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That would be ol' Yingy and daddy Thaksins land out there. He is the one who originally planned the airport in Ban Thi, then he and his family bought up all the land before he went public with the plans. Or so I heard <cough>

Sounds like Turkey is the only winner of the deal while the EU looses millions and are forced to let Turks into their countries.

"In the latest in a series of incidents local residents saw the young tourists doing handstands and placing their splayed feet on the sacred monument."

Sacred monument to the sacred Buddha of Tourism. It was built in the 80's just to attract tourists. The sacred moat that's so sacred that Thais defacate and bathe in it. Oh, and lets not forget the sacred lights inside the moat at Tha Pae that electrocute to death the handleful of tourists a year that are fool hearted enough to take a late night drunken swim.