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In other words, they're clueless.

It is less than a week after the bombing. And they have offered a reward as is customary practice. They haven't announced to Thai Visa what stage their investigation is at.

But yeah, they're clueless. Let's all laugh at the Thais. In the western world all crimes get solved immediately, especially bombings. Look at the UK:

Birmingham bomb (21 dead), six people wrongly convicted. Real culprits never charged.

Warrington bomb: two children died, nobody ever charged.

Guildford bombings: 5 people killed, four people wrongly convicted, real culprits never charged.

Ian Gow (Tory MP) killed by a car bomb. Nobody ever charged.

Regents Park bomb: 7 dead. Nobody ever charged.

Harrod's bombing: 6 dead , 90 injured. Nobody ever convicted.

Plenty of unsolved bombings n the US too. A lot. But don't let that distract you - let's feel smug and laugh at the Thais for not solving it within a week and for offering a reward. Horrible, smug, Thai Visa <deleted>. Pathetic people.

what about the money that gone to the 1000 or was it 1.000.000 camera's in bangkok ???

we only got one video from the whole thing ?

They tracked him for 21 minutes using the cameras in Bangkok. But don't let that worry you - if you want to laugh that the Thais only caught him on one camera you go ahead.

Seriously, try reading the news.

Definitely just park in the normal carpark. It is absolutely not worth considering the LT car park for 4-5 days.

You enter on the 5th level which is full of cars double parked but go down two levels and there is plenty of space. Seems most people would rather drive around and around looking for a space than have to come up a couple of levels in the lift.

A man says we will be short of water if we don't have rain for the next two months. Thank heavens for experts.

The foreign Family is gonna be charged something, no doubt about that ... Glad nobody was killed this time but there is always tomorrow ...

What an utterly ridiculous comment. Typical TV sadly, but it doesn't reflect well on you.

I hope you follow up and tell us how much the foreign passengers had to pay for the boat sinking, we can't wait to hear.

Candidate for the "worst headline of the year"....

Yeah, let's look at that. The sensationalist, awful, headline: Flight from Bangkok diverted after "bomb threat".

But the story only tells us there was a flight form Bangkok, and it diverted after a bomb threat.

What were those headline writers thinking???

Well I opened one up and it was pretty eggy inside. I did open it quite forcefully though.

Seeing the comments about lizards - I hope they weren't lizards because they are all squished now, and I like lizards.

To me they look like Cobra Eggs Somtimes you can find them,when some animal has pushed them out of the nest. I would tread on them now. A hached baby Cobra is just a venomous as a fully grown one ( obviously not as much venom ) If you have kidds be careful

Thanks. I do have two young kids so I wasn't taking any chances and I have squished them. If they weren't cobras I apologise to whatever was in there. If they were cobras I apologise to their mum.

But with young kids running around I'm not taking chances.

Hi people,

We found these eggs in our flower beds/bushes today. Does anyone know what they are? Basically I want to know if they are some sort of snake egg or not. There were 5-6 of them.

Thanks for any insight.

Edit: They are quite soft so according to the internet I think they are snake eggs. But what type of snake?

http://khlongsaensaep.com/

Wow, that's a surprisingly good website! Well done to them!

I saw this video of this Dreamliner going vertical a couple of hours ago on another sight, the caption stated that the 787 was painted in Vietnamese Air colours however there was no Vietnamese Air logos on the tail, instead there were the numbers 787 painted in large letters on the tail and the word Boeing in large letters on the fuselage. Someone has changed the logos. Presumably Vietnamese Air to gain maximum publicity.

I can guarantee you the logos in that video have not been changed.

You gotta be kidding me. I fly in and out of Suvarnabhumi at least 12 times a year. The last 2 consecutive arrivals and 4 departures (plus many more) I have been bused to or from the Thai International aircraft. And these people are head-lining WiFi speeds. Thailand, never ceases to amaze.

Thailand did not organise this test. It is a website dedicated to Wifi and Internet speeds in hotels, public places, airports etc around the world. Thailand topped their list in a particular survey.

