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Hi

Me and my friends are going to thailand in a month for 30 days. Our schedule currently lookslike thise

Land in bangkok and stay here 1 full day for jetlaf

go to chiang mai for 6 nights

3 nights in pai

4 nights in koh tao

6 nights koh phangan

5 nights koh samui

1 week bangkok

Am i missing stuff or planning something wrong? we like muay thai, bjj and cool activitities but also wanna see some originale thai culture

Every time I go to home pro Thailand, there is more workers than customers and it always feels awkward. Half of the staff is super attentive, and the other half is just sitting on the phone. I don't understand why?

He also gives what appears to be an apology in this new clip from Nine's YouTube channel.

*Edit: My apologies - this is the first in a series of weekend headlines - the thumbnail is from Channel 9's YouTube Page and probably relevant to a later story than the subject of this post.

Note : There is a typo in title ค่อย not ค่อน

เคย is adverb to show past action.

it shows that you have done it.not showing one time or many so we need บ่อย or ไม่บ่อย or other adverbs.

ผมเคยไปเที่ยวเชียงใหม่

I have travelled to Chiang Mai before.

เคย before the main verb..

เคย or ไม่ เคย + verbs.

ไม่เคยกินอาหารแบบนั้น

I have never eaten food like that.

so we should add ค่อย

because I was misunderstood, I said ค่อย instead of เคย. that changed the meaning completely, noticing the surprise on the face of Thai speaker.

ไม่เคยกินหมู

I have never eaten pork.

ไม่ค่อยกินหมู

I eat but not much .

ค่อย have many meaning but here about +not much )

วันนี้ส้มตำไม่ค่อยอร่อยเท่าไหร่

today somtam is not very tasty. It can be polite instead of saying it's not tasty.

another word อร่อยอยู่.สวยอยู่.

adding อยู่ after the adjective means not too much, average. but let's back to main topic.

บ่อย and ไม่บ่อย

this is a very famous street way to ask about what you like to do regularly,it can tell you more about you.

กินเบียร์บ่อยไหม

usually people for the first impression even if they drink every day,

they will say with strangers

ไม่เคยกินเบียร์ครับ

I have never drunk beer.

or

กินเบียร์ไม่เป็น

I don't drink beer .maybe they did not eat before or allergic.

for more realistic answer กินเบียร์เป็นบางครั้ง

I drink sometimes

กินได้แต่ไม่บ่อย.

( ได้ removed in street language anything can be removed if doesn't add value or another information. that is why ค่อย usually removed ,เท่าไหร่ stay at end.)

I drink but not much.not regularly

Sometimes means : บางครั้ง - เป็นบางครั้ง -บางเวลา - ไม่บ่อย

บ่อย used much in questions.

it is the end of the questions before. ไหม or other words for question.

กินส้มตำบ่อยไหม?

ออกกำลังกายบ่อยไหม?

ไปเที่ยวบ่อยไหม?

real experience:

yesterday,in Tawana, Bangkapi, while eating at public tables,I talked with two friendly men from Isan, before they leave

one asked

คุณมาตะวันนาบ่อยไหม

do you come to eat in Tawana much or regularly.

I replied" ไม่บ่อยครับอาทิตย์ละ 1 ครั้ง.วันจันทร์หรือวันอาทิตย์.

Not much just one Time per week : Monday or Sunday.

he ended with :

เรามาที่นี่ทุกๆวันแล้วเจอกันใหม่ครับ

we come here every day. see you later.

do you drink beer regularly ?

I can say

ไม่เคยกินเบียร์ I have never drunk beer which is might lie..

ไม่(ค่อย)กินเท่าไหร่

means I drink but not much.

or simply

Also use ไม่เคย. if you did not make something before, never had the experience.

so when someone asked me

บ่อย - ไม่บ่อย

ไม่บ่อย I drink but not regularly.

กินบ่อยๆ drink much

another example:

ออกกำลังกายบ่อยไหม

do you work out regularly.

ไม่บ่อย

ออกกำลังกายทุกๆวันครับ

I work out every day.

or simply

ออกกำลังกายบ่อยๆครับ

ค่อย not much or little in this situation.

