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I also recommend the Phadaeng Mansion, stayed there twice in the last three months. Good value for 500 baht and terrific service as well.

Do a search of this forum, brings up 11 different threads with places to stay in Ubon.

Phone number for Phadaeng if you wish to book is 045-254600, 045-263263. Not sure if they have a website or not, maybe MeMock will know for sure.

Best Regards

Mr Conrad

Thanks for the phone number, I have made a booking...

It's actually surprisingly easy and cheap to mail a bike. I do it all the time. In and out of the post office in a few minutes and no prep on the bike required. However its good to know that a trustworthy rental agent exists. A rarity in Thailand I think.

Sunee Grand is the newest and best hotel in Ubon, but I think rooms start at 1500/night. Several restaurants, Supermarked, shopping mall, banks, water amusement park, massage/spa, and more in the same complex.

There are alternatively several "mansions" in town, with ok rooms, and one is Padaeng Mansion in Padaeng rd. - rooms are 400/500, just across from WrongWay Cafe (one of the expat meeting places)

For a day trip I would recommend khong Chiam, about 60 km east of Ubon, where The Moon and the Mekong rivers meet, and at the same time visit Pha Taem National park which is nearby.

Thanks, Padaeng Mansion looks good.

I've never been to Ubon, but I decided to visit for a week over Christmas as Air Asia is selling seats for about 650 baht each way.

Any suggestions for new(ish) hotels in the 600-1000 baht price range?

Also I thought I would mail my Honda Wave to Ubon to avoid renting and transport hassles. Any suggestions for day trips?

Thanks for your help!

the roof - ladprao soi 48.

not sure of the pricings, will check and get back to u guys.

How is the ambiance of the roof ? Is this place a pub or restaurant ? Food pricing reasonable ?

How is the ambiance of the roof ? - its open-air, on the roof of a whole block of shop houses(around 5-6 shop houses, therefore its not small). live band: singing thai songs, and some english oldies. quiet place, good place to chill with friends or GF.

Is this place a pub or restaurant ? - its the typical thai pub/restaurant, but most of the customers just seat around, chill, drink beer and enjoy the atmosphere of Bangkok (at night). it aint like those sukhumvit bars/pubs, the music and ambiance gives cosy feeling.

Food pricing reasonable ? - it is similar to the normal Thai pub/restaurant. its not ex.

i grade the place 8/10.

I've been here 15 years and I've never been to a pub that had live music played at even close to a level that didn't hurt my ears and my brain. But that's my problem for sure.....

There were quite a few MERREL shoes at 50 percent off at Supersports at Central Chidlom last month. Don't know if they are still there. Of course 50 percent off just means they were priced as is normal in the West.

places where u can get MERREL shoes:

1. The Mall - they have the the mall bang kapi, ngamwongwan, thak pak, etc,

2. Siam paragon - being a part of the mall group

3. Emporium - other wing of the mall group

for more details u can google: the mall Thailand.

my advise, maybe u can try ECCO shoes.

Make sure you google "ECCO soles" before making the decision to buy their shoes. ECCO has lost the plot entirely. Sad, because they were my favorite shoes.

Closest one is at the Tesco Lotus about one kilometre down Rama 1 from Paragon. I would say easiest thing would be just to ask at the information desk in Paragon how to get to Tesco Lotus and one of the very pretty English speaking attendants will give you directions.

I bought an lg 42pj350 42 inch plasma a couple of months ago for 17K. I guess its an older model and not full HD but its a truly awesome move up from my old Sharp CRT.

I'm amazed at the variety of functional affordable technologies in my condo that offers me incredible entertainment. Internet, torrents, music, video, etc. etc.

What a world!

Expecting Thai drivers to stay stopped after the pedestrians have crossed is hopeless.

However, as in Chiang Mai and in the pedestrian crossings at Khao San Road, they will stop (usually) with a red light and when they see a pedestrian in the zebra area. That's a great thing compared to what it used to be like trying to cross.

I doubt that its very much more dangerous now for tourists who don't understand the system than it was when they were trying to cross a busy street with no light.

Do you really believe that because somebody said it and the paper printed it that it is true?

BTW I ovelook the on Nut extension and have seen no work, or even anybody on the track or the nearest station, for at least 9 months.

Actually the OP mentionned briefly the reason: some equipment for the extension is yet to be delivered because the guy responsible for the procurement was about to retire and too afraid to sign any purchase order. It seems this kind of equipment needs more than a year to be delivered and they realized it was missing only when they were supposed to install it.

So, now, they're just waiting for the delivery. Then they will have to install, test, and finally open. Seems it's going to be some time in 2011

It's amazing to me how many people believe that is the real reason it is not open yet. I don't know the real reason, but I'm pretty sure that the one put out for public consumption by the powers that be is not anywhere close to accurate!

