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Seems as if the trunk used to be 72.2 m long, but they had to cut 2.5 metres off to make commemorative paper weights for visiting dignitiries.

Not only wandering people but some very stoopid ones considering there is a wide walking/running track alonside the dedicated cycling track.....I once saw a farang couple nonchalantly pushing their child in a push chair up the cycle track. Maybe because the track had more trees shading it? But some really fast training cyclists used to use that track. Also a bit dangerous if you came off your bike (bicycle) as the track has a concrete raised boundary 'step' along parts of the narrow track.

Water water everywhere NOR ANY drop to drink. Get it right!

I once visited a wat in the afternoon and saw with my own eyes how a favourite drink of the monks was a few large spoons full of sweetened condensed milk mixed 50:50 with hot water and drank. This was permitted. Not hard to see why monks have trouble keeping their weight down.

Big difference between Debit and Credit cards: My Thai BB Debit Card does not have my name on the card. My UK Debit card only has my name in small letters at the base of the card so no embossed letters to make an (old style) counter purchase. This probably explains why Debit cards are more likely to be refused although the UK card allows for a contactless payment. My Thai card also has the contactless icon so I assume that works (in Thailand?) as well.

It could be that they are selling some items as a "loss leader" to get favourable reviews? The next time you order from this company it might be a different story.

A few? years ago Sheryl posted the names of about 6 Thai creams with the same ingredients as Savlon. I visited about 5 pharmacies in Bangkok but none of them had heard or stocked these creams. I suspect there is a ban on the ingredients used in Savlon.

I have given up buying progressive spectacles in Thailand. I bought two pairs (one was also photochromatic) over 3 or 4 years ago at Specsavers in London. This included a free comprehensive eye test (just had to say I was a UK tax payer for NHS paid-for test). The whole cost was 350 pounds and I still use both sets daily. I just checked and cant see a single scratch on either of them. Specsavers keeps emailing me inviting me for another eye test. I will take them up on the offer on my next visit but probably decline ordering new glasses. The 4 year old ones are still good for me (even though I suspect my eyesight is IMPROVING with age. No more Thai specs for me.

I am interested in buying a condo (foreign quota) and putting it in my name together with a friend's (farang) name as joint ownership. The objective is to let the condo ownership pass automatically from one party to the other when one party dies. I have heard that this can be done (somehow) at the Bangkok Land Department but I am specifically interested in how this can be achieved in the Pattaya (Jomtien) area. Questions I have include: Does the money to purchase the condo have to come from both parties i.e.half-half, or can one party pay the total amount? Does there have to be a separate 'agreement' drawn up to detail the joint ownership. By a lawyer or just a hand written agreement? Upon death of one party does the surviving party have to change of ownership from 2 names to one name with the land department, or can the survivor just carry on using the condo with both names registered? If the survivor wanted to sell the condo I can see that some legal processes would then be required but at this stage I am not concerned about this. Any experience/advice about this would be gratefully received. Note that I am also not concerned about the condo being sold from under me by the joint owner if we have a bust-up. The person in question is already named in my will to inherit my far more expensive Bangkok condo. Joint ownership seems like a convenient way to pass on property without the normal transfer requirements. Thanks