sambum

"Authorities at Phuket International Airport apprehended an American woman attempting to smuggle 4 kilograms of the drug “ice” (methamphetamine) en route to South Korea via Singapore."

4 KILOGRAMS!! How on earth did she think that she was going to get away with that? Maybe thought she got caught she might as well get "hung as a sheep as a lamb!"

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Some harmless fun, show some sense of humour

Bit of jealousy creeping in from other tuk tuk drivers?

Strangest tuk tuk I've ever seen!

12 hours ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

It definately will boost the sale of the booze merchants...but it will generate a higher ratio of drunks all over and that will have a heavy social cost. 

 

Be it in healthcare, in public safety managment requirements as booze turns people violent and plainly st***id...and other unaccounted issues. 

 

At the end of the day the returns will mean nothing, compared to the collateral costs generated. 

 

But again, who cares ? As long as the chums in the industry can make their profit and "share" with those in power, that's what matters maybe ?

"..............but it will generate a higher ratio of drunks all over and that will have a heavy social cost."

Wrong! They said the same when they extended the drinking hours in Scotland many years ago, but it had the opposite effect, because most people only have a set amount of money for booze, and by extending the drinking hours, they took their time over consuming the same amount of alcohol, and the result was a fall in drunkennness figures!

Fail to see what the photo of  a boat has got to do with the post!

On 2/21/2025 at 7:54 AM, JoePai said:

So these ‘high end’(?) tourists are going to spend an extra 8,400 baht every afternoon between 2 and 5 on booze ?

Ridiculous! Makes you wonder where they get their figures from? TAT?

22 hours ago, Jimjim1 said:

I agree with you 98% with the other 2% being taken up by the reality that insurance companies apart from bankers are probably the most corrupt companies on the planet, every action they take is underhand and designed to remove themselves from the responsibility that we all trustingly pay them for.

I myself travel with £10,000,000 cover BUT trying to get a definitive answer from them when it comes to ALL of the things they will cover and take responsibility for is not easily forthcoming, so one lives in fear that in the event of something untoward happening one’s insurance company will be for armed with a way of getting out of it that it did not impart at the time of taking out the insurance.

I have commented here in the past about travellers duty to themselves and others regarding 100% foolproof insurance but on reflection I would dearly love to know how one can find it.

I took out medical insurance many years ago, and had to go to a specialist dental hospital in Bangkok for treatment which eventually ended in a root filling and crown. The insurance company paid for it, but a few years later, I had the same problem with another tooth, and they said they wouldn't pay for it as I had "made a similar claim before". So you're only covered for toothache once in your lifetime?

3 hours ago, hotsun said:

Its always pattaya

"Family Friendly" resort!!!

Now THAT"S the face of a bulldog chewing a wasp!

4 minutes ago, sambum said:

 

Giving you an emoticon for the "bulldog chewing a wasp" gag. Having said that, not all actors and actresses are "pin ups"!

 

15 hours ago, Robert_Smith said:

Actress???

 

You have got to be kidding...

 

Looks like a bulldog chewing a wasp!

 

Regards,

Bob.

Giving you an emoticon for the "bulldog chewing a wasp" gag. Having said that, not all actors and actresses are "pin ups"!

Makes a change!

9 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

As you say, It was packed with family groups because Safari World is a family type tourist offering. The mass sexpat market won’t go there nor will the alcoholics. They are all in the go go’s and bars. 

In the "Family Friendly" destination?

10 hours ago, quake said:

 

The go home post.

So cool. 

There's always one!

11 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Do you expect people of other cultures to adhere to the rules and ethics when in your home country? In my case, British, I would appreciate it. Mind you, the locals do not always set a great example. 

In my case British too - but that is very quickly becoming meaningless due to the influx of "other peoples", and their reluctance to integrate!

3 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

For chronic complainers maybe. None of this is going to bother me in the least. I had a lot of work and a lot of hoops to jump through when I got my retirement O visa. If this is too much work for retirees then I agree. Don't come here. See if retiring is better anywhere else. 

If you think a retirement "O" Visa is difficult to get - you try for a Visa based on marriage to a Thai national! My first year I had to get 147 photocopies of  various documents - another kind of maximum break! Plus numerous trips backwards and forward from Immigration with pieces of (IMHO)  "needless trivia" - and a visit to our house from the Immigration Police who arrived the day before we were told they would be coming!

7 hours ago, quake said:

 

What's work ?

 

I thought bad language wasn't allowed on AseanNow? 😄

12 hours ago, Artisi said:

Just more confusion to an already confusing debacle. 

I think you beat many people to it!

Hopefully Koh Samui and Phuket will follow suit.

These destinations are only in existence as they now stand due to the influx of much tourist money over the decades, and we can safely assume that most tourists are not Buddhists so why should they have to conform to Buddhist principles.

Personally, I can live with the bars being closed on the Buddha days, but what is frustrating is not being able to purchase alcohol at any of the major supermarkets between 2pm and 5pm.

44 minutes ago, Johno57 said:

And also a self made multi millionaire & twice president of the strongest country in the world..sorry but your  jealousy of being a nobody is showing..

Shows the I.Q. of the average American to vote a convicted felon in as POTUS! A dangerous man who will do the USA no good at all as a responsible leader.

"Crumbling Family Resort"?

2 hours ago, MrMo said:

The UK should have the same policy of holding incompetent and / corrupt politician to account.   In fact the EU should adopt it too.

The current PM of the UK should be first in line then?