phuketrex

The PM was on TV a few days ago saying he wants to see casinos in Chang Mai; Pattaya and Phuket....no mention of Bangkok!!!!!!

take it for what you will, but you will find these guys peppering the streets every night now targetting farangs, i have seen more and more as the months have progressed..

You can add the annoying touts on Bangla Road to your list. They've tried to sell me more than pingpong shows and 300baht beers.

Tragic accident on the hill yesterday. 3 Thais killed in a small car crushed by a cement truck. Unconfirmed as it has come from my landlord.

Completely seperate incident to the bus full of Israeli tourists that crashed and overturned on the hill early evening I believe.

I hate that hill!

Glad to hear all is OK Jai Dee. Must have been a bit nervey

could sit on the wings with the smokers.

Sometimes on a long haul, i wish we had that choice but they don't even give us that. Mind you if they did let us, they'd put us out there and laugh their heads off at us trying to light the ciggies

You may well laugh about sitting on the wings so read this!!!!!!!!>>>>>>>>>

MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - A 15-year-old boy from the Urals suffered acute frostbite after riding the wing of a Boeing-737 plane on a two-hour flight from Perm to Moscow, Russian radio station Mayak reported on Monday.

After clinging on for the entire 1300-kilometer (808-mile) flight to Vnukovo Airport, the boy, named Andrei, collapsed onto the tarmac. His arms and legs were so severely frozen that rescuers were at first unable to remove his coat and shoes, the radio station said.

The airport did not confirm the report. "We have no information on this," the Vnukovo press service told RIA Novosti.

However, Moscow's air and water transport control department said the radio's claim was true. A department spokesman said the incident occurred on Friday, and that the boy's parents were immediately informed, and flew to the capital the same day.

Doctors said it was nothing short of a miracle that Andrei survived the flight, with temperatures hitting minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit), the radio station said. The Boeing-737 has a cruising speed of 900 kmh (560 mph).

The boy reportedly made the journey after a commonplace domestic dispute. Angry with his father, who reportedly has a drinking problem, and with his mother for siding with her husband in family rows, Andrei ran away to the neighboring village, where his grandmother lives. On reaching the village, he decided to go on, and hitched a 220-km (137-mile) ride to the regional center, Perm, where he was dropped off at the airport.

It remains unclear how Andrei was able to climb on a plane wing un-noticed, and the Perm Airport security service is being asked some serious questions, the radio station said.

Andrei is now being treated in a Moscow hospital, Radio Mayak said.

Why is this happening? Everything in Patong is built with western standards!

That was a joke right?!

I've spent 5 years in the property business in Phuket and could probably count on one hand number of projects that would pass european building regulations...

Just wait and see, there are more stories like this to come(down)... Unfortunately.

And I just love how they start a hillside housing project by cutting down ALL the trees and roots that normaly offers at least a little support to the soil.

I do hope that we get lucky though, and never get any casulties as a result from these greedy developers

Eh? You obviously weren't here 2 years ago>>>>

27 November 2005, 11: 33 GMT

Landslides caused by torrential rains claimed two lives in Patong Friday night and injured four others, according to Patong Hospital. The downpour also caused extensive flooding in Phuket City and many other parts of the island. Padungkiat Utoksenee, Deputy Director of Patong Hospital, said that while flooding in Patong often resulted in accidents, last night was the first time people had been killed by a landslide. He said the victims were a Thai mother and her child who lived on the densely-settled Nanai Road. The landslide crashed through the wall of their dwelling, he said. Much of the construction of Nanai Road is in direct violation of a provincial ban on building permanent structures higher than 80 meters above sea level, and other building codes. The parking lot of Patong Hospital was knee-deep in floodwater, like other parts of the town.

Nearly every road in Phuket City experienced flooding, as did roads in Cherng Talay. More heavy rain is expected. (Source: The Phuket Gazette)

My mate lives in the Beverley Hills apartments and has evacuated.

There's another track on the new Kathu bypass road between the University and Chao Fa Road.

Does anybody know of the whereabouts of a car hire place(other than the 2 at the airport) in the Ubon area willing to rent out a vehicle for about 6 weeks at reasonable rates (about B700 per day).

Try here>>>

CHOW.WATANA

269 Suriyat Road

(Opposite Nikko Massage)

Tel 045 242202

Mobile: 01 96796796

I've just hired a bike from them for a few days.

If you go any time outside of something like 9-4 on weekdays, the Lao border officials will make you pay 70 baht "overtime" to collect your VOA, and last time I went, they wanted another "overtime" fee to give me my exit stamp.

I take it they are there on saturdays!!? I'll be wanting to enter Laos saturday afternoon.

Hallo,

can offer a Studio Apartment off Nanai Road, fully furnished incl. aircon, kitchenette, cable TV etc. at Baht 7500/month. ADSL Internet on option.

Would like a look at the apartment if possible. Can we send PMs on here?