Neha

If you decide to switch schools you just need to do your next extension with documentation from new school and a letter from present school stating that you are no longer studying their.

You should need to go out an get another visa.

So I will have to go back to india and get another ED visa? I can't do this in Phuket immigration with all the documents? The school that I checked with says I won't need to go out and get another visa...

The schools are issued iicenses from the MOE to teach the courses. The length of the course that they are licensed to teach vary from school to school. Some have licenses where they can only teach you Thai Language for 2 years, some have licenses for up to 5 years. I suspect that the reson that they want you to change languages is that they only have the short license.

Ah thanks, that makes sense. When I need to switch courses to another language though, is there a need to go out of the country and get another ED visa? My current school says yes, new school says no.

Thanks everyone for the responses.

Hi everyone,

I am currently on an ED visa in Phuket, which I got in April 2011. It went really well until the school told me this is the last extension and after that I will have to change to another language (like French or Russian) and for this I will have to go back to India and get another ED visa issued to me.

This seemed like a big hassle because tickets to India are more than 30,000 baht, not to mention, it's not an easy trip to make and I worry that I may not get the visa re-issued because the Thai Embassy might reject my application since I've been here on an Ed visa for so long already.

I have an Indian passport and am unable to go to Malaysia or other nearby countries because as an Indian passport holder, I'll need a visa for those countries too.

So I investigated with another school in Phuket and they told me that I can register with them, resign from the old school and I will not need to leave the country to get another year's ED visa with them because it will simply be an extension. What on earth is going on? Is my current school just playing around? Is there anything I can say to them that may help them understand my predicament? After a bit of talking, she told me to come back in one month (December 28th) and she will be able to tell me if she can get an extension for me here itself without leaving Thailand (Can someone explain why on earth can't she tell me now?). This is also ridiculous because my last extension on the ED visa will expire on Jan 21st, so I will not have enough time to go to another school and get the documents etc.

The new school also told me I'll have to go through an interview with the ministry of education to get clearance and extension each year that I stay. I did not have to do this for my current school. I'm pretty much thoroughly confused. Any light shed on the matter will be highly appreciated!

Thanks in advance

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Hey, thanks! I have been hoping to find modafinil but I think there are no imported brands here and no one carries it. Better stock up when I go to India!

Could be many things... Maybe try taking multivitamins with added Iron? You could be Anemic, some of the symptoms for anemia is tiredness and lethargy. Either way, taking multivitamins will only do your body good in the long run.

I understand that you are just trying to help with good intentions but with all due respect, this is not an advisable suggestion especially for males (I'm assuming the OP is male because he said "I feel like an old man"). Men rarely have problems with iron especially because they don't menstruate and an overload of iron when unnecessary can cause a host of serious problems over time.

There could be several reasons why the OP is feeling tired. Perhaps a thorough medical check up is on order. Getting 8 hours of sleep every night, taking up activities especially sports as well as having healthy homemade food will likely make a huge difference if it's not being done already, like Robblok suggested.

Lots of people talk about gluten sensitivity these days. This could be one of the reasons especially for beer. I have recently had the same thing with wine and some theorize that it might be due to the wine being aged in oak barrels or something. I, like you, have always been a very light social drinker. I find that hard liquors like tequila are a lot easier to have mixed with soda than other drinks. Still, I just don't enjoy alcohol anymore the way I used to at 18-21. I'm only 24 so I doubt it's "old age".

Neha,

That was why i only said something about the sugary drinks, with all her underlying problems i did not feel it was a good idea to give her advise.

About the potassium, i have had those cramps not only when working out but also fishing at fishing lake. Granted the fish are real big so it is like a workout especially if you catch many. First i tried to combat it with only water and multivitamins but in extreme cases i just need extra.

The reason why i said supplement it is you can add it easy from a tablet and stop too if needed.

I totally understand and I wasn't disagreeing with you at all

Just saying that if someone is trying to get healthy, the first thing the need to do is fix their diet and start eating whole foods. Including a potato in her diet might be more than enough potassium for her, whereas you might need supplements since you put your body through a lot more.

It just doesn't make sense to me to pop a multivitamin, electrolytes and extra vitamins on top if your diet is not healthy. I also take a high potency multivitamin but I train 3x week, and also walk, swim, play frisbee. I cook all my food at home - whole, nutritious food - and only eat out once a week at most. I don't even think I need it considering how many veggies and other nutritious foods I have in my diet.

