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maybe the bar doesn't want to publish such a document because it could open them up to some sort of legal jeopardy? More likely they're just in a rut of tradition. Given the myriad number of languages in India it might be difficult, but I suppose they could just do Hindi and presume that anyone traveling from India likely at least has some rudimentary English knowledge. Such a device would need to be VERY concise

I was watching Steve Rosse's new video last night and he mentioned that having wealthy police (before they took the job) makes people think they are not as corruptible because they don't "need" the money

sounds like blackmail... For a guy who wants to be the top cop the idea that he's going to sit on incriminating evidence seems a little odd.

definitely some sort of police in-fighting/rivalry going on. But why does he have so many houses?

and of course there are still the Soi 4 gogos. Tawan and Moonlight still in their locations.

I agree with the caveats listed above re: location of your destination and amount of baggage. But I also typically book a car service. Yes it costs more. But you are in a very comfortable vehicle even when traffic is heavy. After a long flight it's nice to just relax and not have to worry about anything. And it's door to door service. I've been using SP Limousine for years so they give me a small repeat customer discount.

I presume you understand the potential side effects, etc.

given the huge percentage of handsome Thai guys it's interesting that anyone ever goes viral

December is a great time to visit. I would choose a hotel inside the old city which makes touring around on foot or by tuktuk easy. I was there in December several years ago now (in 2012), I'd have to dig to find the hotel I stayed in. It was a nice traditional decor sort of place. Indeed lots of temples in the city and Doi Suthep. There are also some interesting caves if you like that sort of thing. The Royal Park Ratchaphruek is very pretty. This cave is called Mae On.

So it could go up, or down, or stay the same. Got it.

that's such a sweet story

I had never heard of the place but it does sound fascinating! I read that experts and archaeologists are concerned that the place has no infrastructure to handle the number of tourists who will be trying to go there now. And that it was the most looted site in Thailand during the 70s and 80s so they are worried that this new attention and lack of planning is going to make it a target all over again as there is a large part of the city that has not been excavated.

He already has plants in China that make a large percentage of his cars. I think they might even have a plant in Xinxiang https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-china-made-ev-sales-july-down-31-mthmth-2023-08-03/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/business/tesla-china-sales-surge-intl-hnk/index.html China's government offers subsidies for electric vehicle production which is helping reduce the price of the cars.

Actually he means all users. He's claiming again that most users are bots and that the weed them out he wants to charge everyone a few dollars per month.

did they fix that? Because a couple of months ago they started requiring you to be logged in to see anything

See I thought about the bankruptcy angle as well. But he has lots of powerful investors who underwrote all of those loans he took out and they might not be so excited about lighting all of their money on fire. However they had to know the odds weren't good that this money-losing business he was overpaying for was going to be a good investment in the first place.

Bangkok Pat takes us to some vanishing places, including Soi Twilight and Babylon

Maybe they mean those Visa stickers that take up a whole page of the passport?

He's a good con man, essentially. He built a cult that has made him very wealthy. He did see the importance of electric cars and managed to muscle his way in to running Tesla. And promised all kinds of things he never delivered. And he was smart enough to corner the market on satellites and taking astronauts to the space station.

I'll miss the porn, but I suppose I'll find it somewhere else

They also followed up later to indicate that things like US retirement income that's taxed in the US is exempt because of treaty obligations. It seems that the aim is to go after Thai tax avoiders

you can't do it with checked luggage. Asking them to only check your bag to LHR is just asking for them to investigate. The only issue you might face is for your next trip if they flag you. Here in the US a kid in Florida recently tried to do this and ended up getting all over the news because they canceled his ticket altogether and he had to pay for a last minute fare to where he was trying to go. If you do it more than a couple of times you could apparently get blacklisted by the airline.

be careful about skipping legs. US airlines have really been trying to crackdown on it since it technically violates their contract of carriage. But I suspect Europe has more sensible rules about airline regulation.

I've had my eye on the boy in the AC/DC shirt for a while now

of course this attitude is not only limited to Thailand. I think all of those skin whitening creams originated in India. And places like Korea value pale skin