Just buy it off silkroad, street quality is nothing compared to what you can get from there.

Richard Barrow ‏@RichardBarrow 1h
A reminder to tourists that you shouldn't go near rally sites. Last night, two motorists took a wrong turn & were shot at by PDRC guards.


so just stay away from asoke, siam sqaure, ratchaprasong, lumpini park, silom and surawong. gotcha! it's safe apart from that. oh, and you'll be mightily inconvenienced if you are in any of those areas.

and that's now. forget about a month from now when yingluck forms government.

why bother when you have so many places in the region offering the same or similar thing to bangkok (and cheaper).

I really hope English is not your first language.

As long as its safe to go to Rump Market nothing else matters.

increased risk from minimal to minimal+1 doesnt mean that it is all of a sudden dangerous.
there are so many other risks in south east asia to worry about before you should worry about being beaten to death by an angry mob.
like for example being anywhere near a road in a vehicle of any sort is at least 1000x more likely to cause you harm. so why worry about increases in some risks when they are negligible compared to all other risks that you expose yourself to?
just because something changes doesn't make it important, only that it is interesting to report for media, since they can not report everyday that 20,000-30,000 people die in thai traffic every year because no one would read it since it is constant.

for those that want to follow how the riots develop stickman also has some reports with lots of pics.
http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/Bangk...tests-2013.htm

FU! live in asoke and other than preferring the motorbike taxi to normal taxi when going to town everything is same same.

It's always safe in Thonglor.

Useless trivia: Last night was the coldest ever recorded on Samui. 17.8 C.

Pokerstars down for any TOT DSL users?

will you ever stop attention wh0ring one of the best resources for thailand info on the internet?

hey, im gonna go samui next week, looking to stay there for a longer period, say 6 months

where would be a good area to live ?

how are prices compared to patong?

any skype groups for samui ?

ITT people who rawdog beach road hookers and ladyboys worry about how dangerous bangkok is with protests in a few small areas.


I guess I can understand- after rawdogging as long as you take a shower you cant get aids, but no shower will get the sound of those damn whistles out of your head

It's not the danger so much as it's gonna be a pretty crappy place to visit as a tourist in the next few months if services shut down due to protests. For someone thinking of planning a holiday in SE Asia in that time, there are plenty of options other than Bangkok.

Oh there are protests? Aside from a love parade march down thong lor last month I haven't noticed a thing.

Unless the protests become worse there's no reason to avoid BKK at the moment. Every service working just fine.

yeah good luck in thong lor when the red shirts finally reach breaking point.

if yingluck isn't allowed to form government bangkok will burn baby!

If you think taking a shower is a bulletproof way to not catch HIV then i got some bad news for you :P

I'm pretty sure "red shirts" isn't thing for this round of protests.

Anyone wanna split accommodations in Macau for the "Pokerstars Macau Millions" im looking to go March 7-16....i emailed stars about hotel rates although i think they are gonna be pretty expensive even split 2 ways. i did find some 80ish dollar a night rooms on agoda.



http://www.pokerstarsmacau.com/tourn...acau-millions/

Mmm sounds interesting! I may be tempted with a trip to Macau! Il check it out

can anyone recommend me a good service apartment or maybe hotel with solid internet in Samui? Maybe for a 2 week stay minimum

same here....
been 3 times already but only cash game...
let luckbox a donkament this time
also a little vacation away from the family

For Condos:
http://www.chawenglakeviewcondotel.com/
http://www.bangrakgardenhome.com/
http://www.joyresidencesamui.com/
http://www.samui-condo.com/
http://www.wimaanburi.com/
http://www.baansuansook.com/baansaensook/index.php
http://www.arisaraplace.com/apartment/home.html
http://www.samuiemerald.com/index.html
http://www.replaysamui.com/project.html
http://www.citinurbanasamui.com/
http://www.boonjumnong-samui.com/
http://www.samuiswedenvillage.se/englagenhetstyper.htm

Don't know about the internet nowadays. But with an internetstick you always have a reliable option to grind. Costs about 800 (you can buy one in the Tesco in Chaweng oposite the Cashier), 1GB/1month for about 400.
Always depending on how much you currently have to pay for the rent, I definitely can recommend Arisara, Bangrakgardenhome (shouldn't be much more than 20k/month).

Any good mobile internet solution that works on Mac/OSX?

Political situation won't affect tourists. Promise.