A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

[Bonut]

The ambulance vans are on standby at the cave site and the media are not allowed into the cave where the command center is located. New media groups are re-directed to the the district police station and existing media are allowed to camp outside. The entrance is sealed up with black canvas except for a small opening to allow access. Media have been told not to take any photos from now on. The temporary quarters where families of those trapped have been seeking refuge are vacant and it's believed that they are now inside the cave at the command center.

Rescue is definitely underway as a few top American divers arrived in the morning at the cave site. The Americans will be the ones leading the rescue.

 

[Froggy]

Lunch now but everyone seems to be fixated in the news on TV

 

[yinyang]

 

[Bonut]

Lunch now but everyone seems to be fixated in the news on TV

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I have also touched down at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to bring breaking news to this forum.

 

[Bonut]

Breaking news! Amdk have rescued two of the boys and are escorting them out of the cave, having cleared the muddy waters.

 

[eatshitndie]

Lunch now but everyone seems to be fixated in the news on TV

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it's more important to be fixated and focused on your food. must know what you're eating and do not get choked while gasping at news on tv. multitasking can be dangerous.

 

[Froggy]

This is Chinatown Bangkok in the evening. Very lively with tourists and some locals therefore good chinese dinner. Lots of delicious street food, people sitting by the walkway to eat and have fun.

Went there last night for a walk so have a bunch of photos but I will share it slowly in order not to jam up this thread

Crowd moving from stall to stall

Street diners

Cooking by the street

Even without table

Many foreigners

Will continue tomorrow as many more pics

 

[555]

This is Chinatown Bangkok in the evening. Very lively with tourists and some locals therefore good chinese dinner. Lots of delicious street food, people sitting by the walkway to eat and have fun.

Went there last night for a walk so have a bunch of photos but I will share it slowly in order not to jam up this thread

Hope u tried the roasted suckling pig there. One person can eat one on his own.

 

[Froggy]

Hope u tried the roasted suckling pig there. One person can eat one on his own.

Nope not yet. 1 pig 1 person? My doctor will disagree and I may need more therapy after that.

 

[555]

Nope not yet. 1 pig 1 person? My doctor will disagree and I may need more therapy after that.

hahhaa, that's the only thing I remembered about my last trip to Chinatown.
http://charisseyls.blogspot.com/2015/06/tang-jai-yoo-at-bangkoks-chinatown-must.html

pop 2 x simvastatin after that hahaha

 

[555]

Pad Krapow, Thai basil leaves with meat and rice, was the meal the boys rescued on Sunday, according to Narongsak Osottanakorn, the head of the joint command centre coordinating the mission. “They made a special request that they wished to have Pad Krapow,” Narongsak told a press briefing.

 

[Froggy]

hahhaa, that's the only thing I remembered about my last trip to Chinatown.
http://charisseyls.blogspot.com/2015/06/tang-jai-yoo-at-bangkoks-chinatown-must.html

pop 2 x simvastatin after that hahaha

wow thanks I will definitely go try

 

[Froggy]

Today have to travel for work so stopped by the highway to have lunch, great old style restaurant

Hope you enjoy the video and the music

The restaurant with 3 stalls

Rice stall

Somtam stall

Khanom jeen stall, she has a beautiful face

Free flow of raw vegetables salad

Khanom jeen with gaeng keow wan - Thai rice noodle with green curry

Picked up the salad

Somtam

Tofu soup

Vegetable suki

what a great lunch with my colleague

 

[yinyang]

Mini sub to the rescue?

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  AFP File photo: Engineer and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk of The Boring Company
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  Photo from Elon Musk's Twitter page.
  
  
  Photo from Elon Musk's Twitter page.
  
  
• AFP File photo: Engineer and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk of The Boring Company
• Photo from Elon Musk's Twitter page.

Elon Musk says in Thailand with mini-sub
national July 10, 2018 06:57
By Agence France-Presse
Washington

American space entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted that he was in Thailand on Tuesday with a prototype mini-sub, at the flooded cave where five members of a youth football team remained trapped.


