Tropicalevo

More brown envelopes, more traffic jams and more delays? Do Thais understand what a bypass is?

Strange story. Why did he argue with the owner of the bike when it was the mechanic that did the damage?

Words do not punish children. Neither does negotiating. Some pain does. Smacking a child is nowhere near the same as beating a child. I was smacked at home and caned at school - within reason. I always deserved it and soon learned to just 'be a good boy'.

'Palestinians' voted Hamas in during elections. Supporting any cause does not give you the right to break the law and cause criminal damage.

Until the Thai curriculum is changed, most kids will not have the relevant skills for anything other than manual jobs. Teach children to think and to question, not just to follow orders.

Lots of fat, brown envelopes.

Is he the father of the unborn foal? Would that be a centaur rather than a foal?

FFS Why?

Talking will not stop the murdering scum from killing innocent people. Thailand has been 'talking' with these terrorists for years to no avail. Maybe offer rewards for informers?

The expression 'pizzing into the wind' comes to mind.

Not sure how Koh Samui is going to manage that. The airport has been pretty much at full capacity for most of this year. eg full capacity yesterday and today - 50 flights per day.

After two accidents I would probably think twice about boarding a third coach. (Bad luck comes in threes!)

80 years old and possibly having to choose between suicide or a loan shark. Life is tough for most Thais.

I never look at ratings, they are biased and it is too easy to fix them. Also, Lazada does not accept zero ratings or negative comments.

Maybe time to impose Marshall Law methinks. Send a few under-worked Generals down south?

I have taken my bike on the ferry a number of times and never had to show anything. Maybe take the copy of the book just in case.

Elephants often stop trucks so that they can 'grab a snack' from the load. The elephant was merely looking.

Does the money from drug purchases actually get into the local economy, or is it kept as crypto/deposits whatever.

I doubt if they are interested in someone without money.

According to the government site, Canadians still need a visa. https://vietnamvisa.govt.vn/requirements/

When you dance with the devil, do not be surprised that the devil wants revenge when you tread on his toes.

Rubbish. No one checks the details that the traveller puts on the document/app whatever. For years I 'stayed' at the Holiday Inn whenever I was travelling to Thailand.

I wonder where they are buying the 'lead-based materials' from? China perhaps?

They have already started exploratory drilling for the bridge. We have noticed that when there is a cruise ship in these days, Grab and Bolt are useless and even our regular group of taxis are difficult to hire if not pre booked. Hopefully, I will be a pile of ashes when both of these are actually finished. It certainly will be 'tricky' living here with those amounts of traffic. Here in Plai Laem, we know when there is a cruise ship in when the small convoy of coaches arrive at the temple. (They take up all of the parking there!) The crazy thing is that there are not enough vans and taxis for that volume of people, but if they bring more to the island, there will be too many when the ships have gone. We already have four Grab cars/vans parked permanently at the entrance of the development where I live. They are there more often than when they are driving. They have even set up a small camp under the trees with chairs and a table. https://www.cruisetimetables.com/cruises-to-ko-samui-thailand-2025.html

Well, they were not wrong in this instance.