spermwhale

Back about 15 years ago, PM Samak was kicked out of office for hosting a cooking show.

Sadly another tourist rents a bike and hits the dangerous Thai roads thinking they know what they are doing. First mistake: Riding without a helmet. As a foreigner who lived there 17 years, I never one single time drove a motorbike. I bought a an inexpensive Honda City to tool around in. There are just too many bad drivers and bad roads in Thailand to chance it. He should have a rented a car.

It looks like everyone has gotten greedy and want the cup. While greed is part and parcel of politics, now even parties that were not even close in the vote count think they can cobble together a coalition to run the country. Thailand seems destined to mass political protests, gridlock and coups. And with Thaksin coming back, that's more fuel on the fire.

Here we go again!! How long before the Yellow Shirts protest. Anybody taking wagers?

He's getting a one-way ticket back to the firing squad.

Yeah.. and as well all know foreigners can't buy land. I lived in Thailand for 17 years in a nice mooban but the homes there never sold for more than what the owners paid for them when they bought them new. Maybe condos go up in value, but I can't tell you how many times I've heard about people buying. nice condo and then the owners let the common areas fall into disrepair.

So sad for the man's family. Really he has a bunch of kids. It's devastating for them. Think of them before making classless comments.

Bad idea

Maybe the problem is that they are only being charged 3,000 baht a semester for school lunches. I've been paying tens of thousands of baht a year for my kids' lunches at Ruamrudee International School.

Nice word salad

Very few establishments in Sweden even accept cash anymore. The chances of a Swede traveling abroad with Swedish banknotes to exchange into local currency is absurd. They are all plugged in and paying with debit or credit cards as well as apps. This is really a non-story, unless somebody brought over a bunch of Swedish cash and has kept in a box at home.

We all knew this would happen. I hope things don't end badly when they try to hang on to their power. That constitution that Prayut rammed through ensures the military can retain control. Thailand is lucky the junta isn't as sick and violent as the military government in Myanmar. The carnage would be shocking.

I doubt that. It sounds like they were killed and robbed. I wasn't traveling in Thailand alone. He lives here. He went to hang out with his GF like any normal teenager.

More like they came on their own accord to make money again like many other rural girls. I have not met a single bar girl who is an indentured servant and is not there of her own free will. Plust they were all above 18 and no drugs were found. Interesting that they singled this bar out though, considering that every other bar has the same types of girls, young and who came from upcountry. BUTif the cops really tried to dig deeper they would surely find really illegal operations where minors are held. Someone posted above that perhaps they didn't bribe the boys in brown, which sounds about right.

Agreed. It's not hard to drive around Phuket. The learning curve is quick even for people who are used to driving on the right hand side of the road. Traffic isn't nuts like BKK and since every phone has GPS, it's easy to get around. Plus you have the freedom to just run to a store and buys some provisions like extra water, beer and snacks for your room. Those places are not always within walking distance.

Every time I go to Phuket, I rent a car at the airport and that's how I get around the Island and to other nearby provinces. You can score a Yaris for about 1,000 baht a day. The price alone for convenience and not having to deal with the outrageous songtaew and taxi prices is worth it.

THIS is why I read ThaiVisa: There was also a rather menacing "gun lighter".

I don't think Cake would like it knowing that some Q nut is quoting them.

She could have been 18. You missed out man!

Yeah.. Although it's technically not the cool season anymore, these fires really ruin the best time of year in the North every single year. It's a regular thing and it only takes a few selfish farmers to ruin the day for millions

Forget about him slitting his own throat. Of course that is possible, but how could he do that AND then somehow stabbed or cleaved himself in the chest with the chopping knife.

it applies to people in every country in all types of jobs. Not just American cops, Thai cops and some bouncers. I've been thrown out of club in Sweden by over aggressive bounces after a waiter insisted I ordered a drink (whiskey which I never drink) when I didn't and when I refused to pay for it. I've seen power hungry office workers in the US and Thailand walk over their subordinates after they were given a tiny bit of authority. It's not unique.

The point is they are fleecing her. No way, no how anywhere, especially up country in Thailand, would a hospital charge that much to treat someone for their injuries like hers, not even Bumrungrad or Bangkok Hospital.

Very sad. RIP.. Sadly, This is why I never rode a motorcycle while living in Thailand. I don't trust myself and I definitely don't trust the drivers.

I guess Bill has turned into the grumpy old farang. Old coot