So a friend of mine was talking about making a reservation on a condo at a building going up near Central Festival.
Given that there might be a jump in demand when the chinkies are allowed back and (if ever) the Digital Gonad visa becomes law, I thought I'd go with her to have a look.
Apart from the fact that they are advertising one bedroom condos at a little over 40 sq.m., which is the size of a hotel room (not a studio mind you - a one bed!), I wasn't exactly interested at that point anyway, but the lady went to great pains to say that if a Thai wanted to make a reservation now for a building that (if it's completed) would take two years to finish, they would have to deposit Bt10K.
But good old farang has to deposit Bt100K.
Of course, the poor lass had absolutely no idea of what the justification was.
What a fucking cheek.