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Bangkok Expats Club
Venue: SUBWAY / Coffee World
Sukhumvit Road, between Landmark and Soi Nana
The new committee has decided that meetings in the Bangkok Expats' Club is only on Wednesdays, from 7 PM.
There will be no further Sunday Meetings. There is no meeting Sunday August 31st.
The Committee
Bangkok Expats Club
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Bangkok Expats’ Club
Governing Document
Constitution & Rules
Bangkok Expats’ Club
Meeting Venue: SUBWAY / COFFEE WORLD
Sukhumvit Rd., between The Landmark Hotel and Soi Nana
The new Governing Document for the Club can be provided by emailing
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Today we are announcing the names of six members selected to form the new board of Bangkok Expats’ Club:
Ms. Sirichit Wangsukjaroen (Thailand)
Ms. Melisa Teoh (Malaysia)
Mr. Peter Clarke (UK)
Mr. Robert Roach (USA)
Mr. Daniel Morgan (USA)
Mr. Joern Nielsen (DK)
The new Board can be contacted by emailing to:
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Awesome
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Cambodia trip.
Go early from Morchit 2 (the new bus station), f.ex.between 7 AM to 9 AM. The bus trips takes usually 4 - 5 hours.
Just rougly: 7am-9am bus trip starts
Trip Aranyaprathet-Border (8 km) about 10 minutes
Visa procedure 1 hour ( it can be 2 hours if you come on certain times of the day)
So depending on your luck, trip 10 hours, but could take up to 12 some days (traffic jam Bangkok, many tourist on the border, day of the week)
Arrival back in Bangkok 5-9 PM.
Travel agency: A freind used this one last week: 0-2251-1946-7, 0-1581-1619, Sukhumvit Road (forgot Soi No.)
Website: www.jackgolf.com
Another poster recommended to use a visa agent to send your passport to the border. THIS IS ILLEGAL, and could give you problems later on. Last week the Immigration cracked down and took hold of several hundreds of passports from visa agents (at the Immigration Border Points), and all the visa agent have now disappeared... and the passport holders must now THEMSELVES go to Immigration and clear up this mess, NOT a very funny thing to do.
So ALWAYS do you own visa runs, this is the Thai law. Don't ever try to bypass Immigration laws in any ways. Don't ever break the Thai immigration law, if you intend to stay here in the future.
Joern
ExpatsClub
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Malaysia "visa" trip - border
I will also tell you about a bus trip to Pedang Besar. I go there every month, so here is the travel schedule and break down in costs:
Departure from The Southern Bus Terminal, around 17:00 - arrival in Hat Yai, around 05:00 a.m. Bus ticket price Baht 565. In Hat Yai you will be sorrunded by hundreds of taxi drivers, touts and motorcycle boys who will take you to the border and back for 500 Baht...IGNORE THEM, don't say a word, shake your head.
Wait for the green local bus 1761 (I think- maybe 1671?)) Hat Yai-Pedang Besar, Price Baht 25. The distance is 55 km, takes an hour an half.
Get off at Thai Immigration, the bus conductor will tell you, they know the reasons foreigners come to this place.
Stamp out of Thailand, no fee, then...
1. walk to Malaysian border side, about 1 km, 10 minutes walk or 2. take a motorcycle, 20 Baht. 3. Stamp in of Malysia, no payments, walk over to Departure (2 minutes walk), stamp out of Malaysia. 4. take motorcycle back (if you don't want to walk), again 20 Baht... Maybe you can negotiate motor cycle boy totally 30 Baht, try it, but don't pay more than the 40 Baht.
Enter Thailand, no payments. leave Immigration area, go to opposite side of the road, take again the green (or sometimes red) bus back, 25 Baht again.
At the Immigration, IGNORE the touts who want to take you to Hat Yai for 250-300 Baht by taxi.
