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rocketdave

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  1. Talking to my regular taxi driver he was telling me that if it wasn't for us expats he would be out of a job. The local bars and cafes round here also rely on expat trade as few tourist hotels in the area and the ones that are here only have chinese who don't patronise any of the local businesses.

  2. I live in Pattaya, There's no Chinese that's true but also there's no massive queue of tour buses, no streams of idiots walking across Beach Road, you can get into a 7/11 and Family Mart! All the previous was paid for (at a discount) in China. None of the bars, restaurants (not on the tour list) have noticed any non seasonal downturn. The millionaire Indians don't spend anything anyway so who's left to put money over the counter?

  3. Many, many years ago (I told you I was old) when we used to do visa train runs to Penang I went 2nd. class fan which had opening windows which were only closed at night. A couple of times I went during the burning season, it was like riding through the blitzcrieg! We all arrived in Butterworth looking like the cast from the Black and White minstrel show (told you I was old.) This burning is done all over South East Asia, until all the countries involved can come up with an effective solution nothing will, or can, change.

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  4. 8 minutes ago, jingjai9 said:

    Instead of simply focusing on internal issues for the lag in Thai tourism, we should give credit to other countires in Asia who have improved infrastructure and now offer vacation alternatives to Thailand, a choice is nice. This competition will no doubt prompt Thailand to become creative and compete for the tourist trade. That is good; Thailand will respond.

     

    Of course the typical Thai response will be to put the prices UP!!!!!???

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  5. I've never read such a load of feeble notions on one subject. The train looks 1/3 empty yet this Thai guy bumps into someone using a mobile, you never see Thai's using mobiles in public!

    He probably thought he was being very clever knocking the mobile out of his hands, didn't expect a slap to improve his manners, yes, not all Thai's are little angels either.

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  6. On 9/1/2019 at 10:56 AM, fforest1 said:

     a large section of property across the street has been partitioned with construction fencing

     

    Its been that way for years now.....Its been so long I forgot what was there before...

    Ambassador bowling alley and massage parlour.

  7. When I first came back after retiring to see if my feelings about Thailand were the same I made the same boo-boo and had a one day overstay (not a full day, just 14 hours.)

    Went early to the airport, the check in said I had to go to the immigration desk. It was about 2 in the morning so found the desk there was only one officer present and she was a stunner, miles out of my league! Gave her my passport and asked if she was the only one on duty, in departures yes she was and was bored to tears as I was her first customer in three hours, poor girl. She then said "I'm not going fill out all this paperwork, here this will cover it" and handed my passport back with a one week extension, I put the 500 Baht back in my pocket, checked in and went to the bar.

    You can get lucky sometimes.

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