stevenl

There has been a gogobar in Kata for a long time already, I remember it being for sale for at least 3 years. Don't remember any adverts the last year though.

sure

Police checkpoint in Calong circle going to Chalong pier usually collect 200 baht from each illegal minibus/van with blue on white plate. and the vans/busses/pickups are full of divers

some even company marked

This post was primarily about the techical condition of tourbuses. You now try to make it about the license plates of minivans of scuba companies.

Your statements are off topic, untrue and show a pathetic attempt to discredit a whole branche.

Safety first you are in the wrong country.

Focus is on comfort and travelling time, thus the busses keep 120 kmh on the Highways.

Another issue would be all the illegal minivans, very often used by the scuba businesses. They have blue letters and numbers on white plates, not inspected and approved for paying passengers. As they are illegal anyway, they often drive like crazy, nothing to loose. Hope there will be a clean up of these scubabusineses and their busses

Stick to subjects you know about please.

Nearly all scuba businesses use yellow/black plated vans.

beware a common scam is to steal the motorbike from you then make you pay. After a few days the same motorbike will reappear and be for rent again.

Is it a common scam or a common tale on the net?

Happened to one of our tenants. Rental people came round to say the bike was stolen before they even knew it was gone. Not a'net' story, real life experience.

Thanks, that is the first time I have heard this from a reliable source. Where was the bike rented?

I was at Kata Noi today, and coming from Kata Noi there is even a full STOP line. Its as clear as it gets without a red light.

anyone in doubt in this junction, really should read up on Thai traffic rules, and would have major problems passing a DL test.

1. Major road right of way, roadnumber signs

2. Yellow stripe clearly indicating what is the main road

3. Full STOP line for minor road

on occasions one does not want to use ones right of way due to survival instinct

In reality

You keep going on about the rules, but you also keep ignoring what is happening there on the road.

beware a common scam is to steal the motorbike from you then make you pay. After a few days the same motorbike will reappear and be for rent again.

Is it a common scam or a common tale on the net?

you are saying road continues straight to Kata Noi, which it does not, neither according to maps, roadsigns or road paint. It continues up the hill, in theory and in reality, and it has a T junction to Kata Noi. Vehicles on Kata Noi road gives way to all others, or are at fault.

Coming down or going up the hill you do not need to yield for any others

In theory and in reality

No, not in reality.

If you look at that intersection, you will see ALL!! motorbikes and cars coming from Kata going to Kata Noi and coming from Kata Noi going to Kata taking right of way. None of them give way. So in case of an accident they may be at fault, but that could be avoided by making the traffic situation clear.

Or how about the yellow line at the foot of the hill from Kata Noi to Rawai? Coming from Kata the yellow line goes up the hill towards Rawai/Nai Harn, even though the road goes straight on to Kata Noi. Very confusing, and in case of accidents putting everyone in the right (or wrong, depending on your perspective).

Not at all. The road from Kata and up the hill towards Rawai/Nai Harn is a main road, and for those who didnt know by reading maps or road signs, it is in addition visualised by the yellow line. Road to Kata Noi is a small local dead end road, and as such all on this road need to give way for all vehicles on main road

Exactly. So what happens, traffic coming from Rawai/Nai Harn gives way to traffic coming from Kata Noi, unless if somebody decides to take his right and take his right of way. Theory is very different from reality here.

The position of road planner in Thailand, especially Phuket, either doesn't exist or has been vacant for years. The section of hill you mentioned now has 2 yellow lines! It's like a cruel joke at the expense of Thai road users. My favorite is one of the new lighted arrows going SB just north of Wat Chalong on Chao Fa west is actually pointing the wrong way!

Or how about the yellow line at the foot of the hill from Kata Noi to Rawai? Coming from Kata the yellow line goes up the hill towards Rawai/Nai Harn, even though the road goes straight on to Kata Noi. Very confusing, and in case of accidents putting everyone in the right (or wrong, depending on your perspective).

Those lights are installed clearly as an afterthought, as is the new median strip. Both don't fit their and make the traffic unsafe IMO.

Same goes IMO for the median strip on the hill on the road to Kata.

No planning, and it shows.

These new lights and median strip has made driving safer for most, unfortunately you still get the idiots who drive like lunatics and ignore red lights!! any new added traffic measures can only help, if you are in a hurry and have no patience then all the new additions will be annoying!!

Nothing to do with annoying, I just don't think they have improved the safety.

You don't wai to service personnel.

Don't see the connection with a credit card BTW, simply a matter of paid or not paid.

Those lights are installed clearly as an afterthought, as is the new median strip. Both don't fit their and make the traffic unsafe IMO.

Same goes IMO for the median strip on the hill on the road to Kata.

No planning, and it shows.

