ByblosYuNaiSoi

https://www.seriespapaya.nu/busqueda/  has many seasons of many, many series (you can choose English, dubbed in Spanish or subtitled). You can stream or download. I've never had any problem and have used it from Chiang Mai. Series names are usually searchable by their original English titles.

You just need to be able to deal with the Spanish language site navigation but any translation app can help if you get stuck.

YES to Bangkok Bank free-of-charge ACH transfers to Thailand - but only TO Thailand, and not the other way. I had a rude awakening when I tried to get my money out of Bangkok Bank stateside. Their rule/the law will not allow it. I had to use ATM withdrawals bit by bit, and with attendant fees. 

(I had had a good experience with an international bank in another country and USA, where ACH transfers went both directions....)

Thanks everybody for all the great info - I know what I'll do now.

And special thanks to the Moderators, for removing ThaiWai's idiotic, insulting, unhelpful, and entirely inappropriate response. Be happy you all didn't have to read it.

best, Byblos

Ah OK - I never "extended" the visa, but I got a permission to stay (based on having had that visa). Finally get it, now that I"m leaving... LOL

Thanks Ladies and Gentlemen, it's been fab. But quite a bit too hot in the weather department.

I have already extended two times, so now I think I get it. Below is correct?

-The actual "visa" is now finished ("Enter by July 29 2013")

- I have extended twice, and now have permission to stay til Sept. ?? 2016.

- I'm living here on those extensions. But without another extension (from inside Thailand only) the visa "dies" completely, and I have to start over.

Also, thanks for explaining WHY I had to get a re-entry permit even with my "M" entries: that only applies during the original (non-extended) visa.

Best and thanks.

Wow, thanks - I never realized all these were distinct. I have:

Type: Non-Immigrant

Category: O-A

No. of entry: M

Issued at Washington, DC

Hi,

I have the Retirement Visa, and am leaving Thailand indefinitely, but for sure more than a year. Is the visa good forever, and what happens when I want to return?

Must/should I:

1. Get a re-entry permit upon exit (how long are they valid?)

2. Extend my Permission to Stay at a foreign embassy or consulate at the appointed time?

3. What have I forgotten?

Thanks.

Hey OP, it's clear you understand why this all happened, and your level of self-awareness is pretty impressive. Happy New Year!

Hi,

For the same problem, I went to an upholstery shop near Khlong Toey, and had them make a foam topper. Cost me about 1500 THB if memory serves, but it wasn't much compared to the other options you mention, which I looked at too. I took the measurements of the mattress and they made two singles which I put together for a king. (They didn't have a piece big enough for a king, and transport would have been tough).

NOTE: if you choose this option, get very soft foam. You will already have a super firm foundation. I made the mistake of not getting it soft enough, so the solution was imperfect (though still a vast improvement - no more sore shoulders and back).

I still have one in Chiang Mai, if you want it (LOL) Will sell cheap. The other I didn't take due to space restraints and lucked out on the best mattress in Asia at my new apartment.

Good luck!

OK, today is April 1...

Wait n see

I never taught here in LOS, but in my many other years of teaching I found it helpful to really forget about work overnight (and plan other mental and physical activity - for me, meditation, reading, TV, exercise, etc).

Then, approach each class with a bit of "beginner's mind," like it's a brand-new experience. Also be ready for ANY outcome. YES, you must have a plan, but strive to be content with however much teaching and learning actually takes place in any one class. So much is really beyond your control: their preparation, their energy level, their motivation to learn. Don't take it all on yourself, because you're only half the learning equation.

Finally, bring your best, which is all you can bring. And for me, that best required a shut-down/restart between teaching days.

What are the reasons that women are not allowed in certain areas of Thai temples, city pillar shrines, and Thai boxing rings?

Get ye to Wualai

Thank ye much. Be there a nunnery there?

Hi

I need to catch the yellow truck between Chiang Mai gate and Central Airport Plaza, going toward Hang Dong.

Which streets does it pass?

Thanks.

OK National News Bureau: hire me to write your English copy:

"The Chiang Mai Governor has reported that officials had reported the cause of the haze in the meeting from the analysis of the satellite images which Satellite images indicates that wildfire occured in the southern districts of the province, according to the Chiang Mai Governor, citing official reports."

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I sent some presents (cheap touristy stuff) to my family in Germany in November unregistered. The box never arrived.

Thanks for these responses, and especially the name in Thai so I can ask around for it.

Hi All,

Has anyone seen cheap crystal deodorant sticks in Chiang Mai? I have been looking around town (and in the forum) with no luck. I found them in Bangkok in bulk really cheap at a local market - the one just north of Saphan Taksin BTS station (Bang Rak?).

A friend in the US has asked me to bring some - They are imported and sold under "Thai" brand (among others) in the US and are expensive.

Thanks.

Walking YES - it's a great experience here.

Blocked sidewalks, motorbikes and cars parked on the sidewalk are a huge problem. Thus, walking in the street is expected and not unsafe if you keep your wits about you.

Two schools of thought on this:

1. Western (safer IMO) to walk facing traffic, so both you and the driver can take evasive action in time to avoid collisions.

2. The Thai way: to walk with the traffic, thereby putting the entire onus of missing you on vehicle drivers.

Me, I just pick the shady side regardless.

@connda: Thanks for the links!

Yeah, I think this is one case where we need to stick to our cultural guns and politely ignore the locals, with an explanation (even if they won't accept it).

OP here:

Two questions:

1. Where is Rincom?

2. RE Doi Ping, I like that area a lot. Is there a local fresh market nearby?

RE house or condo, doesn't matter. I am thinking that my present, great 10th-floor breezes and views are also largely to blame for the noise problem. My place just gathers up all that street noise from far and wide LOL.

Thanks for the Thapae/Loi Kroh neighborhood suggestion. I walk through it a lot and it seems pretty agreeable. RE say or evening; day noise in a city is just unavoidable I think. It's really the post-10 pm loudspeaker stuff that's the bigger issue. Oh yeah and the 7 am amplified wat business.

It's not impossible. Wife has a house that (more or less) meets criteria and is quiet. (Actually 1.7 km from the moat at Loy Kroh, but less than 1km from Night Bazar area, etc.)

(Evening hours at least; it's near a school. )

No word though if OP is looking for house or condo? If condo then pick something in Doi Ping Mansion? Pretty quiet area but short walk to the moat.

Thanks for this- Hong Noi sounds interesting though as you say it's a bit further than ideal. Someone mentioned it to me last night too. I like that area.

Surely many places within your rather tight distance criterion will have both quiet and noisy locations within 100 metres of each other?

And some that are consistently quiet may change as new bars open or new inconsiderate owners of noisy dogs move in??

Or the hitherto quiet condo may have a rash of renovations, or noisy neighbours move in.

Impossible to escape the risk of future noise I think, even in areas that are quiet now. Nong Hoi is quiet in many areas but Holiday Inn is 2km from moat so outside your area maybe?