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Won't happen.

Too much money flowing from Singapore has prevented this project from moving.

It would be a devastating blow to the Singapore shipping industry.

Wouldn't money from China beat out Singapore money?

Was it another rating that ranked Bangkok No 1?

This is a worrying fall for Bangkok! It's normally ranked no. 1 in the world for the past decade. Instant drop of 18 places on the list... What on earth happened? Did people realize it's a chaotic, stinking, dirty, dangerous, noisy place full of people who don't really like foreigners but are happy to try to scam them at every opportunity?

Rent one.

I take that you mean rent one by the month rather than by the day. Any idea on cost savings for longer term rental?

Obviously, a car provides a lot of convenience.

Maybe this has been discussed earlier, but does anyone living for the intermediate term (a couple months) in Thailand care to arrange a car? What are the options?

It is actually against the law to drive in the fast lane unless passing. As mentioned above, easy money for the police.

Really? Is that a law for all Thailand roads?

do you not drive in the west, the outer lane is for overtaking, a favorite police 'catch'

I don't agree. The outer lane is not always for overtaking. If there is a sign in some area that outer lane is for overtaking only, then it is. Otherwise, it is equal as the inner lane.

My incidents all involve the U-turn area, so I guess it has to do with that.

They want money, and they get angry when you don't seem understand.

Fortunately, it's a numbers game for them, and every car that goes by while you're playing your chin-music is lost revenue.

"...trying to write the ticket..." That's rich.

Even if they want money, they can only get it when someone violated some rule, right?

OP did you buy the ticket from a travel agent? If so that may explain it - if you just go to the ticket office at the Archaeological Park entrance, you should be charged what Sydman said

I guess one can not buy ticket from a travel agent because the ticket has one's phone printed on it.

So you were in the overtaking lane to begin with?

Yes, you can say that. But the two lanes appeared to be quite equal. And many cars stayed on the right-hand lane for quite some time.

It happened last month when I drove on Rt 317 in Chanthaburi. It is a divided highway with two lanes on each side. At the moment I was driving on the right-hand lane when coming to a U-turn section. From faraway I saw a police car parked at the U-turn area and a policeman standing there. As I was approaching, he waved me to pull over, and so I did. Finding that I don't speak Thai, he spoke in broken English with something like "No light, no right lane". I tried to ask for more detailed reasons and obviously he couldn't answer in English. He appeared pretty angry in his face. I guess he was thinking how come this idiot doesn't know about this simple rule. But he let me go anyway.

I kept wondering what he meant. I guess it might be that at U-turn section without light cars not taking U-turns should bear left. But there was absolutely no sign on the road saying anything about this. And in my driving experience in other parts of the country, it doesn't seem the case at all. And that doesn't seem to be a correct guess because he pulled me over before any evidence that I was not making a U-turn.

I kept driving. About half an hour later, coming to another U-turn section, I saw another police car parked there with policeman standing. I was on the right-hand lane, but I pulled to the left lane about 100 meters from the U-turn area. I was again waved to pull over. This policeman appeared nicer and could speak some more English. He even had a radio conversation with the other policeman who pulled me over before. He simply said to me "no right-hand lane, 300 Baht fine". As he was trying to write the ticket, I tried to ask in simple English with gestures: "so officer, I can not drive on the right-hand lane at all?" He thought for a moment and smiled slightly, and then let me go.

I appreciate both officers letting me go. But I still don't understand the reason. Could anyone explain?

I am not sure how a mess the Chinese tourists made at the basin. But after reading this, I want to ask where and how often the Thais wash their feet. Why should they be considered dirty if you keep washing them? They are part of you and so they should be regarded as clean as your hands, face, and mind.

It is also spread by spitting..... welcome to the new Chinese empire.

Yes! Many may think the Chinese spit out saliva. No. They actually spit out phlegm.

Please choose to be informed!!

Search Dengue Fever and Papaya Leaves!!

Many thanks to a friend who informed me of this Natural Cure. Tastes rather foul, and it works!!

It looks this is debatable still. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902531/

I went to the hospital recently, and the said it was just flu. I insisted on dengue test and Routine CBC (Complete Blood Count). The dengue test was positive, and my platelet count was way down - ergo Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF).

Dengue may or may not develop into DHF; it is the latter that can be fatal, as any bleeding, especially internal, is very difficult (impossible if the platelets are very low) to stop.

There are three known varieties of DHF. Once you've had one you're immune for life. (In my case, I'm two down, with one to go).

The first day of symptoms was agony; days 2-3 were just high fever with, in my case, no other symptoms. It didn't fell like flu, so I went to check.

If in any doubt, insist on a Dengue test and CBC. It's one blood sample, about one hour's wait, and doesn't cost much.

Thanks for sharing. Best wishes for your recovery!

Please kindly update us what you have to go through to recover.

Don't understand why many mock this. Because Myanmar's Kyat is still closed currency, asking Myanmar to accept Baht (instead of other currencies like Dollar) in bilateral trade is reasonable.