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Thank you...that is sort of what i was afraid of as it just has that big tour group look and not sure i want to deal with all that in the elevators and restaurant etc....think i'll stick with the ole reliable sutus court for about same price without the aggravation

Amazing how many men many of whom don't know a clitoris from a cauliflower think that they should have the right to tell any woman what to do with her own body. Millions upon millions of men encourage girls not to use birth control, refuse to wear condoms and then take zero responsibility for a kid that results. The woman knows that any kid born will be HER responsibility to provide for because she has known since puberty that men want to get laid for their own satisfaction and generally don't give a <deleted> what happens to the girl. I have heard many many men brag about paying bar girls extra not to wear a condom because it's not as much fun for the men.

Both of these hotels look pretty new and decent and close to soi buahkhao. Vogue is showing at about $15 usd a night and P Plus slightly more on various booking apps. Anyone ever stayed there or have any first hand knowledge. They both appear to be the kind that perhaps big tour groups use so maybe that is not so great? Thanks

How many of the bible beating right wingers who applaud letting the government force a woman to give birth to a baby that she does not want would feel that way if their daughter/sister/granddaughter/niece if their gal was raped by a gang banger? What if said girl is 14 years old? My guess is close to zero...they would secretly send her away for an abortion. Bible beaters have been sending girls "away" secretly for decades to get abortions. Hypocrisy at it's best. If you do not want an abortion no one is forcing you to get one. If you do, for your own reasons, want an abortion than a bunch of religious zealots should not be allowed to pass judgement on you and deny you the right to control YOUR body. I for one am sick and tired of religious hypocrites trying to shove their beliefs down the throats of others, playing holier than thou, and of course supporting a wannabe criminal dictator who just grabs em by the pxxxy, encourages violence, mocks the handicapped, lies and cheats his way through life, and if "his" man jesus showed up at mar lago would spit in his face.

just to reconfirm are you absolutely sure you can do two visa exempt entries via land per calendar year? and also then extend each of those another 30 days at thai immigration? thank you for first hand info.

Thank you. I do sometimes miss the simplicity of living around people who mostly live simple lives without a lot of pretentions..

They LIED

If you don't believe in abortion then do not get one...but do not tell another woman what she can and can not do...it is NOT your body and NOT your choice. Two recent right wing supreme court appointees flat out LIED as to their position on Roe at their confirmation hearings...it's all on the record. Shameful.

