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world  remit, you can do online with your card.

or express money.  Or superrich in town centre

Anyone?

What are the most affordable schools?  Which are the best ampur schools?

you could also get a small net and go outside at night to any lights.  Catch as many geckos as you can and release them inside.  They will happily take care of any ticks that have jumped off your dogs and are wondering around your home.

Although don't try this if you have sprayed with poison as we wouldn't want to harm the little fellows.

Looking for a group for my 10 year old Thai/English daughter to join.  Her mother is a very good art teacher and is happy to devote her time to teaching art to the group and help out in any other way.  Due to work she doesn't have the time to teach her full time so joining a group would be great if there are any.

Please PM me if anyone can help with info.  We can't afford the international schools and the Thai system is not an option.

thanks in advance

seveseasworldwide

Can anyone advise what are the main companies Thais are using when shipping from Australia to Thailand and NZ to Thailand?

I'm looking for companies that offer LCL, less than container.  So 2-10 boxes.

In UK everyone uses seven seas worldwide, just wondering if there is similar company in Australia or NZ.  I'm aware sevenseas operate in Aus and NZ, just wondering who else does.

You can get quote from this link:

http://www.sevenseasworldwide.com

and here you can read customer reviews.

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.sevenseasworldwide.com?utm_medium=trustbox&utm_source=MiniCarousel

Personally I would use them again and thought them good value for money.  It was stress free......

Just recommended them on another thread.....

82% on trustpilot....

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.sevenseasworldwide.com?utm_medium=trustbox&utm_source=MiniCarousel

try sevenseasworldwide, you can get instant quote on their website, pay on your card and they will pick up from your house.  I've used them to and from UK several times and friends have used them sending to and from USA, Australia and NZ.

Rates are pretty cheap also.......cost me around 120 quid to send a couple of boxes from Thailand to UK the last time I sent something.

Why didn't you and he register the lease, when you made the contract, as is required by Thai law?

He knows the law even if you didn't, so seems like his motives were suspect from day 1.

I didn't have the $ and investor wouldn't pay due to the dispute.

It's required by law but is my contract still good till three years is up? I.e. Jan 1st? If it is ok till then does issue need to be resolved by then or do I need to get the legal ball rolling before then.

It is not registered,......

You don't have a legal leg to stand on. The law is very clear on this point, all immovable property leases of more than three years must be registered with the local land office to be enforceable. See Section 538 of the Civil and Commercial Code.

yes but the three years is not up, so surely I can get back the key money and rent paid so far. The contract is surely ok for the first three years?

I have contracts which clearly state the length of the lease (20 years), the contract also states that if eigher party cannot fullfill the terms of the lease then the contract is to be terminated and all money returned.

The landlord has failed to provide me with a piece of land of the agreed size, infact it seems they have leased part of the land twice. Perhaps even a criminal offense?

What should I do if they change the locks on the gates and prevent me having access to my own land before the three years is up?

I guess it's time to lawyer up. Which will cost me more money!

It is not registered, it was a substantial amount of money which was to be paid by investor, but the investor wouldn't release any extra funds until the land dispute was sorted.

The three years comes to an end very soon, Jan 1st, in a couple of months.

The agreement with landlord was to pay half each.

Should I quickly go and register before 3 years is up?

Trouble is I know landlord will not go to register unless I pay all the rent.

Let me explain...........

I leased a piece of land for 20 years. I paid key money of several million when contract was signed and land taken over. I also have to pay 500,000 baht per year rent.

Now the land originally was 5 rai and I had investors who were to pay for construction. Then a problem arose. The neighbours annexed a piece of land (around 350sqm). On the opposite side tessaban wanted to put some drainage in, so lost another 200sqm.

So now the land is smaller and there is a dispute with the neighbours (who are leasing) which is going to court. This all took two years to resolve and several court appearances (abitration, not sure). I'm pretty sure my landlord did a deal with the neighbours as the landlord let it slip that they are allowing them to annex the land providing it is returned to them in 30 years. Surely they have just leased out land that is mine? They were supposed to be seeking damages for me!!!

In the meantime I lost my investors, had a couple of other fall through because of the land dispute (who in there right mind invests in land under dispute until it is sorted.

