13 Malays say different.

Unfortunately, as the saying goes, dead men (and women) tell no tales...

And I expect you'll all agree
That he was right to so decree.
And I am right,
And you are right,
And all is right as right can be!

Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado (1885)

How did the police discover Thailand is safe? Maybe they went outside and asked somebody?

Possibly True.

So long as...

Your Thai friends Facebook post ( which you liked) isn't later altered and deemed LM material.

The Loin Air operating out of old Airport sorts the port engine oil leak ( rated fourth most dangerous airline ...and that happened to us)

The mini van driver hurtling along at 140 kilometres an hour doesn't crash.

The ISIS guys who slipped in dont stumble on to your section of beach or Mall.

The bungee cord doesn't break

Ferry doesn't sink.

Mafia son isn't horny and your a white daughter .

The sheets are not sprayed with too much bed bug toxic chemicals.

An escort decides to shove you off the verandah.

You decide to cut your own throat with broken glass....or it's done for you by people who want your money.

Drunk Thai men beat you to death to reenact a similar murder for fun.

The wiring in the hotel electrocutes you.

A jet ski runs over your head.

Coconut falls on your head .

Mystery bug

Poison in drink

Robbery late night

Fall into hole on street.

Motor bike brakes you hired fail.

Cement truck wipes you out on crossing.

Stabbed in neck by YA BA ladyboy in 7/11

Military find out your the guy on TVF and accidentally stick a bar fridge on your back while giving you a free cruise.

Hotel report you using Wi fi and material anti Junta

Drugs not yours found in bag .

Taxi driver veers into opposite traffic showing you a picture of himself and Yingluck

Walking out of embassy while ultra Nationalists are at fever pitch

Good list. Probably could be doubled or tripled in length, and still not begin to cover all the potential candidate listings.

It is the cops that you have to worry about in this country, corrupt cheats, make false incident reports and always take the side of the Thai people. Rarely I have I met honest policemen in Thailand have served me above the law.

Yet another reason to keep a few foreign english teachers around.

Let's place this in perspective , there are more safer places than Thailand and there are less safer than Thailand and whilst in Thailand no tourists are allowed down deep south , why not, because it is not safe ,so , what is safe , nowhere really.............................................

Oh my god, now I know there is a serious problem.

Its hard to believe with all the Thais fixated on their smartphones that nobody took the time to google the word tourist to check the spelling.

Did they arrest ALL the bombers from the Erawan shrine and the pier?

Question is did they arrest any of them?

13 Malays say different.

Yes, and the 1000's killed on Thai roads by irresponsible and untrained bus and van driver's as well as the general Thai public due to the lack of any real traffic law enforcement.

And 14 or 16 killed on Chiang Mai tourist bus is safe............your call !

Edited December 21, 201510 yr by ChrisY1

Ah really? Well the verdict of the Burmese 2 is on the 26th correct? (strategically dated to hope we forget I imagine).

Every man and his dog those 2 are innocent and that the force has been bought and paid for on several levels to protect the real culprits. So yes maybe 'touris' are safe, 'tourists' I'm not so sure.

Due on the 24th. There are no newspapers published in the UK on the 25th and peoples minds are not on the news. Coincidence?

Shouldnt it say "we corrupt, Thailand corrupt, come give us you money tourists"

No, give us your money touris.....

Deluded Thainess !!

As safe as you can be in the 3rd world. Was driving back home this evening and so many kids were flying round me on motorbikes without helmets since school has just closed. Some of them were doing some speed with no fear. Don't the parents talk to them to drive safely? Observation: not very safe at all!

And 14 or 16 killed on Chiang Mai tourist bus is safe............your call !

I haven't seen this major accident reported anywhere in TV, anyone like to have a guess why not?

To me this seems more important news than some of the other rubbish we seem to be being feed each and every day.

Possibly True.

So long as...

Your Thai friends Facebook post ( which you liked) isn't later altered and deemed LM material.

The Loin Air operating out of old Airport sorts the port engine oil leak ( rated fourth most dangerous airline ...and that happened to us)

The mini van driver hurtling along at 140 kilometres an hour doesn't crash.

The ISIS guys who slipped in dont stumble on to your section of beach or Mall.

The bungee cord doesn't break

Ferry doesn't sink.

Mafia son isn't horny and your a white daughter .

The sheets are not sprayed with too much bed bug toxic chemicals.

An escort decides to shove you off the verandah.

You decide to cut your own throat with broken glass....or it's done for you by people who want your money.

Drunk Thai men beat you to death to reenact a similar murder for fun.

The wiring in the hotel electrocutes you.

A jet ski runs over your head.

Coconut falls on your head .

Mystery bug

Poison in drink

Robbery late night

Fall into hole on street.

Motor bike brakes you hired fail.

Cement truck wipes you out on crossing.

Stabbed in neck by YA BA ladyboy in 7/11

Military find out your the guy on TVF and accidentally stick a bar fridge on your back while giving you a free cruise.

Hotel report you using Wi fi and material anti Junta

Drugs not yours found in bag .

Taxi driver veers into opposite traffic showing you a picture of himself and Yingluck

Walking out of embassy while ultra Nationalists are at fever pitch

Good list. Probably could be doubled or tripled in length, and still not begin to cover all the potential candidate listings.

Plutojames88, currently my favourite poster!

I leaned fast in Thailand when making a right hand turn to check the RH mirror. passing on right when someone is about to turn is not what I call safe.

The other time it said TUORIS... 55555

Its the people that are carrying the signs that scare me.

You can trust me...you will be safe here:

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Safe? What a joke. The cops will fleece your relatives to give back ones dead corpse!

Edited December 21, 201510 yr by arunsakda

Only if safe translates to death or loss of limb !

Lese magesty laws will keep you safe in a thai prison with murderers for 15 years after that you will be unsafe if not dead already.

Edited December 21, 201510 yr by Whyamiandwhatamidoinghere

Maybe those tourist police are french thais trying to show off their language skills..Or..Just call a spade a spade and say the damn thing is spelt wrong. Proof reading and dictionaries are not popular in thailand.

You are safe in thailand while the plane is approaching the arrival gate. Once inside you might get a popular notion to commit suicide. After you get into a taxi the death clock starts clicking. Safe is the mirage thailand wants you to see until you become another statistic.

Edited December 21, 201510 yr by Whyamiandwhatamidoinghere

A friend has an interesting take on what is happening here in Chiang Mai. Using the 300 meter rule, a high percentage of bars are being closed down by the police. It would seem that there is an underlying policy to "sanitize" the city, by removing much of the "night life." What you are left with is visits to temples, etc. during the day and staying in the hotels at night or provided escorted trips to other restaurants. What is happening on the ground appears intended to discourage young European tourists and promote tourists from China, Korea, and other Asian countries who do not want to party. I just came back from the U.S. through Seoul and the plane to Chiang Mai was, based on the people sitting around me, 90 percent of the passengers were middle age Korean tourists.

While many may not like it, if what is going on is the implementation of a Government Policy, then it would be the first such effort that that seems to have been well conceived and carried out without the usual hype and BS from the ministries.

Time will tell.

It is difficult, though not imposdible, to imagine what kind of douchebag farang would a) become a tourist police volunteer, b ) march in that parade, and c) willingly hold up the misspelled sign for the cameras.

Edited December 22, 201510 yr by Puwa

Not sure why all this bad press about spelling. Easy mistake to make by the print shop when the Thai language has no spaces between words. 'Tour is Safe';)