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On 10/14/2023 at 12:13 PM, Ryokan said:
My wife and I are seeking for a quick escape at a hotel within a three-hour drive from Ubon Ratchathani. We are in search of a retreat that offers a combination of relaxing amenities and natural beauty. Here are our preferences:
1. Location: We prefer a hotel/resort that is conveniently located within a three-hour drive from Ubon Ratchathani.
2. Scenic Beauty / Nature
3. Pool
4. Relaxing and Fun Activities such as massages, horse riding, hiking, biking, ect. Whatever, really
We welcome any recommendations or suggestions.
Thank you in advance!
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Not quite on the topic, but if anyone wants a range of food for dinner, the new Centara Hotel puts on a good buffet dinner every Saturday and Sunday evening.
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Try https://www.facebook.com/jayjaycarrentubon/ They may have a car and driver
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Ricco Cafe has a wide range of Thai and Western food. Great atmosphere. I recently enjoyed dinner at the new Centara hotel restaurant. Sapori's cold cuts are always good. Risotto has consistently served good Italian food for over 20 years. Papillo House is good for lunch. For Vietamese food, I enjoy VT restaurant. For quick Japanese food, Fuji in Central Plaza never disappoints. The range of good restarants in Ubon is endless. Venezia has good food presentation.
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On 5/19/2023 at 8:35 AM, jerrymahoney said:
I think this hotel just recently re-opened
We went to this restaurant last night. No buffet. The international food wasn't that interesting. We ordered Thai instead.
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2 hours ago, Olmate said:
Pull the other one dear boy!
No, this was absolutely true. I think words were exchanged as my old friend who had travelled world-wide, but never to Australia, couldn't believe that a wooden pair of shoe stretchers had to be declared.
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A few years ago, an eldery English friend of mine (90+ years), flew from Bangkok to Sydney to visit his daughter. On arrival, he ticked no on all the boxes. No food, no wood items etc. The agricultural people did a bag search and found he had a pair of leather shoes which had wooden shoe stretchers inside each pair. "What are these mate?" asked the agricultural officer. "Shoe stretchers, my good man, to keep my shoes in shape" replied my English friend. "They are wooden, mate and you didn't declare them" said the agricultural officer. My English friend was having difficulty understanding the Australian accent and asked if he could talk to someone higher up who could speak English. All hell broke out. My English friend was taken to a side room where a full body search was made, even an anus search. He had to pay a fine, his shoe stretchers were taken away and destroyed and my friend never went back to Australia again.
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15 hours ago, JensenZ said:
This reminds me of my own experience back in about 1998. I was flying from US to Australia. I packed 2 bananas in my carry on bag which I intended to eat on board. I'd forgotten about them, and when I was picking up my bags at the Brisbane airport the sniffer dogs were getting excited at the smell of overripe bananas.
They did a full search and treated me like a criminal due to an obvious mistake. Wtf would anyone smuggle 2 overripe bananas (practically mush at this point) into Australia. Customs officers are not allowed to use common sense. The whole customs team was totally bamboozled and didn't know what to do. I was there for hours, waiting for a decision. Luckily they didn't arrest me and sent a fine in the mail.
This is no way to treat tourists... over fruit. A tourist is not importing fruit, but bringing something to eat. Just throw it in a bin and tell the tourist it's not allowed.
You were very very lucky not to be fined. An Australian was fined over $2,000 for failing to declare a subway sandwich.
Hilary Swank was fined $200 for failing to declare an apple and a organge on arrival in NZ,
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Other airports are having long queue problems.
Auckland NZ airport https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/absolute-chaos-air-new-zealand-passengers-caught-in-huge-queues-at-auckland-airport/VJYLGS5JLFHCZMB6XL2GFR2CTY/
Sydney Australia airport https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/photo-of-queue-at-sydney-international-airport-sparks-outrage/R7HZZS6EU5FMJP6HTG43R42S5U/
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2 hours ago, Neeranam said:
I and my kids are dual national and none of us have 5 as initial number.
