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Agrees with tour guides
Editor;
Re: Thai tour guides claim foreigners stealing their jobs, ruining country
(PM Friday, 03 January 2014) - I agree with the tour guides. I had a holiday
in Thailand many years ago. The airport holiday rep. told me to go to a
certain coach when I exited immigration, etc., (I was one of the first to do
so) and all the holiday reps., apart from one, were “Europeans”. The
exception was a “local” lady and I was hoping that she would be the one for
the hotel that I was going to be staying in; for the reason that the tour
guides are quoting. She was, and that hotel group had a far more interesting
holiday because of it; although I did wonder - as her very good English was
more of the American type - if she was a Vietnamese refugee who had found
refuge in Thailand from the Vietnam War!
Carlos
Start in Soi Buakaow
Editor;
Re: Shirtless in Pattaya (PM Friday, 20 December 2013) - Quite
correct... make a start in Soi Buakaow which looks like the holding pen for
the Jeremy Kyle show. They should go back to having a sign at the airport
that said ‘Persons of an unkempt or hippy appearance would be denied entry
to the kingdom’. I would expand this to include people with facial tattoos
because obviously anyone who presents himself in this way has not got
sufficient intelligence to be expected to behave themselves ...a good scrub
wouldn’t hurt most of them either!
Jeepster
Don’t like someplace that allows smoking? Go someplace else
Editor;
Re: Tired of over regulation (PM Mailbag Friday, 10 January 2014) - I was in
Pattaya when the smoking ban was brought in, and have watched it evolve over
the years. The general rule is that if somewhere is enclosed, serves food
and has air con then it is no smoking, and all the restaurants, shopping
malls, and hotels that I visit enforce it. However, some business owners do
allow smoking but most are open restaurants and bars that is their choice.
You also have a choice, and instead of moaning about it, if you do not like
somewhere that allows smoking, do not eat there! Do not drink there! Do not
purchase goods from there! And if that doesn’t work then maybe you ought to
think about going home!
Michael
Old guys in Pattaya
Editor:
Re: No Country For Old Men (PM Mailbag Jan 10) You certainly don’t need
800,000 baht in a Thai bank to obtain a “legal” retirement visa. Income from
your home country can count if you obtain a letter from an embassy. Just
pick up the info sheet from the immigration bureau.
Equally it is bizarre to claim, as does correspondent Philip Fletcher, that
you can live comfortably in Pattaya on the frozen British old age pension
which is seldom more than 100 pounds a week and often less. I assume Philip
is suggesting that Brits in tragic situation look for bars with balloons
outside - usually the sign of a free buffet - or live on the beach begging
sandwiches from the Russians.
If you do go bankrupt here, neither the British Embassy nor the Thai state
will support you. Once you run into visa overstay or try to steal a Mars bar
from a 7-11 store, you will be arrested sooner or later and remain in jail
until somebody pays for the air ticket to UK. You might well sit there for
months whilst the British Embassy adds you to the list. There is no need for
extra punishments believe me.
Barry Kenyon
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Thappraya Road still a mess
Editor,
Thappraya Road is the main road connecting Pattaya and Jomtien. Some months
ago someone from the Pattaya administration dug it up to put cables in the
ground. We asked when they would finish and several months ago they said “in
one week the work would be finished.” There are still big holes there, the
garbage on the road sides is growing, and the pipes are still on the
footpath. To get around this, pedestrians have to step out into the heavy
trafficked Thappraya Road.
Does someone in the Pattaya administration know when the work will be
finished so it can be safe for pedestrians, and so one of our main roads
again can be representative?
Jan
No desire to impose morality
Editor;
Re: Tired of over regulation (PM Mailbag Friday, 10 January 2014) - Sir, I
have no desire to impose my morality on you. Please don’t impose your
smoking on me. If you choose to smoke I consider that your right. But I also
believe that you are obligated to smoke in such a fashion as to not subject
anyone else to your smoke. If you are in a situation or location where you
cannot smoke without affecting other people, don’t.
John Neilson
UK visa needed
Editor;
Re: Thailand added to Irish Visa Waiver Programme (PM Friday, 13 December
2013) - In reply to your question, the article mentioned you would need a
valid UK visa to be eligible for an Irish waiver entry. Thailand is not part
of the EU so Thai nationals would need to apply for an Irish visa if they
did not meet the conditions as stated above.
Nite Owl
Smoking in public cannot be defended
Editor;
Re: Smoking and the law (PM Mailbag Friday, 17 January 2014) -Smoking in
public cannot be defended. Smoking in private cannot be defended if the
smoker is smoking around non-smokers: children, babies, other adults. And
how many times have you heard a smoker apologise for all of the litter
(cigarette butts) thrown on the ground? The answer is never.
Dana
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