Once you get to the border, either at Daung/Ban Laem or Psar Prum/Ban Pakkard:

Ban Pakkard

1 options for minivan to Pong Nam Ron on Highway 317 (about 35km) and take bus from here to Chanthaburi city

2 minivan to Chanthaburi city - used to be 120b, likely 150+ now

Timetables ... minivans from Ban Laem used to be hourly during the day but it's about 4yrs since I've been there. Ban Pakkard is less popular they may wait till van is full.

Note the minivans to Chan city will stop at a small terminal opposite Robinson's in Chantanamit on the east side of the river.

This is not Chan bus station, you'll need a taxi to the main bus station across the river and central city area, or could walk in maybe 45 minutes

Buses hourly to Bangkok from here, Cherdchai the operator, plus the government bus service which I think is still morning only

Reminder that you're unlikely to meet anyone who speaks English 

Paknam Khaem Nu, Chanthaburi

The blue temple, Wat Paknam Khaem Nu, Chanthaburi coast

2 hours ago, madmen said:

Good ponts. he could auction off a small dinner party "A night with harry uncut" etc. Buffet charges around a mill but Im sure Harry an ex prince could get around 5k a head

What worldly topics could he discuss? 

Ship him and their whole family of parasites off to Canada, their rent-a-celebrity novelty would soon wear off.

'At Home With The Windsors' a freak show for the 2020s

I mentioned in an earlier post about the vehicle that hit the motorbike and rider.

Here it is, car head on, in background where people are would I guess be point of impact

Appears the cop is pointing at point of impact in the lane prior to the gap in the median for u-turn,  this 'may' suggest the motorbike was hit from behind by a vehicle traveling in the same direction

We will likely never know.

Save you all the guesswork and theories 

The husband was arrested yesterday, Sunday 12th; he is Taiwanese, she is a Chinese national.

Solved.

51 minutes ago, Cereal said:

The guy looks dodgy as heck. What kind of lowlife scum walks around dressed like that?

If you followed the regular 'what I wear to immigration' and ' why I don't wear trousers' threads, you'd understand that's the dress standard of over half the forum posters.

And don't even consider the 'i don't own underwear' crew (another 10%)

17 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

What make was it, do you remember?

The Great Escape

Steve McQueen's Triumph TR6 Trophy

Triumph motorcycle exhibition: The Great Escape bike on show

^ that section of Highway 317 is two lanes each way separated by concrete median strip. It's 'open road' whatever that speed km/h limit is, not that many adhere to listed speed limits in our exp driving there.

There is also a third short 'U-turn' access lane on each side, so effectively six-lanes at that point where the accident occurred.

I note this thread heading has been translated as 'while making u-turn' however I am unsure about this. He was in a u-turn lane, apparently, but stationary or moving, don't know.

There were several Thai news reports, one indicated he may have been waiting in that third lane before making his turn when hit by a car, but that's not confirmed.

I saw coverage of the 'after' which featured the car, appeared to be a Vios, embedded front-on into the opposite end of the median strip with the u-turn signpost mid-bonnet but again, no report I saw stated whether he'd been hit from behind or head-on, or just why the car had lost control to the extent it had crashed, just a police spokesman stating there had been numerous accidents at that point of the new section of highway due to high speed.

If hit from behind it wouldn't matter if he were 71 or 21.

Well never know.

Conjecture is just that.

Eight pages mostly of posturing from the TV 'Sons of Arthritis' gang, a classic forum p-ing contest, talk of roundabouts (there is not one involved), and the classic Thai-blaming.

Not a shred of compassion for the deceased or his family.

See you next post...

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

It was a semi-automatic of some kind with a moderator fitted... hence the length.

Thai news identified the weapon as a Heckler and Koch USP 9mm with silencer, military and police issue firearm. They could be wrong, but does seem a very specific description.

He left with over 500,000 baht worth of gold

The police reward of 100,000 baht has been boosted by a gold dealers group and individuals, there is now a 240,000 reward for information leading to his capture dead or alive, as police are authorised to use lethal force

None of this of course is consolation to the bereaved families.

100,000 baht reward and

Officers have been instructed to use utmost caution as the suspect possesses dangerous firearms. 

Use of lethal force is allowed if necessary.”

8 minutes ago, Elkski said:

I guess at least 2 couldn't swim.   What  mind would go on water if they cant swim? Drinking probably  involved.   Rip

Answer here:

A survivor, identified as Narongrith Meekhun, 21, told police that he and three other friends were drinking and took a kayak onto the lake. He also said none of them were wearing life vests and had been drinking heavily.

The 'canoe' is a sit-on-top, photos from a second Sanook article shows the three on it, plus when it was recovered

Article states it sank, looking at the second photo there appears to be repairs on the side, note these sit-on-tops are molded plastic not fibreglass, repairing other than with proper plastic welding, ie using car repair 'bog' are doomed to fail (my guess, see the white repaired area on the orange)

And there should be watertight covers on those two open hatches. Death trap on the water.

My exp, one this size would have a maximum carrying capacity of up to 140-160kg (appears to be a 'double' or even a children's triple, I'm unfamiliar with what model it is), so in that respect would have stayed afloat ok with the three smallish males aboard, though as pic shows, low in the waterline, and definitely would not sink (article states it sank) unless it was holed

Chanthaburi Christmas 2019

The cathedral at Chantaboon illuminated this week

Christmas 2019, cathedral at Chantaboon, Chanthaburi

A Christmas tale from Chanthaburi.

This photo was taken at the Laem Sing refugee camp, Ko Proet, Chanthaburi coast,  (about 20km from our home) in 1980, refugees here mainly Vietnamese Christians fleeing persecution, but also Cambodian and Chinese. 

Photo gets a mention in a recenty published book, The People We Wanted To Forget by Michael Harpold (his photo)

From the book:

Quote

Built by the refugees themselves, it served as both a church and a school. Three weeks after Christmas, the decorations remained up.

"They're all we have" the refugees told the author.

"This is the Baptist church. There's a Catholic church also. They use the buildings as schools too. Some if the refugees are teachers. They never stop teaching their kids. They have English classes for the adults too"

Happy Christmas everyone.

15 hours ago, natway09 said:

If it is the "White Island" off the coast of Tauranga it was always banned for civilians to land on ?

An estimated 10,000 people visit the privately-owned site each year, which is New Zealand's most active volcano. 

Access to the island has been controlled through permits since 1995.

White Island Tours, which runs daily boat and walking tours of the volcano, would not comment on the conditions under which they would cancel tours. 

White Island Tours publishes the volcanic alert level on its website and says tours "operate through varying alert levels". 

No signs of life, unlikely survivors are left, police say

05:19, Dec 10 2019

The latest on Tuesday morning

Just after midnight on Tuesday, police said that flights over White Island after the volcanic eruption had detected no signs of life and it was believed that there were no remaining survivors. 

It is not known how many people are missing, presumed dead on the island as rescue crews have not been able to reach them so far, but it is thought to be above 10, and possibly more than 20. 

Five people have been confirmed dead. These were among the 23 individuals evacuated from the island immediately after the eruption, which happened at 2.11pm on Monday. The remaining 18 survivors are injured, police said. 

Five of the injured are senior students from our daughter's school, they were going to Bangkok to visit Srinakharinwirot university with a view to studying there from mid-2020.

The accident was announced at school on Saturday morning, upsetting for students on what was teacher-parent day. Understand they will be ok, the 23yr old was a uni pharmacy student traveling from Chanthaburi.

Been mentioned earlier, Herbie the Love Bug (1968)

and 50 years later, the Chanthaburi version, how many of these over the world?