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it's me again! i'm visiting my TGFs home town in petchaboon in a couple of weeks and want to see some cool stuff, like the moutains in Khao Kho. I see adds for the
Imperial Phukaew Hill Resort but that's a little spendy for a Khie Nieow like myself.
Can anyone recommend a nice place in the mountains for about 500 bhat?
Also, any cool things to do or see?
thanks, steve
Steve
In Lom Sak (40km N of Phetchabun town) try the Grand Hotel Nattirat on Highway 203 to Loei for 695 baht/night. Closest 'posh' hotel to Nam Nao NP and a good base for Khao Kho, Phu Hin Rongkla and Thung Salaeng. If you want details of the caves or some trekking in the northern end of Nam Nao NP drop me a personal message.
I'll be in Lom Sak from Sonkhran until end April. Guess you will have left the area by then? If you are still about I'd be happy to act as a guide to the caves or for some trekking.
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as missionaries... in Pattaya
Aren't there already enough people in missionary positions in Pattaya?
You're going to have to work hard to convert the heathens living there, let alone the Thais.
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The virus is carried by a daytime biting mosquito so don't worry if you get bitten at night.
Night biting mossies don't have dengue, but they might have malaria. Best avoid getting bitten at any time.
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For ex. I put once a staffmember on a flight from Asia to Europe, 1 suit case plus 250 cartons @ 10 kgs, total checked 'luggage' over 2.5 tons.
Glad I wasn't behind him in the check-in queue
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i read about an expat who goes to los with up to 11 checked luggage.is it possible for one person to have so many checked luggages?i plan to have 2 checked luggages and 1 carry on bag and 1 computer bag.the airlines seems to have a 2 checked luggage limit so is the 11 checked luggages allowed by him paying extra fees?
All the airlines go by weight, so as far as I know it's as many bags as you like but usually anything over 20 Kilos is extra, alot extra! So it probably cost him a fortune if it was heavy stuff!
"all the airlines DO NOT GO BY WEIGHT" If you think that an airline is gonna accept eleven 1.8 kilogram bags you must have just arrive from Mars or somewhere equally off the planet.
And there are many airlines (Thai being one of them) who do not impose excess baggage rates when you are over 20 kg's
Depends on airline and the route flown. A rough guide is that if you fly from or via the States you will probably be allowed 2 pieces, each piece no more than 36 kg.
Fly from anywhere else you will be limited to a total weight of between 20 and 25 kg in Economy, higher limit in Business and First. Another hint is to join the airline's frequent flyer programme - Gulf allow members an extra 10 kg. I suspect even Thai would impose a charge if you took the p155 and turned up with 40 kg. British Airways quoted 37 quid per kilo LHR > BKK, one way. There is no limit on number of pieces of luggage, within reason. Check the airline's website.
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Is it just a coincidence that the ladyboy and the very camp Thai that I have been introduced to were both English teachers?
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Put on 4-way flashers to indicate not turning at intersection.
Pass when not safe to do so, cars on right will move over.
Light turns red and 10 more cars go thru inersection,you're #10
When turning right you wander over to the other carriageway at least 100m before the turning.
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Saturday, February 19, 2005 at 8:04:44 AM
= local time at epicenter
Shouldn't this be 07:04:44 AM?
Or did the Indonesian's move their clocks back one hour sometime between 7 am and 9 pm?
Indonesian time = Thailand time = UTC (Greenwich Mean Time) + 7 hrs
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Some more behavoural traits that I have noticed amongst ex-pat friends:
You eat with a fork and spoon, even when eating Western food..in the West.
You check the bill to see if they have overcharged for ice. Then you get your Thai wife to also check.
You complain when your guests overtip by 40 baht, especially if this done in your favourite bar.
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You sniff the girlfriend/wife when you meet in a public place
You prefer to have ice in your beer
When a potato becomes an exotic vegetable
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Hello from Vienna!
<span style='font-family:Times'></span> I just found a small program called Skype and it is possible to download it at
Did any of you try this program for calling Europe from Thailand or also from Europe to Thailand.
They operate with very low prices and you don't need a telephone line,but can still call every handy or standard telephone.
I have tried it PC to PC with very good results and sound has a very high quality.
Best Regards
Henning K
Skype is very popular with the lads here for calling from India to Europe and the States. Computer to computer is free. Computer to landline or mobile cheap (e.g. 0.25 euro for 16 mins to a French landline). However, I think you need a pretty quick internet connection. Also some problems getting credit onto your account.
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just hard to believe Cobras grow to that size. 6-8 metres
It's worse than that...they can raise up the front third of the body when in that classic cobra pose.. 6m x 1/3 = 2m = a snake taller than me
And the venom is, to quote the book, "the most effective neurotoxin known".