Return to Bangkok 17:00 Baht 535 (yeah, a little cheaper to go back, depending on the standard of buses)
Joern
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If I understand you right, you just need to leave Thailand, enter another country, leave another country,and immediately after, re-enter Thailand? (I assume no Thai-Embassy visit necessary)
In that case, Cambodia, is the easiest and cheapest choice:
You have here two choices:
1. Take a "package tour" cost B 2,200, including a lunch at a Poipet Casino. Popiet is the border town in Cambodia, the Thai side is Aranyaphathet. Time frame:about 10 hours - and they take care of all your documents while lunching.
2. "Do-it-yourself" - Cost about 1,500 / 1,600 Baht - Broken down as follows:
Bus fare Bangkok-Arayaprathet about: 170-180 Baht (air-con)
Tuk-tuk to border, Baht 40, Motorcycle Baht 30, Subaru (local bus)? never tried, probably 8-10 Baht.
Thai Immigration, no fees to be paid (of course)
Visa to Cambodia you can get at the small box with dark windows, just after the small border bridge, right side. Cambodia visa Baht 1,000. Be aware of the guy sitting next to the box, he will try to make you pay Baht 100/200 for the application form. It's free of course from inside the box.
Fill out the form, remember 1 picture (sometimes they don't care about the picture?)
After receiving the visa (which is a full-1-page sticker), go to the Cambodian Immigration. (also on the right side).Put discretely a 100 Baht INSIDE your passport, give passport to the officer.
Then proceed to Cambodia Departure (which is on the opposite side), get your departure stamp, go to Thai Immigration, get your entry stamp to Thailand.
Go back to Bangkok, same way as you came.
I haven't done this trip for maybe 6 months, but I think not much has changed since then. Maybe confirm from other side, or use the "package" - if you don't worry much about the price difference.
Joern
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Michael
Everything okay ...(no hurt feelings from my side)
Can we be friends now...
Try to help George (fester, Dr. PatPong, etc) make www.thaivisa.com a great website, where everybody can post their opinion and questions in a polite and mature way. And hopefully get some great, helpful, positive answers too.
Joern
Bangkok Expats Club
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Hey U Mr. Pie Man
This is not your personal advertising spot.
Please remove your post
Thanks
Joern
Bangkok Expats' Club
Bangkok Expats' Business Club
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Michael Rentoul
Let me make this clearer:
I am NOT UNHAPPY about the association for one minute. They have exactly the same right as anybody else to open up a club/association, and call it whatever they like. I wish them well, why is it that everybody seem to think that I "hate" these guys...I don't... and I don't have any problem with them whatsoever. This is a past thing, why continue to post on this, get on with the life and work.
But I AM NOT HAPPY that the people representing the Association continue to post negatively about me and the Bangkok Expats' Club, because they have no reason to. I taught them everything they know. They should appreciate that.
So please, could we end these discussions. I have posted a note about all expats clubs in Thailand. Go take a look at each club in each city, join what club you like, but stop making all these comments which just create more confusion.
Joern
Bangkok Expats' Club
Bangkok Expats' Business club
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Guest Speaker
Sunday, August 24, 2003 2-4 PM
Bangkok Expats' Club
Venue: SUBWAY / Coffee World
Sukhumvit road
Between Landmark Hotel & Soi Nana
This Sunday our Guest Speaker Will be:
Ms. Sarah Allen
Topic: "Living made Easy"
Ms Sarah is a Property Broker working for
Sunbelt Asia
Joern
ExpatsClub
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mrentoul
What breakaway ?
The Bangkok Expats' Club changed location, to better accomodate our members' wishes.
Joern
Bangkok Expats Club
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To Senior members...
Thanks for ideas.
Since I am the guy who started the whole thing out, what would you two "seniors" suggest me (us) to do. I started the ORIGINAL Bangkoks Expats' CLUB at the "Office" location. I left for some personal reason and for reasons provided by our present members of the Bangkok Expats' CLUB.
I moved Bangkok Expats' Club to our present location at the SUBWAY / COFFEE WORLD. The "Association" (which they are not legally, association I mean) is a 100 percent COPYCAT of the Bangkok Expats' Club. Without me, the people presently putting negative things on me on this forum, would NEVER, and I mean NEVER have had the ability to open up a club of their own... I taught these people everything, all their ideas are MY ideas they have copied.