Like glbv, I also didn't have a kitchen where I lived before for three months. Got an induction cooker and set it on a sidetable, used that to make curries, rice, potatoes, chili, stir frys It can be done.

I also want to say to the OP that since I stopped 7/11 and started eating healthy food, I can eat a lot MORE in sheer volume! You can eat one small bar of snickers or a big cup of rice, it will be the same calories, but you won't feel full after the teeny chocolate. You'll see the difference if you just start cooking at home.

In my first apartment here ever I had no stove so I went and bought an induction cooker and a pan, set it up on my floor. Can cook anywhere well if you need to/want to bad enough. On that little induction cooker i made everything from steak, to chilli, to duck breast in red wine sauce.

Again as others have said here its the sugary drinks, #1 thing you will see from almost anyone seriously fit is that any liquid that goes into their body is 0 calories or dam_n close to it. My gf is cutting at 1200 calories a day, shes 48kg and about 166cm. So with that in mind the average sweetened tea here by oishi is about 120 if I remember. So right there 1 drink 10% of her calories gone. You will not be full, you will not be satisfied, it is more than likely not a craving. Dont drink your calories.

Yes I agree with the above poster. And there are several sources of food to get your potassium and other electrolytes. If you start eating healthy you will not need to have the electrolyte drink. Robblok above exercises, therefore he might need the extra potassium because strength training can cause cramps due to sweating and muscle extension aside from not stretching at the end of workouts (it happens to me sometimes too) but one boiled or baked potato has more than enough potassium if that is what the deficiency is.

I have seen this thread over the last day or two but I want to say, please consult with a doc before you start dieting. With all your underlying conditions, it's pretty remiss to ask for help in a forum like this. I don't mean to be rude or anything, I genuinely think that you might be better off consulting with a professional. Even coaches at the gym that people pay for them to talk about diet are not qualified to give you the green light on diet to clients with such diseases. They will also tell you to check with a doctor.

We can all give you diet advice but it might do you harm with all the problems you already have... If stuff comes up for you then you will have trouble sticking to the diet as well.

All the best.

I heard that heating whey was a bad thing ? I could be wrong.

I take a protein drink for a reason. I usually eat 1 or 2 hours before training and then after training i just cant eat a chicken breast as im not hungry. I could go for a couple of boiled eggs though.

Hi Rob.

Actually you are partly correct - if whey protein is heated up in a regular cake recipe, it gets a horrible rubber like texture so you need to use different recipes for it to make the batter. The main thing is to use a "wet" ingredient like dairy or fruit puree. For example, try taking 1 scoop chocolate/vanilla whey and mixing it with yogurt or cottage cheese (for the extra protein), throw in some sweetener (I use equal) or sugar and a handful of oats (for texture). Only add enough yogurt/cottage cheese to get a batter-like consistency. Then put it in the oven or make pancakes!! Pancakes are delicious but you will need some kind of syrup.... Instead of syrup I use another scoop of protein powder (you could try a berry one for variation) and mix it with very little water to make it like syrup.

It's all very delicious and I do have it once in a while when I'm craving a treat. I also love to cook so it's fun to experiment with protein powder. However, I don't make these a staple in my meals otherwise my veggie intake goes way down!!.

Edit: Several recipes available on proteinpow.com including ice cream, apple pie etc.

I am with GLBV on this one, i like scientific studies. One bodybuilder with a brain Franco Columbu friend of Arnold. Anyway just that someone is big does not mean his is right there are freaks that have been dealt the genes and can eat all they want however bad and still get big while others won't even if they do everything right.

I also read a lot about meal timing not being as needed as people say and how the myths came into existence.

4. There’s a one-hour window of opportunity for protein synthesis following a workout.

You may be wondering: is this a myth because the real window is half an hour? Two or 3 hours? Maybe 6 hours? Sadly, in the past 2 weeks I’ve read different articles, all suggesting that the "window" is one of the above lengths of time.

It’s not surprising that with this type of inconsistency that this is probably the most pervasive myth in bodybuilding today! Worse yet, it stems directly from the scientific research itself. The most often cited research on the protein synthetic post workout window, used elderly subjects (Esmark et al., 2001) and cardio exercise findings (Levenhagen et al., 2001) to make their predictions. While this is a completely acceptable practice when these are the only data we have to go on, there are a couple noteworthy problems.

