Jingthing Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) Makes room for the MEXICAN invasion! Uh oh! Edited December 19, 2014 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarih Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Im sure when you get to know them, like anyone - most Russians are lovely people. However - when on vacation in Thailand, they can be pretty dreadful. I can't say I'll miss seeing more Russians in Thailand. What i heard from many Thai peopole that they don´t like Russians because they are rude people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomYumpoochai Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Maybe we can get to the 7/11 checkout faster now if theres less russians demanding their phones be topped up by the staff.....it must be soooooo difficult to dial *120*.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphMichaels Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> If the dollar depreciated as much as the rouble has, I would be cancelling too! Bad for them, bad for thailands economy Hopefully the numbers can be offset from other areas. * RUBLE * THAILAND'S Edited December 19, 2014 by AlphMichaels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilymat Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hard times has fallen all over the world due to the economic situation. Hope things change in the near future, because it's not good either for Pattaya or any other city in the world. Nope.Not everywhere. Putin's Russia is in economic meltdown. I hope strong man dictator Putin withdraws from Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. I hope Putin stops scapegoating gays and blaming problems that he created on gays and the west. How about that? he won't he is not a coward. Yes I know he won't, because that's all he's got now, the hyper nationalism he's whipped up with his aggression against Ukraine and also the popularity of his scapegoating of a hated minority, the gays, and also his total paranoia about the west. He is in danger of being toppled ... that's what gets strong leaders, economic meltdowns and his only defense is getting even more extreme. In any case, he isn't nearly as brilliant as many people imagined. +...just e KGB, who were indoctrinated to believe everyone outside the Soviet Union was the enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 So, life is not that bad after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 When are the "To Jomtien" baht bus queue masters going to stop saying DAVAI DAVAI?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hard times has fallen all over the world due to the economic situation. Hope things change in the near future, because it's not good either for Pattaya or any other city in the world. Nope. Not everywhere. Putin's Russia is in economic meltdown. I hope strong man dictator Putin withdraws from Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. I hope Putin stops scapegoating gays and blaming problems that he created on gays and the west. How about that? Jing, understand your animosity towards Putin, but that is only your personal problem. For Russians living in Russia, ruble crash has had little affect. It only affects those who travel overseas, which would be easily fixed in a few months, airfares by Aeroflot would be cheaper. You can also forget Crimea and Eastern Ukraine was NOT under his control, but would not surprise me if it will be from now on. Like it or hate it, Russians filled up restaurants, hotels and were major players in real estate market. With them been gone, there is noone to fill their shoes,which very possibly does mean restaurant closures, hotel closures and abandoned construction sites. Too many selfish people fail to see the big picture and goat about ruble crashing without realizing the consequences for EU. After all Russia was HUGE market 400 billion in trade per year 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmer Gantry Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Cue the doubling of everything to compensate ... posters don't understand your irony,hence no likes.1 free like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted December 19, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2014 ,,, For Russians living in Russia, ruble crash has had little affect. ... You are wrong. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrey24 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Good.. Should be some elbow room in the Pattaya Wat.... ....and bars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmer Gantry Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hard times has fallen all over the world due to the economic situation. Hope things change in the near future, because it's not good either for Pattaya or any other city in the world. Like your posts Costas,but I do disagree as I live within my means,learnt that lesson 40 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookee68 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Yet when you want to book a room at a hotel they always seem to be fully booked ( so they say ), and only have the expensive rooms left, how strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 ,,, For Russians living in Russia, ruble crash has had little affect. ... You are wrong. Got to do little better than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) ,,, For Russians living in Russia, ruble crash has had little affect. ... You are wrong. Got to do little better than that Food prices, inflation, recession hitting poor and middle class. Putin raised living standards which was a key to his power ... now they are falling. Also if middle class people can't afford holidays in winter now, that hurts their quality of life in general. Edited December 19, 2014 by Jingthing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmer Gantry Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hard times has fallen all over the world due to the economic situation. Hope things change in the near future, because it's not good either for Pattaya or any other city in the world. Nope. Not everywhere. Putin's Russia is in economic meltdown. I hope strong man dictator Putin withdraws from Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. I hope Putin stops scapegoating gays and blaming problems that he created on gays and the west. How about that? No mention in Costas post about gays,why did you bring it up STRANGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keebone Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 The 7-11's and Family Marts on Walking St will be