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  1. Contentment - that is my way of thinking. And I am content with the way my life is.

    I do not need squillions of Baht, all I need is enough to be content.

    When I am here in Thailand - and that has been 70% of the last 8 years or so - I have had my ups and downs like many people, yet I am content.

    I am also content when I am in my home in the U.K.

    For each of us there is a different level of contentment in life, all you have to do is find your level and when you have, you will be - well, content, of course smile.png

  2. 110 Baht for big bottle? That is a rip off. Sensible girl knows her stuff.

    Even when at the bar watching football we only pay 80 Baht. Normal restaurant 60 Baht. In Pattaya too.

    I read this and just think that the bars/restaurants with 80 or 60 THB big bottles are cheap charlie places. They buy a bottle for 55 - 70 THB in makro, so why they shouldn't add 20-40 THB?

    Man, if I order a Suhsi in Germany and add a 0,5 coke I am paying like 150 THB for it while they buy it for 30 THB.

    I'd rather sit in a restaurant that sells beer for 110 THB to all it's customers with a price list publicly displayed than in a place where it sells for 80 THB but not for all.

    ??

    Those prices are for everyone. They are simply not ripping off the customers with higher prices.

    At 80 Baht you have 4 different sports, a swimming pool, friendly staff, a good variety of Foreign and Thai food. Decent tables and chairs, plenty of fans..

    Why pay more in other bars.

  3. What is the benefits with visa runs compare to go to immigration to extend a tourist visa? Also thought that border crossings only give 14 days stay?

    In my case, I had a double Tourist Visa. 60 days on each visa.

    I extended my 1st TV by 30 days at a cost of 1900 Baht at Jomtien immigration.

    My 2nd Tourist Visa needed to be activated by 30th December 2015 (when my 30 day extention expired). This mean having to do a visa run to the border.

    Now I have 60 days from that date before needing to go back to immigration to extend again for another 30 days at a cost of 1900 Baht.

    All the above regarding Double or Triple Tourist visas is now pretty much irrelevant because you get an MTV visa (see visa section).

    The rest, as Briggsy says.

  4. There are so many books available to help students study for IELTS. Needing a Band 7, probably needs Academic, not general English.

    There are many available. A couple of suggestions:

    Ready for IELTS by Macmillan Education, should be able to get it at any good bookstore.

    Focus on IELTS by Pearson

    I suggest your friend goes to a good bookstore and peruses the books available.

    Thanks for those 2 titles.

    We'll look for those and their availability here.

  5. When you got back.

    what choice of food was there ?

    i did this a few years back and it was a crap choice wai2.gif

    I cannot remember the full menu, but it was Farang style menu.

    I chose bacon omlette and a mug of tea before departure.

    Back in Pattaya I had burger and chips.

    Nothing fancy, but it suited me at the time.

  6. I prefer the ones that just get you there and straight back, which costs me 2200 baht.

    So you are paying 600 baht for food ?

    Considering the price of a visa now to enter Cambodia, E-visa price according to the official cambodian website .....

    Entry Type Single entry only Fees

    USD30 + USD7 (processing charge)

    That is over 1300 Baht.

    It makes the cost of the trip including food 1500 Baht.

    At the old price of an E-visa, I would have thought twice about paying 2800 Baht for the trip.

    With no paperwork, a hassle free trip and a good driver in a spacious 6 seater mini bus, I would use them again.

    If I had a car these days, that would be different, but I do not.

    I am happy with the service I got.

  7. What border and price ?Was it a mini bus ?

    Pong Nam ron Better known as Hat Lek

    6 seater mini bus

    2,800 including food and visa for Cambodia.

    http://www.1stclassvisaruns.com/

    for phone number and more details. Speaks very good English.

    Pong Nam Ron (where you almost certainly went) and Hat Lek (a border crossing where you will be unpleasantly treated on the Cambo side) are in different provinces.

    My mistake.

    The stamp is indeed Pong Nam ron

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