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Waiting4home
  3/30/2022 17:59 EST

Anyone else saddened by the loss of The Land of Smiles?

How surreal it is to see posters of smiling politicians everywhere while the real are all duckbilled. My winning smile is useless (joke lang).

Walking the mall is just..... what can I say.

Better to go outside and eat at the street vendors just as an excuse to see real people.

It did not bother me that much (the masks, being stuck did) while stuck in the US. But the loss of the land of smiles...

Excuse my drama, just I really sense the loss.

Asawa
  3/30/2022 19:55 EST

If I'm following, you are saddened by the inability to see smiles because so man people are wearing masks?

For a moment, I though you might be referring to a specific business or theme park named "Land of Smiles" within the country known as the "Land of Smiles".

People will eventually be able to remove the masks. Masks are coming off all over the world, and airlines are even beginning to loosen up regulations.

-Asawa

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surfingcebu
  3/31/2022 00:12 EST

Waiting- what have you lost?

Waiting4home
  4/6/2022 02:57 EST

The uplift of walking around and seeing the beautiful smiles.

And an albatross.

ThomasP
  4/15/2022 22:44 EST

I spent 7 years there.. It was ashme that the New Monarch, Military Government and 5 starains of COVID-19 decimated the country.. Thailand is back to where it was 20 years ago..

Jamieobda
  4/16/2022 09:26 EST

Land of Smiles is/was a marketing campaign by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, often referred to as LOS

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ThomasP
  5/11/2022 11:11 EST

Land of Sadness

Asawa
  5/11/2022 18:36 EST

I thought LOS was Land of Sardines.

(There are some darned good Sardine Canning plants down in General Santos! Though, I'm more of a canned corned beef guy, myself!)

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