MRH1959

For and against.

If financially okay, good.

If have friends/family to chat to, good.

If like the quiet life in the country, good.

If have someone who will look after you when sick, good.

If can cope with 35 plus heat, good.

If don't mind the increasing ignorant, arrogant and impatient people, along with increasing crime levels, good.

If you don't mind the changes in laws and regulations, good.

Otherwise stay with the tourist visits.

I love parts of Thailand and a few Thais, though find communication and boredom a worry. Heading home.

For and against.

If financially okay, good.

If have friends/family to chat to, good.

If like the quiet life in the country, good.

If have someone who will look after you when sick, good.

If can cope with 35 plus heat, good.

If don't mind the increasing ignorant, arrogant and impatient people, along with increasing crime levels, good.

If you don't mind the changes in laws and regulations, good.

Otherwise stay with the tourist visits.

I love parts of Thailand and a few Thais, though find communication and boredom a worry. Heading home.

Google shipping companies, Bangkok to Australia. There is a site that has 'compare the quotes' of available companies.

I'm doing similar, though to NZ.

Play safe.

Take old passport as well, in case of a misunderstanding. Also, better to have passport stamped in HK just to show proper expectations are followed.

When proceedures are followed legally, there shouldn't be any problems.

Have you got a multi re-entry?

Did they check the driver's id?

Good on them for trying to fix a problem, but come on Thailand, do it right.

Yes, why not. How are people going to learn that it is a legal process and if you do what is required, then no problem.

Wish they would do similar with road users. Break the law/have an accident, anned to drive, 'temporary'.

Look online as some forms can be filled out.

You are doing the right thing by discussing the topic and 'offering' editing advice to the speech that 'your son' has written.

Be sure to state wether the speech is in American English or British English [especially on the written speech presented to the teacher].

I would suggest forwarding a copy of the written proposed speech to the English teacher and the School Headmaster with an inserted 'copywrite' mark on the page. You can upload this from the internet.

It is hard to offer advice on how to 'approach the problem of less educated English Teachers' without belittleing them. There are good teachers out there that are trying to improve their students standings and education, and then there are those that believe they are above all else.

Take the line of New Zealand's teaching style that is, 'to make the students think for themselves instead of making them follow exactly what (you/teacher) tell them is the only way to do things'.

If you son was asked to do a speech on a topic of choice, then it is 'his' speech and not the teacher's. If the teacher wants to write a speech, then let 'him' speak to the audience.

Good luck to your son, and I hope that the group of students you spoke about are better appreciated in the future.

No one should act like this. If there is a problem, then let the legal departments sort it out [finally]. If the lady seeks punishment for 'assult', the guy deserves the punishment.

Think of it like the 'Fishermans' belief of throwing the first caught back, so you have a better catch for the day.

Blessing the spirits, Buddha, The King with food/gifts, is a belief of giving a little whilst asking for those 'required needs' of life [happiness, good health, peace, long life] and believing that by offering these 'goods', your life will become 'plentiful and worry free'.

This is just a minor insight to the beliefs.

As for the food-sometimes it is given to the local needy, or just takes the 'usual' way of being discarded.

A great story with an even greater ending.

Yes there are some fine people [Thai] in Thailand.

Next time, get there address and invite them for dinner.

What about a photo of the pig [sorry, puppy] 555.

New Zealand run Taxis and Super Shuttle vans for bigger groups.

As for Thai Taxis, if people buy/run vans, of which have 7 plus seats, then anyone would expect that they will take more people [simple sense], so sureley it is a matter of a higher charge[or individual charge] for any surplus number of passengers or more than one drop-off made.

On an individual note, I am not impressed by many Thai Taxi drivers due to their poor attitude, fast/disrespectful driving and pure arrogance, though was pleasantly surprised by my last taxi driver to Suvarnabhumi International Airport who showed true professionalism and definetly got a tip.

Motorbikes/scooters are designed for 1-2 passengers, so how about starting with limiting the numbers, wearing helmets and enforcing safe speeds when driving through heavy traffic

Apsara Beachfront Resort and Villa-Khao Lak Beach, about 1 hour north. Look it up on facebook page.

