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Suggest to look for new dwelling soonest while informing the land lord (verbally, not in writing) that you will be using the deposit for the remainder of the contractual period but will move out by (whenever the six months are over). Everything else would require an eviction order - which he will not get. In addition, rental income is taxable and you can take it to the bank (pun intended) that the land lord did not pay the tax. The boys down at the tax office are loving it and will put him into unchartered waters ....... But initially, if you have a written contract, then you need a written termination - until then there is nothing but hot air ????

Well, the alien dirty farang cannot be switched on and off at the likings of the semi-divine Khon Thai mental farts! But call Prawatch and his goons in Bangkok for advice; they seem to know exactly on how to ruin the country completely. Good luck to all of you still dreaming of being the chosen people in the promised land of Siam!

"The Royal Thai Police's deputy spokesman warned the public they were only allowed to drink at accredited places in selected areas - then only up to 9 pm." 1) after 9pm the virus is on the loose again? 2) the BiB can roam the town and its F&B facilities for little envelopes again? What a godforsaken mess all this is; has really not a single person something remotely known as "common sense"? Well, this country belongs to the Thais and if they let some clowns run the country into the ground .... so be it. Just wondering how long it will take until they will stick all this on the backs of the alien dirty farang again!

Your input is spot on but: - if 6+ million voters are being derived of their votes by declaring the chosen party disbanded ......... - if overseas Thais get their ballot box flown into Bangkok but nobody picked up the diplomatic pouch on Saturday afternoon but only Monday morning and therefore those votes were declared "too late" - if, if, if THEN one would expect that a (one digit) percentage of voters should stand up and fight for their rights. You can put down an uprising of 5, 50, 500 or 5000 people but once the clowns face 50,000 or half a million (which is still less than 10% of all those voters who got shortchanged with their votes) ............. All changes will have to happen from within and we can only hope that Thailand will finish the bumpy ride to true democracy with as little bloodshed as possible - in the distant future to come. This requires education which is a joke in this country and that will backfire big time over the next two generations when Thais will wake up and realize that they've been overtaken by more educated states. The present Thailand is a failed state with disintegrating "rules, laws and regulations" hindered by ridiculous social values which should have been abandoned a century ago already!

So the envelope to that pr1ck of a governor is not thick enough - me thinks!

"The passengers will arrive on 440 commercial flights consisting of 230 domestic flights, 110 international and 100 cargo flights" Well, that's where the 23,000 pax difference to the 7,000 pax on commercial flights will be landing on!

Rest assured that if any (acceptable) Shinawatra member runs for election, then Thailand will see red colour again - guaranteed. In the North and Northeast of the land the legalized junta went down very bad and the "voters" in those millions of rice paddies have seen nothing but hardship by being arrogantly overlooked. I - for one - am not too sure, which is the better choice but given a choice of two I would suggest to go for the one-eyed among the blind!

Thailand has been dragging its feet again all those years since 2016, when the Chinese started with building a complete railway system across Northern Laos into its capital Vientiane. 400+ kms of sleepers, rail track and the works, 100+ kms of tunnels and an similar number of bridges - all built in less than five years. The Chinese said, the railway will open on 2 December (Lao National Day) and trust me, the trial runs of test trains went equally smooth according to plan. All the while the militia in Bangkok was poking noses, scratching god-only-knows-what and were fiddling around with the Chinese. The latter, patient as ever, kept watching what is going on. I personally believe, that Beijing will turn up the heat dramatically anytime soon. What not too many people know is, that substantial electricity used in Thailand comes from hydropower plants in Laos, built and operated by the Chinese along i.e. the Ou or Mekong river. As the Laotians cannot pay for the dams, the revenue goes to China for as long as the debts are not paid for. In short, the power switch of Thailand is in Beijing. If the semi-divines in Bangkok dont follow (Chinese) suit, then there might be some power issues which will wake up the entire nation. And it remains to be seen now, if a) this happens and if b) yes, how will the gifted government in Bangkok react. But, as issues in this part of the world are analogue and not digital, I assume that Beijing will summon the watch collector or the big wig with dyed hair "for consultations" and pass on a "friendly recommendation". No doubt China is calling the shots for the next two, three decades and they proved over and over again, that they can get the job done - unlike their Thai brethren in the government house!

Good luck, Thailand has been gifted with Prof. Dr. Anutin. He wings into Chiang Mai and might start a manhunt for the original "Dirty Farang" who is for sure at fault for this mishap. How lucky for Thailand having such a dedicated selfless follower of the Thai faith! You can take it to the bank; once the country opens, the figures will explode (short time) again and all just because of the "Dirty Farang" who was first seen almost two years ago in Chiang Mai!

Well, make perfectly sense. After that pr1kc of a tourism clown had to inch back on his hilarious New Years Eve activity announcement with a Thai teenie screaming Korean songs and an Italian opera tenor - no public gatherings are in the pipeline anyhow.

