[Every scenario is nightmarish]

Personally I doubt democracy will ever come to Thailand.  That ship sailed for good after the last coup.

 

 

 

[Thailand’s real estate sector eyes foreign investment boost]

14 hours ago, RafPinto said:

And they are building like crazy.
I walk 200 metres from my condo and there are 2 new hotels under construction, let alone the 100 s new condo buildings under construction.

 

With the interest rate rising and bank now being more selective to whom they give the money, I see much more empty building hitting the market.

It is a renters paradise. I blow into Thailand every so often and spend a few months. 

[Fundraiser planned for Richard Valentine]

The word is out in Thailand, government hospital or not you will be double , triple, quadruple charged if a farang.  The days of Thailand being a retirement destination and good value for money are over IMHO.  

The pic of him smoking a big cigar and a glass of Vino , and now broke? That pic alone would make me not give a penny. 

If not insured when traveling you need a minimum of about 100K of funds readily available.  Also IMO you need a place in your home country to retreat to when things go wrong. 

Personally I have no patience for folks that do not plan for retirement and live like there is no tomorrow.

[Running with the hare, hunting with the hound, Thailand looks at strengthening Baht Yuan ties]

6 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

So many, currently, jumping on the very solid and secure BRICS bandwagon......wouldn't surprise me to see Thailand joining in. 

 

I agree, I think bitcoin will be their currency.  And the next world currency. 

Actually I heard from a very credible source that FTX was going to be the company, and Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried  was going to spear head the operation.

 

 

 

[Thailand drafts bill to decriminalize its billion-dollar sex trade]

The government getting involved.  Great idea.  That should kill whats left of tourism..

[Govt Urges Public Assistance in Tackling Air Pollution Issue]

In addition, the prime minister urged the public to participate in community forest planting and land allocation for trees.

 

Joke of the day!

[Zero dollar tourism looms again as Chinese return to Thailand]

23 minutes ago, chalawaan said:

Your link didn't work.

Here's one of mine. https://youtu.be/leyoYtunqPQ

A thought provoking analysis of just how buggered China is; all based on data, all based on intelligence gathering, all based on geopolitical reality. 

 

It doesn't matter. Thailand elite will set the course for Thailand and they are Chinese supporters 100%. Personally I will not give Thailand another dollar of my money.  The writing has been on the wall for a few years now.

[Thailand braces for scorching summer as El Nino brings climate change to forefront]

More heat more fires and more pollution. Going to have to build a dome around Chiang Mai

[Sub call due soon but closer ties between Chinese and Thai navies signalled by top-level visit]

16 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Such nonsense. Not as miserable as the existence we would be living if we were still in the US, Canada, Oz, NZ, or Europe. You can have it. We have opted out. Thankfully. Willfully. With glee. 

Hummm, I enjoy Thailand sometime. But I live cheaper in the US with better quality food and housing. Fresh air and good roads. I live across from a Thai family and next door to Philippines and you could not pay them to go back..  Different strokes I guess. All the best.

[Sub call due soon but closer ties between Chinese and Thai navies signalled by top-level visit]

8 hours ago, billd766 said:

What have submarines got to do with expats?

They are both on a sinking ship!

[Sub call due soon but closer ties between Chinese and Thai navies signalled by top-level visit]

What a mess, I feel for the expats that got sucked in and are stuck there. i have a feeling it is going to be a miserable existence  for many expats in the future.

[Agent claims Immigration want to see 800k in bank book plus letter to transfer retirement extension to new passport.]

I just did a simple tourist visa transfer into a new Passport about two months ago. What a headache.  Thailand is the worst place I have ever visited hands down.

Went threw Laos did the paperwork for a two month visa, that was a hassle but doable.

Applied for a new US Passport threw the mail.. Perfect no problems with the US embassy.

Was in Khon Kean and went to the immigration office there to transfer the visa... NOPE, have to go back to the original office in Nong Khai, Had to travel back to the office where the visa was issued. 

