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1 hour ago, retarius said:
I don't really understand tourists reluctance to have travel insurance. This scheme goes some way to covering this. But what about riding a motorcycle with no driving license or not wearing a helmet....is that excluded, as are visa exempt tourists excluded? I took out travel insurance yesterday for a 3 week trip to the US (where healthcare is madly expensive.....total cost less than $100). Why on earth don't these creeps buy it or stay away?
Really? I took out a comprehensive policy last year with an extra motorbike coverage which cost me $500 Australian for 30 days in Thailand. This is at least two times more expensive than pre-covid. I could have got cheaper, but not much more so. You got a very cheap policy. For me, travel insurance is now a significant cost in any trip OS. It's getting ridiculously expensive.
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31 minutes ago, roo860 said:
What lousy coverage. 20000 - 80000 baht maximums is not going to pay for much in a serious accident. And I would be suspicious of any policy in which baht is misspelt as 'bath'.
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2 hours ago, hotchilli said:The accident also served as a harsh lesson in safety and preparedness. Lee credits his survival to wearing a helmet and wisely choosing comprehensive travel insurance.
He now advocates for these precautions to other travellers, hoping to prevent similar tragedies.
Check your insurance cover and stay off the motorcycles.
Or do as I did and pay extra for motorbike coverage. My Thai friend did all the driving so my coverage was just for riding as a passenger. And if you are going to ride a motorbike you make sure all bases are covered in terms of alcohol, helmet and clothing. This poor guy couldn't have had worse luck if he had wanted.
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2 hours ago, Bobthegimp said:
They've raised under 8 grand, so it looks like the unfortunate fellow isn't going home any time soon. His kids are 3 and 9. I hope to God the oldest one hasn't read this thread.
The scooter probably only came with one helmet. My guess is that he gave the helmet to his female companion and chose to take the risk on himself (and his kids, by proxy). A very bad stroke of luck that will destroy many lives.
A few hours ago I posted a link to a video of the last scene of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" which was rightfully taken down.
While harsh, it's probably the kindest thing to do.
Up north last year, the rental shops all had multiple helmets from which to select. My Thai friend and I felt a bit stupid bringing them from Bangkok.
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48 minutes ago, hotchilli said:
Taking a taxi suddenly seems not such a bad idea.
I pay the extra on my insurance then wear helmet, jeans and shoes as a pillion passenger. I make sure the rider and bike are legal. My Thai friend always wears a decent helmet and clothes despite being relatively poor. It's not that hard or expensive to protect yourself. Motorbike accidents strike young and old alike - but probably, particularly the young and naïve,
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17 hours ago, bradiston said:
Possible he's not comparing like with like. My daughter rents out a studio apartment in London, E3, for over £1000 pm. 45k THB. High end condos or pool villas I think can easily command that kind of rent. Maybe even a week. When I first moved to Pratamnak 30 months ago, I was paying 5.5k THB pm for a 1 bed ground floor flat in a very decent development. It's doubled since then.
Well he should make clear whether he is comparing like to like or his claim is meaningless.
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4 minutes ago, Dexxter said:
I have a one bedroom apartment that I rent out in Melbourne Australia and the rent I pay for my Bangkok one bedroom is about 75% of the rent I receive for my apartment. Local prices are already close to Melbourne prices at least for that example. Maybe I should increase the rent I receive..
I am from Melbourne and find it very hard to believe that rent there is only 25% more than in Bangkok. If that's an indication of where prices and the cost of living are at in Thailand, I will be staying home this year.
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6 hours ago, khunjake said:
The build quality of condos have also deteriorated rapidly in recent years as well. Imagine buying a condo only to have paper thin walls and ceilings so that you can hear (and feel) every word and motion of your “quiet” Chinese neighbors.
Chinese people are anything but quiet.
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4 hours ago, JackGats said:
What's the deal with scooters/motorbikes accidents? I don't mean the semantics. I mean would insurances routinely reject claims if an accident is a motorbike accident? How can you be covered then?
You can do as I do and pay extra for motor bike coverage. You need a licence or be a passenger with a licenced driver, as well as wearing a helmet and being on a registered bike. If the woman did not have a bike licence, I cannot see how she expected to be covered.
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As a Melbournite who regularly uses Thai Airways on this route, I would like to know what happened to the Melbourne bound passengers once the plane was diverted to Sydney. Were they looked after by the airline at Sydney airport? Were they flown on to Melbourne at no additional expense? The treatment I received as a passenger after the diversion is what would be uppermost in my mind when determining my feelings about the action of the pilot and the airline.
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21 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:Wrong. It's saying 2014/15. Read the story. Thaiger
I read that and did not take it as conclusive proof that the incident occurred during those years. It is implied that it occurred while he was teaching in those years, and I guess that is what is meant to be the case, but the wording was ambiguous.
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7 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:
Seems to me he didn't expect to be prosecuted after 10 years. The young woman will be now 26 years old.
Strange story
Doesn't actually say it occurred 10 years ago - 'many years ago'.
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59 minutes ago, jacko45k said:Russians were selected after the PM met with them.... and also the fact that reciprocal agreements are made selectively,( politically) too. It appears to have been a good decision, supported by the number of Russian tourists....
I don't know of any reason why Russians could not to a border bounce.... providing the neighbouring country allows them in.
Thailand doesn't let morality get in the way of maximizing tourist numbers, hence the Thai PM's visit to Russia when just about every other world leader was avoiding having anything to do with the country and its inhabitants. I am just glad Russians chose the place I least like in Thailand, Phuket, as their destination of choice.