As such the article was picked up by Thai media and reported here. Should the editor really say, "No, I won't publish that because Mr Mot Dang got bussed to his plane, even though he flies 12 times a year (round of applause)"? What has that got to do with WiFi speeds?

And to the other people saying it isn't free. Yes it is. And it is impossible to register for. No it isn't. And it is only for two hours. How long do you think is reasonable?

TV never ceases to amaze me with the level of pessimism and condescension of its posters....

Travelers do not need fastest Wi- Fi but better service and more smiles To the tourist and not being hostile!

What are you talking about? Who is hostile to you in the airport? I fly very frequently and the check in people are not hostile, the security people are fine, the immigration people are fine, then when I get through and maybe get something to eat nobody is hostile to me there either. I even used an exchange booth and they just changed my money with no hostility.

Who is hostile? And where does this hostility come from? I'd love to hear your story.

Why was he illegally double-parked ? Lazyness !!

If the driver had unloaded, why was he going to park ??

Probably thinks with his longwinded nonsense story he will confuse the police into letting him get away with it.

So you think he should have gone and found a nice parking spot somewhere and then carried all the air-conditioning units and compressors to the customer??

And if he had unloaded why shouldn't he go and find somewhere to park? What do you want him to do - dive round all day?

What a nonsense post.

Who Built Those Runways ?

Thai construction workers under the supervision and guidance of USAF contractors and engineers.

".....under the supervision and guidance of USAF contractors and engineers."

And that is why it is still as good as it was 50 years ago.

I think that's more to do with the fact it has been maintained over 50 years and has extremely minimal traffic using it.

But go USA! if it makes you feel better.

They also recently stopped that in Manila.

Wow, thailand is really a rich country now.....no need to worry about the economy, no such thing as poor people, no need to worry about the aviation industry problems, the fishing industry problems, the issues of sanctions because of IP violations, new issues coming up about the Sugar Industry, the mess in the agricultural industry, the rising household debts, the potential bubble in real estate market, tourism slowdowns, issues of more SMEs going bust or relocating, the dangers of the Japanes companies gradually moving manufacturing bases to Vietnam,competition coming from Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, the Chinese potential economic slowdown, other global economic issues, etc, etc etc

Nope, everything is fine in Thailand, even the political, social and economic arenas, everthing is doing so well and we should be building more parks and cycling lanes.

Incredible. People on her moan that there aren't enough parks, moan they want to build roads along the side of the river, then people on here moan when they decide to build more public parks instead of roads.

Departing swampy around 0900 Tuesday. How much time do I need to plan on getting thru immigration etc at that time of the day. The last time I did it ( a few years ago admittedly) it took ages.

Maybe a better question is what time do I need to leave SILOM area to catch a 0900 Emirates A380 flight where I MUST check-in at the desk, even though it is hand luggage only. ?

Helpful comments would be most welcome.

Thanks in anticipation!

PS I cannot do an online boarding card etc. for lots of reasons which do not concern us at this time.

Unless you are in Business class + the line for counter checkin will be hideous, at least an hour just for that unless you arrive early. I would plan on being at the airport at 06:15.

Have you done it recently? I have a few times and the Thai check-in counters have been empty. Sometimes noone in front of me, sometimes a couple of people. I was really surprised the first time as I usually expect a nightmare at Thai check-in (I usually avoid flying Thai at all costs) but it has been that way every time I've been through recently.

For me busines class is fully lie flat (not the "reclining lie flat type) with all seats aisle access.

Anything less doen not get my biz. I think that excludes BA, LH and some others for the time being.

Flying mostly BKK-BRU I usually find a good deal around 2000 euro/80k baht with EY.

For 2015 bought 2 tickets with QR because wanted to fly A380 and B787 for 2200 euros.

This pricing excludes Thai, asking 135kB.

Thus I don't see 3000usd on mileage tickets as a goood deal.

What do you say to this?

BA do have flat bed seats in C class, and I flew in one nonstop from BKK-LHR last month.

See:

http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/travel-classes/business/club-world

Current BKK-LHR-BKK R/T fare is about US$3000

Can you please tell me where you are sourcing this $3000 deal from?

I'd imagine he's getting it from their website - not too difficult to track down. Business class return at the moment for around 100,000 baht.

