Mogli

So happy of having been on Koh Kood many times in the last 16 years.It truly is/was a tropical paradise.

After reading the previous post I think it is just a question of time until it will be spoilt out of greed and ignorance like so many other places in Thailand.

Walk away and don't look back.

I've been reading this thread and I am staggered by the attitude of most of those posting. With the exception of Sabum, JingThing and a few others who have not lost their sanity, the rest of you seem to be delusional and with no knowledge fo the facts as ever yet always err on the side of "he must deserve it"... More Thai than the Thais!

Guys, wake up and smell the coffee! Those of us who have been here a while have all been so irritated by the slow ignorance of Thais on too many occasions, their inability to accept they made a mistake, their hyposcrisy of rules for them and us and the out and out racist behaviour they mostly exhibit given the slightest provocation!

Some proof? OK, hard facts.

Stupid - lowest average IQ in the world (when indexed to GDP) and declining... And yes, University is a farcical charade where cheating is encouraged, absence is normal and only a retard wil not pass. He probably will if his parents pay enough though...

Mistakes - when was the last time you heard a Thai say it was their fault and they are worng? I never did... There is always some magical reason for them being right or misled and we 'foreigners' don't understand after all!

Hypocrisy - all this jai yen yen and mai pen rai suits them but it is easily forgotten when they try to mow you down in their car when you're on the crossing or they use the pavement for their motorbike... We have to be chill while they get angry and then shout and scream after a few words they don't like. Very fair!

Racist - where do you want me to start? All around us, every day, every way, we are reminded we are unwelcome and ONLY here to spend money! It is getting worse too in my time here and it is at a poiint now where the Thais simply hate foreigners...

I stay here (for now) because I have a busines here and lovely family - yes, Thai wife, children with her - but I despair at the way this country is commmitting commercial and political suicide each day. It cannot stay OUT of the news for the wrong reasons and this is another example of the Thais telling us they want LESS tourists as all thios news does is warn peole to stay away even more.

This poor guy got frustrated and said a few bad words but that is it! How does that translate to jail in any civilised country - sorry I forgot, the mobile phones and pick-ups hide the mentailty which is still primeval and wil NEVER change as long as the people are encouraged to stay dumb on a diet of bullshit TV and no books. Yes, the average Thai reads ONE book each year (Thai official stats) compared to over 50 in Vietnam and more in every other neighbouring country! I have only ever seen average Thai read comics - maybe that counts as their book for the year. Tragic...

I hope this guy gets off and avoids jail but how many poeople will he tell about his view of Thailand as do all the others that end up in jail for the simple fact that Thais and their insedcurities and loss of face can't handle looking as stuopid as they really are!

Rant over... But I have not become that Thai yet to have forgotten right and wrong and espoused greed at all cost.

Spot on post.

Must have been around for a while.

And I agree about the 'more Thai than Thais' comment.

Still here since 15 years but likely to leave soon.

There seems to be a similar issue with applying oxygen in a emergency.

We trained thai lay persons in CPR and EFR and got told by thai Dr.that any thai lay person can be sued for administering oxygen to a victim.

Would be interesting to know what the law actually says.

@ Sangsom

Thanks for your post! Spot on!!!

Feels good to read a post like that in comparison to some posters who obviously stayed in this country to long and actually lost their bearing of what is acceptable in a ,well, so called democratic country.

Mogli

Thanks guys!

Very helpful information.Definitely will contact the resort in Samui.If it is feasible we will install it in all of our 20 bungalows.A big advantage I think is that it also makes your aircon-units working more effective!Very interesting as I think price for electricity is bound to incraese.

Mogli

Thanks for the suggestions.

Might as well ask the supplier. If it turns out to expensive I I will forget abot it and install a normal water-heating-unit.

Mogli

A while ago I read in some thread about generating hot water via an aircon-unit.Can't find it anymore.

Anybody here knows how to do it?Can you buy the necessary add-ons in los?

It was also mentioned that a certain resort in Koh Samui is using this system.

Thanks for any suggestions

Mogli

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Hm...no clues then?

Mogli

A while ago I read in some thread about generating hot water via an aircon-unit.Can't find it anymore.

Anybody here knows how to do it?Can you buy the necessary add-ons in los?

It was also mentioned that a certain resort in Koh Samui is using this system.

Thanks for any suggestions

Mogli

Sorry for the glitch....but what exactly is a two cycle motor?

Well, not exactly...at least with regard to the first part of your observation. Most ex-pats hold their spare cash in foreign currencies, so the depreciation of the baht makes it cheaper for us to live here in most ways or, at the very least, no more expensive (since local prices like that of petrol are primarily driven by USD pricing anyway). It's mostly the Thais who suffer from the depreciation of the baht, not foreigners.

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There are many diveshops in Bkk where you could do all the accademics and all the pool stuff. However diving in the Chaopraya is not really an option.

If not Pattaya then you could do your Open-Water-Dives in Koh Tao but that will increase the costs quite a bit!

If you are thinking of becoming a dive-pro. you will need to do all the courses incl. Divemaster as that represents the first professionel level in the PADI-system. To get certified as divemaster you will need 60 dives logged and signed in your logbok at the end of the course.Following that you can apply for the IDC (instructor development course) after having a total of 100 dives logged.

Hope this answers your questions-if not contact your local diveshop!

good luck

Mogli