Johnsy

roro1990...you are a smart guy, you have legitimate concerns and after living here for 3 years my advice is have fun while it lasts, be careful with your money and walk away when it's not fun anymore, she will trade you in and upgrade in a heart beat as soon as someone else with more money or more promise comes along, that's just the way it is for most girls here. You will know when it's serious because you won't be asking these questions on a forum, good luck.

Maybe the tuk tuk driver initially quoted Thai price then decided to charge falung prices at the end.....

meanwhile somewhere in Thailand a Foreigner is being hacked to death by a taxi driver with a machete because of an argument over a 100 baht fare !!

Ali Ali....that's a good Aussie name.......NOT!

Why do the Chinese get so excited,i remember on a Cathy pacific flight from HK to Bangkok,they released their seatbelts and where jumping towards the overhead luggage compartments,Omg,this took place about 500 feet in the air before landing,"what's the rush"?

They need to be first and fear being overtaken by others. It is a direct result of the Chinese "win every encounter" philosophy.

You could never generalize people but it seems like many of the Chinese are very selfish and greedy people with a “me first” mentality. The Chinese school system must have missed to teach them manners, or is it acceptable to behave like that in China?

They all have "only child syndrome". An entire population of one child families and all the children are selfish, narcissistic and conceited.

I'm just glad I have booked tickets out of here!

process of natural selection I think.....

If the corruption there is as bad as everywhere else who is guilty and who is innocent?

How will you feel if they are convicted and executed based on a trial and verdict that is not deemed by qualified independent observers to be fair based on international standards?

I will let you know, if that actually happens. I don't expect that your scenario will come to pass, but it remains to be seen what the actual evidence is.

Yes, I agree it remains to be seen what the actual evidence is . . .

But for a trial to be fair, it's not just about what evidence is presented by the prosecution, but how it is presented and judged, and how the accused are allowed to defend themselves against that evidence (among other things).

This is particularly important in a case that may involve the death penalty.

Thailand is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which includes provisions for a right to a fair trial (See Article 15), and the country is legally bound by its provisions.

https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20999/volume-999-I-14668-English.pdf

http://www.ccprcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/G0443072en.pdf

I assume that you will agree that Thailand must follow the provisions of this Covenant the same way you argued that Britain and Myanmar are bound by the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

The fair trial provisions of the ICCPR have been interpreted on many occasions by courts and international organizations.

Here are two reports detailing interpretations of Article 15 of the ICCPR regarding fair trials.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/POL30/002/2014/en/7aa5c5d1-921b-422e-8ca4-944db1024150/pol300022014en.pdf

https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/fair_trial.pdf

A conviction obtained in a trial that does not include the basic elements of fairness cannot be relied upon to have convicted the guilty party and could easily result in an innocent person going to jail or being executed (and the real killers remaining free to kill again) . . . that is why these provisions exist.

I think/hope that many qualified independent observers will be closely watching the trial of the B2 and using the ICCPR and its interpretations as a scorecard to determine if the trial was fair.

I hope this for the sake of Hannah and David's family and justice, but also for Thailand and the Thai people who I care about very much and who deserve these standards to be followed in all cases.

Thailand is currently under martial law, constitutional law does not exist!

Does this campaign include all the previously implemented "courses of action for attraction" like refusing foreigners with valid education visas to enter the country, the "attractive" 49% foreign / 51% Thai business requirement, ten times higher (or more) than Thai national park entrance fees, increasingly difficult visa and work permit requirements, the need to be blood-checked for Syphilis when applying for a work permit, the fact that foreigners can't buy or own land, forcibly taking sun beds or beach umbrellas from tourists, bashing tourists heads in to let the following "murder investigation" go bananas in corrupted and disgraceful sharade, the general and constantly increasing anti-foreigner attitude, the fact that foreigners here are tolerated for the sake of their money but not wanted, blackmailings by corrupt RTP and immigration officers, crackdowns on anything and everything foreigner co-owned, managed or performed by foreigners, and the commonly used "if you don't like to be taken advantage of on a daily basis, then go back to your home country" killer argument?

Thailand and its people should learn that you don't "create" a positive image - you either have it, respectively the "positive image" is kept within the peoples' hearts or it simply isn't there, whereas for Thailand it is the latter.

With the anti-foreign, self centered, narcissistic and greedy attitude most Thai people and officials display in everyday life, the PRD campaign is a "mission impossible". You simply can't polish a turd!

This guy has nailed it.....nothing more needs to be said!

The days of entering Thailand on a suspect Ed Visa are finished.

Those entering Thailand for an extended period are required under Thai immigration law to have the correct and appropriate visa to which there intended purpose of stay may be.

All countries require this.

How naive are you....they are cancelling legitimate visa's as well simply because, as it has been pointed out a thousand times, all of these procedures are subject to interpretation and the attitude of whichever official you happen to be lucky or unlucky enough to deal with. I think the OP is lucky to be out of the country and he shouldn't want to come back.

That's what you get when you vote a caveman like Mr. Rabbit into office!

since when have they been the reason scrutineers? They already charge us for a certificate, just issue them!

well that's more national parks I won't be visiting! Why do you discriminate against foreigners, makes absolutely no sense to me or many other foreigners who have also said they won't visit national parks because of the disparity pricing based on skin color!

Are these guys Thai? I can't believe they would do that!!!

Surely no Thai person could have done this. Start rounding up the British and Burmese for a confession.

Took the words right out of my mouth lol.....

The punishment for this monumental failure in justice is for the international community to officially black-ban Kho Tao tourism so that Thai's really understand the seriousness of safety, security, transparency and integrity. When the tourists and foreigners don't come anymore and the money dries up maybe the Thai's will understand that they just can't get away with this <deleted> anymore.

so China wants to apply the death penalty to these guys while China registered freighters drop tons drugs off on Australian shores and most major drug crimes in Australia are committed by Chinese, and for those of you who think they should get the death penalty you need to have a long hard think about the legitimacy of any police work in China, in most cases it's worse than the LOS!

Schools are getting a lot more than 30k from the government to pay an English teacher but pocket the rest and rarely pay the teachers taxes either. Along with government policy on education schools are to blame for the pay scales, you know what they say...."pay peanuts and you get........" The standard of education in Thailand is appalling as is the emphasis on it.

ok.....thanks for your replies :-)

I just sold my car and you will need a Letter of Residency from Thai Immigration to sell a car or motorbike and I had to show my passport with visa to get the letter. You need not be there at the transportation office but you need to sign some transfer documents to complete the sale. I actually paid a guy to do all the transfer work for me. Hope this helps.

I know you have to have a residency certificate to buy a vehicle but I didn't think you needed to have one to sell a vehicle?

Do I have to have a current Visa to sell a car or motorbike that I legally own?

Do I have to be present during the transfer of ownership at the Dept of Land Transport?

Can someone sell a car or motorbike on my behalf if I am out of the country?

Thanks in advance for your answers...