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- Sun Feb 16, 2025 3:31 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thailand tourism situation
- Replies: 1870
- Views: 250092
Re: Thailand tourism situation
Many high end tourists are return low end ones and perhaps discouraging the lower levels will have a knock on effect. More and more budget travellers are being tempted by Vietnam and Cambodia as prices rise here. This seems to be ignored by the present powers that be but may come back to bite them. ...
- Sun Feb 16, 2025 3:20 pm
- Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
- Topic: Noise, power, and scams topped Thailand complaints list last year
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9261
Re: Noise, power, and scams topped Thailand complaints list last year
I have accepted noise along with many other things as part of living in Thailand. Living close to Nong Khon temple is generally quiet, recently cleared brush increased the road noise and there was something going on at the temple but that went quiet around ten in the evening. Clearing the land has a...
- Tue Feb 04, 2025 12:24 am
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Buying online from Lazada
- Replies: 569
- Views: 72998
Re: Buying online from Lazada
My Lazada wallet is used to pay for items although the only time it has any credit is when an item is refunded. When I buy something I select the wallet and it takes the amount rom my Thai bank account. If thee is any credit it will use this first before taking from my bank account. I have not tried...
- Sun Jan 26, 2025 4:43 pm
- Forum: Flights, Airlines & Airports
- Topic: A380 can land in fog at DMK but not BKK
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2367
A380 can land in fog at DMK but not BKK
Today the A380 I was on made two aborted approaches to BKK in fog and then diverted and landed in similar conditions at Don Muang. Am confident one of our resident avgeeks can tell me why this is the case. I suspect that the equipment is different but would have thought that BKK would have right kit...
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 4:24 pm
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Tax residency in Thailand and taxing overseas income
- Replies: 526
- Views: 524755
Re: Tax residency in Thailand and taxing overseas income
Thank you Big Boy for letting us know what you are experiencing. I am sure that there are many like myself who will face this hurdle in the coming years and are following the subject with interest. It is far better to get a picture, albeit a personal one and we all will have different situations, of...
- Sun Jan 19, 2025 7:25 pm
- Forum: Health Issues
- Topic: Fitbit or similar worn health smart devices
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9992
Re: Fitbit or similar worn health smart devices
I have an Apple Watch and used it when cycling. Way too clever for me and annoying as it kept pausing and not restarting when I had a rest (could be sorted out by new tech able persons than myself). Finally gave up with it when it played up if worn on my tattooed wrist and also got fed up charging i...
- Wed Jan 01, 2025 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Beach Bar
- Topic: N.Y. Free Entry to National Parks - Thais Only This Year
- Replies: 3
- Views: 987
Re: N.Y. Free Entry to National Parks - Thais Only This Year
The huge difference in pricing normally in place only serves to dissuade me from visiting any national park unless I really want to go there. What is worse is that many like myself would not take our Thai family to a National Park because of this. I know that I am not alone in feeling that this free...
- Tue Dec 31, 2024 7:27 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Minivan, bus and road accidents
- Replies: 1379
- Views: 284798
Re: Minivan, bus and road accidents
Saw the after effects of the usual u-turn incidents just before Makro outbound on Phetkasem yesterday morning (30th) around 0745. Box van hit by outbound vehicle, perhaps the usual result of flashing your headlights bring less effective than using the brakes and travelling at a reasonable speed. Ano...
- Tue Dec 31, 2024 7:14 am
- Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
- Topic: Feral Dogs in Hua Hin
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2266
Re: Feral Dogs
In our area I have also seen that owners have been keeping their dogs controlled and even caged which has made it considerably safer for cyclists and pedestrians. Perhaps this indicates that moves have been made and the locals fear their dangerous mutts will disappear along with the feral dogs. When...
- Mon Nov 25, 2024 5:26 am
- Forum: Ask The Expats
- Topic: Hua Hin City football tops
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1950
Re: Hua Hin City football tops
Do they have very large sizes? A long time ago I bought a couple of shirts at a shop on the road that goes up and over the hill from the main railway crossing (a long time ago) and I think the max size was a 3XL (Asian). Am sure that Big Boy will know if they sell sizes suitable for 'larger' people ...
- Sun Nov 24, 2024 5:34 am
- Forum: Feeding Time
- Topic: Chips, French Fries, Fried Potatoes, etc.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8615
Re: Chips, French Fries, Fried Potatoes, etc.
Remember it well, even stayed up that small soi for a while in 1990 when I first moved to Hua Hin. Food was good and yes, proper chips. A few mozzies hiding amongst the junk too.
- Mon Nov 18, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Beach Bar
- Topic: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
- Replies: 4922
- Views: 690697
Re: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
This year has been strange in the South China Sea with the typhoons that get past the Philippines heading west then curving to the south of Hainan and going ashore in Vietnam. This has resulted in the rain over Isan in most cases. So far none have been far enough south to get below Cambodia and ente...
- Sun Nov 17, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: How can Thailand curb its appalling road fatality rate?
- Replies: 553
- Views: 80475
Re: How can Thailand curb its appalling road fatality rate?
After many years in Thailand I have come to accept the almost zero enforcement of traffic laws, a case of expect nothing and if you get something it should be a pleasant surprise. What those years have also taught me is that while foreigners who are used to enforcement decry the situation the averag...
- Thu Nov 14, 2024 11:11 pm
- Forum: Feeding Time
- Topic: Chips, French Fries, Fried Potatoes, etc.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8615
Re: Chips, French Fries, Fried Potatoes, etc.
As a lifelong fan of chip shop chips I fear my own taste might be at odds with many others. When I go to the UK I like nothing more than my favourite vegan takeaway meal. A large portion of chips and a pea fritter. It is not only vegans that are aghast at my tastes. I like what could only be termed ...
- Wed Nov 13, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Buying online from Lazada
- Replies: 569
- Views: 72998
Re: Buying online from Lazada
I buy a lot of stuff from Lazada mainly because I find it easier than Shopee. Even when I have ordered from a dodgy seller, usually a bunch of letter with no review and only used because I was tired or careless, and the item does not get sent I have been given a refund via my wallet. A recent one wa...