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10 hurt when passenger bus plunges into ditch An interprovincial passenger bus travelling from Bangkok to the Northeast plunged into a roadside ditch in Sida district of Nakhon Ratchasim province in the early hours of Wednesday, injuring 10 passengers. Police said the bus was carrying at least 30 p...

Apple fined millions for Australia false iPhone claims Apple was Tuesday fined Aus$9 million (US$6.7 million) by an Australian court for making false claims about consumer rights when refusing to fix faulty iPhones and iPads previously repaired by a third party. Customers of the US tech giant had c...

Travelling more.

PeteC wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:57 pm

Relationships, marriage, children, money, work, unforeseen circumstances......all these things have gotten in the way over the years.

All of that is getting in the way!

18 students injured as school van crashes into ditch in Hat Yai Eighteen students were slightly injured when their school van crashed into a roadside ditch about one kilometre from their school in Songkhla's Hat Yai district on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred on the Hat Yai-bound Asia highwa...

11 provinces warned of floods, high waves Two provinces in the lower Central and nine in the South have been warned of possible flash floods, landslides and strong wind waves, according to Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director-general Chayapol Thitisak. Mr Chayapol said the departm...

115376_th.jpg Bomb disposal experts were called to the Soi 6 area of Hua Hin on Monday morning following the discovery of an object which locals said looked like an explosive device. Local police and military officials attended the scene next to railway line on Soi 6 where they found an M18 smoke g...

Anyone know why this route is not running after October? Want to book in early November but no flights.

The 'schools' in this country are businesses that profit from customers (parents) by offering a marginally better 'education' by employing foreigners with a better command of the language in which the school is pitching it's most expensive service (usually called an EP -"English Program"). The profi...

Visa raids nab 50 foreigners Fifty foreign nationals were arrested for overstaying their visas and other offences in the latest of a series of coordinated police raids on 87 locations across the country early Saturday. The raids involving teams of police and officers from other agencies targeted lo...

That is all any of this is about - the Junta wants their cut.

Right, Expedia are just a booking agent that takes commissions, similar to Airbnb. They have no authority over the authorities in this country.

The boxed wine in Thailand is overpriced fruit juice.

You can get reasonable bottled wines in Villa Market, 2 litre bottles from 500-800 baht. My favourite is the Italian Rosso at 599.

Not sure if this is possible but I just used a dual SIM phone with both Thai and UK SIMS in it when I needed the Thai one in the UK.

Be aware though that AIS roaming charges are astronomical - you will need to top up with thousands before you go.

10 Hua Hin hotels using ‘fake licences’ face closure Deputy Prachuap Khiri Khan governor Pongphan Wichiansamut confirmed on Saturday that 10 Hua Hin hotels operating with fake hotel licences could be shut down. The deputy governor said he had held a meeting with representatives from several agencie...

Thailand Unveils Details of Crypto Regulations, Legalizing 7 Cryptocurrencies The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand has unveiled the details of the country’s regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, including licensing requirements, fees, and a list of seve...