arithai12

My exact same experience.

Your imagination.

I believe @SammyJis referring to the casbah of garden shops known as JJ Market, there are indeed also several pet shops there and it's an excellent place to look for bird stuff. If more convenient by location, there is also some very good pet shops alog Hai Ya road.

One thing is Earth, another thing is the human race. The former can carry on without problems if the second one disappears much,much earlier than that.

Good advice about considering the risks of riding a m/c in Thailand - or a car for that matter. I would add consider getting an extra insurance cover. However we don't all come from the same background. There are places (like my own home country) in comparison to which Thai drivers appear as very slow, generally quite kind, and a touch odd. No problem at all from day 1. As I said, still risky if you don't keep your eyes wide open all the time.

What he really means is that he and his colleagues are getting less royalties. As for "quality", let me just say that's a personal opinion. Watching movies in a Thai theater is a torture I experienced early on and have avoided since. Need to dress for the North Pole and suffer the stink of popcorn, while the sound system drives you deaf.

you pick "2 years", conveniently forgetting that it was Covid-time. The OP had visited repeatedly before, and in any case I don't see what question was "over the top". In fact, I don't see what the problem was with answering 5 simple questions. Perhaps you should try the immigration system of a few other countries, or even of your own country when entering as a single Thai tourist.

You are completely right, and it's always amazing to see how some people here think that Thai immigration is difficult. Perhaps they should try a few other countries, or to travel with a passport with less entitlement. As for the "lots of questions" (5!) I find them perfectly normal and easy to answer.

I submitted the form Oct 18, pick-up date Jan 16.

Felt it too, quite distinctly (4:37am). But just before that, I heard what sounded like a distant explosion.

yeah ok but, since you quoted me, I was referring to 2023 and specifically about Aerox or its replacement (no m/bikes). Nmax is not my style.

Yeah I know. I am looking at a new one in 2023, and I was hoping there would be a touched-up Aerox version, maybe slightly more power (not so important), maybe with a second disk brake (more important). And I was shocked to hear one dealer tell me "no more Aerox", the other one "need 2 months pre-order". Is Yamaha throwing the towel in ? Shame. I do not sit well on the Nmax, and the Xmax is way too expensive for what I need. Honda will have a field day with ADV 160/350. I do hope Yamaha will come out with something entirely novel in that cc range.

If you try to inflate a Click/Aerox rear tyre at a gas station, it's no fun since half of them have valves designed for cars that won't fit easily through the wheel spokes. So I am happy that I almost never have to do it with the Aerox. My first Aerox had no extra shocks, it was fine. The second one had pre-installed extra shocks, I did not see any difference! But then again, I never go fast and only on city roads.

I think the latest policy was: if positive without symptoms, go home and take care of yourself. But the lady was sick, so admission/treatment/quarantine was probably justified. Indeed, there is no mention of treatment/quarantine for the Thai man, who had only mild symptoms.

Until now, it was possible to type in the number of the destination account. The ADM would show the name of the recipient, and you had to confirm.

You don't miss an opportunity to bash, do you? Sorry that you have to live in a country you despise so much. Nature happens, you cannot always plan for everything. I lived in Arizona, where flash floods kill a few every summer. I lived in Germany, where "high water" is common every year along the Rhein and many cars and houses are damaged. I lived in Japan, where tsunamis and earthquakes take huge tolls. Want to comment on how city officials do nothing there?

I agree, but this is a US-Russia conflict. European states are mostly minions.

They were studying fauna and flora in a pristine natural environment, and over periods of time measured in many millennia. Since the industrial age, the human race has made those conditions not more applicable on the planet. We raise specific animal/vegetable breeds tailored to our needs, and contaminate the environment. As for humans, the "survival of the richest" would be a more fitting description. Medicine has made it possible for individuals to survive and reproduce, who would not have stood a chance a few hundred years ago. Homo smartphonensis will soon replace us, but it will definitely not be a by product of evolution. There are already indications that in the past decade the average national IQ of some first world countries is actually decreasing.

The problem is that "recommended public health precautions" are clear as mud, sometimes completely wrong, especially from organizations that we should trust without questioning. You may remember than in the early Covid days, WHO stated that it was not transmissible between humans. I also mention that the same organization, through its illustrious director general, recently declared monkey pox a global pandemic - of which we still have to see any tangible numbers. SIngapore, now acclaimed as some sort of scientific reference point for findings about XBB, was especially appalling. When we were there Feb 2020, absolutely no one was wearing a mask and there were no guidelines at all about social distancing: we had to cut our visit short and run back to Thailand. I should perhaps also mention the fantastic Sinovac, which was for many months the only vaccine that could be obtained in Thailand at least by the common folks. Then it's no wonder that many people ignore what is recommended by those in charge.

Others more experienced than me have already answered. I just wanted to point out that a brand new passport doesn't mean much, since immigration uses your name/nationality/fingerprints/picture to see your records in their database.

The Lost Book shop in Ratchamankha (close to Moat) is where I buy my used books, they are excellent (by quality but also well organized) although not necessarily cheap. I have no idea about their policy to buy but it might be worth a try. OP I have you a thumbs up about the "conscientious objection" ????

In Thailand at least. There are places where midday is as dark as night, for parts of the year (and midnight is as bright as daytime six months later).

I also find it hard to believe that when you were 14 years old you were attacked by 14 adults.

There's a difference between not accepting a homosexual, and beating / abusing. Do you know a case of a teenager LGBT son/daughter who beat up their father because he was straight?

If OP's problem is only to get from point A to point B inside the airport and a wheelchair or golf cart is sufficient, probably the Thai staff will provide it for you when you deplane even without previous notice (I had this experience once). But of course better to inform them in advance, eg during check-in at departure. If something more serious or longer is needed then talking to Thai before departure is a good idea.