500baht fine should clear things up:)

Posted by JimmyD on December 3, 2011 13:05

And no complaints about violent behaviour by tuktuk drivers. Had another one myself this week in front of Hard Rock Cafe. Obviously we are not allowed to park anywhere along Rat-U-Thit Road. And what the police does...

Posted by Lucien on December 3, 2011 14:08

Patong a real classy place these days, at least the tuk tuk driver didn't have the normal ten to one odds in his favor this time.

Posted by Scunner on December 3, 2011 14:43

tuktuk driver should consider every Russian a bikie at heart.

Drunk bloody dangerous guys. They do not care to loose, they love the fight. The are Russians. Most of them got beaten and give some beatings at home, at school, in town and finally the diamond cut thanks to the Russian conscript army.

And a lot have special ops training, as they needed a lot of spetsnaz, who seem to like to live/holiday in Thailand. But most likely a bit older then this guy.

Posted by Lena on December 3, 2011 16:09

@ Lucien

Had an incident that very nearly resulted in me being beaten up by a bunch of Tuk-Tuk drivers at the same location some time ago. Also for the hideous crime of wanting to park my car on a public street in a legal parking spot.

Calling the police would only make things worse because as they told me laughing, they pay the police so by all means, call them and see what happens next.

This is nothing new, has been like this for years and nobody in a position of authority is doing anything about it.

They keep turning a blind eye and the public walks away with a black eye.

Posted by Steve C. on December 3, 2011 18:27

"A Russian tourist who was drunk"... A prime example of a redundant phrase if ever there was one.

Posted by Graham on December 3, 2011 19:20

Nice edit Ed welcome back.

Posted by Scunner on December 4, 2011 01:48

Alcohol causes violence - among other vices, yet its manufacturers and distributors enjoy full protection from the government. Enough of the hypocrisy. Give people a choice and I bet most would choose a buzz with less harmful drugs. Legalise marijuana NOW.

Posted by Media Watcher on December 4, 2011 11:48

He was suggesting to trade a drug that made (some) people violent with a much less harmful one. Nothing illogical in that.

Back on topic, call me cynical but I find it midly amusing to see drunk russians fist fight with tuk tuk drivers. Hope this trend will go on.

Posted by John on December 4, 2011 16:17

Funny, isn't it, how easy it is the next day to forget a late-night drunken dispute which at the time seemed like a life-and-death struggle. Maybe not being able to remember anything about what happened the night before might have something to do with this. The ONLY benefit I can think of associated with drunkenness.

Posted by Andreas on December 4, 2011 16:37

Geez what a nitpick you are! Obviously there is very high probability that Media Watcher is a man, given that most of phuket expats are men, most of the posters on this site are men (just check the names on the various comments), and that most of marijuana defenders are men too. That's just basic logic.

My apologies if Media Watcher is actually a woman, but who cares?

Posted by John on December 4, 2011 18:49