Anyway I havn't paid rent for a couple of years as refused to whilst the court case was on. Now the landlord says they are taking the land back due to non payment.

Can anyone advise me if they can take it back and keep $ i have paid so far.

The landlord is rich so they defo have the $. I think they have a further deal with neighbours to lease to them once they re-posess from me.

What can I do? Anyone have a lawyer they recommend.

This has wasted several years of my life and cost me a lot of $.............

Will I have to go through courts or is there an easier way. Also how can I check up on the court case my landlord was supposed to be fighting on my behalf. Is it recorded anywhere. If the agreed to let the neighbours annex the land surely it puts me in strong position.

any advise greatfully recieved.

Do you guys want me to merge most of this information into a pinned thread, say Fishing Samui Koh Tao KPG & surrounds? Or something similar? I mean we have a gardening thread, why can't we have a fishing marine one?

yeah could do.........might sound stupid, but i'm slightly worried that should we prove the waters 20km+ off samui on the drop offs where currents converge do hold concentrations of Marlin the longliners move in and wipe out everything in a single season.

What do other members think?

I've been saying to friends for a long time now i'm sure there will be Marlin in the bluewater due to the large concentrations of baitfish.

I've been reading studies on surveys in the gulf and as you can see from reading them it certainly backs up my hunch.

All we got to do now is catch them.

I had to think a little before sticking those links on the board, a sticky may just make it too easy for those with bad intentions to find the info.

I think a fishing sticky would be cool, perhaps leaving out the information on possible concentrations of Marlin which would attract commercial longliners.

and this also............from Australian study.

http://data.aims.gov.au/extpubs/attachmentDownload?docID=2173

http://map.seafdec.org/downloads/pdf/collaborative%20research/AreaI_GOT/SCS_FRS1_03.pdf

The sediments : Evaluation for further application approach

An apparent accumulation of current-induced materials on the sea bed in the two zones has also

reflected a comparatively high amounts of particles in the water column. In those areas, comparatively

high densities of suspended particles, together with phytoplankton, zooplankton or small fish

larvae etc. could be reasonably observed in the water column. Accordingly, several kinds of phytoplankton

feeding fish may aggregate due to comparatively high density of living phytolankton. In

this aspect, Takahashi et al. (1984) has revealed that the planktonic organisms and fishes apparently

congregated in the zone near Samui Island at the optimum temperature and salinity. Hence the water

areas there are potentially good fishing ground for marlin, mackerel, little tuna, and other fishes. The

fishing grounds for black marlin, Makaira indica CUVIER, which were caught by longline locate at

the boundary of a high salinity water mass extension from the South China Sea with the highest

density in the vicinity of Samui Island. Such a distribution pattern of black marlin was roughly

coincide with those of mackerel. The pelagic fishes migrating for feeding purpose are, therefore,

have revealed to attach to the zones of densely concentrated marine organisms around there. In

addition, the aggregation of fishes has long been determined also by pattern of water flow.

Unfortunatley NO GT, No YFT and no lobster.

Big eye Trevaley and many other trevaley species. Also the very tasty golden trevaley.

There are cobia, very big ones and I have seen them free diving in samui in packs of 2,3 or more in 2m water less than 10m from headlands by busy beaches!!!

They are rarely caught by local anglers. Sometimes they fluke one whilst trolling a rapala.

There are Marlin and Sailfish here in the Bluewater. Also Mahi Mahi if you can find flotsom Jetsom.

Narrow Barred Mackerel are fairly common and go up to 30kg+. Also pesky Baracuda........Yuk!!! Always cracks me up how restaraunts display them as some prized fish. I've had so many people here in samui tell me they are tasty.......they stink the fish box out and I only keep them when running out of bait if bottom fishing at night!

I have read some very interesting articles recently written by accademics (marine biologists). They are studies of fish catches in the gulf of Thailand . Severel studdies point out that the deeper water off Samui is very attractive to Marlin and other Pelagic fish. Blah Tu (short bodied Mackerel), and severel other species which are food sources for billfish spawn in the water nw of Samui in the marine park. Before and after April/June there is a migration to and from this area.

