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Oops. Had the wrong one! This is the correct 220/110 adapter

http://www.ebay.com/itm/50W-US-AC-Power-220V-to-110V-Voltage-Converter-Adapter-Travel-Transformer-New/370812773419?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D2529024916100733921%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D310766632028%26

If you still need an adapter, here is the link to the one I just bought. As I said, it takes about 3 weeks for delivery, but no problems. I've bought lots of stuff on ebay while in Thailand.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/50W-AC-Power-110V-to-220V-Travel-Adapter-Voltage-Converter-Inverter-Transformer/290778168049?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D2529024916100733921%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D310766632028%26

If you ran your clippers for 5 minutes they are probably ok for 220v. I have a Norelco (Philips) electric shaver that I bought in US (110v) and it works fine here in Thailand (220v) with no need for an adapter. If the motor sounds right and doesn't get hot you should be good to go. It seems like most recent electronics are designed for world-wide usage..

Just get the power converter. You can find them on ebay for about 5 bucks, including shipping from HK. Takes about 3 weeks for delivery.

Wow! Only one post and he's/she's already caught the true spirit of ThaI Visa.

This is the stuff I eat. The only time I saw it it in LOS was once at Foodland in BKK. No sugar. In the States comes in

creamy, chunky, and unsalted. Pack carefully, I once had a jar come undone in my checked bag! Years later I am still finding peanut butter fragments

on the edges of some CD cases that were in proximity to it.

I'm with you. - the best peanut butter - and I've tried a lot of peanut butter. It was getting hard to find even in Southern California when Hughes Markets changed hands and the local Scolari's closed. What I'd give for a jar or two now! Made in Tacoma, I believe, but company was bought by Smuckers.

I stayed at Yindee Stylish Guest House for nearly a month and Skyped to the US every day. Excellent wifi.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293917-d1637270-Reviews-Yindee_Stylish_Guesthouse-Chiang_Mai.html

According to the web site you gave for a three week period in Feb. it was 935 baht a night. I am sure there are cheaper places in the old city. Try Inn of the North guest house.

Go to Agoda and see what you can find there. Asking here will not get you many answers in your price range.You might have to take a lesser place and look around.

I am sure there are many places that will fit your requirements. The wifi is getting better here in Chiang Mai than it was 7 years ago.

Check out Agoda.com. When I stayed there in June I paid about 700-800 baht/night. Very nice location and very quiet along with the good wifi.

You could be rite. I used Agoda as it is the one on their web site but I put in February where as June is a low season.

Yes, it appears they've gone from about 750 in June to about 900 now. Isn't it a bit early for high season?

I stayed at Yindee Stylish Guest House for nearly a month and Skyped to the US every day. Excellent wifi.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293917-d1637270-Reviews-Yindee_Stylish_Guesthouse-Chiang_Mai.html

According to the web site you gave for a three week period in Feb. it was 935 baht a night. I am sure there are cheaper places in the old city. Try Inn of the North guest house.

Go to Agoda and see what you can find there. Asking here will not get you many answers in your price range.You might have to take a lesser place and look around.

I am sure there are many places that will fit your requirements. The wifi is getting better here in Chiang Mai than it was 7 years ago.

Check out Agoda.com. When I stayed there in June I paid about 700-800 baht/night. Very nice location and very quiet along with the good wifi.

I stayed at Yindee Stylish Guest House for nearly a month and Skyped to the US every day. Excellent wifi.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293917-d1637270-Reviews-Yindee_Stylish_Guesthouse-Chiang_Mai.html

The word "retirement" does not appear

Pedantic posting if I have ever seen one. Retirement is what it is, go teach English to Immigration if you don;t agree.

My non-O visa clearly says "Retirement Visa" on it.

Thanks for the update, zzifle.

Cool! Very cool! The old guy (if it is the same old codger) now has his own office with a sign on the door! Now, that's really cool! Hope he got air con.

This one process is really astonishingly arduous for what it seems to be worth. I used to watch the guy plod through his task, with his one assistant handwriting every transaction in a ledger! They used to be parked in back of the re-entry visa counter. I don't imagine that the Immigration Office is thrilled to be doing this chore, but there it is!

I don't recall there being a charge. If there is, it will certainly be nominal.

No charge now for the Residency Certificate, but there was a little box marked "Donations" which I gladly contributed to.

If you want a real Vietnam experience fly into Hanoi from Bangkok ,spend a few days there great food,art and architecture.Yes its busy but manageable.Get the Re Unification "express" train down the coast .(You used to be able to buy a sleeper ticket which allowed you to stop off overnight at some great and historical locations Hoi An Hue,etc) then rejoin the train to Nha Trang which is on a long beach.From there van to Dalat in the mountains cool all year round and my all time favourite place , the locally grown food is sensational as are the local sights and then van down to Saigon ,a couple of days there and back to Bangkok.With a bit of pre planning you can see the best of the whole country, not just one city. All info available courtesy of our friend Mr Google.10 days is enough to do the whole trip ,done it a few times.

Originally planning to retire in Dalat, I must say that after spending nearly a month there, I much prefer Chiang Mai. True, Dalat is cooler than the surrounding area, being about 1700m in elevation, but there isn't much in the way of amenities for Westerners: one movie theater showing one film in Vietnamese, no decent supermarket, very few good restaurants and always the incessant beeping of motorbike horns - like everywhere else in Vietnam. Not quite the idyllic haven that I had expected. The countryside is very pretty, though, and well worth a visit, but after a few days... A popular vacation locale for the folks from Saigon.

Very nice. Thanks!

According to the research Virgin Coconut oil actually lowers colesteral . Some use it for that purpose by taking a tablespoon daily. Some reported that it replaced their medication.

Coconut is the Gold of oils because it does not oxidise like other oils that will go on to produce free radicals that damage normal cell reproduction leading to various health issues.

it's expensive, don't know why, does not make sense, but we force ourselves to use it in moderation because of the expense.

Where do you buy your coconut oil and how much do you pay for it?

Thanks.

Too much, by definition, is bad. The real culprit in many foods is not what most people think. Worth watching IMO -

Thanks so much. I learned a lot from this lecture.

Fireworks went off at 8 pm and nary a peep out of the gang of dogs in my moo ban. Quietest night in months.,,,,zzzzzzzzz!