Yes getting old.
For some strange reason I read about the couple a few days ago.
Before?
The wife has only 42.6 million Instagram followers.
Close to nothing.
I have 6.
Indeed. And it proofs that van travel can be made as safe as can be and it helps nothing without draconic measures on road safety.
Never would I drive on a motorway at 1:30 AM if not life critical.
Tap/swipe for payment, buying online, all cashless transactions is a different matter.
I meet some requirements at my bank so they do not take 1.75% (VISA card).
I rarely use it as I have three local accounts.
The interesting aspect:
is there a regular prison on Pattaya area or just holding cells in Soi 9?
On a Friday evening you can give 20k (or 30k?) to the drunk drivers so they can get out on bail waiting for their short trial on Monday.
Characteristics without words:
The "flower" right of the portrait also shows a holographic (3D) effect in good light.
The previous Bhumipol note is much simpler.
From the article:
And I am sure there are more characteristics that can be tested.
I doubt the fake notes have real watermarks and the metallic strips and flower(?) right of the portrait are iridescent (changing color/reflection depending on view angle).
Quite rare now. A thing of the 80s and early 90s (the "VOKUHILA", front short back long).
Particularly often seen at former East Germans after the fall.
Two in row on my thread list:
Sleep, sleep.
A third recent case cost lifes.
Again and again.
It is and will stay a third world country regarding traffic and safety.
The prices posted are the "starting" prices that you find (close to) on the eastern seaboard (Pattaya, Rayong etc.) and Bangkok.
The further away the more is added. We pay about 0.5 Baht more.
AND: from my Samui visit during COVID time I know that there must be a much higher "Island" surcharge.
Price ceiling was lifted effective April 2.
100 billion Baht have been burned for that since September.
So far not much impact (except Shell with +0.5).
Maybe due to the promise of PTT that prices during Songkran won't rise.
(most info from The Nation)
It's naive to assume that Thai fuel prices follow simple market mechanisms/oil price.
It's a complicated system (oil fund) and politically driven.
One effect is the stable Diesel price and high flying 95 gasohol.
91 promoted to be significantly cheaper than 95.
After the big Asian crisis 1997/1998 most currencies jumped to new higher levels.
That lasted until the other big financial crisis became obvious (Lehman breakdown).
GBP got an extra hit after the Brexit decision 2016.
So the current gains triggered by terrible/populist financial policies in Thailand are nice but nothing historic yet.