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Travel Thailand Tightens Airport Rules on Liquids and Gels to Boost Safety
Trip Hop replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Where have you been for the last 20 years or so, maximum 100ml for each individual container has been the standard since these rules were brought in worldwide? A standard Ventolin inhaler is 100ml so you could carry 10 if you so desired? -
Travel Thailand Tightens Airport Rules on Liquids and Gels to Boost Safety
Trip Hop replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Yep, they’re trying to catch up with the rest of the world! 😁 -
i honestly don’t see what your point is here? Respect the underwater environment, don’t touch it and leave it as you found it is drummed into every student at the outset. Correct buoyancy appreciation and control is a skill that comes with experience and practice. A certificate stating you can take reasonable underwater photos is not really going to add anything more. When I was diving regularly I wasn’t exactly the best at taking photos, however give me a wreck to penetrate (where correct buoyancy is crucial) and it was a different matter.
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I agree with your first point regarding being able to have correct buoyancy control whilst your mind is elsewhere i.e. the camera and the subject. However an underwater photography course will add very little, as these are mainly concerned with preparing the camera, basic photography principles and how they are affected by the underwater environment.
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Crime Irish Man Stabbed in Brutal Attack Outside Pattaya Condo
Trip Hop replied to Georgealbert's topic in Pattaya News
Very true. I abhor the use of knives but as you say we don’t know what has gone on previously. Threats may have been made towards the assailant or his family and he just decided to settle it on his timeframe. If this is the case though, he could have done things differently. -
Report Swiss Man Faces Arrest in Phuket Over Alleged Assault on Thai Doctor
Trip Hop replied to snoop1130's topic in Phuket News
No BS but either he has a doppelgänger or I seen him on Koh Chang earlier today. -
Missing Welshman Found After British Media Reported His Disappearance
Trip Hop replied to webfact's topic in Krabi News
I thought it was strange when I seen that the original plea for information of Facebook a couple of days ago was made by his aunt and not his parents? As you say, people should not judge him as you never know what is going/has gone on in his personal life. When I was in my late teens, I had a former school friend whose parents were going through a divorce. He got so fed up of being piggy in the middle with them continually bitching to him about each other that he waited until he got his grant for university, left the country and ended up working on a kibbutz in Israel to get some peace. -
Weak Baht Fails to Spark Tourism Boom, Safety Concerns Prevail
Trip Hop replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I wouldn't quite go that far. I've personally bought about 5 tickets over the last year including over xmas and I would say they are averaging about 30-40% up on pre-Covid. That's for directs and one-stops with short transfer times on the London-BKK route, bought 2-3 months before. Take into account the increases in APD and whilst it's gone up, it's not that bad. -
German Tourist Severely Beaten in Pattaya by Group of 10 Men
Trip Hop replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
Ah, that old chestnut. If you knew anything you wouldn’t have made such a crass comment. I repeat, your ignorance is profound. -
German Tourist Severely Beaten in Pattaya by Group of 10 Men
Trip Hop replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
Whilst you may like to portray that you know what you're talking about, your ignorance is profound! -
As someone else has stated, he has that "I'm Billy Big Balls" look about him and his attitude has got him in trouble. No doubt he has kicked off in the cells thinking the consulate is going to rescue him and that he can get away with it in exactly the same way he can in the UK. In doing so he has alienated not only the police but the rest of the detainees and has suffered the consequences. I've been banged up here once for DUI and whilst the cells aren't great they're nothing like he describes. Whilst there might not have been an endless supply, he would have had enough water to sustain himself and if he didn't have the common sense to preserve it, that is even more evident of his immaturity. There are also farang charities that come around the cells to check on farang detainees, offering a bottle of water and a few slices of bread or similar to make sure that you're getting some food. Even whilst in the cells, once I had engaged with the locals and they had seen that I was just a normal guy and I had no attitude or air of superiority to myself, I found them compassionate and friendly, offering to share their drinks and chocolate with me. Obviously the guy has found out the hard way that regardless of where you are from and who you think you are, it makes no difference here. The £5k story for flights is also BS too unless they didn't fly economy. Like a spoilt child he's now doing his best to do a character assassination attempt on the country whilst expecting others to pay for his mistakes.
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British TikTok Star Jailed in Thailand Over Visa and Benefit Fraud
Trip Hop replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
And if you've got your years in, you're perfectly entitled to. -
British TikTok Star Jailed in Thailand Over Visa and Benefit Fraud
Trip Hop replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Fair point about the real fraudsters but if you are paying your taxes in the UK why shouldn't you be entitled to NHS treatment and pension increases? With the upcoming changes to non-dom status, this will get even more complicated. -
Thailand Chooses Cities for Future Casino Complexes
Trip Hop replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Utapao is officially Rayong despite it being promoted as Pattaya airport. Although Utapao would make sense with the expansion of the airport and the proposed Eastern Aviation City. -
12-Year-Old in Critical Condition After Vaping for Two Years
Trip Hop replied to snoop1130's topic in Isaan News
Be real will you? It would be a similar situation if it was smoking, alcohol or yaba. What everyone should really be concerned with here is how a 12 year old has had access to vapes and why no one stopped it?- 91 replies
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Bangkok's Air Crisis Escalates: Fourth Worst Globally for Pollution
Trip Hop replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
It’s not just Bangkok and the north either. A couple of weeks ago I was in Bang Saray on a sunny day, looking north towards Pattaya about 20Km away and it was fully encompassed in it.