expatmakmak

Many places for blind massage. The blind school behind Wat Pra Sing would be my first port of call. There are many others dotted around the city but these are just place to be massaged rather than training centers.

I've been here a very long time and am still high on Thai mak mak! Chiang Mai is a great place and once you speak the language and know where to go, you will never tire of it!

Keep us informed as to when you can speak the language then, as your making a piss poor job in most of your posts.

I'm sorry if you feel like I was competing with you by using Thai language. That was not the intention. I assumed that most of the long term expats on an expat's forum would be able to understand the local language. And for the the newbies perhaps they would be able to learn something. Like separating the wheat from the chaff in way where both wheat and chaff benefit. This, in my opinion, is much nicer than simply asking 'how long have you been here?' in order to establish a pecking order.

Chok dee!

Fishenough this may sound strange, but did you by chance happen to put a large black and white picture of your face in Spotlight and in the toilets at Lotus?

I've been here a very long time and am still high on Thai mak mak! Chiang Mai is a great place and once you speak the language and know where to go, you will never tire of it!

A really stupid idea and illegal - isnt that against TV rules?

Hobby bobby!

If you're really thinking of swimming the moat you need to join the "outbreak of idiocy in chiang mai" thread. Farang bah indeed!!

Troll!

OMB! didn't expect so many Pms! Rather than replying Individually I thought it better to update here. We are meeting as usual next Saturday. I doubt I'll be good for much on Sunday. So I'll let you all know on Monday.

Bobl, yes Monty Python have a lot to answer for!

Peteinchina, great pics, I hope you don't mind but I put one of my favourites on facebook!

nonsense!

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Smiles or no smiles, their food is of a consistent high quality. Shame I can't get there as often as I like though. Anyone know if they deliver or if they would deliver to my place of work? I'm sure there would be others here interested in getting good quality food delivered on a daily basis.

I posted about a welsh farrang ajan that was delivering sandwiches to schools in Chiang Mai, a while ago. I suspect he is still in business peddling his blackmarket luncheons, so it might be worth tracking him down for some.

I was concerned at first but have been reassured by other members and expats that it's all above board. Pm me if you'd like more information.

Very nice farrang food! I never have problem getting good service or smiles there.

someone move you to the visa section.

Done

Kop Khun!

just to answer a few queries, first it aint me getting married, secondly, the said lady [from cm] indeed lived in the uk for a good number of years with her husband, before sucessfully applying for uk citizenship and passport under her married english surname.

Oh I see, marriages in Chiang Mai are different than everywhere else in Thailand.

Please move to 'visas and migration' thread.

Many congratulations Doppa, if I'm thinking correctly you're going to get married. I hope you have a lovely day.

But how is the related in any way to Chiang Mai?

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Same same ere

+1

And the fact that it is also a problem for someone in Sydney, Australia would suggest this is not isolated to Chiang Mai and should be moved to a more relevant forum. Or as the problem is now resolved, should the topic not be closed, as suggested by NormanW?

Thaivisa Chiang Mai is becoming very cluttered mak mak! Let's keep it clean.

Although in part beatle juice was right, there are lots of pricks here, there are also lots of normal friendly expats too. To be accepted into the expat community you will need to prove your commitment, this is normally done by either mixing in a little bit of Thai to the conversation or by simply being asked the question 'how long have you been here?'.

If ,like me, you find the CEC (Chiang Mai Epats Club) a little dry, there is another club that meets once a month to try out new restaurants etc. If your interested, I can PM you the details.

Best of luck

Lots of expats on Loi Kroh.

I think you will find they are known as Sexpats. 555

As OP is not looking for where to buy, just advice on brand, this is irrelevant to Chiang Mai. Please consider moving to motoring forum.

There is a wealth of forums and helpful people on this site if only some of you would get over your agraphopbia.

Yes, I know that I started the thread, but it was quite a while ago and I hardly ever go to that area, so I couldn't remember what Soi it is on. I was reading it from an advertisment when I wrote the OP.

The "off the beaten path" remark was refering to telling a songteaw how to get there, which is not all that easy unless you are going to a main street or a fairly well-known landmark and Why Not is not either one. .

I think what el jeff is referring too is the fact that you didn't know what soi it was on despite writing it (correctly) in the title of the topic which you started. For a songteaw I would just tell the driver 'bai Nimman Soi sip-et krap', hope this helps.

I noticed in post 38 on this topic,that the Olde Bell serves'

AUSTRALIAN CHIPS".

What the hell is an Australian Chip? and how does it differ from a British Chip?

'Why not' go and try some and find out for yourself also please try to stay on topic.

On a lighter and more relevant note, it's a real shame they are stopping the buffet as Thai friends of mine have been raving about the buffet there for a while now. They have no trouble getting there as they local to the area, and like me know Chiang Mai like the back of their hands!

As for the quality of the food varying they tell me it's very 'aroi mak mak' every time they go! I've been meaning to go there with the club for a while now. Seems we might have to make it sooner rather than later!

Having the buffet on the first Saturday of every month would be good. Does anyone have any news on this?

Is it possible to add a section querying age ranges?(e.g. 20-35, 35-50, over 50).

I'd be more interested to see where people who are likely to look for a similar lifestyle choose to live.

If you're 25 and recently moved to Chiang Mai looking for a place to stay, the results showing 50% of people living in Hang Dong and Mae Farang will not be informative.

Similarly if you're 65, most of the replies coming from 20-year-olds will have very little relevance when searching for a (new) place.

Can 25 year olds and 65 year olds not live near to each other? Mai kow jai

Please consider moving to another, more relevant, forum. Yes we have septic tanks in Chiang Mai, too many some may say. But this is not really the place to be discussing them.

More to the point, is he local? If this chap is not from Muang Chiang Mai, please consider moving to pub or Buddhism forum.

The thai airways office is glai glai pratu chang phuak near longlean yupparaj. Near the queen vic too

Apologies to those non-thai speaking expats out there. Post amended as requested, for all to understand.

After living here for many years I have acclimatised, the upside being I no longer need air conditioning in the summer, just a padlom. The downside is do feel the yen/now (cold) like the Thais.

As a hot water bottle user and full time resident, I am experienced in local hot water bottles. And I have not had any ben-ha (problem) with any locally purchaced hot water bottles. I admit when I was a newbie I used one made of plastic and incurred a few wet nights. Since then I know to only use the rubber (yang) variety, I recommend Pharmachoice. These last me long time (My last one lived to a ripe old ayuu (age) of 4 bee (years)!

I wouldn't bother having family send them over, from the states etc, as Bettlejuice said, they only tend to last a year. Possibly due to our tropical climate.