irishken

Hi all,

2 weeks ago i tried to book flights with Nok Air. 

During the booking my payment failed twice using different cards.

I then booked with a different airline but later the near 300 Euros was taken from my bank account for the Nok Air flight without any tickets.

I have been chasing them for 2 weeks via emails, phones and surprise surprise, i finally get an answer through facebook.

Now they sent me the tickets which i do not want and say if i do not want them, i can collect the money within 45 days at the counter. 

I wont be there within the next 45 days(In Thailand) 

Anyone had a similar situation with this lot?

So, they are talking a lot about vaccinated people being allowed in. But since kids are not expected to be vaccinated until the middle/end of 2022, where does that leave families?. Will

the family still need to quarantine if the adults are but kids are not vaccinated? 

6 hours ago, steven100 said:

so much for social distancing ...... I am sure we'll see a spike in COVID19 ....

only themselves to blame. 

This country has far bigger problems than a spike in Covid cases 

The old get of jail free card for The Thai man seems to have gone.

Sing like a bird and and rat on your mates didn’t work this time 

I was in Mukdahan in February and a couple of mornings it was 8 degrees when we woke up, which for me was the coldest i have experienced up there or anywhere in Thailand. 

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Nothing as big as a SUV. There are few that have a bigger trunk.

There are companies other than meter taxis that use vans for a fixed price.

Thanks. 

the wife has a number for a taxi company in Ubon  so I might ask her to ring them again, I think you pay a 20 or 40 baht  fee to them for some reason for which I'm not too sure why. 

Other than that I'll just decide when we get there. 

Can anyone tell me if the taxis at the airport are just normal sized cars or do they have any SUV's like in bkk. Their will be four of us and we will have a few bags and a pram so need something bigger than a regular car. 

1 minute ago, Lite Beer said:

The rule for most passports is that they have to be valid for the length of stay.

 

A Thai Passport can even be out of date and he will be allowed entry.

Thanks. 

He will still have 4 months on his Thai passport when leaving 

Heading to Thailand in February. My kids both have Irish passports which don't expire for a few years but my Sons Thai passport expires on 25/06/2018.

Usually we use their Thai passports when entering because of the shorter waiting times at the Thai  Immigration desks and i also join them so the four of use get through quickly.

Will my Son be able to use his Thai passport with it being less than 6 months left on it or does that issue only apply tourists entering the country.

Sometimes i look at my Wife in amazement as she  watches a video about a Thai Woman eating Somtam, while at the same time she is eating Somtam. 

9 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Turn right when leaving the terminal and walk to the taxi stand at the end of the building.

The meter taxis have fixed rates to cities in bordering provinces.

You could also take a taxi to the main bus station and get a bus or van to Mukdahan. Then you could then get the bus to Savannakhet at the bus station in Mukdahan.

Any idea on how much it is from Ubon to Mukdahan for 4 people. I'm contemplating renting a car and i have drove in Thailand before,mostly from Patts to Bkk  and around Samui and i can't say i really enjoyed it and that was without my 2 kids in the car. The rental will cost approx 240 Euros for a week or so but it might end up sitting in the sisters garden for most of the week. 

The Wife's cousin will collect us in his pick and he is a safe driver and i know from experience that he does never drink and drive but it has  no seat belts in the back and it usually always has a few stragglers in the back which i always think is a distraction for the driver. I usually throw him 1500 each way for the journey. 

Having looked at Google street view the roads seem better from Ubon to Mukdahan than they did the last time i went this way in 2012. 

7 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Our area has a government truck that comes by and shoots darts at the dogs and then takes them away.  

Any chance they'll 'look after'  crowing cockerels and those numb nuts who rev their motorbikes for 5 constant minutes for no apparent reason 

Everybody is complaining about fruit wine been in small writing on the back label.

So Viagra must be bad for your eyesight then?

2 hours ago, pattayalover said:

Thailand is not for everybody, thailand is for the real men (like me). men who can survive an atomic war, eat snake, sleep in forest, eat worms...

if you cry like a big baby because you have no air conditioning in your room, Thailand is not for you.
if you need hot water every morning, Thailand is not for you. in this case stay home in your farangland and have a happy life. I will be on the beach in Thailand, while you freeze your balls in winter in your expensive british condo.

And the award for worst TV comment ever goes to.... Pattayalover  

Reading posts like this really makes you think twice about making the move to Thailand. The longest i've stayed there is 6 months and by the end i really couldn't wait to get back to my country and get back to work. I usually just go for 3-4 week visits now every year and that really is enough for me. Yet i do want to retire there. I just have other priorities at the moment. The things the OP says about affordable wine,cheese,cheap fresh food,cheap car and school education really shouldn't be taken for granted. One of my favourite wines at the moment is 6 euro's from Lidl(merlot) and i can't imagine getting something for 240 baht in Thailand that comes even close to it. 

My wife has lived here for 6 years now and has no desire to return to Thailand in the near future and she also looks forward to returning from holidays in which we always have a good time. She says it unsafe for our kids,dangerous crossing the road,poor education,hard to get things done,corruption ext ext. 

My plan with the Wife is possibly to retire in Thailand, which is still a long way down the road using state? and private pensions which we will have. I've told my wife i will not sell our home and it will not be passed onto the kids until we have passed away. They can live in it for free but if i retire to Thailand ill never leave myself without a fall back in Ireland and that is not up for negotiation with her. I've witnessed enough sorry stories from been a regular traveller to LOS for over 10 years to see that it could easily happen to me.

Andy Murray or Rory mcilroy. There English when there winning

Just banter by the way

Going to the beach and bringing your own chair & umbrella just seems like to much hassle and not worth. Was planning my next trip to Thailand and was going to Phuket but have now decided against it due to this situation. If i was going alone i wouldn't care less but with two young kids i'm sure i'd be restricted to evenings on the beach when it got cooler.

Will be keeping a eye on it and hopefully it returns to the way it was. What a way to <deleted> up one of the good things that Phuket had going for it

Interested in this myself topic myself. Was looking at Jomtien or Hua Hin but just recently seen a topic in the Pattaya forum that Jomtein beach road smells like crap due to them not collection rubbish bins.