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That is exactly why I live in a condominium...

1st floor?

So tour companies serving the huge Russian inbound market are supposed to do this with 10 Thai Russian speaking guide...

just wondering what the Russians need a guide for at all?

Their most frequented places consist of 7/11s (and the adjoining side walk for having a stylish dinner...) plus the doll houses in Patty plus baht buses plus the massage girls on the beach -- no guide needed for that

I wonder how many of those rider/drivers that were booked for not having a licence were allowed to ride/drive away after being booked?

all of them, of course - how else to get these people out of sight?

There are helmets available that meet international safety standards but most are priced well out of the average Thai's budget

they could afford - unless there was this installment for a high-priced mobile which the son extorted from the parents or the monthlies for the new Sony sight & sound machine or for the fridge cum freezer (which nobody else has in that up-country village...) or else useless crap

Somebody is going to get killed ...

no, just another (though complicated) suicide, this for the skilled ones only

20 commandos & 4 US officials are going to Bang Kwang Prison preparing to take Viktor Bout to still unidentified airport. /via@nnanews /vi atukky_nt

they would even go to Phnom Penh AP in order not to dupe their Russian political friends...

... there is nothing keeping them away from girls 1/3 of their age.

there are not too many places left for these lads to find a bride their taste

I Certainly hope the dodgy construction company and the RED Shirt criminals can be made accountable for these unfortunate alas additional victims.

What did the red shirts have to do with it?

Even though they burnt the place down, they can't be held responsible for shoddy construction methods.

Rather than blame red shirts, why not blame the government ? They are responsible for health and safety organisations aren't they ! Abhisit and his monkey have more blood on their hands (as well as cash)

the Red arsonists burnt down Zen / Central, repair to it as a direct response to their deeds. Reds to accept indirect responsibility for further cruel deaths.

Just got off the phone with wifey. She said Phimai is way under water now. She made it through 2 days ago, but doesn't think she can go back that way. It's a real mess and seems to be changing frequently. She traveled from Pattaya to the old bus terminal outside Khorat and then to her village just south of Khon Kaen. Took her 12 hours to get there....

just came back from BKK into Phimai (no major obstacles anymore on Mitraphap): getting into Phimai, you still do need a high-heeled

pickup (preferably 4wd), the police won't let pass anything else smaller, lower-built than that. Phimai has the option of coming in through

the Chumpuang track, again, though, you will get stuck on the Phimai hill (near the Khmer hospital), can't enter the city centre. For emer-

gency: Boat and army truck services available into town.

Pattaya Beach Road Subject to Prostitution Purge by Police

PATTAYA: -- Local police on Monday night moved to purge Pattaya’s notorious Beach Road area

of problematic ‘freelance’ prostitutes and lady-boys, according to an official release.

Now, I don't have to understand the authorities, do I?

a) In Thailand, there is no prostitution because it is against the law.

Any official organ citing "freelance" prostitutes automatically hints at the other quality of sex workers,

the standard, organized prostitutes...who, however, cannot exist - because that would be against the law.

but I should not be too harsh with the authorities - what they apparently want to do is to control the freelancers

better and get them under the snug and cozy police cover at all times - these efforts shall surely pay off...

Fee 200 Baht, but he did ask me if I was ok? before he gave it to me.

makes sense that way - fancy you would have said "no, I am not..." - then no

paper, no income

Is it April 1st already? What is the cause?

you'd better not question things - some high callibres at work again:

"...a famous fortune-teller said a disaster would hit the southern part of Thailand before the end of this year...."

Why does the heading say he was killed by two English men when it appears that may not be the case?

at least, he was a "so-called victim" ... what a lot of crap in print ...

the readily expected standard statement "....natural cause...." is missing this time, editor's negligence?

i paid about 3000 - include modem , sim , and- ? one month or what? cant uderstand

yes, it always pays to know what one pays for!

I assume (do not take me for granted !!!): Your initial payment was for the modem only (normally, the C.A.T. system does not require a sim card) with maybe

one or two months' usage free of charge. Thereafter, you will get monthly invoices (which you preferably should pay, else you be writing here again "modem does not work anymore")

What a surprise, corruption at all levels, this must be Thailand

don't forget, nothing better than the tsunami could happen to these scum bags - many new, rich people at that time

I also run Win7 on a note book, provider CAT CDMA with a modem I bought from them (how about yours?);never had any problem

this CAT modem has all necessary software on board its own memory, so really nothing do for you but switch on and connect. If it really still does not work: Take note book and modem, put it on the table of the CAT shop, they should fix it for you

Thai nationals only have to present their ID card (no passport necessary) when entering Laos, this goes for all regions/areas, not only for the capital

TAXI

FLIGHT LANDS AT 7-10, HAVE TO CATCH TRAIN AT 9-20 FROM HUA LAMPHONG STATION TO HUA HIN, WILL I MAKE IT?

no sweat - if you really won't make it: Re-direct the taxi straight to HuaHin, a bit more costly (approx. thb 2000) but no toil & trouble - this would have been my recommendation anyway would you have asked how to get to HH without major stress

TAXI

very good that no outsider was hurt - losses in the inner gang circles are inevitable in any case ... :D

The plot is 1.549 rai in dimension and 5.421 mill thb in cost

(since 1 rai = 1600 sqm)

n.b. with almost 2200 postings in this community (long time,eh?) you

are still not familiar with the basics nor do you know where to readily

find them on the internet ?!

saw most of it some time ago in "FreshMart" TheMall in Khorat - might still be on sale.

I think it makes it cheap & easy for airport staff to get to work & not a lot else

not even for them it will be easy - in the morning it should be alright without luggage,

but once all of them security people, luggage handlers etc. travel home they will have

to accomodate all these big, full bags on board the train...

I had a truly fantastic, out-of-the-world, absolutely unconventional idea of just googling for "uk embassy bangkok":

the result I got was totally unexpected:

http://ukinthailand.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/location-access/office-holidays