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Looking into were to live in Thailand is subjective.I would never ever settle my family in the far south of the Thailand.HatYai no way!Trang,Nakhon Si Thammarat are also in the south and to close to Hat Yai for me.They are absolutely beautiful areas to see, but too dangerous for us to live.Look at the amount of shootings and bombings that take place in the south.The people doing the violence do not seem to care if children and people that have nothing to do with the government are victims of it.Just like in the Middel East.

Back to the question at hand.Chaing Mai,Korat,Udonthani,Rayong all sutable ares to settle a family.Have things to do for the kids.As to the music tutoring not sure but would imagine Chaing Mai or Korat to be your best bet other then Bangkok.It really is what you are into.If you can take a trip,drive the areas you are thinking of, outside of the tourist areas.That is a way to get a feel of the area.

So is the fryed food actually healthy? I think that the Thai people stay thin, because they don't eat snacks, mostly just their food. Instead of the western people.

I really do not see that much fried food in Thailand.I do see ,at least in Issan, an over use of oil in cooking foods in the pan.As to the Thais not snacking.That is what they do all day unless they are working.Most of the adult snacks are peanuts,crickets,dried fish,bbq meat/fish balls, things of that nature.Anymore the kids are eating potato/corn chips,candy, icecream, creaps filled with candy and sweetend condenced milk(sounds like a kid to me).Just a number of snacks.The powers to be are seeing this also and are worried that Thai children are incresingly getting heavyer and more unhealthy because of all the "western"snaking that is going on.The powers to be are blaming the unhealthy eating habits of Thai children on the western influences they see on TV,or partly from.One of my favorit snacks in the middle of the day,photo below.

This is Thailand and not some western country.It has some dogooders(real word or not)that want to save Thailand from what they see as bad.I see all the time some westerners that comes to Thailand that wish to force their own ideas on the Thai people.Get a life.This is not your country go home and fix your own country that is probably a lot more "broken" then Thailand will ever be.Looking at the videos and the news clips that I have been able to find on this type of incident it seems to be the making of the westerner that caused the problem to begin with.I guess you could say, som nam nay.

Not sure what you mean.You have to a sponsor (fiance) to get the K1 visa.

Gee wiz.It's not like you are going to eat it everyday.A little coconut milk never killed anyone.Unless you are allergic to it.

This may just help everyone out as to just what Chaing Mai noodels are.I have made this recipe and have found it to be very good.

http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/recipes/kaosoi.pdf

As to the op,it is the baking soda that will make any cut of beef tender.No need to add anything else.It will do it without waiting more then a few minutes.If you wait to long it will become "mushy".This is something that Chinese resturants have been doing for a long time.Adding baking soda to their sliced beef just before stire frying.

It was rumored that Paul the Octopus had a gambling problem.He owed to much quid and the loan sharks got to him.

To start with the exchange rates with most western countries is crap.The price of air fare is UP the price of a room in Thailand is UP.The perception that Thailand is in turmoil and dangerous is true.People are now really starting to belive that the Thais are out to rip all of the tourists off.True or not does not matter it is the perception.

Legal or not should really not matter if you are paying attention to the Thai people or should I say the people of the country that you are visiting.If they are not walking around with a beer in their hand (and they are not)does that not tell you something?OK lets say it is not illegal to do but as you can see the people of the country that you are visiting are not doing it.Why do it?I really see no differance walking with a beer or water or soda or whatever but many people do look down on it.So why?To prove a point or what?This would be one of the things that I see as "allowing" Thai people to have another item to say "look at the farang being a sh_t"

Most Thai people never see westerners except when they are here as two week millionaires.Alittle off the topic but...............Think about it.

Is it legal or not ?I really do not know,but what I do know is that I will try my best to fit in with the country that I am living in at the time.The best way to do that is to observe what the local population is doing.And as th OP has done is to ask.

What I have heard is that he works for the "Thai Mafia".He is a look out to watch and report what is going on in the area.Not kidding.

After seeing the photo I am inclined to say they are yuca chips.They look exactly the same.We like them with salt and garlic on them.The wife says that they could be some type of squash ,since you say they are buttery tasting.

Mine would be monstera.Taste like a pinapple with a bit of bannana mixed in.Grows all year long.

