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by Big Boy
Thu May 02, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Thailand to introduce compulsory travel insurance/tourist tax
Replies: 158
Views: 27364

Re: Thailand to introduce compulsory travel insurance/tourist tax

I don't remember that one, but I remember the 1,000฿ tariff for Thais leaving Thailand. I'd just given all of my remaining Baht to the Outlaws who had come to see us off. I was not too pleased.
by Big Boy
Thu May 02, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: News
Topic: Thailand to introduce compulsory travel insurance/tourist tax
Replies: 158
Views: 27364

Re: Thailand to introduce compulsory travel insurance/tourist tax

buksida wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 9:40 am "We have serious problems with safety standards," said Mr Surawat.
Really??? :lach:

I'm sure the 300฿ tax will be spent very wisely to alleviate the problems :run:
by Big Boy
Thu May 02, 2024 8:34 am
Forum: Events & Activities
Topic: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Movies at Hua Hin Cinema
Replies: 1108
Views: 321352

Re: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Movies at Hua Hin Cinema

This week's original soundtrack movies at Hua Hin's cinemas are: Market Village New this week: the_ministry_MV.png Preview/trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5177120/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_q_the%2520minis Brought forward from another week: There are no Original Soundtrack movies brought for...
by Big Boy
Wed May 01, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Thailand Air Quality and Pollution Alerts
Replies: 301
Views: 245209

Re: Thailand Air Quality and Pollution Alerts

Its amazing only people not in authority can see that. 9 times out of 10 there will also be a lot of workers in the field ensuring the burning stays under control.
by Big Boy
Wed May 01, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Thailand Air Quality and Pollution Alerts
Replies: 301
Views: 245209

Re: Thailand Air Quality and Pollution Alerts

Every year they tell us it is illegal, and they will clamp down on it. Every year I travel around, and I can see burning carrying on quite openly. Every year I don't see anybody making any attempt to stop it. If I can see it, why can't the authorities? They talk the talk, but nobody is actually inte...
by Big Boy
Wed May 01, 2024 12:26 pm
Forum: Flights, Airlines & Airports
Topic: Flights to/from Thailand status, news, and updates
Replies: 351
Views: 260269

Re: Flights to/from Thailand status, news, and updates

Of course, but the fact the airport functioned at 105,000 passengers per day, and that is actually 38,000,000 / 365, so daily numbers would have well exceeded that number. Now they want to throw a load of money at what looked to be a pretty good airport on Sunday to upgrade it to handle less than 40...
by Big Boy
Wed May 01, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: News
Topic: Thai Minimum Wage Increase
Replies: 41
Views: 8142

Re: Thai Minimum Wage Increase

Yes, the policies sound great, but are taking the country further and further into the red. Solution, lets borrow a lorry load of money and give everybody 10,000฿.
by Big Boy
Wed May 01, 2024 11:32 am
Forum: Flights, Airlines & Airports
Topic: Flights to/from Thailand status, news, and updates
Replies: 351
Views: 260269

Re: Flights to/from Thailand status, news, and updates

That article alone says a lot. It used to cater for 105,000 passengers a day, but now caters for 20,000.

Obviously a lot of brown envelopes involved spending that huge sum of cash expanding the airport to 40% of what it used to be :?

Bonkers.
by Big Boy
Wed May 01, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: News
Topic: Thai Minimum Wage Increase
Replies: 41
Views: 8142

Re: Thai Minimum Wage Increase

But the tax isn't paying the wage increases. That extra cash has to be found by the employer, which will be funded by higher prices. If Gov't policy wants a wage increase, they should be funding the difference, but they don't.
by Big Boy
Wed May 01, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: News
Topic: Thai Minimum Wage Increase
Replies: 41
Views: 8142

Re: Thai Minimum Wage Increase

I think the problem is somebody has to find this cash, and it won't be the Government's policy makers. We read every few days about Thailand's terrible debt situation, so where will this extra 40฿/day come from? Making headline grabbing policy is simple - executing it is the hard part. Not just in T...
by Big Boy
Wed May 01, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: The 90 Day Report Thread
Replies: 179
Views: 192682

Re: The 90 Day Report Thread

To me that infers that when you go through immigration at Bangkok, it must all be linked with the local system? We are talking Thai IT, and there is always a SOMETIMES clause in there somewhere. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Just read the last few posts, and it all makes sense when you ...
by Big Boy
Wed May 01, 2024 8:52 am
Forum: Flights, Airlines & Airports
Topic: Flights to/from Thailand status, news, and updates
Replies: 351
Views: 260269

Re: Flights to/from Thailand status, news, and updates

I walked through Don Mueang late Sunday evening and thought how badly designed the airport was. Huge corridors being lit/air conditioned. Then at the end of the corridors vast expanses of nothingness, again being lit/air conditioned. There really was a lot of wasted space/electricity. Then the actua...
by Big Boy
Wed May 01, 2024 8:41 am
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
Replies: 4710
Views: 462958

Re: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand

The key is probably in the words, 'isolated' and 'scattered', which most likely means Cha-Am and Khao Tao.
by Big Boy
Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Old Photos of Hua Hin 1960s
Replies: 8
Views: 661

Re: Old Photos of Hua Hin 1960s

No, there wasn't. Petchkasem looks a bit different :D
by Big Boy
Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Old Photos of Hua Hin 1960s
Replies: 8
Views: 661

Re: Old Photos of Hua Hin 1960s

I've just seen this on Facebook. I've never seen such a comparison before, and thought I'd share it. I've seen many similar of Pattaya, but this is the first I've seen of Hua Hin. Found on the Thailand Travel page.

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