Blah Tu are present year round in the blue water east of Samui so billfish will be present year round. I know someone who catches them year round, but there are definately times when more are around.

Not sure if anyone here knows of rompin in malaysia, well they have sailfish in huge numbers and there is no structure, they catch them in open water. From what I read in the articles it made it sound like samui could be a similar such place where billfish can be caught in an area with no obvious structure or features to attract them. eg seamounts.

I'm not suggesting hookups in the double digits daily like rompin, but I am a strong believer good fish can be caught here by people who know how to fish and put the time in to try everything on a decent fishing platform. Time = $$$ - Fuel, bait and equipment aint cheap.

Also one of the articles I read suggests that the run off from Samui due to over development holds certain nutrients which when carried out to deeper water could be a factor in making the area even more attractive. Sounds like BS I know, but I will find the PDF and post a link on here..........

phuket

I have 2 cup 2nd hand pavoni for sale if anyone interested.

How many are writing on this thread whilst sittining aircon?

Time to buy a generator.....

I seems to remember when they laid the previous cables we had power cut in certain areas on a rota several hrs at a time 24hrs. for about 10 days.

With a bit of luck we will be back to normal in a few days and running with an extra cable so power outages rarer.

Last time we were told and I recieved a leaflet at my buiness;.

Can anyone confirm this? Seems to make sense as it all seems very repetivtive and it comes on and goes off on the hr and half hr. I think.......

I can take you if you like..........

Basically no spearing in marine parks and popular dive sites and be sensible with what you shoot.

Some people object to spearing but infact if done responsibly then it is very sustainable way to get your dinner.

I'm waiting for winds to swing SW, water is clearer in Samui then and on the right day if you know where to go some good fish can be had on reefs that can be swum from the beach.

Not sure what water is like at moment, but there's defo a few options locally.

Do you have equipment?

Shoot me a PM and we can meet up and discuss options.

I havn't been on Thai visa for ages, actually was just dreaming about the wind changing to sw and start if spearing season from the beach. Did a google search and found this.........

lol.......

hasn't rained for 24hrs at my gaff...................................bit of a breeze, nothing special.....is it rough, is it gonna get worse?

I must say that the stench is usually at it's worst early morning (around 8am or so) but then it seems to gradually clear.

The worst part is if you walk along past the opening for Tops market heading south, for about 50yards it is absolutely MINGING!! You see everyone walking by holding their noses (not that it does any good at all, lol) and almost gagging as the stench is so bad!! But it seems to be like this for a long time, nothing changes whatsoever! We had to leave that "will wait" place one time as we could not bear the smell and eat at the same time yet they could not understand what the fuss was about, the girls explained to the staff as they were equally disgusted by the smell but they just seemingly said "what can we do?"

In saying that, i've travelled to many many places and i have experienced this on many occasions in many countries so it's not completely restricted to being a Chaweng/Samui problem, it does happen elsewhere, not that it makes it correct i may add but hey, such is life i guess.

As a mate said to me "if you don't like staying here then leave"...which is fair enough as if it's such a horrible place to be then why on earth would you stay?

Just my humble take on things and from other friends who have visited.

Cheers.

Yeah totally agree...............

If there was a prize for most original viewpoint you're friend won it hook line and sinker..........

oh and guess what, it's a one way ticket out of Thailand (check the small print though) cos the prize can't be claimed by wearers of rose tinted spectacles...........................He's not sporting a pair by any chance?

and I see you Joined: 2009-02-12

What a surprise

BTW, many of us are here longterm, we have business/investments and/or families, we also care for our environment, we prefer to raise and debate local issues that may effect the health and safety of those that live or visit the island in the hope that it will be improved.

We prefer this to moving on.

Anyway enough nitpicking, here's something constructive.........

Surely it would save the island a lot of hassle and maybe even $ if each year before the rainy season they flushed and cleaned and cleared all the sewers and drains and have extra employees to keep them clear and running in these months. Surely that would be cheaper than the repairs to infrastructure and lost tourist revenue as a result of damage caused by flooding.

Perhaps someone could come up with a blueprint that makes it more profitable for the bigwigs in local government to do this than awarding the contracts for repairs to their "friends".