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11 minutes ago, blazes said:

Certainly English is, bar none, the easiest language to learn, especially since you don't have to worry about the gender of nouns and very few problems in the verb area.  And no matter how bad your pronunciation of English, both natives AND foreigners will understand what you are trying to say. 

I mean, here in LoS, it is not uncommon to hear a Korean and, say, a Japanese converse with each other in English.

 

If the Thais would transliterate their impossible script into "Western" letters, more of us would, I think, take the trouble to learn a bit more than we do.

They did that in Vietnam, does not help at all. For example this is the name of a village, "My Lai" How do you think it is pronounced? 

Another example, "thanks" Cam On, the "C" is more like a "G" to my ears.

9 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

wow... you would not want to lose your concentration for a second on this road. this is going on the list for sure.

 

better be some hotties in Fang worth dying for. 

 

 

I understand there have been landslides on the hill and it's being repaired, no full access. But maybe you can ride in from the South to get to the top, rather than from Fang direction.

8 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

OK everybody i am researching and adding your suggestions to my list. thanks.

 

keep it coming.

Two trips, one on a PCX, the other on a 650 Versys. Thaivisa seem to have made the photos smaller, but the routes i took cover the areas you are interested in plus other areas. Hope it's useful ????

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/797874-small-motorbikes-and-travel-in-thailand-with-photos/

2 hours ago, Denim said:

Well, in the Burapa hotel there is a massage parlour and a nightclub where you might manage to pick up a bit of fluff if you have not yet reached Zimmerman age. Not stayed there for a while though so might have changed. 

 

To the south of the hotel there is a sort of canal / pond thing with restaurants and pubs both sides.

Possible to score here but very hit and miss.

 

Another trick is to wear a t shirt with Thai writing on it saying:

" I am free tonight and looking for female company "

 

This state's the fact clearly as you approach as many unattached ladies as necessary before you hit pay dirt.

Another trick is to wear a t shirt with Thai writing on it saying:

" I am free tonight and looking for female company "

Think i will do things my way ????

12 hours ago, Denim said:

I'll second in Khao Kor. It's just like Pattaya but at a higher elevation and no hookers or bars. But loads of expensive tacky resorts. It's fun.

 

You can either stay in Petchabun town with its restaurants and cheap hotels ( 350 will get you a decent room with all mod cons ) and a wee bit of nightlife ...... or just for the hell of it and to say you've done it, stay in a wooden knockdown shed in Khao Kor , 45 minutes away for a paltry 1200 baht up. No nightlife except driving around looking for it then getting pissed up in your wooden shed. 

 

Then, if you really want to get serious kudos with just about everyone go to Phu Tab Berk, a spectacular slum on top of a high mountain where the orgasmic experience is to take selfies with clouds in the background. You won't be lonely. There will be thousands of people to share this intimate experience with you. If you are lucky the Bandidos biker gang will be there too. They went last year apparently but I got that secondhand from a friend who was there at the time and gave me the factual lowdown. His gf threatened to shut up shop if he didn't take her there.

 

So there you have it. My helpful advice. Sorry if it seems negative but it's as well to know where not to go as it is where to go.

Petchabun nightlife, where is that? I ride there sometimes, but never found any at all.

21 hours ago, connda said:

If you did that to one of my dogs I'd be tempted to beat you with your own bike then squirt bleach in your eyes when your on the ground considering that it would only cost me 5000 THB and a wai to the Thai public.  However, that's the part of me that I've been able to keep under a lid for most of my life.  However I would get the cops involved and track you down. And trust me, most Thais will do the same.  Bleach can permanent blind an animal you compassionateless fool.  The cops and the Thai public would not be impressed.  There are other ways to deal with dogs when walking or biking.  I suggest you rethink that idea.

Obviously you have not had a dog, or a pack of dogs attack you when riding a bike. If you had you would understand how bad it is.
If it was one of your dogs, one could ask, what the f$#k was it doing in the street attacking passersby? 

So actually instead of talking macho nonsense about repercussions, you could just control your dogs. Oh, and pick their damn s#it up while you are at it.

3 hours ago, Thian said:

Well the ones i know cycled all the way from Europe through Thailand and even further. They seem to forget that outside Europe there are no dedicated bicycle-lanes and not even drivers with a license nor police to keep traffic safe.

 

But even in BKK i see farang on bicycles in the superbusy traffic....I think driving a motobike is safer than a bicycle because if you're the slowest one on the road the danger comes from behind.

 

Since a few years i see many rich Thai cycling around in BKK (yes in lycra and with all the special gear), they should go to Holland where they have the best bicycle tracks of the whole world.

