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Suvarnabhumi Marathon Run

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Flew out of Bangkok yesterday and still had to arrange for the re-entry permit. No big deal, I thought, just do it at the airport. I remember well from the old airport, there was a photo booth and everything was hunky dory...

Flight is at 23:35, we arrive at about 9. Ample time. We finally found that immigration desk and I ask them where to make the pictures. Second floor. Ok, two floors down, looking around, cannot see any photo booth. Went to the Tourist Police and bingo! Yes, WE do that here. This girl or whatever that was (had this soft dark voice...) took a picture of me, asked me if the result was ok, yes, I said, it's just for the immigration, not for the girlfriend........not for the girlfriend, only for imigration she's imitating me, makes the prints and asks for 200 Baht.

I want a receipt.

No receipt. I say in Thai that if I pay someone some money, this someone should give me a receipt. Now things turn sour. She gets apeshit, demands the pictures back and starts shouting around. I ask her for her name. She's wearing just a yellow T-shirt with Tourist Police insignia. (S)He doesn't want to give me her name.

I take my camera and take a picture of hers and said something like, this one was for free and walk away.

Now officer Niran who was watching from behind gets active and threatens me with arrest if i do not immediately delete the picture. Ok, picture deleted, then I have to hand over the photos and get my money back.

Partial victory, the mafia didn't get anything. As a true Wehonian I did the right thing! :D Downside: No pictures.

Back upstairs I tell the immigration officers that the Tourist Police does not want to make pictures of me. After insisting that I do NOT belive that there is not other way to get pictures, they leaked that there are indeed inside the duty free area machines to take pictures.

It is by now 22:05. Long queue. Stamped out by 22:15. Boarding is at 22:40

Run down to the second floor. Learn that the machine is around gate G. Run there slalom around the King Power booths and finally find the machine. It doesn't work. Get me an immigration officer, yes there is another machine. At the other end of the terminal.

This machine works. Now this SLOW female computer voice (read it loud for a more real life feeling...):

we are going to take four pictures. This is picture number one. Are you ready? Four - three - two - one *flash*

pause

Now we are taking three more pictures. Are you ready? Four - three - two - one *flash*

and so on.

The result looks like that:

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Back up to the fourth floor by 22:30. Must have been a 2 or 3 km of jogging...

Stamp in the passport by 22:35

Made it!!

:o

Mad story man. Where there's a will there's a way!

Were you needing the receipt to claim the money back?

I'm sorry, and please don't take offense cos I'm only taking the piss, but was it worth all the running!!!

How much were the photos you got in the end? And did you get a receipt from the machine?

Still, you were probably able to sleep on the plane due to all that exercise!

I enjoyed that story!

looks like weHo... :o

Darn, that picture reminds me of someone.

I've missed something here.

I want a receipt.

No receipt. I say in Thai that if I pay someone some money, this someone should give me a receipt. Now things turn sour. She gets apeshit, demands the pictures back and starts shouting around. I ask her for her name. She's wearing just a yellow T-shirt with Tourist Police insignia. (S)He doesn't want to give me her name.

No I never missed anything.

How did you get to speak such good Thai with out working out how the system works?

And she was only wearing a yellow t-shirt?

That must have been worth 200B alone.

Without a receipt.

Raro..er..is there something missing from your story per chance?...

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Raro..er..is there something missing from your story per chance?...

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Very clever Eek, very clever.

CB

Raro..er..is there something missing from your story per chance?...

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Brilliant

Lovely story Raro. That photo is truly priceless, it says so much about your state of mind at the time. :D

:o

Moss

Raro..er..is there something missing from your story per chance?...

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Brilliant

Lovely story Raro. That photo is truly priceless, it says so much about your state of mind at the time. :D

:o

Moss

I think he should ask Eek to run him up a quick dozen and use them on application forms for credit cards, drivers license etc.

In the military we had a mascot that was (in our unit) a golden labrador. It was a genuine guide dog and was an in unit joke on the rest. I had an ID card mad up of Max and he had his own pay book, requisition sheet, and service number. I was sent to a military office in Canberra and had been going in and out of the place for a week when I suddenly realised I was flashing Max's card and not mine. The first time I changed over to mine the card reader buzzed and security wanted to check it. They suggested I keep using Max's - possibly it had a better photo resemblance :D

CB

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looks like weHo... :o

I can confirm I am not the Master himself but only one of his (her?) true admirer! :D

Raro..er..is there something missing from your story per chance?...

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That one made my day, eek! Absolutely Brilliant! :D

Lovely story Raro. That photo is truly priceless, it says so much about your state of mind at the time. :D

....it certainly does!

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