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Looks like they are changing the wheel, not just a tyre. i bet they were dobbed in by one of the shopkeepers along the road. Thais love to inform on foreigners to the police. But they aren’t racist, they also love informing on fellow Thais

“Led by Pol. Lt. Col. Torlap Tinamat, Superintendent of Tourist Police Sub-Division 4, Division 2, and supported by officers from Pattaya Tourist Police, Pattaya Police Station, Chonburi Immigration Bureau, the Chonburi Office of Social Development and Human Security, and Pattaya City officials” All that firepower to get 13 prozzies standing out in plain sight, in one place. They must have worked their nuts off all night long.

Elections, no. Revered Buddha day, country wide? Just guessing

Soi Bangla is quite a short street really. What’s so hard about policing it? It’s a known trouble spot, surely a consistent large police presence plus bars being instructed to not serve overly intoxicated people, would contain things. of course, allowing late hour opening has made things worse. It extends the amount of time that requires policing and gives extra time for drunks to get even more drunk.

If the rounds contained no explosives, then they were simply scrap metal moulded into the shape of a munition. Much like a kids toy gun is not a “gun”. One crucial point missing from the article is whether the items actually contained explosive material.

In some respects the article is misleading in that it focuses on the nationality of the foreigner involved. In actual fact, her nationality is irrelevant, being polite is being polite. And in Thailand that often means taking off your shoes. so the majority of your comments are also irrelevant. Be she English, American or any other nationality, she should have done as requested, or gone somewhere else.

I beg to differ. In high season I can’t go on Nai Harn beach because it’s so crowded, morning, noon and night. Low season has big waves and trash. Da Nang beach was much nicer when I visited a couple of months ago. BUT, I’m sure there are crappy beaches in Vietnam, Nha Trang was too busy when I visited 8 years ago. And I’m sure there are still un crowded beaches in Thailand, Trang down south, maybe Khao Lak?

I was in Da Nang a couple of months ago. The lasck of google bars, hostesses and dodgy massage places was genuinely refreshing

I just flew back from Paris. The checkin desk at CDG definitely wanted my TDAC before checking me in. I had it ready, but I reckon they would have asked me to complete it there and then, if I hadn’t already done so. Which would not have been a big deal. It’s ridiculously easy to complete. FWIW, they also wanted to see it at Suvarnabhumi immigration, queried why I hadn’t filled in a return date (I live here) but accepted my explanation that I haven’t decided yet. Although that led to follow up questions about what I would be doing while in Thailand. Obviously concerned that I would not be working. Fortunately I look my 67 years of age, so it wasn’t a big deal when I said I’m retired. All in all, I didn’t see any issues with tdac

Which aspects in particular? Genuinely interested in your opinion

The article is detached from reality in terms of the description of Bangla road, Phuket and Thai tourism in general. Until Thai’s face up to just what their more infamous “vibrant night spots” actually are in reality, they will continue to suffer damage to their reputation, as they see it. For people willing to view such places without rose tinted glasses, or total detachment from reality, such incidents are to be expected just as often as they occur in reality.

I’m sure the French guy will get the book thrown at him. The Thai tour company….not so much

Absolute madness. Are they living in an alternate reality?

I think you are posting on the wrong day. Tomorrow is when the stories are all about crimes committed BY tourists, today is for stories about crimes committed ON tourists. And so it will go on. One day it’s all about protecting the precious tourists, the next it’s about bashing tourists. But……nothing ever changes

Looks like an opening scene from Lost