kimamey

Didn't Thaksin pay his own hospital expenses? Probably to avoid problems around misuse of public funds. That doesn't alter the fact that his hospital stay w very suspicious.

I'd forgotten that. Does she now have dual citizenship?

They are both Thai citizens so there isn't, and never had been, anything stopping then from coming back.

If you're talking about Thaksin I would think that was entirely appropriate.

Come Christmas I wonder how much respect for the religious aspect of the celebration of the birth of Christ there will be in all the shops and supermarkets in Thailand that cash in at that time of year. Before anyone mentions it, I know that's also often the case in the west and other supposedly Christian countries. The point is these are complaints from people who for the most part are only interested in their religion and couldn't care less about anyone else's. It's the same with the expected respect for the Thai national flag but not any other flag. For the record, I'm not religious so it doesn't worry me too much, although I would never show such disrespect. I'm also British and if you want to have my flag printed on you shorts, underwear, bra or doormat, go ahead. I'm fine with that, just don't be hypocritical.

Doesn't it say they had to make a profit as part of the terms of the rehabilitation plan. Whether they can continue to do that when there less pressure on them is another matter. It looks to me as if they are all Thai which seems odd. If you look at other airlines they seem to cast their net a little wider.

Why not pay foreign nationals to pose as tourist guides and then sack and jail any police officer asking for or accepting a bribe? Should deal with a few of them.

De facto PM maybe?

The headline seems to be wrong in that case. I have seen articles on other sites suggesting that it needs to be filled in 3 days before arrival. Hopefully that's incorrect and it's 3 days or less, as you say. I only just returned from the UK yesterday and I won't have to enter again until the beginning of September so hopefully it should all be working fine by then. I wonder what terrible things have occurred between the dropping of the paper TM6 and the starting of this new scheme? Are we in great danger due to this lack of oversight?

The last time I tried needed to do the online 90 day report it didn't work and those at immigration didn't think it was a temporary glitch. There were a lot of reports online that it didn't work. I also notice that you'll need to have filled this in for arrivals from 1st May so that's from 28th April. It's now 20th April as I write this, is the app working now, has it been trialled, or will it be ready sometime in the middle of May? There often seems a lack of preparation with these ideas.

The problem is the global benchmarks are probably achieved by having a properly functioning police force, and a real driving test conducted around moving traffic rather than stationary cones. Will they be up to tackling this?

I hope so.

I've only just flown in myself, and I'm still at Suvarnabhumi waiting for my flight up to Khon Kaen and then a taxi home, so I've definitely missed it as well. Mind you I'm sure there are still plenty of tossers around, you just need to add water.

I thought, maybe Thais don't drink Decaf? I asked my wife, and her first reaction was confusion, so I explained what it was and she said no they don't. So that might be the reason. I'm in the UK until Sunday, but when I'm back and in a supermarket I'll see if it's available there as I'm not sure if I've seen it. I would have thought in tourist areas it should be easier to find. I seem to remember you are in Phucket, although I might be wrong.

I don't usually drink decaf but I'm surprised it isn't easier to get.