In Chiang Mai and several areas in Bangkok with pedestrian crossing lights the cars almost always stop when a pedestrian is crossing. I think that's a hel_l of a lot better than before the lights were there. It's still screwed up and dangerous, but I appreciate the effort (whatever is motivating it)!

Any suggestions for a quality shoe repairer? No real luck with the street vendors on my Eccos (Rama 2 is a bit too far for me) and the guy I talked to in the shop in the basement of Robinsons at Asoke didn't inspire confidence. I hadn't really thought they could be repaired but now I have hope....

Change the system locale to English...

Control Panel >> Regional and Language Options.

Actually you must go to Regional and Language Options then to Advanced and then change Language for non Unicode programs to English.

I know because it took me a frustrating hour to figure it out with my printer.

I just remembered that Ecco offered me 50 percent off a new pair made in Thailand or 40 percent off of an imported pair. Since they were on sale at the time it wasn't much of a discount.... Here is the letter I sent them (I've got time on my hands :

Dear Kuhn _______ ,

Thanks for your reply to my email and kind of offer of a discount on a new pair of Ecco shoes.

After reading your email, I googled ecco business comfort hydrolosys . I now can easily understand the difficulty Ecco must have dealing with so many complaints and problems especially given the many international divisions and the complexities of unified corporate communication that accompanies Ecco's business structure.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=8h&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADFA_enTH363TH363&q=ecco+business+comfort++hydrolosys

I also discovered that the first google result displayed included a comment from someone who said that they worked for Ecco talking specifically about my shoes. "As a final note, I have seen complaints about soles splitting, or cracking down the forefoot (horizontally) and would like to clarify on this as well, as far as I know it was a defect on one shoe called the Business Comfort."

My pair of Business Comfort shoes did remain attractive, comfortable, and functional beyond the one year product warranty period. I understand why Ecco considers the splitting of the soles after the one year warranty period to be a result of normal wear. However, I expected more from Ecco based on your advertising, projection of quality and my previous experiences. I'm dissapointed, but I sadly accept that that's life at the morally confused intersection of corporate marketing and consumer desire.

I did stop by Central Chidlom yesterday evening and saw that Ecco shoes are, as usual, discounted 20 percent. Is your offer of a special discount of 40% or 50% off of the discounted price. If so, I wll buy another pair and see how it goes

Thank you for your kind attention to my concerns!

Excellent!!!!!

The soles of my 5200 baht Ecco shoes purchased in Thailand split and cracked. They were out of the one year warranty period and Ecco Thailand said they couldn't be repaired and offered me a 20 percent discount on another pair.

I learned everything I needed to know about Ecco's comittment to quality and customer care by googling "Ecco soles". Try it!

Unfortunatly they are\were my favorite brand of shoes!

I will take them to your guy and see what happens.

I live at a condo on Rajadamri next to the Four Seasons Hotel, a short walk from Rajadamri BTS station, that has a squash court and I am looking for people to play with. The court is free and is OK (could use paint and a clean-up)with AC (that doesn't always work very well). There is a changing room with showers and lockers. I'm probably at a low intermediate/high beginner level.

Please send a message with your phone number and I'll give you a call.

Rick

I confess that I am a chilpolte addict and the only way that I have found them is thru amazon.com, where they have several types.......some sold in bulk at $7-$8/lb. A lb of dried peppers goes a long way. To get them, I have friends or relatives bring over or re ship to me. I've never had them sent direct......but they do ship international.

What i love about chilpoltes is that they have a nice smokey flavor......not like the Thai peppers that are just blazing hot and deaden your tongue for any other flavors.

http://www.donsfoods.com/productlist_page2.html

Cheap, Good, and he will deliver!

You can buy it online in Thailand for 80 Baht. Go to http://www.google.co.th/ (use the Thai language option) and then use this search string: Tom's of Maine toothpaste

Thanks for your input, Xircal, but which link on the Google results are you referring to where I can buy for 80 baht?

I doubt you can buy it online for 80 baht, hope I'm wrong as I miss their products also.

I'm still looking for squash players. Please send me a message with your phone number and I'll get right back to you.

It's doing it on random computers and networks all over Bangkok. Wonder what happened....

Exact same problem with True in the Rajprasong area and on the Thammasat computer system in Rangsit, so it must be something widespread.

I did notice that if I close the message box, wait for the page to show up as not available, and then hit the back button the page will load fine....

Answering my own question.....The grocey store in Paragon now sells a line of fragrance free laundry detergents and cleaning supplies from a company called Seventh Generation.

Well overpriced, but at least its available.

Hi Carl,

I moved back a couple of months ago, but I haven't been able to get the idiots to fix the lights. Hopefully it will be fixed shortly. Give me a call as I no longer have your number.