Elderly individuals digest and absorb protein differently than healthy adults. In fact, they digest and absorb whey protein in a similar manner as they do casein (Dangin et al., 2003); in other words they have slow digestion and absorption for whey. Elderly also benefit from having 80% of their daily protein consumed at a single sitting (Arnal et al., 1999), in contrast to the benefits of our multiple feedings.

Additionally, the traditionally referenced Esmark et al. (2001), study showed that consuming the post workout meal just 2 hours after working out actually prevented any improvements induced by the training! Figure that one out and you get a prize.

Secondly, with regards to cardio…well, let’s just say that there’s an obvious difference between how our muscles respond to the two forms of exercise. Bear in mind that with regard to carbohydrate metabolism following a workout, there might not be much of a difference—we just don’t know, but certainly the long-term protein metabolism differences can be seen.

So now what are we supposed to base our nutrition on? Enter the most underrated scientific paper in the last 5 years. Tipton and colleagues (2003) examined responsiveness of protein synthesis for a day after a workout, and found it to reflect a 24 hour enhanced level. That’s right folks, a FULL DAY! This means that having a morning shake will have the same impact on muscle protein synthesis as one consumed following the workout!

These results shouldn’t be too surprising because we’ve known for over a decade that postworkout protein synthesis is jacked up for this long (MacDougall et al., 1995), but if you’re discovering this for the first time, then it’s pretty exciting!

Some research suggests that even 48 hours after the workout our protein synthesis levels can be elevated by ~33% (Phillips et al., 1997), giving us an even longer period during which we can maximize our muscle growth with protein drinks.

I still take my protein drinks as a convenience but they are not absolutely necessary. But come on all of us use them.

Science is good.

I want to add that you don't have to have a protein drink for recovery - a chicken breast can give you up to 50g protein depending on the size. A scoop of protein powder (generally) will give you 24g protein.

I eat 140g protein per day but I get at least 100g of it from food. Sometimes if I am too full for another piece of chicken or eggs or whatever, I just have a protein shake. Nothing wrong with getting all your protein from food but sometimes it gets tiring and you just want a tasty drink instead of meat.

I use Dymatize all natural Vanilla whey and sometimes ON chocolate whey for making protein bars or cakes at home.

OK well here are some threads that include extensive studies with scientific backing showing that meal timing is largely irrelevant among the other extremely common bro science that i see tossed around constantly.

If you are able to provide any threads countering this information backed by science and not just ohh Jay Cuttler does it so should you, then I will bow at your greatness.

Meal frequency myth discussed and put to rest

Common bodybuilding myths discussed and put to rest

Fasting Myths put to rest

I am all for supplements but they are in no shape or form required or even truely beneficial unless your diet is lacking. The only supplement in my opinion that is a true staple for me is a Multi Vitamin. Unless you are eating an extremely wide variety of foods every day then you could use one.

glbv I'm surprised that you have linked to leangains. I do intermittent fasting as prescribed by Martin Berkhan. I have lost a good amount of bodyfat and achieved great recomp using the RPT split routine. However, I wanted to tell you that Martin Berkhan is a HUGE proponent of meal timing. You even have a fasting window during the day where you eat your food - 8 hours for men, 10 for women. Granted he is against six meals a day and eating "within an hour" of working out, but meal even he says meal timing is important in that you have certain macros post workout or on training days (high carb, low fat) and low carb, highER fat on rest days while you are in a deficit.

Meal timing doesn't have to meal 6 meals a day but it is important.

This is why I said *IF* you perform glycogen depleting exercise. And I don't know what kind of exercises you do at the gym but if you spend 2-3 hours there without *ANY* glycogen depletion whatsoever, then you were probably like the guys who just sit there and text or walk on the treadmill for 20 mins, and do 1000s of sets of bicep curls before going home. Try doing some compound exercises for 3-4 sets for 10-15 reps with heavy weights then tell me you haven't any depleted glycogen *at all* (granted it won't be as much as running a marathon), that's you exemplifying broscience and yes being an everyday schmuck, mate.

I don't know what on earth would make you say my statements about carbs are "broscience". Man this place is sometimes worse than bodybuilding.com forums. Prolly where you get your info from. Geez. I feel so enlightened.

