shy coconut

6 hours ago, Charlie Halliday said:

Hua Hin is not about its beaches which are very average. But having lived here for 10 years, I can say its safe, got all the amenities such as good intl school, intl hospital, great shopping, fantastic golf courses and great variety of restaurants. Add that all together and its hard to find a better place to live well in Thailand. And the Thai people in Hua Hin are some of the best people about. Really friendly and helpful. Don't knock it til you've tried it. 

 

Pattaya has all the above and more.

It's also very easy to avoid the fleshpots of Buakhow,soi 6 and walking Street if you're 

not interested in that kind of thing.

Bangkokians won't be hassled on beach road by the girls and ladyboys, they know 

their customers. 

There are plenty of sleazy places in Bangkok and they are somehow capable of 

avoiding these too.

I think the easy access to Pattaya is a big reason why it will remain a draw for people 

from the capital.

I'm not knocking HH it is a nice town, I have seen some YouTube videos of some of 

the beachfront condos and the asking prices were eye watering!

Also I saw a video of ordinary looking pot plants (not the wacky type!) with an asking 

price of 2 million baht, so it appears some people have plenty of cash to spend!

3 hours ago, Iwik Detsiwt said:

So why did this macabre parade occur if the process is no longer meant to happen?

 

Why was the decision made to showcase the alleged crime if not for media sensation, self promotion; glorification?

 

Failing to protect and encouraging a suspect to self incriminate only leads to allegations of coercion, inducement, appeals, early release etc. 

 

It does nothing to increase the skill set of the murder investigation team.

 

Men's Rea and Actus Reus are proven in court not by some television side show for the gratification of the the victim's family and the masses.

 

I understand that they have a extra layer of evidence to confirm their investigation.

I'm not sure how useful this is if the suspect denies involvement, but if they do admit 

guilt then showing how the crime was committed may well mean that the right person

is prosecuted.

Having said that, it does seem an odd procedure, certainly compared to how these crimes 

are investigated in other countries.

7 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

It was only a matter of time before Thailand was red listed by Europe and UK due to it third world Covid-19 response. I imagine there are still flights leaving Thailand but on arrival in UK you will be required to do full hotel quarantine at your own expense.

I think it's more to do with keeping the delta variant out of Europe and the USA.

Travel from the UK to the USA is also banned.

4 hours ago, WineOh said:

dear lord.

 

Those in charge haven't got a bleedin clue!

Dear lord 

The first 5 people replying to this article have no bleedin' clue 

what "denies" means.......

2 hours ago, billd766 said:

Actually if you read all the restrictions you don't have to agree at all. All you need to do is cancel your holiday in Phuket and go somewhere that you will be welcomed.

I've not really been paying attention, so is there a country that you can just book a 

flight to and have a nice holiday with absolutely no restrictions? 

I'm in the UK and the list of places I can visit without having to quarantine on my return

is ridiculously small and virtually impossible to get to like the Falklands and St Helena.

Aus and NZ are ok but I'm not sure are open to tourists right now.

15 hours ago, WineOh said:

That's it!

 

The final nail in the coffin for the Phuket Sandpit.

 

They will be lucky if they reach double figures when they open with draconian measures such as these.

Of all the hoops and hurdled required to enter Thailand at the moment, why would a 

wristband with some kind of tracking device be the final nail in the scheme?

Most people happily carry around a phone which does pretty much the same thing, 

and surely only spies and hardened criminals worry about whether the authorities

knows which beach, bar restaurant or hotel they are staying at. 

16 hours ago, chmeatloaf said:

you are lucky enough to be staying legally in Thailand. Police we have come in contact have been extremely helpful and dedicated in their jobs and responsibility. Perhaps, the police in your home country have sowed doubts into you long before you came here.

All the cool kids around here like to bash the police, some use Uber words to describe them 

like "plod" to give the illusion that they truly are 1%ers, whereas they are just desperately 

harvesting "likes" on a forum largely inhabited by bitter old losers.

Having got over my rant, this case does read like a plot from the anglo/french TV show "death in paradise" where the parents went for a walk and returned to find his parents dead or dying

in the pool. Incredible to believe that sequence of events and 

the police seem not to have done any real investigation.

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

 

When did having a beer with a friend become ‘alcoholism’ ?????

 

 

A bit sanctimonious with these ‘non-drinking / non gathering’ times comment don’t you think?

 

Are you telling us you have not had a drink and not met up with any friends for the past 3 or 4 months ????

