Tropicalevo

When I rode by, just the road next to the Chinese graves was totally closed. That's where it floods if we ever get any rain again. The road from Bandon to Chaweng was open. Best to go up to Cocoon if coming from Chaweng or go via the arrivals hall if heading to departures.

I love it when folk are in denial after reading an erroneous headline, in spite of the evidence. One can only assume that you are a troll-fol-de-rol. I live on Samui and I have been to that area a few times. It is not a hotel. It is a coffee shop with a few rooms to rent as shown in the photo that has been posted earlier. One can also see it on Google street view. (Difficult to fake that!) Booking.com sells more than hotel rooms, but most of their customers assume a hotel. Some of our customers advertise their private homes on Booking.com The Brit guy could not find the 'hotel' but he was more angry with Booking.com for being slow to refund the money for his second choice when they told him that it was full and he had to pay for a third choice. But hey, stay in the dark if you wish.

They are putting in drainage - it always floods there and it looks like they might be making a direct road to Chaweng??? We can but dream. The area marked in red is/was the closed section.

It was closed when I rode by 4 or 5 days ago.

Err - I live on that tourist island. That is where the houses are. Anyone can rent and do rent those houses. There are cheaper ones but I picked these two because they are near where we work. As I said, not my cup of tea and the backpackers would be put off because there is no wifi. One has a/c and one is fan only.

Why? I rent a couple of one bedroom Thai houses for 3,000 baht a month each. Price went up this year from 2,500 baht per month. Personally I would not want to live in one but staff are quite happy to stay there.

Not for 59 days surely.

Why? Hardly likely to be arson as the crew tried to extinguish the fire. Impressive that the jet ski rider was using the jet ski power water to try and help.

I give Ferrero Rocher to the assistants. All Thais seem to love them. The surgeon got my 300,000+ baht but I do give chocs to my dentist. (She's cute.)

Think about upgrading to one with an inverter. More economical. if you want to keep the old one, just call the Mitsubishi service people in your area but they will probably quote a high price for parts and hope to sell you a new one.

They do. Try reading the Thai press and online sites.

I had the same problem when I wanted to open another account at SCB. 'Must get COR from immigration'. 'But they do not do any more!' 'Must get COR from immigration'. So I closed my first account and went back to Krungsri.

Either way, it is problem solved. This thief will not be stealing anything else. Very sad for the lass though.

But the gaols are full. That is why so many criminals are let off with a Wai and a fine.

But...... https://aseannow.com/topic/1325759-thailand-enters-low-tourism-season-hopes-rest-on-chinese-visitors/ Time to make your mind up folks.