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if I don't have any fridge?
It's OK, you can keep your beer in my fridge
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,hmmm 100baht but he started at 1000baht....
I wish I had known you could barter with the traffic police like you would a market trader when I got pulled over at the expressway toll booth 8km after picking up the car. I won't tell you long-time ex-pats how much I paid, but after I handed over the cash he did lean in the car, shake my hand and wish me a happy Xmas.
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couldnt afford the petrol for that beast though
Couldn't afford the petrol at 20 baht a litre? Ouch
To change topic slightly how many countries have forum members been caught speeding? I can claim speeding convictions fom the UK, Ireland, Slovenia and Thailand.
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speleo, this was coming from cambodia border, prum back to chonburi, real nice clear roads
It was obviously not Highway 1 between Bangkok and Saraburi
Just wish I could afford to rent a car that did 120 mph
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i was doing like 190km
120 mph on a Thai road. I'm impressed. But probably not as impressed as that local on a motorbike who was coming towards you in the outside lane.
And where did you find a stretch of road that was empty of traffic and with a good enough surface to have such fun?
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I am no expert on snakes, but an 8m long Cobra sounds like a fishing story to me
There is a good guidebook to the reptiles of Thailand (Cox, van Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt (1998) A Photographic Guide to Snakes & Other Reptiles of Thailand & Southeast Asia, Asia Books, Bangkok). I'm sure it said 8m, but perhaps you're right - it might have been 6m. The King Cobra at the snake farm near Patpong looked 4-5m long to me. The ones I have seen in the wild have only been about 2-3m, but I didn't have a tape measure with me so can't be sure.
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What about snakes and spiders? Anything I'm likely to see, advance warning would be nice, especially since my missus has a phobia of snakes!
If you get out of the towns the chances of seeing a snake are pretty good. The most impressive is the King Cobra - grows to 8m and is surprisingly fast for something with no legs. Spiders the size of your hand are common; the webs need a machete to cut them.
However, the most dangerous animal by far is the common or garden Thai pickup driver.
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Having not seen my fridge in 3 months I'm hoping I left it full of beer, but it will probably be full of mould.
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The European Union has accused Thailand of being a hub for the forgery of official documents, which facilitates human trafficking around the globe.
Thai authorities countered by saying the trade was controlled by foreigners.
Are the Thai authorities saying that because the trade is controlled by foreigners they can do/will do nothing about it?
Or are they implying that only foreigners carry out terrible crimes such as this and not sweet, innocent Thais?
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<font color='#000000'>Beeing a beer lover, I must say that Beer Chang is defintively the best beer in the Kingdom. Strong, dirt cheap and tasty!
What's your opinion?</font>
Agree - Beer Chang is the best. Beer Singha has a very sweet taste in comparison, due to that formaldehyde or perhaps glycol? However, girlfriend won't let me drink Chang. Let's just say it isn't a "performance enhancing drug". Forced to drink Heinekein when in her company.
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CROCODILES are not domesticated ; they are wild animals born in captivity and some countries allow them to be farmed as 'exotics'; or their inclusion in this list is pending but never actually made totally legal: the same goes for ostriches, bison, cameroon sheep, etc.... so every year people who do raise these for 'farm' animals have to get permission /permits from the wildlife feds in their subjective countries according to each country's legislation...the same goes for the samba (thai)deer, the spotted deer, etc. that are raised for meat, horn and hunting
Bina
The crocs farmed in Thailand are domesticated - I think they are a cross between the Siamese croc and the saltwater croc. There are very few, if any, pure bred Siamese crocodiles in the farms. The only known wild Siamese crocodiles have been recently found in Kraeng Krachan National Park, Petchaburi. They were discovered by the "camera trap" mentioned in an earlier post and confirmed by later expeditions.
There was a story in the papers in 2003 about how the crocodiles escaped from a farm in Loei due to flooding. The farm denied any animals had escaped until a woman in a nearby village was bitten.
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All this pontificating from foreigners as to whether Taksin is a dictator or the best thing to ever happen to Thailand is just a lot of BS. Nothing will change because of a post to a forum.
It is their country and they can <deleted> it up if they want to. I doubt if the opinions of outsiders are of any interest to the Thais and are probably not welcome.
Laap Nua
in Thai Food
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Came across laap goong a couple of weeks ago beside the Mekhong in Loei. I was somewhat surprised when I lifted the unturned bowl on the plate and my dinner escaped heading back towards the river. At least I knew the prawns were fresh. They stopped moving once mixed with the chilli paste.