Travel Dude

Does any of the tuk tuk defenders know the price for a trip from Bangkok to Hua Hin in an airconditioned Toyota van? Yes it's shared but it's a good and comfortable seat for this approx. 200 km trip.

It's 180 thb.

So please stop comparing the Pound price etc.. This is Thailand with its own cost of life.

Everyone in this country knows that 150 thb for less than 1 km in an open tuk tuk is excessive when compared to LOCAL prices.

Anyone pretending otherwise is out of reality. At least Thai reality.

It has nothing to do with whining; just don't like to get ripped of, that's it.

I suggest those getting too personal to perhaps get some education in decency.

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With the proliferation of 7/11's pretty much on every street corner, having "more" dispensers is not the way forward, education is, unless that is that they are buying and using them at the school so having one there is much more convenient.

A condom vending machine I such more discrete then buying condoms at 7-11. Hen ce much more effective.

There is still taboo and a shy feeling about buying condoms in a shop.

It is proven that since the school installed a dispenser pregnancies have come down. So yes it works!

Please support the evolution of your country as holding on to the traditional is what gives so many issues in Thailand. Yes, the boat has alteady sailed on many fronts. Accepting it and dealing with the present is the only say forward.

A graduation ceremony is a Very proud moment, and very much so in Thailand.

It shows she has achieved something and those studies have often been able to come to an end due to the financial support and sacrifice within the family.

Having you there will show her face and pride. You are the stepfather and she loves you as a dad

Having her natural father there is her opportunity to show him that she is worth it and that she was able to achieve something.

Be nice, this is not about you OP. It is about a proud moment in your step daughters life.

Be there for her and let her natural father be there too.

Be compassionate. Inow it is not easy but it is HER once in a lifetime proud day.

A graduation ceremony is a Very proud moment, and very much so in Thailand.

It shows she has achieved something and those studies have often been able to come to an end due to the financial support and sacrifice within the family.

Having you there will show her face and pride. You are the stepfather and she loves you as a dad

Having her natural father there is her opportunity to show him that she is worth it and that she was able to achieve something.

Be nice, this is not about you OP. It is about a proud moment in your step daughters life.

Be there for her and let her natural father be there too.

Be compassionate. Inow it is not easy but it is HER once in a lifetime proud day.

Does any of the tuk tuk defenders know the price for a trip from Bangkok to Hua Hin in an airconditioned Toyota van? Yes it's shared but it's a good and comfortable seat for this approx. 200 km trip.

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The "quality" tourists are now here in force

150 baht OH NO ITS TOO EXPENSIVE

What do you want a free ride to the bar where you will no doubt spend a couple of grand

Please go back from where you came

I prefer to live and let live and refrain from telling people what to do or where to go.

The OP was sharing his experience and I doubt if he were looking for a relocation service.

The OP is not a tourist... going where I come from would be Bangkok. I tried to get a tuk tuk together with my Hua Hin native friends...

I feel that those who defend a 150 thb ride for less then a kilometer are totally out of touch, as is the poster claiming it needs over 1000 thb a day to feed a family.

Let me just guess who is the "tourist" here... or perhaps freshly arrived expat believing he knows it all...

By the way, carrying on believing we can milk tourists dry will have its répercussions. It already has actually, hordes of Europeans are replaced by Russians and Chinese. The are facts...

It is just not right to charge someone a "non usual" for any service provided.

But perhaps you also think that the tourist who paid 100,000 for a ring in "a jewellery" was also not cheated as he bought the ring out of free will.

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Why was he so upset? Why did they have to transfer everyone to a different plane? Surely they could have led him away and then after sorting out the fuel wasted just taken off. Or am I missing something here?

I could be wrong, but I remember reading that on average there is 30-35 road deaths per day. During Songkran this number is a bit increased to 50 per day.

Numbers are big, but not that much of an increase compared to the normal days.

Yeah... Me pen rai, right? It has been like this for ages so why change?

Wait till your son or daughter or perha50s mother dies in a car accident. Just statistics till it touches you personally.

We have seen many checkpoints. Seen even more unmanned checkpoints. Haven't seen any check being carried out.

Please explain why you called them 'Cheaters' ? They gave you a price and you have the choice - what is your problem ?

There are no alternatives and they take advantage of that. No other choice than to take their 150 thb ride or walk. I would be curious to see what the reactions would be once a 35 thb metered taxi charges you 150 thb instead...

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Like usual

Col Danprai, a quality cop....

Strange , I dont hear anyone talking about "quality tourist" regarding this case .... unless this term is only given to Russian .... oh but he is a Brit so he must be better than anyone .... well nice picture anyway ... we need more of those "quality tourist" no ?

on the other hand , well done Police ....

Well done? Catching a brit with 1 gram of softdrugs? Laughable.

Meanwhile I can't walk anywhere in Patong without some thai guy asking me if I want cocaïne or heroine...

A Brit with 1 gram of marie jeanne....

Good that SCB is straight forward and immediately takes responsibility, saying that the bank will take responsibility for the stolen money. That's proper management and also avoids a PR disaster. Well done SCB!

Col. Danprai dies not seem that good at multi tasking...

Those red tuk tuk in patong and other beaches are maybe legal but they are still overcharging scumbags. Can't this Phuket Transportation office just set fixed prices???

This illogical habit is the epitome of why Thailand is so unproductive. Shutting down entire offices , especially public service departments so all the staff can eat at once is as about well....it as stupid is it gets.

How on earth do working people get anything done? I guess they really don't . You cannot go to renew your car registration during your lunch hour, you have to take off from work instead, which adds even further to the nation's ineffectiveness.

Is it so incredibly alien to have half the staff eat earlier and the other half eat later?

This is not a typical Thai thing. In many South European countries lunch breaks are over 1 hour. This is the case in well developed France. Spain also has an extensive siesta. It is more efficient to close the whole office for an hour than to work with half offices for 2 hours... safes the environment too as they often close the air con.

Ask the Dutch how to do regarding salt water encroachment. 50% of their country lays lower than the sea level and they are experts in water management and flood protection. That's why they are called The Netherlands.

Public humiliation is unexcusable ! You are the one who should be fired, you took advantage of the family relationship too by treating her that way.

You need to really look at yourself, more than the staff performance, very poor example you have set them.

Are you working here Charlie? Do you have a Thai team? If so did it never occur to you to loose your temper because some of your employee seems not to care?

I wouldn't bother too much.

Good initiative and we all hope it is not a way to make some extra pocket money for individual policeman ( no corruption please)

And 4000 police to ensure no prohibited parking takes place at 10 shopping malls that is 400 police per shopping map. Is that correct?

The fine is soo low that the taxi drivers take the risk.

10,000 complaints in 5 month is 2000 a month or 66 a day... Fines should be doubled to 2,000 or even up to 5,000. Then they would behave much better.

Do they all effectively pay their fine?

And then there should be a system to identify repeat offenders. And an increasing fine up to jail for the real die hards.

Personally I have had very few problems with taxis and 98% of my trips have been fine.

As part of the "I don't care as long as it is not concerning me" topic Maybe we can address the fact that That drivers never make space for an Ambulance. I am appaled seeing no one moves and people bravely wait in front of the red light while an ambulance is screaming for passage behind. And what if it were their daughter or son in that ambulance. But when a VIP needs to pass everyone moves kn the side. MAKE WAY FOR AN AMBULANCE.