fm2002

I don't know where are the "best" places to play but this is a clean place to play. It is located at the picnic table icon on the map and you can see the tennis courts in the pic. As far as I know, it is free. It is a public park. Click on the satellite view for the best map details.

http://maps.google.c....011681,0.01929

There are many other tennis courts in town but I can't recall where I have seen them all.

Next to where you guys had the potluck. Was going to try and find that yesterday, but didn't make it. Will try tomorrow. Thanks

A friend is staying with me and he would like to play some tennis. Where are the places around town to play? I checked Dusit awhile back and the courts look nice, but I would imagine access comes at a price???

Don't forget to tryout all the various restaurants on all three floors of the Mall. As previously suggested in another thread, don't try to do them all in one day.

Any and all restaurants are welcome. Theres no such thing as bad input. However I would suspect chains like McDonalds, Fuji and MK are pretty much the same everywhere you go.

Sounds like a plan!

It would be great to be able to not only read about a restaurant, but find it on the map directly from the restaurant guide page.

Great idea!

Thanks. Kind of envision it like a WikiRai for restaurants. However I need to learn a few things on how to do it. For example you cannot upload a excel file to TVF. So I will definitely need help on different levels; technical, guide structure and of course restaurants.

I suspect some will be apprehensive at first, but I hope once it gets going they will come on board.

I would guess the spreadsheet ought to be in the "Good Restaurants in CR" thread.

I debated posting it there and I agree it's ultimate home should be there, but wanted to give it more attention by starting on it's own thread.

Hey Kandahar you post alot about restaurants and quite a few on the list come from you (Limbo and Sven too). How about giving it a look and see what needs to be corrected?

Ok as I'm a foodie and am looking forward to sampling CR finest foods I decided I'd put some effort into consolidating the "Good Restaurants in CR" thread. Went through all 14 pages and listed in a spreadsheet (see attachment) for the most part the restaurants mentioned. First I need the people in the know to make corrections. Which ones are no longer opened, mis spelled etc. Once I have that we can start adding detail to the ones listed; cuisine, price, rating system. I've noticed that most are listed on Sven Goggle Map so if possible I would like to have a link to each in the location section of the spreadsheet. Of course along with Sven's permission I would need his help with restaurants that need to be added to his Map.Finally we would add new restaurants as they become available.This is all a work in progress and by no means am I appointing myself the expert. Instead I found the Good Restaurants Thread hard to use. Hopefully this will make it much easier.Suggestions, constructive criticism, etc. appreciated.

Pattaya has changed so much IMO over the last 8 - 10 years, Just not what it use to be. Comming from Hawaii I thought I needed to be near the ocean. Now I am up north in Chiang Mai and loving every minute of it.

I wish you well !

I'm mostly Hawaiian Jeffrey so I understand the draw of the Ocean. I'm fortunate enough to have an apartment next to one (not in Thailand). So the way I figure if I can find a place up here in CR I can have the best of both worlds; Ocean and Mountain

Pattaya has no Ocean and I wouldn't be caught dead in it. Well I guess if I stayed there long enough I might be caught dead floating in it from apparent suicide

A warm if wet welcome to the Rai...And remember what happens in Pattaya stays in Pattaya.lol...Try not to spread the knowledge of Chiang Rai i.e.how good it is here or it could all change....Iam sure you will find your own way around in time now live tbe dream.All tbe best to hou Dave

Thanks for the warm welcome. I think people who call Pattaya home are a rare breed. Don't think they would make it a week up here. For me I knew Pattaya wasn't for me and Chiang Rai although a bit slow suits me fine. Can't wait to explore and make it my home.

So in what part of town did you end up finding a home?

And welcome to the potluck this Sunday. The bad foot shouldn't be a problem at that. We don't usually dance. Well, sometimes, but not usually.

At the worst, you may end up at the back of the food queue if you can't move fast. But there is always plenty to eat.

I ended up at the Sanuk Residences. It's about 6 km out of town off of highway 1020.

Was reading about the potluck. Wasn't sure how one was included???

Hi FM

Welcome back to Chiangrai

Hope the wedding went well

Hey Soap. Thanks and Thanks. Glad to be back. Hey when is the next Hash? If my foots better I would like to attend.

Welcome to Chiang Rai. There is a barber on the main road in Hong O that will give you a shave and a haircut very cheap.

Travel further down the road toward the national park and hot springs and you will find Don's Deli, Bakery, Little Longhorn Saloon and Cafe on the waterfront. Watch for the signs on the left. Sunday we have 100 Baht buffet of light foods and the saloon is open. The Cafe is closed on Sunday. Our foods are some of the best in Thailand. When you come by ask for Don or call 081 894 6401,

Hey Don. You might remember me I sent you a email about my interest in different cuts of meat ie: strip loin, tenderloin etc. Anyway I went by twice to eat while I was here last time, but you were away. As soon as I can get around I'll be by. Don't you have a party coming up?