down on sales of big bottles of Chang, shouldn't have any effect on bars though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) Hard times has fallen all over the world due to the economic situation. Hope things change in the near future, because it's not good either for Pattaya or any other city in the world. Nope. Not everywhere. Putin's Russia is in economic meltdown. I hope strong man dictator Putin withdraws from Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. I hope Putin stops scapegoating gays and blaming problems that he created on gays and the west. How about that? No mention in Costas post about gays,why did you bring it up STRANGE He didn't mention Putin either. But this story is mainly about Putin, and a big thing with Putin is demonization of the west, demonization of gays, and trying to link those two things. Maybe you haven't followed the news. Not my problem. Edited December 19, 2014 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobe Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hard times has fallen all over the world due to the economic situation. Hope things change in the near future, because it's not good either for Pattaya or any other city in the world. Nope. Not everywhere. Putin's Russia is in economic meltdown. I hope strong man dictator Putin withdraws from Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. I hope Putin stops scapegoating gays and blaming problems that he created on gays and the west. How about that? Jing, understand your animosity towards Putin, but that is only your personal problem. For Russians living in Russia, ruble crash has had little affect. It only affects those who travel overseas, which would be easily fixed in a few months, airfares by Aeroflot would be cheaper. You can also forget Crimea and Eastern Ukraine was NOT under his control, but would not surprise me if it will be from now on. Like it or hate it, Russians filled up restaurants, hotels and were major players in real estate market. With them been gone, there is noone to fill their shoes,which very possibly does mean restaurant closures, hotel closures and abandoned construction sites. Too many selfish people fail to see the big picture and goat about ruble crashing without realizing the consequences for EU. After all Russia was HUGE market 400 billion in trade per year Not true, It will affect people in Russia greatly - they mainly export oil and gas and import just about everything else (except basic foods), so these import prices are doubling in the last coupe of months and could still increase even more. Added to that the increase in the interest rates from 10.5% to 17% overnight and there will be a lot of people in debt aswell. As to the fact that there is no-one to fill their shoes, did you not see that the tourist figures from China were up 58% - and if you have ever been on an Airasia flight from China to Bangkok (as I was last week), you will know that they are an order of magnitude worse in their manners than the Russians, quite a lit of whom were ill-mannered, but also quite a few nice couple and with kids. But the Pattaya people are adaptable - expect to see all those restaurant, day tours and airport run signs suddenly change from Cyrillic to Chinese script. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 ,,, For Russians living in Russia, ruble crash has had little affect. ... You are wrong. JT, konying is always wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattjock Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Pattaya has moved closer to Bangkok, thats handy "a beach resort about 60 miles southeast of Bangkok" Pattaya has always been 60 miles southeast of Bangkok Driving distance between the two places is quite a bit longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Nice to see a good news story from Thailand, Yeah, quite frankly, I'd like to see all tourism down 50% in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrykrabi Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Thanks Santa, may the ruble continue its free fall foreeeeeeeeever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maapaa Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Pattaya has moved closer to Bangkok, thats handy "a beach resort about 60 miles southeast of Bangkok" Has it? No. Take a map, check the distance from the southeastern border of Bangkok to the northern border of Pattaya. It might be even less than 60 miles. But from the western parts of Bangkok to the southern parts of Pattaya ... it might even nearly double, that's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hard times has fallen all over the world due to the economic situation. Hope things change in the near future, because it's not good either for Pattaya or any other city in the world. Nope. Not everywhere. Putin's Russia is in economic meltdown. I hope strong man dictator Putin withdraws from Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. I hope Putin stops scapegoating gays and blaming problems that he created on gays and the west. How about that? Yeah, well hope in one hand and defecate in the other; guess which one gets full first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDave Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 ,,, For Russians living in Russia, ruble crash has had little affect. ... You are wrong. Got to do little better than that http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sergei-guriev/russia-ruble-run_b_6349288.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsujin Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Cue the doubling of everything to compensate ... posters don't understand your irony,hence no likes.1 free like I'm British, which probably explains a lot ... and thanks for the +1, always nice to feel popular (y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richusa Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Came from Europe to Bangkok last year on new years....half the plane was fill full of Russians. Having 4 Litre jet packs of vodka and 2 drinking hoses.....Hillarius......and TOTALLY SMASHED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanlic Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 70% down is a lot...........anyone with any idea how to stop the other 30% please send your ideas on a postcard to Thai Tourism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mijako Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 feeling a little better already. I won't miss them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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