When there . I had both the new Passport and the old one with the stamp. And I was talking to the same lady that gave me the visa. She said NOPE, I had to have a letter from the US embassy stating I was who I said I was and the visa was just issued...  Hahahaha,,  

Took me three weeks for a new Passport, and three weeks for the tourist visa transfer...  

To top it off I had all the paperwork I had filled out for my new passport and the paperwork when the new visa arrived... NOPE  

Thailand joke of the day.

 

 

[Praise from Saudi tourists for Thailand's tourist police after lost bag is located]

Don't want to get on the bad side of the Saudi's  , they will chop you up and send the body pieces out the back door.

[Select foreigners can own 0.16 hectares (1 rai) for residential use in Thailand from September]

56 minutes ago, nattaya09 said:

They should gift you 10 Rai for tying up $1.1M USD in Thailand

This is Thailand , if they cannot screw you then they're not interested.

[Select foreigners can own 0.16 hectares (1 rai) for residential use in Thailand from September]

3 hours ago, overherebc said:

Then again why on earth would anyone want to live in the usa?

Actually if in your prime working years it is the best place in the world if you are not lazy.  If retired!  IMO it is the last place I would want to be premaritally.

[Select foreigners can own 0.16 hectares (1 rai) for residential use in Thailand from September]

Pretty cool site, IMO every foreigner that plans to retire here needs to have this as a daily run threw.

 

[Select foreigners can own 0.16 hectares (1 rai) for residential use in Thailand from September]

1 hour ago, Reposed said:

40 million baht to 'own' less than 1/2 an acre...?

 

Bwaaa-hahahaha!

 

Beverly Hills wannabes...

 

What business in today's economic climate would be wise to invest in, in the Land of Schemes?

This is more a bar-girl and a gullible foreigner  scheme on steroids.. 

[‘Tourism fee’, now for all travellers to Thailand, ready to launch]

To bad you cannot keep paying the extra at immigration with every extension. That would be handy.

If it is ever used the government will fleece the hospitals to the fullest.  10-1 the hospitals will not let you in if you don't pay cash. Telling you the government will repay you.

[Saving is the new buzzword as prices rise in Thailand]

6 minutes ago, madmitch said:

The headline bears no correlation to the narrative whatsoever.

This is Thailand where cash is king, and the paid off house instead of a D-MAX in the driveway is the new norm... 

[Chuwit follows up: Dirty Chinese investment of 100s of millions - laundering money in Thailand, RTP turning blind eye]

Feeling a bit neglected, I am a dirty farang...  

[Proposal would allow foreigners in Thailand to own 1 rai of land – but there’s a 40 million baht catch]

Dang, I am getting all schemed  out. Kinda a schematic overload.

I think they should give us about a week or two break to get our tolerance back up to normal.

Then we can properly receive the next scheme.. 

 

[Saving is the new buzzword as prices rise in Thailand]

Posh, that doesn't phase the super rich tourists and expats pouring into Thailand.

 

[Proposal would allow foreigners in Thailand to own 1 rai of land – but there’s a 40 million baht catch]

I am sure there are  a  lot of corporations with that much invested. Wonder if that counts.

[Thailand wants to lose its reputation for being ‘cheap’, aims to become premium travel destination]

I think I will buy some land over a garbage dump in the US and build a premium resort. 

It will have three different themes.

1:  Issan theme, every morning and evening I will set fires and blow the smoke over the Issan room.

2: Island theme, I will dump all the sewage into the lake around the rooms.

3: BKK and city theme, I will set up diesel engine belching black smoke and carbon monoxide and blanket the rooms.

 

And of course have one 10 story balcony for the people that want to escape and jump...

 

And charge a hefty price for the Thai experence.

 

 

[Thailand wants to lose its reputation for being ‘cheap’, aims to become premium travel destination]

Confused, why would anyone want to go to a polluted cesspool if not cheap!

Come live where air pollution alone kills millions and shortens life expectancy by years and pay a premium for that... Difference strokes I guess.