22 hours ago, atpeace said:

The trend line growth is almost vertical and excluding a world wide recession it will hit 50m in the next 10years

Thank goodness no tourist worthy of the name would dream of coming to Surin.

3 hours ago, mfd101 said:

Thank goodness no tourist worthy of the name would dream of coming to Surin.

Lived in Buriram for a couple years.  Not many tourists but lots of xpats. I enjoyed the open spaces but like a little more variety of landscape.  Now living in a much smaller "local" tourist town with the occasional foreign  tourists passing through.  Might be the most spectacular place I've called home and sense it is only a matter of time before more tourists find it.  To really experience it you have to be healthy and adventurous but even the domestic type find it appealing with a claimed 5 star hotel opening a few years back and many other new nice hotels.  Went for a run today up lava rock hills and swam in a pristine swimming hole in the middle of a slab of lava rock.  Nobody but me to enjoy it but I occasionally take along my beautiful wife   Life can be hard at times but the vast majority of days here don't suck!

4 hours ago, MarkT63 said:

Nah, tried it for a day once a few years back and it just didn't agree with me 🍻

It is relaxing and fun at times also.  I don't know why it so easy for me to quit.  I joined an AA group years ago and I got the vibe other members thought I was a fake alcoholic or alternatively just didn't like me.  I guess I'm lucky possibly...

As long as they sell condoms and blue pills.

On 2/20/2024 at 6:58 AM, mikebell said:

Last year on this most Holy day in the Thai calendar, my (Swedish) noisy neighbours were raided by the police at 3am for drunken carousing.

They were being extremely silly.

7 hours ago, JimTripper said:

They want loser drunks here, not smart sophisticated visitors. The tourist industry is setup to keep people transitory, drinking & fornicating.

 

The alcohol sales bans are used to keep the locals peaceful.

Whoah, terrible news, is there a fornication ban as well? I mean with no booze, a fornication ban, how am I to pass the day? Model Railway may get some attention l suppose!

 

Or have I misunderstood something?

 

Would some kind soul tell me which way the plot went?

14 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

They were being extremely silly.

Silly & inconsiderate as this behaviour is regularly repeated.  All about are young children & workers.  I long for the days when they return to their oil platform for another stint at working (presumably without alcohol.)

You can't drink, but you can smoke!

On 2/20/2024 at 10:11 AM, gomangosteen said:

New Zealand has four no-alcohol days each year, I've never heard any whines about the impact on their tourism

Wow, will not ever visit New Zealand now.

Can they still smoke dope 

13 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Can they still smoke dope 

Yeeeah man.