UKJASE

i have found travelling to hua hin > BKK, they will stop 50% of the time, and the average time stopped will be 10 - 15 mins...... we have never stopped as long as an hour, but i guess that depends on the availabilty of LPG on each particular route..... maybe over the last 2 years since you travelled, LPG has become more readily available

i have always found that turning up during the lunch hour, say about 12.45, and waiting for the doors to open at 1, will normally allow you to get dealt with quickly

can you tell me please mate..... i am due my first reporting for my marriage visa soon....... is the period to report to the office within 7 days of the date of next notification, and not after, or does it have to be the exact same date??

as the suggestion above re Prachuap..... we are in Hua Hin, Prachuap Kiri Kahn, and we are not getting much rain at the moment

the last 2 days have been sunny, with a few showers, but not raining all day like some other areas....... u might have to bring your own hut tho, as the hotel is king up here

well it was the price coming thro the promotional email from fishthailand.co.uk..... so they will be adding their mark up i guess

its got big 100lb plus arapaimas in the lake, so those boys are never cheap to fish for

the lake is 22 rai big, so its a good size

i have just received an email about it...... the place is to vbe called Jurassic Fishing Park and is 7km from Cha Am according to the email

i cant find a website address, but if anyone wants to PM me their email address, i will forward the email over

the prices looked to be more like 4000B than 1000B tho at first glance

from bazilBigTits to bazilBailOut

the mall tapaw.. then taxi to BTS wong wien yai (80baht)

13.713173,100.478978

http://maps.google.c...ps?hl=en&tab=wl

nice one thaibcr..... that doesnt look too hard to get to...... so, its along rama II, then onto ratchadapisek road AKA highway 9 AKA the ring road...... then just follow that for a few km's and look for the signs for "The Mall Tapaw"..... is that right mate? would it be signed in english?

is it on the left side, or the right side as driving into bangkok? free parking i presume?

Bed Supperclub on suk 11 on a thursday is good if you like house music, tech house and techno.... they get lots of superstar european djs

500B in if you facebook the guy first..... otherwise more on the door

gets a trendy crowd in,,,,,, drinks are pricey but it is a good club

The article does state that it is opposite the current location, so isnt going to be Hua Hin. Interesting to see that Prachuap/Hua Hin had 2 million visitors whereas Phet had double at 4 Million.....of course these would be predominatly Thai visiting Cha am, Samran etc and school/college trips to Kang Krachan.

it is in hua hin mate, according to the article......

"The venture requires an investment of 5 billion baht to develop the retail project, which is located on a 20-rai plot on Phetkasem Road opposite Intercontinental Hua Hin Resort and close to Hua Hin Market Village."

just at the bottom of my street..... happy days..... best hide the credit card from the mrs though.....

this is great news

What a fantastic thread - properly laughing here.... BazilCock... Soi41Dickehad.... and then..... "hey, will everyone please stop calling me a "<deleted>"... all i am doing is trying to park my car....."

I am sort of curious why you see it as easier to get the minivan though? I mean if you simply "like" the van than fair enough but mate do you not find them a bit packed and uncomfortable? I always struggle with them to be honest.

Why dont you just buy a sat nav for driving into Bangkok? You can pick them up for a few grand now and you will have no issues getting lost. I always drive into BKK and get there a little quicker than the minivans, and you can go at your own pace, have a laugh with the mrs in the car, stop for a smoke/coffee or whatever. You will be a few hundred baht down at the end of the day but a much better idea, in my opinion.

Just my opinion though. If you just like the bus, nothing wrong with that.

What about parking at the fishing pier? Or maybe the collonade shopping mall? 24 hour security, no one there gives a flying bugger and the place never gets busy enough that it is even half full.

to tell the truth longshooter, i find driving in thailand a little stressful sometimes....... our lass aint the best passenger, i aint the best driver, our car aint the best car, my music aint the best music....... it's hot, it's bumpy, the road signs look pretty, but dont make much sense etc etc

i have driven all over thailand, and infact hold the hua hin record for driving to kalasin in 9hrs whilst having a mother-in-law in the car....... but sometimes i just cant be bothered........ better to leave it to the professionals i think

PS as a matter of interest, which BTS station is the easiest to get to, and get parked, for when we do take the car???

PPS cheers for not calling me a "<deleted>"

BTS - no idea, to be honest. When I drive to BKK my final destination is nearly always a hotel car park or the airport so parking is never an issue. I dont think I would ever drive to BKK and park near a BTS. I just wouldnt take that on. It would be too much hard work blindly trying to find somewhere to park close to it.

what area do you head for then mate?? you are coming from the hua hin area i presume...... up highway 4, across on highway 35 / rama II..... then where would you head after that?

we used to live in On Nut, so have parked in a hotel car park on Suk soi 64 a few times, but that is over in the east, and as we are coming from the west side of bangkok, it is a bit of an unnecessary trek....

do you know of any more convenient areas to park, if heading from hua hin / cha am, that are easy to get to, and allow easy access to central bangkok?

he isnt biting is he

You failed? Are you kidding?

