Are you locked in Cambodia and dreaming to go back to Thailand soon ?

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Re: Are you locked in Cambodia and dreaming to go back to Thailand soon ?

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We say: Donkey goes only once on the ice..
How true and the translation is elegant, the sentiment admirable.
From which country does this pithy saying originate?

To the OP: The Thailand you knew is all gone now.
Quite probably never to return.
Nobody is locked in Cambodia, unless in prison, not once have they closed the country off to the outside world during the pandemic.
Unlike Australia who denies entry to it's own citizens.
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nemo wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:43 pm
We say: Donkey goes only once on the ice..
How true and the translation is elegant, the sentiment admirable.
From which country does this pithy saying originate?

To the OP: The Thailand you knew is all gone now.
Quite probably never to return.
Nobody is locked in Cambodia, unless in prison, not once have they closed the country off to the outside world during the pandemic.
Unlike Australia who denies entry to it's own citizens.
From a small country on the sunny side of Alps... :)
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I'm sure I'm not the only person here who has never had the slightest interest in living in Thailand? It's a great country with a lot going for it but I would never consider living there.
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Re: Are you locked in Cambodia and dreaming to go back to Thailand soon ?

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I lived and worked in Bangkok for just over a year, and traveled there extensively in the years prior. I have no desire to live there again, and I haven't even visited there since 2015. Completely over it.
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Last time i went to thailand to get my macbook 💻 fixed I had a 30 days visa and planned to stay that long but came back here after just 20 days and was happy to be back , couldn’t even find any weed on my own ( i’m sure my mother in law could have got me some if it were the olden days ) , I even asked the cops and they didn’t know . .

Ever since the king died ( before actually ) the place ain’t any good .. long ago I was there 10 years and 2 thai kids ..
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Ong Tay wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:30 am I lived and worked in Bangkok for just over a year, and traveled there extensively in the years prior. I have no desire to live there again, and I haven't even visited there since 2015. Completely over it.
What are the reasons not to live there?
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Re: Are you locked in Cambodia and dreaming to go back to Thailand soon ?

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I lived in Pattaya for 8 years, enjoyed it for the most part however as the years went by the change in the locals attitude was very noticeable.
In a word the hate foreigners generally speaking.
If they can get you for anything they will as an example rental deposits once a deposit is paid don't expect to get it back no matter how well you maintain the property.
The Cambodian folks are far more excepting of falangs IMHO
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Ozinasia wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 11:35 am I lived in Pattaya for 8 years, enjoyed it for the most part however as the years went by the change in the locals attitude was very noticeable.
In a word the hate foreigners generally speaking.
If they can get you for anything they will as an example rental deposits once a deposit is paid don't expect to get it back no matter how well you maintain the property.
The Cambodian folks are far more excepting of falangs IMHO
I guess if you live in pattaya they know what you’re there for and why ..
I been to pattaya twice , been drugged and robbed and would never go back there
10 years in 🇹🇭
I never spent more than 2 whole nights in Pp in 10 years here ,
if I have business I take a taxi , do my business and round trip it back “ home “
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Re: Are you locked in Cambodia and dreaming to go back to Thailand soon ?

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I had an import / export business office in a shopping Mall lived in a nice village with my lady and child ventured out at night mostly when needed to entertain guests from abroad however that would be many many times didn't experience any drugging's or robberies.
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nemo wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:43 pm
To the OP: The Thailand you knew is all gone now.
Quite probably never to return.
Exactly. For me, it started disintegrating 5-6 years ago and then some. The sanook is long gone.

I wrote a much longer piece but why stretch out the obvious that the new Thailand is here to stay. I just don't care any more.
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