WorldTravellerMUC

7 hours ago, tonray said:

Room locked from the inside.

Really? Normal Thai Lock? Wenn then you press the small button and close the door from outside...

Does any one has a statistic of deaths on this Island compared to other similar size holiday islands in Thailand? If yes these numbers woukd speak for itself I guess.

4 hours ago, TomTao said:

Sick woman, how many sex tourists have unwittingly helped parasites like this get rich?

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In this case probably Thai and not Tourist. This is not a tourist area.....

I was always wondering how all these guys could stay here. But since they are walking day and night without being harassed implicates more "involvement".

Hmm let's see what is next? While I agree that it may be annoying that some of the sidewalks are blocked in Sukhumvit or Silom, in Khao San Road this is not the case. And yes I believe also that the markets on the sidewalks are a tourist attraction!

To answer my intial question? Next? Prevent Thai food to be sold to Tourists, for safety and to avoid upsetting foreign stomachs every visitor should only eat the food-type of their country while visiting.....

If I understand this correctly the thief got a new SIM with the old phone number. Then went to the bank and asked them to sent the Log-On poassword to his phone since he had forgotten that.

With this information (he surely did now the name & account number) then he could access the internet banking. BUT NOW: This would ONLY allow him to transfer funds to another 3rd party account and this is traceable? So why are the transfers not traced? Was it send abroad? Anyhow something does not add up here.....

11 hours ago, Hawk said:

 

Firstly the stories were plastered all over the newspapers a while back. The government backtracked at the time after public opinion turned against them. Again ideas temporarily shelved.

 

And secondly the government ONLY received approx. 26% support from a nation of 60+million people.

 

 

And in addition to the fact that only 26% did approve in reality, there was no criticism on the charta allowed. I am not sure how to call this without using un-approved words. For sure not a free vote....

Thank you very much Mrs. Thai Trourism Minister, you made me laugh! I am still smiling while typing this message.

Just one question: WHat did actually happen to the suspect from the Erawan Shrine bombing? Suddenly went very quiet or did I miss out?

4 hours ago, ClutchClark said:

 

It takes me about 4 before one will agree to use a meter.

 

I thought this was resolved a year ago.

Recently I was lucky and only had to ask 1 or 2 until they agreed to use a meter. But then they are the crazy ones and ask for 300 THB for a destination which costs by meter maximum 65 THB.... If tourists don't knnow they will be ripped-off. But I guess this happens in many countries....

These are lunatics and the lax German Government Rules for the refugees did actually make this possible and yes I believe too, there will be more.

However what really disturbs me is that the Moslems always say that this is not the Religion and it is pieceful. BUT if something like this happens noone from the Muslim Society condems this officially. Or am I missing these statements?

BUT try to say something against Mohammed and you know how that will end.....

Complaining at the restaurant may be interesting in Thailand.

I did once order a T-Bone steak in a rather higher priced restaurant which caters to expats and then got something not looking anything like a T-Bone Steak. I did ask what it was and they did say "T-Bone Steak". The manager told me then since I did insist it was not T-Bone easily identified by no "T-Bone" or any bone being present in the meat: Sometimes it has bone sometimes not!

So this is lobster! Sometimes it smell fresh - sometimes not!

Welcome to Thailand...

To me urgently in school from grade one and in society moral values are to be tought.

I found a nice description in the internet: "Moral values refer to a set of principles that guide an individual on how to evaluate right versus wrong. People generally apply moral values to justify decisions, intentions and actions, and it also defines the personal character of a person. An individual with high moral values typically displays characteristics of integrity, courage, respect, fairness, honesty and compassion".

If Rescpect, Fairness, Honesty and Integrity are placed higher than "saving face" then maybe this society can change.

And please start to change the contents Soaps on TV! Guns, Knives, Ghosts, Fighting..... if you watch this every day it may look "normal". Then you may think it is normal too to attack a handicpped person with swords.

here it is from a different angle:

This is NOT fair to the pigs. They eat nicer. Less spitting, less burping and overall better manners!!

It is a sad story if people are cheated and lose a large amount of money. But I had a great laugh when I did read the nickname! Fits if the woman is guiltiy of the accused criminal actions.

This is really comical.

I was checking but NO it is not April 1!

Very sad story

Looked like a downward spiral he was trapped in. Also the "professional" help that he received was really not help to him I guess.

Rest in Piece

While the rules are pretty useless, I believe all the stuff being confiscated should be donated to Charity Organizations since it is a waste just to dump them and possibly they will be sold on the black market anyhow as we see now....

With all the murders I read about and some of the comments on different posts such as "does this not exist in your come countries" or similar, I was wondering if it is the media just reporting differently or if the rate really is high.

Wikipedia had a good statistics based on data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Bottom Line is: Yes, murder exists also in other countries but the rate is much lower. If we look at the lowest 5 countries: Liechtenstein, Monaco, Singapore, Japan and Iceland, the highest rate (murders per 100,000 inhabitants) is 0.4.

Thailand is 5, but the information is from 2011 and I believe by now could be higher and it would be interesting to see current figures, since I have the feeling it badly increased in the last 2 years or so!

This IMO really should be a focus of the government and education system to get this rate and crimes down?

This is a tragic accident - condolences to the family.

Sometimes however I wonder since I did see myself a Chinese tourist jumping into a pool which is 3 meters deep. He was rescued since there was a lifebelt at the pool which could be thrown to him. If you can not swim you would expect to check the depth of the water first?

This is news to me. There are taxis with installed meters in Pattaya, but the meters are never used. So they really can not be called metered.

All these taxi-related crackdowns are a joke! Nothing will change unless there are serious measures implemented and this will not happen.

RIP Darel.

Very sad sccident, condolences to the family!

Do I smell the undercurrent of an excuse to NOT charge this moron with murder?

"Police are trying to locate the place where he threw his gun away as it is a key at evidence to the shooting."

Amazing Thailand, indeed.

Sure: Three dead people are not evidence enough for a shooting.

-Really-

Honestly, even if trying it would be impossible to come up with this!

Hmm this project is something what takes a little time to complete. This indicates no free elections soon and the Junta plans to stay in power for a long period.....