How to Answer the Phone in Thai: Sawatdee and Polite Greetings
Learn how to greet callers in Thai, when to use sawatdee khrap or kha, and why a 2008 phone-greeting story was partly a joke.
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Thaksin Shinawatra ex PM of Thailand has fled to England
Thaksin Shinawatra and is family as fled to England and wont returning to appear in court. The many court cases will go on without him and his wife if he not comes back to Thailand. He will loose the 69 million THB in bail and all the money they frozen in assets. The family is…
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Sea Sun Sand Resort Phuket bad experience
We found a bad experience from a group of people staying in the Sea Sun Sand Resort Phuket in Thailand. It is not very unusual that this kind of people happen. The hotel management if they are Thai always stands on the staff side, even if their wrong, they do not know the words “the…
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The expats club of Thailand is probably going to raise their dry throats again and complain about the possible rise of the sin tax. The Thai government is planning to raise all sin tax to 90 percentages and make it easier to check the real price from the factory since they think there is a…
DetailsKiva is paying back
The Kiva team from Cambodia has paid pack much of the money we loaned to them already. We got a email from the Kiva team yesterday as you can see below. You can read about this blog lending money to Cambodia. Dear Walking With Tigers Webmaster, The loan you have made to Ping Pong I…
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Grand Theft Auto in Thailand: What Really Happened in 2008
Was Grand Theft Auto legally banned in Thailand in 2008? A look at the documented retailer withdrawal and the difference between reports and law.
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Dengue Fever in Thailand: Prevention, Symptoms and Warning Signs
Understand dengue risk in Thailand, Aedes mosquito prevention, symptoms, emergency warning signs and why old outbreak statistics are not current.
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The Thai police have caught 30 people selling 10 kg of cocaine and other drugs in the Island of Samui and the full moon party. As usual the US drug agency located in Thailand was the one that alerted the Thai police something was going on. How the Thai police could “miss” the drug gang…
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