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2nd Class Aircon Sleeper is the way to go. It's a good price, comfortable and fun! But, in my experience, you need to book your tickets way in advance! Otherwise they won't have many of those left. They go fast. I would say 1 month early minimum.

More wreck diving? How deep is the water off kai island?

I've snorkeled 5-6 times right where the ferry is beached against the rocks. The water is about 10-15 feet deep there with some great coral.

How do you get a car off of Samui? Is there a ferry?

No, we live on coconuts and drink home-made beer.

Sounds like a good life to me!

How do you get a car off of Samui? Is there a ferry?

Thanks. I live in Chiang Mai. My guests would rather be all together in one bus. Last year their vans got separated and one showed up to the airport an hour late almost missing their flight.

I need to book a bus for 30 passengers from the Cambodia border crossing at PoiPet/Aranyaprathet to Bangkok. Does anyone know of a company I could contact for that service?

I've shopped there for years and never had a card. At check out they ask and I just tell them that I don't have one. No problems. It's the same at Tesco Lotus. They ask me every time if I have a member ship card and I just say that I don't. Other than mailings (yea!) does anyone know the benefits?

Every quarter I have have to turn in photos for my work permit. Shots of our office and me at work in different situations.

the speech was full of blunders and that it was pathetic for Yingluck to seek sympathy from the international community over suffering that "stemmed from [alleged] corruption by her brother

pathetic, indeed

That's better than any of you could do in Thai I would suspect. How long have you all lived in Thailand I wonder? Probably way longer than Yingluck has ever lived in an English speaking country. That's what I would term as pathetic.

It amuses me that everyone on Thai-Visa seems to be so anti-red shirt. Do you guys actually think the yellow shirts are the way to go? Or are you just jaded towards all things Thailand in general?

From the Thai store: http://www.touratech.co.th/demo/webshop/products_model_details.php?txtNo=2156&txtLink=14541

I bought this one: http://shop.touratech.co.uk/mounting-kit-for-cigarette-lighter-socket-with-fuse.html#!prettyPhoto

It works great and shuts off with the key.

Hi

Those adapters are available just about anywhere they have car accessories for sale.

I have seen them in Tesco and BigC as well as in those gadget stalls they have around.

If you get one that plugs into a cig lighter, as opposed to one with battery clips, you'll have to cut of the plug and connect the wires directly to the battery, or ignition switch.

Just make sure you get the Pos and Neg the right way round. The Pos will be the wire from the center contact of the plug.

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Good Luck

I don't think that is what he is looking for. He wants to actual install a cigarette lighter plug on his bike. I bought mine from a German website (got the link off a Thai-Visa post actually) and then I took it to one of those small bike mechanic shops. He installed it for me in about 5 mins. Works great!

So now she doesn't have to worry about visa extension and all?

Ha! Indeed! Well played Swiss girl!

What does a 1 year suspended sentence mean?

I was planning on heading for the islands in April anyway.

The Islands... in Thailand?

I was under the impression the first 3G by true was only Bangkok then they renamed it rue move h which took 3G to a wider audience

Down in krabi we have only had 3G for 12 -16 months,so yes they may have gad 3G 2-3 years but alot of that time it was only in Bangkok and 3 years down the line there is still not nationwide 3G coverage

No, I did have the "pre-3G" from True up in Chiang Mai back in 2011.

I believe that actually 3G is only about a year old in Thailand. A few years ago True started offering a service they called 3G that was not actually 3G. Then last year when they actually did get 3G they had to call it "3G+" to make the distinction. On your phone it shows up as "True-H 3G." Other services, such as AIS are still offering less than genuine 3G service.

DTAC and AIS launched 3G in/around July, 2011. These are genuine 3G services.

TrueMove had 3G starting back in 2009/10-ish. It was genuine 3G.

TOT launched 3G back in 2010/2011-ish. This is a genuine service.

CAT launched genuine 3G services back in May, 2011. TrueMove H is a reseller of CAT 3G services.

Again, just to be very clear, we've had genuine 3G service here for a few years.

This isn't what I was told by True. I had their "3G" for about a year in 2010 and then they sent me a message that they were coming out with "3G+." I had to go in and get a new sim card. When I asked what it was they said it was international standard 3G. I asked what I had before and they said it was "3G mai ching ching."

And this was covered by the BBC?

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Why wouldn't the BBC cover it?

Because it's a boring story that hardly seems worthy of international news coverage.

Confusing...2G? many have told me that thailand has never actually had 3G although they sell it as such.

We've had 3G here for a few years.

This article is more about spectrum, 1,800MHz which TrueMove and DPC (a small part of the AIS company) currently have a concession for which ends Sep. 15, 2013. After that they are required to return to spectrum to the NBTC, presumably for award or auction. Obviously this will leave 17 million TrueMove customers without service! Anyway, this 1,800 MHz spectrum might ultimately end up being used for GSM, or LTE (4G), or some combination thereof.

I believe that actually 3G is only about a year old in Thailand. A few years ago True started offering a service they called 3G that was not actually 3G. Then last year when they actually did get 3G they had to call it "3G+" to make the distinction. On your phone it shows up as "True-H 3G." Other services, such as AIS are still offering less than genuine 3G service.

Publicity stunt at this point, for sure.

I wonder what True is going to do with its 2.1GHz 3G spectrum? I imagine their CAT contract is still going to run for years and years so they have very little reason to build this up - it would cost lots of money without any real gain. Maybe then that's the reason for the 4G thing - they have to do something with that spectrum so they might as well do some 4G stunts.

Personally, I'd welcome a trial in Chiang Mai although with the current 2/3GB data download limit per month LTE really won't be much of an improvement. The data cap is much more limiting at the moment than the speeds on 3G, which are fine.

Bring it! I'm still grandfathered into the unlimited data package that they used to offer!

FYI: MICE, Meetings, Incentive, Conferences and Exhibitions or Events

Thank you. The article was so poorly written, they didn't even explain the term to the uninitiated.

ditto. I thought it was the thing beginning with "international" but the M was missing and there was another C at the end... just thought it was because Thais can't spell to save themselves.

I suppose your spelling in Thai is impeccable?

FYI: MICE, Meetings, Incentive, Conferences and Exhibitions or Events

Thanks! I actually was wondering! They never explained it in the article. Ha. Now I know!

Awesome job as usual! One question though. I was under the impression that one could not bring cameras into Burma and that foreigners were required to have a government escort to move around Yangoon. The Acadamy Award winning documentary "Burma VJ" documented these facts extensively. How did you do it?

Did you say anything at the time? If so, what did they say?

No, I haven't. The first time I didn't notice until I plugged it into my gas tracking app at home later. That was on Oct 7th. I had taken the pic because it is easier than writing down the numbers. Then when I visited that gas station again on Dec 16 I noticed they did it again. But I didn't have time to deal with it because I was on the way to a softball game. For me it's not so big a deal. It's just 30 baht or so. But in a car/truck/SUV that could really add up. I imagine they are making some nice extra money!