Milk

Yeah, i had the same experience while trying to book my hotel in Koh CHang. I contacted the hotel directly only to be quoted some obscenely high rate and their advice was to booking via a travel agent. So far, the lowest rates (listed) I've found is atsiam.com. As I was booking for the Songkran period when everything is overpriced, I can't say I got it cheaper, but I must say it was cheaper than the hotel's rack rate, and a few hundred baht cheaper than other booking sites I have encountered.

Try www.atsiam.com

They guarantee the lowest rates and it is by far the cheapest I've come across.

hi,

I am looking for a relatively experience freelance web designer/programmer to build a travel/hotel booking website. Prefably with a portfolio comprising of other travel site/s. He/She will have to know how to incoporate java, forms, as well as integrating an online payment gateway system on the page. Budget 20,000 - 25,000.

Please contact me by replying to this post and we can discuss further from there.

M

May I suggest that you look at furniture made from Water Hyacinth material rather than Bamboo or Rattan.

Water Hyacinth is basically a water borne weed and is a major problem in Thailand and other Countries in that it blocks waterways etc. - one of the few uses for the material is in the manufacture of furniture and so on. Rattan and Bamboo are usually wild grown and cutting it simply to make furniture significantly impacts on the environment. Water Hyacinth is also more "Customer friendly" in that it is more fibrous and will not break or split and snag your clients clothes etc. as Bamboo or Rattan will!

Patrick

It would help if you told me where I might find such furniture made from water hyacinth???

Hi,

I am setting up a food business and I would like to know:

1) Where can I print some take out boxes/containers at a reasonable price?

2) Where can I get one of those metal box that sits at the back of a motor bike made, with my logo and tel no. on it? Just like the ones pizza hut and food by phone have?

THanks!

Can someone please tell me where I can find shops that sell rattan or bamboo furniture at LOCAL prices? I will be buying in bulk for a restaurant set up and therefore don't need the upmarket kind. Thanks.

Tis' me Need as much feedback as I can ya know? No competitor....just yet.

Oh yeah, I am very partial to duck dishes like Peking duck too and I adore Chinese pancakes - all kinds. But those kinds of dishes are the more elaborate kind of Chinese cuisine i.e. the imperial cuisine and are usually found in pricey 4 - 5 star Chinese restaurants. I seriously doubt that grade of Chinese rest. would work in HH. I'm thinking more on a small scale, day to day kind of restaurant where one can find the popular classics like sweet & sour pork, sichuan chicken, black pepper beef, egg <deleted> yong, Yang Zhou fried rice, Tofu hot plate etc. BUT cooked chinese style. With take away services too. A little like those chinese take outs you find in the US and UK but more authentic. What do ya think? Will such a restaurant appeal to both locals and tourists in Hua Hin since there is apparently none quite like it???

Well, thanks for that all of you. Guess I'll have to settle for BKK Chinatown or maybe I'll just open my own little Chinese restaurant in HUa Hin and pray that I will have other patrons apart from myself! I just miss good ole Chinese food. Dun matter if they are the authentic ones or those slightly altered for western tastebuds. I like them all and I just find that there is so much more variety to Chinese food than Thai food. Then again, maybe I'm just bored of Thai food after all these years, so please dun slam me for saying that!!!

All I wanted was a good chinese meal and look what I got! Still no Ching Chong fodder for me Thanks for all the (helpful) replies. Yes, I do know my Chinese food, and stuff like Sichuan beef and chow mein truly are authentic Chinese dishes. It just depends on how u cook them. And seriously Ollie, 7-11??? Guess u take out more from 7-11 than I do then cos' I had no idea!

Can anyone tell me if there are any Chinese restaurants in HUa Hin? I mean like a place where I can find favourites like chow mein, orange beef, sichuan chicken, sweet & sour prok...yummy. I've never come across one and I have been told there are none. REALLY?

Thanks for the tip. T'was a innocent mistake. Can we please get over the font and someone just give me a contact for a reliable handyman who can fix some celing fans? If not, can we save the smart comments? It's really not necessary.

I've been trying to find someone to fix up some ceiling fans in my rented house, and it seems like such an impossible task! Home Pro and Homework wants to charge me 1000 bht to install ONE fan, and another service shop wanted to charge me 900 for each fan, plus 1200 for plastering the ceiling back. Is that ridicules or is it just me? In the end, the whole fix job will cost as much as the fans! Does anyone know a handyman up for the job, and who doesn't charge ridicules farang prices???

M

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It's cheap - stop whinging. What would you pay back home ?

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Hi Pedro. All you had to say was "It's reasonable." Doesn't hurt to be polite but then again, manners come hard for the nasty.

I've been trying to find someone to fix up some ceiling fans in my rented house, and it seems like such an impossible task! Home Pro and Homework wants to charge me 1000 bht to install ONE fan, and another service shop wanted to charge me 900 for each fan, plus 1200 for plastering the ceiling back. Is that ridicules or is it just me? In the end, the whole fix job will cost as much as the fans! Does anyone know a handyman up for the job, and who doesn't charge ridicules farang prices???

M

Hi,

Try Goodwill Bangkok, a charitable organisation that helps disadvantaged THai girls learn english for free, as well as help them look for jobs. I've found 2 maids from there over the years, and they've all been great. I've also recommended my friends to Goodwill and so far, no complaints. Their website URL is http://www.goodwillbangkok.com/ or call them at 022538493

Good Luck!

M