Derek B

18 hours ago, Crash999 said:

And no I wouldn’t like my daughter to go there alone. Or to any developing country alone. Nothing to do with Koh Tao. 

I agree..........heard a few bad stories not all Thai related though.

On 10/5/2018 at 7:54 AM, The Deerhunter said:

All these guys that have asked for advice on this forum over the years about buying a house here with a nominee and been told by so many that it was not really legal no matter who tells them, and not to do it.  Big Joke has not said he is going after corrupt illegal home ownership, YET!!!   But imagine being deported and in worst case scenario banned, after spending X million baht to buy a house that some legal local person now owns and possesses the important 51% of.  Not a good situation to be in.  Possibly always waiting for a knock on the door.

How is home ownership an immigration issue?

On 10/4/2018 at 4:50 PM, MaxLee said:

 

What a GREAT COVER-UP Operation  , I guess all securities can read this in (Non)-Thai language .....

Good point - should be in Thai too

Bar owners in Chiang Mai are reporting revenues way down on last year at this time. So not just Chinese tourist numbers are down I would say as the Chinese are also said not to be the main source of bar income.

Is GRAB illegal in Thailand?

I thought UBER had to leave which left Grab approved.

First job on the list is to make the Chinese go through Thai immigration entry process whilst still in China then they will not clogg up Thai International Airport arrivals. Of course that won't help with departures I guess.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He also refused to wait inside a room. The man later left the country but his encounter was filmed on mobile phones and uploaded online.

The quick response from Thai authorities follows lingering sensitivity after the Phuket boat disaster.

So he had no onward ticket & no funds on arrival so how did he leave the country and where did he go to I wonder? 

21 hours ago, worgeordie said:

On the video,we don't know what happened before the guard 

hit him,if the Chinese had stayed where he was supposed to

in the detention area,this would never have happened,some of

these Chinese deserve a slap,they can be very arrogant.

Thailand a bit quick off the mark to grovel to the Chinese.

 

regards worgeordie

Agree 100%. The whole country like so many others worldwide are hooked on Chinese money.

On 9/28/2018 at 10:33 AM, Burma Bill said:

Yes, but not Government Hospitals. There are many good private hospitals throughout Thailand (besides the expensive RAM and Bangkok Hospitals) that offer excellent services such as the new Ratchaphruek Hospital in Khon Kaen. I recently attended for an operation to have a small carcinoma removed from my neck and the total cost (including biopsy) was 12,500 baht. A colleague of mine had a similar "op" in our local RAM to remove one from the side of his nose - his total cost 48,000 baht. Both operations were done under local anesthetic and we were in/out the same day.

Bangkok Hospital in Chiang Mai is very good too - very efficient no long lines. On my last consultation there was no charge as I was deemed fit again. 

On 9/28/2018 at 4:40 PM, nontabury said:

He received a 10yr sentence. It will be very interesting to find out,if he ever serves just one day.

I think he will get off on appeal.......he got bail......he did not leave the scene......his provocations were minor.......he was facing a mob who had no business getting involved not the van driver.

2 hours ago, off road pat said:

Exactly, it's always turned off on my phone, and I switch it on only when needed !!!

On the other hand, the authorities can track you just if you're phone is on !!!!, and sometimes just when the battery is in and the phone is switched off !!!

It is only tracking the phone not the owner.

3 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

"Police said that they checked the man’s smartphone and found all the previous calls had been erased."...

Well that's a bit suspicious.

Erased from the phone but not the billable records.

A good use of hotel CCTV and lucky that it was still available unlike that other recent case. After agreeing to be medically examined locally I bet she was happy with the result.

