Krabi King

Today's email newsletter had 2 main articles causing me to be a little confused 🫤

You beat me to it 🙂

2025 tip: There is a thing they call "the cloud". You can upload to the net whatever you like and give other people access to it. No need to send data carriers all over the planet. Lots of free services available, like Mega.

I actually had cops stopping for me ON the roundabout once... I refused to move. After a moment their window rolled down, I got a thumbs up and they moved on 🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

Roundabouts have stop signs at the roads joining it, and even signs telling drivers, in writing, the right of way is for people ON the roundabout. I think roundabouts need traffic lights now.

FYI, Krabi Airport has no flights to Phuket. It's a 2 1/2 hour drive around the bay.

The first picture, with the Hong Island description, is actually from Khao Sok (Cheow Lan) Lake / Rachapraba Dam, Phang Nga. Still, a great spot at about 90 minutes from Krabi Town/Ao Nang.

Looking forward to your investigative journalism series ...

Under the Royal Decree of 2018 (unfortunately we can't attach pdf anymore) there are a few things that have changed, including the points you mentioned. For many there is no fixed address of work and no exact work description anymore. I can confirm as I had an "old" work permit and a new one now.

Hopefully to be built on some far away islands 🫣

It's his sister...

The only ethical way to see elephants is to watch them only and possibly walk with them at safe distance. There's a few real sanctuaries in Thailand that offer this. All the others are made "sanctuaries" that used to be riding camps. Of course these elephants need to eat as well, but the owners need to change their business and not be allowed to aquire or breed new elephants for the sole purpose of pleasing tourists.

This is a job reserved for Thai nationals only. Weren't they informed while applying for their work permits?

As long as the word "lease" comes up, instead of "ownership" nothing much will change.

... and do a runner 😆🚀

Thank you very much for replying, Sheryl. Yes, she's a Thai citizen and has social insurance at the moment. She had some additional private insurance before but then her thyroid condition was pre-existing so not covered. The idea of just a consultation first at BR is definitely an option. We also have been enquiring at Vimut Theptarin. Do you know anything about them? Thank a lot so far already!

Hi, Did a search for Thyroid issues on the forum and landed here. My daughter, who is only 24 (lives in Bangkok), has been on Methimazole (hyperthyroidism) for years already and although she had times with improvement, she is again swinging up to the high end of T4. Last time checked was 1.74. She still uses her doctor down South for her medicine prescription and now he has prescribed 3 tablets, 2 x per day. The most she ever had to take I think. I also think this will not be a good thing for her liver, and she already had skin issues which according to side effects can be related to her medicine. It's time she sees a specialist in Bangkok to re-evaluate her condition. It's been too long now. So I also want to ask @Sheryl if she knows any other recommended specialists other than at Bumrungrad. We are all on Thai insurance and BRR is a bit out of our budget unfortunately. Pointing us in any direction is highly appreciated. Thanks 🙏🏼

I think many are missing the point. This is about "extracts", as the article explains. So oils, tinctures, etc. Flowers are at this point not listed as such.

Dee Money used to be fast and cheap. My last 2 transfers to Europe took 8 and 10 days. Way longer than expected. They blame the receiving end. Not sure if I would use them again. Definitely not if it needs to be quick.

I don't think I did, as it's only beginning of June and I don't get cash often.

I use machines from various banks around town and never get charged.

I'm pretty sure I have been notified about fees with a local card when out of province too

This applies to a Krung Thai customer. But then T&C of Kasikorn Bank would probably say about the same thing and I would have to be aware of those, I get it. Still, when I use machines from other bankss at any 7/11 around town, I never get charged.

I was at Krabi airport today and used a Krung Thai Bank ATM with my Kasikorn (Krabi branch) debit card. I pulled out 900 THB and then, to my surprise, was charged a 20 Baht fee. Now I know that if you use ATM's out of province there is often a service fee. But as far as I can remember you will always be notified before the transaction. That was not the case here. They happily added it after the transaction. The 20 Baht is nothing of course, but I was asking myself if this is actually legal, charging a fee without having the option to not complete the transaction/being notified first? It made it all extra ridiculous seeing the huge sticker on the lower part of the machine 😁 Of course, because I didn't have anything better to do, I called Krung Thai customer care. As you might expect that conversation went nowhere 😁

Thanks Crossy, I'll look into that. I've used this technique for the bleeding: The pump we have is a similar Mitsubishi, actually WP-85Q5. Our pump came with the house. It's just a single floor, 3 bedroom house. Not very big. As I understand the constant pressure pumps are quite more expensive and for larger houses? Our neighbour's have the same house and system, and don't have any problems. Thanks so far 🙏🏼