Woke to Sounds of Horking

A quaility Kazakhstani tourist. Those 90-day visa exemptions are paying off!

Same story in Kanada - under Turdeau's liberals - only things might be harder for the homeless in Kanada because it's colder for longer and the immigration tap is fully open compared to Oz, even with insufficient housing stock, thereby limiting the number of available dwellings. It's nuts. The country is broken in ways that it wasn't when I was in my 20s-30s. Planning my exit!

Agree. My application for a SETV took 29 business days for fook's sakes. Meanwhile I was reading about folk from Sweden, the UK and USA getting theirs processed in a few days or even hours. There seems to be serious paperwork handling issues at the Ottawa embassy. Won't ever apply again. You want tourism, then make it easy TAT!

In Turdeau's Kanada they certainly are! Dissent will not be tolerated. The PC police are now going to charge you with provoking non-inclusiveness!

What is Pattaya's major malfunction? I mean, I keep reading about the street brawls, traffic accidents and shirtless yobs. Then there was the guy who took a dump in front of a minimart. Not having been there meself, I can't figure it out.

Think you mean SOUTH of the Fraser...

More quality tourists I see!

Just curious - what's the major malfunction of Pattaya?

You don't have to give em anything. But they're out there doing honest work to make a few bahts to buy a burger. Not an easy gig squeegeeing windscreens buddy. I seen it all the time in Truedough's Kanada. Me a liberal? Far from it buddy. Far from it.

it's downright terrible anyone has to resort to washing windscreens to earn shekels. But I suppose it's better than robbing the 7-Elevens as they do in Kanada, where inflation has priced out even the regular workmen.

Time for the Brits to up the ante!

Let's count the adjectives!

I call bs on any foreigner in Thailand being randomly attacked unprovoked by a Thai. But act like a douchebag and you're gonna get clocked. No sympathy for these drunk jokers. I'll walk the streets in BKK anyday anytime over any city in Norte Amerika.

VN never gave out long term visas. They don't have a retirement visa either. Pity. For me the issue with Hanoi is the air pollution and near constant grey skies / drizzle, esp in winter and the overbearing humidity. OK city to visit, but to live? At least with a place like Chiang Mai the air quality might be crap but the skies are generally brighter. Anyone here living in CM comment on the AQI so far in December? Thanks

In 2008 I rode the day train BKK-Sisaket in Isaan. It was slow but fine, and part of the overall Thailand experience at that time for me. Jovial atmosphere onboard. There was food service and you could buy beer. You could stand outside between the cars and smoke a cigarette. The world was more relaxed even a scant 15 yrs ago. A lot of the fun has been sucked out of so many things these days. Perhaps Thailand could update and improve its train infrastructure, but it shouldn't be trying to sanitize the whole country. It's not Singapore, never will be, and travelers don't come to Thailand expecting it to be. Therein's the charm.