Yes, the Chinese have always been the number 1 demographic of Thailand tourism, which is amazing to me seeing as how they have been abused for decades.

unfortunately the government sees things like this as an opportunity to get a soapbox and get elected so if they can create an outside enemy they can get support. Nothing quite like a shared affront to

Or have we just become more aware of it because everything and anything ends up on social media. I have a hard time believing that people just all of a sudden started to be less polite out of nowhere.

that makes sense with the rental stickers on bikes. Now that you mention it even though I am clearly not Thai, I have been waved through checkpoints in the moat area if I had long sleeves on and a helmet

While this is a bit dirty, you can simply alter an intl license sample from the internet and have it printed and it would be accepted here. I've had people show their student ID from a university and it

just the next time that you get a new laptop, if that is the sort of thing that you do. Put mint on it and have a go. I do enjoy how you needn't ever be worred about malware or viruses. I go do dodgy websites

i guess you could put as many as you can fit. There aren't really any laws as far as these things are concerned. None that I have seen anyway.

this is also another good point. I can spot these people from a mile away as they look at all their money very closely and are clearly quite unfamiliar with which is which. This is made even more difficult

That same ride would cost less than half that much in a car. I stand by my statement that this is a tourist-only trap for the most part.

I don't think that Russians (or anyone else really) can get long-term visas to Malaysia. I could be wrong about that though because I have never tried to live there.

That looks like hard work.. how are you not sweating at all? I would be roasting! I once harvested a coconut that fell next to me and nearly hit me in the head. That was a scary day. I have a great

What is the currency? Are these good prices?

Thats funny. We no longer have a bowling alley in Chiang Mai which is strange because we have about 20 shopping malls and over a million people living here.

yep, it all goes back to government intervention. I hear stories from people that have been here for decades and everyone refers to the real glory years being when the government just stood back and let

I like your use of food words instead of other naughty ones. You are almost correct about where the girls are from, most of them come from Isaan, which is near Laos and shares a lot in common with that

Everything is more expensive than it was when I first got over this way. I never really looked at haircuts but I am sure that is not an exception. BTW, have you noticed a big uptick in Russians down in

They have just gotten greedy and the people who are really going to suffer are the small businesses. This is nothing new.

the pay there and get reimbursed is a tricky one. That sounds like these things that if you bought them you could "mail in" for a rebate and with the rebate it would be a lot cheaper than the

I get it if your country has some sort of traveling industry or a real problem with people overstaying and working illegally but I don't really think this is the case for Thailand. The people who work

we have lost a lot of retirement folks here because of exactly that reason.