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More dishonest jet ski operators in Thailand

Friday, 10 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 6
Editor; In Bangkok Post’s Letters, Saturday February 4, ‘A real Thai experience’ by Siritip Helton told of their family’s unfortunate experience with one of the jet-ski operators on Jomtien Beach.

Paranoid at the ATM

Friday, 10 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 6
Editor; Perhaps I’m just being paranoid, given all the news I’ve been seeing about international credit card and ATM theft gangs.  But I was at the ATM just now, taking…

An Anglophile’s view of the German Film Festival

Friday, 10 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 6
Editor; I, as an anglophile, have a well entrenched idea of the German psyche.  German people are remote, distant, aloof and have no sense of humor.  After one evening of…

Public buses

Friday, 10 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 6
To the Editor; This is our 8th winter in Jomtien and my husband and I were full of anticipation that a normal public bus service was in the offing, as…

Good grace of car drivers

Friday, 10 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 6
Dear Editor, Jerry S. (Mailbag Feb 3 2012) says that “cars intentionally drive dangerously close to bully” poor defenceless motorcycle riders! It is very difficult to avoid kamikaze motorcyclists who…

Friends vanish when things go wrong

Friday, 03 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 5
Editor; (Re: Thank you City Hall, Mailbag, Jan. 13) Koto, why would you need to remove the staples if they are not doing any harm to the trees?  If (as…

Police should have regular beats

Friday, 03 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 5
Editor; Police, tourist volunteers, regular or otherwise should have “walking beats” year round all thru Pattaya and Jomtien. Walking and presence of police at unscheduled times and places have proven…

How long before there is a bad accident?

Friday, 03 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 5
Editor; (Re: “Police volunteers raise Jomtien profile during peak period,” Jan. 27) Perhaps the good volunteers would like to visit another night, not in uniform, without telling anyone and observe…

When in Thailand…

Friday, 03 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 5
Editor; I am a senior citizen farang who rides a motorbike as I find it convenient. Also, parking a car can be a challenge and baht buses on my main…

The nerve

Friday, 03 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 5
Editor; (Re: “Tourist Police chief says Pattaya ‘completely safe’ from terrorist attack” Jan. 27) How would any police know that Pattaya is safe from terrorists? It sure is not safe…

Laser pointer hazard statistics indicated are misleading

Friday, 03 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 5
Editor; (Re: “Stop use of green laser as a toy” Mailbag, Jan. 6) Yes, laser pointers have been misused to cause annoyances in beach towns (Ocean City, NJ, USA) and…

No plan or strategy

Friday, 03 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 5
Editor; I was shocked to be walking through the harbour recently to see the trees being ripped out of the last green area in the entire area, adjacent to the…

At what cost to Pattaya residents?

Friday, 27 January 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 4
Editor, To the headline (Pattaya Mail, Vol XX, #2) Pattaya rakes in 8 billion in 2011 - should perhaps be added, but, at what cost to Pattaya residents? Pollution, traffic…

Traffic in Pattaya is a true pest

Friday, 27 January 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 4
Dear Editor; Traffic in Pattaya is a true pest: untidy, confused, anarchist, dangerous and deadly. The main responsibility falls upon every single driver to avoid becoming irresponsible, intolerant of regulations,…

Broken walkway

Friday, 20 January 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 3
Dear Editor: This now broken walkway was nice in Feb and March this year before high waters took away the 4 meters long and 2 meters high walkway. Now all…
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