So who should change name? The Bangkok Expats Club, which runs the original concept, (in Bangkok) or the COPYCAT Association?
And again, not to forget.. the concept of the Bangkok Expats' Club comes from Pattaya, and I have dutifully recognized this, and in my newsletters, on my Blog and on this forum, always given Pattaya Expats Club my full recognition, including that of Pete Mills, the original "idea originator" of this whole "expats helping expats" club concept (and I doubt any of the people of the "Association" have ever heard about Pete Mills)
Joern
ExpatsClub
Bangkok Expats' Club
Bangkok Expats' Business Club
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Expats’ Clubs in Thailand:
Presently we have 6 “Expats helping Expats” clubs in Thailand. These clubs are open to all nationalities and are not “topic” or “country” related – everyone welcome:
1. PATTAYA CITY EXPATS CLUB
THE Pattaya City Expats Club meets Every Sunday at 'Henry J. BEANS' Bar & Grill, at the Amari Orchid Resort, at the north end of Beach Road. A Buffet is available from 9:30 AM. The Meeting starts at 10:30 AM, and we try to finish by 12:00 noon. There is ample parking - the entrance to the parking area and to Henry J. Beans is on the left side just after the turn on Beach Rd., across from the beach
Website: http://www.pattayaexpats.com/
Contact: Richard [email protected] or
Contact: Drew [email protected]
2. PATTAYA BIZ CLUB
The Pattaya Biz Club and support group will hold it's Monthly meetings every 2nd Thursday at THE STUDIO CAFE Jomtien Complex Thrappaya Road Jomtien
Network meetings start at 7.30pm, both members and guests are welcome and there is a sumptuous buffet at BAHT 125 each.
Website: www.pattayabizclub.com
More info : Dave [email protected]
3. PATTAYA EXPATS CLUB & "Friends of Pattaya"
Seven expat friends have linked to give Pattaya expat
community something new in our Fun City; the chance for
expats to socialise together in large numbers each week for
some Saturday lunchtime entertainment.
Brunch service from 11.30am with some light live music and the show starts at 12 noon.
Venue: The GREEN TREE RESTAURANT,
on the corner of Pattaya Soi 1 and Beach Rd
Website: http://www.pattayaexpatsclub.com/
Contact: Pete [email protected]
Contact: Niels: [email protected]
4. EXPATS’S ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST THAILAND
Object: An association formed to “watch our backs”, provide advice on medical, legal, banking, business etc.
Monthly meeting on the last Saturday of each month.
Venue: NUMBER 1 BAR / RESTAURANT
37/7 Na Muang road
Central Khon Kaen
Website: -
Email: Jim [email protected]
Email: Peter [email protected]
5. BANGKOK EXPATS ASSOCIATION
The Bangkok Expats' Association is a new group open to all nationalities (including Thais) aimed at providing support, information, and social opportunities for people living/based in Bangkok, and is being modeled after the excellent Pattaya Expats' Club to a considerable degree.
Meetings: Sundays (through August) 11:30 A.M.-2:00 P.M.
Tuesdays (through August) 5:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M.
Venue: The OFFICE BAR & GRILL
10/15 Sukhumvit Soi 33, Bangkok 10110
Website: -
Email: Bob or Kurt [email protected]
6. BANGKOK EXPATS' CLUB &
BANGKOK EXPATS BUSINESS CLUB
Venue: SUBWAY / Coffee World
Sukhumvit Road, between the Landmark Hotel and Soi Nana
Meetings: see posts under Bangkok Expats’ Club
Website: www.bangkok-expats-club.com (under construction)
Blog: www.bangkok-expats-club.blogspot.com
Blog: www.BEC-Thailand.blogspot.com
Email: [email protected]
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Joern
"ExpatsClub"
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Expats’ Clubs in Thailand:
Presently we have 6 “Expats helping Expats” clubs in Thailand. These clubs are open to all nationalities and are not “topic” or “country” related – everyone welcome:
1. PATTAYA CITY EXPATS CLUB
THE Pattaya City Expats Club meets Every Sunday at 'Henry J. BEANS' Bar & Grill, at the Amari Orchid Resort, at the north end of Beach Road. A Buffet is available from 9:30 AM. The Meeting starts at 10:30 AM, and we try to finish by 12:00 noon. There is ample parking - the entrance to the parking area and to Henry J. Beans is on the left side just after the turn on Beach Rd., across from the beach
Website: http://www.pattayaexpats.com/
Contact: Richard, [email protected] or
Contact: Drew: [email protected]
2. PATTAYA BIZ CLUB
The Pattaya Biz Club and support group will hold it's Monthly meetings every 2nd Thursday at THE STUDIO CAFE Jomtien Complex Thrappaya Road Jomtien
Network meetings start at 7.30pm, both members and guests are welcome and there is a sumptuous buffet at BAHT 125 each.