It will not happen but she should sue PEA of ignorance and not checking "finished" work. Even if you call them to warn about such wires = nothing happens (at least in Pattaya). The only thing you can see in their office on the forth floor (where I filed my loud verbal complaint) was half-finished bowl on piles of paperwork while others were preparing for a mid-afternoon snack at 3.15pm. As long as nobody keeps this or subsequent governments responsible for their activities under all those ministries by the people who voted them into office in the first place ............ A failed state by failed voters who simply never cared and still do not care - how sad!

Another idiot which should be fired and blocked lifelong from any governmental assignment - but every boss has the staff he deserves - ring the watch collector for details!

Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan and all his overly smart friends at the helm of this completely failed state should have a look at the following which will explain, why nobody in his right mind choses Thailand over hundreds of easier destinations - unless there is family or work-related reasoning behind it. The departure check-in staff is responsible for the checking of travelling documents, so that passenger(s) can get off the plane and enter the destination. Thailand just created another entry into the "Guiness Book of Records" with the following FIVE pages stipulating, under which conditions a passenger may enter Thailand - or not. Honestly, does anyone seriously believe, that check-in staff has the time, knowledge and experience to go through this rigid checklist given the standard time allowance of 90 seconds per check-in operation? For each and every passenger bound for Thailand? This possibly explains also, why apparently more than 80% of all airline slots into/from Thailand for the winter schedule ending 26 March 2022 were NOT taken by non-Thai carriers; nobody in his right mind can operate an airline if hundreds, if not thousands of destinations come up with a set of local instructions like this.

Out of interest - what is the official fine for customers and operator?

Preach water and drink wine - or along that line somehow?

My advice is = go elsewhere, where they are more welcoming without all that avalanche of bureaucratic paper factory output!

In Thailand = mask In Brunei = no mask Additional question; why is much attention to the US, Washington, Biden and his predecessor given - after all it is an ASEAN meeting with the US as an invited guest? Pouring oil into the Chinese fire?

Please do not insult Victor von Bülow's Loriot, thank you!

Well, you just earned yourself a medal - that is precisely what those clowns are trying to come up with this week! I keep repeating myself; this country is a failed state ........

It's about power and nothing else. Most hotels, majority of restaurants and foreign-operated entities have to abide by the law otherwise the BIB are around the corner. Pattaya notes 20,000 Baht without receipt which could be talked down to 5,000 Baht per customer and the operator at the end - also without receipt. Thailand is a failed state following the "Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely" - and the people stand around, disliking it but do not dare to complain. Mom and Pop shops as well as most upcountry eateries though could not care less and have been serving amber liquid and local firewaters except during the total lockdown some 18 months ago. Laws are here to be bent and disregarded - statement of a Thai acquaintance!

Where are the bibles?

Countries with absolutely no access or entry rules are struggling, provided they locked down their place for a certain period of time. Only those places which were always open (Caribbean/Dominican Republic springs to mind) reported staggering business better than usual. Check on i.e. Bali - dead as well despite doing everything possible to lure tourists (albeit not in the tens of millions as the TAT boys dream of all the time). Throw those to-be-written-off airfares of local carriers and no refund of prepaid hotels (Agoda) into the equation and you book, pay and board on the day of departure - at least that is how I've been traveling for the last 18 months. The costs went also through the roof, a preflight PCR exercise of a family of 2 adults and three teenagers clock USD 1,000 - to be added to the traveling expenses. Many of those dreadful dirty farang you try to win back have found alternatives which suit them, for whatever reason, better so my unimportant piece of advice would be; go back to the drawing board and start back on Square One with basics of a good product-price ratio, one-tier pricing, keep visa regulations reasonable for those who stay for i.e. more than three months, clear the police in general and immigration in particular of corruption and replicate, what your parents knew and did 30+ years ago with "Amazing Thailand"! Ah, and tell your people to stop bashing on everything they do not know or understand. Wishful dreaming, I know, hence keep whining. Wondering when Khon Thai will revolt and hold the government responsible for all this. The governmental answer will be, that they opened the country in time but those terrible farangs are impossible to please and did not arrive, despite 200 million Baht NYE show with Lisa and Bocelli and all the other good ideas the government had for its people!

Surprised? Honestly, is anyone surprised here?

Taking it to new heights - congratulations to all those involved and I am sure that it will be successful to the artists, for the artists and for the organizers as well. Just make sure that those projected 1,000,000 foreign tourists with an average spending of 75,000 Baht (as per a statement of a TAT executive) will be 1) aware 2) participate at the function and 3) also pay for their attendance. Good luck and give, whoever had the idea, a solid gold medal, it takes rip-off to seriously new heights where man never had been before ..........

The devil is in the details; they insisted on an EU digital certificate; the printed Thai thing was insufficient - whereas the WHO booklet, duly stamped by the hospital administering the second jab did the trick!