Damrongsak

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Original thread:  https://bikesandtravels.com/biker.aspx?ride=7360

2 hours ago, ballpoint said:

We used to dream of living in a dump. Would have been a palace to us.

We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish tip. We got woke up every morning by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us!

On 5/3/2023 at 10:38 PM, FriendlyFarang said:

If the person issuing the IDP in his home country knows what they are doing the motorbike box won't be ticked.

I got an IDP last fall in the U.S.  I haven't had a motorcycle endorsement for years but I told the IDP guy I had a lifetime Thai motorcycle license, so he checked both car and bike. 

On 5/6/2023 at 5:38 AM, thailandsgreat said:

Loei is great. Walk up pu-bo-bid or whatever its name was. Renting bike and going to a cave where millions of bats exited in the evening as the gongs of the temple sounded. Also getting help from the nice mae-bans washing the bat-stench out of the clothes afterwards ????  Chiang Khan touristy but nice.

Phu Bo Bit has some very nice views. I was up there at dawn in October last year.  The new stairs and viewing points are light years ahead of what used to be there.  It's still quite a climb for older folks. 

Here's a sunset view from Phu Bo Bit taken by member Shaggy Num who recently passed away.

And a view of Phu Bo Bit from the roof of the Loei Palace hotel.

38 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

And the speed limit on that road is? 50KPH (30MPH)? A lot of damage and destruction ending in tragedy. What speed was the dash cam recording at time of the collision? 

 

On Google street view I saw several 40 KPH on signs and painted on the road in that general area.  The road is wide and straight right there.

The map coordinates are:  13.813953449804252, 100.57557059343189

25 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Just be careful where you sit while drinking it.

You could go to a Wat to drink it, just bring enough for everyone.

22 hours ago, worgeordie said:

While the water might be fine leaving the water plant , it's while

making its way to your tap, that there can be problems ,most

likely are ,as the pipes are not place very well , an example in

the Moo Bahn over the road from me , the water supply is

placed in the drains , where overflow from septic tanks in the

houses ends up , things like that will be happening all over Thailand.

 

regards Worgeordie

Years back a buddy of mine visited Thailand.  He complained about the "ditch water", LOL.

I visited Vietnam for about 2 weeks last fall.  I don't recall noticing anyone without a helmet. 

They had mixed results but awareness improved.  http://millionssaved.cgdev.org/case-studies/vietnams-comprehensive-helmet-law

It must have been fun and exciting while it lasted.  But was it worth it? 

On 3/30/2023 at 8:46 AM, Kinnock said:

The 110 is fine, the 125 is better as it has a bit more power, and extra lights.  It also has marginally more vibration than the 110.

 

But if you can stretch to the 125 Trail or 125 Supercub, they have ABS, which could be very valuable.  

The 125 might have about another 1.5 horsepower, assuming 100 HP/Liter which may be stretching it.  But every bit helps. 

I ride on a motorbike.  My dog drives.

16 hours ago, geisha said:

Nowhere in the world can you walk into countries  and do as you like !  You do not stay illegally in US, UK or any other countries either without risk of being deported etc.  Why should Thailand be different ?  Get a visa, do border runs, milk the system if you like but don’t consciously break the rules.  There are a lot of people that need to go back to their own countries.  

Years ago in the U.S. my brother-in-law jumped ship from a Thai tour group and stayed.  He never got caught and eventually married a Thai gal for purposes of green card/citizenship.  He worked with another Thai guy at a bagel bakery.  That guy got caught for using someone else's social Security number, maybe to get a driver's license. Went to court and got fined, but was never reported to the Feds.  He's still here and apparently has gotten legal somehow. 

I guess there are ways of staying under the radar wherever you go.  My "Thai" wife did something similar more than 50 years ago, having been a child of a displaced person.

Very interesting.  Joe has done well.  We were in the same Peace Corps group (58).  I didn't see Joe much after we did the language training as I was all the way up in Loei. 

Pic is the day we arrived at Don Mueang airport mid-March 1977. Joe is toward the right side wearing dark sunglasses.

16 hours ago, 1happykamper said:

SLIDE! Not push..   not pull. 

 

Poor kid is a complete moron.

I wonder where he went to school.

My vote is worth one million Baht!  And I have a way of voting 20 times. So what if I'm a foreigner, I'll play.

On 3/28/2023 at 11:03 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

I visited Phuket the first time almost 30 years ago. It was a rip-off. I was there again maybe 10 years ago, it was a bigger rip-off. And as far as I know nothing changed.

This obviously only works because the authorities are part of the problem. Nobody who could solve the problems wants to solve the problems.

What I think is most surprising how many people visit that island - and not just once. Are you not fed up with all the rip-offs? Do you enjoy if when you realize everybody only wants your money? And not with reasonable prices, everything is way too expensive. 

We only visited Phuket  for part of a day back in mid-2002, I think it was.  We came down from Khao Lak in Phang Nga, a couple years before the Tsunami. Not going back again ...

Look around, ask around.  Someone local may be  growing them and you could buy direct in bulk.  If you mean the green mung beans, it's ถั่ว เขียว  Tua khǐao.

Years back my wife's grandma used to sell bean sprouts.  One of my farmer acquaintances sold her a big sack of beans one time, maybe 20 kilo.

On 3/31/2023 at 6:02 AM, SpaceKadet said:

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12 hours ago, RPCVguy said:

...  The time when high temperature and humidity is most likely to occur is as the season changes from the hot dry season to the monsoon season. That is when rain, hitting roads, roofs, and other hot surfaces, quickly evaporates off and raises the humidity while still having a hot environment. A few hours of such conditions will kill even the fittest of military persons, the elderly are at risk at lower temperature-humidity conditions. 

...

My son had a close call when he was doing the final exercise at U.S Marine Corps boot camp ("The Crucible"). The weather was in the high 90's (F) and it was in a swampy area by the ocean with a lot of rain in August.  It was called a black flag day when exercises were restricted except for the Crucible. 

He fell out of the exercise and spent a few days in the hospital.  I believe it was Hyponatremia, low sodium in the blood.  Someone forgot to salt the drinking water.  Distance runners have died from the same thing.

On 4/1/2023 at 11:53 AM, essex boys said:

Sad that these people died, but I’ve been driving in Thailand for almost two years now and they just don’t give a toss about safety, regular occurrences are scooters pulling out of side roads onto main roads without looking or stopping,  .....

I hit a motorbike with two kids on it, broadside. That was 45 years ago.  They ran a stop sign at a t-intersection, hidden by a stopped box truck.  They just suddenly appeared in front of me.  I flew over the handlebars of my motorcycle and did a belly flop into a ditch.  No significant damage to my bike or me.   But the next day I felt like I sprained each and every part of my body. 

I think the kids were OK.  I don't think I hit their legs.

10 hours ago, Tom H said:

Boobs cost per piece 40k.

So cateract is cheaper:).

What would look best?  Small boob job and a fluff and buff on the cataracts, maybe some reading glasses? 

Blue cheese pizza?