CaitlinHappyMeal

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Hi, I read somewhere a few weeks ago to boost tourism they were issuing free 60 day visas on arrival, when does this offer finish, I have tried searching all Thai consulate web sites but cannot find the date, I’m sure it was some time in January? From the UK. 

‘Thanks 

19 minutes ago, rooinekrsa said:

Sorry to say. if euro peoeple would bath or shower more, then they would not have the problems. your comments are correct

Sorry can you explain exactly what you mean? 

5 minutes ago, mogandave said:

 

Oh well (no pun intended) you do what you can do, good luck with it.

 

A great pun non the less ?

4 hours ago, mogandave said:

 

I don’t know if it is chlorinated or not, but i assume it is. It comes from a reservoir in an industrial area of Prachinburi.

If you are pumping well water, it could just be dirt clogging your filters. Setting up two or three tanks in series, and putting your filters after the tanks should help, as much of the dirt will settle out in the bottom of the tank(s)

Also, generally, the more water-surface area you have in the tanks, the better your water will smell. This helps get the chlorine out as well.
 

 

If only I was in charge of my own water filter this is what I would do but unfortunate I stay I managed places ?

4 hours ago, Gold Star said:

I'm trying to learn more about it too. I went to the PWA water authority office at Chiaporn Vitee to inquire about the bad smell in my city water and that we were getting sick, even when I bypass my tank and draw directly from the city source. In most parts of Pattaya, they put in a bit of chlorine, and The PWA posts the chlorine readings on a sign outside the office. I live in a house in Jomtien and was told by PWA that my water comes from Sattahip, and they will send out someone to check, who never showed up. I'm not sure if they use chlorine in the Sattahip plant, but if you ever see the inside of any a city supply pipe, it is caked thick with a green slime you can wipe with your finger.  The machines you see everywhere on the streets to fill your drinking water for 1 baht a litre just filter the city supply line water, and bottled water is the same but done in a plant.

As the water supply here is intermittent and at low pressure, every house and hotel needs to have a reservoir tank and a pump.  Flora and fauna live in the reservoirs. Do not expect anyone to ever clean the tank, lines, or the system, as the only time it gets serviced is when it breaks. I put in a cup of bleach into my 2000 litre tank every few days, just enough to start to smell it in the shower. I drain and clean my tank at least twice a year, as there ends up being about 5 mm of sludge at the bottom from the city lines. I also mix a strong solution of bleach and let sit in my house pipes for a few hours. When I turn on the taps, they run a brown red green goo for a minute or two as the slime is cleansed off the wall of the pipe, and the smell is better after that. If I forget to put in the bleach into the tank, sometimes one of us gets sick. Everyone in our household has had and gets amoebic dissentry once or twice a year, and we always have a couple cards of Metronidazole 400mg handy as you are laid up for 3 to 4 days, and recovering for a couple weeks to a month. Not good. 

Edit: We also do use a 3 stage 10" filter system for kitchen water to wash and prepare our food.

 

Thanks for this insight, I have posted a longer explanation of why I was asking. I think I’m gonna have to start washing my hair in bottled water lol 

I am asking because I live in Thailand (Chiang Mai) 4 months every winter, have done for 16 years but 2 years ago my hair started to “fallout” whilst here, after about 3 weeks of returning home it stopped, same thing happened this year. 2 friends of mine have just returned, 1 from Chiang rai where hers started to fall out whilst there and another from koh Yao noi and Chiang Mai. They are reporting that their hair is “breaking off” and not falling out, so it got me examining mine again and actually on very close inspection it has indeed broken off, you can see where’s it’s snapped a cm or 2 from the scalp, all of us are reporting it is on the top and the front like when you tip tour hear back in the shower. During the last 2 years where I stay they have installed huge water tanks on the roof and I have seen the tubs of chemicals laying around and have smelled the chemicals whilst sitting up there    . I am a hairdresser by trade and have always kept my hair in amazing condition, I am not a sunworshiper, in fact I try and avoid prolonged exposure to the sun and I wear a hat a fair amount of the time so I know it’s not sun damage before anyone suggests that. My friend who has returned from koh yao noi is having a particularly hard time of it as quite a high percentage of her hair has snapped off. I feel something sinister is going on, so am trying to get to the bottom of it? Any suggestions? 

7 hours ago, Crossy said:

If they put anything in it's unlikely to be more than regular (hopefully unscented) bleach.

 

If worried drink only bottled water.

I mean in the shower

7 hours ago, mogandave said:

Don’t most hotels provide bottled water to drink?

As water is constantly flowing through the tanks, they likely add nothing.

I mean for showering

What do hotels, guest houses etc put in the big water tanks and systems to make them clean and sterile, do they know what they’re doing, what adverse affects can it can if the put too much in, should they mix it up, if they don’t mix it up can it be unevenly disturbed so that delivery of the water can contain concentrated amounts that could cause adverse effects, is this common practice? 

Hi,  I've heard I can get 2 extensions, is this from 1 30 day visa or is it 2 times per year? Plus can I do 2 or 3 visa runs in 1 year, are they allowed back to back? I've searched forums but things change so fast..... can anyone shed any light? 

Thanks 

Hi, so if I extend this 60 day visa for another 30 days, then after that has expired where can I get a visa exempt entry, does it have to be a land border? Or can I get this at my local immigration office? 

Sorry, I've never had to do this before as I usually got a double entry visa and just did an in/out border run once. 