Website: www.pattayabizclub.com/
More info : Dave [email protected]
3. PATTAYA EXPATS CLUB & "Friends of Pattaya"
Seven expat friends have linked to give Pattaya expat
community something new in our Fun City; the chance for
expats to socialise together in large numbers each week for
some Saturday lunchtime entertainment.
Brunch service from 11.30am with some light live music and the show starts at 12 noon.
Venue: The GREEN TREE RESTAURANT,
on the corner of Pattaya Soi 1 and Beach Rd
Website: http://www.pattayaexpatsclub.com/
Contact: Pete [email protected] or
Contact: Niels: [email protected]
4. EXPATS’S ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST THAILAND
Object: An association formed to “watch our backs”, provide advice on medical, legal, banking, business etc.
Monthly meeting on the last Saturday of each month.
Venue: NUMBER 1 BAR / RESTAURANT
37/7 Na Muang road
Central Khon Kaen
Website: -
Email: Jim [email protected] or
Email: Peter [email protected]
5. BANGKOK EXPATS ASSOCIATION
The Bangkok Expats' Association is a new group open to all nationalities (including Thais) aimed at providing support, information, and social opportunities for people living/based in Bangkok, and is being modeled after the excellent Pattaya Expats' Club to a considerable degree.
Meetings: Sundays (through August) 11:30 A.M.-2:00 P.M.
Tuesdays (through August) 5:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M.
Venue: The OFFICE BAR & GRILL
10/15 Sukhumvit Soi 33, Bangkok 10110
Website: -
Email: Bob or Kurt [email protected]
6. BANGKOK EXPATS' CLUB &
BANGKOK EXPATS BUSINESS CLUB
Venue: SUBWAY / Coffee World
Sukhumvit Road, between the Landmark Hotel and Soi Nana
Meetings: see earlier post
Website: www.bangkok-expats-club.com (under construction)
Blog: www.bangkok-expats-club.blogspot.com
Blog: www.BEC-Thailand.blogspot.com
Email: [email protected]
Joern
"ExpatsClub"
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To George, Sir
Why are you adressing this post to me ?
I post only under my own thread !
Joern
"ExpatsClub"
Bangkok Expats' Club
Bangkok Expats Business Club
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William IV
Sorry, but we don't have any "Kurt" in our Club.
We are the ORIGINAL Bangkok Expats' Club.
Venue: SUBWAY / Coffee World.
Sukhumvit Road
Between The Landmark Hotel & Soi Nana.
We are now starting our Bangkok Expats' BUSINESS Club.
You can get more information about our 2 clubs by emailing:
Joern, Founder
Bangkok Expats' Club
Bangkok Expats' Business Club
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Bangkok Expats' Club
MEETINGS in AUGUST
Wednesday August 20 2003 Time: 7 PM – 9 PM
Sunday August 24 2003 Time: 2 PM – 4 PM
Wednesday August 27 2003 Time: 6 PM - 9 PM
Sunday August 31 2003 Time: 2 PM – 4 PM
INAUGURAL MEETING
Wednesday August 27 2003 Time: 6 PM - 9 PM
BUSINESS CLUB Meeting (Bangkok Expats' Business Club)
Thursday August 28 2003 Time: 7 PM - 9 PM
Bangkok Expats' Club
"Expats helping Expats"
Meeting Venue
SUBWAY / Coffee World, 2nd Floor
Sukhumvit Raod, between Soi Nana and Landmark Hotel
We have had a wide range of visitors and guests to our meetings, ranging from retired School Teachers, Golf Teaching Professionals, Engineers, IT People, Bankers, Technical Authors, Professors, Psychologists, Real Estate Agents, Lawyers, Investors, Young (female) Entrepreneurs, Younger / Older Entrepreneurs & Business people of all kinds… oh yes, we even had a Bangkok Circus Owner and a Stuntman…. and I am just mentioning a few.
