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Chilling Bar, Chao Fa.

Not many then !

just an update for people looking to move to the Krabi town area and are looking for rooms...

I found good, clean rooms available at 3500 baht a month for a fan room, refrigerator, TV, balcony, and free wifi

and AC rooms from 4500 baht a month with refrigerator, TV, balcony, and free wifi

some condo owners want a minimum of three months, but there are quite a few that will do monthly

Can you share those locations with us ?

OK, cheers !

http://www.taxichiangmai.com/en/index.asp

Thanks. Can you call them for sightseeing only? Would need the service to go into town on the weekends, or for shopping if it rains.

Anyone having experiences with them ??

I've used them from their taxi stand at KSK to go to the airport. 150 thb for that trip.

What would you reckon they carge for picking me up at central festival and take me to the old city?

http://www.taxichiangmai.com/en/index.asp

Thanks. Can you call them for sightseeing only? Would need the service to go into town on the weekends, or for shopping if it rains.

Anyone having experiences with them ??

sinet internet is very bad, i had better connection with 3bb 10mb then now with the 30mb from sinet.

I agree, never had any probs with 3BB. Being in a condo at CBP/Nongpakrang now, Sinet is provided/ included to all units and is down once a week.

Not allowed to sort out internet individually. Not sure though wether the an internal issue of the condo or Sinet.

Think I've seen it at Makro and Big C.

Hi there,

Does anybody know wether there is a taxi service available, that can be called and comes out to one's place ??

My preference would be to follow 108 WSW out of Chiang Mai and follow it up to Mae Hong Son. 1 The road is better, 2. It is not as cold 3. Pai is useless.

Good point.

is this MIguels / Salsa Kitchen the hot spot for New years?

No.

No not

Well considering the high tides and storms these last few weeks most beaches around the island are not looking their best right now.... and another huge wind storm hitting Maenam area right now... probably other areas too...?

The best beach I have seen in the last week is west of Hau Thanon.... but that could have changed by now... the south end seems a bit calmer... during north and east winds on exposed beaches!

Calmer weather would be nice..we had a short glimpse of that yesterday.....

It can't come from Thailand. Everytime this happens the Thai locals always say "It comes from Cambodia" !

You must live under a rock somewhere.....this is normal! Samui has 2 monsoon seasons; October-April is the North-East Monsoon where the wind is predominantly from the east (N/E -S/E) so everything in the sea will be pushed, washed in a Westerly direction. Beaches that face east and North will get all of this washed up......April-Sept is the South West Monsoon so everything gets washed towards Cambodia and the West and South facing beaches get the rubbish flotsom and jetsom from the West and the North and East facing beaches are clean!! At the moment we are finding beach loungers from Koh Phagnan resorts on Baan Tai beach!!

The strong N/E winds and longshoredrift from the east have made this particularly bad. Remember, everything you put in the sea will wash up somewhere eventually!!

And your last statement is exactly why the officials on Samui have to create a municipal waste treatment plant, and prevent dumping of waste into the waters off the island. It is time to stop fouling the Gulf. It is time for responsible authorities to start acting in a responsible fashion. Believe me, it is not only wood debris that is washing up onto those beaches! I suggest swimming with a 6 mm neoprene wetsuit, if swimming in the waters around samui. The bacterial particulate matter in those waters is off the charts.

Samui has a garbage incinerator plant. It Was built around1996 by a japanese company It's on the right hand side off the ring road, going from Hua Thanon towards the waterfall.

OMG !

What nonsense saying sewage is not being dumped into the sea, in first world countries! (even untreated) ... and I get accused of living under a rock..... Well at least my head is not stuck in the sand.... or the 15th century!

There are not that many places on Samui where the stuff is put out to sea, (septic tanks yes, but that too is the way it is done in many areas of the first world). One area of Lamai, and the area at end of Soi 4 Maenam, is a bit wiffy sometimes. I think I know most beach areas better than most... where are the other areas, pipes go into the sea ?