I gave up arguing with people on bodybuilding.com. I even got banned on there a few times a couple of years ago.

I burned 1630 calories today in 90 minutes. I reckon there was a bit of depletion going on there but a lot of the energy came from fat stores because I didn't push my heart rate too high - so no muscle groups felt "fried" after the session.

Yeah I really dislike the crowd on the forum, but it makes sense. You find all kinds of people wanting to lift! I want to say that I do enjoy your contribution here. I've learned some new things thanks to you, for what it's worth.

How did you know how many calories you burned? I don't trust the numbers on the cardio machines at all. That makes sense, keeping your heart rate low to tap into fat stores. I do that in the morning in a fasted state as well, though I prefer to create my deficit with diet, having fixed macro numbers for training and rest days.

As for large portions I was the 5th person to complete the "Biggest burger in Asia" challenge at Cafe Europe on Soi 20. That was about 1 year ago, was massive. Did it in about 40 minutes if i remember. I gained about 1kg that morning even when that was all i ate the whole day.

Which leads to another interesting question. If for example you ate 5000 calories by consuming a block of chocolate in an hour or spread the same quantity of chocolate over a 24 hour period, would it make any difference in the amount of fat you'd store?

My guess is that if you spread it over the day you'd have more chance of burning some of the calories up and you'd gain less fat as a result.

I think, though I'm not sure, If you ate it in an hour, you would probably end up eating other food the rest of the day, which would cause more fat gain. If you spread it throughout the day, you probably won't eat anything else so you'd end up storing less fat. However, if you only eat that block of chocolate and nothing else, then I'm not sure it matters if you spread it out or not...

Everything about carbs above is so much broscience i cant even begin to break it down. Yes 3500 calories is 1lb of fat, and yes in theory if my daily expenditure was 1500, and my excess for the day was 5000. The chance that I will put on 1lb from that is extremely unlikely as your body doesn't work in a perfect 24hour time frame. Doesn't say oh shit its midnight better count of what i didnt use.

Um, what broscience? Where have I said any of that especially the midnight stuff? I'm working with hypothetical numbers and I never said it works in a perfect 24 hour time frame, it was a hypothetical time frame that could help me estimate the BMR and how much of the excess calories would be stored in fat. That's why I also included that it would depend on the person's diet in general as well as exercise habits (say for example you only have that 5000kcal chocolate the entire week and no other food, that's not gonna turn into fat. If you have it over one day and you are eating maintenance the rest of the days, it would. Thanks for twisting my words and your panties in a bunch. Deficit matters over time, not just a 24-hour day, I think everyone knows that, even the bro-est of bros.

Ive gone on binges where Ive consumed upwards of 15,000 in a day and that resulted in 3lbs total, not fat but just 3lbs total. To start talking about glycogen is meaningless unless you are a marathon runner, then you can start thinking about it. Everyday schmuck like myself in the gym even if i go all out for 2-3 hours im no where near depleted and anyone saying they are is full of it.

This is why I said *IF* you perform glycogen depleting exercise. And I don't know what kind of exercises you do at the gym but if you spend 2-3 hours there without *ANY* glycogen depletion whatsoever, then you were probably like the guys who just sit there and text or walk on the treadmill for 20 mins, and do 1000s of sets of bicep curls before going home. Try doing some compound exercises for 3-4 sets for 10-15 reps with heavy weights then tell me you haven't any depleted glycogen *at all* (granted it won't be as much as running a marathon), that's you exemplifying broscience and yes being an everyday schmuck, mate.

I don't know what on earth would make you say my statements about carbs are "broscience". Man this place is sometimes worse than bodybuilding.com forums. Prolly where you get your info from. Geez. I feel so enlightened.

Ya I have to buy it in bars or preset sizes or I would eat that all 100%. If i buy it I WILL eat it alll, horrible habit, almost seems like an addiction. Ive gone through 5000 calories in an hour before very easily due to candy intake. Haribo candy is the bane of my existence, my mom sends care packages with 30-50 huge bags full of it and i just down them all.

Just a hypothetical question. If you sat down and consumed 5000 calories from chocolate in an hour, how much of that would turn to body fat?

Loving this conversation.

The answer would depend on what kind of chocolate it is (dark chocolate/regular), how much of carb and fat it has, your diet and current activity level for the day as well as your TDEE/BMR. You will most likely go into a caloric surplus eating that because I guess your BMR is not that high and neither is your activity level that you would burn 5000cal/day.

