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Why is never THE NATION link included in newsreports, so d ... annoying to find the article myself ...

Nice story, but 1200THB with Thai Airways ... naah, liar!

When I was last at Suvarnabhumi in June, on my way to Udon a guy approached me after being turned away from Air Asia for missing the check in time by 5 minutes (woops, 1 too many beers at the bar the night before and slept in).

He had what appeared to be a legitimate TAT ID Card, which he showed me. He claimed to be a tourist transport assistant and offered to help me rebook another flight. I guess he took me for fresh meat, and I probably appeared so as I still felt a bit tipsy.

He quoted me a price of 3500thb for a ticket to Udon, which I knew was rubbish. Pretty impressive though, he communicated (in English) to someone via RT (Radio, for those of you not in the business of using the walky talkies) who quoted the price, apparently from the Thai Airways desk. He told me he would take cash and arrange for the ticket for me.

I told him I would go and check other prices, and meet him in 10 minutes if I did not find a cheaper price. Went straight to the Thai Counter near the oversize baggage collection and booked for 1200b...

Surely the state of the art airport has cameras and we all know has ample security to kick out taxis not willing to pay to sit in the rank, so could there not be someone monitoring people walking around the airport dealing with large numbers of foreigners for hours on end? I work in surveillance and know for a fact that this type of activity is extremely easy to pick up (same people, same behaviour, day after day)and stop (trespassing these same people from the entrance doors inwards and putting their faces on a board on the wall).

It seems they did not try very hard on their crack down. Does TAT not understand that once a farang gets scammed in a country, they never usually return unless they have a very good reason? I will never return to Malaysia for that reason - the scamming is on a much bigger and more agressive level than in LOS.

what is the "english" name of that detergent that name looks like "USA" ?

I was worried about the appetures, but the VR compensates for that. I was sitting in a hotel lobby , bit darkish waiting for some one, and tried my new lens, and the 200mm fixed lens ( forgot which one, but it was a top lens, i think f2.8 ). The 18-200 VR won hands down. So dont worry about that.

You obviously have no clue whatsoever, you cannot compare a prime lense to a "compact camera extension lense".

Gotta be the first sensible thing Blinky Boy has written here in a very long time ...

US$560. Not a huge amount of money. About a months salary for an English teacher.

To waste any more on a lawyer which would probably achieve zero is a further waste of money. Sit back, relax and lick your wounds.

I asked here since he does not update his website with new info ... please tell him to do so quite a few which follow this "case"

yet after 3 years you cannot walk on the water ... if you are not that funny guy called J....? See post #2-4

so what is the situation today?

expensive and not worth it compared to ba, qantas, emirates e.g.

Hi all, was on a flight from bkk to HK on monday and the food on the flight was a beef stew with nuddles on the flight. Was really good tasting was inpressed with thai air ways food. And was noticing over the past few years compared to 20 years ago the food on planes is getting alot better, actually tasty and good.

what is your opinion

why bother waiting for the next time?

lucky boy I say.

2008 CBR Blue/Black for sale in CM; less than 3000km - must go this coming week, in brilliant condition!!! ... PM for more info!!

an MBA in CM isn't worth the ink on your diploma ... save your bahts.

A friend of mine have a blue CBR150 for sale, hasn't been used since may (new in dec '07, less than 5k run) ... as he will go away for studies its for sale .... located in Chiang Mai - please contact me for more details. Has to go before 20th of February.

hmm, I know who it is - and the other guy is familiar as well ... might be a Wing41 guy

I am flying in on the 9th - something tells me I won't get there .... yuck.

Is there any website where you can search/book flights from BKK to LAX or SFO? Can't find any - except looking at the airlines website, but their prices are a bit hefty ...

too important to fly economy, to cheap to fly 1st class with a 1st class airline ... rofl.

but the best of 'em all best are the chicken puff's - yummie!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought MAU was owned by a foreigner? Should be easy to process ...

it wouldn't be the Riverside Pascal you guys are talking about?

Read this today, is this really true?

"Pattaya Daily News tries not to report more than 2 severe crime items each day, in accordance with the council's request to downplay violence, but we have reported many similar events in the past and feel that trying to pull the wool over the public's eyes is not the way to go about reducing the senseless violence which increasingly characterizes this city. Rather, we feel that all such incidents must be reported in full to pressurize the Powers That Be into taking some constructive action."

Time to get to ...... Paper Clip

Ohh, its hard:

Sally Dominguez [by random]

1. Category:Australian inventors

2. Category:Inventors by nationality

3. Category:Norwegian inventors

4. Johan Vaaler

5. Paper clip

Next destination: Nkhata Bay

What do you get for 2,700 rent?

2 floor apartment, 2 bathrooms, kitchen and a 3x2 fenced outside area ... located just outside the city, but 5 min walk to the night bazar. pretty good deal, hard to find though, but get a local with you and search the area you would like to stay in and you'll find wonders ... if you wish to live outside the city you can get a house for 3-4k

Hi, thanks fo your reply. I am 39 and am basing it on the sale of my house which would give me about 100k. I have multiple sclerosis but my symptoms are mild and no-one notices there is anything wrong so I'm very lucky in that respect. After holidaying in Thailand this year and seeing how cheaply someone can live there, it has triggered thoughts of moving there as I think it would be good for me, no stress etc....

I did a pretty good budget last year, rented a two floor apartment in Chiang Mai - my cost was as follow (actual cost divided per month):

Rent: 2,700

Utilities: 1,000

Gasoline: 800

Food: 6,000

Health: 2,500 (savings account if not used)

Internet: 800

Cell: 500

Insurance: 1,500

Goods: 4,000

Total: 19,800

This was the basic costs just too live - in addition I spent in average 50k more on just crap (restaurants, drinks and travel). But this basic budget is a decent standard, Chiang Mai is cheap and you could live on much less if you tried too ... my neighbour which live in the same complex has a budget of 9000 per month and is happy and content.

Good luck!