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The METV is only available to Laos nationals in Vientiane, right? So, can you only apply for it in your home country?
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I did it the same day about a month ago. Got the Sombat Tours overnight bus to Morchit, then a taxi straight to the passport processing centre at what's called the 'Trendy Office Building' on Sukhumvit Soi 13 for my shortly-after-nine appointment. I took the 2pm bus back up to CM and got back in just after midnight.
New passport was ready for collection 2 weeks later.
It's all a very straightforward and quick process but f you can, fly up and back.
I got my photos at the Kodak place a few doors down from McCormick Hospital who did them exactly as required.
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AFC Bournemouth winning (I think) 3-2 at home to Brentford in 1978.
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Although there is work you can do in Thailand which doesn't require one, getting a degree would be a wise step: either knuckling down to get one at home or maybe doing one out here or via distance learning. Might be an idea to do some psychometric tests first to discover the types of career to which you are most naturally attributed, then you'd be better informed as to which course of study to take.
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Would that be a normal sitar or a baby sitar?
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Does anyone know if it is straightforward to change the date of my Sombat Tours bus ticket from Bangkok to Chiang Mai? Would I need to go to Morchit or can they do it over the phone?
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Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
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In my haste to get out of there, I didn't take a copy but basically they want dates of when study started and ended, which was a headache for me because I'm still at uni and I just want to change my visa-type.
This is basically what they wanted:
Needs to be on headed paper from your school, stamped and signed.
The biggest issue they had with my letter was this: they wouldn't accept it because it said something like "... would like to terminate his Ed Visa from today's date" (the date was at the top of the page as normal) but they wanted the date as part of a sentence in the main body of the letter.
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Same thing happened to me a couple of weeks back. Needed to apply for a non-O in Vientiane but got to passport control at Nong Khai who sent me back to their immigration office to cancel my Ed Visa ( I am a degree student but want to do an internship).
Got there just before 8am but didn't get out of there until they closed just after 4pm. Wasted a whole day while they kept rejecting letters from my college requesting the cancellation of my ED Visa. They did this four times before they were satisfied with the wording of my cancellation letter and even threw the penultimate one back at me. It was, at times, intimidating but I was polite and spoke clearly in Thai and English throughout but it made no difference and I can't fathom why a simple request had to be so difficult.
Although I had to wait for my college to respond to each rejected cancellation letter, it lost me a complete day and they kept me hanging on needlessly. It was unnecessarily stressful and I was glad to eventually make it over the border at about 6pm.
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The Newbeats - Run Baby Run
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It gets depressing just reading about people taking their own lives here. Glad her attempt was unsuccessful and hope she is able to rebuild her life.
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Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl
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Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis
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Stranglers - Peaches
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Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore
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England Dan a.k.a. Dan Seals and John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
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Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
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Washboard Sam - Diggin' My Potatoes
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Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
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Terry Stafford - Suspicion
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Different factors influence where one might go for help: finances, location etc; when you're sick, you will do anything to get well again.
I'm certainly no expert but there are risks involved in drug treatment and many factors can contribute to the risk, not just the treatment method itself. Ibogaine studies in New Zealand by Dr. Geoff Noller predict that mortalities from Ibogaine could merely be proportionate to that of methadone. In some countries, it's banned and in others it is 'non-approved but prescribable' (Otago Daily Times, Nov 2014).
So, as studies continue, I guess it is a case of making ones own choice as to whether this would be a viable option and if so, where one would undergo it.
This is a tragedy and as previously stated, you have to feel for the guy who merely wanted to get his life together.
Sincere condolences to his family and fiancée.
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Another outstanding endorsement for medical tourism for Thailand.
This was not medical tourism. To quote Andrew Drummond:
"they have no premises, no medical qualifications, and employ no staff, medical or otherwise"
"Their only item of medical equipment is a heart rate monitor"
Exactly. I must admit watching them use the heart rate monitor looked impressive in the video but goodness knows what they'd do in an emergency; at least in a Thai clinic, they try to look the part, even if sometimes they don't really know what they're doing.
Nevertheless, the treatment itself so far claims to have a high success rate, in the short-term anyway.
However, if I were ever in the unfortunate position to need to undergo such a controversial treatment, supervision by some properly trained clinicians wouldn't go amiss.
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Racey - Lay Your Love On Me
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Neil Young - Old Man
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It's been somewhat enlightening reading this thread, I must admit. I've lived out in the boonies between Fang and Mae Ai pretty much for most of the last three years and it's encouraging reading from other folk living here. I rarely see farang up here and personally only know of another one.
It has its advantages and disadvantages up here - I live and work at an agricultural project out in the boonies and I wish it was easier to socialize in Fang or Mae Ai but getting back here on the bike at night (and sometimes in the day as well!) can be hazardous so an overnight stay is needed if I want a couple of beers. It is inexpensive though and I do find that people do use central Thai when talking to me otherwise I haven't got a clue what's going on.
I used to go to the cluster of pubs near the Phumanee at the weekend but haven't been for a long time. I wouldn't mind trying out that new place opposite Lotus which used to be The Cottage.
Socializing-wise, I haven't found anything at all in Mae Ai but Thaton is great next to the Kok River.
I need to get out more.