Ice

hey all,

Just wanted to thank everyone for their input, much appriciated Now that I'm better I'm going to venture out tomorrow and GET SOMETHING TO EAT, I'M STARVING

Cheers,

Ice

I have owned and been running restaurants for over 30 years. Some of them World class establishments. In my experience it is impossible to absolutely guarantee your food is always 100% safe, particularly if you are serving seafood.

You simply can not tell what that particular prawn, fish or shelfish was swimming in or eating prior to being caught and seafood is normaly best served raw or somewhat undercooked, (in comparison to meat).

As a diner, you always take a risk, and this risk is exascerbated if you are in a foreign clime because you are unused to the dominant bugs there.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good answer I guess I'll stop eating at all! (Guess that will change tomorrow when I wake up hungry )

hey thanks for the replys

Just to clarify a bit, I was hospitalized for two days due to servear de-hydration so it was not a casual stumac ake, plus the lab test showed it was indeed a bacterial infection

And I'm not sure if Japanese food classifies as farang food? To elaborate I had my lunch at Fuji in Future Part Rangsit. Love their food, adicted too it but i think I'm going to give it up for a while, until I get my food-confidence back lol. And the second meal of the day was a home-made lasagnia cooked for over an hour because I forgot it in the oven, too well cooked to pose any threat lol... so i'm 99% sure it was Fuji

Hey all,

I got very unfortunate last Monday to catch a food poisoning in a leading restaurant chain in Bangkok. What I am wondering is how much of a problem is this, even with the more high scaled establishments?

I've been here for almost 3 years now and this is my first time getting sick. I've heard of people getting sick over and over again but never really believed it until my mother came to visit last year and after a few days she fell ill to food positioning (also just eating at "good quality" restaurants).

Any input would be greatly accepted

Ice

ok you guys completly missunderstood me =)

I am in Frankfurt, a UK citizen. I need visa to Thailand... where to go? =)

Get it? =)

LOL...

Hi there,

I'm going to Germany for a month and I was hoping to pick up a new visa while I was at it in Frankfurt where I will be.

Does anyone have experience with the Frankfurt consulat or have any other info on him? Is it possible for a UK citizen to get a visa in Germany without problems?

I'm going for a Tourist Visa

Kind regards,

Ice

Thanks all, now I can actually sleep

I'll post here once I've got my extention, tell you all about it

Hi guys (and girls)

I got a call from the school I'm planing to study at that I need to go with one of their staffmembers for an 'interview' at immigration next week... my heart took a big jump hearing this since I'm terrified at authority :| (Yes I have a small heart).

Can anyone tell me what these kind of interviews are about, and what kind of questions i might expect?

In case you're wondering, yes I'm in the school for real, it's not a hoax.

Howdy,

How long can I leave Thailand for until my re-entery permit comes unvalid?  I plan to leave for 30 days but will that be ok?  Is there any maximum ammount of time I can be outside the Kingdom?

Best,

Ice

true... I think this panic I had today shortened my life expectency by AT LEAST two years!

I just went to the airport since I just HAD TO KNOW! and asked at the RE-ENTERY counter.  They said I can but not until I check in of coz...

Ice

Hi all,

I am going to Korea for 3 days and I am holding a Non-Immigrant ED visa.  I am going to submit my passport to my school after I come back from Korea.  Problem is; since I dont have the extention stamp, can I apply at the airport for the Re-Entery permit and get back into Thailand on my current Non-Immigrant ED visa?  (No it's not multiple re-entery   )

In case that it wont be possible, does anyone know how difficault it is to get the ED Visa when you are not in your home contry? (Like in Korea)

Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Ice

Hi,

I used 1-2-3 CALL first when I came and it worked for 24hrs before being shut down, apparently manually.  I heard that AIS (1-2-3 call) does not want foreigners to use cheep pre-paid cards at all, but use their foreign sim card to make 50-100 bhat a min. local calls.

But then I bought DTAC pre-paid and it has worked for me 100% on my un-locked phone.

Just stay away from AIS... they're bastards =)

Hi, I'm new to this board, but I'm a holder of Icelandic passport and the new Thai Visa rules are rather surprising.

Thing is that Iceland has not been included on the list of countries that get 30 day arrival stamp without a visa, it dropped out of the list and is (according the Icelandic department of state) the only European country that now requires Visa to Thailand.

So, if there are any Icelanders on their ways to the sun, get your VISA at the consular before coming =)

Translation of the Press release from the Icelandic Department of State:

"Thai authorities have announced that there are new regulations regarding VISA requirements, that involve that Icelandic citizens now need a Visa prior to traveling to Thailand.

The enforcement of these rules have been delayed what Icelandic citizens are concerned to 29th January 2003, after the Icelandic authorities requested that Icelandic citizens would be exempt from these new rules for travels less than 30 days, like for other countries in Northern Europe and in the Schengen-states.

However now it’s clear that Thai Immigration is not aware of this agreement between the Icelandic and Thai authorities, therefore the Department of State recommends that all Icelandic citizens traveling to Thailand get a VISA at the Thai consultant prior to traveling to Thailand.

Visas are issued at Thai Consultant, Hæðabyggð 26, Garðabæ, Tel +354-565-7121"

Ice.