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    IS Thailand Safe?

    By Wally, Created on: 08/11/2008, Last updated on: 07/12/2008

    » Thailand is relatively safe, many of the statistics you cite are largely Thai-Thai. All countries have areas best avoided, Thailand is no different, but for the most part I think it is quite safe. Mind you this will vary depending whether you are in Chiang Mai or Pattaya.

    • Sean Moran commented : [quote="rogera":1vt5whvb] Is Thailand Safe? For Whom? Not too safe for those children on the motercycle or you if you start waving your arms over your head close to electrical wires. If you run away from, instead of toward the sound of gunfire, you too might live as I do here in wonderful Thailand. Free of bulletholes. In fact, I have never had a gun fired at me, here. I have been visiting and living here for over 44 years without undue problems IF I keep my nose out of other peoples problems. When I first came here, the price of a killing was $100.. Now I think it has gone up to $5 or 600. Keep to your own affairs, live long and prosper.[/quote:1vt5whvb] Funny that, but when you wrote "...Safe For Whom? ", I first read it as "Safe FROM Whom?" If you're 6'4" and 350lbs and you're walking across a footbridge over the thanon to the skytrain and you see a friend down in the street below and you get excited and wave your arms up in the air and jump up to say hello and you accidentally put your fingernails through the insulation of a 440v 3-phase overhead cable and electrocute yourself and unconsciously tumble over the edge of the bridge and down towards the macadam, and there happens to be a young family of five who can't afford a car yet riding back from the market with a week's supply of shopping on the back of an old Yamaha stuck in traffic at the red light below and you fall on them, you could hurt the poor little kiddies, couldn't you? I'd have to agree that the ONLY place I feel unsafe in Thailand is riding on the bike into or out of Bangkok, and it's the one place in the World where I'd always take a taxi and leave the bike back up in Nonthaburi, except on those odd occasions when I'd have to ride through Bangkok on the way out of town, or back from the train station once. Funny thing is, I never get lost in a cab, and I never get lost on the bike north of Chaengwattana, east of Samut Prakan, or west of Ratchaburi, day or night, I never lose my sense of direction in a new soi, but every single time I've had to ride through the Big Mango on a bike, I've continued to do some kind of 360 act without fail, and think I've made it to Ratchaburi until I pass by the Victory Monument again, or think I must be just crossing the railway line on the way to Sattahip, and then do a lap of Chitralada Palace, and happens every single time I try to find my way through Bangkok on a bike in a hurry. Always have the Michelin mapbook and the Lonely Planet right there in the top rucksack, but no matter how easy those maps make it to find your way around the Chantaburi markets on an overcast day, it just don't work for me in Krungthep. It's safe, but it's not much fun at all when it takes me all day to ride from Pak Kret to Bang Kapi.

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    Johnnie Walker An Exclusive Party of the Year “THE BLACKLIST

    By prnews, Created on: 30/09/2010, Last updated on: 30/09/2010

    » [b:2ruronth]Johnnie Walker Black Label Presents An Exclusive Party of the Year “THE BLACKLIST”[/b:2ruronth] “Johnnie Walker Black Label,” world-class Scotch whisky brand, has been granted an exclusive privilege to turn the entire ground floor of both sides of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel into...

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    Bangkok’s Socialites Paint the Town Black at the Year’s Most

    By prnews, Created on: 13/10/2010, Last updated on: 13/10/2010

    » [b:1hgljj3n]Bangkok’s Socialites Paint the Town Black at the Year’s Most Exclusive Party “Black Planet presents THE BLACKLIST”[/b:1hgljj3n] The light drizzle that came down in the early evening of Friday October 1st did not seem to dampen the spirit of the year’s most anticipated party “Black...

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    GENE EPOS SOFTWARE- ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE HOSPITALITY TRENDS

    By prnews, Created on: 09/01/2014, Last updated on: 09/01/2014

    » [attachment=0:1q1nj4f1]GENE Epos.jpg[/attachment:1q1nj4f1] GENE Epos is a fast and powerful touch screen point of sale system, designed for the constant demands of the hospitality industry. Gene EPOS is proven in the market to increase the speed and efficiency of service, helping to ensure high levels...

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    Food from the heavens

    Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 02/01/2015

    » December 2014 marked an exceptional milestone for Thailand's gastronomic scene as it's the first time the country's capital has enjoyed the high-profile presence of three Michelin-starred establishments.

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    PACE unveils MahaSamutr Country Club Hua Hin, ...

    By prnews, Created on: 31/03/2015, Last updated on: 31/03/2015

    » [size=150:3317x4fh][b:3317x4fh]PACE unveils MahaSamutr Country Club Hua Hin, Thailand’s first all-activity private country club to match best country clubs in the world with personalised services and highest quality international design [/b:3317x4fh][/size:3317x4fh] [attachment=0:3317x4fh]PACE-unveils-MahaSamutr-Country-Club-Hua-Hin.jpg[/attachment:3317x4fh]...

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    On a roll

    Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 19/10/2015

    » Forty years ago on the coast of the Arabian Sea, Apollo Tyres Ltd opened its first manufacturing plant in the southern Indian state of Kerala, producing automobile tyres and tubes, camelback materials and rubber conveyor belts.

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    Molecular interpretation of traditional cuisine

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 04/04/2016

    » Local foodies will not be able to comprehend why Michelin-starred Thai restaurants are located overseas -- such as Nahm at The Halkin Hotel in London, and KIIN KIIN in cold Copenhagen, Denmark, and Thais will keep busy comparing the taste authenticity. The question, perhaps, does not need an answer. Food should not have a racial barrier, and Michelin-star standardisation helps notch up Thai cuisine into the territory of haute cuisine.

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    Suzuki Raider 150R Red with pictures

    By Beau2014, Created on: 18/05/2016, Last updated on: 22/05/2016

    » Suzuki Raider 150R 2013 Red, well maintained and functioning perfectly. Tuned up with the help of the Bangkok Suzuki Raider Club. I'm proud to call this little bundle of joy my daily ride for good reasons. Read on below. THE BIKE What I love about this bike is it's ultra narrow profile, coming in...

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    Five things you need to know this week

    Muse, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 24/09/2016

    » 1 Treat yourself to some of the best short films in recent Thai history with Lost In Blue, a collection of three student-made films revolving around various types of heartbreak. The three films (Wannan Kong Duen -- That Day Of The Month, Rain and Glowstick) -- directed by recent graduates of Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Communication Arts -- have collectively won various awards both in Thailand and abroad. The long list of accolades includes the White Elephant Film Award, the Young Thai Artist Award, and, most prominently, the Special Jury Mention award from the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. The latter is known as one of the most prestigious short-film competitions in the world, and that makes Wannan Kong Duen one of only two Thai short films ever to win an award at the competition. The film is being shown exclusively at SF World Cinema, CentralWorld.

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