Diggerbasher

Thanks Richard W for the link.

Seems today learnthai have now coughed up the money for some more bandwidth.Great site for beginners.

Here in Sisaket ting tong seems to be a very popular expression and i've not noticed anyone taking offence when it is used.

Learningthai.com have a new northeastern section.

It appears learningThai.com has a bandwidth problem so does anyone know of another site where the Thai alphabet can be listened to.

When i am in a converstaion with a Thai and ask them to speak slowly and use short words they only do so for a short time and then babble at full speed with obtuse words.

Definitely a bit of a garn go hok.

Wife says the local Vietnamese stick dog road kills in the pot.

If i did not think that Thai's are lovely people then i would not be here.

If they charge by the square metre then why not have a small sign in bright pink with a flashing light or two.

Got to agree that Chiang Mai is a great place for Songkran and so is Koh Chang.

I'm afraid i've been hear 11 years and speak very little basically because i'm lazy and a tonal language takes so much practise.

I thought it must be April 1st when i first read this.Very poor taste indeed.

I know it appears that press freedom is diminishing but even before Mr Thaksin arrived in the 1990's there was little of no freedom to openly critisise the poo yai.

Been here long enough for all the locals to realise how mean i am.

It's one of the joys of living here,the unpredictable nature of things.You can have too much order.

It's always good to have someone local to show you around.

I think it is quite sensible to only eat seafood that you have seen swimming or flapping about in the restaurant.

I've found ant/termite sprays to be very effective and now only get troubled in the rainy season when their looking for a dry home.

Throwing a bit of Isaan vocab into a conversation can certainly make the locals smile and laugh.If a young lady is speaking a little loudly say "sow wow" and all will smile.

If you don't need the extra space a house on stilts has far less rodent visitors but is a worry with small children.

Along many of the highways are nurseries which have a large selection of fruit trees although i cannot imagine the lemons will produce fruit again.

Personally i would catch a taxi from the booth at arrivals and go straight to the train station as you will be tired and not want too much hastle.

As for katoeys they are guys who can make a very good attempt at looking like women so be careful if you like a beer or two and your vision blurs. They have a terrible reputation here for theft from drunken travellers.

Quite a soft New Zealand voice but all Thais i meet think i'm Australian.

Banks certainly give the best exchange rates and rates rise for increasing size of transaction.

I would give them a wide berth if i was you.