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AsiaTraveller
Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 908 Location: Singapore, Mumbai, Penang, Denpasar, Berkeley
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Was he really the "crown" prince? It seems that he was merely one of the king's grandsons.
The actual crown prince (the next in line for succession) seems to be Bhumi's uncle, Vajiralongkorn, who is Princess Ubolratan's brother. He's a pilot and flew the body back to Bangkok. |
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peabody

Joined: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 76 Location: sydney
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:41 am Post subject: |
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Kent F. Kruhoeffer

Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 2129 Location: 中国
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:59 am Post subject: |
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Hello AsiaTraveller:
I just did some double-checking and you're right.
I have made the proper edits on page 1. Apparently the media source I quoted this morning got it wrong, and I then reposted it without even thinking to check the accuracy.
For details on this story:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/ (Bangkok Post)
or
http://www.nationmultimedia.com (The Nation)
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tedkarma

Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 1598 Location: The World is my Oyster
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:08 am Post subject: Phuket Update |
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Drove down the west coast this morning - and up the coastline yesterday afternoon. All the west coast beaches are pretty well trashed, though it often depends on their angle to the sea. Mother Nature is a bit capricious. Kata got hit - but mostly around the Club Med - but as it is across the road and well-built there was little structural damage. Karon ditto as it is mostly across the road. Patong's main road just trashed. Soi Bangla trashed about half the way back to Rat-U-Thit road (the second main road).
Didn't go all the way down to Nai Harn or Rawaii.
Up from Kamala - Kamala I think still the most damaged of areas - they were dragging a lagoon for bodies today. The sea is shallow there and the damage was as much as a kilometer from the sea - and that is through housing and buildings - right past the main road and on to the other side.
Surin - no major problems
Nai Thon Beach - no problems really - as a wide beach and the buildings are all on the other side of the road. Nai Yang - quite trashed as it had lots of great beach shack restaurants - all gone now. Pearl Village Resort took hit on the buildings near the sea.
After a while it all looks the same. Trashed buildings, beat up cars and trucks, litter and rubble everywhere. Only so much of it you want to look at - then time to move on. Sadness, shock, but still from time to time - the great Thai smile.
Business being business - and people still needing to work for a living - most everyone was busy today rebuilding. The airport was jam-packed yesterday with people trying to get out. Looked normal from outside, but once you went inside it was stuffed full of people. Not chaotic though.
Sadly, saw a few mass panics when people thought that the sea was coming in again - masses of people running in fear away from the beaches.
People are a bit in shock, many Thais lost family and friends (some still missing - fate undetermined as yet), though the major media seems to focus only on the tourists. It was/is a major trauma for the people who live here.
This lovely isle will rebound. Good people and still a good home. |
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loko
Joined: 14 Nov 2004 Posts: 15
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:56 am Post subject: |
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the adaptability, perserverence and general good nature of the thais will see them through this...further tourist dollars couldn't hurt either! |
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PKB
Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 88 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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I read that 1/3 of the hotel capacity in the affected areas was destroyed. Of course, this was not distributed evenly. I was wondering in the coming months if they expect a shortage of hotel room capacity or would a possible slump in tourism lead to excess capacity in Phuket. |
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PKB
Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 88 Location: USA
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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I lifted this from the Economist, is this accurate?
"Much of Thailand was not hit, though half of the hotels in Phuket have been destroyed. " |
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tedkarma

Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 1598 Location: The World is my Oyster
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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Highly inaccurate.
My guess - also inaccurate - but from being on the scene here - would be closer to 10-15% Big complexes like Laguna (though I also read it was "wiped out" ha ha ha), Arcadia (500+ rooms), some of the Thavorn Hotels, Marriot, and many other places were only slightly affected.
This doesn't, of course, discount the lives and property lost. |
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tedkarma

Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 1598 Location: The World is my Oyster
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:16 am Post subject: |
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Okay, time to stop all the silly gossip and rumormongering . . .
(I don't mean PKB and others - I mean the lousy international press)
For information from the horses' mouths check out this link
http://phuket.com/hotel-status.htm
Each hotel lists their operational status here. Most of the really big hotels suffered, at most, only minor damage and are 100% back in operation. A lot of the small hotels that were packed into the sea front of Patong - and particularly Kamala - were hit hard. BUT, their overall number of rooms is small compared to the big players.
Unfortunately, many people believe that many places are closed and particularly first class arrivals are significantly down this week - further hurting people who have the "service" component of the hotel bill as a significant part of their monthly and annual wages.
Phuket (and many other places) are up and running.
Just the facts ma'am. |
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