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Pattaya’s Mass Tourism Strain: Overcrowding and Ecological Harm
Pattaya’s Mass Tourism Strain: Overcrowding and Ecological Harm Who's fault is that this is Happening? The Local Government and their Cronies right. They are the Greedy sods that want the tourists Money , but they don't want to spend Money to Properly Look after the tourists and Update the Areas with what 's Needed. -
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Thailand Debates Costly Move to Relocate Capital from Bangkok
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Nightmare at the Prachuap tax office
the lady was estimating without using any form. she showed me calculator showing 27000 baht for the amount of my SSI. Not including my kids portion. -
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Am I expecting to much..
I wouldn't be too quick to claim the moral high ground. Whilst I agree entirely about using local shops (use or lose it theory) you are totally wrong in your summation; in my experience those who crow on about Mom and Pop shops are usually those who live in the Boonies and have a limited choice. To suggest that Lotus's, Big C and TOPS offer substandard products at higher prices is just false. Do you really think Chang beer is cheaper at a Mom and Pop store than MAKRO? Where do you think these village shops buy most of their stock from? For me, a Mom and Pop store is part of Thai culture and the main benefit is that of convenience = plus the fact that you can buy booze when the "huge corporate behemoths" have to adhere to the law. So........a big plus from me for local shops but, please, let's not pretend they are 'better' than the big boys. -
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Cocaine Disguised as Dessert: Brits Caught in Bali Face Decades Behind Bars!
Only dumb-ass entitled moron people try this drug trafficing nonsense in such places... Bali isn't the far-lefty UK or other such place administered by deluded muppets. Most sensible countries consider class A drugs and theft/looting etc. as serious offences, and rightly so, as they undermine some of the fundamental rights to society (like the right to property and the protection of it, or public safety) that holds society together and enables organised crime. Once you no longer enforce these laws and let it go feral, then dystopian chaos ensues and society becomes ill. Why? Well, there is no point in doing anything normal or behaving in an accepted way if some oxygen thief can just rock up and take what they want with no consequences or just deal illegal substances openly... no point in working, respecting the law, having a family, saving for the future, paying taxes etc. etc. if the authorities won't protect you, the community, and your efforts. Everywhere that forgets this descends in a mess and the cure is often unpalatible, even if the results are stunning... for example, El Salvador, from the most dangerous country in the world to the safest in a matter of 6 months, because they let the rot go too far, and many places doing the same... but not places like Indonesia. You have to remember that places like Indonesia are Muslim countries and they take a very dim view of such things... even if their males constantly cross the border with places like Thailand to party and go to bars with women etc. because they can't do it at home. -
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Am I expecting to much..
When you skip the "huge corporate behemoths" are you "stickin' it to the man" or "lettin' your freak flag fly"? As Patrick Henry said: "Give me a small locally owned ethically sourced coffee shop or give me death!" they have so many benefits. Even still I'm gonna buy coffee I like when and where it's convenient for me. Sometimes that will be Starbuck's.
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