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Anyone know what ever happened to that drunk Greek lady in Chaweng ? ( always slept ruff )

The Full Moon Party has become a rite of passage for young Westerners travelling to Thailand - but these pictures reveal the event is not necessarily fun for everyone.

The photos were taken this week during the latest instalment of the monthly party on the island of Koh Phangan, which is attended nearly exclusively by tourists.

They show how travellers snap up buckets containing bottles of spirits as well as mixers for as little as 150 baht (£3) each.

After a day of eating and drinking on the heavenly beaches, the party really gets going when the sun sets and revellers don glowing face paint to create a striking scene.

But the end, when it comes, is much less pretty - each month, dozens of Westerners who have over-indulged in drink and drugs are treated in medical clinics.

Party time! Hundreds of Western travellers attended the full moon party in Koh Phangan in Thailand this week

Getting ready: Two young women shop for headgear at the start of the party

Welcome: Entry to the full moon party for curious tourists costs just 100 baht (£2)

Tradition: Koh Phangan has been one of Thailand's top tourist destinations since the founding of the full moon party in 1985

Hedonistic: Spirits and mixers are sold by the bucket for the equivalent of as little as £3

Discount: The availability of exceptionally cheap alcohol is one of the main draws for many Western students and young people

Sumptuous: A touch of class at the party is provided by the selection of cheap snacks cooked fresh on a beachside grill

Excitement: Two Japanese women dressed in exotic costumes soak up the late-night atmosphere at the monthly event

Atmospheric: The elaborate facepaint donned by some of the more imaginative partygoers provides a festive air

Foolish: One party trick is to set a skipping rope on fire and then jump over it without getting burned

Trippy: It is possible that revellers thought they were hallucinating when they saw surreal sights like this

Limbo! A man lights a cigarette off a burning log as he shows off his flexibility to the other tourists

Enthusiasm: Revellers marked themselves with logos showing just how excited they were to be attending the event

They'll never forget: Nathan Pinkus, from Sydney gets a moon tattooed on his finger as Lauren McCudden feeds him from a bucket of alcohol

Until we hit the ground and pass out: An overwhelmed reveller catches 40 winks towards the end of the party

Tired and emotional: Another exhausted partygoer, surrounded by empty bottles of beer, takes time out from the celebration

Passion: A couple snuggles as the sun rises above the revels at the monthly event on Koh Phangan

Chillaxing: The party became slightly less raucous with the onset of dawn but not everyone was ready for bed yet

He won't stop: This partygoer took to a water slide after the sun rose as he defied the advent of the dawn

Irrepressible: Scottish tourist Jamie Harris drinks from a bottle of beer even as he sits on the treatment table after injuring his foot

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2400894/Thailands-monthly-moon-party-passes-customary-hedonistic-style.html#ixzz2co4lle1Y

Speed Humps would work fine if the local authorities could be bothered to build any.

They had thought of the idea before and put a request into central government for a 5 million thb grant to assess the impact of having speed bumps on the island and a budget of 2.5 billion to install them but I don't think anything came of it

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and will they now admit to the mishandling of the below case?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392431/Murder-probe-Brit-beaten-death-dumped-12-inches-water.html

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According to the Sun it said: 'Adjusting to life in Thailand was likely to be a significant challenge for the appellant after 36 years in the United Kingdom

Efforts to deport a Thai murderer have failed because judges have ruled it would be 'stressful' for him to be returned to his home country.

An immigration tribunal ruled that returning the man who moved to the UK from Thaliand at the age of 13 would breach his right to family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Instead it ruled that he should be allowed to stay in Britain indefinitely even though he stabbed a friend to death in what the immigration tribunal called an 'unprovoked attack.'

Tribunal judges also ruled that the man's identity should be kept secret to protect him despite his criminal past and potential threat to the community.

The 48-year-old killer moved to Britain with his mother in 1978 as a young teenager when she got a job at the Thai embassy.