That may be because you and your kids had a Thai nationality first and the second nationality came later. My son got his Thai nationality when he was about 2 or 3 years old.
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3 hours ago, Dazinoz said:
Thank you for this information. I have PR and so my ID number is 8. My son has dual nationality so his ID number is 5. My wife is 3 and her two daughters are 1. Most of my staff are 3, except for two, who are 5, because their parents did not notify the authorities in time.
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Lawnmowers
in Isaan
If there is a Thai Watsadu near you then ask them.
https://www.central.co.th/en/euroe-green-euroe-lawn-mower-elm-1500-size-1500-w-mkp0325318
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29 minutes ago, sandyf said:
Do you have PR?
I got my yellow book in March 2010 and there were no pink cards available for the average expat then.
They were first introduced in 2008 but it wasn't till much later till after the 2014 coup that they became generally available under the second phase.
The serial number on mine is No 7 out of Mueang Chonburi, and as it happens I met a guy with No 6.
Yes, I have PR. My serial number starts with 8, which shows I have PR, but the average official in Thailand wouldn't know that. Most expats who are on a long-term visa have an ID starting with 6. I don't know what the ID number starting with 7 indicates. Must be something to do with your type of visa.
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17 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:
I honestly find it hard to believe that farangs can open a bank account with a 'Pink ID'.
My bank accounts were all opened years ago with my passport. I got my pink ID card in 2010 and the SCB changed my four bank accounts across to my ID card. So easy now not having to carry my passport around. I use the iD for registering into hotels and on domestic flights. However, this year for the first time, I encountered a problem with one airline who wanted identification in English as my air ticket was issued in English. I showed them my driver's licence and that was accepted.
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5 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:
Don't remember exactly how long my first card was valid for think 10 years, but my card got damaged (number wearing off) went for a replacement (no charge) when I was 64 it is now valid for life.
My number was issued in Lom Sak, Phetchabun, back in 2001, it starts with a 6 and ends in 8, whatever that implies/means.
For expats who have PR (like myself) it starts with 8. For others on visas it starts with 6.
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17 hours ago, tomazbodner said:
As others have pointed out, you would need to be entered into Tabien Baan (blue one if permanent resident, yellow one if non-immigrant), before you can get a Pink ID, which can be issued immediately upon being entered into the house registration for another 60 baht, if I remember correctly.
Pink ID is only valid in the province of issue. To travel outside that province, you would need to use your passport or some other identification. If number on the card doesn't start with 8, you might be asked to provide additional documentation even in the province (as Pink ID is valid for 5 years, but does not indicate immigration status).
Valid for life if over the age of 65.
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35 minutes ago, Honkie said:
If my name already in the Blue House registration book and they have a number next to my name. So I can just go to the amphur to get a pink ID card? What other documents needed?
That is correct. Take your Blue House registration blue and your PR booklets to the local Amphur. The red-bown book is most important. Take your passport just in case, but usually that is not necessary. You should be able to get your pink ID card on the spot.
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2 hours ago, Arkady said:Now it is pretty clear what they are trying to do and I have the sense this time that they could get it done.
This is nothing new as the Land Code in Section 96 bis was amended in 1999 by the Chuan government to allow foreigners to own 1 rai of land if they put THB 40 million into approved investments. The law provided for much of the key details to be filled in with ministerial regulations. When the were issued several years later, huge backtracking was evidence because the regulations specified approved investments that did not exist. So no one was able to use this law to buy land. But it remains on the books and can easily be activated.
The government can issue a one page decree to create new ministerial regulations that will bring this law to life for the first time. This will avoid the painstaking process of getting completely new amendments through parliament against political opposition and dealing with the public backlash as it grinds through its three readings. Not to mention that the government has no time to pass any new legislation before its time will be up. Think of it like the legalisation of cannabis. A one page decree followed by a 120 waitiing period and they're done without many Thais even noticing. They wake up 4 months later and find foreigners are allowed to own land.
