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I arrived at 2 am and had an onward domestic flight with TG at 6:15 AM what I saw surpised me a lot.
3:30AM AirAsia started to open their counters for flights on the TG side there were 2 guys sleeping behind the counters.
04:00 I were milling around in the TG area to unload my bag so I did not have to carry it around and since their first flight is a 06:05 I assumed they would be open, the board showed that my flight were open for checkin.
04:15 2 hours before my flight 100's and 100's of people at FD's counters TG dead except for around 15-20 people looking around trying to figure where to check in.
04:30 I am starting to think is TG on strike or what is happening the airport is buzzing FD is overflowing with people trying to check in long lines and row AB is dead except for the 2 sleeping guys and a handful of passengers looking around for a place to check in.
04:45 TG staff shows up to check in passengers and I got checked in for my flight which turned out to be 60-70% full.

The TG domestic flight is about the same as as FD flight if you count in booking fees, bagage fees and so on but been the national carrier I expected more. I did not expect that my flight showed as checkin on the board and then for another 45 minutes the checkin area were a wasteland with no TG staff.

For at least a year or maybe two there have been a sign saying supply problems so its not available at the duty free anything changed since January?
I paid 550 baht for Lucky Strikes in January and if no Marlboro or even better my Prince, from the old country, which it were until Marlboro disappearred, is available then I would prefer to spend the 720 baht at Makro for a cartoon of Marlboros and bring it with me.
Its a joke that they can not work out the issue of duty free cigarettes with a company like Phillip Morris.

To the non-smokers we don't need you to preach smoking is bad we know! No need to remind us, I am simply asking a question on availability.

http://www.thaivisa....ost__p__4835161

A friend just sent me crucial information of Irrigation Dept about water pumping capacity.You would not believe it.
Sounds like one of those internet rumors mails and TV it reporting it as news?
I haven't taken sides in the yellow vs red since I believe both sides are to extreme and nuts to get this country going so I sit out on the whole discussion about who is right and who is wrong but the whole post in the "news" section seemed more like a I heard from a friend and he heard it from a 2nd cousin who heard it from his wife's deceased aunt.

We are going to Laos for a border run for me at Chong Mek.
We want to take some friends and as far as I have read Thai ID card is fine for crossing over but what about kids (7 years) that don't have ID card do they need Passport?