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At least the series of "female power" (three female def.min. in series) is broken. One worse than the previous one. A now state interior minister (Boris Pistorius) will follow. As hesitant Olaf has lifted gender quota to a religious believe he would now have to do another re-shuffle.

There have been three(!) consecutive price hikes at PTT (which gives the direction). And I bet: you pay for the price cap of Diesel since many months. Filling up the "oil fund", Next rise 0.30 Baht from tomorrow morning. Diesel still capped at 35 (Bangkok, slightly higher upcountry).

"happy day" or "lucky day"? There was another poster who had a browser hijack virus on his device. Not sure whether yours is the same. In this case it's on you to fix.

Do you have a quotable source for that? Just browsed through some stuff. Not much details found but a wording like "simple majority"?

Of course proper hotels have to register you at immigration. But I never had complaints about not reporting back home with TM30.

Yes, but in such a system it requires more than a wafer-thin majority to override basic/fundamental rights and/or constitution. Separation of powers is well proven concept for countries that call themselves democracies. And it's more and more hard to name Israel as the "only democracy in the middle east".

Exactly that and just too high for all the rubbernecks populating the pavement. And WS is not THE center of open bars which you can checkout from the street. If you want to know what's going on you have to walk in to the high priced places where not so old ladies are found. Being in Pattaya for more than 15 years and being surprised how many old/fat/ugly women hang around beach road?? (and many of them on a business trip from wherever in the world, e.g. the lovelies from Turkmenistan and similar).

Budget? Required features? The one I stayed with family some 8 years ago is "Sarita". https://goo.gl/maps/ocqpJjdf75qufLJR9 But currently seems fully booked.

I rarely speak to my notepad app on the phone. Just tried. Gboard set to "EN-DE", click microphone symbol. Saying "Hi how are you oder wie geht es" (second phrase is German). The result clearly shows me that no second language was recognized: "Hi how are you older we get this". And I simply wouldn't try it.

After the terrible massacre killing so many children in the past year some people hoped so. Too naive.

Did 10 trips alone during COVID to Pattaya(10), Phuket(1) and Samui(1). Always stayed in hotels. Four different in Pattaya. At my preferred place in Pattaya receptionist always searches through the passport and notes data. Can't count how often I stayed in hotels in Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Khon Kaen and Udon Thani since 2011 before COVID.

Heaven thanks I was never harassed with this track and trace in Khon Kaen over the years. I had done only domestic travel. First time a TM30 was done was after my border run last year (cancel Non O-A). The officer did this when applying for the Non O two days later. After that having travelled domestic and done 90 day online.

I stumbled upon a report about these gangs and was somewhat surprised. For most Europeans New Zealand is the peaceful remote island in the Pacific.

Decades ago I remember having complete lists of terms for Windows in different languages. Can't remember where to find and whether it is still supplied. I also install three Windows languages on my desktop PC (German, English, Thai). So if necessary I can switch and compare.

This might be helpful: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/language/search Don't be disappointed that "cut" is simply "ตัด" like at the hairdresser ???? A typical query:

Small bottle of local beer still available at the cheap locations. And this "Bonsai"(?) bar does not seem to be a hiso meet.

A 60 Baht drink won't start a party. Maybe she told him what a Ladydrink costs

Same observation here. And nothing will change until: The message is clearly announced during commercial break of soap operas by high authorities. Propagated through the village headmen through the morning loudspeaker and the village health centers. Peasants don't read about top virologists.

Isan is big and seems the message hasn't reached every corner. Big majority wearing masks in convenience stores, supermarkets, offices etc.pp. (all! staff of course) Walking on the open parking lot with masks, riding motorbikes even bicycle. The highly esteemed Mr. Anutin, health minister and his entourage incl. greeters welcomed the Chines at the airport without masks and even shaking hands (although he made a long arm ). With this, how can they seriously demand people still wearing masks. Some weeks ago visited my PC repair guy. Entered shop and no one wearing masks. Asked him and he said that he just came back from Pattaya. So do I, I said and we had a good laugh.

Think again. Would the driver be thrown out of the car and buried when buckled up? Five (foreign!) tourists survived more or less injured.

Poor driving and could still live if used seat belts. They will never learn, just grin if you insist on buckle up. Is it in the genes?

And below your account name? (have hidden mine).

And also quite frequent. Depending on season down to every 30 min. Now maybe every hour.

I don't think you will get it any cheaper than using transport to Jomtien bus station and ride from there. Others had described that the Bangkok buses have a stop south of Suvarnabhumi from where you can use a short taxi(?) ride. Cheaper?

That's the Jomtien bus which the OP seems to be aware of. Bell Bus from North Pattaya is also operating again after Covid: https://belltravelservice.com/shared-transfer/ 300 Baht! I am not aware of other coaches from North Pattaya to Suv. airport. The frequent coaches go to Ekkamai or Morchit and not via the airport.