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The only school I know and they would surely know how to help you if it is not the right one is Grace International School

Good luck, get the papers together to get her a VISA to your country<BR><BR>Once she it is there, see how you two get on in your own country<BR><BR>If she fits in and is a keeper, set a wedding in your home town

Nong Kai is really nice and laid back.

Extremely cheap as well

Can get to Udon Thani in one hour

Khon Kaen in 3 hours

What does this have to do with Thailand or anything else?

Instead of blindly posting other news stories, why not do a little research and see what the experts predict?

Like a newer version of the IP protocal that will handle much more than IPV4

The V stands for version and with any device known to man, the versions roll on and on and on and on

IPV5 is right around the corner so no one panic

When you take a look at the customs tax and shipping, you will find it is probably not worth it

Customs will eat up at least 20% and shipping on top of that the get the items to Thailand.

Then the goods sold from Thailand require tax to be paid on the sale

One thing interesting to note.

I read an article from one of the big business men in Bangkok's Chinatown.

He claims they float all the goods from China by river down into Chinatown, not paying any import or customs tax at all

Example

He sends 10 chairs down at $100 each or $1,000 total

You send the same 10 chairs ( if got the same price in China $100 as he did) you have $100 +$20 import/customs tax or $120 in each chair plus shipping.

The Chinese guy sells his chairs for $120 each wholesale

You have $120 each plus shipping in each of your chair so there is no way you can beat his price

The reality is even worse as maybe as a foreigner you could not get the same $100 price but maybe $110 or $120 cost from China

If everyone was on the same level playing field, it would be easy for everyone to make some money

However, you see the Chinese are all super rich in Thailand and no one else is making a thing from China because they get around the import/customs charges

Chinatown, if you have ever spent anytime there at all, is the major supplier to every single Thai vendor you see selling anything

The Chinese can offer goods to Thais wholesale, cheaper than Thais can buy, import and ship to Thailand themselves

(All you ebayers and small potatoes this is not about you, talking about big business)

These impossible situations is why only a few get rich in this country

They have stacked all the rules in their favor

Show me one BIB that would move against Chinatown?

Because they simply do not dare to touch that

This is a clear case in the direction that Thailand is heading.

Unscrupulous people will make money for themselves not matter how much environmental damage or financial damage to others they cause.

Greed is a sickness overtaking this country where the rich never care for anyone else but themselves.

Who wrote the original story?

See lots more thai's here than anyone

Where are they seeing all of these Europeans because I dont see as many as I see Thais

Why women especialy, want to drive a 4 wheel drive in a city environment is beyond me.

OK, so most of the time you don't really need 4WD. I'm wondering how often the average person encounters something more than a sedan can offer. What would you say the percentage is? 60on-road/40off? 70/30? 85/15 99/1?

You can get a 4 wheel drive stuck easier that a 2 wheel front drive.

Think about it.

4 wheel drive the power train is applied to all 4 wheels and in a slippery or muddy situation this gives you 4 wheels spinning you deeper into the mud

2 wheel front drive the power train drives the front 2 wheels only, meaning the back two wheels do not dig in deep to the mud

Trying to use percentages to quantify how many percent an average person does this or that is pretty ridiculous

Only you know your own driving habits and unless you have never driven in your whole life, what makes Thailand driving any different than anywhere else in the world

PS These Mountains in Chiang Mai are ant hills compared to the rest of the world

A honda wave can go up any Mountain in Chiang Mai with no problem

Maybe investigating English would be a good idea (Ourselfves?)

How many of us will be around in a century to care?

Next story please

Exactly like the head lifeguard stated

The hotels are not even concerned to show up, only concerned with how much money they can make

Sad people come for a holiday and end up drowning because of failing to adhere to the warnings

The new law is that there are no limits on the number of times that the land border crossing can be made.

Bumjathai Party, for joining the coalition govt., got control of the Transportation Department

How much corruption money do you think is involved in building roads and bridges?

