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My personal favourite was him approving a low interest government loan to the oppressive (and globally sanctioned) military dictatorship in Burma to buy Shin Corp satellites and services. Yep, a great leader who should be welcomed back. I have lived here 27 years and he is the most corrupt self serving one of all of them (and he has some competition). Not sure why some people have rose tinted specs, my guess is they didn't live through the Thaksin years and didn't see it first hand.

Wow, no need to get all patronising. It was a light hearted response to your comment that there are no electronics. If you plug it in it has electronics. Never mind.

I'm pretty sure there are electronics involved.

I'm so happy I have found another warrior!! Well done you, well done for making the poor woman's kindness look stupid. I flew to Vietnam last week, I wasn't wearing a mask in the airport, no problem. On boarding (Vietnam Airlines) they gave me a mask and asked me to put it on. Being a warrior like you I refused, I said I didn't want it, and I marched right past her and into my seat. Everyone else was wearing one but not me, I am a warrior!! (Actually when she handed me one and asked me to put it on I said "thank you" and put it on, just like you should have done on that bus).

Nice assumption but completely wrong. I was in Vietnam last week, 85% mask wearing is my estimate. Singapore was less but still 40-50%. Philippines was 85-90%. Why do you assume it is only Thailand and China? It is not. I dare say it is much of SE Asia. Personally I don't wear one unless I take the BTS or other mass transit and that really doesn't kill me.

So 10 weeks would cost you 9,800 baht. Very cheap really, not sure what better options you would have. I don't think any nearby cheap hotel would let you leave your car for ten weeks - a couple of nights maybe. But you never know if you book a couple of nights with them at either end of the trip?

It was only touted as that by a few negative posters on here, nowhere else really. And now it is losing tourists to Thailand: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel/hassles-dissuade-foreign-tourists-from-visiting-vietnam-4535949.html I was in Vietnam last week and generally like the place but it is not a patch on Thailand for so many reasons.

Again, supply and demand. They do allow direct international flights to the places that have demand for direct international flights and which airlines can make a profit on. Places like Phuket, Samui, Chiang Mai, Krabi Hat Yai etc. The airlines know the demand and number of travelers to each location. If there was sufficient demand to regularly fill planes between two international locations then they would put a case forward to upgrade them, just as has happened in the past with airports that are now international.

Come one, you really think they are spending a trillion dollars on DMK??? It is 36 billion baht, or about a billion USD.

Because there is no demand to justify it. How many people will fly direct from the UK to Udon Thani for example? No demand for direct flights = no need to build an international airport. Makes sense to make sure the ones in Bangkok have the capacity.

If you've lived here 34 years you really should know that it is peak monsoon season in southern Thailand in November.

I just came through this afternoon, landing from Vietnam. The airport was really busy, busier than I have seen it in a long while. First immigration had a three minute wait posted, second had four. I looked and there were maybe four people at each counter. I had Fast Track access so I used it anyway and was straight through. When I arrived at the carousel my bag was already there so I was straight out. And we'd parked at E10 which is pretty much the farthest gate away! From leaving the plane to leaving the airport with my luggage was under 20 minutes, possibly the most efficient ever. The baggage hall was very busy so I expected a long queue for taxis but there was none at all. Plenty of taxis lined up. More people in the terminal than I have seen in a long while, but the shortest wait for immigration and baggage in a long while too (although I find immigration is generally pretty ok).

According to this site you can't buy online. You can only buy at a station two days before. https://www.baolau.com/en/transportation/laos/trains/#:~:text=Online ticket booking is not,opens two days before departure.

Who said he's trying to save money?

Pretty sure the vaccine did quite a lot of good.

Can you? There's been a nuclear reactor in Bangkok since 1962. How many times has it exploded?

Is he? How many times has he done that? How long did he hold the CFO role for?

They are a business, what else would they want?

All airlines are charging almost double what they did before, it is a global thing, can't blame Thai for that. However, on some routes they do price themselves out, especially long haul.. On some routes they are reasonable or even cheaper than the opposition.

How long had he been CFO?

Someone mentioned The Commons on Thonglor 17. I think that is a great suggestion. A bit of a walk from the BTS but a five minute motorbike.

I posted elsewhere that they are noticeably more friendly post Covid. I go through at least once a month travelling for work and they are friendly, I usually get a smile and sometimes a very brief chit chat. (My last one took the photo and said "Gotcha!") Maybe because I approach them with a smile - it helps. Thai immigration are no friendlier or unfriendlier than any other country. Actually, scrub that, they are massively more welcoming than many countries. UK are rude, US are rude, many Asian countries (Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia) they are not friendly at all. The Thais are not that bad.

Yes they are, and no it isn't. That is about how long it takes.

I was in Singapore a couple of weeks ago and I timed it. 25 minutes in the queue, eight desks open, and 1'15 for processing with the IO. So one minute is pretty good, and in my experience that is the maximum.

Wow, the most of out of touch post I have ever read on here. Callous, out of touch, horrendous.