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If you're coming to town in May, post your dates here.

Willow, what "other tourist locations" are you referring to?

 

It's reassuring that neither side wants to disrupt tourism, but as long as demonstrations are taking place, there is more likelihood for random acts of violence happening.  And that's been my major concern.

 

I was there in November, and I think that was when the big demonstrations recently started.  As soon as I got to BKK, the newspapers were writing about the bill for amnesty that the Prime Minister was looking to get passed.  I think that's what got this new round of demonstrations ignited.  From my ill informed view, it seems like a less than stellar move for a politician to make that didn't have a consensus approval rating from the population!  But what do I know!  I'm an outsider with very little knowledge of how Thai politics works.

 

While there, it was pretty easy to avoid the demonstrations.  I was in touch with some of the Government, and was told by them what spots to avoid, day to day.  There were only a couple of days that we were told to stay close to the tourist areas.  It wasn't so much, dangerous, as it was difficult to get around because traffic was stopped.

I believe he is referring to the tourists spots around the country outside of BKK.

I wouldn't worry too much, Bob.  BKK is still safer than New York City, if you ask me.

You can always just send them an email and ask.  I'm sure they have been asked this question before.

You can also just look at the age in English.  The Thai ID's now have the dates in English on them.  I'm not exactly sure when they started to put the dates in English on them, but it has been for a few years now. 

Trip Cancelled  - Feb 28 - March 5... :(

way too early to cancel, if you ask me...but up to you as they say here

Of course, you can.  However, it will come down to what you're comfortable with.  If you're not comfortable with what you're reading in the news, maybe you should go some place else.

Just do yourself a favor and stay away from the protest sites, if you do decide to come to Bangkok this weekend. 

If you're coming to town in April, post your dates here.

If you're coming to town in March, post your dates here.

Hi I have noticed quite a few spam posts hidden within some of the currently active topic.  I have hit report on all the ones I have come across is this the best way to manage these?  or is there a tool to hide/delete the post until further moderation?

Just hit the report button whenever you see some spam.  I was unable to do anything about it yesterday, because I had no internet.

Can I help you with something or are you trying to contact a particular moderator on here?

If you're coming to town in February, post your dates here.

This link should help you out: http://bangkok.immigration.go.th/en/location1.html

Any feedback from the admin?

I haven't heard anything back.  I'll ask them again.

I passed this info along.  Hopefully, it will be working again soon.

I have a problem with Pattaya Addicts now been a member for a few years the site crashed today since then i can't log in when it came back online.

I get this message.

We could not find the member account for the name or email address you supplied. Please verify the information and resubmit the form.

I have the same user name and password for both forums seems they have lost my account details how can i access the forum  again without using another name.Any advice would be appreciated or  if someone can contact the mods over there for me that might help as well.

I let the mods there know.  I'll get back to you as soon as I hear something.  They are aware of the problem and are working on it. 

If you're coming to town in January, post your dates here.

I'v seen this documentary a few times.  Its actually been posted on here before a few years ago. 

In all honesty, I find the footage of Bangkok from about 11 years ago when they shot this to be the most interesting part of the movie. 

There are also some useful apps that can be found for your phone and many useful videos on youtube as well.  The key is to work on it at least a little bit everyday. 

Two books that I have found useful are :

• Introduction to Thai Reading by Rungrat Luanwarawat
• Thai Reading for Speaking by Darryl Sweetland

In my opinion if we are not interested in learning how to read or write Thai (which is a long and difficult task) the best technique is to make long statements.

 

I'm in the process of learning to read and write Thai.  Its well worth taking the time to learn it, if you're really interested in knowing the language.

Have a safe flight!  Looking forward to reading your TR when you get back.

There is a time limit on how long you're able to make edits to a post.  If you want, pm me with the link to the post and what changes you want made and I can make the changes for you.

Sorry, but NSU?

I believe he is referring to Non Specific Urethritis

If you're coming to town in December, post your dates here.

If you're coming to town in November, post your dates here.