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The problem was due to not having enough boat propellors.

Tony Fernandez only comes out of his anonymity and hiding to put out fires...

other than that, you try to get a hold of him to put any concerns or graveness,

the man is a ghost and unreachable.....

Nice! Thanks for the link.

India. All airports. If you don't have it, they will check for your name on passenger lists they have at the entrances.

But in Thailand, no, it isn't needed.

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You also need it in Manila.

It may not be a "Scam" but something is not right about this. If it is not allowed to take duty free liquids into the plane cabin, why does the duty free shop, located after baggage check in, allow such goods to be sold. When making payment the boarding card has to be shown which should surely flag a warning to the sales staff that the products being purchased would not be allowed on the flight. Maybe not a Scam but certainly unethical. OOoops! I forgot, all duty free at Swampy is controlled by King Power.

could be the same reason they grab people who wander off the walkway boundry for shoplifting, then police ask for a bribe for the infraction.

No they don't.

Throw in the white blanket???

They haven't built it for you.

In the OPs post he said the guy got through immigration and baggage reclaim and the green channel.

Which as far as I'm aware means he is now in Thailand and any purchases are already subject to local tax.

If he purchased them before all of this in the concourse on the way to immigration then of course he has made a mistake but that's not how it reads.

Where exactly was the purchase made,and if it was before immigration why didn't the sales staff correct him knowing full well the limit upon entering the Kingdom.

Are there any regulations requiring duty free outlets to sell only the allowed quota to a passenger. I would think not. It's not the shop assistants job, she gets paid for sales, and how was she to know this was a single customer and not one person in a group of say ten ?

The way I read the OP, maybe I am wrong, but he appeared to say he passed through Immigration and Customs and bought the duty paid items from a shop on the land side.

If any one has the time check back on these forums five or six years ago I am Almost sure the same issue was raised back then about Excise officers in plain clothes scamming .

Yawn. They were not scamming but they were stopping people after they'd passed through the green channel. I got stopped myself once way after exiting customs / excise by a plain clothes officer who asked if I had cigarettes (I had a carrier bag that looked like it had a few boxes of cigarettes in it). I said "no, I don't", he politely checked and then waved me on my way saying "thank you sir".

Why do some people assume everything is a scam?

And regarding the OP, as has already been said, there is nowhere to buy this stuff after you exit so he undoubtedly bought it "airside" and was therefore over the limit.

Case closed, no scam, go to bed.

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.