Eddy B

Need to look again. Mae Sot is some 360 km from Chiang Mai its more like a 5 hour drive where as Mae Sia is 250 km and is about 4 hours.

I am not in Chiang Mai. I live near to Phitsanolok. So much closer.

Hi all, I will be going to Mae Sot near the end of this month but before the Budda holiday's. I have a multi entry Non-O visa and was wondering if anyone who has recently crossed into Myanmar using this crossing could give me some advice. I have never used this crossing before and have never used a multi entry visa before, so I am not 100% sure what to expect. I will be going with my wife and her mum but they will stay on the Thai side while I cross over and hopefully with no problems crossing back over with a new stamp in my passport. The reason I am using this crossing is because it is only about 3 hours journey by car plus I had read that they only charge 500baht to enter Myanmar and use a normal sized stamp, not a page filling one like in Laos.

Anyway I appreciate any advice given

Cheers!!

It's down to a series of choices by the people. I see it as a "me first" mentality that some try to explain as part of "Thainess". I don't see any explanation other than selfishness.

Maybe someone will tell me different.

I agree with Neversure. A lot of people here do not give a poop about the poop they are just discarding. I have in recent months read about how Thai's are offended by the Chinese for their lack of "Thai-ness". Well I noticed a Thai father walk his child up into a business parking area to take a pee one evening, my wife was not impressed; now this is a small problem to me but then I remembered that if he had just took the kid to the opposite side of the soi there were free toilets! I am not Thai bashing but sometimes I do sometimes wonder, who, what, where, when and how Thailand will ever pull themselves out of this mind set of "Thai-ness and realize to just act, think and behave rational. Thank god my wife worked outside of Thailand and has seen how things can work otherwise I would either be broke, dead or back home remembering all the crazy poop I have seen over here in the last 10 years.

I just love the shirt he is wearing, very 80's disco!!

Shut the bloody schools down, sack the directors and change it to a military ran operation with trained teachers. They all wear the same uniform and get an education at the end of it. If a student does anything out of line they are punished under military rules. Beat the cockyness, bullshittery out of them and then maybe they will be decent people after graduation.

These guys must be living with their heads in the clouds if they think this kind of thing is not a common occurrence in Pattaya. The place is known for what it is "Sin city" and they will never completely stop it as they know that it is one of the biggest earners of foreigners money that comes to Thailand for just what Pattaya offers. No prostitution in Thailand is what they say - yeah my backside, it's everywhere, even in small towns all over the LOS.

A 20 pound fine.................wow!!! It will cost a lot more to get the pole put back correctly. Makes no sense, police fines are minimal but when we want to extend a visa at immigration the money needed in a bank account is high.

Not surprised at all!

It's for Dengue mosquito's. Harmless to your lawn and trees, maybe not so much for you if you inhaled a good lung full. They usually do it after someone in your area has been hospitalized with Dengue and they go around the housing area of the person in hospital and spray this gas/smoke to hopefully stop anyone else in the area catching it. They were actually doing you a favor and not trying to kill your garden.

Why is the government even bothering to possible try to educate the young people about sex/pregnancy when this event offers the opposite. "Come, get pissed and charged way too much, plus we can hook you up with a hotel room too!! Condoms not included with this package deal"!!

You maybe in Thailand if..........5 people riding motorcycle is normal and not a display team

You maybe in Thailand if..........people think that a fruit that smells like dog poop is the best thing since sliced bread

You maybe in Thailand if..........there are rules but..............not really, just guidelines to follow when not in a hurry

You maybe in Thailand if..........you see someone of the female looking persuasion but have a voice like Barry White

Amazon has this:http://www.amazon.com/Stoneblade-Entertainment-GGS-001-Ascension/dp/B0040QE5YC

I hope that helps as I think you will not be able to buy locally in Thailand

Wow!! This is ground breaking news and the police "rushed" to fix this huge national security risk! Bravo to the BIB! Now how about doing some real work!! Jeez students back home do this silly crap all the time!

So, Lostinissan. You give very fine examples of why the foreign teacher can often screw up and school is in problems. Because like the cartoon "Where's Wally", they have no teacher. So, from my 3 options I posted, which one do you think fits the most likely cause ( apart from newbies/drunks/meth-heads/perv's ) causes for the shortage of jobs being filled?

The farmers won't listen as their job/money comes from planting crops. They need water and will do whatever they need to do to get it. Why has Thailand not found a way to store water when we do have too much, such as when we get flooded in water holding plants. The dams can not hold all of the water as many are old and would collapse if they held 100%. The person in charge obviously out of their depth and has no knowledge of agriculture or water management.

Most schools have now been open for about 4 weeks now and I know that sometimes there is a kind of a limbo-time, where a school gets to feel out their new teachers and vise-verse. Some teachers jump ship or the school cancels their contract or fail to get documents correct for the dreaded visit to immigration. However, I have seen nothing but an increase of schools still looking for teachers even now. Why is this? Is it because they were being lazy during the school break or is it just the fact that; 1) the schools are offering bad contracts/salaries. 2) there is not enough teachers. or 3) the TCT have completely screwed up by demanding too high a standard for teachers to be able to be employed now.

What does everyone else think?

Keep the money and change your contact numbers or info that you gave them. Walk away and blend into the background, no way they can do anything to you.

I worked in a school for a few years and usually at the start of both semesters new equipment would appear in the directors main office. The usual, flat screen tv's, laptops and once a massage chair. Surprisingly after a day or so they where never be seen again. Also over the time I was at the school the director must of changed cars 3 or 4 times and always brand new, with red plates. Now people could say I am talking BS but I am going out on a pretty strong limb here and believe that these items were not purchased with the directors money but more likely what comes from the government budget each semester plus the extra that is drummed up at parent meetings to supposedly build or improve a part of the school.

I know what I saw and it was very clearly corruption and not only with the director but other members of the board as well as of course they want their nose in the trough too.

To be honest when this guy won the contract and saw the plans, if he saw faults he should have called a meeting to point them out. He just did worked to what the designs he was received. He and the person who did the designs are both at fault. It's that simple. He took the money as did the planner and they did a piss poor job of it. They should be held accountable..............end of story!!

I think she needs some serious help from a psychologist. For a person feeling threatened with possible violence, the last thing I would expect is self harm.

Karma

Wow! What a terrible way to go. RIP to poor guy!

Most likely the power supply in the tv over-heated and then ignited dust particles in the back of the screen. My Tv did something almost similar. Basically the power point in the Tv blew and luckily I turned it off before it could start a fire. Luckily there was no damage to anything so a local guy who for a hobby fixes electrical goods replaced my broken power point for 1,800 baht and it has been running like a dream since. Typical that my warranty had expired for the TV just two months previous.

It would be nice to see if restoration is done with complete financial transparency.

zulu