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Tourist numbers falling is hardly surprising, the country is a absolute mess on so many levels. The influx of Russians who were welcomed with open arms at the start of the war and then the 60 day visa free for all has turned most tourist destinations into problem zones. All the bad press we read about daily in the English speaking publications are also picked up by the international press and that is certainly not a good look for a country that relies so heavily on tourists. The bad elements found an easy way in and easy ways to stay are now here for good.

An African country naming a synthetic drug Kush, nothing to do with herbal Kush. From Wikipedia... Kush generally refers to a pure or hybrid Cannabis indica strain. Pure C. indica strains include Afghan Kush, Hindu Kush, Green Kush, and Purple Kush.

I bet the numbers using Meth/Yaba are a whole lot more than 1.5 million. 1.5 million have admitted to using.

With a body that has ejected 4 children and a face that only a mother could love, i guess the only fans account wasn't paying the bills.

Well done young lady and a prosperous future to you.

I think jwl53 was referring to the way the article is worded.... Starting 1 June, the "Safe Roads Project", spearheaded by Thai traffic police, aims to curb road accidents by imposing a heftier fine of up to 2,000 baht for those caught without a helmet.

A misunderstanding, my brother will sort it out.

Seeds require 3 months of attention, grow equipment, electricity costs and the worry of getting your front door kicked in. Dutch weed is not cheap and takes a lot of organisation i should imagine. Thai weed is cheap, simple to put in a bag and the return is big, around £3,500 a kg i'm led to believe.

Pressure from above.

When will they learn, anyone returning from Thailand is now being looked at closely. She/He looks very similar to a blatant cross dresser i used to see in a breakfast bar in Gorleston near Great Yarmouth, i wonder if it is the same person.

After seeing this i got a little worried so just logged in to my account online, not via the app and successfully made my monthly 8,500 transfer to my girlfriend for my house rent. My account was opened 8 years ago with help from an agent/lawyer when i did not have an address. I had a message from BB on my account to verify my phone number etc but it only mentioned the mobile banking app so i ignored it, i had left Thailand by then anyway. The message said my account would be restricted by the 29th of April if i did not verify the details. I am hoping i do not get my account blocked at some point soon but as there is only 70,000 in my BB it is not a big problem, i would just transfer 6 months rent directly from my UK bank to my GF's BB account and sort my account out on my return in December. If my BB account did get completely shut down, in my situation of only using the ATM to withdraw 20,000 at a time, i would not loose any sleep of being charged B220/£5 to use my UK bank card for the 3 months i am in Thailand. 20,000/£450 a week, £5 a week in charges, it would only cost me approx an extra £65 for my 3 month holiday. It would be higher for the big spenders admittedly but it is peanuts in the overall scheme of things.

I have also thought about this as surely the exit scanners are the same as the entry scanners. I'm guessing that if it is spotted in Thailand, there is a tip off to customs at the destination airport in the hope that bigger fish can be caught if the smugglers give up names or addresses in the chain.

Anyone who is familiar with risk assessments knows Personal Protective Equipment is the last form of protection and does not make the task (riding in Thailand) safe. As has been mentioned already, the dangers need to be addressed at source. Proper training, good maintenance, safe riding attitudes and proper law enforcement to name a few.

I have heard stories about this and invested in a dash cam with front and rear cameras for my Xmax to be on the safe side.

A nice PR stunt

Mr untouchable is getting touched in areas he does not like

A new proposal. Lets wait and see.

Good to know they won't be able to keep up with my Xmax 300 🤣 (joking) Describing an ADV 160/350 as an adventure bike is the biggest joke though, i have the 350 in the UK and at 186kg and 29bhp, an adventure bike it most certainly is not, it's a dressed up scooter which is no more capable than my Xmax.

That is my thought as well. As a typical 3 month visitor, i have only known 44 ish to the GBP, if it goes down to 42 i only lose £250 on my £5,000 transfer which i am certainly not going to lose any sleep over. Those dealing with massive amounts for retirement funds or property purchases will probably see it differently though.

Shielding youths from Yabba and knife use would be my priority.

Wow, crack that piggy bank open.

I find this hard to believe, both cases would be 25kg each, she must have noticed the weight. When she got ready for the flight the next morning did she wear all the same clothes she had on the night before or did she wear a new outfit, if a new outfit, she must have put her dirty clothes in one of the bags containing 23kg of weed and somehow not noticed all her original luggage had been removed. Could possibly have put everything in a carry on bag i suppose. A small lady would really struggle to lift 25kg in each hand if you ask me, and surely they were not 25kg each when she packed them for a "short trip" to Sri Lanka. Maybe it is all lost in translation and the bags were tampered with after being checked in at the airport.

Thailands financial house of cards is getting ready to fall down.

It has become fashionable to blame everything on US tariffs, a way many countries can try to hide their governments inept management, wastage and greed. Many economies, including Thailands were in dire straights long before the new tariffs were mentioned.

No sympathy for either of them. The risks are well known. Two young lives ruined.