Email: [email protected]
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Bangkok Expats' Club
MEETINGS in AUGUST
Wednesday August 20 2003 Time: 7 PM – 9 PM
Sunday August 24 2003 Time: 2 PM – 4 PM
Wednesday August 27 2003 Time: 6 PM - 9 PM
Sunday August 31 2003 Time: 2 PM – 4 PM
INAUGURAL MEETING
Wednesday August 27 2003 Time: 6 PM - 9 PM
BUSINESS CLUB Meeting (Bangkok Expats' Business Club)
Thursday August 28 2003 Time: 7 PM - 9 PM
Bangkok Expats' Club
"Expats helping Expats"
Meeting Venue
SUBWAY / Coffee World, 2nd Floor
Sukhumvit Raod, between Soi Nana and Landmark Hotel
We have had a wide range of visitors and guests to our meetings, ranging from retired School Teachers, Golf Teaching Professionals, Engineers, IT people, Bankers, Technical Authors, Professors, Psychologists, Real Estate Agents, Lawyers, Investors, Young (female) Entrepreneurs, Younger / Older Entrepreneurs & Business people of all kinds… oh yes, we even had a Bangkok Circus Owner and a Stuntman…. and I am just mentioning a few.
Email: [email protected]
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Roger 13...
ExpatsClub is:
Joern Nielsen
Founder
Bangkok Expats Club
...the ORIGINAL Bangkok Expats Club
Email me: [email protected]
Venue: SUBWAY / Coffee World
Sukhumvit Road between the Landmark Hotel & Soi Nana
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Hi
I took a further look at "Editorial Review" - Synopsis.
I consider (after living 18 years in Thailand), that these two lines would be enough to ban the book in Thailand.
The first line is a very sensitive issue in Thailand, and should absolutely not be spoken about here.
"The King and I" - (Yul Brynner), has never been allowed to be performed in Thailand too.
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I think the Concorde Building is about opposite The Emerald Hotel, which again is fairly close to Robinson / Carrefour Department Stores on Ratchadapisek Road
Joern
Bangkok Expats Club
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www.Amazon.com:
Availability: Out of Print--Limited Availability
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Hi
I found this on the internet for you:
Review by a reader from London, England :
An extraordinary book, it introduces outsiders to the most astonishing world of King Bhumipol, the King of Thailand, whose sacrifice and hard work could never be sufficiently celebrated. For Thai readers, this book will only increase your existing admiration and appreciation for the King, who has always made great contribution to the well-being of his people but always "puts the gold behind the Buddha".
It is a shame that this book is not allowed to be published in Thailand, the remarkable history of which has never been wholely revealed to its own people.
This book thus provides a valuable opportunity to Thai people to appreciate their own history even more. Nobody truly knows the King. Not until they have read this book.
Nanny agencies?
in General Topics
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3 different maid services...whether they can provide maids in Nakhon Si Thammarat, I don't know:
1. M & G
Professional Maid & House Caring
Tel: 0-1207-4522, 0-2716-5272
2. Maid Service
Professional, Hard Working
0-266-5250-1, 0-1611-3951 (Khun Tony)
3. Professional Maid Co., Ltd
House-Keeping / Baby-Sitting/Elderly Care Service
"Our staffs are well-trained from the institute widely accepted employers, as well as have passed the health and profile check performed by government units"
0-2933-5558/9, 0-9133-6161
Good luck with your search
Joern
Bangkok Expats Club