JBChiangRai

It’s been fascinating to watch his son grow up.

Sai and Dr.’s is in a housing estate, you won’t find it accidentally and even with GPS it’s not easy. It’s definitely not a tourist trap.

That I am a handsome man. It must be true, because all the girls in the bars in pattaya used to shout it at me as I walked past when I lived there.

I have done a one-man Pizza with a thick slice of bread in the air fryer, it turned out ok. You could cook a small joint in the air fryer, wrap it in foil and let it rest for 20 minutes whilst you do the fries. I got my crockpot in BigC about 15 years ago, the side handles have long since degraded. I got the largest and I batch cook then freeze. It’s so easy to cook, load it and come back 5 hours later.

I have both, I use the big oven for large pieces of meat (roasting). I use the air fryer for sausages, fish fingers, refreshing the cats dry food and fooling her into believing it’s fresh. Most of all I use the crockpot, cheap cuts of meat come out fantastic.

Billy’s Italian makes terrible pizza but the rest of his menu is pretty good and cheap. Strangely, Billy is Burmese.

Every time I have been to Sai and Dr.’s Kitchen, I have been the only foreigner there. I wouldn’t say it’s particularly foreigner oriented, it’s more HiSo Thai and a bit dressy.

Our EV trolls won’t ever let truth get in the way of a good story.

Thailand 4.0 is about many things. I’m talking about the central storage of everyone’s digital footprint. I can’t confirm foreigners are in the system yet, I don’t know the definitive answer to that. As for customs, they are looking for many things with their technology, immigration look for different things and security different again. Or perhaps you’re just being obtuse?

It would be useful if you gave comparison "like for like" with the previous month so we can see where we are potentially heading. I think using anything other than the government's registration statistics is fraught with risk.

For Thai food I recommend Saiyut & Dr. Sai’s Kitchen near Nimman, we often go for Sunday lunch. Michelin rated. Not expensive.

We have a house near there in Bo Sang, I’ll try it on another trip there.

Here's another link that says otherwise. After being stung, apply a heat or cold pack to the area to relieve some of the pain. Scorpion Stings: Painful, But Not Usually Lethal | Infolific The reason for applying heat is two fold, first it encourages the venom to be diluted and spread across the body and secondly it is denatured to some extent by heat. Not as much as a centipede sting which is highly thermolabile at as low as 50-60C and should always immediately be treated with hottest water you can stand. If you just want to treat the pain then sure a cold compress, however what I would do is treat the area with as hot water as I can stand for a few minutes followed by a cold compress.

Then my Mum would say you probably don't have any common sense.

He has a degree in temperature scales.

If you are unlucky enough to be envenomated then immerse the area in hot water. The venom is destroyed by heat.

That's a shame, I loved it, lots of great restaurants & souvenirs. For sure it is a tourist trap, but enjoyable.

You wife will enjoy the shopping in Hoi An old town, especially in the evening with all the lanterns. Aim to get there about 5pm. Well worth a day trip from Da Nang. If you want a special meal, book a table at Morning Glory Signature, ask for a table upstairs on the balcony. There are a couple of markets in Da Nang, they are full of knock-off adidas, nike etc. Not a nice experience, I don't recommend browsing there, watch out for the rats. It is however the best place for her to have a dress made to order.

I spent 2 years as a director of the group that provided security at both Bangkok & Phuket airports. I understand Thailand 4.0 and what it does, even if you got a friend to change your money to avoid the digital footprint, there are still the whole-body scanners concealed in the walls at the airport, for departing passengers they are looking for drugs & money. I travelled to Manila to report on one potential manufacturer about 13 years ago. Thailand 4.0 is about tracking every person, every transaction, phone calls, emails, GPS location, anything you can capture digitally, is captured digitally.

I've stayed at The Sail, Flower Boutique Hotel, Salmalia Boutique Hotel & Spa & finally Nesta. The Sail is an ok 2-3* hotel 200m from the beach, overpriced for what it is. Breakfast is appalling, eat out. Flower Boutique Hotel is 100m from the Sail, I stayed one night to check it out for friends, unbelievably cheap at about 300 baht/night, the best room is the one on the top floor which opens onto the pool. Rooms are OK, staff are a bit anal, they are used to their customers being cheap charlies and treat everyone accordingly. No breakfast here. Salmalia Boutique Hotel is excellent, again breakfast not recommended. Nesta Hotel is right on the Seafront, big Highland (Starbucks type) Coffee shop on the front. Best rooms are garden access rooms where the pool is. However, having stayed in Da Nang a lot, I would go to Hoi An instead, 30 minutes more in the taxi, specifically An Bang (everywhere else is horrible) and stay at Shala Boutique Hotel 2-3* at about 900 THB/night, nice pool, nice rooms, no bar, don't take breakfast there. Or the Watermark Beachside Hotel, about 2,500 THB/night, breakfast is excellent and they serve cocktails in the pool, only about 9 rooms, or The Shoreline Stay opposite, the hotels are practically identical. All these hotels are on a sandy lane 3m wide down to the beach not suitable for cars. Great dining & bar options in An Bang.

Don't try leaving the country with too much cash on you. If you change more than you can leave the country with legally, there will be a marker set for you on the computer at immigration.

My advice is to have made bespoke. I use a lady in Chiang Rai who makes my sofa's, she also does curtains but she outsources those and I go direct to her sub-contractors. Enclosed are 2 photos, the red one is 5 years old and used almost daily, the blue ones are 3 years old and used occasionally. Just keep turning the cushions over when the fabric moves. What I like about her furniture, is it lasts, it's very heavy and about 60,000 THB for a 3 piece sofa set, but you can choose the style and the fabric. These sofa's are my design and I have put 12 of this design in new houses I've build over the last 10 years or so. The older ones still look like new. The frames are VERY heavy, when completely worn out, she will utilise them again. She also refurbishes the 5* hotel in Chiang Rai, if you want her details, PM me.

sorry wrong thread. Note to self, be careful posting after a heavy meal with copious quantities of red wine

Do you know what I like about the 540i? It's because its acceleration is good, not as good as an EV, but for the day, massive torque in any gear. It didn't sound like a V8, on the contrary it just had a muted hum.