We like to issue a small travel warning for Pattaya from the 7 of April since the red shirts probably will follow the government when they have a meeting their. Since the government house is blocked in Bangkok the Thai government will have the meeting in Pattaya. The traffic can be slow coming to Pattaya…
Thailand and Cambodia have had a shoot out on the border region. A Thai civilian and 2 Cambodian soldier was killed in the clash. The tension is high since the Cambodian has claimed that Thailand is trying to invade the Cambodian side just last week. Both countries claiming the rights to the temple and two…
It is time to run you only have a few days now if the last flight has not got booked already. You can forget about busses and trains they are full with up country people trying to get home for the holidays. You can almost forget the domestic flight as well and do not even…
Updated 17 October 2026. This guide replaces vague “crackdown” language with practical immigration-compliance advice. When travellers hear that Thailand has launched “another crackdown”, they often imagine sudden rule changes. In reality, the most useful approach is to understand the rules that already exist: keep your stay valid, use official systems and avoid relying on rumours…
The red shirts have gone out and blocked government houses and buildings in 12 different provinces. The government has told the police not to use violence against them but that they have to stop because they are breaking the law. The problem is when the PAD blocked the airport the police did nothing to stop…
The Thai police are saying they can not keep up with all the foreigners doing crime in Thailand I do not blame them. The foreigners do not sit all day looking at TV in the police station so how can they catch them? The Thai police and the Thai public are not ready for the…
A German man has been arrested for setting bus stops and advertisement boards on fire. He was very depressed during the time and many people have seen him sleeping on the pavement around the Sukhumvit area. He said he was depressed because a girl in Pattaya took all his money (oh here we go again).…
A Thai couple has been arrested for faking the wife’s death after the Tsunami. The husband went down to Phuket and planted some ID cards and credit card on a female body from the Tsunami claiming this was his wife. He got about 2 million THB from insurance companies and he had a major debt…