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I think Bangkok Post has the 'breaking news'....a thai man was arrested. No mention of a 3 man gang.

Wonder what will happen to the snake if the driver starts the car and go for a long journey! Nice video though!

I still prefer Agoda over Booking.com for the smiple reason that they have more room choices..

For example, I am trying to book a room at Tawana Bangkok for May.

Agoda has Deluxe Balcony, Junior Suite and Suite....all of which are not offered at Booking.com

And it is also true that if you book direct with the hotel, you might get favorable room preference. But sometimes prices at online sites are cheaper than booking direct.

Bastxxxs! Those thugs have got their ill-gotten money and still want to assault these two poor boys!

If karma does exist, I hope those thugs get what's coming to them in the future.

OK,

Here is a

of the video I took yesterday, using my £2000 ( pound) video camera in a dedicated water resistant 'raincoat'. You'll see that around Ratchadamnoen road, lt was fine. At Taephae Gate i decided to put the camera away, that's when the idiots came out.

Hope those of you that did not get there enjoy it

Cheers

OK,

Here is a

of the video I took yesterday, using my £2000 ( pound) video camera in a dedicated water resistant 'raincoat'. You'll see that around Ratchadamnoen road, lt was fine. At Taephae Gate i decided to put the camera away, that's when the idiots came out.

Hope those of you that did not get there enjoy it

Cheers

Nice camera work! Make me wish I am there!

Sign or no sign, when a person in charge says no, please show a little respect by following the rules especially if you are in a foreign country.

For example, there is no sign indicating no spitting. Does it mean I can spit all over the station. And when the station guard tells me to stop...do I just ignore and expect no retaliation.

A little mutual respect goes a long way!

Suspicious looking people......of any nationality!

I always tip well....for a good service and job well done.

They never forget a good tipper!

you mean you are as stupid as me?

Judging by the size of your forehead, I think you are way smarter than me. haha....

I always tip well....for a good service and job well done.

They never forget a good tipper!

Long but orderly queues at departure clearance area on 2 April 1800hr, BUT the speed at which the officers cleared the outgoing tourists was very impressive. About 15 minutes of waiting for me but little to complaint about since there were lots of people going out and also due to smaller immigration area (upgrading work nearby).

Well done. I was also very impressed when I landed on 28 March. Was cleared on arrival in 5 minutes! Amazing Thailand!

You have to be especially careful if you are a diabetic. Only yesterday I read a news about a Singapore man who had to have his lower leg amputated after some skin-eating bacteria infected his wound from stepping on a centipede.

But why the need to kick the trash can? By that very action, he was trying to provoke a fight.... and he got it!

I am flying in on Wednesday and having read all the recent positive reviews on the improvement, I am all optimistic and hopeful. The last two arrivals in Jan and Feb had been absolute nightmares for me. Good to hear to that something is being done and I hope they keep up the good work.

In the latest interview clip, the teacher seems like a pretty decent down-to-earth guy.

But the person we saw in the video charging through the gate, kicking out at the security guard seemed like a different person altogether.

Similar to a person in road rage...full of blind anger.

All I can say is that watching that shaky video from Andrew's site, I felt so dizzy that I wish I can beat up the person who took that video.

Just joking. No violence please.

Any other video source?

I think the biggest question on many tourists' mind is-

Is it faster and easier to get to downtown Bangkok from DM than Swampy? If the answer is yes, then I think many tourists would not mind flying in to DM again.

Nice post, OP! I especially like this part-

'I picture these people wearing traditional Thai clothing everyday, and walking around wai'ing lamp posts.'

Well, if it makes them happy- so be it! I would certainly prefer these pseudo-Thai than those shirtless and loud expats anytime.

"AirAsia, the no-frills airline, is reportedly interested in shifting its operations from Suvarnabhumi to Don Mueang, Mr Chatchart said."

Please say it ain't true! I have 6 bookings with AirAsia (I fly to Bkk every month) and I really prefer Suvarnabhumi to DM.

Of all the people saying they have been in line for 45-minutes, I bet the vast majority are great exaggerations. Even when immigration lines were longer and I ran into a rare incident where in coming immigration lines went all the way down the ramp and into the arrival hallway .. I was only in line about 30 or 40 -minutes (I know for sure I was in the taxi within an hour from the planes arrival and stopped and smoked before going to immigration ... also it was a plane that didn't arrive at a gate). That was about 3-years ago and I have never seen anything close to that since and average wait on arrival is probably 10 minutes or at arriving at the luggage collection area as bags are still coming down the chute.

It's no exaggeration to claim that the wait was more than 2 hours. It happened to me during Feb. I was stuck in the queue from 12.30 and only managed to clear immigration at 2pm.

The recent situation was really appalling! Maybe that's why they are doing something now.

Coming back again in two weeks' time and I pray that the situation will improve. It's no fun to start a holiday on a bad mood!!!

Yes, paypal (and ebay for the matter) is best buddy with the buyers only. Even if you are a premier paypal member (or ebay top-rated seller), the buyer will have the upper hand in almost all their disputes.

Sorry to hear that you have been scammed.

You can read about chargeback scam here in paypal forum (just type chargeback in the search bar)

https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/US-PayPal-Community/ct-p/US

It was horrendous all right! I arrived around mid-day (probably one of the worst time to arrive) during late Feb and there were long, confusing queues. You might find yourself queuing at the end of one line only to find, horror of horror, this line of people joining up with another line somewhere in the middle and only one immigration officer on duty in front of this mess! My blood pressure went up all right! It was a long 2 hours wait and all the time I was waiting, I tried to stop thinking.... please, please, nobody steal my luggage!

It's a simple case of insufficient manpower more than anything else.

I think one must give credit to FFT for being responsive to buyer's woes (even in some cases not due to their fault) and for being honest enough to honor refund to dissatisfied customers.

I would certainly give FFT another chance.

I am from Singapore and not affiliated to FFT in any way.

Nice photography, Mr Motorsai! Well done!

Thank god she is ok. Was the media present? If yes, I would probably read about this unfortunate attack in Pattaya One.

Through 'experiments' online last night, I come away with the conclusion that it's always best to open up a few windows and try to do a few booking simultaneously. Do not just rely on the queue system. One queue had me waiting for 30mins before it showed the dreaded red 'busy bee' page and getting back to the original booking page is almost impossible and one has to start all over again. Very frustrating. With few windows opening with the booking requests at the same time, I find that I have more luck getting into the actual booking page and completing the booking process.

Also, I find that I have more success with browser Chrome than with either Explorer or Firefox (which Airasia recommended!).

Do remember to cancel the advance seat booking and the insurance as that will add up quite a bit to the final cost.

Good luck trying! I saved a few hundreds dollars last night.