Sounds like they may be tarro chips.Have photo would help.

Not a real fan of steamed fish but I really like red curry.That looks good. Love your photos by the way.

ThaisGood,Yes you can use the one in your photo.I was at the Wat the other day and saw the exact same burner except it was silver and the regulator was red.I did not have my camera with me so no photo for you.The following photos are of other "Thai" burners in use in the USA using the same propan tanks that is used on the BBQ's in the USA.

Good quality corn is sweet and makes a great addition to most dessert recipes.I like corn in coconut milk with sugar and a dash of salt warmed up.As to peanut butter,try peanut butter and mustard sandwichs on white bread.

The interesting thing here is that you can screw the regulator that is on it into the tank.But i am not sure that you will want to.If you look close to my photo you can see that it is threaded to do that.But it is the regulator that you have that I am not sure about.Yes propane will work with it no problem.This I know becuse I know some Thai pepole that use it but the regulator is different.

Yes you will be able to use the burner with the tanks in the US.But you will have to change the pressure regulator.As you can see in the attached photo the US has changed the type of thread on the regulator to one that is only used in the US.

I am no lawyer but what I do know is that anyone that would like to buy the land will ask to see the origanal chanot.If you have it in the UK it will be very hard for her to sell the land without being able to produce it to the buyer.I would guess that there is a way for her to get a copy but still very hard to sell the land.In the end why do you want to stay there anyway?As many people will say....cut your losses and move on.I know it really su_ks but live and learn.Contact an attorney in Thailand to find out your options.Issan lawyers may help,check them out.

I can not say about the companies.To build a wood home is more expensive then to build a concret home.The best way to build a wood home is to find a home that is for sale that has the wood that you need.Tear it down and use that wood to build your new home.That is what we did and it still cost about 300k.The home we bought was in Roiet and we had it trucked about 250km to the place that we built or new home.That was in 2549.Today in our moo ban someone is building a home about the same size and they bought a home to tear down and it cost them about 400k.Plus they have had to buy more new wood to finish it.Our home is not a fancy lana style home either.Just a plain old 12 post rural Thai home.

I was in Pratunam shopping and having dinner with my girlfriend just a few days ago in Pratunam and no one seemed to care about the red shirt protestors just a few hundred meters away. Life just seemed to keep on moving as if nothing wrong was going on. Plenty of foreign tourists out and about shopping with their kids etc...

Anyway, according to the news the red shirts will be leaving the area very very soon, so nothing much for you to worry about.

Maybe in body bags.Look here at the latest.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Armoured-Veh...21#entry3591621

Just in case you do go to Phitsanulok Immigration it is located by the river on Puttabucha rd about 150 meters north of the police station.

We had the exact same problem.We had purchased tickets through a travel agent and they used our married name.Never even thought about it until a few days before we left.Could not change the name on her tickect so we took with us to the airport the following.The origanl marrige cert.and a copy,her alien registration card (green card)her learners permit in her married name, social security card in married name and her Thai passport in Thai name.It took about 30 minutes at the counter to get checked in.They had to call a superviser who called the TSA who called Homeland security.But once it was all done she was allowed to board.They had to check her Thai name to the do not fly list.

They said to change her passport to the married name as soon as possible or to make the ticket in her Thai name next time.The check in guy said not to try this again because they really are not suppose to let you board when the ticket and passport do not match.He also said if we did not have the marrige cert. and offical id with her married name she would not have been allowed to board.

Funny thing is when we left Thailand no one said anything about it.After checking in to Korean air in Thailand I asked (maybe that was dumb thing to do,ask that is)They said they already know,it is in computer.

Now we always just make the ticket in her Thai name.When we return to the USA the customs officers never say anything about the different names on the passport and the alien registration card.I guess that is becuse it is in the computer.

Maybe good idea to call the airline and explain first though.We did not but luckly it worked out.

"A storm yesterday swept through Satuek district in Buri Ram, damaging 140 homes and flattening more than 10 rai of rubber trees, but causing no casualties.

Ten houses were completely blown away when the storm swept through six villages in tambon Nikhom. Property damage was put at Bt1 million and relief is being given to the occupants of the destroyed houses."

I suppose the cost is a typo.

Glad everyone survived the storm.

Yes, I would think the cost would be much more then 1million.