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Hey Garro, are you in to publishing some stuff about Tuberculosis related to probs in SE Asia ??? Also could you just clearly state the name of the temple again please

Do we have a direct link to TAT and/or are there direct links to TAT on this forum - sorry, as in are they reading this ...

I think any monk worth their salt would never ask for money ANYWHERE

What a lot of nonsense

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It's an enormous problem in Pattaya as well and in some parts of Phuket. But it's a very difficult debate and I feel it's hard to know who to side with. The Mahouts are mainly desperate and don't have enough work to be able to pay for the elephants. While I totally agree that the elephants ideally should not be walking the streets... one has to remember that an average sized adult eats 3-500 kilos of veg/fruit a day - not cheap.

It's rather a shame that in a country where the elephant is a national icon, things aren't better for these magnificant beasts

Cute Press is a good brand I think for make up and nail varnish and Lancome red... well Little M cool choice there I'd say. When I lived near Sirirat quite a few Thai women asked me about my lipstick and actually I used to buy it in the market at Sirirat - they were sold by Thai Air Hostesses

I agree with you Rue Fang, people who have not experienced it cannot talk about it. True to Buddhism there is an energy that lives on after the physical body dies and that is what perpetuates the life cycle of that 'energy' again and again.

Ghosts I would suggest are 'lost' energies that for whatever reason haven't found their next place/body.

By the way everyone, it's not a great idea to sleep on your back... much easier for sleep paralysis

Dear dear Mr Lancashire... don't think you got the point here

Sorry Pumper, didn't mean to sound rude at all... just thinking of his safety. I like the story about your Mom

This thread running in Health

The nature of my recent illness has meant that I felt as though a huge part of my life had been taken away from me as I felt old even though I am not old. This feeling lasted a year or so and now I am living with a permanent disability I am me/young again. Sure there are things I can't do and things I regret not having access to... but I have a far greater understanding of what it's like to be old so, when it happens to me it won't be so much of a shock

I have a greater respect and understanding of older people now to boot

Congratulations Ken!!! Shouldn't you be doing other things tonight as opposed to posting on Thai Visa

Is he mad? You can't smoke near an oxygen tank!!!

Zorro and Khun have got it wrapped up. Bkk is a shock to people who like places like Singapore (how dull) but it that 'element of surprise' in Bkk that makes it so attractive. As Zorro says, just going to work in the morning brings up all sorts of surprises, smells, noises, people...

For me, Bkk in a nutshell...

Fried pork, orchids, tuk tuks, deisel (?), coconut juice, sugar cane juice, nam touhoo, pla tong go, lipstick, louis vitton handbags, stilted wooden houses, golden spires, white out noise, policemen in tight brown uniforms, school kids, the express boat, whistling, laughing, men asleep on motorbikes, banyan trees digging up the pavements, saffron robed monks, fancy hairdos, the hiss of chilli as it hits a red hot wok..........

Oh the list is endless. But as I said Rue, most posters here seem to live over on the east near Sukhumvit, L wouldn't touch it with a bargepole, The west side/bank is more what I feel comfy with

Unfortunately there were a few cases a few years back where farang guys playing guitar etc in pubs were picked up for not having a work permit

Maybe the Spanish community... or talk to the Embassy ???

Well papaya is used in some parts of India and Sri Lanka as a contraceptive!!!

Can't possibly compare Bkk to an Isaan village. The OP is maybe moving from a small village to the big smoke!!! Honestly RF if you choose the right area (I've already said where I prefer) you will love Bkk. Compared to a rural village the cultural diversity is enormous - nothing like London or New York... but in comparisson to a Thai village it takes the biscuit

Hi Rue, please see what I wrote in your thread on Bkk Life... I wouldn't put yourself in the Sukhumvit area but lots of people do like it down there

I love Bangkok. I feel it's best to live as near to the river a possible though as some parts of the city are very ugly. I chose to live on the Thonburi side which meant I had to cross the river at least twice a day - a delight in itself and a chance to observe river activites. You can rent a fairly cheap place over there, opposite the Grand Palace. It's within easy distance of all facilities, art galleries, national museum, meditation classes, two large universities, trendy coffee places, bars, ... if you want to know more Rue Fang go ahead and ask. I think this is the best area of BKK.

If you can, get a job that means you don't have to travel during rush hours as that can be very stressful as in any big city.

Fair enough Briggsy... removed it

Closing as this thread is already running in News Clippings

Well it depends on WHO the driver is? PM me if you want the number of a reliable local driver

Don't know about the legal side Neek but there are some great Thai speakers in the Thai Language forum if you need any help with translating