"Just returned from Cave 3," Musk said.
"Mini-sub is ready if needed. It is made of rocket parts & named Wild Boar after kids' soccer team. Leaving here in case it may be useful in the future."
On Instagram, he published video of a flooded cave, with rescuers.

Cave Three is about two kilometers (1.2 miles) from the entrance of the cave network and is the base for Thai rescuers.
The footballers still awaiting rescue are about two kilometers further in, at a point very difficult to access.
There is no indication so far that Thai rescuers plan to use Musk's prototype.
By Monday night, elite divers had managed to bring out eight members of the football team which included 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach.

The Thai rescue effort has been assisted by experts from around the world, and the death of a former Thai Navy SEAL diver who ran out of oxygen in the cave on Friday underscored the dangers of the mission.
After garnering headlines with initial ideas of installing a giant air tube inside the cave complex and using his firm's penetrating radar to dig holes to reach the boys, Musk offered his idea for the mini-sub.

He called it "basically a tiny, kid-size submarine using the liquid oxygen transfer tube of (a) Falcon rocket as hull."
Musk said it was light enough to be carried by two divers, robust, and small enough to get through narrow gaps.
The person inside need not swim or know how to use oxygen bottles.

He posted video of divers escorting the pod during testing in a Los Angeles swimming pool.
Last week, Musk said he was sending teams to Thailand from his private space exploration firm, SpaceX, and engineering firm, Boring Co. which is developing tunneling systems for transport projects.
While offering the mini-submarine as a potential savior, Musk used the opportunity to promote space exploration. He is also co-founder of the Tesla electric car company.
The Thai soccer team ventured into the Tham Luang cave complex after practice and became trapped by rising waters more than a fortnight ago.

 

[yinyang]

 

[yinyang]

 

[AhMeng]

Nice artwork

 

[555]

 

[555]

Mini sub to the rescue?

• 
  
  AFP File photo: Engineer and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk of The Boring Company
• 
  
  Photo from Elon Musk's Twitter page.
  
  
  Photo from Elon Musk's Twitter page.
  
  
• AFP File photo: Engineer and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk of The Boring Company
• Photo from Elon Musk's Twitter page.

Elon Musk says in Thailand with mini-sub
national July 10, 2018 06:57
By Agence France-Presse
Washington

American space entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted that he was in Thailand on Tuesday with a prototype mini-sub, at the flooded cave where five members of a youth football team remained trapped.


"Just returned from Cave 3," Musk said.
"Mini-sub is ready if needed. It is made of rocket parts & named Wild Boar after kids' soccer team. Leaving here in case it may be useful in the future."
On Instagram, he published video of a flooded cave, with rescuers.

Cave Three is about two kilometers (1.2 miles) from the entrance of the cave network and is the base for Thai rescuers.
The footballers still awaiting rescue are about two kilometers further in, at a point very difficult to access.
There is no indication so far that Thai rescuers plan to use Musk's prototype.
By Monday night, elite divers had managed to bring out eight members of the football team which included 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach.

The Thai rescue effort has been assisted by experts from around the world, and the death of a former Thai Navy SEAL diver who ran out of oxygen in the cave on Friday underscored the dangers of the mission.
After garnering headlines with initial ideas of installing a giant air tube inside the cave complex and using his firm's penetrating radar to dig holes to reach the boys, Musk offered his idea for the mini-sub.

He called it "basically a tiny, kid-size submarine using the liquid oxygen transfer tube of (a) Falcon rocket as hull."
Musk said it was light enough to be carried by two divers, robust, and small enough to get through narrow gaps.
The person inside need not swim or know how to use oxygen bottles.

He posted video of divers escorting the pod during testing in a Los Angeles swimming pool.
Last week, Musk said he was sending teams to Thailand from his private space exploration firm, SpaceX, and engineering firm, Boring Co. which is developing tunneling systems for transport projects.
While offering the mini-submarine as a potential savior, Musk used the opportunity to promote space exploration. He is also co-founder of the Tesla electric car company.
The Thai soccer team ventured into the Tham Luang cave complex after practice and became trapped by rising waters more than a fortnight ago.

 

[yinyang]