 

From ALL the Thai that i know and who drink alcohol they also drive after drinking (much). It's time the rest of the world knows these dangers.

 

 

They seem to forget that outside Europe there are no dedicated bicycle-lanes 

The Khao Chee Chan area has bicycle lanes, spent a fortune on them. But of course you have to ride to Khao Chee Chan, so a lack of planning!

As Offset writes above, if she was not married to the father of the baby, buy Thai law she has automatic right of full custody. 

Cataract op in Pattaya, 50k, totally f#$ked up. Follow up ops to try and repair 750k!

Hospitals need to be responsible for the doctors who do wrong.

4 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

Once again it's the scammers who have made it difficult for those people who have played by the rules, that was true when it came to misuse of tourist visa's to live here, education visa's, marriage visa's and now scrutiny of income. 

The British embassy refusing to confirm income is causing the problem? If playing by the rules (which proof of income was) what's the issue?

4 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

 

They have this Scoyco set for 3,600 baht. I have good enough experience with that brand. 

 

https://www.crsaddlebags.com/product/scoyco-soft-pannier-set/?v=2a700eebddf1

Great bags.

I have an CRF Rally and can't find a rack to fit to it to keep the saddlebags off the exhaust, so if anyone knows................

21 hours ago, connda said:

This is funny, but my guess is that whoever wanted that tat got exactly what they wanted.  If I was 35 years younger I might get that one myself! 

 

 

Spring Roll?  Who knows - maybe Phillis Farang has a passion for Spring Rolls and the joke is on the Thais?

The tattoo says "i (female speaking) love pussy" But in vulgar language ?

22 hours ago, Bogbrush said:

“Chan”? On a man? Maybe the skin artist was a trannie...

It can be used among close male friends, but for tattoos who knows?

15 hours ago, BobbyL said:

Anyone undertaking is a cretin and deserves any damage to their car or themselves. 

Even though it's the law to do so on a motorbike?

4 hours ago, Nong Khai Man said:

A deliberate, malicious act by the truck driver who was 100% to blame........That's <deleted> & YOU Know it,Did You pass a driving rest ??.....Errrr,NO You did NOT If you drive like that !!!

The hard shoulder is an emergency / motorbike lane, neither should have been in it.

6 hours ago, bert bloggs said:

DONT UNDERTAKE,your to blame if this happens.

The pickup was wrongly in the hard shoulder, the emergency lane, so was the truck. Equally to blame.
If on a normal road on a motorbike you are expected to undertake, i have actually been pulled over by the police for overtaking. Crazy! 

1 minute ago, shillhater said:

why would you want children playing in the road? the garden or the park is a better place. 

 

So there is no shit in the parks?

1 hour ago, Grouse said:

I think you do misunderstand independence. What do you want N Korea? No, it's the amount of sovereignty you are prepared to share with other like minded states.

I seem to understand it more than you. To simplify, self governing.

1 hour ago, Grouse said:

They can be Denmark with kilts and whisky. Why not? Do you not think Denmark is independent?

Is this the Denmark you moved to to improve your life, or at least were planning to do so? 55555

The Denmark that was forced to vote again on the Maastricht Treaty by the EU? Do you think that is independency?

Last i heard they had illegally set up land borders to control illegal immigrants. If they were independent, they could do so without the threat of the EU punishing them.

10 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

Possibly we have differing views of what constitutes independence. But, to be fair, it is not correct to say that all those who support Scottish independence also support remaining in the EU; there are some very prominent former SNP members, most notable former deputy leader Jim Fairlie, who are very against an independent Scotland in Europe. At the time of the Brexit referendum, I saw figures suggesting that as many as 30% of SNP voters voted to leave the EU, although I have no idea where those numbers came from.

 

Personally, I want independence for Scotland first - after that, the political landscape will change immeasurably. We can turn our attention to the issue of the EU then.

 

 

I have made no statement regarding those who support or not Scottish Independence. Just my views on what independence means. Staying in either the EU or the UK is not Independence.

I do at times wish we could have English independence, but we never are offered a vote about that ?

2 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

Can you be a bit clearer? What is a 'REAL independent country'?

 

Maybe this will help:

 

Clearer? If Scotland decide to go independent in the real meaning of the word, they will be just that independent. Not part of the UK or the EU.
I am sure there are reasons from both sides within Scotland for staying or leaving the UK, but if they do and become a member of the EU they are not independent.
Or i am misunderstand the meaning of independence?

As already stated, Scotland wants independence from whom? If they remain in the UK or the EU, they are not independent.

Are they in a position to actually be a REAL independent country?