism to Thailand - explained. Provided the story is true, then the official customs authorities would have been better off to keep their mouth shut and pass on a proper examination to be conducted by the competent authorities; possibly letting some Chinese authority representatives be a part of the survey team.

Why does this not come as a surprise. Just waiting for a fake website faking the fake website. If visa service agencies make an extra THB 1,000 as a service provider by "assisting" the data entry on behalf and behest of a traveller, so be it - good on them. Absolutely amazing what the goons at the immigration come up with all the time. Considering the data entry it makes you wonder, what on Earth they want to do with this data, apart from exposing millions and millions and millions of non-Thais to potential data theft and/or data misuse. Welcome to Thailand, the country which never runs out of funny ideas 😉