liddelljohn

sell wife and kids , buy a motorcycle and be happy,, only joking I bought a low mileage 3 years old Toyota Hilux in mint condition 29,000 kms from a big 2nd hand franchise that have places all over Thailand car was like new , with 6 months warranty and full Toyota Service History now had it 2 years totally Bomb proof now over 80k kms and it was half the price of a new one which is currently 980,000 I paid 530,00 . Stick to Toyotas, Hondas , Suzuki , Mitsu , beware of newer Nissans they are not so reliable these days , Our last car was a Mazda it was OK , avoid Fords and German cars

Firstly there are NO Mambas in Thailand only in Africa ,,,but there are many snakes that are active by night , many are poisonous ,, pythons also can be active at night if hungry but its very unlikely one would be big enough to eat you , other poisonous creatures active at night are centipedes, Scorpions , spiders, ,, If walking around at night wear stout strong shoes r boots ,the most common snake bites in Thailand are russels vipers and other leaf vipers that camofluage themselves in leaf litter and undergrowth as they are ambush predators , I am not a herpetologist but when a student i spent 6 months working on a snake farm in Israel collecting snakes for research . another snake species that is extremely poisonous in Thailand is the bar girls you are more likely to be bitten by one of them .

Should have gone to government Hospital you would have had change from 1500 Baht

Unless you buy Rizoma ones for about 8,000 baht the other ones at 2000 will be the same items you can buy from China on Lazada for 600 Baht but with massive mark up , best be patient and get from Lazada , I got lazada bought levers on 2 of my ducatis very good quality

out live all my enemies and make more enemies to outlive so I live for ever

The summers are nicer , warmer , longer , but everything else is crummier , ripoff pricing , ruder , innefective and miserable,, Oh the real ale is good ,,

Alot of ignorant comments on here , I have ridden motrcycles all over the world ,for over 50 years I have a Big Ducati I have ridden in Thailand , Cambodia, Laos, Burma for 20 years and also now a new even more powerful Kawasaki Ninja 1000 , both can easily be ridden slowly or crazy fast is up to me depending on appropriate situations and my levels of concentration ,, I suspect either the rider was inexperienced , or lost concentration ,, but more likely the truck did something stupid .. I SEE IT ALL THE TIME HERE . And in Pattaya there are no road rules , and stupid tourists renting big bikes without helmets and safety gear is ridiculous , but Thai big bike riders are just as bad ,, I see Hiso Thais on New 1m Baht bikes wearing 200k leathers, boots , but NO helmets or gloves , very fashionable and passing me at 150mph idiots ???

In my experience its totally useless ,, they dont care lazy sods ,, I actually ended up with an apology from the Thais who actually got British embassy to pay them and me compensation when They let me down back in 2007 , its a long story , Thai officials tore a strip of the Ambassador ond consolar officials on my behalf it was lovely to see their embarassment . Fortunately I also now have an Austrian Passport and they are proper people in the Embassy

Netenyahu is a Psychopath and fanatic only interested in his own power , the Fanatics , sephardic jews racists and Ultra Religious jews are in control , but they are a minority ,, most secular Israelis I know just want peace , If Israel does not come to an accomodation with moderate palestinians who are also a majority the It is ultimately doomed . I have relations there , have worked and lived there ... I have also worked with palestinians all over middle east , problem is Fanatics and vested interests , nasty minorities that ruin the majorities regular citizens life on both sides .. Jews and Arabs ... its a mess Netenyahu should be in Jail anyway ,, another Bolsonaro, Trump, Assad, Putin, type monster

The cops here dont just try it on with tourists and foreigners , they do the same to Thais , but the Thais seem to have ways of deflecting the cops using humour , influence or acting dumb for my self I find out quickly if officer can speak english , if he cant I act dumb pretending not to understand anything , they usually get bored and also see other potential victims passing by so give up. f officer speaks english , and its a shakedown i will either do some Pamot stuff and mumble things in welsh or ancient hebrew ,, they usually get spooked as do most Thais and back off ,, or trump them with my soldier and police biker pals who are senior officers , if they are fake cops ,,they can go to hell in an ambulance If im genuinely in the wrong I will negotiate ....or pay ticket at station There is one traffic Officer based in Chonburi who is a notorious scammer , interesting thing is that although he is now in his late 40s he is still only a leiutenant when he should be captain or major but he is very wealthy and HISO looks like a movie star , he is actually despised by many of his co workers ,but he is connected to the Kunphloen family ,, he has a ferrari, 3 HDs, 3 Bmws and a big house ,,he is a real pain to deal with , when dealing with him let him write u a ticket , half the time the guys at the station pay point will lose it when they see his signature and number .

try going into a bank in Uk , most branches have been closed Thailand has some weird systems but plenty of banks you can go in a speak to people ..

