Shopping in Thailand: What to Do When a Promotion Does Not Match the Till
A Pattaya shopping anecdote from 2009 becomes a guide to promotional labels, unclear prices, receipts and consumer complaints.
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Pattaya do not close for Buddhist holiday
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…
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Hua Hin Train Derailment and Train Safety in Thailand
A respectful look back at the 2009 Hua Hin train derailment, with practical rail travel and weather advice.
DetailsTyphoon Ketsan rocks Walking Street
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,…
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Bangkok Post bans Personal Thailand using its content
This post is copied from Thaivisa forum since Thaivisa forum like to copy from other sites I am sure they understand the joke 🙂 Bangkokpost.com do not just ban Thaivisa.com but all media that not using RSS so this blog is affected as well. We do not use RSS and will no longer send traffic…
DetailsSantika fire owners prosecuted
Santika fire owners prosecuted Finally the Thai police will try to turn over the case to the prosecutor and recommend that six people will be charged for the fire at the Santika night club last new year. The fire claimed 66 lives both foreigners and Thai nationals and the cuase of the fire is the…
DetailsFlash flood in north Thailand
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…
DetailsBad Year for Thai tourism sector
H1N1 Virus, Red Shirts, Yellow Shirts, Thaksin, bad economy and tourists scandals like the airport and yet ski scam have brought down the tourist 14 % this year. Thailand is sure the numbers will turn around but will they clamp down on the scams that tourists are set up for? Now the Thai government is…
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