As a very rough estimate, if you burn 2000 calories in total including all your activity, you will be in a 3000 calorie surplus. A pound of fat is 3500 calories. You will end up storing almost a pound of fat. Not to mention the water weight from carbohydrate consumption (3-4g of water per gram of carbohydrate)

If you have done some glycogen-depleting exercise, some of it will go into replenishing that, but it would not be a very significant amount and will still add to your weight (not fat) I think - that is still a little unclear for me.

What do you think?

I agree with the other posters that the biolelectric scales are pretty worthless. The one I would consider is underwater weighing to get a true reading (look it up), but it can be expensive.

I've covered this extensively on another thread, but a DEXA bodyscan is probably better as it doesn't require the person to exhale air which is quite difficult sitting on a little chair with weights over your legs while being dunked in water. They normally take 3 readings and average them out - each reading can easily vary by 1% or more depending on how much air you manage to exhale. Of course the more air left in your lungs, the higher the bodyfat reading will be.

Now you say it's expensive. Does that mean you know somewhere in Thailand where it can be done? I get the feeling it's old technology and being phased out by computer scanning systems like DEXA. The InBody 230 device I used (as explained above) was very close to my DEXA scan and hydrostatic weighing result.

I must have missed your post on the other thread. After reading this, I looked up info on the DEXA pretty extensively. I actually didn't know much about it. We learn something new everyday eh? Thanks for that! You are right, the DEXA does seem to be the latest and best (most precise) technology to measure bodyfat percent. I understand your complaint with the bodpod but I figured that was the "closest" one could get to the correct number. I was wrong of course.

Still at the end of the day, it seems like bodyfat percentage is an arbitrary "ego number". It would also look different on different people and depend on how much muscle they have. Here is a great article about it: http://www.leighpeel...and-percentages

I'm not actually aware of any place in Thailand, but I do travel often and I was referring to prices elsewhere. I figured it would be same for LOS if it was available of course.

You can lose 3 kg by cutting out carbs but that wont' be fat loss, it will be water weight. When you reintroduce carbs, you will gain that weight back.

As others have suggested, I think it's important to have a LOT of protein in your diet. Learn what foods contain protein (meat mostly, dairy a little, egg whites and many more) This will help you feel full throughout the day and protein is an essential nutrient which will help spare muscle as you lose fat. Have lots of fibrous veggies too - like broccoli. This will slow down your digestion. Limit your portions of carbs and fat, but don't cut them out completely. Basically make sure more than half of your calories from the meal are coming from protein.

I see your omelette is fine. However remember that eggs have equal amounts of fat and protein, so you will get for example 5g protein but also 5g fat (unless you are only eating the whites). Protein has 4 calories per gram, fat has 9 calories per gram.

You can use something like fitday.com to track your meals for maybe a week to learn what you are eating and the highest sources of protein.

The bottom line does come down to this - have chicken or fish for every meal with lots of vegetables like broccoli, peppers, cabbage, etc. Have maybe 1/2 cup of rice or potatoes with this. Simplest advice I can give, and it will work if you follow it.

All the best and good on you for making the effort to lose fat.

Yeah i know that these can almost never be really accurate. However i think i can follow my progress pretty well if

take the measurements every time at the morning before i have eat, drink, or exercise at all.

I'm interested in a scale like this: http://www.omron-hea.../HBF-508-E.html

I did tried the Hand held meter many times when i was younger and the difference wasn't that big, i think i showed like 2-3% less than

with this:

Obviously i didn't do that by myself.

And it is probably true that the more you have muscle, the more unreliable these monitor readings get.

Calipers (the device in the image above) are useful to track progress only. That is, if you are doing strength training and increasing muscle mass or losing fat, you can track to see that you are actually making progress - say you go from 15% to 12% according to the calipers, you will know that you are on the right track. However, you cannot trust that number to be a precise number of your bodyfat percent even using a caliper.

I agree with the other posters that the biolelectric scales are pretty worthless. The one I would consider is underwater weighing to get a true reading (look it up), but it can be expensive.

The mirror, fitting of clothes, body measurements are also good indicators of progress. Regular scale weight of course won't give you the whole picture.

Generally when things say UV protection for clothing it is referring to the fact that it will assist in preventing fading from the sun. Not to protect your skin.

