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treetops

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  1. Bangkok Bank London do not open personal accounts. You have to register with them for the transfer service and the requirements are in the link given above. You need to show proof of a UK address which could be difficult for many. As said, use a money transfer company - much easier, quicker and cheaper.
  2. Who owns the other 49% of the first company? If it's other Thais it means the company is about 25% foreign owned, not about 75%.
  3. Jomtien also appear to have changed to calculating it from the due date rather than the approval date. My last one was due 2nd February, submitted 18th January and approved 19th with the next submission due on the 19th April. I "lost" 13 days back then.
  4. That doesn't stop it from being the international language of business, academia etc.
  5. This 10 minute taxi trip was after they had taken refuge in a police station following the 2 hour chase.
  6. There is also the potential that signing her home over to you is seen as "deliberate deprivation of assets" and could affect her rights to care when still alive.
  7. 5th from the bottom.
  8. How many boxes? Size? Weight? Chiang Mai City or whereabout in the province?
  9. Several of the sources referenced are from Berg's own website and youtube channel. Does that make them dubious? Another for example is dirtyscam.com which may not be as professional or open minded as others.
  10. I have no idea hence I didn't express an opinion. Just put it out there for debate. The wiki itself has links to it's sources but again I have no idea of their reliability.
  11. Not everyone thinks as highly of him as you appear to. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Eric_Berg Anti vaxer Scientologist Conspiracy theorist Allegedly.
  12. Not all cash withdrawals have immediate interest.
  13. Because it's of no help with the OPs problem of trying to register with Wise?
  14. That would happen if you were booked on one PNR to your final destination as the airline is obliged to get you there, and would likely be OK with the times you suggest. If on a seperate ticket to your internal flight you'd be on your own and the timing mentioned in the OP is crazy.
  15. I think you've been to Thailand many times. You should realise this is a crazy idea.
  16. Do you know whoever holds your spare keys well enough? Me and a mate hold each others and if one of us is away the other pops in now and then to check everything is OK. Also to pick up and pay bill for condo fees/water. Water is switched off at the main valve. Electricity is left on as 3 months in the freezer is no problem (also for some things in the fridge) and bill paid by direct debit. When coming back one of us will fill the others fridge with basics for the return if required.
  17. Unfortunately they're often used for nefarious purposes and web delivery and security companies like Cloudfare may blacklist their IP addresses, thus negating the benefit for genuine users who'll have to switch them off in such circumstances.
  18. Once it's surrounded by water butts, blue piping and pumps, and the garish interior walls decorated with cartoon stickers, and the hardstanding filled with all sorts of vehicles and assorted junk it'll look like all the other ones built to someone's exclusive design.
  19. I agree that's a possibility as I watched a build going up a couple of years ago which was converted as you say. Initially 4 apartments on two upper levels with parking/storage below. Apartments were easily let, so the developer filled in the downstairs space to make it 12 apartments. Pics below. I don't think that's the case here as the left hand side of the house is genuinely two habitable/usable floors (stairs up and down from the room inside the entrance) and it's only the right hand side which has the low height basement. I think it was designed from the outset like this.
  20. Yes, after clicking on a particular restaurant. I tried a few and they all had it but just tried a few more and it appears not all do. Pizza Hut has it but Domino's doesn't for example. I use Tap Translate Screen. It's fiddly to select the text to start with but you soon get the hang of it.
  21. Agreed - I used Agoda primarily when travelling monthly within Thailand for over a year during covid. I've lost count of the times I wanted to stay an extra night or two and the hotel reception could beat the Agoda price. Mainly I think that's down to reception staff not having the authority to reduce the walk-in rates, but as you say, if you can deal with an owner (or manager) your chances improve. I do this now with a hotel I stay in every couple of weeks and the manager still honours my covid times rate.
  22. Well it was posted over 11 years ago. Time and technology has probably moved on.
  23. Android phone and no 3 lines for me either, but in a couple of the images in the OP you can see an option for Menu Language. I see that too and it appears to have defaulted to English for me so nothing to change. Only the menus are translated though, if the restaurant name is in Thai I still have to use a translation app if I want to know it.
  24. Yes, another common occurence nowadays. I do a lot of slightly longer trips than just about town (~300 baht to Sri Racha) and thought it was they weren't guaranteed a pick up to come back, but now noticing it on shorter ones too.
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