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Strange crew in charge of the peacekeeping council. Hope they don't do anything stupid.

Thanks for the post about the major differences of the Act and the Decree ?

Studies are not only 5 days a week. Minimum 6 for very many children, although they are tutor groups or private language schools. Some even study 7 days a week. Competition for the more prestigious schools, not necessarily the best, can be quite strong.

Unbelievable!

That's a frightening OP. Where does all that money go?

Even if you do your homework properly it's still possible to get a bad place.

Follow up some of the TV poster suggestions and have a look round.

I have children and therefore an interest in what this country does to itself. I think it incumbent on every parent to point out the faults of all sides in this debacle.

I don't support either side to any extreme. I engage when I'm asked directly by my circle of Thai friends and acquaintances. I don't say it's nothing to do with me. I have a vested interest after all.

As for calling people Fascist, why not call them Communist as that more clearly resembles the setting up of "People's committees". Throwing such labels is misleading anyway as both sides end up being controlled by a small number of people.

The lesser of two weevils. - Master and Commander wasn't it?

Yingluck and Suthep are figureheads of opposing forces. Neither in totality is good for the long term for Thailand.

You don't buy Democracy and for those of you just gladly walking past this point, shame on you for corrupting your western morals of right and wrong. Educating the populace about responsibility would be a good start and then perhaps you could move on to more esoteric ideas.

2 separate applications = 1.6 million baht required.

1 extension and a follower status = 800k baht in one (sole) account.

Lot of blinkers around this morning, very sad indeed.

Hopefully the violence doesn't spread too widely. I have reds and yellows in my extended family too and they don't talk about the issues because it is not "sanook" which is quite a sad indictment of the situation.

If you're in BKK for a couple of days change at a place called Super Rich.

Do a google search for bankexchangerates.daytodaydata and you should get a very helpful website.

If you don't fancy Super Rich then it shows most bank rates and changes throughout the day.

Aeon charges no fees.

Your home bank does.

Since when was Gibraltar an island?

junkofdavid2

I understand and I know what you saying.

She does not looks low class but as a normal lady from 26 years old.

The intention was a two weeks holiday to Thailand arranged by myself.

I have been to the Philippines 50 times of the last 15 years.

If you have a Thai GF you can travel with her to almost any country in Asia

or even outside Asia as long as she has a visa for the country.

Thai immigration is just checking her passport, ticket and visa if needed.

They dnt question what your Thai GF is gone in Bali, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan or Philippines.

That is the big difference between Philippines and other countries such as Thailand.

Sometimes single Thai ladies travelling to Bahrain are pulled out by Thai immigration for an interview. This may also occur in the departure lounge, as my wife and I have seen twice in the last year.

The OP picture shows "Silom Complex" doesn't it? Not Government complex A I believe.

Another day for Thailand to keep lurching forward. At least it may have postponed some underhand activities for a while. Nobody wins everything and nobody loses everything.

I had to apply for my children's first passports through Germany not at the local embassy. This was their first passport just to reiterate.

Phone the embassy is my advice, you may not have to travel.

Positive news ?

I think it comes down to being treated like a cash cow.

According to the minister, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has not been detected in Thailand but the Public Health Ministry is ready to deal with the disease.

Corona virus normally isn't fatal? So why the hooha

A fatality rate of over 50% I would say is something to worry about.

Cheers theblether brought back some memories of last October 2012.

There's a second waterfall that's only open to tourists from the middle of September to the middle of November approx. Water is a the same colour but a bit clearer than KuangSi but I can't remember the name of this waterfall. There's no water for a large part of the year anyway.

Remember all those steps of pain to the cave at the top at Pak Ou. Would've been drier if I'd jumped in the Mekong.

Went with the wife and kids and everything is available for babies and toddlers. LP has changed a lot in 6yrs since our first trip. The exchange booths are a lot more common and dare I say it the English is better. Perhaps it was my Thai that was a little better too, which helped us enjoy the local scene more. The French style sandwiches are superb so is the beer.

Thanks for the site link above. This is what it says on the page: "For ATM rates, select the TT currency type."

Unfortunately as demonstrated by my friend the advice is no longer accurate. TT rates are the best, better than TCs but that no longer applies at this bank obviously.

My question still stands.

A friend of mine went to the KTB ATM on Pattaya Klang and he was surprised to notice the exchange rate difference.

Here is as I understand it:

He was withdrawing A$ from his bank in Australia in Thai Baht. (Commonwealth ATM card not a debit card.)

Posted board rates were as follows:

28.3 for Travelers cheques

28.2 for A$ cash

and on the screen of the ATM for a cash withdrawal was 27.08. This was in addition to the 20Baht ATM Fee and the 150Baht foreign card fee.

Has anyone else had the misfortune to notice this rip-off? Traditionally you get closer to the Telegraphic Transfer rate on ATM withdrawals. The ATMs inside Tops were far closer to the TT rate.

He went to the same ATM over 3 days to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

I look forward to others sharing their experiences. Is it just KTB at the moment or has it been noticed at other banks?

I see that the hang-em idiots are out in force.

I hope he gets treated exactly the same as a Thai person. It makes no difference that he is a Canadian.

What he did was very very wrong and I hope he pays the price. My sympathies are with those who deserve it, the victims.

RIP

I just clicked the link in the OP for the rest of the story and it's not displaying. Is it still there for anyone else?

What a pathetic load of rubbish.

There are always some looking to rock the boat for personal gain

dam_n just in time for SongKran.

Guess it's the missus buying my drinks, so it's not so bad.

Do we have to drink in tea mugs in case the BiB check :D