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He looks to be parked legally - I would guess that the offence was the lack of a number plate.

3 hours ago, Caldera said:

 

Take a clearer picture of the passport data page and try again. Most likely that issue is due to reflections or poor lighting. 

It's very diificult to avoid reflections if you take a photo with a camera/phone unless you have a polarizing filter as the biometric page (of a UK passport) is glossy. Far better to use a scanner.

On 4/24/2024 at 11:12 AM, Jack1988 said:

It's fine to take a selfie with the phone?

This is what I do - I take it at home against a plain light background and so it does look like a passport photo. However, the website often warns me in a pop-up that it may be rejected because there is more than one person in the photo (!!!) but I just carry on and it is never an issue.

I downsize and print the same portrait on to photographic paper and use it for my extensions.

On 4/24/2024 at 11:12 AM, Jack1988 said:

They are asking him an onward flight out of Thailand within 60 days

I always travel to Thailand on a TR60 E-visa and invariably get a 30-day extension towards the end of my stay. In those cases, my return ticket (submitted with the application) has always been over 60 days. I have done this approximately eight times with no problems.

3 hours ago, newnative said:

Sad, especially the 380.  Wonderful plane.

So true!

I've flown to Thailand three times in the last year with Emirates - cattle class. The LHR-DXB legs are on a 380 and DXB-HKT I have to suffer on a cramped, noisy, vibrating, rattling 777.

2 hours ago, mancub said:

Thought I'd heard that the Chang circuit in Burriram met most of the requirements.....but there's always a political angle to it.

I went there for the 2019 World Superbikes and was very lucky to find an hotel room and there were very few farangs at the races.

Last year and this I've toyed with going for the Moto GP in October but abandoned the idea as there is so little accomodation available. Even as I write this, booking.com is only showing one hotel available for this years dates, and it's well outside town.

Also, Buriram airport is little more than an airstrip. When I went there were four scheduled fights a day, but one was invariably cancelled.

I believe that the circuit was designed to comply with Formula One requirements, but there is no way that Buriram town could host an event. A shame!

I can understand tourists having problems with the Phuket taxis/tuk tuks, but surely she should have known better, even if she's not a local?

7 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

If you have an Android phone, then Google Maps Timeline saves all your moves all the time.

If you have an Android phone, then Google Maps Timeline saves all your phone's moves all the time.

Sometimes I go for a walk and leave my phone in the scooter or at home. GMaps doesn't know this.

Sometimes Google asks me to review a business that I have never used - usually because that business is located next to a red light that I got stuck at for a while and Google assumes that I went inside.

Sometimes Google tells me that I have done a car journey - apart from the taxi to/from the airport, I never use cars in Thailand.

Dumb!

(I commit a crime in the next town but leave my phone at home - will Google give me an alibi?)

So, the Andaman Sea is a Phuket reservoir?

Is it really so difficult to jump on a scooter and take a photo of a "real" Phuket reservoir?

I'll save anyone the trouble - this is Bang Neow Dum Reservoir a few days ago. Very low, but still plenty of water.

11 hours ago, Korat Kiwi said:

I've got a dodgy hip too.  When last back in NZ I went to local GP who recommended x-ray. 

 

Results: early onset of arthritis.  But they said "nothing major" to worry about.  Come back in a few years when it 'really' hurts and then maybe we'll look at surgery. 

 

FFS is all I could think.  That's NZ public health system for ya. 

 

Hope you manage to get yours sorted. 

This is exactly what happened to me in the UK a few years ago. I was getting pain and some difficulty with mobility - particularly geting in and out of a car. X-rays showed early arthritis but doctor explained that, although hip replacement is a very common procedure, it is nethertheless major surgery with a long recovery and some attendant risks - he also advised that I put up with it for as long as possible.

In those days I slept on my side (always the left) but now I am more comfortable flat on my stomach with my feet over the edge of the bed. It wasn't until I read this post that I remembered that I even had this problem - it's completely vanished!

It's so easy to try before you buy - make a shortlist, rent each one for a day (or even an hour if you can) and pick the one that you feel the most comfortable on.

Note that most scooters on the market are scaled for an Oriental body - I'm only 173cm and found the Click very cramped and unstable whereas the ADV which I bought is a perfect fit and feels very safe.

I've used Nord for a couple of years, primarily for streaming my paid UK subscriptions while I am in Thailand and vice versa.

However, in the last couple of weeks Eurosport have finally sussed Nord out and I am blocked.

On 3/20/2024 at 3:22 AM, webfact said:

an unidentified hotel

Hardly - the name is plastered all over the wall!

21 minutes ago, rickudon said:

Hopefully Krungsri branches everywhere are the same, but, TIT (just had to get that in !)

I use a Clarity card and Kamala Krungsri is the same - no hassle, no fee and I've used them several times over the last few years for B50,000 to B100,000 withdrawals. I was worried that they may divert me to the ATM if I only wanted B20,000 but they didn't.

I buy stuff on Lazada most days and earlier today the (MasterCard) rate was 45.234 - not great but with the total lack of fees it's acceptable. The transactions show up on the app within minutes.

And because of his visit all of the bars in Kamala had to close at midnight last night!

Has anyone experience of the Kitaco exhaust? What is the sound like?

I think that it is only available through a Honda dealer and, at B9,990, it should be decent quality although the one that I've seen parked up in Patong looks as if it's had a hard life.

6 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

 

O2 sensors mostly only do anything below 6000 rpm. So on small scooters almost nothing. 

The transmission on my ADV keeps the RPM at a constant 5,500 from launch until it locks into it's top gearing, which is at about 60kph? Riding around Phuket, I generally stay below that speed.

(I always thought that a rev counter on a little scooter with CVT was complete overkill, but it's just proved its worth!)

22 minutes ago, Hummin said:

How much for a Akrapovic for adv 160? 

There are full "Akrapovic" systems (pipework and end can) on Lazada for under B1,700 - rather you than me!

Elsewhere on that site there is also a full "Akrapovic" system for B7,500 - this still seems too cheap for a genuine system, but who knows?

I hate the tinny sound of the standard system but do not want an excessively noisy straight-through, which is what I would imagine a lot of these cheap aftermarket systems are.

14 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Do you remap your bike after changing to a third part exhoust?

I think that, as long as you can plug the O² sensor into the new exhuast, then the engine management software will take care of the minor adjustment to the fuelling.

Bangla was business as usual last night - I was there until 2am.

These random bar closures are a bit of an irritation when you don't know about them in advance - the same thing happens in Kamala every now and then.