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Only 1,000 Baht. Totally worth it!

Does it apply to people driving motorbikes too? ????

Sorry, I had to chuckle at that!

The text on the photo is a little blurry, but if I read that right those are British, American, and German nationals.

I'm French and I would not be covered as I never paid into the system, except for four months when I was a student working for summer jobs.

I like how duty-free shops at international airports get a pass...

I can't wait for Kamala Harris speech

I'm surprised at how the Thai SET reacts to all this turmoil. Hovering around 1,500- 1,600 for almost 10 years as if nothing happened, except for the dip at the beginning of the pandemic.

I guess I'm one of the lucky ones, as I never had to do a single PCR or ATK test so far.

Rational decision from the government for once.

I just had to look up what a weir was... But I remember getting a bit to close to one in Indonesia, in a place for tourists where they rent inflated tires to swim down stream, and the current close to the weir is quite strong. Locals started shouting and waving hands, and I managed to reach the shore despite by poor swimming skills. The weir was two or three meters high, and falling on the rocks on the other side would have definitely hurt or more.

I'm old enough to remember the 500 Baht departure fee I had to pay in cash each time I took the plane out of Thailand. I think it's included in the ticket now (not 100% sure as I haven't boarded a plane for several years), so people don't notice.

If the sewer systems were kept clean, and people did not throw garbage everywhere resulting in clogging, the problem may not be as bad.

That's why I'm now mostly walking, even 10kms. I haven't had to take a taxi or tuk tuk for years. It's good for health too.

You can get free shipping with Shopee Pay. Maybe that's why he wants to do it.

The first article says "it is understood that the German and his Thai wife", so he might be staying here on a marriage visa. The wife is however downgraded to "girlfriend" (provided it's the same person) in the second article. He could as well just work here.

Even if Putin is replaced, Russia's policies would likely not change much.

The law is not specific to Chinese, just anybody with 40 million Baht spare cash for investment, plus the funds to purchase land and a property.

But what about high-quality criminals though? Do they get a pass? ????

I got this almost daily for two weeks. The number starts with +697 and has 16 digits in total.

There should be a "graphic content" warning to this post! How am I going to sleep tonight?

Cashless ATM would be a method to withdraw cash with the phone mostly anonymously. If the thief wears a crash helmet when doing so, it might be close to impossible to identify him. What's interesting is the banks often push their customers to use mobile banking instead of online banking.

They probably don't need to tighten regulations, as it seems the nightclub in question broke those. They just need to make sure those who breached them as punishing according, or in other works not a 500 Baht fine and a wai, and instead compensate the victims and/or their family by a few millions Bath each, and possibly some jail time depending on the case. If they start adding regulations each time a problem occur, we end up getting thousands of documents with questionable usefulness, delay in application, corruption, and so on.

The Burmese a while ago, but apparently they simply used some smart ladies to con the enemy and be victorious.

I have another appointment in a few weeks. It's not really urgent, maybe I'll cancel it if I can't get the file of the X-Ray scan, and see how it goes.