Stranded in Pattaya? Help for tourists...

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(shrimpsoup @ Nov. 30 2008,08:59)

(sev7en @ Nov. 28 2008,17:00) Stranded in Pattaya? That´s some punsihment.
Sorry to hear that. I don´t wish that uopn my worst enemies  

If yer out of money...it would be absolute torture to be stranded in Pattaya.

There are now over 100,000 tourists stranded in Thailand awaiting flights home and PDN has received unconfirmed reports that they will be receiving 2000 baht per day in compensation from the Thai government.

How funny... what Thai Government? ? ?

http://www.pattayadailynews.com/show...EWS=0000007914

[paultain]

Latest News €“ Bangkok Post

Some countries help their citizens, some do not
Spain is to send planes to repatriate more than 500 Spaniards stranded in Thailand due to the closure of Bangkok's airports.
But stranded British tourists face uncertainty. Their foreign office said it would not charter flights to evacuate those unable to get home.
The Philippines announced on Saturday that it would charter buses to take Filipinos from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, where they would get transportation home.''
And more than 260 stranded Russian tourists left for home on Sunday thanks to a flight by Thai Airways International from U-Tapao air base direct to Moscow's Domodedovo airport, the Russian embassy to Thailand said.

PAD allows 88 flights out - without passengers

The leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy have agreed to allow 88 grounded aircraft to fly out of Suvarnabhumi Airport.
The planes were stranded when they flew in as the PAD occupied the international airport last Tuesday night. Only a handful of passengers have been allowed to leave since then.
The agreement came after hours of negotiations between protest leaders and Airports of Thailand, the airport's owner and operator.
The first of the 88 aircraft already left Suvarnabhumi shortly after dark on Sunday evening.
Under the agreement, Thai Airways International and foreignh airlines can fly to airports in other provinces of the country to help evacuate tourists who have been stranded for nearly a week by the protesters.
There is no sign the PAD demonstrators will leave the airport.

[TiaoLang]

Suggestion, if you are stuck in 'Pattaya etc', get on a bus to Phnom Penh, fly with Dragon Air to Hong Kong, and most international carriers have availabilty over the next two days back to Europe.

One way flights from Hong Kong to Europe are about £1k. How urgent do you need to get back to Europe!

Regards.

Tiao