First impression: druggies get into an argument, and one of them decides he does not want to anger his father about him so makes up a story.

For one in this forum who frequently demands evidence and first-hand accounts, that's a pretty amazing post.

Why? I know nothing about this, I'm not stating what happened, but that's the impression I get, hence: my first impression.

But thanks for your contribution, you have really cleared things up.

First impression: druggies get into an argument, and one of them decides he does not want to anger his father about him so makes up a story.

Try furniture shops, e.g. the one next to Super Cheap, if SC itself does not sell them.

Not sure if anyone's got to the point - I read three pages and got bored - but have you considered that the reason native English speakers don't want to teach in Phuket is because, regardless of all the "teaching specific" issues, Phuket is a sh!te hole?! End of.

Considering the amount of foreigners living here your reasoning is flawed.

That's like saying that twice as many people live in Bangkok compared to London so Bangkok is twice as good as London. I believe your logic is flawed. P.s. Foreigners does not equate to native English speakers.

No, nothing like that comparison.

There are many, many native speakers living on Phuket.

Not sure if anyone's got to the point - I read three pages and got bored - but have you considered that the reason native English speakers don't want to teach in Phuket is because, regardless of all the "teaching specific" issues, Phuket is a sh!te hole?! End of.

Considering the amount of foreigners living here your reasoning is flawed.

Again and this time please tell me that this is because of the flooding in Bangkok and not because of a :sleepy: post office.

Well I miss a parcel from Europe and one from USA so be it if it’s delayed or lost because of the flooding nothing we can do with that. However even the telephone bill from TOT (issued 17. October)come first today, i.e. four days after due date! Anyone else experienced that even National post is delayed?

Thanks

I have the same 3BB was on time, but TOT arrived yesterday, due date 10 November.

Just talked to TOT, according to them one can still pay at 7/11, no need to go to TOT shop.

what do you think .... how many percent of checkpoints could i pass with a euopean ID and a "tip" of 200 baht?

99.9% if you leave the tip away and if that European ID is a European DL.

If Thailand cannot overcome their "superiority" attitude, and fear of "loss of face" by asking a foreigner to help, and are willing to pay for it, they are never going to get good, qualified English Teachers here.

But isn't that just what they did? They offered you a job and were willing to pay for it. In stead you choose to moan here about the lack of quality of the school and that they are not willing to hire foreigners.

Do something about it, you had the chance but refused.

You're totally missing the point, which is that their so-called "education system" is not educating at all, and no one can change that. Even the head of the English Department said they HAVE to do things the way the SCHOOL tells them. I refuse to be a part of a system that does not actually TEACH, but only forces rote memorization. Nor did I say THAT particular school was unwilling to hire foreigners, but speaking of the Thai education system as a whole. By your comments, I can see that reading comprehension is not one of your stronger skills. Not unlike quite a few Thai I know who can read English, but have no idea of what the words actually mean.

:jap:

I understood you perfectly well.

You had the chance to change something, in stead you choose to moan about it. You had an offer, in stead you choose to complain they're not hiring foreigners. You received a normal reply to your post, in stead you start flaming.

If Thailand cannot overcome their "superiority" attitude, and fear of "loss of face" by asking a foreigner to help, and are willing to pay for it, they are never going to get good, qualified English Teachers here.

But isn't that just what they did? They offered you a job and were willing to pay for it. In stead you choose to moan here about the lack of quality of the school and that they are not willing to hire foreigners.

Do something about it, you had the chance but refused.

It poured down in Rawai last night, normal thunder storm weather for this time of the year

finally some heavy thunder and rain which is often the signal of wind turning from western to eastern. 120mm of rain past 12 hours. no need to water garden today

The wind direction already changed end of October, which is also the normal time. Mid November would be extremely late.

I thought there were some public buses in Phuket.

I seem to remember seeing buses Airport <--> Phuket Town and buses Patong <--> Phuket Town.

Yes, there are, there are busservice from all beaches to Phuket Town.

But there are no busservices between the beaches, and exactly that would be of interest to quite a few tourists.

These are all legal in the US and therefore can be carried aboard a US flagged yacht.

If that's a BB gun. Then maybe. If a real one, then no.

US flagged yacht is no the same as embassy, which belongs to the country of origin.

Otherwise all the harbors would be filled with Dutch flagged ships with loads of ganja on-board.

Why? Ganja or hasjies are illegal in the Netherlands.

Are these wild animals? If not, why has no owner come forward?

Wild buffalo in Phuket? I don't think so. Do you think he would come forward to get an insurance claim for the vehicles killing his buffalo? Or would he possibly be liable for allowing his animals to wander into the road? I don't know what the law here is on this one...

Yes, the owner would be liable. So he will not come forward.