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They simply said calmly that they wanted to go to the Tourism Authority of Thailand head office on the Phetchaburi Road to get more tourist information.

Let's hope they wanted information about "Tourism will increase 3000% this year in Thailand".

The scammers must be transferred to inactive posts immediately!

Thanks Ubonjoe, that's exactly what I needed to know

My friend has been working in Phuket for 4 years, on a Non-B visa and with a work permit, everything completely legitimate.

She has quit her job, but she wants to spend some more time in Thailand.

Possibilities:

1) Fly to Kuala Lumpar and back, get a 30-day VOE at the airport

2) Bus to Satun and back, 30-day VOE stamp at the border (she is from a G7 country)

3) Get a Tourist Visa (she doesn't want to do this because of the additional time and expense)

If she tries options 1 or 2, will she have any problems getting a 30 day stamp?

Thanks.

Edit: Assuming she can get a 30-day VOE, can she extend this by another 30 days at Phuket Immigration if she needs to stay in Thailand for longer?

Wow, they really got the High Rollers this time! 280 Baht - look out Las Vegas.

I'm not surprised that the police decided to publicize this one - truly the crime of the century.

It was obviously just a misunderstanding.

No Abbot? That must have put a downer on the Atmosphere ...

180 days? The whole road closed?!

Burying the cables is a great idea, but 180 days is outrageous.

Why not book a hotel room so you can Bang Sue in style?

Ok, i will make this my last communication with you, as you seem to lack the brain cells either for economics or basic maths. Here goes dummy...(3.64-2.5)/2.5 = 45.6% and if you still don't understand then go away anyway....put on your dunce hat...jump in the sea....stick your head down a toilet....whatever....

Silly man

A move from 2.5 to 3.64 is a 45% jump so I'm right and you're wrong.

You don't seem to grasp basic maths.

If JPY/THB went from 2.5 to 5, it would be a 100% jump in the value of the Baht, which is the same as a 50% drop in the value of the Yen.

A 50 % fall of the Yen versus the THB may make their job a lot harder

It might, Paddy, but the Yen has only fallen 15% against the Baht in the last year. There has been no 50% fall, unless you are talking about the end of WW2 or similar.

Sorry matey, didn't actually check the numbers just talking roughly, but you are totally off and i am near enough.... it was 2.5 in 2012 now 3.64 so near enough what i said, got to look at a proper time frame to grasp impact of QE....you may as well say it hasn't fallen at all since yesterday...in fact the yen is stronger today....

If you cherry-pick numbers and choose the month in 2012 when the Yen was highest, then the Yen has fallen 31% against the Thai Baht, not 50%.

Or how about we go back to 21st July 2007, when the Baht was worth 4.049 Yen. The Yen has appreciated 11% since then.

A 50 % fall of the Yen versus the THB may make their job a lot harder

It might, Paddy, but the Yen has only fallen 15% against the Baht in the last year. There has been no 50% fall, unless you are talking about the end of WW2 or similar.

Yes, a B Visa. Which airline does KL and back for 1200 Baht - that is really cheap.

Other than flying to someplace there are really no other options.

Kota Bharu Malaysia is another option with most of the trip being in Thailand. Website: http://www.thaiembassy.org/kotabharu

I would be happy to fly. I am looking for flights that are not too expensive if possible. Thank you for the tip about Kota Bharu.

I am leaving Thailand in a couple of weeks to get a 3 month non-B Visa.

I have previously got the bus to Penang from Phuket - it was a nightmarish trip.

Are there any other destinations where I could get my Non-B without a bus journey? I would prefer not to pay too much money if possible.

Since my Like option does not work ( hello TV) ; I agree with Hans and Eezergood. Face is highly overrated !

I preferred Murdock and Hannibal, and of course BA.

If he'd had a real gun, that .22 cartridge probably would have gone clear through the victims head and taken out a big chunk of skull at the exit wound.

The .22 is small but it's deadly. The pen gun probably didn't have tight enough tolerances to put all of the pressure behind the bullet, and it was probably wimpy.

It's ironic to say, but the victim got lucky.

Thais have the 3rd highest gun murder rate per capita in the world.

If you include ALL murders, Thailand have the 106th "highest" murder rate, just ahead of the USA at number 111.

Thailand is less dangerous than many people believe.

Career path. The shooter can now apply for a position in the Police as a firearms instructor

I think I've found a video of him:

No! It's all lies! Phuket is terrible!

I read it on thaivisa.com

The Russian Rouble is weak mainly because oil prices has halved.

Bad news for Russia, but great news for Thailand. When oil prices go down, so do gasoline prices, food prices etc. Normal Thai people have more money in their pockets to spend.

A sharp drop in Russian tourism might hurt the Thai economy a little, but it would be far outweighed by the growth of the Thai economy caused by "half-priced oil".

http://www.businessinsider.com/ubs-gdp-impact-of-10-decline-in-oil-2014-12

Not to mention the cost of flights to Thailand falling as oil gets cheaper ....

Good news I would say.

Really? Who would benefit from this?

Those 3 resorts probably employ around 1000 Thais. Forcing people out of their jobs, and letting the resorts "return to nature" - is this really the best solution for the people of Thailand?

Waeell, we could equaly argue the same point re the sun lounger crew. Where does it end?At what point is a 'halt' called? Geddit? Duh.

That's a ridiculous comparison. The "sun lounger crew" were thugs participating in organized crime, making huge amounts of money in the process. Hotel employees are normal law-abiding people pursuing their careers.

The resorts should probably be hit with punitive fines, but closing them would be ridiculous.

The authorities had their chance to stop these resorts being built, and they blew it. Knocking down thriving businesses that have been established for several years - sounds like a great way to scare foreign investors away from Thailand.

greed is root of all evil. In Thailand case rich fit the bill

Greed and money is the route to all progress. How much capital investment in machinery and industrial production that results in job creation and higher standards of living would result if every millionaire and billionaire took their money and wasted it away in the Bahamas rather then do the greedy thing and reinvest it ?

In my opinion, you have it backwards. "Wasting" their money in the Bahamas would mean that they were spending - spending being the thing that drives economic growth.

But ultra-rich people do not spend - instead, they "invest", hoarding their money in a way that benefits nobody.

Good news I would say.

Really? Who would benefit from this?

Those 3 resorts probably employ around 1000 Thais. Forcing people out of their jobs, and letting the resorts "return to nature" - is this really the best solution for the people of Thailand?