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Agree fully with your two first paragraphs – Samui actually ranks in fatal traffic accidents as one of the most dangerous places in the World – while to the last paragraph, the article says: "Her scarring wasn't permanent - but she'll have to use factor 30 sunscreen on her face whenever she leaves the house for the rest of the year." ????

299 baht for a cabin i Bang Por, I presume that's a decent price...

I never had problems driving on Samui – been doing it since 2001 – when comparing to my home country I got used to that the traffic is "same-same, but different"... It was actually little weird to drive in my home country when I for once was back last year...????

I presume you talk about US$, when you talk about Hi-so...

I should remember to mention – when talking about hi-so-ladies – that women generally marry up in status; and if they are already up there, they normally marry equal status. That might especially be worth remembering when trying to meet Thai hi-so-ladies. If you are not in the well-off level, you might find it difficult to get a hi-so-lady interested in you... A good book to read for better understanding is "Good Medicine for THAILAND FEVER"...

In some areas there are plenty of local shopping within walking, or bicycling, distance, however depending of what is needed. I can as example mention where I live, and there are quite similar possibilities along the northern part of the Ring Road – the main road around the island – depending of how close you wish to to a beach. I live in Maenam and have numerous restaurants, pharmacies, dentists, mom & dad grocery stores, 7-Eleven, Mini BicC and Lotus's Go Fresh supermarkets within a few hundred meters distance; and expanded to about 500 meters even banks, pet shops, a building construction market, and much more. You can find similar in Bo Phut-area, both close to beach or further from one in the area with the hypermarkets and shopping malls, i.e. BigC, Makro and Lotus's with HomePro, even three of the international hospitals are in that area. Transportation is relative expensive – but even overpriced it might be cheap compared to some European countries – taxi prices range from 200 baht for a very short distance (almost round the corner) to about 600 baht for longer distance of about 10-15 kilometers. As @Tropicalevo says, you might find a reliable driver you can call. In daytime between 6 am and 6 pm, song thaew cars run around the island with fares from 20 baht to 100 baht per person depending of distance...????

It's not impossible – it has happened, I know of some – but it might be difficult and take time; even long time. Ladies from good families don't easily date – at least not without a chaperone – and you need to meet them first. Same with hi-so-women. You have to "hang out" at out places where this kind of women comes and get their attention to get into a conversation; might not be easy, but indeed possible. Hi-so-women might be met in hi-end shopping malls or similar places like hi-end restaurants; the might even visit the places in the nightlife. I'm not sure where ladies from "good families" can be met, a good family might not equal a well off family...????

When 15 years old they can have an account in their name with full access, both debit cards and banking app – my daughter got it when she turned 15, I have no access to or control with her account...????

Maybe you should check and think, before you post a comment... The monsoon storm ended by that time. It's normal and nature that Maenam Beach is full of seaweed after a monsoon storm; and there might also be a few plastic bottles between. Everybody helps cleaning the beaches after the monsoon – not only a few Russian tourists – it's same procedure every year. I know, because I live there beachfront and has of course also been cleaning beach; and so have the Thais...????

Yes, Elite Card says that it's only on certain destination they have full service. However, it's pretty straight forward to do 90-days address reporting. Only the first one needs to be made at an immigration office, the following can be done online HERE...????

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If you read the article, they came from four cruise ships visiting the island...

Central is not made for "mere mortals", it's made for loaded Thais and ditto tourists...

???? – actually too crowded for me at the opening night, so just stayed outside – sorry, please receive my apologies for having other tasks to do Sunday and Monday, instead of immediately posting upgrade photos of the nightlife here...???? – but I did peek inside for a short while last night...???? Yes, it's the good old location, but with only the front sound stage open. Sound and light quality is approved by an old audio-pro and former theatre light- & stage manager like me...???? Below photo is from the opening night...????

They didn't have a permission first time, that's why it was closed down for six years as penalty...

My Danish ex. girlfriend was ghostbuster – I'm serious – I got used to that kind of beings are quite normal belief...????

Friday 27th and Saturday 28th January, Black Bamboo closing party and Sound Club (re-)opening party...????

There are several clinics for skin issues, but they might be into specialized services such as for example laser-treatments. Some examples from Google-search HERE.

I never walk on footpath cement drain covers – for a good reason...

I build one indoor in bricks – aerated concrete for best heat insulation – with tiles on floor and walls, and seats and ceiling in hard wood; imported oak, but teak will do as fine, about same price. I bought an external steam unit with thermostat, it works well. The steam unit I use needs a 32 amp supply (2 x 16 amp steam boilers inside). You can buy steam units from Lazada, sear results HERE...????

We don't know, it's just what somebody said. Fit and healthy young football players can suffer from instant heart attack out of the blue and die, if it wasn't for some others that gave first aid resuscitation help...

It don't seems like mining is such a great business anymore, since many seems not to be able to pay for their electricity; this is not the first news-story about that. Wonder what happens to the currency when all coins are mined or it's a loss to mine any new...

Ouch, sh*t happens, I was looking forward to a taxi trip from airport to Hilton...????

There is no demand that the 800k retirement extension deposit shall come from abroad or other proof of origin. It makes sense if you think about someone that have been working in Thailand and change to retirement. However, when using the monthly salary method for retirement extension, the minimum of 65,000 baht pr. month shall come from abroad and be shown like that – i.e. the code: FTT – in the bank account...????

I've used 12-month fixed deposit for almost 15 years now, the first few years even a fund book was accepted...????