laurentbkk

my house has been 6 weeks under water ... I never seen any money from anyone ... maybe the former minister of Transport had to go to Louis Vuitton shop to buy a few more bags ...

never heard restaurant owner ( even 3 stars Michelin) need bodyguards ............ nothing surprise me anymore in the land of fake smile !!!

That's a lot of cash on my opinion .. usually tourists use credit cards for withdraw cash from ATM or pay bills around ..... when I go on holidays I will never have that amount in cash ....too risky ...

a great news to start the week .... the problem will be ...who's next to rule that country .... I guess the sons are like their father ... I am so sorry for the north korean people ..

They say it all .... There are too many taxis in Bangkok .. how can they make some living with such competition ?

By the way ,any news about the money found at the minister of Transport ?????????????? already a dead story ?

Another bright idea .......... I dont buy brand names here ( except Lacoste) as prices is higher than anywhere ..not to mention as being quite tall I cannot find my size here , shopping is much beter in Singapore ,Dubai or Hong kong ..... its not a hub for airlines, not a hub for shopping either ....I just wonder where do they get those very silly ideas ?

I better no comment on that ...I feel sorry for the train driver as obviously the car drivers are to be blame ...one more time .... I rarely seen people stopping at red lights anyway ..... and I am not surprise at all , the sellfishness of Thai drivers is very well know ..

instead of blaming middle eastern airlines ,upgrade your first and biz class at the same level and customers will be back ,I have stopped to fly TG for long time as you can find much cheaper and much better nowadays , the policy is the only cause of the problem, old fleet , tired crew ,lousy food ....and they are surprised ? that's a joke ...

Around Zeer Rangsit , vipavadee area and phaonytin ,the amount of garbage is HUGE .....

and what about the 20 millions bath recover from the minister of transport ? was it also ATM fraud ?

well only for my house I already counted a loss of around 50,000 euros ... and its not dry yet ...still have 20cm in the house .

WOW, and they did all this for 200THB to buy snacks !, and also during the day, is anywhere safe in Thailand now !

Bangkok, considering the population of 11 million there is hardly ever a report of farang muggings.

What happened in Phuket is particularly worrisome considering it was in broad daylight and these guys stabbed to kill! It could have been any farang, just a roll of the dice. Phuket is overtaking pattaya as the number 1 crime hot spot, glad I dont live there

I agree, I think they wanted to fight/attack as much or even more then find the money. Picture you see fat drinking screaming people from outside building houses and choose one of there woman (without any interest for culture and other things sometimes ).

Many of us (farang) are just behaving "ok" becaue we can buy a easy live here but the evil is in us too and maybe more then the Thai. Phuket is indeed a down the hill project.

Dont put all farang in same basket .... please ..... I dont spend my weekends on soi cow boy drinking beer ...

WOW, and they did all this for 200THB to buy snacks !, and also during the day, is anywhere safe in Thailand now !

Don't judge all of Thailand by what happens in Phuket...and to be fair, don't judge all of phuket from the actions of a few...although it does seem more and more that the thugs are multiplying and are in firm control of phuket and have no fear of the local govt or law. When the kids see the taxi mafia do as they dam_n well please with zero repercussions year after year, story after story it likely emboldens them to think why not?

Phuket is a beautiful island that has made just about every wrong decision possible over the past ten years or so.....of course the tourists right now still pour in there and they think it will always continue. But today with the internet stories like this fly around the world in minutes and are picked up by all sorts of travel sites that potential tourist may well visit...eventually it will take it's toll and the quality and quantitity of toursist will decline. Frankly i feel safer in Pattaya than in Phuket and for anyone who has ever lived in Pattaya you know that it isn't exactly the home of the upper crust.

PHUKET WAS a beautiful island ......

oh well .... not the first crash and for sure not the last one , feel so sorry for those who put their lives in the hands of such drivers ......

giving that money to flood victims would be a good move ...... that was a joke of course ..... in a corrupted country like Thailand , nothing impress me anymore ....

On the news thread for Tuesday, a big clean up at future and major rangsit.. i think phaholyothin is dry all the way up to rangsit, good news.

Where did you get that information ? phahonyotin is still under water , I took a long tail boat from ZEER to my house on soi 60 .... all by long tail boat .... so its NOT DRY AT ALL ..

I still have about 50cm of water in my house and about 1m in the village where I live ..Garden home village phahonyotin 60 . and it has been like this for the last 6 weeks ............ if anyone want pictures I took some yesterday .. as I head many time its all over ..Hell NO its not over yet ...

While they are telling massive porkies, why not declare "Corruption entirely eradicated in Thailand"

that will be the next week official comment

Talking about corruption , I had to pay the immigration officer 3,000bath under table money so I can get 1 month visa ..then of course for my one year visa they will ask again for money , beside the fact that all my documents were correct and good , after 18 years here I still have to pay for those ...not to mention that they know I am a flood victim and still cannot go back to my house .... is this what they want in Thailand ? so much consideration for floods victim. How can they pretend to be a real democracy ....

Well ,its always better to lie than to scare people no ? I just wonder if the government will do something for the 1.4 meters of water which is still in my area ... 6 weeks , that becomes a big joke .. like many things in this country .

well instead of taking care about tourists , could be a good idea of taking care about flood victim , such as me .. my house have been under 1m50 to 2m of water for 5 weeks now, the soi to my office is still under 70cm of water . This is the reality , flood is not over yet ....

I totally understand people who choose SAFE destination for their holidays. Remember what happen with the yellow shirts blocking the airport ( I was block in Dubai for 9 days) ...

There are so many other destination in the world anyway ...Thailand must have long term planing otherwise when the next rainy season will hit the country the same problem might happen again . :annoyed::annoyed::annoyed:

Doesn't seem to be affecting Pattaya. I was there recently and the place is packed with Iranian men ,Russian couples and thousands of old single European men sitting at tables looking at Isan girls.

remove those people and pattaya can go bankrupt ....

My company is closed because having 1.5m of water in the road, my visa is going to end on the 18th November , office for immigration is pathumtani . Any idea what should be done ? As all documents and papers are in the offices.

any other "good" ideas like that ? I stopped to go to Phuket years ago as well as many of my friends , expats or tourists ...... There are better , cheaper funnier and SAFER .....what next ? jet ski operator governor of phuket ?