(PS The Don Muang tollway is up to 85 baht for cars and 125 baht for trucks)

Maybe no one followed the new hospital proposal in Isaan which has the majority of the money for the hospital being spent on the parking garage which was to be built by the MP's father's construction company?

The only reason to get in Thai politics is for the chance to write your own checks for what ever department your political party controls

How do you explain every single MP in this whole country is a millionaire?

You cannot really think anyone does anything honestly here can you?

In Bangkok there are times there are 6 to 8 people playing in a group because of of them is a high ranking general or policeman and no one dares tell them to speed up or get out of the way

That's life in Thailand

I had to play every week for a couple of years with my company

Balls all over the place, scores above 125

Thats life, it was meant to be an outing and these guys made the best of it

It you want to be serious, get on the Seniors Tour or play in organized tournaments

Recreational golf is just that, for some people it is just a day out of the office to beat the ball all over hel_l and back

Why be so serious?

So what is new?

This has been the way of Thailand for years and years.

Thais are basically self-centered and selfish, caring only for themselves

Dumping trash is a major problem and I think if most Thai's could get away with it, they would even dump it over the fence into their neighbors yard

I don't see this selfish attitude ever changing, only getting worse

In all the years I have lived in Thailand, it still amazes me why anyone would think they would get a quality job in a place like Panthip that makes it's money on nothing but counterfeits?

Birds of a feather, flock together

35 to 40 minutes from Sukhumvit you could have a 3 bedroom stand alone house with a garden yard and fruit trees in a gated community for 12,000 thb per month

and no locals to try to rip you off every 10 meters

It would have been cheaper to hire a thai photographer for 1000 a day and follow your around to record all your glory

How many people working for the DSI drive Mercedes or live in large mansions?

It might be the torrent website is being overused to the point that there is less bandwidth than before<BR><BR>Do a speedtest on a regular website like TV and see what kind of speeds the modem is giving you

How about seeing a real doctor?

Had to vote 'Not Sure' as you failed to tell us whether we got a decent lawyer....its way too subjective content....depends on witnesses are the police directly involved....high ranking Thai officials pissed off ...and on and on.....

You ask too much of me. I can't deliver. However, what I think you are saying is that if you were very confident of being acquitted you would come back. But even with that confidence, there is always the risk. It occurs to me now that I should have also said to presume that the hypothetical you would be able to settle in a country with no extradition agreement with Thailand.

Remember the Russian Pilots that landed at Don Muang with all the artillery and weapons on board and the Thai govt let them walk away after about 2 months of legal wrangling?

The same thing with this Russian Pianist

He is so famous the Russian govt is now involved and I suspect he will be cleared of any charges whether he is guilty or innocent

Power has a place in Thailand and without it, he would be in jail already

After typing Koh Samui timeshare scam into google, you will find this subject already well documented

http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-in-thailand/holiday-club-scams-in-phuket.html

After typing Koh Samui timeshare scam into google, you will find this subject already well documented

lets keep it real and not get to carried away with these guys/girls, after all they are only (although annoying) trying to earn a living which gets spent here,

I find them on par with ferral dogs and mosquitos, annoying but not dangerous

well dogs can carry rabies and mosquitos carry dengy fever and maleria. personally i find them more annoying than the people of amsterdam selling there share of so called parradise.

anyway. there is no need for them infact this is a need to not have them. for us long term people it is ok it is the short term people who have there holidays reuined. I want samui to be a tropical havon away from these pests specially when most of them are home breed from our native countries. plenty of way tpo make a living in thailand. wwhy pick anoying people.

Have you organized a blog, website, facebook page with photos to alert potential travelers to your area to be weary of these blokes?

Please send me all the photos of these guys and the all the company info as much as you can

I will make people aware of this

I never visit your island and really you have a point that unsuspecting tourists should not have their holiday ruined by these scammers

This is not a cheap scam and it can ruin lives if people get suckered into it

If you care, send the photos and let's get the facts out there