Old Croc

I made comment in another thread about why I think they do it. Unsure why you pose this question at me as I didn't make mention of it in my post here.

I remember that case. About 10 passengers found a door direct to the baggage area and by-passed Immigration processing. Technically entered illegally. Should have been handled differently by Immigration at the time. This case is not the same. I'll wait for further updates to find what this lady's story is.

That's not true, and I'm very sure the saying refers to a different part of the anatomy.

I wouldn't give 2 satang for that gem of a post.

If it was something as simple as a missed stamp on arrival it would have easily been checked and proven at the airport and she would have departed on her flight. The arrest shows there is more to the story than that. The thread headline states she entered without proper documents. Interesting travel outfit. I wouldn't be surprised if the Dutch PP didn't belong to her.

I'm going to make the assumption that she made a mistake by entering without being processed and Immigration quite rightly detained her for further investigation. Shouldn't take long to find the truth.

From the link: "However, most of the foreign offenders were found to have broken the law in the Patong area, with offences including drunk driving, visa overstay, illegal entry, and working without a valid visa." The answers to the problem would be to end the Russian war against Ukraine, overcome the mafia control of the Phuket transport system and create a new complete system with general Thailand pricing, and stop Brits boozing and fighting when on holiday. Easy, peasy.

It's obviously not the law, silly question. It's the culture, the tradition, the way of doing business in this country. Compare it to the US where you are expected (forced) to pay gratuities to wait staff so the establishment owner doesn't have to pay them a living wage. We proffered 2000 baht to our Immigration guy for lunch money. It enabled him to quickly wrap up the visit and go on his way. It was probably a bit higher than most would pay, but for me it's just the cost of living in a country where nearly everything else is exceptionally cheap. Some examples to show where I gain in this country: Rats chewed the rubber fuel hoses on top of my vehicle's fuel tank. A mechanic came to us over 2 days and spent 3-4 hours under the car dropping the tank, repairing and replacing it. He asked for 300 baht for the job! (I paid more) A recent doctors visit and a short stay in a ward for bloodletting (a medical issue) cost 175 baht! (I self insure) There are a lot of expats here who get up in arms over paying extra for some levels of service while completely forgetting about the exhorbitant ripoffs in the home country.

Bangkok is one of the world's great ant most exciting cities. If city life is what you desire, I think all round it would tick most boxes. I lived in cities all my life and couldn't even contemplate living in another in retirement.

Thanks for sharing. Pity the magazine didn't take just your personal foibles into account when compiling this list.

What a silly statement! There are friendly, and unfriendly, people to be found everywhere in Thailand. Obviously, the southern border region has security issues, but there are members on this forum living happily in the southern most areas of Thailand. To attempt to denigrate the tourism areas of Krabi, Phuket and even Surat Thani with your ludicrous theory that people are more toxic than in the north is a statement about yourself.

Interesting to see Luang Prabang listed. On my bucket list to visit as is the incredible scenery in much of Laos. Wouldn't want to live there with their style of government, and the looming neighbor immediately to the north.

Phuket can be very overcrowded. Have you ever stopped to think why it is overcrowded with tourists?

How on earth could you think your short experience of a place nearly 30 years ago is at all relevant to it being named as one of “The World’s Greatest Places of 2023”

If you really think marriage will solve all your sexual problems, you're being a bit optimistic Andy.

These people are YouTube vloggers not Influencers.

The poster I replied to didn't ask for names or pictures. His name is Ronny, see the OP.

If you were to check other threads in this Phuket News forum you would find that he is Swiss.

Perhaps the new "yellow and red card" system has tourists too afraid to enter the field of play.

"Sailing La Vagabonde Net Worth Sailing La Vagabonde, an Australian sailing YouTube channel by video bloggers Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu, has risen to fame. 2023 estimates suggest that the Sailing La Vagabonde Net Worth is around $10 million. The channel Sailing La Vagabonde documents the couple’s life aboard their sailing catamaran La Vagabonde." Sailing La Vagabonde Net Worth (2023) - Age , Income (moneypromax.com)

Some of these monkeys were relocated from habitats on Phuket when they had over bred and started being a nuisance to tourists. Instead of culling, authorities moved groups to a couple of small islands where they had to learn to survive in a new environment. I believe they were feeding them, at least initially. This could explain their behavior towards visitors.

Victim named, offender granted anonymity.

This family are not influencers, they have the biggest sailing channel on Youtube with about 1.8 million subscribers. "Sailing La Vagabonde" They make much more money sitting on their boat than the character above who boasted he earned more. They are pictured with Greta Thunberg because they famously transported her on their boat from Europe to the US to address the UN after criticism she would add to climate warming by flying.

If I had my druthers of the 2 principal characters in that pic......

I believe the parading of transgressors in front of the press in the Thai manner is archaic and obviously about officers seeking publicity for reasons of pride, promotion or re-election. Other countries may occasionally publicize cases to advise citizens of the extent of the problem, or be seeking budgetary increases, but generally would respect an individual's privacy. The posters who consider lengthy overstayers to be not really breaking the law, but instead are just good old boys contributing to the economy without bothering with red tape - how naive. The main reasons someone overstays long term is a lack of funds to avail themselves of one of the many methods to continue living here. In some cases, they may be here because of problems with the law. I know of many crims from my country who come to Thailand and continue to ply their trade. I know that overstayers are more likely to have a criminal background than the average tourist. THey may even be "murderers." For some who believe the abolition of country borders will instantly result in peaceful and harmonious mixing and coexistence of all peoples despite the massive differences in culture, wealth, law, religion, government, hygiene, health practices, etc., etc., good luck with that! I don't want to be around for the first hundred years of that experiment.