How do u turn a fox into an elephant? Marry it

I wrote this about 7 years ago when I was living in Chiang Rai Good Things About Chiang Rai: walking along chiang rai beach on a cool December morning watching the rice harvest in mid November from my deck watching the morning "rush hour" with Thais bundled up on their motorcys like they are going to the artic watching the afternoon market being set up buying fruits and veggies at some of the lowest prices on earth from roadside pickup truck markets watching the gem boat guys sifting through gravel in the mae kok watching thai kids ride their bikes with their dog following along watching the young monks doing their morning rounds riding my motorbike along the mae kok with no traffic in sight watching the total chaos of Saturday shopping at big C eating fantastic food at give away prices at many CR restaurants attending the annual chiang rai flower festival planting a variety of plants/trees in my yard and being amazed at how fast they grow watching the neighbors get all excited about killing and cooking a snake walking around downtown chiang rai on a cool clear December morning having a cold beer in the garden area of peace bar taking visitors for a tour of the Red Rose Hotel watching the light show at the clock tower watching the hustle and bustle of the night market and the mix of thais and tourists riding the "refugee bus" from chiang rai to mae sai and seeing what kind of characters show up buying exotic plants at nurseries that would cost a fortune in the west for a few baht watching the thai high schools students hanging out and goofing around after classes having a pretty thai girl give me a big smile for no particular reason having thai kids practice their limited "i am fine" english out on me practicing my limited thai with thai kids and having them stare wide eyed at the farang before breaking into giggles watching the beautiful orange blossoms appear through out chiang rai hearing massage parlor girls ask "massage sir?" in a sing song voice sitting on a bench at wat mengrai enjoying the solitude climbing the steps to the top of wat doi kong khao wading in the mae kok river on a hot day getting a cup of water thrown on me by a giggling 6 year old girl during song kran having the neighbors' dogs bark and growl until they realize it's just the farang coming home having my laundry picked up, cleaned and delivered back to my home for 75 baht a week having the water man deliver big jugs of water for 12 baht and refuse a tip having security guards click their heels and salute me like I am someone important watching female office workers drink whiskey with their lunch knowing five of the dancing shrimp's sexy waitresses by name having my motorbike oil changed for less than the cost of a cup of coffee watching workers climb and trim my trees with no ladders and only a machete having workers show up ready to work but without a tool to their name never having to worry much about the cost of most any repair to anything paying my electric and internet phone bill at 7/11 with no hassles getting caught in the pedestrian traffic jam on Saturday night at the walking street market parking at wang come hotel for 20 baht visiting an ear doctor and having my total bill be 100 baht trying to figure out what all goes on at the sperm club, the par club and the womb buying eggs that haven't been refrigerated and not worrying about it cooking up big pots of vegetable stew with many vegetables that i don't even recognize having TOT guys show up to repair my internet and actually get it fixed and no charge watching Thais collect red tree flowers and turn them into something tasty watching the ice cream tuk tuks roaming all over chiang rai selling 10 baht ice creams watching Thai ladies grubbing around in streams and lakes catching who knows what kind of critters having a hill tribe girl in the afternoon market try to line me up with her friend trying to walk for exercise along the river and having Thais try to give me a ride watching the Thais build buildings with bamboo scaffolding and not a hard hat in sight watching young Thais flirting and drinking whiskey at chiang rai beach having a nice buffet at rim kok hotel for 140 baht eating a tasty platter of chicken steak, french fries, salad and bread for 69 baht eating a bowl of 10 baht noodle soup served by a ten year old kid watching a bicycle tuktuk driver older than Methuselah peddle an even older lady around town seeing how many Thais can fit on one motorbike seeing how many Thais can fit into the back of a pickup truck seeing how many different businesses can be built onto a Honda wave motorbike pulling into a gas station and having 3 uniformed attendants gas my motorbike and clean my rear view mirrors and not expect a tip seeing how many different kinds of motorized vehicles Thais can come up with wandering around in various food markets and being offered free samples of many things i don't recognize holding my nose to cover the smell of the seafood section at big C trying to figure out when and where the baht buses at the afternoon market actually go laughing at some of the prices for imported goods at big C having a big C employee push my cart to an available cashier for me getting treated like a VIP just for being a farang and showing up having a waitress wai and thank me for a 5 baht tip taking my big C register receipt to the premium counter and winning a can of coke trying to figure out how they decide who wins what at the big C premium counter not really caring how they decide who wins what at the big C premium counter the boat trip down the mae kok from tha ton to chiang rai standing in line at 7 11 and having a little lady jump the line on me and i don't even care spending a night at the garden home bungalow in tha ton sitting at the chiang rai bus station and trying to fathom who is going where and why watching a new monk induction ceremony with all his family present and oh so proud watching the sunset from my balcony with an ice cold beer chang going to the public hospital and having poor Thai people insist that i go to the front of the line seeing a doctor for less than the parking would cost in the west chasing chickens out of my yard in Thai assuming they will understand me having Thais constantly tell me how good my Thai is when i know it's not stopping for directions and having a group of Thais gather around to see what the farang wants breakfast at nice kitchen near wat jed yod watching the goings on getting lost on my motorbike in the middle of nowhere and enjoying it walking across the mae sai bridge and being back in Thailand with a new visa stamp in less than ten minutes going to the CR post office and feeling like a local buying an entire watermelon for 10 baht having an entire wall at 7/ 11 featuring snacks for 20 baht or less the first big rainstorm at the end of the cool dry season watching a yellow Buddha flag flap in the breeze visiting the 10 baht stores and being amazed at all the items available for 10 baht watching the aerobics and exercisers at the old airport and wondering who is who having the mail man show up at my house on a motorbike and wondering how he found me eating a burger at Barrys at the golf course watching the beer garden girls at big C strut their stuff trying to figure out which girls are high school and which ones are college students enjoying how tight a high school girl can have a white blouse without popping buttons watching farang backpackers walk around with massive backpacks that defy all logic being able to sometimes go for days and not hear another person speak English or hassle me watching the frog giggers appear in the rice paddies at night after the first big rain seeing a bright blue bird with long yellow feathers in the wild seeing a nasty looking snake race across the road in front of my motorbike watching hilltribe people float down the mae kok on hand made bamboo rafts having to put an extra blanket on my bed because its freezing being able to see my breath on a few extra cool mornings flying in and out of CR airport without most of the usual airport hassles and BS

