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Oh Beloved Bangkok, How So You Have Changed...
Only if you can hold your breath for 30 min. -
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Extension of stay under consideration _ confused
Thanks, but just sharing my experiences - I am not an expert and could be wrong on the BOI thing. Other people here know more so will undoubtedly chime in. -
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Brazil Travel Report
Thanks for sharing. I had a different experience though. My friend and I booked a car and driver to take us there, we wandered all over the Brasillian side and it was quite busy but enough quiet spots to get pictures. We also did a boat tour which was fun as you go right in to the foot of the falls. And before we even started we did a helicopter tour of the whole thing which was amazing, especially when the pilot swooped down at an angle over the falls - a real heart in mouth moment. After that we went back to our car and he drove us over to Argentina and we spent the afternoon on that side. Much more impressive than the Brasillian side and much less crowded (if I remember correctly - it was 18 years ago now). Definitely busy but what amazing spot like that wouldn't be? But we found enough quiet places to get amazing photos. I would share them but I am in most of them so therefore don't want to. Definitely agree on the power station / dam though, we did a night tour there and it was very underwhelming and very boring. That was our first night in Brasil and a definite let down. The rest of the trip was amazing though. We did eat local food in Igaucu and it was good. But not as good as what we ate in Rio and Salvador. -
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Teen motorcyclist dies after being hit by truck at traffic stop
See Richard, you are too dim to realize that this is a translation that has been deliberately “enhanced “ for readers like you who just accept. Do you really think a Thai truck driver would speak English to a Thai policeman here? Please use your brain. Here is the original article that this story originated from. https://siamrath.co.th/n/559430 NOWHERE a does it claim the driver said such a thing. He didn’t say it. In English or Thai. Now I wouldn’t expect you to actually be able to read Thai despite living here for two decades. So ask your Thai friend or wife to read it for you and you will see that he never said that at all. This site relies on revenue, by claiming such things it gets people like yourself to post more = more revenue. You have been sucked in Richie. Fell for it hook line and sinker. Please fact check what I have just informed you with a Thai before continuing your rant about what you THINK the driver actually said. You will see you are wrong again, not that you will admit it on here. You will go silent for a change. To be clear the driver did not say he was “going too fast to stop in time” . It never happened. -
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Foreign cyclist severely injured after being hit by Phuket Airport taxi
We lost another relative yesterday due to a scooter accident. One of the most dangerous countries in the world for this. -
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Foreign cyclist severely injured after being hit by Phuket Airport taxi
One of the worst places in the world to cycle -
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Brazil Travel Report
There's more to these countries than boom boom. Bizarre -
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Teenager Stabs Foreign Man in Road Rage Incident Near Pattaya
I'm not going to thank them for this. Because I myself am kind, calm, non-confrontational (rarely happens) person. But I feel some kind of claims from them to me, and if so, then they have cockroaches in their heads. I lived on different continents of the globe, and I saw nations much wiser, more enlightened and psychologically much more stable as individuals, really open hearted. Thais are good and kind people, but they have enough cockroaches in their heads. No need to idolize them! This is a mistake. ... And then there are the outright mistakes and assumptions made by some folk such as MalcolmB who under are completely false impressions as to the extent of barbarity which which many migrants in Thailand are treated.... Thailand treats its illegal Immigrants with pure contempt - yet at the same time authorities recognises that business rely on this cheap labor force who work sub-minimum wage and life like squatters. Most migrants to Thailand: - Working under minimum wage in what can only be described as labour camps. - Thailand is on global human rights watch lists due to its treatment of migrants. - Thai authorities still prevent boats carrying ethnic Rohingya fleeing Burma from landing, instead returning them to dangerous seas (to their deaths). - 100 Ethnic Turks; Uighurs, Forcibly Sent to China (what you wont read anywhere is that the men were shot women and children sent to china). But... MalcomB wants to muddy the waters and compare Male Illegal Migrants to the UK (against which there has recently been a series of protests) to fully legal visitors and Immigrants (with Long term Visas) to Thailand.... he thinks he's arguing from the moral high-ground, when he doesn't understand the layout of the battle ground at all.- 1
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Donald Trump Accused of Committing 'Massive Crime' With Reported Phone Call
The convicted felon doing what he does best. -
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Donald Trump Accused of Committing 'Massive Crime' With Reported Phone Call
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-accused-crime-benjamin-netanyahu-call-ceasefire-hamas-1942248 -
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Extension of stay under consideration _ confused
Thank you for sharing. Yes, from my recent knowledge, BOI and non-BOI are quite different in terms of complexity while processing visa. I should go for a BOI company next time i switch job haha. I didn't know back then. -
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Brazil Travel Report
Problem: Massive tourism like everywhere now. It's $200 for the day out with the lady driver, a Bolisaro/Trump worshipper -just work in that angle -as always. Up at the crack of dawn, it was wall to wall people by 11 AM. You have three trails with 3 overlooks to view. By the time we got to trail # 3 (the money shot one), it was a slow-moving trudge along a 20 minute metal grating walkway, fully packed out, both coming and going. You get your obligatory selfie shot by the railing and then you are very happy to leave. The to and fro is very wetlands-scenic with a few exotic birds about. The little train that takes you between the trails also starts requiring missing a train or two until you can finally get on. My 5 minutes there was true grandeur with the roar of the falls and the dizzying mist - but dampened (literally) by the 500 people I shared it with. Many a photo buff is setting up stepladders and and other equipment to further block your view. Many a baby is a-wailing. I stayed at the pricey hotel on the Brazilian side which has what is supposed to be a very inferior view. It was def less dramatic (you're viewing the falls from a distance), but you're also viewing them with a cocktail in hand, 5 minutes from your room. At 8 AM, you're viewing them completely alone. The hotel was half off 4 Season rates, but only about a third as good, so do your own personal math on that. Food was a letdown, not particularly Brazilian, more like a very good Marriot anywhere in the world. A few monkeys scamper about near the pool. Wouldn't do it again, but it was a satisfying one and done with very warm and personal service. I skipped the bird parks and the power station tour. 36 hours in town felt a little long.- 1
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