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Hi,
I'm from Malaysia.I want to go to Nakhon SiThammarat.How to go there from Hat Yai by bus or train ?
I like their attraction esp Wat.How far the town from train and bus station.Would I need tuk-tuk.Are the people friendly?
Lastly, how far the attraction place from town ?
Thanks in advance.
You asked this exact same question last week to which you got some answers. Why ask again?
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Why do people keep such ugly dogs?
Obviously you've never had one. Great animals and very loyal to boot.
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Its just a car is not as versitile as a pick up.
Versatility being the word, hence their popularity.
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Hi,
I'm from Malaysia.I want to go to Nakhon SiThammarat.How to go there from Hat Yai by bus or train ?
I like their attraction esp Wat.How far the town from train and bus station.Would I need tuk-tuk.Are the people friendly?
Lastly, how far the attraction place from town ?
Thanks in advance.
Hi Chumpon.
Plenty of transport from Hadyai to NST. Regular or mini buses, private rental cars or if you've the time the train. I presume when you say Wat you mean Wat Phramahatat. That is about 3 km's south of the main downtown area where incidentally the train station is and a 5baht songtaew ride. The bus station is literally less than 5 minutes away from the train station heading out of town.
The people are very friendly and as for attractions, well what do you mean? Nearest half decent beach is about an hour away, not including Hat Sabua which IMHO aint a beach. Waterfalls and National Parks around half an hour away but if you haven't got you own transport would involve either a songtaew charter or a few changes en route. Nightlife is typically Thai style meaning live music, bar/restaurants or karaokes. Nothing special.
NST is a very quiet typical Thai town with very few 'visitors' and therefore doesn't have the amenities of, say Hadyai.
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Southern Thais - jai dum mak maak!QUOTE(Bkk_Bound @ 2005-01-03 15:11:35)
Southern Thais - jai dum mak maak!
SCUM.
Some very poor generalisations here guys, especially after the last few days ... and RDN I see you live in Phuket also
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This way people in all areas can look in one place for where to donate items, or volenteer.
Please give as much info as you can.
1. Who you are.
2. Where the aid is going.
3. How its getting there.
4. What items you need.
5. When and where you are collecting it, and sending.
6. What help you need with any of the above. (3 - 5)
Thanks everyone for all you are doing!
cv
Yes, an excellent idea to have a one-stop nationwide aid donating/sending page. I'll start off with Nakhonsithammarat.
NAKHONSITHAMMARAT
1. The EP staff at Kanlayaneesithammarat School.
2. Initially KhoaLak, as it seems to have been hit the hardest.
3. A fleet of pickups.
4. Anything and everything!
5. Now! All donations can be dropped off at the Kanlayaneesithammarat School, Rajadamnern Road, Amphur Muang, Nakhonsithammarat. (09 8877223). We have the first set of trucks scheduled to leave on Thursday and some more on Friday.
6. An up to date list of essential items needed and where they will do the most good.
We have speakers/translators of English, Thai, Norwegian, Japanese and French with us.
As we are only a few hours from all the affected areas, we are very flexible in our destinations.
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anybody hear anything about Koh Lanta, as I have a friend there who I cannot reach ?
No sms, telephone, nothing
All I know is that the newly opened Twin Lotus Resort and Spa (KlongDao Beach)has been severely damaged and that the guests staying there were transferred to the Twin Lotus Hotel in Nakhonsithammarat. Will be meeting up with some of them tomorrow and will make some more enquiries.
Refrigeration is in high demand in Khao Lak, they have lined the bodies up on the ground. One of the most beautiful paces in Southern Thailand has had the full force of this tragedy.If you are looking to help and you can afford it, sponsor a refrigerated truck and send it to Khao Lak.
We have a small fleet of pickups going to Khoa Lak on Thursday taking things like fresh water, blankets, clothing and bin liners etc. Will make enquiries regarding a refridgerated truck tomorrow.
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I am a foreigner who would like to drive with my motorbike,which is registered in my name,from Thailand to Singapore.Is there anybody who can tell me if this is possible.Not only about the route to follow,but do I need some specific paperwork to go there with a thai registered motorbike.Will my thai driverlicence be valid overthere and so on.
Yes it's possible and done fairly regularly by both locals and farangs. If you're wanting to go directly to Singapore, cross the border at Sadao and follow the road more or less all the way to the main immigration point/causeway at Johur Bahru. If you want to tour Malaysia a little, I suggest getting a map which you can pick up free on the Malaysian side of the Thai border. There are 2 crossing points into Singapore (that I know of), the one already mentioned which at times can be very busy, and there is another one (forgotten the name) further to the west which is a lot quieter and therefore quicker to get through.
You will need obviously your licence (Thai is ok), your registration book along with English translations and basically that's it. You will also have to purchase insurance carnets for both countries. They're not expensive and are available at the border crossings.
Hope this helps.
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A skeleton walks into a bar and orders a beer and a mop!
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Dr,
Easy. On the same grounds the original I year visa was granted.
The responses in this post seems to assume Blakes friend is not aware of the requirements she must fulfil financial or otherwise. If there was not a reasonable chance of this the consulate would not have issued a one year visa.
Remember it is not the visa holder who started this post - it is a doubting friend.