Ah... you forgot to bring something

i had some, but i drank it before my practical test, so as to ensure my confidence when navigating through the cones

Hey Plaachon.... i am in hua hin so a bit far from either of your residencies i think...... my mrs is from kalasin tho and we get up there quite often

can you recommend any places to go fishing up that way? i am a coarse fisherman back home, and am quite happy fishing for anything really

any pointers buddy?

Bet not one of you will use the service if or when it starts, you'll take the bus, tight ass Ex Pats in Hua Hin. Talk the Talk or Walk the Walk, talkers, dreamer's.

are you talking to everyone that reads this site mate, or just the people who have replied? seems like quite a broad statement you are making with such harsh tones.....

you having a bad day fella? maybe a few nice dreams and a talk will help..... fingers crossed for ya mate

water pump welded back together (400B) and motorcycle licence in my wallet alongside my car licence (165B)

now we just need to fix this leaky roof which the builder has already attempted 6 times, but today's rain has given us a soaking (

So not only were you upsetting the local business's by parling ILEGALLY you were driving ILEGALLY also. Fine upstanding citizen, what an example to the Thai's.

Also you anoouced that have driven all over Thailand (Bollo@#s), you mean you have been driving ILEGALLY all over Thailand, Why? UKJASE has just anounced that he has just passed his driving test.

Another Foreigner that should not be here.

Working ilegally also I bet.

calm down mate......... i was talking about my motorcycle licence....... i have my car licence already....

anyone been fishing down cha am in the last couple of weeks? how has it been fishing? any cahors showing?

i am thinking of going down there 2moro

come on rufanuf, let the maggots out the box..... where will this park be dude? i live in hua hin and will be a customer for sure if the price is ok.....

how many lakes will it be mate?

where are you living now PlaaChon??

cheers for all the helpful replies guys.....

i went back to the test centre early today, and got myself in for the test....... again the same as yesterday when some questions were obviously both right etc......., but luckily with the english test i think they only have about 50 or so questions, that come up randomly, so the ones that have two correct answers, many i had had yesterday, and had memorised the answers..... so today i passed!! i got 26/30 and the lady told me 23/30 was the pass mark, and i had done "velly good"..... buzzing today chaps!! the mrs even peeled a som-o for me for celebrations!!

this question made the whole resitting worth it tho

Q-What should you do if you are driving and you start to feel very tired?

1-Stop, and take a rest until you no longer feel tired

2-Drink a coffee

3-Keep driving until the tiredness passes

4-Take an amphetamine pill

there was two other farang guys there today, and both had failed one sitting whilst i was there......

i think one good thing to do, is if you fail, take a note of the answers on a piece of paper for all the ones you got wrong, and use this next time..... not sure if this is within the rules, but then again not sure if they have rules

anyway 165B and i am one legal mo fo

cheers again for replies

for 3 days?? and with your permission BC?? happy days.... almost makes it worth all the abuse

UKJASE - have you posted on the correct thread?

Who's BC? And where is there any prior mention of 3 days?

sorry easy, i was cross-threading there..... BC aka bazilthefox aka mr happy..... the "3 days" was reference to basil's reference to car parking..... (i think i need to lower the dosage of caffeine from now on)

BazilFox, evidently you haven't been inside the store. It's no 7/11 or Lotus Express. It's a supermarket with pretty much everything the other Hua Hin supermarkets have as far as food and normal household products go (except Villa Market of course).

Instead of constantly making negative comments about it, why don't you go walk around in it and compare it with the Lotus Express downtown and you will see the difference.

Sorry this thread disturbs you so much but I think the main purpose of local expat forums here is to let others know of anything that will make their life better or easier or more convenient, which this store does for anyone living in the south end of town or Takiab.

You seem to be bothered by nearly every thread on the board. Why not just stop reading and take some stress out of your life?

HH - why don't you and others go to Villa Market? There are absolutely no parking problems and the produce sold there is far fresher than Macro, let alone any Tesco Lotus outlet anywhere In HH. OK - it may be a few shekels dearer on some items (but not all - some items are even cheaper than Macro) but it seems to be a mind set many farangs have that they will not shop there because they feel they are being ripped off in some way! Can't understand the cheapskate mentality!

the last time i was in there, the fist thing i saw was mangos for 120B a kilo!! now, unless these mangos were picked by topless virgins wearing velvet gloves, they did seem a tad expensive......

UKJASE - you are a sarcastic being!

Depends on time of year, whether local or imported, variety etc.

I've seen mangoes in Macro dearer than that.

Jut don't buy them ....

As they say here .... "up to you!".

i wasnt being sarcastic Easyas...... the mangos were 120B a kilo........ i thought that was very expensive......

admittedly, as with any upper end supermarket, the fruit and veg dept are often well over-priced, and are there for convenience for people who dont have as much time on their hands to shop around..... the store does have a good selection of hard to find products

PS passed my driving test today..... screw you karma

@UKJASE. Asking for parkingadvice, resulting in you being called a <deleted>. Waperpump leaking. Driverstest failed. If this is karma catching up with you, you must have been a very bad boy ??

i was hoping leaving england would leave all that karma stuff behind....... looks like karma flies emirates too