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If I am not mistaken, these folks are not really "Russians", but are from the former Soviet Union countries...Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, etc. I live near the Ambassador....which is a hot bed for these packaged tourists. I've chatted up a few, but most are pretty unfriendly...and don't speak English.

I've had 2 bad encounters in Pattaya...both were with "Russians". Both were quite drunk.

I doubt this is true. Firstly, I think all the flights come from Moscow - mainly via Thai Airways which I believe has a monopoly - hence visa-free. OK they could fly from Tajikiuzbekikyrgystani but why fly all the way to Moscow then to Bangkok?

Secondly, the Russians seem to be mainly light skinned and often blonde hair. I must say the blonde Russian girls are second only to the Swedes for beauty, especially in their skimpy see-throughs (sorry, I'm getting carried away).

Thirdly, the former Russian republics are mainly Muslim and so not likely to drink so much if at all I guess (even in skimpy see-throughs - aaagh there I go again)..

I think it's a case of the European Russians just blaming foreigners or peoples they don't like.

Anyway, the Ruskis beat the Germans. Coming to think of it, most people beat the Germans - Stalingrad, Normandy, N. Africa etc. Except the wee French, of course, but they eat a lot of quiche. Oh and the poor Italians didn't have a clue.......

A good start might be taking a bulldozer through places like Pattaya. Round up all the bargirls on the streets. Quality tourists don't flock to Thailand for ladyboys and the sex industry.

Abhisit measures 'quality' by how much they spend. Rich people are as sex-driven as the rest of the population. Therefore, the sex industry will attract as many 'quality' tourists as the poorer 'plebs'. Thailand's tourist industry would suffer greatly, if not collapse, if Thailand became PC or up-tight about sex. It's he lack of regulation in most things that is a great part of the attraction of Thailand. Otherwise go to Malaysia etc.

if your talking about,sorting out your tax returns,for last financial year,just get yourself sorted out on there web site,and the rest is self explanatory.once you have your id and password its quite easy.

You can do a return online except the single page for non-residency have to be done using commercial software or on paper - it's a real bind as the commercial software may not be free and I've never had the patience to bother with it - it means I have to do a paper return every year just because of the non-residency page that IR need.

Hi,

Does anyone know a Pattaya supplier of 1 litre bottles of good quality (supermarket standard) drinking water who will deliver to Jomtien?

I need about 35 packs of 6.

Also do any of the supermarkets do deliveries? I know Makro doesn't.