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2 hours ago, Sig said:If I were on a tourist visa, I don't think I'd want to stay much more than 4 months or so anyway. The weather is only enjoyable from maybe somewhere around November-February (depending on the year and the smoke....). Tolerable at other times, but if touring, why go somewhere to tolerate it rather than enjoy it?
I always come in the rainy season June - August. I like not having to compete for accommodation and transport options and room prices are more competitive. Depends too on what you want to do in Thailand. I want to escape Melbourne winters so off season suits. But I think it would be unfair to ignore Australians for 90 day visas while giving them to tourists from just about every other country that visits Thailand.
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It would be nice if Australians were included too.
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40 minutes ago, MurakamiX said:
I saw a Thai prison documentary, and actually most of the time the pruisoners will leave such offenders alone, unlike in the West. It's people who kill or harm their parents that get the punishment.
True. He would be much worse off in a western prison.
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2 hours ago, bbko said:And how do you know the feelings of the "majority of Thai people" when it comes to someone assaulting their children?
They don't generally take action against teachers. I think that is very well known. In the west, everyone of the 35 parents would have taken action, whereas only one in this instance went to the police. Speaks for itself.
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1 hour ago, baz69er said:
Putting your arm into a cage with any wild animal is plain stupidity, so he was carrying a knife on him & cut his own arm off to break free? The picture of him looked like he still had most of his arm, maybe mauled his hand, whatever happened I'm sure it must of been horrific & hope he gets swift medical assistance, hope he has travel insurance.....
I am not so sure that travel insurance would cover something like this as he is working as a volunteer, and surely you'd need special cover for bear feeding activities and injuries?
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3 hours ago, ezzra said:
Will be Interesting to know whey have they set up upon this young Kuwaiti guy in particular?
was he wearing an expensive items, did he insulted a Thai person, was he hostile to anyone?...
You ever stopped to think it was nothing personal and motivated solely by greed? That if the teenagers all had knives they came prepared? Why is your immediate thought that the Kuwait guy must have done something to provoke it?
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3 hours ago, Shocked farang said:
Fat 'L's or 'Als' or 'Ells'? You sound like someone who has only ever hung around heavy Cheech and Chong type users as an abstainer. You also come across as the sort of straight guy I would avoid like the plague, a lecturing gym freak who knows little about the benefits and enjoyment of vaping, smoking or eating weed, someone from outside looking in and pretending to know more about the effects than they actually do. I would agree that teenagers should avoid use of marijuana AND alcohol because it adversely affects their study habits. However you exaggerate beyond reality the after effects of weed, particularly the morning hangovers, which are a bit of a nonsense, particularly compared to alcohol. Legalisation of recreational marijuana is common in a number of countries now. The kind of problems you attribute to alcohol could more easily be attributed to alcohol use.
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4 hours ago, Eric Loh said:
If you noticed, the subject of Thaksin's parole and hospitalization have not generated much interest in the media and on the street. It does seem that Thais have finally accepted the fact that the last 2 decades of colours hostilities and seizures of legimately elected governments were instigated by powerful personalities which have since passed and about maintaining the status quo. Perhaps the misfortune of Pita by the neo-conversative senators have opened their eyes that he was too victim of the establishment's reaction when challenged and not much about corruption. Thais will be happy with the easing of tension between the colours and the military.
I imagine the Thais will just as readily accept any decision in the next few weeks by the Constitutional court to dissolve the Move Forward Party for proposing reform to the lese majeste law. If so, it would seem kind of strange that the banning of the party that won the popular vote in the last election did not create a backlash of protest from the public. I wonder if the average Thai really cares much anymore about politics, or perhaps they have just had all enthusiasm for it sucked from them by the various machinations employed to maintain the same parties and individuals in power no matter who is deemed to have won an election.
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1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:
He was given a royal pardon. No yellow shirts protest. PAD leaders acquited. Coup general promoted. End of story. Why so much conversation over him which none will make an iota of difference. Be glad that there will be no color shirts chaos and coups in the near future. Move on.
You don't stop discussing politics or politicians simply because the conversation would not 'make an iota of difference' unless you are living in an authoritarian dictatorship.
I suspect many Thais are guilty of avoiding the 'conversation, hence the country's often weird governments made up of coalitions that seem unrepresentative of the preferences expressed in the election results. You see the same attitude expressed in the apparent acceptance of injustice and corruption in the Red Bull affair too. In many respects I think Thai people get the politicians and governments they deserve.
I think pardons and acquittals say more about the power of political opportunism and questionable alliances and practices than the worth of the individuals on whom they are bestowed.
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I imagine Thaksin could play a role in implementing the dismantling of the recreational marijuana business. He has proved adept in the past at assembling squads of police to put drug dealers and users to the sword by their thousands. Where many think the legalisation horse has already bolted, Thaksin through injecting a substantial amount of fear into the situation will find a way to bypass the concerns of growers, sellers and users and halt the runaway beast in its tracks.
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On 1/12/2024 at 1:43 AM, Dogmatix said:
Don't know where you are but the smell of pot is not noticeable in Bangkok at all.
In 2 months travelling around Thailand last year, I did not smell marijuana more than once or twice, and that was from people smoking in weed shops. The law prohibits smoking in public, and from what I can see, that is observed.
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New Govt Tourist Insurance to Cover Deaths and Accidents
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It's a bad idea if you have already paid for an insurance policy and get double hit through whatever means Thailand uses to raise the money for local insurance.