Please Blake7. elicit more info from your friend. I am intrigued.
Amazing, just amazing;
I have been through this from about 5 different angles with immigration and only one works. The legal one.
Well the two things that were very clearly spelt out to me by immigration for the 1 year extension.
1. Actually Married and living together - Police Verify
2. 400,000 Baht in the Bank
The Embassy doesn't care. If your wife writes a letter saying "Oh I want my husband to Join me" you have a copy of your Certificate and her ID Card thats all the embassy wants.
Whet the Embassy does and what the Immigration people do are seperate.
3. Having a work permit on a non'O' can get you the full extension too.
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I have to admit that I do drink and drive fairly regularly. I'm not proud of the fact at all. Where I live though, there is no public transport after 8pm and all drinking spots are well apart from each other. If there was available public transport in the evenings I would most definately use it but as there is not and I like a social life, I am more or less forced to drive myself as are most of the other 'drinkers' in town, both Thai and Farang.
As I said, I'm not proud, but have no option. It does seem to me that unfortunately drinking and driving in some places in Thailand is (for better or worse) largely accepted.
a very common reply....."yes i do drink and drive , of course i'm not proud of the fact..but " and then come the lists of reasons why someone just doesn't have any other option but to drink and drive. in fact why people are actually FORCED TO DRINK AND DRIVE !!!!
really , its just bullsh1t. you have every option, if you dont want to drink and drive then its a very simple matter of not doing so. but the fact is so many people would rather go out and drink and then drive themselves and others home and sod the consequences.
its selfish behaviour , its behaviour without any sense of social responsibility and the very people who are doing it would be the first ones to try and kill any motherf*ucker who was to irresponsibly and drunkenly mow down their wives or children.
how would you feel if you killed someone , if you maimed for life some child.
do you have no consideration for those other people on the roads or who also like to have a social life but are intelligent enough to act responsibly ?
why dont you get a real perspective on your own life , no public transport.... then get a taxi or arrange for one of the group to not drink and drive you home. it doesnt take much intelligence to figure it out. or are you someone unable to have enjoyable social inter-reaction without a skinful of beer.
but people are lazy , people are irresponsible , and people are selfish , the only way that people like yourself will change your ways is to either end up injured as a result of your own stupidity or see a loved one injured as a result of someone elses stupidity.
spend a night in the a&e unit of a hospital , see the results of drunken driving , and then come back and post that you have no choice , you are forced to drink and drive , you have no option... FORCED !!!!!!......... you arse!
Taxexile - I expected to get some kind of reply like yours. Obviously your powers of reading and understanding the English language are not that great.
to which you replyIf there was available public transport in the evenings I would most definately use it
Hello? No public transport includes 'NO' taxis. We do not all live in the big city.no public transport.... then get a taxiYes my actions may well be as you say, 'selfish' and 'irresposible' etc etc but I am only answering (honestly) to the initial question posed in this thread. Believe me, if I had an option (apart from stop drinking
) I would use it....... you arse!
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Well, that was one h-e-l-l of an anti-climax!
Yesterday the schools were closed, shops were moving their stock off the ground floors, sandbags being prepared .... and for what?
I was out last night, a beautiful night too and woke this morning to blue skies and sunshine, tropical storm hah!
Where are these meteorologists from, the Michael Fish weather forecasting school?
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Live from Nakhonsithammarat ......
Most of the schools in the area were closed mid morning and will remain closed tomorrow. Local officials are saying land fall will be in the Tha Sala / Sichon area in Nakhonsithammarat Province some time later today.
As I look out of my window now, it's actually looking quite pleasant with no wind or rain ... yet! Calm before the storm maybe?
A 16 foot wave may well be considered a Tsunami if it occurred in your neck of the woods(which is about 1000 miles from the nearest sea), but I can assure you that a 16 foot-5 meter wave is perfectly normal in the open ocean.Waves like that are the norm in the North Sea and wouldnt make any fisherman or rig worker run for cover.
Yes Jaidam, but the Gulf is not the North Sea and is usually home to fairly sheltered waters. Also the coastline here in most areas is largely unprotected, flat and low which is a potential recipe for disaster in my eyes. When typhoon Gay hit this coast whole villages were destroyed and hundreds of people killed. You only need to look at what happened to Songkhla, Phattalung and Nakhon Provinces in 2000/1 to see the damage that flood water can do ..... and that was only from a series of heavy rainstorms.
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Some very good posts so far ....
I have to admit that I do drink and drive fairly regularly. I'm not proud of the fact at all. Where I live though, there is no public transport after 8pm and all drinking spots are well apart from each other. If there was available public transport in the evenings I would most definately use it but as there is not and I like a social life, I am more or less forced to drive myself as are most of the other 'drinkers' in town, both Thai and Farang.
As I said, I'm not proud, but have no option. It does seem to me that unfortunately drinking and driving in some places in Thailand is (for better or worse) largely accepted.
Ancient Airliners
in Thailand Travel Forum
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Eh? You must have been on a diiferent kind of DeHavilland Comet tham me then. It was the first JET engined plane I went on. It belonged to BOAC and the flight was from if I remember correctly, London Heathrow to Chileka Airport, Blantyre, Malawi in the mid 60's. This route then started using VC-10's after the Comets were taken out of service.