Phillipines is OK but its got worst food in the world , and terrible transport system,, be prepared to wait up to 6 hours for your bags at airport , I have spent much time there working and holidays ,, people are nice , but its not as user friendly as Thailand

Close all the scam , ripoff NWG bars would make the place great again

Residency Cert is only 200bt at Jomtien I did one 5 weeks ago you were scammed , also go in the morning not 3pm , avoid Bangkok Bank Go to SCB or Krungsri ,, they will open account easy peasy

Electric cars are an expensive limited dead end technology , already in UK and Norway many elctric cars users are giving up on the things due to charger problems range and reliability, Most Norweigans families have an electric car for local journeys but also have a massive gas guzzler SUV, 4X4 or limo or yank Tank for pleasure and long journeys , I know many people in Uk who had electric cars but due to lack of chargers or range problems have sold them for petrol vehicles, , My Brotheris a power train development engineer in Motor industry and he says same thing future will be Hydrogen fuel cells, or Hydrogen Internal Combustion engines and synthetic fuels ..

Human Rights and Equity from a bunch of greedy , arrogant , incompetent , fascist xenophobes ,, some one is talking complete rubbish out of their bottom

All fanatics be they religious, political, managerial, military , left wing , right wing fascists , commies , liberals , greens, environmentalists etc etc all of them need to be culled , to save humanity, freedom , rational thought ,democracy and common sense , and true natural justice ,

Going back to Uk temporary may not be effective there are now very long waits for cancer diagnosis and treatments UK has worst outcomes in Europe for cancer treatment ,you will need a UK address they are now denying some long term expats treatment

lots of Thai women in other real jobs, 7-11, factories, receptionists etc freelance at night and weekends they are not bargirls but they are available for a price and a lottery win

go on hotel booking sites and there are plenty of rooms in Pattaya , no where near full capacity and still loads of businesses closed .

4 days ago on Valaris 121 in North sea the Valaris 121 is on tow to Dundee , but during a storm the crane driver who had been inspecting lashings was swept over board by a large wave , Now presumed dead no survival suit . Rig is stuck outside Dundee due to weather and police are waiting to interview all crew when it docks . my mate is ROV super on board

DO NOT USE BOOKING .CON hopelesss company zero customer service , they screw over customers and hotel often fail to book rooms but still charge You anyway Use Agoda in Thailand

give them the evil eye back , speak an incantation out loud in welsh or old hebrew and wave your hands around with satanic intentions ,, freaks them out every time they either scuttle away in fear muttering , ''Pa Mot Farang Pisat'' or similar , or they bow and scrape for forgiveness ,,

Thailand has good pathologists and it is normal in any police investigation and suspicious death to conduct an autopsy with 48 hours ,, but KoTao is not run by the Thai state it is run by a Cabal of influential Thai families like a mafia Clan . many of the members hold positions in Town hall , local government police etc , many Thais know of the places reputation and would never visit and many ordinary Thai locals live in fear of the families they are exploited for bribes , tea money for pitches or just making a living any who complain get punished lose jobs or worse , so without streams of ingnorant naive foreigners the place would fail.

Took it to Toyota rayong and the put the OBD scanner on and noticed something weird ,, The MAF sensor is wrong type for our model Revo its amuch older one ?? , then going into Toyota warranty service records data downloads it seems Toyota Pattaya changed it last year ?????? but I dont recall that at all , it went in for a basic service oil , and filters change and thats all and the bill was only 2870Baht and im certain MAF unit is a lot more money than that ,,, something fishy here ?? Why was it swopped ???? for a second hand or old wrong item ?? Rayong and I are getting on to Toyota Customer services as the vehicle needs the correct unit and I need to unravel what is going on ?? Someone at the Pattaya dealer is bent