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Does anyone in the Korat area have contact details for a decent person to do some floor and wall tiling? I did have a guy, but he seems to have vanished completely. I'm happy to pay well for reliability and quality work. Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Thanks.

I would appreciate any available up to date information on this border crossing. I haven't done this since its reopening, and would like some reassurance in particular on taxi availability to SiemReap. Are things operating as they did pre-Covid? Anything I should be aware of that comes to mind?

The procedure was laprasotic, and the hospital is privately owned by the university. It is a teaching hospital, which may keep costs lower. I must stress if I was in one of the international private hospitals in Bangkok, I could not have hoped to encounter a more professional and reassuring Doctor.

I was quoted a price around B120,000 for gall bladder removal surgery here in Korat. A friend insisted he accompany me to another hospital which is part of a university here. The Doctor spoke perfect English, was entirely professional in every way, and I was utterly convinced he was the person I was going to use. I then learned the price was just a little above 50% of the first quote. (Both quotes were for a private room). As it turns out, the next time I had an attack was 10 months later, while I was in Scotland, and I had the procedure done there. If anyone is interested, and feels the journey to Korat is worthwhile, let me know and I'll provide more details.

I was hugely relieved to last night receive my Thailand Pass approval and QR code. (ironically sent as a PDF). My application was made on my behalf on Monday 01 November and I am travelling on Sunday 14 November. I have a huge amount of business and personal matters to settle here in UK and I decided to employ the services of an agent. Although I still had to upload all the required documents, I was happy that someone would cast an experienced eye on them, and then would make the application on my behalf. I of course have no way of knowing if I had applied directly if the result would have been the same, but I am delighted at the outcome and feel the cost of approx. 3000 baht was very much worth every penny/baht paid. If anyone needs the contact details, I'd be happy to share the agents contact details if you send me a PM.