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Nothing wrong with the cars air-con . Also a friend has the same problem and has a newish Toyota Fortuner .

I normally use Agoda or Booking .com but I do not like to give my card details on-line so I often look for hotels that say pay at the hotel . However a pal told me that he used to do the same until one time his booking was not honoured as the hotel was full after taking bookings that were made directly with the hotel . All this despite the fact that he had made the booking via Agoda . Have also heard of people booking through above agents , paid on-line but once again the hotel was full and the hotel said to contact your agency . Don't know the outcome . Have you ever met a similar problem with booking hotels in Thailand ? Do you book direct with the hotel ?

Thanks for the link to some good info

Thanks but no good to me as I don't do facebook

I like the same as you and being aware of what you eat does not mean eating bland or boring food but honey , where is that available in Thailand that makes you confident that it is a genuine natural non-faked honey ?

Lazada , used many times but not Shopee . You have to try to filter out the fakes and copies and their on-line page is at best unreliable in peak times

Sorry to tell you that the UKs NHS is in trouble with some patients waiting 2,3 or 4 years for non-urgent operations . Serious shortage of nurses & doctors and trying to get an appointment with your local doctor is a joke . Call them on the phone and you may be number 20 in a queue and finally get an appointment in 2 weeks time or a phone call consultation from the doctor with a 3 minute time limit . NHS say they are 100,000 nurses short . Could be the end in sight for the mismanaged NHS .

Totally agree that it should be legalised in Thailand and regulated . Strange how some forms of betting are allowed e.g. horse racing , the lotteries etc . I reckon it is because there is a decent amount of money being made by the police by way of fines . These days many go on-line with a VPN to have a flutter . If organised correctly the government would get good revenue .

Have noticed that AN has stopped revealing the names behind the Emoji's . Do you think that is a good idea ? It is nice to know who agrees with you and also the ones who do not .

Every time I get in the car , at any time of the day or night , there are always a few mosquitoes flying around . My lady spends 15 minutes clapping her hands trying to kill them . Question , is there something on the market to either attract and kill them , that can be used in the car ? The car is only 4 years old and has no obvious gaps anywhere .

I had a cholesterol fasting blood test at my local gov; hospital and it gave results within 2 hours and the fee was 450 baht . Very good as the UK NHS will take 1 week . So although I have criticised the Thai gov; hospitals on falang prices in the past , occaisionally they are a good deal

So a legal sexual services lady , aged 20 years & up ,will have to apply to be reistered and will be given a number and card to show the police if challenged . That alone will be open to fraud as it excludes many ladies under the age of 20 years . There will no doubt be ways around it . Secondly the punter will have check on her age to make sure that she complies and he can protect himself from prosecution . Will the free-lance girls and on-line girls comply . There should be regular health checks on the girls for STDs and H.I.V. and a certificate given . Finally , this registration could open the door for the tax man . Also will there be a set charge for a list of services ? ( the mind boggles )

Private surgery but the doctor quoted me for her to do the operation in the local gov; hospital under local hospital fees . She does not do ops in her surgery , I went for an eye test initially .

Is it not the case that many Thai gov; hospitals often have newly qualified doctors and surgeons fresh out of medical universties ? They gain experience before moving on to more lucrative posts . So cheapest is not always the wisest choice . Recently I went to a local eye doctors surgery who works in the local gov; hospital . Had an eye test and a cataract was evident . How much I asked , the reply was the operation will be done in the gov hospital and for a farang the price will be 30,000 baht up plus 2 nights in a v.i.p. ward . I asked why 2 days in a v.i.p. ? , she said that is the falang procedure . Thai patients are on an outpatient basis and free of charge and she told me she had carried out 14 cataract operations that day . Not saying that I expect the same charge as a Thai but the whole business is a scam and discrimination .

