What is this?
Thai work permit for Russian pole dancers in Soi Bangla
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| photo from Asia Web Direct - permission requested |
Does this mean that Thai women can't dance on a pole in a glass box?
Swiftlet aviaries OR bird spit homes in Phuket
Bird's Nest soups
The culture of raising the swiftlet to produce nests which can then be sold to 'believers' is something which I do not understand but for some 'believers' the bird spit has miraculous properties.
I now understand that on your trip to Phang Nga you are able to visit the caves and watch the
nests being harvested?
I now understand that some
people in Phuket are building small 'out houses' to encourage the swiftlets to build the nests...
OKAY BUT
1) the birds in these numbers carry up to 11 diseases
2) rearing swiftlets in Phuket is illegal - fine?
3) harming tourism - how?
Do you know who eats this stuff?
Songkran – the sobering truth
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| thanks Helen |
We had a wonderful visit to the Wat Thepnmit in the morning.
I took some guests from the hotel
to see what Songkran was really about.
Following this we took a hazardous drive to Sapan Hin and we
were ambushed on corners with people waiting with coloured water and it was
wonderful chaos.
but we got ambushed by Russell...
but…
View Road Deaths During Songkran 2012 in a larger map
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Phuket Old Town pictures
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Solar Power in Phuket?
I have read about the wrong leaves on the train tracks in the UK.
I have read about the wind turbines which failed
because the wind was too strong in the UK.
BUT
why is there so little solar power in Thailand?
(above is a solar powered zebra crossing)
A Patong Tunnel road AND a Patong Hill road?
BUT will a tunnel to Patong reduce the accidents?
- will there be twice as many places to have an accident?
Now the underpass scheme is on the way?
Parking fees for cars at Chalong Pier
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| photograph used with permission - timinphuket |
I read in the Phuket Gazette a reply to parking in Phuket Town:
1: There are currently 20 places where fees can be are collected (Ed - where?)
2: Car Parking is 5 baht for the first hour and 15 Baht each hour thereafter
3: Motorbike parking is 2 baht for the first hour and and 3 baht each hour thereafter.
A ticket will always be issued...
Phuket News March 2012
Norwegian man confess to killing his girlfriend by accident.
Then chops up the pieces and hides them in his home?
because he was insanely jealous... AND?
An animal activist in Thailand is picked on by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) - animals are removed and the activist blames the 'raid' because the same department were not doing their job.
and they are doing it now?
- animals have been removed because they do not have the correct paperwork
what's the problem?
BUT the activist blames them for neglecting their duty previously
so they are doing it now?
Laem Singh beach is not a place to have vendors on - so says the holder of the Chanote
- well a fence will be built and then there will be an increase in price
A tourist dies of an electrical shock in a hotel swimming pool
and the amount of rain is initially blamed
then
there is exposed wires on a bridge (with metal hand rails) over the pool...
Director of Phuket Provincial Transport Office (PPTO) warned of a clamp down on illegal taxis - for metered taxis?
Patong wants to be a special administrative zone
which means bars can stay open later?
Beware of the Ladyboys - NOT just heels and plastic...
Pregnant teenager beaten and robbed
that's the last time I walk in Patong alone at 1 am...
Yet another crash on Patong HIll.
A crash on Big Buddha Hill.
Motorbike death near Thalang.
Hookah Bars are increasing in Phuket and are targeting the Phuket youth...
the law is not clear on this subject yet - why not?
Aerobics - Get Healthy with Tesco Lotus
please do not stop stocking full fat ice-cream...
The 'owner' of an Elephant in Krabi - works the elephant to death...
this cannot be easy to do?
Well done - Phuket Thai children win a ukelele contest.
Speed cameras for Phuket....
I wonder how the fines will reach the driver -
photographs and sent to the violators home?
I dare you -
visit a market at night time
If you see a car illegally parked outside Central Festival phone the police...
(Text in the Phuket Gazette)
but there are cars parked everyday?
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| image from Phuket Gazette - permission requested |
because?
PM Yingluck showers gifts on the Phuket people
1) 600 million baht for Darasmuth underpass
2) 700 million baht for Tesco underpass
3) 600 million baht for Bang Khu underpass
4) 180 million baht for Klong Koh Pee elevated road
5) 200 million baht for Deep Sea Port6) ??? million baht for Light Rail Project
7) ??? million baht for Patong Tunnel
8) ??? million baht for new airport terminal
whoops - "plans to shower gifts" - grammatical error (sorry)
The items below have been promised
4) 180 million baht for Klong Koh Pee elevated road
50 Billion baht for iPads and iPhones for Thai politicians
because...
13 million baht of gold left in the pink cab!!!
what do you think happened?
A snatched baby found with father in Thailand 5 years later
the full story is not clear and...
Prison for parents who forced their children into prostitution
I hope the parents stay there...
All budget airlines to fly from Don Muang?
- not favouring other airlines?
- transfer time?
Taxi meter fares going up in April in Bangkok
ARE we getting meters in Phuket?
(for the little amount that we have)
Crackdown on foreigners that own land in Thailand
BUT I thought foreigner ownership was illegal?
An anti-corruption probe uncovers Phuket's dirty land deals...
AND?
Bangkok Airport scams are declared as regular
ouch!