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21 hours ago, Surelynot said:

The....."No More Checkpoints" order from the new police chief didn't last long.

The order should be read as ' No. More checkpoints..."

If the seafood restaurant that scammed customers with invalid vouchers can get 700 plus years, these thugs should not get less than that...that will set an example for others not to resort to physical violence. 

I hope they weren't fighting over the Thai bloke in the pic.

You are wrong! They ARE fighting over the Thai bloke pretended to be a chic in the photo. See what alcohol infused rage can do...heavy in the arms and blurry in the eyes.

can constant intoxication lead to alcoholism?

So it should be good news for the Thai tourism. Instead of spending money overseas, how about try to stimulate the local economy.

R.I.P.

May the "real truth" come out and just maybe it might be the first step to "real reconciliation".

Alternative:

VAT increase would have all folks weeping.

Should we just take a step further and name the political group behind the bombing?

What a cowardly act! These people resort to violence whenever they don't get their way, and their cowardly acts have me seeing "red" (pun intended?)

A movie sequel: Blackhawk Down II - Lost in America

A Thai would not do this.

Yes. A Thai will not do that. It would take 5 of them ( pack mentality) to do this and look how it turned out!

A Greek tragedy is being played out....

another fool and his money will soon part post....the horse is dead and how much more can you still beat it.

Not until genuine democratic elections are held.

...and not until martial law is lifted... The current junta still feels, and rightfully so, that the political divide has not been mended yet. The martial law is used to curb a lot of political activities. However, for any tourists who is not well versed in the political landscape of Thailand, the mere mention of martial law (like a tag that you want to shed) will turn them off. Besides, the recent bad publicity on the crimes here kind of compounded this woe.

The junta is doing a lot of right things, cleaning up the beach vendors, sidewalks, taxi mafia, jet-ski mafia, etc. But is it enough for this year to turn it around?

Yes. Same here.

It appears that these companies are checking your usage time throughout the day and only provide you the bandwidth during your peak usage according to the package you subscribe. And do you guys lose internet or experience major slowdown when it rains?

Another "keep-the-money-flowing-in-and-we-will-just-sweep-it-under-the-rug" attitude will hopefully come back and bite the Thai tourism in the ass one day! Time will heal all wounds might ring true but karmas do run in cycles. Krabi, Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, now Koh Tao are now all stained in blood!

Your best bet for part-time work is hotel / teacher / real estate sales. Once you get your education done, then you should be able to find jobs of your interest in Thailand. It's just the Thai wages that you have to get used to.

I assume you and your wife are both non-Thai? If this is the case, I'd highly caution you of trying to build up a real estate portfolio here. The policies are fickle and offer almost no protection to non-Thais. Condos in Bangkok, at least based on my experience, are easy and fairly tempting to purchase, due to the excessive marketing, but difficult as hell to unload. I'd rather look into other investment that offer more liquidity, here in Thailand or elsewhere. But if you really want to buy into condos here, go along the BTS routes, present and future plan. But with that said, I highly doubt that 1mil-2mil will get you anything worthwhile.

Not to sound like a super paranoid. I believe your goal of investigating this stream of revenue is probably trying to create passive income and personal wealth. As a foreigner, I definitely would like to keep a low profile. Owning many condos/real estates here might just attract you unwanted attention. However unlikely this might sound, but just be careful....