Where to Stay in Bangkok: Safety, Transport and Hotel Checks
Choose a Bangkok stay by checking the actual hotel, walking route, transport, current conditions and your needs instead of relying on district labels.
Deadly bombs hit heart of Bangkok
Foreigners among the injured in the deadly blast that hit the BTS station at Sala Deng at Silom district yesterday evening. People had come to protesters against the Red Shirts further downtown in Bangkok when suddenly two grenades hit the BTS station injuring and killing people waiting for the train to come to the station.…
Is Thaksin wanted by Thailand?
Where will Mr Thaksin go? According to Swedish press the Swedish government did not kick out the former PM of Thailand. The Swedish spokesman said that Thailand had not requested anything in writing so therefore the Swedish government could not take any decision about the issue. However Thaksin is not on any wanted list and…
Travel Warning for Bangkok end of February
The foreign embassies in Bangkok have already started to warn people to not come to Bangkok during the end of February. On the 26 of February the court will decide what to do with the 47 billion THB the Thai government have impounded from the former PM of Thailand. The red shirts have off course…
PAD on the march as Thaksin lands in Cambodia
One thing you can say about Thaksin is that he knows how to play on people’s feelings. After been appointed to economic adviser to the Khmer government he made some remarks regarding the people around the King Of Thailand. He later took those remarks back but the damage was already done. The PAD (yellow shirts…
The coup made Thais happy or not
The coup made Thais happy or not Thaksin is saying the coup made Thais unhappy and the generals says the coup made Thais happy. I am sorry but I think Thaksin is right, not because he is right but because the Thai people I spoken to feels like they are in some kind of queue.…
Thai airport hijacker Sondhi gets prison
You either love him or hate him it is just the way he is. Thailand’s number one media mogul and airport hijacker Mr Sondhi Limthongkul got 2 years in prison for libel. Personally I do not think the press ever should be sent to prison but this is Thailand and that’s the law. Press freedom…
Thailand still not united
The rumors of another coup in Thailand are popping up like mushrooms on a rainy summer in Europe. His Majesty The King Of Thailand came out last week and told everybody to try to work together for the country. The current Thai government has a difficult task since more then half the country voted on…