 

 

There are no regulations against having friends round for dinner and beers (outside of Phuket), the only difference is that this was done publicly. 

 

In most tourist places bars, pubs and restaurants are not allowed to sell alcohol. 

You know it, I know it, these silly old boys knew it and thought they would get away 

with a cheeky beer or 2. 

If this contravenes current guidelines what are the police supposed to do? 

Hit the bar owner for some tea money, geez all the lions would have a field 

day with that!

They do their job in their own unique style and get 7 pages of indignant posters 

making angry comments. 

I don't agree all the strict rules, but if I want to keep my blurred features out if the 

Thai visa news thread, I try not to break them. Simples.

10 hours ago, BestB said:

Ok. Irrespective of my beliefs , law is the law, so if one breaks it then tough luck . But problem I have is why make arrests and such a fuss. This is not criminal offence . So you caught them breaking the news law, issue them with fines on the spot and end of story .

 

why turn it into a circus ? 
 

when big P was caught not wearing a mask , he was not arrested or detained , but simply issued with a fine , why this any different ?

 

it makes news, it scares people from coming when you get arrested for fineable offences 

Have they been imprisoned, deported, blacklisted?

What offences have they been charged with and what are the consequences?

I would guess, and it's only a guess as per usual the headline does what it's supposed

to do, ie create hysteria among the usual suspects here, without providing any real 

information and guaranteed no follow up, that the person in the most trouble here 

would be the bar owner who sold the booze.

I'm sure everyone involved knows the deal and knowingly risked this outcome.

A mere slap on the wrist and on your way old man isn't going to deter anyone, 

so I can understand why the police would put on a show.

As for big p, if he was merely given a fine, how did you get to hear about it? Did you 

just happen to be present at the time of did someone put it in the news?

10 hours ago, Excel said:

No doubt by now this article has already been sent to the BBC and others' news sites. 

Why would it? 

I don't see anyone outside of this forum being remotely 

interested in the carry on with 3 old duffers on an obscure 

island in Thailand.

Although interesting to me and you, people around the world 

really don't care about trivial matters in s place they couldn't 

point to on a map.

Israel and Hammas blowing each other up last week isn't even 

given a mention on the news this week. 

15 hours ago, DirtyHarry55 said:

Know quite a few Expats who were forced out because they couldn't meet the Visa requirements even though they had family and or property here.
My advise is sell up and rent you never know when this government will change the requirements and kick you out.

Any more details on these people you know?

What new rules were brought in which meant they had to go?

On 5/15/2021 at 6:01 AM, Geoffggi said:

But alas no mention of which year ............................LOL

Later this year is what I read in the article, ok it didn't actually say 2021, or whatever 

the Thai equivalent is, but it wasn't particularly difficult to work out.................. LOL

7 hours ago, herwin1234 said:

what a complete joke. 

 

look around you, walk on the street, day or night, safe as safe can be here in the Kingdom. That is bc the Thai police are doing a great job.

You couldnt walk safe nowhere in America. Its a freakin jungle there. Now thonk about that next time before you make a careless remark.

Hard to disagree with you there.

On 5/16/2021 at 2:47 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

My work is here.   There's only a tiny market for TEFL work back home.

 Funny enough my ex wife is a TEFL assistant in London and pretty much every 

 School in multi cultural cities have language assistance staff!

On 5/14/2021 at 9:41 AM, robblok said:

Im really pro vaccination but I would not want the Chinese vaccine plus nobody should be forced to take a vaccine if they don't want to as long as they accept the results. (less travel ect maybe no job). I would take the European or American vaccines. Not Russian or Chinese.

But surely as the Chinese invented the virus then deliberately infected the world to 

bring down trump, or take over the world, surely their vaccine would be the most 

affective!

*Not an entirely serious post!

2 hours ago, ATM1 said:

10,570 DEAD 405,259 Injuries: European Database of Adverse Drug Reactions for COVID-19 “Vaccines”

 

The European database of suspected drug reaction reports is EudraVigilance, which also tracks reports of injuries and deaths following the experimental COVID-19 “vaccines.” Their report through May 8, 2021 lists 10,570 deaths and 405,259 injuries following injections of four experimental COVID-19 shots: COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE MODERNA (CX-024414). COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE PFIZER-BIONTECH. COVID-19 VACCINE ASTRAZENECA (CHADOX1 NCOV-19). COVID-19 VACCINE JANSSEN (AD26.COV2.S). Mordechai Sones of America's Frontline Doctors published a video yesterday illustrating the effects of the COVID-19 shots in various countries with mortality rates. The data was compiled from healthdata.org, and The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent population health research center at UW Medicine, part of the University of Washington. In almost every country, death rates INCREASED just after the COVID-19 "vaccine" roll outs.