Twenty years later he took a knife from the family home and a stabbed a friend to death in a drink and drug fuelled attack.

He admitted manslaughter at the Old Bailey and was sent to to a secure mental health unit but was released into the community in 2008 after serving less than a decade for the killing.

Two years later he suffered a 'relapse' and was returned to care. But in 2011 he was freed again and now lives in supported accommodation.

Now efforts by the Home Office to deport him have been blocked because it was judged that he had lived in the UK for too long to be expected to go home.

The tribunal heard that as a result of his 36 years spent in Britain he had 'extinguished' links with his home country and that the move would cause him 'stress.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2392716/Thai-killer-stabbed-friend-death-allowed-stay-Britain-deported-STRESSFUL-him.html#ixzz2bx88eDkS

Does anyone know what has happened to the driver of the pick up truck? I really hope he has not just has a slapped hand.

never seen a follow up to anything in the thai news ... most probably paid off the correct people

If they sold Dr Pepper, I am not surprised.

(Just joking!)

It was a great little store , just in the wrong location ! Similar to the Irish pub in the complex , best selection of draft beers on Samui and they must have spent a fortune on the place , but just the wrong location

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When was the last time you bought it?

I remember I checked that place out about 1 year ago and couldn't find any.

It was a while back , but might be worth checking again as they sometimes have 1 month but not the next

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I used to buy dr pepper from the supermarket in buddy complex

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Is this related to this topic:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/653583-fatal-crash-in-koh-phangan/

Hell of a coincidence if it isn't

From the other story it isn't , as that involved 2 Thais and 1 English man ( expat on the island )

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Currently in England , and being hot , used a bit of talc before bed yesterday and notice in was made in Thailand .

Used another brand name talc powder tonight , and noticed it was also made and from Thailand

So that's 2 brand talks in the uk both made in Thailand , is Thailand the international Hub of talc powder ?

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Drug arrests: 36

Total arrests or detentions: 188

Deaths: 389

Hospitalisation: 285

Reports of rape: 9

Reports of sexual assault: 4

Issue of emergency travel documentation: 603

Other kinds of assistance: 266

Brits behaving badly abroad: 5,400 tourists arrested in a year sparking warnings they could spend years in foreign jails

• Increase in arrests in United Arab Emirates, Canada and Netherlands
• Drug arrests also up in USA, Greece, UAE, Portugal and China
• Hospitalisations in Thailand up by a third as Brits ignore moped warnings
• Number of Brits raped abroad up 9% on 2011-12 and up 20% on 2010-11
• FCO warns of dangers of spiked drinks and taking lifts from strangers

One British holidaymaker is arrested every two hours as they travel abroad in search of cheap drink and sun.

More than 5,400 were detained by police overseas last year, including 653 held in connection with drug offences.

Ministers issued a stark warning to Brits that they risk ‘throwing years of your life away in a foreign prison’.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2368360/5-400-British-tourists-arrested-year-sparking-warnings-spend-years-foreign-jails.html#ixzz2ZOfnMa3M

Scb at the airport can do ,

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Cheers i will head over there tomorrow

I ment swampy .... Not Samui airport , but I believe scb in Nathon can change thb to pounds

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IMO you'll get a better rate for baht in UK.

HTH

Are you serious ?

If you change up 100,000 in Thailand you get 2096

If you change up in uk 2028 , always better rates in Thailand

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Scb at the airport can do ,

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Is it just me or is every time a foreigner caught for any kind of criminal act in Thailand, they also seem to be charged with illegal entry? Anyway, I hope these fraudsters get what they deserve. Thailand doesn't need foreign criminals on it's shores.

Maybe they hide the passport they entered on ?

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Is it just me or is every time a foreigner caught for any kind of criminal act in Thailand, they also seem to be charged with illegal entry? Anyway, I hope these fraudsters get what they deserve. Thailand doesn't need foreign criminals on it's shores.

Maybe they hide the passport they entered on ?

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