simon43

These scams are all over the Koh Phangan FB pages....

Other countries take steps to minimise tourist deaths. In Bagan (Myanmar) tourists can only hire electric motorcycles (maximum speed maybe 40 kph) and in Luang Prabang (Laos) the same is actively encouraged.

Aksorn Pattaya has a good reputation as a primary school with very reasonable fees.

Yes, I once took a 'lady of the night' back to my 500 baht room and then popped into the shower. When I came out, the lady was gone and my shorts were on the floor, clearly tampered with. I checked the pockets and found a 1,000 baht note that wasn't there before and had been left by the lady who felt sorry for my financial circumstances! ???? (That was a joke BTW!)

Dumb as a box of choccies......

Well blame his mum for him ascending the throne in his 70's ????

Although I'm British, the fact that I left the UK more than 20 years ago does make me a little cynical about the event, which I'm watching on the TV right now. This is essentially a Christian religion event, but few in the UK would profess to be practicing Christians. Charles should be pushing Christianity, not kowtowing to other religions. Or make it an event without any Christian aspect. I see a choral group just now, not a white face amongst them. Great singing, but I feel it is virtual signalling. I see past prime ministers and so many entitled (or not so entitled) people. If Charles says he is one of the people, then don't invite these elites but fill the cathedral with 'common' people from all walks of life.

Mad neighbours, woffling poster, dead German in house, time for a bonfire, sshh don't tell anyone.....

I just called them and they denied having any Covid vaccines available - told me to try the government hospital...

Have you been married 3 times and have kids in the UK and Thailand? Eats up the money I can tell you (university fees, hospital fees for my niece etc). Yes, I have some money in the bank, but with an open-ended and uninsured medical condition, it was sensible not to waste money on an expensive hotel room.

I had to attend hospital in the UK over several months. So I had to pay for accommodation for that period. Blackpool was one location with the cheapest hotel rents, (still not cheap compared to Thailand). I had already paid out a large sum on the MRI scan and initial medical investigations in Thailand which my insurance company refused to pay for. Since I didn't know how long I would stay in the UK, it was important to find accommodation that I could afford over an open-ended period.

In case those who don't follow the health forum don't know the news, prostate cancer investigations in the UK revealed ... no cancer! The high PSA numbers and nodules on the MRI scan turned out to be benign ???? I am back in Thailand but still under the long-term treatment of my UK GP who has prescribed various antibiotics to treat to eliminate the UTIs that are causing the varying PSA numbers. I have online consultations booked with him later this years after further PSA tests. (He is fully aware that I have returned to Thailand for the moment, but legally I am still a UK resident). Why Blackpool? Because apart from Hull, it had the cheapest hotel rooms. I stayed for almost 3 months in a tiny, cold room (no heating) that had interesting black mold growing up the walls.

Thank heavens I don't need to worry about this ban - no one is going to ban drinking healthy fruit juice ????

I'm also interested in a booster jab in Pattaya - anyone know?

Maybe also 'gin kao laeo?', and 'bpai nai?' will assure them that you are fully assimilated into Thai culture!:)

I can't complain. Excellent and fast service for my suspected prostate cancer (happily diagnosed as benign prostate stones).

Huh, 'standard' medicine for parasites like this is Mebendazole, available OTC for about 60 baht.... trade name Bender 500

Yes, I designed all 4 of them from scratch. The 1st hotel (Phuket Airport Hotel) was financed by me as I was married at the time. After we divorced, we sold that hotel and split the profit and then my ex paid me to build a little airport hotel for her to manage (which she did very badly lol!).

I won't accept anything because it's not my business to sell ???? I'm sure the ex will accept any currency that can easily be converted into Thai baht.

Well, not my hotel but one of the small airport hotels that I built about 12 years ago for my hareem of ex-wives... I built 4 such hotels since about 2002: - 1 was sold - 1 was 'crashed' by crazy ex-wife #2 (it was built with her money...) - 1 was 'stolen' by drug-dealers, aided by the local police (that was my own little business, not happy about these events!) - 1 continues to operate, owned by ex-wife #3 who has worked hard to create a profitable business with a good reputation. During Covid, her business was very quiet, but it has now bounced back and bookings are rolling in. It occurred to me that her business might be attractive to Russians seeking an established business in Phuket. To test out this idea, I need to advertise on a website that targets Russians living in Thailand/Phuket or seeking to move their. Does anyone have suggestions about such a website? Thanks!

Not just problems with words at the airport. I knew the daughter of a Thai woman in Phuket who found a puppy after the 2004 tsunami and so named it 'tsunami'. The dog often got lost on Nai Yang beach and so the young girl would run onto the beach (busy with local and foreign tourists) and scream out "TSUNAMI!" at the top of her voice...

The woman of course, should pay for this test...

I read that Britain is now evacuating about 4,000 British citizens from Sudan. I'm amazed that some many Brits are actually in Sudan, which AFAIK was never in the British Commonwealth. Is there some special reason why so many Brits live there?

There is a credible and popular government in Myanmar. It is the NLD, voted into power by the vast majority of the voters, thrown out of power by the military junta and now operating as the National Unity Government (NUG). Did you know that according to independent sources, the junta control no more than 17% of the country? We certainly won't see any intervention by western countries. The power that can remove the illegal junta is China, who has strong interests in Myanmar. IMHO, the NUG should warn China that unless it ceases its support for the junta, it will see its oil pipelines regularly blown up. Only the 'people' can protect those pipelines from damage, not the junta.

Forgive my maths, but I think that makes 6 dead people. This French guy was found dead 120 km away from Koh Tao. Does that cast suspicion on Koh Tao? Alan and Michael dies in a motorbike crash. Are you suggesting they were murdered? Hiroshi died after a snorkel test. Well, I think diving is a risky occupation wherever you are. Yoshie presumably murdered. Why 'presumably'? What are the facts? Just to add that I have never visited Koh Tao and have no plans to do so.