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Apparently nobody has informed the Thai tourist police in Phuket that farang tourists in Thailand are quickly becoming as rare as Pikachu in Pokemon Go. As a result of police decided that it would be a good idea to track down a tourist through her tour company after seeing photos of her at Wat Chalong wearing a dress that had become somewhat see-through due to rain. She was ordered to report to the police station at 9pm where she was then told that her dress at the temple was inappropriate and was made to wai and apologize to the templet staff and the people of Phuket for disrespecting the temple. Now, I'm usually the first person to throw some stink eye at tourists who show up at temples in bikinis or other inappropriate dress but nobody at the tour company (run by Thais who should presumably know the dress code) or at the temple deemed her dress too provocative to enter the temple. Only when photos circulated online did people start to get in a huff about her dress, so I don't think we can point to the tourist has having had any intention of being disrespectful. Here's a photo of the woman so you can form your own opinion. It's unclear as to why the police felt it necessary to summon her to the police station for a reprimand and forced apology rather than simply warn the tour operator and the temple staff to do a better job at informing tourists of the dress code for religious sites. Better yet, the person who took the photos could have politely told her that dress was showing a little too much in the back and suggest that she borrow a sarong to cover herself so as not to offend anyone. At a time when TAT, the tourism authority of Thailand, puts out almost daily press releases touting their ideas for luring "quality tourists" to come to Thailand, it seems counter-productive to be inconveniencing and publicly shaming tourists in the media for what appears to be nothing more than a minor tourist faux pas. -
Apparently nobody has informed the Thai tourist police in Phuket that farang tourists in Thailand are quickly becoming as rare as Pikachu in Pokemon Go. As a result of police decided that it would be a good idea to track down a tourist through her tour company after seeing photos of her at Wat Chalong wearing a dress that had become somewhat see-through due to rain. She was ordered to report to the police station at 9pm where she was then told that her dress at the temple was inappropriate and was made to wai and apologize to the templet staff and the people of Phuket for disrespecting the temple. Now, I'm usually the first person to throw some stink eye at tourists who show up at temples in bikinis or other inappropriate dress but nobody at the tour company (run by Thais who should presumably know the dress code) or at the temple deemed her dress too provocative to enter the temple. Only when photos circulated online did people start to get in a huff about her dress, so I don't think we can point to the tourist has having had any intention of being disrespectful. Here's a photo of the woman so you can form your own opinion. It's unclear as to why the police felt it necessary to summon her to the police station for a reprimand and forced apology rather than simply warn the tour operator and the temple staff to do a better job at informing tourists of the dress code for religious sites. Better yet, the person who took the photos could have politely told her that dress was showing a little too much in the back and suggest that she borrow a sarong to cover herself so as not to offend anyone. At a time when TAT, the tourism authority of Thailand, puts out almost daily press releases touting their ideas for luring "quality tourists" to come to Thailand, it seems counter-productive to be inconveniencing and publicly shaming tourists in the media for what appears to be nothing more than a minor tourist faux pas. View full article
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Will be visiting Patong area, Phuket in July, 2016. We be group of 5 people. Looking for a 3 - 4 stars serviced apartment with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms for a period of 6 to 7 days. Preferred location be very near to Bangla Road. Any suggestions ?
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PHUKET: Two drunk Australians were beaten down by a mob on Phuket’s famous party street, Soi Bangla, early yesterday. At about 1:30am Patong Deputy Superintendent Akanit Danpitaksat arrived on Soi Bangla (map here) to find both Australians sitting in the middle of the road covered in blood. Having only recently arrived in Phuket, the two men* Anotny Souners, 26, and Brad Trub, 30, suffered serious injures: Mr Sounder had a broken leg and Mr Trub had a large gash over his eye. “They went out and got drunk. They talked, walked around and lost control of themselves,†Lt Col Akanit said. The bouncer at the Hollywood Discotheque did not allow the pair to come inside due to their level of intoxication, so Mr Sounder and Mr Trub made their way to the Kangaroo Bar. There, the men allegedly attacked an American with an ashtray, Lt Col Akanit said. The pair is also understood to have attacked other tourists in the bar with a chair, and to have slapped one of the bar girls, Lt Col Akanit said. Other patrons of the bar reacted violently to the duo’s aggression, attacking them and leaving them seriously injured in the road. Mr Sounder and Mr Trub were charged with public intoxication, causing bodily harm and causing damage to property, said Lt Col Akanit. * The two men were originally named by police as “Antony Sounder” and “Brad Trub”. via Phuket NEWS: Mob violently bounces Aussies from Kangaroo Bar.
