chinaski

I travel with carry on luggage, and wearing a multi-pocket jacket (like fishermen or hunters use). A lot goes in there ????

I have the same mobile phone number for many years, lost my phone recently, reported it to police, and got a new simcard with the same number.

It had to be registered though, otherwise I would have lost my number.

I spent 2 weeks on Koh Tao and Phangan with my Thai wife, returned a few days ago. Local people on Phangan told us a lot (less so on Koh Tao but still), but this trial is a joke, apparantly everybody knows who did it, cost his father, a local village head or something, a lot of bribe money (at least 30 million baht, going to the highest levels)

The real culprit will never be jailed.

Koh Tao is all mafia (or how one would like to call it), this is an ugly case but other things happened there. Small island, almost no police. Must have been nice once but now overdeloped, expensive, full of scams.

Phangan is nicer.

An expat friend reccommended me Sawasdeerentacar on Suk 23 near Asoke, anyone had experiences with them, prices and insurance look ok.

Looking at Ezycar-rent rent as well, even better prices but they don't reply to my mails (always quick reply from khun Asa at Sawasdee)

Don't find an e-mailaddress for Budget, would liket to ask them about monthly rates, will do it by phone later ;-)

Same here, impossible to reach them in Thailand, no reply on e-mails..

Managed to reach them through their hotline in Abu Dhabi (+97126939711), but info wasn't very useful

So I'll have to go to their Bangkok office tomorrow, then probably to Bitec and from there to U-Tapao ..(flight planned friday morning)

I strongly recommend that you get a Belgian passport for son, then he should always use his Thai passport to enter and leave Thailand, use his Belgian passport to enter and leave Belgium and other countries where it is easier to go with the Belgian passport, ie all but a few countries.

The Belgian ID card my be acceptable in some European countries but certainly not for check-in in Thailand as evidence that no visa for Belgium is needed when checking in with a Thai passport, unless you are travelling with a Belgian airline and a Belgian executive of the airline is present at the check-in counter to authorise it.

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Maestro

Thank you sir, we'll go and get a Belgian passport as well then.

Hi

I have this question, don't seem to find an answer on Dutch/Belgian forums :

My son (Thai mother) has a Thai passport (OK to enter Thailand), and we were planning to use his Belgian ID card to re-enter Schengen (Amsterdam).

Now some people say it's best to get a Belgian passport as well, because the airline company (we fly EVA) could refuse to accept the Belgian ID-card and would require a Visa for Belgium (in his Thai passport) or a Belgian passport.

Anyone has experience with this ? Maybe I would do best to get a Belgian passport as well, just to be sure.

all info appreciated, grtz

Omyim is very hard to book, seems like its always full even in low season.

Just booked a room in July, well in advance, no problem. Quick reply from the guys overthere.