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Contractors Pump Out Waste from Septic Tanks in Chumphon This Morning I received some disturbing information from a friend of mine who lives in Chumphon. This information affects everyone, especially vegans, and as a public service I want to alert as many people as possible. It appears that the contractors that pump out the waste [...]

Take a moment to say thank you for a job well done! by David Barkdull Bangkok Here in the capitol of the Land of Smiles there are individuals and groups of people who work tirelessly to make our time here a positive experience. Immigration Police officers routinely work 16 hour days manning the checkpoints and [...]

The dangers of living in Thailand David Barkdull Bangkok As Whitney Houston said, “Crack is Whack”. We choose to live in Thailand “a developing country” for our own reasons. We have a 250,000 man/woman police in force but apparently they are spread pretty thin because you cannot find a single one to help you when [...]

An open letter to the failure that is the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) by David Barkdull Bangkok This week I have been reflecting on the TAT’s total lack of credibility, the scandals, the mismanagement, falling tourist numbers and junkets to who knows where or for what reason. The lack of any marketing skills whatsoever [...]

Tourism in Thailand – a Farang View by David Barkdull For many of us who live in Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Pattaya Thailand it is so obvious that for the past two years we have had low season, low-low season and no season rather than high and low seasons we saw only a few [...]

Failure rate for condos in Bangkok, Thailand nears 50% by David Barkdull Bangkok Property speculation in Thailand is a form of doing business and investing (gambling) on Thai property values increasing in the short or long term. In Thailand is it easy to put Bt100K down on a condominium unit or multiple units in a [...]

Proposed Ban on Mobile Phones in Thai Theaters | 1com Thailand Editorial by David Barkdull I waited a few days to cool off after reading about the proposed ban on mobile phones in theaters to combat high levels of intellectual-property rights (IPR) violations in Thailand. I thought the Deputy Commerce Minister would be censured or [...]

Mobile Phone Ban for Thai Movie Cinemas | Commentary by David Barkdull Mobiles ban for cinemas Petchanet Pratruangkrai Mobile phones will soon be banned from cinemas as the government strives to combat the high level of intellectual-property-rights (IPR) violations in the Kingdom. The move follows a meeting yesterday between Deputy Commerce Minister Banyin Tangpaporn and [...]

Forget labels and seek out answers to the bloodshed Re: US Government may be getting the message – Finally, Editorials, The Nation, Thailand April 30th. Your editorial regarding the word games involved in the political mess that rages in the Middle East and, on a much smaller scale, in the deep South of Thailand calls [...]