Mr Meeseeks

A similar fate will no doubt await those scammers on Koh Phangan who just stole over $3m from investors in their cryptocurrency project.

Just now, Pravda said:

I wanna yellow book for yellow fever.

 

how to get?

Thai Red Cross, Lumphini, Bangkok.

Avoid the private hospitals, they will charge you an absolute fortune. 

10 minutes ago, gunderhill said:

And it's  going to  be accepted worldwide  right?

I have travelled using the very same yellow book to countries where it is mandatory to show it on entry. 

24 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 And if the airline (for your/my overseas travel) wants proof of vaccination before they will confirm a booking, do you send them a scan/capture of the yellow book page? (Which could easily be a photoshop production.)

 

Or do you front up to an airline office to show the original (which might have been photoshoped)?

 

Or???

 

All highlighting that in modern times digital/easily & quickly verifiable online proof of vaccination is much more sensible/practical.

Unworkable in places like West Africa, where the technology is not available, hence the strict requirement to show the yellow book on arrival.

Why would you go to the trouble of trying to fake the book when it is easily available and costs next to nothing?

It's all sanuk sanuk until someone gets seriously injured or killed on a bike.

16 hours ago, Pilotman said:

hopefully not who look like 15 year olds

Most gogo dancers are single mothers well over 21 years old. They do wear school uniforms sometimes though. Was that what you were getting at?

9 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Easy to laugh. Walk in their shoes for one day.

I've endured more hardships in my life than these kids ever will. 

Why are they bothering to upgrade NST airport? 

The only real use for it was the Chevron helicopter hangar and that will be completely closed in a few months. 

3 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 Further, 4 to 5 years to reduce the staff by half?

 

What creditor would ever agree to this?

In my crystal ball I can see seized planes in Europe, decades old cases being dragged through the courts and continuously appealed to the highest possible levels, union action to prevent wage cuts and redundancies of staff, taxpayers' money being funnelled into this boondoggle in a desperate attempt to keep the gravy train going for the privileged few... etc.

Not confident that any of this is in Thailand's best interests but there we go. 

5 minutes ago, Venom said:

Possibly, but proof presented from embassy could be easily verified. Might end up getting kicked out of Thailand or jailed for fraud or counterfeiting official documents. It has happened before. 

Doubt they verify, the document is the verification. There is always that risk though. 

I know of at least two cases where a foreigner legally married a Thai but was still married to previous wife back home. When they died, and it was time to divvy up the deceased's assets, it all came out, and of course both wives fighting about who was to get what even though the insurance policies and will had recipients clearly named.

2 minutes ago, Venom said:

Yes but you can't officially marry them without a <deleted>load of paperwork proving that you are not already married. 

That can all be easily faked in Thailand. 

19 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

so he wanted to watch a few young girls exercising did he, very odd 

I regularly go to certain bars to watch the girls exercise on poles, however some do not seem to gyrate much and hence become overweight and less attractive. ???? 

The gravy train, on its final journey, is finally pulling into the terminal station. 

There's an old 747 being turned into a food court in the centre of Pattaya. Expect to see much more of these old wrecks being turned into tourist attractions in the near future. 

They just can't help themselves, can they? ????

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Bearing in mind that there are surely those who didn't see my previous post on this, I'll repeat it. Those who did see it, skip to the next post.
 

There are many reasons Thais drive as they do.

1 - I have never detected any sign of common sense in a Thai, and I've been living here for over 25 years. I am not sure how you teach that, but anyway there is no movement to do so.

2 - The Thais have a Me First mentality that is deeply ingrained, and that is the last thing you want to see in a driver.

3 - The education system demands that you do not think for yourself but listen and obey, so Thais do not develop the necessary skills to actually think. That may result in my first point above.

4 - Learning to drive in a proper and responsible manner is quite difficult, and Thais do not do difficult. Thais do 'near enough', but on the roads that isn't 'good enough'. One mistake can cost lives, so being lucky enough to get it right most of the time isn't good enough either.

5 - They have absolutely no concept that the vehicle they are attempting to operate is a potential killer. No concept at all.

6 - Along with inadequate teaching of all things about how to drive properly and safely, there is no test to determine if you have reached a standard where you are not a danger to yourself and others before you take to the road.

7 - Thais do not seem able to join the dots, and realise that if, for example, they drive at 120 kms an hour five metres behind the vehicle in front, or drive at night with no rear light (or front light if they are driving on the wrong side of the road because they have no concept of the danger), then they would have no time to react if the vehicle in front brakes suddenly. Ask any Thai what their safe braking distance is and they would have no idea.

8 - There are zero police patrols to help prevent accidents by pulling aside selfish and stupid drivers. Their only presence is setting up road blocks which seems in my experience to have only one purpose - to check your tax disc is in the window and up to date.

9 - Police have absolutely no interest in enforcing the law even when they are static beside the road, watching kids three or four on a bike go by with no helmet, no license, no ability to properly control the bike they are on. And that goes also for the parents and schools who allow Thailand's future to play Russian Roulette every time they go out. The police know they get paid anyway, so why work?

10 - The government does nothing to resolve the road death/accident toll as nothing practically can be done. The problem began decades ago when Thais first began to drive in numbers. No meaningful test was introduced and enforced, and now it is far, far too late. It would mean retraining every driver (and who would do that - it would be similar to those who teach English not being able to speak the language themselves). And it would mean the drivers having to take a proper western-style test before gaining a license. And it would mean police patrols to catch those who drive as if they are playing a video game. Now, anyone can drive as they like and put themselves and others in danger as they know they have zero chance of being caught. They can drive that way with total impunity. And it would require said (non-existent) police to actually enforce the law. And not one of those things is possible in Thailand.

 

To finish, nothing can or will change and survival on Thai roads will continue to be a lottery. All we can do is remember the words that were used in the 70s police drama Hill Street Blues as the force were sent out on patrol - 'Let's be careful out there'.
 

A quality and accurate post.