CR is a beautiful area with lots and lots of nice houses avail at bargain prices....has plenty of restaurants etc but if you want wild nightlife it is probably not good for you...people super friendly and helpful....i had a house in the rice paddies near the river that was just beautiful with wonderful walking paths/ dirt roads along the river....not many tour groups like CM...more laid back ..if you like having a yard and maybe a garden or tons of flowers plants to putter around with it is great....bad smoke problem about 3 months a year...can get pretty cool in winter months....prob bewtter if you have a thai wife/gf to live with as the pace can be pretty slow all around....which for me was a good thing as i was sorta burned out on bangkok and pattaya frantic pace

Problem is that basic common sense is not very common

I suspect if it were your 2 year old kid that was attacked you might feel differently? Humans are to blame for going out of their way to breed viscous dogs and then fail to train or control them but to count on humans to do the right thing is a bit of fantasy.

In the first eight months of 2021, the number of registered motorcycles in Thailand amounted to approximately 21.7 million units. This was a slight increase compared to the number of registered motorcycles in 2020, which amounted to approximately 21.6 million units.Apr 8, 2022

In other news 4 out of 10 Americans seem to prefer a wannabe dictator that has conned his kool aide cult out of millions of dollars , ignores the constitution and the laws and is likely the biggest grifter ever. Hear no evil see no evil.

j6 was a serious attempt to overthrow the votes of millions of americans and install an illegtimate wannabe dictator who flat out LOST the election through violence and numerous illegal acts and threats...protesting in front of supreme court members home who seem hell bent on overthrowing decades of settled law and lying to congress as to their position on abortionis to get confirmed is no J6.

the way it was supposed to work was you would get a letter with a list of ten names...you send $$ to top name then put your name on bottom and send letter on to 9 other names on list...each of them then send $$ to top name and put their name at bottom moving remaining names up one slot....by the time you get to the top you'd have hundreds of people sending you $$....a pyramid scam that went on for long time ...when it was made illegal then they tried to do a version where you would sent a gift card instead of cash...i suppose a few early scammers made $$ but it was a simple get something for nothing scam that apparently a lot of people fell for...as dumb as so many are today maybe it's time to revive the old chain letter

Reminds me of the old chain letters scams...Just put your name on bottom of the list, send $$ to the name on top, then just sit back and when your name goes to the top the $$ will come rolling in. Problem was that everyone said gee why not just put my name at the top instead of the bottom right now? Trying to get something for nothing has been the bait used successfully by scammers for decades.

Donnie and the delusionals who see no evil hear no evil when it is right in front of them backed by hundreds of hours of video and audio evidence further supported by sworn testimony from dozens of republicans who were there and saw and heard the evil in person. What's next will the delusionals claim that it's not really donnie on all those tapes encouraging violence, demanding states find him more votes, telling verifiable lie after lie? Delusional is an apt description of the see no evil Trumpers.

i have dealt with both pot heads drunks and nearly all variety of people but the subject at the moment is pot.

I would rather deal with a pot head than a drunk any time....

My guess is that the overwhelming number of unvaxxed are because of being stubborn, or caught up in all kind of political bs and various conspiracy theories etc rather than due to any serious medical reason preventing them from being safely vaxxed.

Pattaya baht buses are one of the biggest bargains I have ever seen in a resort area anywhere....try phuket if you want to scrape the bottom of baht bus dregs. Get in, don't start asking about getting here or there, ride the route he drives as close as you can to your destination, ring the bell, get out pay the ten baht (beach road) with correct change and walk away..it's not rocket science

now is the time for bitcoin cheerleaders to go all in and then tell all of us who think it is a giant scam what fools we are.....never understand why people who are so sure of their investment wisdom waste time trying to convince others of their wisdom and don't just buy low and sell high if it is so easy.

There certainly seems to be a lot of kool aide drinkers about that will believe just about anything. Maybe cheetoh will start pushing bit coin to con his loyal cult into giving him more $$.