When is the Thai gorvernment going to enforce 'new' safety laws to help prevent such accidents?

When will people living in Thailand start to use some common sense with their own safety?

A man working 'under' his van on the roadside with his feet sticking out where traffic is passing-STUPID!

Contractors clearing lines or trees without using controllers for vehicles or coning off a safety area-CARELESS!

Contractors hanging over the edge of buildings without the use of safety harnesses-CARELESS!

Workers using cutting tools without the use of safety glasses/helmets/gloves/covers over blades or cut-off switches-THOUGHTLESS!

Bosses of workers that don't enforce strong safety standards-ALL THE ABOVE!

Sorry to the family that have lost a loved one.

It is advisable to have a cut off switch close to the wall entry-so you don't need to rush outside to turn the tap off.

Today's news dated 4 March, 2014.

Well done.

I must have my hazards on when driving 'straight through' the intersection-because I'm a hazard. Don't think about the drivers on the side that believe you are turning and turn in front of you.

I'm on my Motorbike 'with passenger' racing between cars and curb-there is no way someone wants to turn 'right' into the soi I am about to cross, since the cars have left the correct gap for cars to cross.

Learn to merge people- One on One like a zipper, the traffic flows better.

Stop being ignorrant, arrogant and impatient on the road. Learn the road rules, learn to drive safe or stay off the road.

The one that really S***s me is: Motorbikes believe they own the road and drive on 'your' side of the road forcing vehicles to drive along rough edges etc.

How many others have noticed vehicles with bent chasis [including buses and trucks], vehicles with broken lights and other faults?

Any woman that has children, looks at them as being the ones to 'look after' them later iln life. Not knowing (or wanting to know) her previous relationship break-up problems, whatever the reason is 'her' problem and not your gf family concern.

If a baby came into the picture, maybe we would think differently.

The brother needs to be honest and tell her 'it's not working out and he wants her to go'.

Given time the family will set her on her way.

The trouble with many mere men is, they just want to keep 'junior' happy.

Bob is retired and the lady knows he won't be around forever.

There are some honest, loving Thai ladies with family qualities that are now long forgotten by many Euro woman. If you are lucky Bob- then good for you.

Talk to an honest lawyer before proceeding further.

Time to start bartering with local tours and attractions, as their drop in income will follow a decline in tourists.

Adulterous

Just like back home where I would love to see a graph graph table drawn up over who caused an accident I.E. Age, sex, nationality.

I wonder which 'people' are complaining the most in these 'tourist' issues. Can we get a table that shows, Age, Sex, Nationality of complainants.

Bets are in for ............. at the top!

With dogs wondering freely and the lack of concern [by some Thai and visitors] over wastage dumping, it would be common sense to treat any cut with anti bacteria medication and this would have been expected when the wound was cleaned. Was the cut area properly covered/bandaged after the stitching, or was it a matter of 'she'll be right'?

Accidents can happen to anyone and it comes down to how we prevent possible accidents, and what action we 'personally' take after an accident.

A simple matter of poor media coverage [out to get a story] where miscommunication between government laws and 'possible' arrogant tourists become an issue. The Government is trying to 'clean up' all problem areas of past issues. The use/ownership of beach areas has been a problem where Resorts take all the beach area in front of them as 'belonging to them' [Pity they don't clean this whole area up of rubbish]

Some countries use the 'high tide' mark as belonging to the residence bordering the beach area. Thailand uses the 10% figure as an area useable/responsible by the bordering residence/Resort. So what is the problem? If you want to sunbath outside 'your Resort area', then it should be allowed so long as you are not impeding anyone else from walking past safely.

We saw last year where a Resort employee confronted a tourist sunbathing on her towel and this sort of action is what the Government doesn't want to see, so it is good to see them trying to put these issues to rest.

Stop being hot-headed about this and work with the Resorts and Police to format a positive future for all.

I have been asked to shift from a beach area and it was explained about the 10% zone. No dispute involved and we moved outside the area.

The media should use headlines like: Misunderstanding of beach chair use. Though I suppose that doesn't catch the eye.