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Romaian tourist? Should it not read `Romanian criminal`?

It should. It's a dam_n shame. There's plenty of Romanians living in LoS for quite a lot of time, all working as normal, honest people. It's a shame how some fellow countrymen can spit in all of our work and struggle here

"They withdrew about Bt50 million cash and sent the money to the gang leader in Romania after taking a 10percent cut".

Wow! That's over $1 million on just the ATM withdrawals. Amazing Thailand!

I think you need to shop around for a better exchange rate!

Mathematics are not a forte nowadays

Where were the authorities wen they arrested her father and left the 2 kids in the street?

Now would be a good time to cash in on the big brother tax we are paying to Uncle Sam and companies like Facebook.

Now, Phuket Police Dep., show the same diligence you do when pressing money from foreigners on motorbikes with helmets, find her before its too late.

Agree 100%

Absolute classic if the Thai cops talking all seriously at the press conference and the bloke suddenly goes " PEEKABOO!"

Plus I see a local songtaew driver's just wandered in at the back to see what all the fuss is about.

I have just laughed so hard, I think that I have soiled myself.

You know what's classic? The line, Plus I see a local songtaew driver's just wandered in at the back to see what all the fuss is about

Brilliant.

Yeah, the guy still doesn't realize that the tuk tuk driver was actually the undercovered cop...

I can only find this HILARIOUS!!!

If this is going to go through, which sounds really retarded, btw, I wonder who's gonna be contracted for the job

It is so true that Thailand is very expensive!

So expensive that many Thais live on less than 5,000 baht a month and pretty much no one is hungry.

Ditto for me.

I find it interesting to see so many people bitching about the poor exchange rate and then blaming Thailand for decreasing quality of life experiences, instead of blaming their home governments for mismanaging the currencies into oblivion.

Several members of my family recently came to Thailand for the first time for my wedding. They had a great time, seeing everything from country life, the old city area of Sukothai, nice hotels in several locations, good food and entertainment, etc. There wasn't a single complaint about cost, rip-offs, quality of accommodation/food/drink, hotel services, ground transport, air transport and so on. One member of my family declined to come, citing risks of problems with the flooding. So be it. All they did was miss a great time.

I'm tired of reading all the whinging.

Thailand needs to promote tourism to counter the effects of the flood and political unrest, but that's about it. Thailand doesn't need to apologize or compensate for poor exchange rates. Sure food costs are up, diesel costs are up, and other costs are up. But these mostly impact the local economies, which affects me and my family, but the average tourist is more or less immune to it. From my perspective, there are still bargains galore throughout Thailand, for tourists and non-tourists alike.

If a tourist wants a "Sandals" type vacation experience, then go to a "Sandals" type destination. If a tourist wants some adventure and an unique life experience, then Thailand has been and remains a great place to go. Thailand has all of this and more, for practically every type of tourist budget there is. How many tourist destinations can claim the same thing?

And how would you explain the decrease of tourists in Thailand? If a tourist wants some adventure and an unique life experience??? Are you for real? Is that what you call being ripped off, mugged, hijacked, killed or kidnapped? An adventure? Maybe an unique life experience...I can't disagree, but for sure not a pleasant surprise. If you got lucky (as I did) and meet the right Thai people and got kept away from all the sh*t that's floating around (or maybe you are just another make believe kind of guy), good for you, but there's a lot of sh*t around that your Thai side of the family would never want to debate with you about, or anyone for the matter. I'd like to be more positive about Thailand than maybe you might want, I live here, it's my home and I'm just worried for my future considering the latest developments, ESPECIALLY because at least 50% of my work depends on tourists...if you'd be willing to get your head out of your lunch box, you'd realize it too

Guess they won't publish this picture along with the dirty towels on the beach

They got a sh*tload of pedaling to do before they become something half decent again...with the current price/quality rate, even Myanmar might have better chances

Let's just think for a minute what do actually 15 million mean for this guy...I did my thinking...it's nothing

Feel bad for the Singaporean dude, ruining his life over a 2 satang biatch. Also feel sorry for the lover, amazing how much a lay could cost some nowadays...

Gonna pick a iPhone 4S today from MBK factory unlocked. 28k.

Only 28k?

Get used to it, people, I feel the same when gypsies are being called Romanians. Some idiots go as far as asking me how come I'm Romanian and white!?

For some reason I believe that this id not even the beginning. Wait until this guys starts showing a "client database" and "services" provided for those clients. He is really, really far from having played his last hand

I would normally disagree with you as the time for him to play any hand would have been before his conviction. Federal sentencing guidelines are going to put him behind bars for the rest of his life despite any cooperation he gives now. The judge cannot deviate from the sentencing guidelines. However, it does seem like something still may be at hand here based on the following statement:

Alexander Otchaynov, vice consul for Russia in New York, would not comment on the verdict. "Commentaries on such things will come later," he told reporters.

They had plenty of time to prepare a statement. So, at least in their minds, the issue is not over.

Considering we're talking about the US, anything is possible

I'd go for a Dell anytime

I thought he was still a virgin, the little clitter

For some reason I believe that this id not even the beginning. Wait until this guys starts showing a "client database" and "services" provided for those clients. He is really, really far from having played his last hand

Pizza Company, Pizza Hut and New York Pizza House??? really? Are these the best choices of pizza in Pattaya? They all make the top of my NEVER list

This should have been done two weeks ago at least.

But let's see what actually get's done to prepare for this disaster .... besides a press conference.

So far almost everything is a reaction .... haven't seen much significant preparation ... except the sandbag walls ... which only delay the floods.

The delay;s that the sandbags are providing should be used for evacuations and preparations.

I agree, especially since there is no special procedure for 'invoking' the Act or declaring a 'disaster'.

A full copy of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Act 2007 (English versions) is available here:

http://thailaws.com/...ws/tlaw0397.pdf

It is interesting to see that under the Act all provincial governors (including the BMA Governor) were expected to have prepared disaster plans by the end of 2009. I wonder where these are, or even if they were done. If not, then the governors should be held accountable for some of the chaos. Of course, TIT .

Yeah, right, like that's ever going to happen. That's why they're governors in the first place, just to avoid responsability

April 1st already??????

Must be

Does anyone here actually believes that they will ever understand that drug addiction is a disease and has to be treated? I'd rather go on a hunt for Cinderella

Were they sharing with DEA?

And yet another hub? Have they no shame?

60 posts so far, at least 40 conclusions and not more then 3 of them are even remotely close to the truth