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Economy SCB Braces for Economic Storm, Plans Digital Expansion
It is a continuation of what I also observe in some western countries, with some banks even closing more than 85% of bank branches. If you as a small businessman want to deposit money there, you have to pay for it, collecting cash from those banks is almost impossible, if you want to transfer a larger amount abroad, you have to answer to the bank. More and more I get the anxious feeling that it is also going on here. It must be by order of BIS, the bank of all banks. -
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Crime Russian Teen Nabbed in Midnight Pattaya Graffiti Plot
Dangerous game for any Russian to be playing, face deportation and their will be a nice camouflage uniform waiting for you back home. God idea making him and his parents clean his graffiti not sure if they'll be forced to do it with a scrubbing brush or paying a few locals to do it. If they did this in hua hin their would be a thai guy working 24/7 as he has trashed hua hin painting his eye "art " everywhere -
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Can someone explain the allure of pattaya to me?
I'd visited and used it as RnR between 97-02. From 02-09.5 I lived there. It was a different place, but here's why it worked for me ... 1 Getting into BKK was a mess as was dealing with taxis OR hop a bus to Pattaya for half. Time to get to Sukhumvit not all that different than Pattaya in those days. 2 I had a serviced apartment in Pattaya that was b4500 off 2nd road, ground zero. I think it was soi 7. I later moved up near 2nd road to a newer, better, bigger building b5500 unserviced. Decent, clean rooms were b350nt. 3 I traveled south Thailand peak high season and avoided the mess although nothing like today 4 As a local, I walked everywhere. We would follow a network of small sois and totally avoid all the tourists 5 Pattaya was not crushing as BKK and has small town feel low season. 6 Beach wasn't a strong point, but I knew a few vendors I could sit and not get hassled. Just read, enjoy the day, get over hangover. There was the Navy station or Wongamat if you needed a decent beach. 7 Heavy competition between gogos sometimes even doing free and buy 1 get 1 promotions. 8 I developed a little group of broke fallen angels that would constantly stop by for: drinks, cash, a nice meal, sleep in AC, companionship. The only time I paid bar fines was when I checked out a bunch of girlies and we either had a big lunch on Pattaya beach or went down to Bang Saray (which was a tiny fishing village at the time). We'd get hammered and a few would end up back at my place. 10 Bangkok was fun for a lark, but staying more than a few days I found the air pollution overwhelming. Despite being thousands of more vehicles on the road the air is better now. 11 I love the beach and the ocean. In Pattaya you have a bit of both. While it's a real privilege to live near or on a beautiful beach the reality is most are not that lucky. I differentiate between coastal places that you can live in places that you holiday since those paradises are so few and far between. That's why I would leave during high season for a few months and head south and visit those beautiful places... and still do 12 I was pretty healthy at the time and really needed to go to hospital but Pattaya memorial was 5 minutes from me. If more serious there was Sirikit and BKK. 13 At the time I could speak fabulous Thai compared to my farang compatriots. There was a certain level of respect that I received from the Thais because no farang spoke any Thai. Everyone was very welcoming, friendly and that was extremely different than Bangkok 14 Open markets, food, goods shopping all easy and walking distance. At the time there was good Thai food about 15 If I had to guestimate I bet I spent a solid 25% ++ less living there AND it was a far more chill, fun environment. There was an influx of crazy young British men around 05-09 with the weak thb. No idea when that ended I left in 2009. They were a menace. No Chinese, Russian, Indians. After five years kinda full time and changes I was seeing it was time to move on. I met my now wife while traveling in south Thailand in 09. Never went back. It started to get weird as well. Bar girls give me the typical tourist questions about this and that. Reality was I was living in Pattaya before they hit their teens. These girls all about money and lacked the fun and charm of years past. Then...same as now in BKK gogos if you speak any Thai they up and turn tail as you're no easy mark. I recall when no one wanted to live on soi bukhow bc it was too far back from Beach Rd lol. When LK metro was built and largely empty. Some months I spent as little as 400usd like 15k thb at the time. There was always a mafia, crime element to be sure. Mysterious deaths 1x a week. Farang a few a month some sketchy, many old guys with health issues. If you're not living in Bangkok just passing thru I think BKK was very boring during the day at that time. Hua Hin and CM bigger bunch of nothing than they are today. Phuket has always been an overpriced hell. That was then - many years ago. -
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U.K. Passport Renewal at VFS
Never knew you could use the Yellow Book, thanks! Does anyone know how to actually book an appointment for this same purpose at VFS Chiang Mai? I try to book online here and instead of an appointment to renew my Passport, I end up with an appointment to apply for a German and Shengen visa, absolute shambles -
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Tourism Bangkok Crowned Top Destination for Digital Nomads in 2025
Nomads come & nomads go... the real issue is if they put Thailand in a good light... if not social media can bite yer arse. -
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Report Boob Dispute: Indian Tourists Call Cops on Pattaya Bar Girl
take a tape measure with you when you go out next time and new glasses
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