Are these headline numbers purely deaths as a direct consequence of the vaccine 

and if so is that one particular variety of a general result of all the vaccines?

Are these deaths and illnesses a result of covid 19  or does it include the multitude

of child vaccinations plus the TB prevelant in Asia?

Please don't ask me to read the link as I really don't understand a lot of the technical

language used (I'm more than happy to admit my ignorance) and detect a slight 

whiff of flat earthers in the organisation that published the report.

11 hours ago, clivebaxter said:

'My prediction is that the local vaccine will not only prove to be highly effective and reliable but that the Thai authorities will be able to produce it by the bucketload and put it into everyone’s arms at a rate of hundreds of thousands per day very soon. '

 

Why would it not be effective and reliable? AZ has already proved itself. All we need now is for BioSceinece to prove they can produce this FOREIGN vaccine in the quantities promised and on time, but having revised the numbers already that seems doubtful.

I'm as far removed as an anti vaxer as you can find, but how exactly has the AZ vaccine

proved itself?

In the UK the roll out has been carried out at an impressive rate but this has coincided with 

a national 4 month lockdown. My mum despite having 2 doses of the Pfizer jab has been 

virtually house bound for more than a year so has had relatively small exposure to the virus.

I'm due my 2nd AZ jab in a week or so and have every faith in the research and hope that 

it is effective, but to equate low nationwide infection rates purely to the vaccine roll out 

would be a mistake in my mind.

6 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

Welcome to Pattaya.  It's no fun here right now.

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/05/12/pattaya-police-continue-to-crack-down-on-social-gatherings-mask-wearing-and-public-drinking/

 

-6000 baht for having a beer near Jomtien Beach alone

 

-4000 baht for sitting with one person outside of their condo, one person had an alcoholic     drink

-5000 baht for walking on Soi Buakhao with a beer from 7-11 alone

-20,000 baht for a group drinking on the beach who all live together

-6000 baht for not wearing a mask while bicycling.

Wandering around drinking alone is your idea of fun?

5 hours ago, khunjeff said:

 

What does mask-wearing have to do with immigration?

Maybe because immigration deal with foreign nationals every day 

and are merely passing on new regulations to visitors to their office.

I see this as a positive and courteous gesture.

On 4/5/2021 at 7:04 AM, Yellowtail said:

Given Netflix track record anything they do is suspect....

Is that not the show I saw on BBC earlier in the year?

I didn't realise it was a Netflix production.

Just  googled it, the mini series I saw was a BBC production and 

was a bit rubbish. I only watched the first episode which seemed to 

go on for hours. I didn't bother with the rest.

Now my interest has been rekindled I may give it another go and hope 

it's improved.

9 hours ago, HAPPYNUFF said:

Well, I did try it, Actually I was    quite good at it.  However, one day I stopped and thought,  if   something from another planet could see me, hitting a little white ball into a hole in the ground,  they would obviously doubt the sanity of us earthlings,  so I stopped.

What would these little green men think of you "talking" on line to people you don't know 

about knocking a little white ball into a hole in the ground?

12 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I wonder why for their sake?

I hope the gold shop is not holding them responsible for the theft?

If a nervous looking guy had been in and out of the shop 3 times , was given 7baht 

of gold and then they both turned their backs on him allowing him to let it, who else 

would be responsible?

It doesn't sound like force or threats were used in this case.

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Not if they get a green card for the US.  No reporting ever and they have permanent residence as well, can buy property in their name and of course collect money from the Government if unemployed, even get a stimulus check....

Sounds fantastic, why doesn't everyone do it?

11 hours ago, apex2000 said:

Just to make things clear: How long has Morocco been a 'Middle eastern' country? Last time I looked at a map, it was still in North Africa.

99% of Moroccan people are considered Arab, so perhaps by ethnicity she 

Is " middle Eastern", but clearly, in geographic terms Morocco is in North west Africa.

Would Mo Farah be considered European as he lives in and 

represented Britain in the Olympics?

I'm not one of those types who say a certain person cannot be

a particular nationality  because of colour or creed, I have a lot 

of respect for Mo and others given the chance to improve 

their lives in a wealthier, more stable environment.