Bulldozer Dawn

Going back 4 or 5 years years a lot of middle aged Thais were taking roids. I battered quite a few of them. Absolute psychos. You could see they were on roids because there was no fat between the skin and muscle. They've stopped now, don't know why? Haven't had any road rage incidents for years.

It is safe to re-enter the waters!

Had one 2 days ago, for no reason guy comes right up behind me then undertakes where the motorbikes go pulls in between me and the car in front then repeats on the guy in front, then he stops on the hard shoulder bit and does it all again, then stops on the hard shoulder comes up behind me flashing lights and then tries to undertake again on the hard shoulder but I block him as Im tired of his crap, then we get him driving up my arse and lights flashing to which I stand on the brakes, he skids and then carries on trying to do the same.

Its the point now where i am going to ram him off the road as he is totally nuts, he comes up the inside again then stops and does a u turn???????? go figure??

Sounds like roids if they are on meth they are not interested in you personally. One guy I apologized to profusely even though I hadn't done anything wrong, just to stop wasting time, but he just kept raging. So I knocked him out cold in the middle of the Expressway.

And then you woke up...

Imagine you have a garbage dump that is completely infested with rats. The local council doesn't give a toss because they regularly receive tea money from the owners of the dump. Then one day a big dog arrives at the dump and spends the next month catching rats and digging up rat holes. Those rats that are not caught take off and hide underground in the sewer.

Now imagine if one day the big dog decides to up and leave. Do you think the rats will return to the dump?

The Ice Man is entirely correct. There is a lot of work to be done here in Phuket. Removing the vermin and their ratholes is just the first step. Serious work then needs to be done to ensure that there are systems in place that preclude the return of the rats. A functional, accessible and affordable public transport network is one relevant example. Accountability for funds and completion deadlines for roads and other public infrastructure projects is another.

I am at a loss why posters continue to rip on NKM. He is one of the few regular posters here on TV (who is not a paid astroturfer) and who actual lives here in Phuket. He states the facts, unpalatable as they may be, they are still the facts.

When that part of Catch Beach-club that is illegal, gets demolished, then I'll believe all the hype.

Catch has received a one week extension. It's going to happen.

I was talking to the (former) owner of Skyla. We're both from the Bay Area, he was sad but totally resigned, this is Thailand. He was hauling stuff out of there. He knows where his bar sits.

The corner of Skyla bar had collapsed a victim of the final party and according to Tim, it was the DJ. Skyla was a bar illegally and poorly built into the side of a steep slope. They were rebuilding the toilet last week. They had no idea this was coming. That's why I say, Patong will be a trip.

Tim told me, the Novotel has to take down the four units on the beach. This is fantastic. These are four brand new units with pools by the beach or make that...on the beach. This hotel was an ecological disaster from the start. No western country would have ever let them to build this.

Be a believer. This is an incredible turn of events.

Hmm...wonder how much a one week extension costs?

I bet it is not 1900 THB.

The OP mentioned the Taxi mafia. What happened?

All taxi stands have been eliminated on Phuket.

Hopelessly naive and erroneous statement. What about the vacant block opposite Kalim reef where the Tuk Tuks now gather. They have their table and chairs set up under the Trees there as well as a white board mounted on the tree for the drivers to clock on and off.

Deadline is in October

“The Darasamuth Intersection underpass [construction project] will start in the middle of this coming October [next month]. The whole project will take approximately two years, or 720 days, to complete,”

http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Fears-of-Phuket-underpass-traffic-jams-prompt-alternative-routes-plan/17958#ad-image-0

The deadline for the entire project is October, however the underpass itself was supposed to open in February, then changed to just after Songkran.

So I'd guess the project is at least four months behind schedule.

Thanks Mad Mitch, I didn't pull the January deadline out of my butt...I read it somewhere in an online article. Not going to waste the time finding the link.

And to those that say there are more important tasks for the Junta to address in Phuket, I would suggest that this is a primary issue, because if the road infrastructure and public transport issues here are not fixed...none of the other efforts will matter a bit.

When that part of Catch Beach-club that is illegal, gets demolished, then I'll believe all the hype.

Yep, when Catch, Bimo, Diamond get bulldozed I will be a believer.

Oh, and lets not forget all of those massive concrete pads still in place on Surin beachfront, many of which completely encase the old pine trees....when those are bulldozed to allow free public access to the beach again...I too will believe the hype.

And just how will that concrete be removed without kill the trees?

The deadline for completion of the underpass at Central Festival intersection on Phuket was January 2014.

That date has long since past.

With the mass exodus of cambodian and burmese labourers and the recent monsoon storms the project sight is now a deserted mud bath.

The interesection is now entirely dysfunctional and perhaps the most dangerous place in Phuket.

Will the Junta step in to rectify this situation?

0945 today Kamala Beach had only one structure left, and that was a massage tent just north of the police station.

Incorrect.

There are still a good many large structures/businesses at the north end of the beach passed the klong. For example the Kamala Go Surfing bar and associated structures, then several large beach club style lounges (that are funded/run by resorts back up in the hills), and then the Skyla bar at the far northern end. If these structures are not removed, it will be business as usual come next high season.