What they can't change without going through the parliamentary process is what is already in the law, e.g. ministerial approval is required for each transaction and purchases can only be made in Bangkok, Pattaya or areas designated as residential zones throughout the country. The ministerial approval will probably make it unviable for those without the highest level connections. What seller is going to wait around for months or years for that? But they can make the investment conditions viable. In 1999 the intention was to get foreigner to invest mainly in special real estate funds designed to help out the crippled property industry but by the time the regulations came out these fund were no longer being issued. The BOI was empowered to designate alternative qualifying investments but declined to do so. An easy way would be to designate investments in any BOI promoted company or any stocks listed on the SET.
Unlike the now redundant provisions in the Land Code for foreigners to own land under international treaties owners, there is no provision for foreign heirs to inherit the land. So presumably the estate would have 12 months to sell to a Thai buyer, as in the case of foreign heirs of a Thai citizen. The treaty laws allowed foreign heirs to inherit as long as they were also qualified to hold land under the relevant treaty.
This is the current law.
Land Code
(Added by Land Code Amendment Act 1999)
Section 96 bis The provisions prescribing the acquisition of land by foreigners by virtue of the provisions of a
treaty under first paragraph of Section 86 shall not apply to the foreigners who bring in the capital for
investment more than forty million Baht as prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations whereas the acquisition of
land for purpose of residence shall not exceed one rai and shall be approved by the Minister.
The acquisition of land by foreigners under paragraph one shall be in accordance with the rules, procedures,
and conditions prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations. The essential issues shall be included in the
Ministerial Regulations as follows.
(1) The type of business in which the foreigners invest that economically and socially benefits the country or
which is declared by the Board of Investment as eligible for the application of the investment promotion under
the law thereon.
(2) The period of maintaining the investment shall not be less than three years.
(3) The land that the foreigners may acquire shall be within the locality of Bangkok Metropolitan
Administration, the City of Pattaya, Municipality, or the zone designated to be the residential area under the law
on city planning.Section 96 ter Any foreigner who is granted to acquired land under Section 96 bis shall, if fails to comply with
the rules or conditions prescribed in paragraph two of Section 96 bis in the Ministerial Regulations, dispose of
the land being under his/her right within the time period prescribed by the Director-General which is not later
than a hundred and eighty days but not longer than one year. If such time period elapses, the Director-General
shall have power to dispose of such land.
If the land granted to be acquired by the foreigner under Section 96 bis is not used for purpose of residence
within two years from the registration date of acquisition, the Minister shall have power to dispose of such
land.In 1999, my wife and I purchased 800 sq m of bare land in Ubon Ratchathani city to build our new house. The land department at first refused to allow my wife to purchase, because she was married to a foreigner, even though she was a Thai national. She passed over the details of the new law recently passed by the Chuan government, which allowed Thai ladies married to foreigners to purchase up to 1 rai, but only for residential purchases. As for myself, despite being a permanent resident for over 20 years, I still can not buy even one sq m in the Kingdom.
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Try contacting retired General Pichet. He has an organic fertiliser business not far from Na Yia.
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9 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:
I don't see this making much of a difference where I am (Samutprakarn).
As we are in an industrial area, locals were wearing masks long before Covid.
Also, wearing a mask here seems to be seen as a sign of respect to everyone around you.
I can go years (literally) without seeing another westerner in this area, so there will be no outside influences.
I think that it is obvious that masks will be ditched (in the main) in tourist areas but it will be interesting to see how this goes down here.
It will also be interesting to see how Bangkok reacts, with a mix of tourists and full time residents.
I will probably carry on wearing a mask when in the company of other mask wearers, just to be polite.
I definitely will continue to wear a mask out in public. I haven't had the flu or even a cold since mask wearing came in. I think hospitals may get more overburdened with covid cases in the next few months.
