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The Thai police are quite efficient as the community work with them. When living in Thailand I saw break and enters solved very quickly as there was always someone who saw something and they are happy to talk to the police. In the west people stay quiet…

Look the Thai rider was in the wrong but this shows an inexperienced rider. He seems to have hit is front break and it has slid out under him. He wasn’t going so fast.

I’m more interested in what visa he has had all these years. I can only assume a spouse visa.

i know there are a lot of Thai/Indians living in Thailand that were not granted Thai citizenship. Yet they have no visa problems.

20 hours ago, Kelsall said:

From what English teachers here have told me, schools prefer American teachers over other nationalities.   True?  I can't see them getting many Americans to fly this far to teach for what is considered low pay in the US. 

I don’t think it’s the monthly salary that is at the top of the mind but rather other benefits.

im sure there will be 1000’s of 55 year old western guys lining up.

Phuket was never that cheap when the baht was weak so it’s definitely not good value now. Those 150 baht beers are now $7.5 for us Ozzies.

We bought one Years ago and set it off. I have to admit we were quite surprised at the power and decided not to play with them again.

Definitely no reason for animal cruelty.

But I can see the build up to this. Dog had likely been barking for days and perhaps even had a go at his kid.

wife says he overreacted

I would have pointed the note out straight away.... In that town I have offered full afternoons of pleasure for a lot less.

5 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Things are really getting desperate for some older expats,

what was it 20 thb !,

 

regards worgeordie

Looked like 1000

6 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Just got 2 x 500 baht tickets in the mail from driving to BKK from CM. So many radar now it is almost better and cheaper just to fly and rent a car when visiting family there. Such a cash cow as everyone is getting them. Most places have a slow 90KM posted which doesn't do squat to save lives one bit. It is how they drive not exactly how fast if from 90km of 120km

So how fast were you going exactly?

On 5/10/2019 at 11:34 AM, darksidedog said:

And no more than any decent person would do when a friend has helped them out. I have done the same many times when  a friend has taken me to the airport. The locals obviously want every penny in the pot and for friends not to help each other out. A mate doing someone a favour is seen as deliberately taking money out of their pockets, which is a very sad and greedy attitude.

They struggle with the concept of giving someone a few dollars as a thank you for helping out.

He has now set up a go fund me account and looking to get 5000gbp so he can get home.

What sort of idiot goes on holidays with one card and doesn’t check the date on his card before travel.

Vegetarian.... get some pork in that fork

I’m confused by all that.

I lived in Thailand and never heard about this snake infested island.

Im guessing my wife hoped I would stumble across it so chose not to warn me.

We see these videos all the time and think TIT. 

It really hits home when I spoke to basically my wife’s cousin and asked him how many of his friends had killed on bikes from his school class. He estimated 5 as that’s how many he knew off. 

Incredible... Yet the people’s behaviour won’t change.

Police were likely trying to extract money from the tourist.

He didn’t want to play their game and a fight broke out.

Do you honestly believe everything is above board given the cop ran off.

I lived there five years and was drunk most of the time. Was robbed a few times by bar girls helping themselves to my wallet contents but that was about it.