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Do we remember the last time these monkeys blocked the streets? The Police scampered back off to their hiding hole promising all kinds, I never heard of any arrests.....

IF the govt were smart, they could backdoor the TukTuk drivers - ask them to show their tax reciepts for all the year they have worked

"One tuk-tuk driver responded, “Tell Chalerm that in Phuket we no longer have rice fields. We just have tuk-tuks. This is the only way we can make a living.”"

If this is true then I can empathize.

Are you seriously falling for this by suggesting that driving a tuk tuk or taxi at 5 to 10x the price of any other place in Thailand is the only way for a person in Phuket to earn a living?

Agreed - I am currently looking for staff, no English skills needed & or prior experience, again if anyone knows one of these hard done by sevants of the people please PM me & i will offer them a job! Subject to the same basic checks as all other Thai nationals.

Would you employ the guy in the picture?

Yup - show him how to really work for his money

Yup - show him how to really work!

Throw the animal & owner in a cage, no food & fight it out?

"One tuk-tuk driver responded, “Tell Chalerm that in Phuket we no longer have rice fields. We just have tuk-tuks. This is the only way we can make a living.”"

If this is true then I can empathize.

Are you seriously falling for this by suggesting that driving a tuk tuk or taxi at 5 to 10x the price of any other place in Thailand is the only way for a person in Phuket to earn a living?

Agreed - I am currently looking for staff, no English skills needed & or prior experience, again if anyone knows one of these hard done by sevants of the people please PM me & i will offer them a job! Subject to the same basic checks as all other Thai nationals.

What a joke - they are so far out of touch with the real world it's not even worth arguing with them. I wonder if the police will do their job though.

NO!

"One tuk-tuk driver responded, “Tell Chalerm that in Phuket we no longer have rice fields. We just have tuk-tuks. This is the only way we can make a living.”"

If this is true then I can empathize.

I could too, if the person making that statement was born and raised in Phuket and used to have a rice field.

and sold it to live the good life, drinking whiskey & buying shiny things

and driving a tuk-tuk.

then drive a tuk tuk, after the whiskey was gone, shiney things sold & the Mia Noi had done a runner...........

Easy Xenophobic target - They dont know why they hate them, they just do! Khun Kwai

It gets better by the day!

sounds like you where lucky in the end

This is the 3rd recent incident (off the top of my head) where a Russian person was unable (unwilling?) to produce a passport. How is it they get into the country in the first place?

fairy dust..... in the land of all things supersticious, it could be a plausible answer

Is it insured? Lots of fires at this time of the year!

me too

I requested an extra 5000 dollars a month salary - am still waiting

NO ideas - but the best of luck to you both!

_{Unless you have friends here, the prics are FIXED therefore you will be ripped off - perhaps contact yor hotel to see if they have a return price deal?}

April 1st was YESTERDAY guys.............

How much electricity is imported from Burma and how much can Thailand compensate of this by burning more coal or gas?

It's not the electricity itself, but LNG from a Total gas field in Myanmar, and who exports nearly all of it's LNG to Thailand. Total have a planned 2 week shutdown for essential maintenance beginning in a couple of days, hence the lack of gas to replenish Thai stocks. Will all be down to how clever the Thais have been for the last few months in building up stocks as this shutdown has been known about for quite a few months.

Isn't essential maintenance done after something breaks down

Heart pounding just driving around Patong - every lunatic trying to kill us

give it to me for safe keeping!

They are planning (read threatening) to hold it again this year!

NOW its price! Before it was form over function every time the good old days