@Jackson *********

And why exactly would you give them a reason to quarantine you for 10 days from a Day 5 test nobody care about...?

@Bobby *******

Your answer basically proves that you do not have a good grasp of the situation since you never once used an agent :). How are you qualify to answer agent questions if you have no idea what you are talking about?

@Johnny ***********

Well, ofc, but with that absence of road rules in Thailand comes a much higher mortality rate. I'm with you, you get pulled over and instead of losing some points, you get fined 500 baht. For us foreigners, it's great to know we can get away with a lot if we have some $. I think that overall for superhighways, below 120km you won't get a ticket in Canada. They are tougher in residential and especially in school areas where the limit is often 30-40km. I agree with such restrictions to protect children. What they are doing in Japan, for example, in residential areas, is perfect to avoid accidents. As for your back road example, I totally agree with you. p.s: Canada has tough winter which destroys roads. Thai climate is very keen on keeping roads in pretty good conditions.

@Todd ********

I can easily name 10+ things that Canada is horrible at. One of the major ones is the education system. Canadian schools are outdated and lagging behind other first-world countries, especially in Scandinavia.

@Todd ********

I'm in your head, rent-free! Take a deep breath, lol! You have yet to give examples of tho what Canada has in regard of regulations and "nanny state" or wtv, that is so much better in Thailand. And FYI, you are a far-right conservative from the military, lol, you are the perfect definition of a wash-up angry old fart who is now upset at the system you help build. I left Canada 10 years ago and never went back. I can't care less about the military, the government, the nationalistic pride, or wtv. I'm a progressive, which is the anti-thesis of a nationalist. But common sense should never leave the building. I was simply pointing out the typical radical right hypocrisy of bashing 100% of what a country does, even the things they are good at like the effectiveness of Canadian embassies all around the world..

@Johnny ***********

Yet, Thailand is #1 in the world for road accidents/death. Yes, it's people's fault for the most part, but the way a lot of roads, intersections, etc, are constructed, is designed to cause more accidents than it should. It's more practically built than it is for safety. Especially outside of superhighways road.

If you mean the 90 days report, it's the same day.

@Todd ********

For example, you said "Very tough for people coming from a backwater shithole like Canada.". You were referring to OP post about the Embassy. You are implying that his situation is difficult because of the Canadian management's incompetence. The fact is that Canadian Embassy all around the world are well managed, I've been to a lot of them including the one in BKK. You used OP post to make an overall statement about Canada without thinking or knowing if it's one of those incompetent situations, which it wasn't. So you lose every once of credibility and just come across as an angry old man. You hate Canadian regulations yet you named Japan? You hate Canadian government yet you named France? Italy??? How do you put Canada as bottom seeder compare to a lot of European countries you mentionned? Weather, that it??

@Todd ********

It's kind of confusing that your tone seems to be centered around the absence of freedom that you felt in Canada, when Thailand has had 7 coup d'état in the last 60 years? It's a military-run country where the state controls the media, with limited freedom of speech and press. It's a country where we are extremely privileged (assuming you have money), which can get you out of all sorts of trouble. If you are not fluent in Thai I guess you are living in your own bubble. I agree about weather and cost of living, but the Canadian structure is a lot more efficient and less annoying than in Thailand. I don't miss Canada much, but that doesn't mean that I have to exaggerate what life is like over there. I have the impression that you are right-leaning and politically frustrated, and all that anger come from that, rather then from a general overview of the country as a whole outside of that frustration.

@John **********

You two are not living on the same planet as I do. Thailand is a military-run dictatorial country, there is no comparison between that and your frustration with how Trudeau handled Covid. In fact, Thailand had more Covid restrictions, and there is a lot less freedom of speech and press in Thailand. If you have arguments in favor in Thailand, at least choose some that aren't 10x worse in Thailand.