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Sadly, she didn't get cold feet before crossing the border.
darn, you beat me to it...
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I already have a nice Samsung 10" tablet, but for anyone else looking for one there is a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 for sale at the moment on www.secondhandchiangmai.com
and, no, it's not mine - buta great tablet if anyone is still looking - better than new Chinese rubbish...
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I already have a nice Samsung 10" tablet, but for anyone else looking for one there is a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 for sale at the moment on www.secondhandchiangmai.com
and, no, it's not mine - buta great tablet if anyone is still looking - better than new Chinese rubbish...
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Once when we went to the CM Immigration office to renew my annual visa, the female officer there (Single, with "Lanna" whitish skin) complained to my wife that all the eligible farang men go for the "black" ladies. She thought this was most unfair, and it probably clashed with her own inner beliefs about status and class in Thailand.
som nom naa white girl...
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Prople are leaving Phuket in their droves - treated badly by locals, one-upmanship amongst the wealthy farangs, pain in the ass taxis. Enough already...
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So to follow-up on the advice from you good people...
I have been to Bo Sang quite a few times now, and had a great time catching Sawai, but it started to feel a bit too easy and repetitive after a while, so I just splashed out on 3 days at Teak Tree Lake.
My apologies for this in no way fitting with my request for somewhere not expensive, but, hey, a guy can change his mind...
Teak Tree is fairly expensive, but we catered for ourselves and I had the wife and kids with me (just me fishing), so in many ways it worked out as quite a cheap short break for us. No travel costs! They enjoyed playing around the lake, and me in it.
Anyway, I caught a bunch of fish over the three days including an Arapaima, a pair of big Red Tails, 3 Indian carp, and a lovely Pacu. I had a great time - good enough to want to give them a plug anyway!
Not many people seem to know about the place, but they have a good website, so I don't know why...
They are: http://teaktreefishingchiangmai.com/
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Thanks Kiniyeo. That's one that's listed on the map that Jim posted a link to, but good to get the extra info. Thank you very much.
Actually it seems that the map that Jim posted the link to shows lots of lakes. Had I known about that I wouldn't have needed this thread, but since I started it, lets go with it.
From that map I have now identified these listed below.
Close to Chiang Mai:
Bo Sang Fishing Park; Dreamlake Fishing Resort; Chiang Mai Fishing Park; Green Lake Resort Lake; Lung Maa Fishing Park; Teak Tree Lake Fishery; Wieng Dong Fishing Lake; Chao Praya River
Further Afield (a lot of these are a good few hours travel from CM):
Mae Kuang Reservoir; Mae Ngat Reservoir; Queen Sirikit Reservoir; Bueng Pai Farm; Pai Piranha Fishing Lake
Looking good.
Does anyone know of any more? Any more little cheapies near to Chiang Mai?
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Thank you both. Super map link Jim, and wonderful photos and tips Fishenough.
That's a great start to the thread. Right, who's next?
There must be more.
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The Dream Lake thread got me thinking. Where is there to fish around this fine city of ours? Ideally i am thinking about fairly cheap places where I could take young kids and spend a relaxing afternoon, but any ideas are welcome.
Yes, I have searched the forum. But I see no good answer. Borsang gets mentioned a lot, but surely there must be loads of places?
We live in a valley surrounded by mountains. Surely there are lakes nestled in the valleys? What about pond fishing where people dig out massive holes so that they can use the soil to raise the land for houses?
I would like this thread to become a list of all of the places that we collectively know about rather than an in-depth discussion of one place.
So, other than Borsang and Dream Lake (neither of which really fits with relaxing and cheap) where do you know?
PS If you don't have anything useful and positive to add feel free to not post and go do something else
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I hate to knock folks (actually that's not true - but what the hell :-0 )
If you haven't had chance to see the new uniform at Prem International School then check out the latest edition of CityLife: http://www.chiangmainews.com/ecmn/viewfa.php?id=3566
Now that is some uniform... so great that this school has a two page spread (at considerable expense I assume) in City Life explaining its conception and the finer points of its amazing "fashionable" design. Wow - how can our poor local Thai schools compete with this behmoth... lol
Is that really all this super expensive international fashion icon (sorry, I mean school) has to advertise?
It sure makes me wonder...
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If my friends were to come along to the open day on Wednesday I assume their is no pressure to have clear plans to join the school? Presumably they could just come and have a look around and a chat? Is booking needed?
Sorry for so many questions but my friends are a bit nervous about coming believe it or not.
I guess schools make people nervous; I never liked them much either.
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I have several friends with young children in kindergartens here. One couple have their children at Ambassadors and two others at Little Stars. Both are pretty happy with their children being at these pre-schools and the children seem happy BUT all have reservations about the bilingual aspect. In reality it seems that in both cases Thai is very much the dominant language and hence the dominant language spoken by the children.
I guess it depends what you are after really. Neither of these options is very expensive, hence their popularity.
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Wahl is definitely the brand to go for if you want something that cuts well and lasts for years. I saw a stall selling them yesterday downstairs in BigC Hangdong Road branch. They are on a stall that sells guitars, children's scooters, knives, torches, etc. at the foot of one of the up-escaltors. I can't think of the shops that are next to it, but it is the up-escalator closest to the Siam Commercial bank. You would pass the stall if you walked from there towards the food hall.
They were over 1,000 Baht, but would be worth every penny imho.
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guardian (newspaper)
pulse (news aggregator)
quickvideo
car home
mortplayer
shazam
catch
alarm clock extreme free
RemindMe
skype
to name a few great ones!
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I tried a couple last night down at Rider's Corner. At first taste a little bit bland, but actually quite nice a bottle or two down the road. A slightly malty but very clean and crisp taste, and I woke up this morning feeling "crisp" too - no Changover at all!
It may not be the answer to the prayers of beer lovers everywhere but I will certainly be drinking more - if only for a change from the regular beers available that I am bored to death with.
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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the "bar girl branding"; the standard across the lower back tattoo that lots of bar girls seem to have. It's nice of so many girls to have made the effort to give you something to look at when having fun, but it really is a form of "branding". They might be better off just getting an "I'm a hooker flag" that they can carry around, but still be able to get away from in the future!
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Cover the dish in foil and put it out in the son and then focus on a piece of paper - the focal point should soon become clear! Keep your eyes well out of the potential focus point area to avoid instant blindness!
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It is working fine for me here in Chiang Mai on 3BB
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Two problems within 200km; now that is some kind of reliability! That's about on a par with what I would expect from a bike that I built myself (I am not a mechanic!).
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Any sign of any Special Brew?
It's good to see people not afraid to share their alcoholic backgrounds with us all.
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That is an amazing price for a family car, and I assume it is going to be very fuel efficient with that engine. My only concern is that it may be too under-powered. If it actually pulls okay with that engine in it then it is surely set to become a huge seller. Look out Honda and Toyota!
3D Glasses for Samsung TV. Where to buy?
in Chiang Mai
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There are 4 sets (and a free 3D Shrek blu-ray) advertised at www.secondhandchiangmai.com and in the various Secondhand Facebook pages. They look to all be the same set advertised in a number of different places.
Happy New Year to you too. Have fun with the 3D movies.