It's a wonder that the thousands and thousands of tourists and locals are not all getting sick, or dropping dead from pollution after swimming in the sea... they are not and not swimming in wetsuits either

As for the weather this last month or so, it has not been "normal" even November was not as wet as it has been in past years (last year the same decrease in November rain over most parts of Samui) Virtually no if any major flooding that I remember here this year... on the islands.

Keep up the negative spin some of you, if you guys want, I and many others enjoy living here... one wonders too why so many people come back each year....

Yes it's not perfect, but is anywhere? NO!

Here is the pipe outlet from a large resort on Chaweng Noi and every hotel, guesthouse and eatery along Chaweng Beach road from Laem Din, pipe their waste directly into the klong which then flows to the sea at First bungalows.

And this is going on ever since.

On firefox, you can install the add on 'Anonymox'. Go to Extras>add ons>Type anonymox in search bar>click install

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"I wonder how many unsuspecting foreigners who don't read Thai (which is probably most of them) picked that up and used it to make hamburgers". [/size]

Instead of gloating that most foreigners can't read Thai and they probably picked it up and made hamburgers, you could have instead posted something more helpful and not so self righteous like, "for those that don't read Thai I'd like to bring it to your attention blah blah.[/size]

I wonder how many Thai wife/gfs picked it up to feed to the buffalo?

Very funny

Many guides are employed with the big tour operators like World Travel. Kuoni, Diethelm, Tourismo Thai, etc. They are on monthly wages which I think nowadays is from 15-20K. In the high season, these big companies employ freelance guides as well and pay around 500 Baht./day.

Self emloyed guides, who have their own vehicle are more expensive. They usually deal with smaller groups and receive comissions where ever the tourists spend money on top of their charge.

There used to be a JBL authorized dealer behind Big C Super Highway (I think it was a small Mahajak Audio branch) but they closed down a year or so ago. You could contact them in Bangkok and ask where to go or send the product there. Mahajak Development Co., Ltd. 02 256 0020-9

it is still there,

Luckily there are other ways to achieve enzymatic tenderization. Many fruits such as kiwifruit, pineapple and papaya contain enzymes that have a tenderizing effect on meat. While it may not give you the same concentrated flavor that dry-aging will get you, fruit can be added to a marinade and it acts much faster. In the case of Bromelain, the enzyme found in pineapple, it’s so effective that it will turn your meat into mush if you let it marinate too long.

Use yellow kiwifruit to aid in the tenderization process. Green kiwifruit works as well.

My favorite fruit for tenderizing is kiwifruit because the Actinidin contained in kiwifruit is effective in breaking down connective tissues without turning the meat into mush. It also has a fairly neutral flavor that won’t significantly affect the taste of your marinade. Best of all, it’s easier to find, and cheaper than papaya (at least in my part of the world).

To use it, just add a tablespoon or two of kiwifruit puree into every cup of marinade. The tenderizing effect will depend on how much kiwifruit you add and how long you let it soak, but I’ve let meat sit in a kiwifruit infused marinade for up to a week without any negative effects on the texture of the meat.

Interesting suggestion !!

Is this a joke ? Vehicles not passing the inspection are allowed to transport customers, but at cheaper rates ? Welcome to Disneyland.

They want quality tourists to ride on sub-standard buses ? Of course, amazing Thailand.

What a shame !!

Just another quality topic on the Samui forum.

Use perfect laundry just behind jigsaw condo ...professional and not cheap but no they don't hang your laundry by the road

Not cheap indeed. They wanted a 180 Baht for a bed sheet, 80 Baht per pillow case = 340,- Talked them down to 300

plus filled in form for membership, which gives 15% discount.

The bedsheets came out like new, wrapped up the way you buy them new in a shop.

Good fun...and lots of bikes...

Agreed, plus good food, good live band and a very relaxed atmosphere. Well done.

How can a country with all this corruption, safety issues, incompetent handling of problems, ignorance of human and animal rights, etc. expect to lure those wealthy, quality tourists ??

Been there how many timtes in the past ? Nothing has changed.