"Generally" this might be true and even the link my friend gave me might have been for UV protection of clothes to prevent from fading (I can't read Thai so I don't know). However, my question was with regards to Tinosorb FD which is totally different and apparently is a compound that comes in fabric softener and prevents UV from getting through the clothes onto the skin. I wanted opinions of people who do know about this. If you don't know about the product, it's okay to say so. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15099187

No detergent in the world will protect unexposed skin, so unless you plan on walking around with a burka on you will still want sunscreen.

That's exactly what I've said in my OP- unexposed skin would still need sunscreen.

As for gooey sunscreen ive been useing Sunplay Super Block SPF 130 which I use on my arms and Biore face milk for face and neck. Ive used these daily for the past few years in BKK nether are greasy or oily and the face milk is actually quite dry, almost to a powder finish. Both can be had for about 500b but 1 will last about 2 months of regular use.

This is actually very useful info. Thank you very much.

Hi

A friend of mine recently asked me about fabric softener or detergent that is UV protective. She saw this product listed in a Thai website: http://shoppingonline.bigc.co.th/review/product/list/id/1644/ (hope it is ok to post that!)

I found the idea pretty odd because the aforementioned friend lives in a European country where it's not too sunny and also because I assumed that in the summer people would wear less clothes and leave more exposed areas so fabric wouldn't really protect them anyway.

Does anybody know about these products or use them? It would be awesome to not have to use gooey sunscreens but I suspect it's just a scam because there's not much information on it online. The active ingredient is Tinosorb FD and there's little to no information about this (except from the sponsoring companies)

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum!

I agree with FBN about the ice and you could also try putting on a medication like tiger balm on the affected area at night and wearing a shirt to bed (so that the shoulder is covered up). It is possible (though not too likely) that the cramp was caused by a sodium or potassium deficiency so some electrolytes (gatorade) or potatoes + salt won't hurt. Also plenty of fluids.

I might be wrong so please double check this yourself.

I think that a visa valid for six months means that she will be able to enter the uk anytime in those six months and get a three month stamp (duration of stay) on her passport so she can stay for three months then the visa will expire.

So, for example, if she enters in May, her duration of stay will be until August ie three months later, then she will have to leave.

So if you do get her there in August then she would be able to stay past September until November.

Again I might be only familiar with the old rules so don't take my word for it. This happened to me before with Ireland, I went there in January, my visa was going to expire in february. Thought I had to return because my "visa" expired but the entry stamp said I could stay another two months.

Good luck. And I do apologize in advance if my post was redundant and BS!

I'm afraid that you are wrong.

Many years ago a UK visit visa was valid for 6 months from the date it was first used to enter the UK. This was changed at least 10 years ago so that now it is valid for 6 months from the date of issue; although the valid from date can be post dated for up to 3 months after this.

With respect, the Republic of Ireland is not part of the UK and their visa rules and procedures have no bearing on those of the UK.

Ah I see. Thanks for informing me about this.

Sorbitol is also found in prunes and prune juice (the reason why those bad boys have laxative action if you have enough). Some people I know have a cup of prune juice 1-2x a week just to um, eliminate. It's also found in less quantities in apples, pears, and some other fruit if I recall correctly. As you mentioned, it's a sugar alcohol, that's why it's used to sweeten things. Sort of like xylitol which also has similar laxative effects.

Unless you plan on ingesting a cupful or more of oyster sauce (not recommended), I don't think you have to worry about any issues. Everything has a negative effect if overdosed - even water. A couple of spoonfuls should probably be alright. Try it out and see how you feel. At least you know now what to expect. All the best.

I might be wrong so please double check this yourself.

I think that a visa valid for six months means that she will be able to enter the uk anytime in those six months and get a three month stamp (duration of stay) on her passport so she can stay for three months then the visa will expire.

So, for example, if she enters in May, her duration of stay will be until August ie three months later, then she will have to leave.

So if you do get her there in August then she would be able to stay past September until November.

Again I might be only familiar with the old rules so don't take my word for it. This happened to me before with Ireland, I went there in January, my visa was going to expire in february. Thought I had to return because my "visa" expired but the entry stamp said I could stay another two months.

Good luck. And I do apologize in advance if my post was redundant and BS!

Would love to know what this magic lotion is called. Could you describe the name/bottle please?