I use the guys opposite the Thai Air Office on the Phahonyotjin Road. Typical cut "down to the bone" THB 60

P. S. Welcome to the Rai

Went to the place yesterday. The place was just what I was looking for. Thanks

I use the guys opposite the Thai Air Office on the Phahonyotjin Road. Typical cut "down to the bone" THB 60

P. S. Welcome to the Rai

Thanks I'll check it out.

How about a good "straight" Thai massage ?

Well I made the move to Chiang Rai from Pattaya. Been here a week and finally got my internet hooked up. Wanted to thank all who helped me. Found a nice place to live and so far enjoying the Rai life. Had a little problem with my foot so I haven't been out much, but hoping to get out and about next week. Hope to see you all around !

P.S. Anyone know a good old style barber where I can get a cut and a shave ?

when is the going out of business sale?

i have a friend who wants to know .

If you wait for a while you might find some second hand goods going round

Yeah like the ones at anglewithch:)

International chemicals is the place to go, coming from the kings statue towards Big C just after the traffic lights for Wiang Chia, get into the service road and its on your left side, look for a blue sign. i get all my pool stuff from them for less than half the price of the pool shop shops in town. :jap:

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]Thanks. I'll check it out !

I'm working on a deal to rent a house. The owners live outside the country. Said house has a pool and is cleaned twice a week by an outside service. We decided on a price, but in addition to the price agreed I would have to pay the monthly cost of cleaning the pool, which get this it's 6000baht per month!!! Before you think he's hog washing me he sent me a receipt . As I know may way around cleaning a pool and will have plenty of time I suggested he let me clean the pool. He has all the equipment; vacumn, brush etc. so I will need to buy chlorine and perhaps some soda ash. You guys know any pool supply wholesalers in town ?

Won't make this one Don, but looking forward to relocating to Chiang Rai mid June and sinking my teeth into a Steak or two

Thanks Kandahar. Hopefully the house Andrew showed me will pan out. If not would appreciate any help.

Frank

In fact I suspect I will leave here soon w/o anything concrete.

I am sorry about this oversight. I meant to buy you a small concrete garden figurine before you left.

Next time?

I missing your point ? Wouldn't buying me a saddlebag be more appropriate?

Well after a grueling 10 hour drive yesterday I made it back to Pattaya. Of course right as we leave the expressway onto Sukhumvit I'm met with bumper to bumper traffic.

I would like to thank everyone on TVF and elsewhere in Chiang Rai who helped me. I looked at maybe 10 rental properties and had a glance at few land and houses for sale. On my last day as I was driving out of town Andrew showed me a place I liked the best. Haven't made contact with the owner yet so it's by no way confirmed, but hopefully it will come through. If not there is 2-3 more that would suffice.

Look forward to seeing you all again soon. Look for me around end of June

Thanks all for the tips.

Yeah...no opium in the golden triangle. What color is the sky in the universe you live in? The hill tribes have been processing opium for hundreds of years. Maybe it is less in your face, but it is still there, and now we have added Meth to the mix as well.

Opium was introduced into the hills of Southeast Asia as a cash crop relatively recently, about 150 years ago. Prior to that it was harvested in India and Turkey. There has been relatively little opium production within the Thai borders since the 1980s. There are still to be found a few small poppy plots for tourists to admire. Cross border traffic in illegal drugs use to be raw opium, but by the early 1980s, after the police action against Khun Sa in Hin Taek, the processing labs had moved across the border and the traffic tended to be in refined heroin. Over the last 15-20 years most of the labs and drug traffic has switched to methamphetamines as the old school opiate dealers like Khun Sa in Burma and his able lieutenant in Thailand Laota, retired or were temporarily imprisoned and replace by the meth crowd, still financed by the same cast of characters in Bangkok.

And what's with Doi Hang? I though that was just west of Chiang Rai town. You would need to follow the Kok river on almost a straight line in a northwest direction, into Chiang Mai province, and to the Burmese border to do some serious drug business.

That pretty much sums it up except I think your under estimating the opium trade out of Burma. Perhaps through Laos these days.

Looking for a store I can go to and see the best selection of Stones & Tiles and also one I can trust in cutting a countertop for kitchen cabinets from cut sheets/plans I will provide them. What if anything I will buy will be shipped out of Thailand to go in a upscale apartment I'm fitting out. I cannot source materials locally.

I currently live in Jomtien and have looked around there. Boothavorn is the best place I've seen so far. Will be in BKK shortly and wanted to see if there is any stores that would be better?

Thanks

Sorry i don't have any independent leads on rural country nice properties with land. Saw some on the realators site, and one on Thai Visa in the classafieds. Located toward the White Temple for 15,000 baht.

No problem. Appreciate the leads you gave me. Actually will be leaving to check them out in about 30 minutes.

Thanks