On 9/21/2018 at 9:33 AM, Happy enough said:

this has been going on for at least 20 years and they had different tricks.

i knew a bloke from southampton years ago who ended up here and on his arse.

one thing they did. they would take his passport and make a fake of it.

he said he would check into the flight using his passport, in departures he would have to meet the person to be smuggled (flies in on a transit flight so doesn't enter thailand) and he would give them the boarding pass then he would simply walk(apparently could then and immo paid also) from departures to arrivals and simply join a large queue and enter back in to thailand whilst the other person boards the flight.

apparently easier to get on the plane with crappy fake passport if already through immo and have boarding pass.

idea being that person would then flush their passport in the plane and claim asylum and have no docs on arrival in european country.

another one was smuggling girls to japan to work in 'factories'. hookers basically.

so he would book a weekend away to tokyo with his thai girlfriend, arrive in tokyo, spend a few days there and travel back to thailand alone.

that's what he got caught for, he'd done it a few times and for not a lot of money, 25k a time or something.

he'd done it about 3 times and was on his way out of tokyo and they pulled him up.

Game over, ended up in jail in japan for the next decade, not sure whatever happened to him after that.

imagine all that's much more complicated now.

Nowadays when you go through departures/security with your boarding pass you photo is linked to the boarding pass and presumably your photo flashes up at the gate of boarding.

On 9/21/2018 at 7:18 AM, falang1969 said:

BA uses ancient 18 year old 777's LHR-BKK and are always full and making money. Buying new planes is not the answer.... reduce your prices to compete.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

I only fly BA to burn up air miles - 777 suck anyway.

1 minute ago, Derek B said:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-esjQLvsgTs

On 9/19/2018 at 2:09 PM, Derek B said:

I would like to see more of the actual kit used in the rescue including the pumping units - the logistics of the operation were massive. I guess there will be an official report in due course - from the Navy Seals perhaps.

On 9/19/2018 at 3:17 PM, Ossy said:

Why? . . . Do you think they had a clue what they were doing? If the English Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) had been properly asked for help, let's say by midday (Thai time; 6am UK) next day, Sunday, they'd have had a dozen expert cave divers or more, plus full gear, there by the Monday, with more to follow if called, and only needed the SEALs for portage and pumping. As it was, just 2 UK divers and a rescue logistics expert got there by Wednesday and that was with Thai officialdom 'running' the show. And with the utter chaos that followed, those kids can now thank their lucky stars they're back, playing footie, again. 23 jun to 19 sep, 3 weeks of which underground … that's a full 2 months that the Prayuth gang exploited these poor kids for.

 

Yes, let's see an official report . . . should be interesting.

Without taking matters into your own hands what would be the best approach to dealing with an aggressive soi dog that is not going to get you knicked by the boys in brown or piss off the Village Chief/neighbours?

9 minutes ago, Media1 said:

With all respect but honestly who names a kid Vernon?. Did mum.not like him

2 hours ago, sebastion said:

What did Vern do that was heroic?
All he did was give experience of his previous adventures into the cave. He didn't put scuba gear on and enter the cave.

Hero's are the ones that went in. Not pontificating outside.

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By all accounts it was an heroric effort by all involved - not everyone had to enter the cave to provide a valuable contribution.               

3 hours ago, Happy enough said:

musk has some mental issues not sure if he could admit to that and use it in his defence somehow.

with regards vern, he did bring the right guys to the cave and deserves praise, should have slated muskies sub a little more subtle but didn't deserve the response he got, especially the second time.

so he'll get an elite visa which will be handy for him but as he is no doubt on retirement visa all that really gives him is a few less hours each year doing his extension.

63 years old. couple of million USD from a guy as rich and obnoxious as musk, i'd bloody sue him too and enjoy the rest of my days basically. won't get the chance again

Dont forget no long queues at immigration elite are fast tracked.

4 hours ago, harrry said:

It should be made clear that product ( an inflatable stretcher) is not the rigid cylindrical metal tube he bought to Thailand.

I would like to see more of the actual kit used in the rescue including the pumping units - the logistics of the operation were massive. I guess there will be an official report in due course - from the Navy Seals perhaps.

2 hours ago, prakhonchai nick said:

Might well ask why the New Zealander was in the outside lane of a 3 lane road, when the middle lane was clear, and the vehicle in the inside lane appears to be going faster than him. 

Ask that question of a typical Thai driver first - heaps hang out in the overtaking lane.

16 hours ago, wvavin said:

So what is his point doing this?

He can so he does - win win for him, the dog & the butcher .............. in the short term if re-housed in a new soi