Jules65

It is an atrocious attack by a Thai. Many of us are highly embarassed, and we are very saddened. However, that is no reason to call all Thais, or taxi drivers for additional matter barbaric, machete wielding killers, as a result of one solitary bad incident.

Every country has its angered people, and emotionally uncontrolled people, in momentary out-bursts that end up with murder.

Please consider all other law abiding Thais, that many of you seem to want to gel into the same group as this disturbed man.

I hope for consolidation and, soon, closure for Mr. Pilkington's family; but please, stop writing dirt about Thais and Thailand as a generalisation.

Sunisa.

Sunsia, do not worry....we do not all think in that way and we do not all make generalizations, as we know they are plainly wrong....please do not think all foreigners think like this, as we do not. If we did not like Thailand we would not live hear and millions of people would not travel here on holiday. Bangkok has in fact just beat London as the most visited city in the world by tourists ! And voted the number one city by tourists by a travel magazine. There are many wonderful aspects of Bangkok but like any big city it has crime and it has violence.

Any intelligent person knows that not all Thai people are the same as this man and they too suffer at the hands of horrible violent people such as this man. All societies have their share of nasty criminals and violent people. Not only Thailand. The UK and USA have our fair share too and only a month or two ago a man was hacked to death in broad daylight in the UK. There are knife crimes every day all over the UK. There are also violent crimes in most countries. I am afraid many societies around the world are suffering a decay in social decency and negative behavioral problems. This is not a Thai thing or a foreign thing...it is just a violent aggressive man who lost control and killed someone. It is very sad for all involved and the man hopefully will be punished to the full extent of the law. His actions demand that to show all taxi drivers they will not be allowed to do this and get away with it.

This is a very sad and most horrific story. And any good, decent person of any nationality anywhere in the world including Thai people would rightfully be saddened and disgusted by this grotesque attack. A Thai family will be terribly effected by this as the victim was married with a Thai family. He supported them all. They have not only lost their Father and husband but the support they had. The victim was someone's brother, father and son. He obviously liked living in Thailand and he married a Thai lady so I am sure he did not think all Thai people are bad. Of course they are not. I have many wonderful Thai friends who have given me such gracious hospitality and acts of kindness. So do not worry we know it is not all Thai people and we know many of you are of course saddened, as you all have families too. Emotions fly high on chat rooms and people are angry and sickened. But if we live or have lived in Thailand, we obviously like it and this will not ruin that. But perhaps it will make us all, Thai's and foreigners alike, more careful. We all know that some taxi drivers (not all) are rude, aggressive and try to cheat people. They have a reputation for it. I have even heard my Thai female friends say they scared to go in taxi's at night on their own, due to safety concerns and my Thai friends often get upset with the taxi drivers attitude. It is a problem that needs to be dealt with for sure. Of course there are some nice ones too but I think we have all experienced taxi driver attitude issues, not wanting to use meters, refusing to go somewhere, trying to inflate prices and taking us on rides around the city the long way to make more money...I also know people who have been attacked. I personally have had to get out of taxi's due to crazy driving and bad attitudes. It happens.... they should be drug tested too every month and go through some sort of training and punished and fined for violations. They are responsible for their passengers and should act accordingly as they should do anywhere in the world.

The man is caught and hopefully will be punished severely for his nasty horrible act. It is no ones fault except him. Lets hope the government sees the problem and acts on it.

At best all we can all do is wish the family good thoughts and send our condolences. We are all sad, both Thai people and foreigners. . I still love Thailand and have great respect for many Thai people who have been so kind to me. But I am always careful in taxi's !

Yes the other site is a good site too. I know it and like it too. I don't think you can compare them though. One is for many people to write and chat and post topics. Mostly about people building homes themselves and many what I would call not luxury or high end property. The other site is written by professional, project managers and construction personnel. So it tends to be from the perspective of professional construction companies offering quality service, professional services. Industry advice rather than individuals building for the first time or passing tips and ideas. So I think they compliment each other. Neither being better than the other really. Both offer good advice and facts. I think if you are successful and want to build a quality home using a professional construction company then buildinginthailand is more informative. If you want to build yourself and are fascinated by building the coolthaihouse is perhaps better suited for you. Both good sites. Both good sites and full of good facts.

It's from Hawaii, but I think many varieties are the same of the Thais one ;-)

wow I never knew there wer so many !!!! Amazing bananas !!! You got me going now. I am going out to try different types....yummy

delicious and so good for you is correct !!!! I love banana's What a great post...nice one

I do not think I could praise a government full of hatred, murder and who are responsible for over 50 years of some of the worlds worst human rights records and appalling ethnic cleansing on the entire globe. They make Saddham look like an innocent child. He was executed but these guys get praise and salutes of good doing.....what hypocracy and ignorance of the truth and the facts. Sorry I cannot buy into it or wish to applaud such horrible evil human beings. The only people who should be applauded are the poor mass folk of Myanmar, the likes of the Karens and other ethnic minorities who have been ethnically cleansed and brutalised since the end of the WW 2. Please read your history books and learn the facts so none of us are misguided on the country, its politcs and its current state. Go to the borders and cross over. See for yourself.....shame on anyone shaking those governments hands. Would not do it with Saddham, so why do it to someone a lot worse. So bored with the hypocracy.

Yes its great people can invest but it is the government and friends who will reap most of the rewards. Having been there, I can say there is much for people to know about and learn before thinking it is all over and all can be forgiven. The scars run very deep and the people are so nice too.....but have been treated so badly, ignored by us and those that did it are still there living in their expensive homes shaking hands with world leaders....I wish Myanmar all good but I know there are millions in poverty and millions who have suffered at the hands of the evil dictatorship. Would we be forgiving if our sisters had been raped, children murdred, sons killed. All because we were not of the same ethnic background ? Peace and love to all. Good luck to the Myanmar people and I hope so much it is all good for the future.I hope you get what you deserve which is respect and decency shown to you at last.

well thanks very much for spending the time to post all these wonderful photos. I really enjoyed looking at them all. It gave such a good insight into how times were back then. That was a few hours well spent ! So interesting.

I was there a few weeks ago and loved it too. Had delicious dinner at the Riverside and enjoyed the company of the Thai people very much. very nice and peaceful place.

Pay a bit more and buy a good one I say

Rarely do I come across a good site providing useful information free of charge and written by people who know what they are talking about. If you are thinking of building in Thailand, or want an architect this is a great web site to read. Loads of good pointers and factual information about architects and builders in Thailand. Tells you what to expect, average costs, things to look out for and all sorts of construction details. Its free too, which is brilliant ! I also dig the way they make it clear that is not a perfect guide but here just to offer useful free information and hopefully be helpful. Nice one. http://www.buildinginthailand.com

Anyone intesrested in how and who were behind the drug industry in this part of the world should read: The Secret Army by Richard Gibson...you may need to order it from Asia books. There are also other good books too that clearly describe how it cocurred and who was involved and the history.

• Prostitution exists worldwide and is part of human history. For God's sake get a life. Moralists.....you got to hate em. From what I have heard this man was one of the biggest massage parlour owners in Bangkok and now he has found the lord and is all pure and innocent. Now I guess he is rich out of it he wants to close it all down. There are far worse atrocities and crimes to be concerned about. ...boring !!!