Updated 16 October 2026. A jet ski ride can look like an easy beach activity in Phuket, Pattaya or another Thai resort. Before renting one, however, understand the risks: accidents, unclear rental conditions and disputes about alleged damage can turn a short ride into an expensive problem. The Australian government’s Thailand travel advice specifically warns…
The Phuket government are making the Jet Ski operators (read scammers) take an insurance for Jet Skis. The government in Phuket is putting down the foot after the scam was shown on TV outside Thailand and it brought real shame to Phuket Every owner have to register their business and only 219 operators (don’t ask…
Save verified Thailand emergency numbers for Pattaya: 191 for urgent incidents, 1669 for medical emergencies and 1155 for Tourist Police.
This weekend was a big Buddhist holiday and Thai people are flocking to the temple. There is also a big festival in Nong Khai for the Naga. But in Pattaya the rule of mammon is law and money, greed and corruption rules. You might think that the bars and girls would stay home on a…
Typhoon Ketsan left Philippines and headed for Cambodia and then in to Pattays famous Walking Street lifting skirts and making damage for about one million THB. No people died but some wooden houses near the beach were blown away and some boats sank around Pattaya beach. The provinces of Kamphangphet, Phicit ,Phetchabun, Nakhon Sawan, Loei,…
The Meteorological Department of Thailand has warned of dangerous flash floods in part of Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, Kalasin, Roi Et, Yasothon, Ubon Ratchathani, Surin and Buri Ram and in the north Chiang Rai. To Travel north Thailand can be dangerous now and tourists and locals should be aware of that mud slides killed…
Updated 17 October 2026. This guide replaces a scare headline with practical advice about counterfeit and pirated goods. “Get arrested when buying a pirated DVD in Thailand” is catchy, but it oversimplifies the real issue. Travellers are better served by understanding that counterfeit goods and intellectual-property-infringing items can create customs or legal problems, even if…
Just a small travel warning for Bangkok this weekend when the red shirts taking to the streets. It’s this weekend that former PM Thaksin got kicked out and the new PM is also out of the country. The rumors of a coup is running wild and he when the Thai PM did not managed to…