Is it Safe to Visit Thailand ?

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CEOCambodiaNews wrote:Is Thailand safe?
By Lizzie Porter, Travel writer, and Hugh Morris
29 April 2016 • 3:00pm
One of the most popular holiday destinations in south-east Asia, Thailand lures around 25 million travellers every year, including nearly a million Britons, thanks to its clear seas, white sand beaches, excellent diving and relaxed pace of life.

But the recent, brutal, unprovoked attack on a British family at the seaside resort of Hua Hin has cast a dark shadow over its tourism credentials.

The same doubts emerged in 2014 after the double murder of British backpackers David Miller and Hannah Witheridge – for which two Burmese workers were sentenced to death.

Indeed, a book published in the same year, entitled Thailand: Deadly Destination, labelled the country the world's most dangerous, citing "train, bus, ferry, speedboat, motorbike and car accidents, murders, knifings, unexplained deaths, numerous suicides, diving accidents, robberies gone wrong, anonymous bodies washing up on the shores and a string of alcohol- and drug-related incidents."

The Thai tourist board, as the video of the most recent attack spread around the world, moved to reassure visitors of the country's safety.

“The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to express our deepest sorrow to the family who were subjected to the assault in Hua Hin during the Songkran celebrations,” the agency said in a statement.

“We hope that you recover from your injuries and make a swift and full recovery. TAT would like to assure international travellers that this was an isolated incident, not targeted on any group of foreign tourists in particular. The situation was exacerbated by alcohol.”

In its defence, the Foreign Office (FCO) supports its view of Thailand, declaring all but a small region in the south near the Malaysian border safe to visit. The FCO says that most British visits pass without incident, but "there have been attacks (sometimes violent)"...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti ... -Thailand/
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nothing like it was in the 1920's
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If you happen to stumble across a used DeLorean and can work some magic on it then give me a shout, there's a Bangkok nightlife period I'd liked to have experienced.
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Go to blackpool, apart from all the thick northerners its fine.

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Now it's totally fine and safe to go.
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i thought you would be more likely to die of boredom than violence in hua hin.
i mean, ppl do get killed by meteorites too.

though thailand has been numba wan OS destination for Aussies to cark it for many years now.they would do anything they felt like wherever. Aussies don't give a fuk. I got one of their passports LOL.

i wouldn't put it past them to intentionally cark it in LOS to save money.
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frank lee bent wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:05 pm i thought you would be more likely to die of boredom than violence in hua hin.
i mean, ppl do get killed by meteorites too.

though thailand has been numba wan OS destination for Aussies to cark it for many years now.they would do anything they felt like wherever. Aussies don't give a fuk. I got one of their passports LOL.

i wouldn't put it past them to intentionally cark it in LOS to save money.
why would you die of boredom in Hua Hin? ever been down Soi 80?
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Jamie_Lambo wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:56 pm
frank lee bent wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:05 pm i thought you would be more likely to die of boredom than violence in hua hin.
i mean, ppl do get killed by meteorites too.

though thailand has been numba wan OS destination for Aussies to cark it for many years now.they would do anything they felt like wherever. Aussies don't give a fuk. I got one of their passports LOL.

i wouldn't put it past them to intentionally cark it in LOS to save money.
why would you die of boredom in Hua Hin? ever been down Soi 80?
Neva tried Hua jin but I heard it's the HI-SO version of Pattaya.

I'll be in patts soon enough I'll probly have 100000 baht for a 2 month visit.

Should be sufficient I think.
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Trinitysmackstain wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:12 am
Jamie_Lambo wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:56 pm
frank lee bent wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:05 pm i thought you would be more likely to die of boredom than violence in hua hin.
i mean, ppl do get killed by meteorites too.

though thailand has been numba wan OS destination for Aussies to cark it for many years now.they would do anything they felt like wherever. Aussies don't give a fuk. I got one of their passports LOL.

i wouldn't put it past them to intentionally cark it in LOS to save money.
why would you die of boredom in Hua Hin? ever been down Soi 80?
Neva tried Hua jin but I heard it's the HI-SO version of Pattaya.

I'll be in patts soon enough I'll probly have 100000 baht for a 2 month visit.

Should be sufficient I think.
50,000 only lasted me 10 days there, i usually average 5000 a day lol
would obviously spend less if i spent a longer time there though, planning on going for 3-4 weeks next month i think to do some training and erm visit a few temples n shiz :oops:

Hua Hin is alright, i wouldnt say a hi-so version of Pattaya though, only has its posh reputation as apparently it doesnt have a "red light district" because its the "kings town"
the touristy Soi Bintebaht area which has a lot of beer bars seemed to have toned down a bit from what it used to last time i was there in December and was pretty quiet
but i always drink up Soi 80, as i used to rent an apartment and a house up that way, its more of an expat area, big long street, victory hill styled bars with many offering ST services, think every wednesday now they close off the street and have "walking street" night where all the bars have big street parties, was a lot of fun
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Have visited HH a few times over the years (nothing close to Pattaya) , its expensive and full of middle age tourists/couples, but now on my drives up north, stop at Prachup Khiri Khan or Cha- am. Much nicer, great inexpensive seafood and hotels on the water, but no bars per say
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