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This Ubon lawyer speaks English and will notarise documents.
Mr Chat Wongsingha,
81-83 Srinarong Road, Ubon Ratchathani.
Telephone 045 245545, 045 245546, 045 245547, 081 8766293. Fax 045 245547
He charges an arm and a leg. To notarize my documents he usually charges 5,000 baht.
2 I don’t know this guy Found him on Facebook.
Good Evening to all Ubon Expats
During you stay or travel in Ubon, If you get in a trouble and need a lawyer. You can contact me.
I can help you to solve the problems, I hope you will enjoy your time to stay in our hometown.
Best Regards
Atty. Tony
Home | Thongthai Inter Law And Notary Office
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3 I don’t know this lady. I can’t even open her website.
A New Legal Service Comes To Ubon Ratchatani.
Phuangphet Hall, after 18 years away, recently relocated back to her hometown of Ubon from Chiangmai with her family. Coinciding with this she also completed a Bachelor of Law degree (LL.B) through Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. Prior to leaving Chiangmai she worked as an intern at Chiangmai Provisional Court and moreover was appointed as an accredited court interpreter (Eng to Thai) through the Thai Judiciary in Bangkok. During her final year of legal studies, Pet has been privileged to assist many new clients with legal counselling in both Chiangmai and in Ubon who have benefitted from her impressive legal knowledge and natural ability to communicate and establish rapport with other people whether the interaction is Thai to Thai or English to Thai. Her adept English language skill assuredly puts her English speaking clients well at ease.
Phuangphet (whose name in Thai means "Diamond") is now providing legal counselling services with the support of her Australian husband Russell and has just launched a website at diamondrussell.com using the trading name of "Diamond Russell Lawyers".
Diamond Russell Lawyers are located in Ubon Ratchatani and can provide local clients with support where clients require the fast and professional support of a qualified lawyer, interpreter or mediator. Services to clients in other parts of the Isaan region or in fact anywhere in Thailand are provided where telephone support and online document transfer can facilitate a suitable outcome such as might be the case for contract creation & revision, wills and prenuptials, general legal letters and company setup and registration.
Diamond Russell Lawyers offers a mobile legal consultation and support service so that clients can enjoy the convenience of meetings either in their home, at their workplace or any other venue of choice. Please feel welcome to visit the website at https://diamondrussell.com or message us via our Facebook page to arrange a free 15-20 minute consultation speaking directly with legal counsellor Phuangphet.
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I would recommend Crystal in Ubon. The owner of Crystal was a tailor at Manhatten Tailors in the old party of Ubon city. I first went there in 1980. It used to be popular with the Amercian service men stationed here. The tailor left Manhatten and set up his own shop on Chayangkun Road. I have had two suits made there and all my trousers. They have a wide selection of cloth.
Crystal tailor shop is a few meters down the road from a Esso Service station (corner of chayangkun and suriyart roads) and is next to the Big Wing Honda motorbike center.
74, ร้าน คริสตัล 76 Chayangkun Rd, Mueang Ubon Ratchathani District, Ubon Ratchathani 34000
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I live right in Ubon Ratchathani city. We have just built an outside storage shed, 4 m x 4.5 m, behind our house. No permission was needed.
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Ubon passport office has always been excellent. My wife's passport has expired but she is not getting one, because we don't know where to travel to with all these covid restrictions!
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Welsh Father Faces Life-changing Reality After Thailand Holiday Accident
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These motor bike accidents with tourists seems to be occurring nearly every week. Hiring a motorbike just is so dangerous. Especially if one is a visitor and not used to the dangerous driving here. Why not rent a car? I know renting a car is more expensive (900-1,200 baht/day) but if one is only on holiday for a few days, then the overall expense is not much. I have lived in Thailand since 1974 and whenever I go to Krabi, Koh Samui, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai I rent a car. In Bangkok I use taxis.