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mosquitoman .... sorry i should have said Left click the image first ....

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mosquitoman now your rocking !!, Ok try this one .... it may work for you , it may not depends what mood you are in ..? look direct into the box , squint your eyes ...can you see any thing moving..?

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geoffphuket , that had crossed my mind too ....?

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sorry mosquitoman the click to enlarge seems to be broken, Ok so then look at the image with your

Left eye only , insert your right index finger into your Left ear, and puff out your cheeks ....

now what do you see...?

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mosquitoman Ok you have found me out !! , damm have a look at this below , click to enlarge it

what do you see..?

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Blow me you are the first person to ever to see the magic 8 , well done !!

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Thanks ...toptuan for the info, I will pass your advice to them, along with your link

by the way the avatar , if you close your left eye while watching it move

you may see a hidden message ....?

Thanks..... Mumbo

Thanks Guy's for the replys , thohts I did ask the bank cashier at the time, what was the lowest

amount I could transfer from my account to UK, she said I could not transfer any amount with out proving where it came from first ... It seemed to me they either did not fully understand the rules

or were just blocking any thing i tried ...? as for trying another branch , in the past ive tried to

pay in a bank cheque made out to me, into another Bankok branch and I was told they would not accept the cheque as only my branch can accept or carry out any business transcations relating to my account ...?

thanks Mumbo

I have some friends coming to Thailand and they have asked me which airport they would have to fly to,

To visit the island of koh pangnan and how easy is it to get to this island..? Not knowing my self, can any one please tell me …?

Thanks …. Mumbo

Thanks for the replys...

I live out in the sticks and its a day's outing to go to my bank , but may be a trip to Bangkok may be required in the end..? , My wife has an account with Thai Farmers bank, and she will go and ask them on Monday morning about her transfering some money to the UK, I just wonder if as the amount to be transferd is large large ( and may be not normal for a rural Thai ) her bank may ask her '' where does the money come from'' ....? I will post how I get on going down this route..

Thanks .... Mumbo

Thanks geoffphuket, as you say may be its not a problem ''if'' the cashiers cheque actually goes back to the bank's reserves dept and not to my branch , where the cashiers cheque was frist made out, if it does may be my branch would pick up on it ...? who knows its a long wait ( apparently that can take 6 weeks - or more! ) to find out that the chashiers cheque has not been approved by my branch ...?

May be a call to my bank would shed some light on this, but from past experiances with calling any

Thai bank or business , what you are told over the phone is some times not true !! .

Thanks ... Mumbo

Thanks Pattaya Fox, would you know the minimum amount i could ask to be Transferred where by the bank did not have to infirm the BOT (Bank Of Thailand) ....?

Thanks .. Mumbo

Thanks again geoffphuket, So I ask for a cashiers cheque for 600,000 baht made out in my name ( they should not refuse me ) and I send it by post to my UK bank with a covering letter, then my Uk bank would send it back to my Bangkok Bank Branch for clearance , which could take 6 weeks or more,

I wonder if my Bangkok bank branch could ''not clear'' the cashiers cheque when they see it came from them in the first place, as the money used for the cashiers cheque was out of my Thailand account

( we cannot clear this cheque as we can't say where the money came from in my account )

just a thought ...?

Thanks .... Mumbo

Thanks Ben, I had not thougth of that, but ive got a feeling if I go back and come up against the same

cashier ( which is very possible ) she will just say the same thing, where does the money come from.?

may be if no other way turns up I will give it a go, its a 4 hour trip to my bank, so i would like to

be fully armed with some offical info, or possibily another way to transfer the money...

Thanks Mumbo

Thanks geoffphuket , may be that could work...? let's see what others forum members come up with,

Thanks .... Mumbo

Thanks cclub75 for the comments, as i don't really know the regulations about transfering money

out of Thailand, I did not want to approach the Manager at this stage, hence my posting this

and may be getting some sort of feed back on the '' regulations on transfering money '' I did ask the

bank cashier what about me withdrawing the 600,000 Baht out in cash there and then , and then handing it back to her as a new deposit to be placed back into my account , then transferd out to the UK..? but it was again NO , as we dont know where you got money from .....

as you say .... never, ever trust, nor listen, what an employee will tell you up front.

I think is a golden rule , hopfully i can find out through this forum just what are the offical banking regulations about transfering money out of Thailand...?

one other thing i wondered about was using some thing like Western Union Money transfer, but they may also have some sort of rule about providing proof of where the funds you want to transfer out of Thailand come from ...?

Thanks Mumbo

Thanks Guy's for the info ......

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To day I went to my Branch Of the Bangkok Bank,

To request an electronic transfer of money (600,000 BT)

To my UK bank, I was told that it was not possible

As I did not have a work permit, ( ive been on a Non ‘O”

Visa, with extension as married to a Thai) for 5 years now

and had my Bangkok bank account for that long.

The bank cashier said I would have to provide proof of

Where the funds came from, when I pointed out that

The funds came from my Bank in the UK and were

Transferred to my Thai bank over a period of time

Via electronic transfers, shown in my Bank book

She still maintained I had to show proof of where

The funds came from, I asked her would not the banks

Computer records show the past transfer details

Showing where the money came from (my UK bank account)

And the amounts involved …? And would not this be proof

Of the source of funds, She said that the bank’s computer

Records would not do as proof, and I would only be allowed

To arrange a transfer of money out of my Bangkok Bank

Account, if I provided her with an original document from

The senders bank (my bank) showing all the details Etc

As ive all ways arranged my bank transfers from my UK

Bank to my Bankok bank account here by sending my UK bank

A FAX, ive never received any paperwork from my UK

Bank relating to the transfers, only my Uk bank statement

Shows the transfer out of my account, but it does not show

Where it went to .

I was just wondering if any one had come across this problem at all

And can comment on it..?

Thanks ... Mumbo

Hi Ive got to get to The Princeton Park suites, 3 Mitmaitri Road

Din Daeng District Bangkok, I will be arriving at the Mo Chit

Northan Bus Station , not knowing Bangkok that well,

can some one advise me on the best way to get to the

princeston park suites from the Mo Chit bus station,

and what would I have to pay..?

Thanks ...Mumbo

Khonwan , you are a star....

Thanks ....... Mumbo

Hi, does any one know the approximate distance by road , from Korat to Chang Mai...?

Thanks ..... Mumbo

I have Two Friends flying into Suvarnabhumi Airport , then staying in Bangkok

As ive never used this airport can any one please tell me the best and hassell free

way for my friends to get into Bangkok to their Hotel, how much should they pay,

where should they go to find transport into Bangkok..? Etc

Thanks..... Mumbo

Thanks again Boo, I will pass on your info so they can decide on what / where they will go.

Thanks ..... Mumbo

Thanks Laurent , just had a go and now my validity is until 2008 ...

Thanks ..... Mumbo

Thanks Boo, Yes it’s a sort of Honey Moon If they go by air out of Bangkok to krabi or the islands

And here’s a silly question where would they actually fly to..? What airport would they go to..?

As you can see I don’t know too much about flying in Thailand.

Thanks ….. Mumbo