You state For small breweries, it requires production of at least 100,000 liters (852 barrels) but no greater than 1,000,000 liters (8,520 BBLs), and stipulates that all beer must be sold on the premises. At the same time, the minimum amount for an industrial license was increased from one million liters to 10 million liters (85,200 BBLs) per year, as well as requiring that the brewer demonstrate available capital of at least 10 million baht ($320,000). Just wondering how the " Pullman hotel " in Khon Kaen manages to brew their own beer because I cannot believe they can comply with the brewing laws that you quote . Have to say that their beer / German type lager is the best I have drank in Thailand . Maybe a case of who you know ?

In the UK yes but not sure about Thailand

Thanks to you and Paulbrow . I would like to try to do the same . I know that the vape holder can be bought here in Thailand but what concerns me is the vape liquid , inasmuch as who made it and where was it made ( Chineses back street tin shack ?) . I believe that vaping in the UK and other countries will be safer , with licenced vape liquid manufacturers . Can a vape company be recommended to sourse the vape in Thailand ?

Can only react to facts and not conjecture or undeclared details . Fact is that he is in an expensive hotel namely "Bangkok Hospital in Phuket " and they know how to charge farang fees . Question is could the further pelvis repair operations be carried out in a government hospital at reasonable rates . Indeed was the Bangkok hospital the only choice and they maybe rewarded the carrier who took the injured man there ? Goverment hospitals in Thailand have a duty of care where the patient is treated first and payment is secondary , unlike private hospitals where it is the other way round i.e. show proof of finances before we start taking care . All travel policies that I have had do not exclude alcohol at a reasonable level but do exclude it to an excess along with any recreational drugs . If a policy excluded alcohol it would have very few takers . To those who crticise travellers for not having insurance ( I agree ) , just take a look around the expat communities in Thailand that have many over 70 year olds without health insurance because of the high ins; premiums and live here on month to month pension incomes .

Almost anywhere ? not up here is Issan but I will try Tops as suggested by phetphet

I am used to eating frozen garden peas that are sweet , soft and tasty but here in Thailand , despite where I buy them from , they are not really a good green colour and when cooked are always on the hard side . I have cooked by simmering in water for various lengths of minutes and also cooked them in butter with a touch of sugar and garlic as per a Google recipe but the results are always disappointing . In the UK it would be either a Birdseye frozen peas or supermarkets own name peas and all gave decent results by simple simmering for say 5 minutes . I would like to hear if anyone can buy good quality frozen peas in Thailand and the method of cooking . I have seen mushy peas in cans here in Thailand and Macro sell Palley peas that look good on the packet but not when eating . Looking at the drop down topic list , I did not see a listing for foods or recipes which I think may be of interest to a few readers .

100% true and yes the IO was out of order , or was he ?

Indeed , a tourist visa is meant for real tourists and not for regular visitors to see their spouse etc . Friend of mine , last year was refused entry at Don Muang because IO looked at his pp and saw that he was coming to Thailand every 3 months and staying at least 1 month . IO asked him where he was travelling to in Thailand and friend told him he was going to see his long term g/f and stay in her house . He was put on the next flight back and told to get a proper visa .

Bidens visit has triggered a visit to Russia by China president XI . There is speculation that China may supply arms to Russia , despite a previous refusal . Some reasoning is that China tried to be the peace maker but Zelensky did not want to know . If the Chinese do supply weapons to Russia , that will start another cold war and heighten the tensions between the U.S.A. , Russia & China . I am not sure when the XI visit is scheduled for as it was announced early today . Looks like the war may not end any time soon and defeat for Putin has severe consequences for the world .

My lady was hit by a motor bike taxi , in her car . Taxi had no insurance . People shpuld think twice about using taxis in Thailand as it seems there is no requirement to hold insurance that would cover innocent passengers

I guess that not all hospitals are hitting foreigners but my local ones do . Also some private doctors , in their walk in surgeries , will have a foreigners rate . Last year I had a lengthy eye test in the local gov; hospital . I was sat next to a Thai lady all the way through the tests that we both had . Went for our prescriptions ( we had same eye drops ) . My bill 2200bt , hers 300 bt. BTW , you were asked for 10,000 baht up front . This goes to prove my point at hitting the foreigner with as much as possible if they can , not only hospitals but many commercial outlets