A friend of mine recently applied for a UK General Visit visa for his long time Thai girlfriend. Documents submitted, all boxes ticked, plenty of reasons to return, application seemed solid, wait and see.

They got a rejection letter saying that her travel history was suspicious, especially her time spent in Indonesia. The thing is she has never been to Indonesia, never even left Thailand before, so they had obviously the application mixed up with someone else. My friend complained but there was no recourse, they insisted the rejection stood. So if they reapply in future they will have to tick the box that asks if you have ever had an application rejected before, and why.

It really is sloppy and outrageous in the extreme. I thought that story was bad enough, but being given someone else's visa!!??

Shocking.

Ferries will capsize here for sure. They will not stop just because of rough seas. They are greedy and only care about money and not safety.

You're absolutely right!! We can use the examples of other ferries here to see just how correct you are. On the Surat Thani (Donsak) - Koh Samui route there is at least one sinking per WEEK!!! The Trat to Koh Chang car ferry sinks every time there is a rough sea because THEY DON'T STOP!! This is due to GREED. The annual cancellations due to rough seas are a figment of your imagination if you think they occur - they don't. Thais are greedy.

Hundreds of thousands of people drown every year on these two routes alone, but it doesn't make the press. So you can rest assured that any ferry service between Pattaya and Hua Hin will capsize regularly too.

Thank you Diehard, thank you. You might just have saved a few lives, what a hero!

Maybe someone in the know can help me out.

Is the Skytrain/BTS a monorail system?

if not, why has a monorail system been chosen?

Skytrain is powered by a 3rd rail, and has standard gauge track.... so it cannot be monorail

Monorail can be chosen for lower volume routes and is cheaper (and likely a smaller footprint).

Don't forget to mention the massive pain in the ass when they break down between stations

I have fond memories of the one in Sydney

Streets closed as the fire dept. used cradles to lower all the passengers

The one in Sydney was maintained on a regular basis

What about the one here??

So which genius in the BMA believes that this route will be a low volume route by the time (if ever) it actually gets open?

Why don't you tell me which genius can get a full scale heavy rail system from Ram Intra all the way down Thonglor (with three stops down soi Thonglor itself and regular stops along the route), then up soi 38, along Rama IV etc etc. Please tell me how you would do this and then I'll tell you why it's a monorail, and why a genius thinks it should be so.

And to the sneering racist who says even the one in Sydney broke down when it was regularly maintained (and implying that of course the one in Bangkok will break down more because it will be maintained by Thais), have a read of this:

"On 27 February 2010 at approximately 16:00, two monorail trains collided at the Darling Park station resulting in hospitalisation of four people.

On 24 September 2012 just before 14:00, an Ausgrid failure in a local underground cable led to a complete shutdown of the system resulting in the need for cherry-pickers to come to rescue approximately 100 stranded passengers, a process which took several hours."

Ever remember something like that happening on Thailand's poorly maintained BTS system? There was an accident I remember when the MRT first opened but nothing since then and it is a superbly maintained system. So please explain your racist idea of maintenance inferiority here when it seems the Bangkok systems have far better records than the Australian one which was "maintained on a regular basis".

Is there a chance the track could bend..?

I think it has to when it goes round corners.

From clearing the hearing process to implementing the project.......I doubt I will be alive to see it.

In Thailand there are 2 major culture concepts.

Cha Cha (go slow)

And Mai Ben Rai (Doesn't matter)

Didn't take long for the first TV Naysayer to pop up with their negativity...

I took the ARL today from Makkahsan to Romkamheng.

I see what other posters are talking about. The waiting area at Makkasan was seemingly designed to avoid airflow and there are no fans. It was 37 or so I guess and I was sweating by the time the train came. Wonder what the designers where thinking?

Ramkamheng was worse but there were fans. Which were all turned off. Hard to understand management's thinking there........

I never understood that either. The stations have open ventilation along one side, but are completely closed on the other so there is no through breeze. If they'd have had the same ventilations slots on both sides it would have been ok.

Now my local station is Hua Mark which is thankfully completely open and not so sweaty.