วันนี้อาหารไม่ค่อยอร่อยเท่าไหร่

today the food is not really tasty.

ผมไม่ค่อยมีความสุข

I am not really happy.

AO NANG LONGTAIL BOAT SERVICE CLUB – SERIOUS COMPLAINT

This review is specifically about the Ao Nang Longtail Boat Service Club, which is the sole ticketing operator for longtail boat services to destinations such as Railay Beach.

My family and I had an experience that was so upsetting that I feel compelled to warn other visitors and urge the relevant authorities to investigate.
We are a family of four: myself, my wife, our 10-month-old baby, and our 7-year-old daughter.

The incident involved three to four female staff members working at the ticket counter, all of whom were wearing hijabs. I include this description solely to help identify the individuals involved, as I do not know their names.
When purchasing our tickets, we informed the staff that we had two adults and two children. We genuinely did not know that a 7-year-old is charged the adult fare. Instead of calmly explaining their ticketing policy, the staff immediately accused us of lying and shouted at us.
We tried to explain that there may have been a language barrier and that we simply misunderstood the pricing policy. Rather than helping to clarify the situation, the staff continued speaking to us in an aggressive and disrespectful manner.

Because we were travelling with a baby, we had a stroller. The staff allowed us to leave the stroller at their ticket office since it could not be taken onto the longtail boat. We trusted that it would be kept safely until we returned from Railay Beach.

When we returned, we discovered that the stroller had been locked inside the office. The staff refused to return it to us because of the earlier disagreement over the ticket pricing.

Despite knowing we had a 10-month-old baby who was crying and needed the stroller, they continued refusing to return it. They insisted that we apologise before they would hand it back. Feeling we had no other choice, we apologised simply so we could retrieve our baby’s stroller.
Withholding a baby’s stroller to force an apology is completely unacceptable. It is intimidating, unprofessional and an abuse of the position they hold as the sole ticketing operator for visitors travelling to and from Railay Beach. No family, especially one travelling with an infant, should ever be placed in such a vulnerable situation.

I do not have audio or video recordings of this incident. However, anyone looking through the Google Reviews for this business will notice that “Rude Staff” is one of the most frequently mentioned review topics, ranking third among the visible review categories. While my experience is only one account, it appears consistent with concerns raised by many other visitors.

I have travelled to Thailand many times and have always found Thai people to be warm, kind and welcoming. This experience does not reflect the hospitality that Thailand is known for.

I sincerely hope the relevant authorities investigate the conduct of the staff at the Ao Nang Longtail Boat Service Club so that future visitors, especially families with young children, do not have to endure a similar experience.

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The most important part is ทุ่ม, it begins at 7 PM with หนึ่งทุ่ม and runs until midnight.

Think of it like this:

- 7 PM = 1 ทุ่ม

- 8 PM = 2 ทุ่ม

- 9 PM = 3 ทุ่ม

- 10 PM = 4 ทุ่ม

- 11 PM = 5 ทุ่ม

- 12 AM = เที่ยงคืน

Late night (1–5 AM) → use ตี

- ตีหนึ่ง = 1 AM

- ตีห้า = 5 AM

Morning (6–11 AM) → use โมงเช้า

- เจ็ดโมงเช้า = 7 AM

Noon (12 PM) → use เที่ยง

- เที่ยงวัน = noon

Afternoon (1–3 PM) → use บ่าย

- บ่ายโมง = 1 PM

- บ่ายสองโมง = 2 PM

Evening (4–6 PM) → use โมงเย็น

- ห้าโมงเย็น = 5 PM

Night (7–11 PM) → use ทุ่ม

- หนึ่งทุ่ม = 7 PM

- สามทุ่ม = 9 PM

Midnight (12 AM) → use เที่ยงคืน

I saw all those historical pictures of average Thai people (both nobels/aristocrats and commoners) that captured by Western photographers in Thailand (or Siam back then) back in 1850s-1950s. I noticed that most Thai generally looked more like your average Southeast Asian (like from non-Chinese Indonesians) than today that seem to look more like Chinese/East Asian or like they are mixed with the Chinese/East Asian..