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PHUKET: Ten tuk-tuk and taxi drivers on Phuket face arrest, say police, after the men intimidated tour counter operators into closing. The tuk-tuk and taxi drivers, based in Kata-Karon, confronted tour counter operators next door to the landmark Dino Park at 8pm on Monday, said investigating officer Lieutenant Rattapon Dee Tongorn. ”They ordered the people to shut down the operation and allegedly held them against their will,” the lieutenant said. Tourism officials say that it’s the second vigilante action by the area’s tuk-tuk and taxi drivers in the space of two weeks. Phuket’s tuk-tuk and taxi drivers in the Kata-Karon area especially have a worsening reputation for thuggery and for maintaining their jobs through intimidation and threats. The number of drivers far exceeds Phuket’s needs and the excessive fares subsidise hundreds of one or two trip-a-day taxi drivers when what Phuket needs are fewer drivers and metered cabs. Police are looking for the tuk-tukand taxi drivers involved in Monday’s incident and will first try to persuade them to negotiate with the tour staff, who are also Thais. ”If that doesn’t work, we will charge them with holdling people against their will and threatening behavior,” Lt Rattapon said. Little is known about the earlier case of intimidation. Another officer based at Karon Police Station, Lieutenant Pachai Nakayah, said that police needed the help of other authorities to deal with the issues raised by the taxi and tuk-tuk drivers. ”These people aren’t big enough to be regarded as mafia,” he said. ”The problem is that as the low season kicks in, there isn’t as much money around for everybody from tourists. ”These people are just trying to sustain their income.” The issue of the number of tuk-tuk and taxi drivers growing without there being a real need and charging extortionate fares is becoming a turn-off for more and more tourists. Visitors who go to both Bangkok and Phuket find Phuket taxi fares are between six and 10 times higher, and the service is not as good. Complaints to embassies are on the increase. Meanwhile, the taxi and tuk-tuk driver pursue a strategy of adding more drivers. but rejecting such practical ideas, in use everywhere else, of metered cabs, call centres and fewer drivers working harder at lower fares. If ever there is a downturn in Phuket’s galloping tourist economy, the social consequences could be disastrous. An illegal cab driver has also been charged this week with abducting a young Chinese tourist and attempting to molest her in his taxi, another case that will further damage Phuket’s reputation. via Phuket Tuk-Tuk, Taxi Drivers Force Phuket Tour Counter Operators to Shut – Phuket Wan. -
PHUKET: Taxi drivers in Karon have said they “will not allow†the planned new airport bus service to take their jobs, saying they “guarantee†protests if the buses start running. Taxi drivers ‘guarantee’ protest if new Phuket bus service begins
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hi i am in Phuket patong beach for travel about 20 days i need to know where i can find places for disco and shopping center and what great places in Phuket i am first time see Phuket i need help
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Arriving in Phuket on 1 September this year and planning a few days at the Tree House Resort at Khao Sok National Park. Has anyone stayed there and could you tell me is it as nice and destinctive as the web site makes out? During my three weeks in September I am planning to avoid the tourist areas and try to see as much of the real Phuket and the mainland up too Khao Sok and possibly beyond as I can. :D:D
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This might put a damper on tourism in Phuket. http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/01/jeremy-renner-injured-in-brutal-thailand-fight/ Also being reported in the LA Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2012/01/jeremy-renner-thailand-bar-brawl-the-hangover-2.html I caught this when it was on the elevator's video screen in my office building. Because it involves Renner who is in the latest Mission Impossible movie and filming a new Jason Bourne movie this will likely be one of those stories about Thailand that gets just enough US and foreign press to make some people think twice about visiting Thailand :-(
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Just one question, where's all the Farang women at in Phuket? I love this island, meeting new people and for sure there are no end of Thai ladies to meet. I have to say, I also miss the company and converstion from western women. Having been and working here 2 years+, it seems that the farang women that live here must be hiding under the same bush (which incidently, i cannot find for love or money!!) so if there are any reading this post that enjoy going out or staying home, good convo, light drinking etc, send me a note 8) - I promise you I don't bite...much!
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I've noticed more and more discussion on the site about Phuket, and with active TFers now living here (or very soon) like Macca_tirana and I_love_som_tam, perhaps Songkran can be a springboard to getting more of a TF scene going on down here. So, following the positive response to Macca's recent journal about Songkran, in Phuket I've posted a couple of events. The water fighting normally starts in Soi Bangla on 11th April (also my birthday, beer donations gladly accepted), at least in the lower half. That's the first night that it's allowed, and the bars are well prepared with their TVs wrapped in plastic etc.. This is really a bit early for the water but that can make for lots of entertainment as poor innocent bypassers get their first soaking of the holiday season. Very immature I know, but good fun. The odd scuffle is not uncommon too, but normally started by someone with no sense of humour and the perpetrator duly gets completely soaked by everyone else. We normally base ourselves outside one of the bars near Kangaroo Bar in the beach end of Soi Bangla. There are a lot of people selling water on the street but normally a couple of bars have a hosepipe in a big garbage bin and you can re-stock your ammo there. You can buy a gun in the street but you probably pay double (a few hundred baht) what you would if you bought it somewhere in advance. I'll take a trip down there and try to remember which bar was the best base last year and post it up on the event. Will be there from around 9pm until at least midnight. :!: VERY IMPORTANT: :!: If you've never done Songkran before in a place like Patong then you should know that everything that you wear and carry will become totally soaked. So don't wear much :wink: and if you have to take a phone then double plastic bags are recommended. Of course the water fight continues through 12th and normally comes to a peak in Soi Bangla in the afternoon/evening. Then on 13th, the official Songkran day, for the last 2 years the best place to be in Patong has been outside the Banana Club on the beach road. The first year they did it was just 3 and half months after the tsunami and it was like a real show of defiance. Legendary party! The DJs sit way up high on the balcony and play pumping tunes through the afternoon. So let's hope the boys in brown don't put a stop to it this year. I've a suspicion that Jungceylon, with all those fountains and mini-lakes, might take some of the Songkran attention this year, although they may well ban water fighting there. At Banana I'm not sure what time the music starts but from memory it runs from around midday until 5pm or so. So I've put midday as the time for a meet-up near where the DJs are. See you there!
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Once again I will be heding to Phuket and was wondering if any TFers will be around for New Year's?? Or, if anyone is interested in doing some diving? I will be there until the 8th.