Regards

I'm from the uk and my 60 day visa is soon to expire, if I cross a land border do I get 15 or 30 days, and once I've got the visa can I then extend at an immigration office for another 30 days? Or should I extend this 60 days visa and then do a border run? Which is best, but mainly concerned with how many days I get at a land border? After that I'm return  back to the uk, just need to arrange what's best for the next 60 days. 

thanks

me again.....can i get my next 60 day visa stamped at immigration instead of the border? i think i've heard this before but again it could be traveller BS .

No !

You must leave the country, enter another country and then return to activate a new entry.

i know!! I've been coming to thailand for 14 years but this last year i heard a couple of people say this, but sometimes you just have to resign yourself to the fact they are just full of sh1t......or they gave an immigration official a back hander.....?

me again.....can i get my next 60 day visa stamped at immigration instead of the border? i think i've heard this before but again it could be traveller BS .

Hi, apologies if this has been asked before, i did do a search but its like sifting through a needle in a haystack.......

What are my options for extending a 60 day tourist visa in chiang mai, usually i get 2 x 60 day visas and take a trip to the border after the 1st 60 days has expired, but i was talking to a couple of fellow travellers last trip who said i could just go to the immigration office in chiang mai and i would have several different option although they did not expand on that. Was this just traveller BS or can i really get an extension on a 60 day visa, in total i would want to stay for 4 months (the usually trip away during winter), if i could extend it for 30 days would i be able to do that twice? giving me 120 days in total.....was trying to avoid the border run which i have come to detest, if theres a way to do it i don't mind if it costs a little more?

Many thanks

In fairness this is a terrible colour combination.

Black goes with anything tho...[emoji13]

Thanks for the fashion tip, Caitlin.

Non matching a underwear is so this season......

MEthinks thai netizens need to chill out a bit.

In fairness this is a terrible colour combination.

Black goes with anything tho...?

So how are we to know if it's on the food or not? Are you suggesting OP that we should give up food all together? Lol

No I'm not suggesting that, I offered information for those that didn't already know, I asked for others experience from those that did know. Knowledge is power, the more we know the better choices we can make. I'm fully aware of dangers in many foods, that didn't happen overnight, and it happened because I researched or because I read useful snippets of information just like this post. What is your problem? Apart from leaving idiotic replies.....

What's next, you gonna post about pesticides on veggies and fruits? Msg? Sugar?

Even if only 1 person that didn't know there was borax in some of the fish/meat ball products reads this post and then goes on to make an informed decision then in my book it's been worth posting. Most people know about msg, sugar and pesticides but I imagine a very small percentage don't know about borax. So stop being a moron, you're showing yourself up.

So how are we to know if it's on the food or not? Are you suggesting OP that we should give up food all together? Lol

No I'm not suggesting that, I offered information for those that didn't already know, I asked for others experience from those that did know. Knowledge is power, the more we know the better choices we can make. I'm fully aware of dangers in many foods, that didn't happen overnight, and it happened because I researched or because I read useful snippets of information just like this post. What is your problem? Apart from leaving idiotic replies.....

At no point did I say I thought they only contained fish, at no point did I say I thought all food was safe to eat in Thailand, as usual more moronic answers to a sensible post. Do you guys ever come out of your cave for daylight? That was rhetorical, just in case you can't grasp that it means it don't answer.

If you left a sensible response obviously this won't apply.

Many people including me take borax everyday as a supplement ,google it and you might become a believer.

I have just had a quick Google and as far as I can see it depletes more riboflavin, magnesium and calcium that's it provides good things in the body, and this is a list of the top ten foods that contain boron

1. Dried Fruits: Raisins are the riches sources of boron (4.5mg/100g), other good sources are apricots, prunes, and dates.

2. Nuts: Almonds tops the list of boron rich nuts providing 2.2mg/100, but hazel nuts, brazil nuts, walnuts, and cashews are extremely good sources too.

3. Avocados: Avocados can be introduced in many kid friendly recipes, and provide 2.1 mg of boron per 100g.

4. Peanut Butter: Peanut butter s any kids go to snack, it is also rich in boron (1.9mg/100g)

5. Lentils: Lentils, beans, and other leguminous foods can provide around 0.71mg of boron per 100g.

6. Fruits: Fruits like red grapes, apples, pear, peaches, orange, bananas, and their juices are good sources of boron.

7. Honey: Honey can be used as a sugar replacement for children, as it is healthy and also rich in boron (0.51mg/100g).

8. Olives: Olives fresh or dried provides 0.35mg of boron per 100g serving.

9. Wheat and Oat Bran: Bran is not only nutritious, but also a god source of boron.

10. Vegetables: Broccoli, carrots, onions, and potatoes are boron rich vegetables.

And with so many countries banning it I'm struggling to see the benefit?

Maybe I didn't know this before because i don't eat the food that it's in, but today I found out borax is used in the meat balls, some jellies and desserts. The person that told me said the government has said it will fine any one caught using it as a food ingredient but no one official ever comes and checks and so therefore it is used systematically in food preparation. When I asked other Thai friends they confirmed the same thing but couldn't understand why I thought this was so terrible!!!

Have put this is the general section as I'm sure not everyone reads the food section.

Any experience or thoughts on this?

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I have a payment I don't recognise on my bank statement but it's for last November and now I can't remember how much I paid for the ticket or what it showed up as?

Im guessing you want it free as well........

Not bothered as long as I can actually download some stuff....why do you know somewhere that charges and has a decent connection?