lordblackader

Food - cheaper across the board including farang food. 

Beer - in a bar exceptionally cheaper, the one thing I hate about visiting Bangkok is the prices. In a Thai bar or restaurant you'll pay 60-70 baht for a big beer Chang. Even farang places are fairly reasonable. 

Hotels - generally speaking cheaper but obviously depends on quality and there's a lot to choose from. 

Transport - Chiang Mai not only has Grab but In-Driver and now Bolt. 

Best area - depends on when you are coming and what you want to do. With lockdown 2.0 nearly here the touristy areas such as the old city and Nimman are dead. In normal times the old city and Chang Klan (east of the moat around the Night Bazaar) are the better areas if here as a tourist as you can walk everywhere and there's plenty of restaurants and bars + your central to everything else. 

The government will build a motorway to Isan but we can't even get the roadworks to duplicate the highway between Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai finished in the north. 

The first frost was on Doi Inthanon two weeks ago. 

This post didn't age well. 

So the same weather as every morning for the last three weeks then. 

How is a songtaew described as a "car" in the report? it's a modified pickup truck. 

There hasn't been a case in Chiang Mai for roughly 200 days now. 

Chiang Mai Data Center provides all the local stats. 

"tourists" ???? 

https://duensingkippen.com/thailandbusinesslawblog/?p=270

https://thepattayanews.com/2018/07/29/thailand-changes-work-permits-with-a-work-permit-one-can-now-work-in-a-permitted-job-anywhere-at-any-time/

https://www.thephuketnews.com/new-work-permit-rules-confirmed-by-phuket-employment-office-chief-68463.php

If you do any work in Thailand the answer, legally is yes. 

Anyone who says the law is grey or whatever has zero understanding of Thai law. You work here, legally you need a work permit. 

That said, enforcement of the law varies, they generally don't care as long as your activities are offshore. If you're filming here the answer would be yes. 

This interview with the Chiang Mai Labor Office gives some insight - when they refer to bloggers the same applies to YouTubers. 

They changed the rules about two years ago - you don't need to declare a second or third job, you can legally do so as long without declaration as long as it's not a Thai-only job,

Bangkok Bank ATM (visa debit) and constantly have this problem. Sometimes wiping the chip works. Note, it only ever happens on older ATMs, the newer BK Bank ATMs they are rolling out never have this issue. 

The temporary bridge in Doi Saket is meant to be completed today. Only question is whether it will take heavy vehicles or not. The next problem is further up as there has been flooding on the Chiang Rai end of the road as well - might be clear be now. 

It was a local dam not the main one and San Sai Luang is currently flooding with evacuations. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChiangMaiNewsinEnglish/permalink/650292035627148/

If they are they haven't announced it publicly. 

Three minutes from the time I drove in the gate then out two weeks ago. It's a great service. 

4 hours ago, Snow Leopard said:

I use these guys for quite a lot of stuff. Really good pies. Not the cheapest but they are well made with real ingredients. I had a quick look at their FAQ and they deliver to Chiang Mai. 500B. So if the order is big enough probably not to bad. 

 

Beef, Red Wine and Muchroom is my favourite. Their bacon is pretty decent as well if you like English back bacon. They also sell their products in Villa Market (Not sure if they have an outlet in Chiang Mai)

 

https://www.sloanes.co.th/product-category/pies/

Not that all English-style pies are bad but clicking through to their website it was immediately clear that they sell English pies and not Australian pies. 

Australian pies and sausage rolls use puff pastry pastry versus a different type used by the English. 

Has social security for over two years - never had a card and was told that they're not required anymore. You just have to given you number at a hospital and they can look it up. 

18 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

You have a tourist visa. Get over yourself. It's an excellent option for under 50 not married. 

Please explain why you even can imagine your up the food chain from tourist.

 

 

While that's true the problem is they advertise it as offering residency - they're still advertising it now as that when clearly it's not. 

There are no scheduled commercial international flights currently servicing CNX.