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15 hours ago, xylophone said:

 

Yes it has, so I thought I would chip in and give it my 10 pennyworth (or more)!

 

As it happens I haven't been out to Bangla more than a handful of times over the last 2 to 3 months, mainly because I haven't really felt like it – – perhaps because I'm getting old. That aside, it has become distinctly "old hat" to me and a few of my friends, and as I am not one for sitting on a bar stool discussing nothing in particular, the whole place feels very boring.

 

So an update here, as I see it: – the few times I have been out, I have eaten at Blue Beach Café and Restaurant as one is assured of good food and good service, by excellent wait staff, so it makes a good start to the evening.

 

Although I have been past what was once my favourite venue to belt out a song or two, "Red Hot", I haven't had the inclination to go in, mainly because a couple of the band have left and I haven't seen the great lady singer Mayen there for a while, and she always helped me with the high notes on "Don't Stop Believing". To add to that a couple of friends who have been along have said that it is being populated by Russian folk, with the band adapting to the new clientele, by singing more Russian songs – – not for me thank you!

 

Now a good place to sit and watch the world go by on Bangla, is what used to be Smiley Bar and is now Blue Lotus café, so I will have to give that a try as in days gone by it was a good spot for people watching.

 

Soi Sansabai is certainly seeing a lot of activity with regards to new building/renovations going on, which makes it terribly crowded when trying to navigate a homeward path on the back of a motorbike taxi, because the building activity, new café's and restaurants and the inability of certain members of the human race to be able to keep to one side of the road, makes life very difficult.

 

Further up in Soi Banzaan, the previously named "Canada House", now turned into a bar, is struggling for custom (who'd have thought it??), so the ladies working in the bar have taken to sitting on stools on the side of the road so that they can be seen by passers-by, which doesn't seem to have had much of an effect and I don't think I've ever seen one customer in there?

 

Onto Nanai and the recently opened "Blue Sky" bar is about as popular as a rattlesnake in a lucky dip with customers. Further along, the long-awaited opening of the Italian restaurant "Verdi" (I think) happened a couple of weeks ago, but I have no idea if it is being frequented by customers or not, although on the few times I've driven by it doesn't seem to be busy in the slightest.......and that seems to be par for course in Nanai at the moment with the recently refurbished/reopened "Chang bar", almost opposite two other bars "Rock Bar and Long Time Bar" doing nothing much at all other than wasting electricity by being open!

 

The same could be said for many other bars such as the "Thirsty Lizard" and the recently opened black bar called "Hurricane Rock Bar". However the lack of activity in Nanai has not stopped someone opening a new restaurant venture in south Nanai where two other restaurant ventures failed in quick succession and I think I noticed something about a "Fondue" when driving by so whether that's what they are serving or the name of it, I'm not sure?

 

Traffic congestion seems to have eased somewhat what with the restriction caused by the roadworks/water works debacle, getting a little better, but it is still not fixed completely.

 

There are another couple of reasons I'm not been out recently, one is that I seem to have acquired some sort of allergy, which often happens around this time of the year, and I wish I could find out what was causing it, because it makes me feel very tired and lethargic should I say, so staying in and watching a movie seems a good option with a good bottle of red (please don't tell me it's the red wine which is causing it because I wouldn't want to change the habit of a lifetime, well almost anyway).

 

I'm hoping to get out to the restaurant called, "West" over the next week or so to sample their "Châteaubriand" as they call it, and being able to take a good bottle of my own wine along, helps tremendously. Either before or after that I will go to the Italian restaurant in Soi Patong Beach, "Amena e Core" which serves good Italian food, and lets me bring my good bottle of wine for a small surcharge.

 

Something else I will add which has made me think just recently was that the last time I went out I noticed that the lady drinks were now 220 baht, and having visited an old friend whom I've known for probably 10 years, at one of the bars, just to catch up and have a chat, I was surprised at the price of these lady drinks, so for this particular woman I slipped her a few hundred baht "under the table" as well as buying her a couple of drinks. Having said that I'm afraid my days of buying thousands of baht's worth of drinks for the bar girls has long gone, because at one time you could have a conversation with them, but now not so much.

 

I suppose that for someone like me who's been here for 17 years, it's only natural that the attraction of Bangla would wane somewhat, and it certainly has for me, and as I'm not one for sitting at a bar stool during the daytime, or really during the evening for that matter, more than say once a week, it's really to catch up with a friend or two, or to have a change from cooking my own food, and eating out – – luckily there are some nice restaurants around, a few more of which I have to try.

 

Anyway, high season is approaching and so the hustle and bustle, toil and trouble will be upon us again soon.
 

LOL
17 years it took ya to get bored?>  I got bored after 11  🙂 and when i left patong in '96 for kamala, never looked back
I do drive thru, about 1x/month, in the daytime.  Had a meal at the NEW taco bell last week in Jung ceylon

220 for lady drinks!!!! my god, whats bf and st  ? 4,000+++
 

register here:https://www.thailandpostmart.com/ 
than go here and pay:  https://www.thailandpostmart.com/product/1013460000929/Courier-Pass-Back-envelope/
include the email they send you confirming payment with your package to Bangkok>

it was not rocket science 

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10 thousand baht fee

WTF: to Help you with submission?>   wow

17 hours ago, NextG said:

Of course, but you needed a copy of the ID of the landlord or lessor, a copy of the Tabien Baan or Chanote and your rental agreement…. did you not?

If the landlord doesn’t supply those, then you cannot do it yourself. 
If they do, then it’s no issue for you to do it online at your convenience. 

yep; got all the docs needed>>>:-)

49 minutes ago, NextG said:

This thread is with regard to Jomtien/Chonburi, not Phuket and, in addition, you must be a house owner. 

 

https://www.thaiembassy.com/thailand-visa/about-tm30-thailand

 

The TM30 form is also called “Notification from House-Master, Owner or the Possessor of the Residence where Alien has Stayed”.

 

Not the tourist. Some people who may own their homes may be in a different position, as they will be responsible for filing the TM. 30 in the first instance and therefore fines can be levied on the house owner. 

 

The ‘alien’ is under no obligation to do so! They only need to supply the requested document to the owner/landlord/manager(passport). 




 

 

 

 

says it right above

......the Possessor of the Residence where Alien has Stayed”.
I have been registering the address  where i stay using the online tm for for ages and i merely rent the house

Unfortunately every immigration is deferent so saying you dont need to do a new tm30 is not true

PHUKET requires a new tm 30 anytime u stay out of phuket at a hotel which files a tm 30

OR if you leave the country

easy to just do it online:
  https://tm30.immigration.go.th/tm30api/loginExternal.jsp?value=EXT&id=a57f17080938c12ec18918280ab1c296

bamnutsak  HUH:
LOOK i sent my package to Bangkok on the 13th  by mail an this is what i was informed on the 27th
take it for what its worth>  Have you applied for a Passport recently? 

You requested routine service when you applied. Routine service can take 8-11 weeks. Our processing times begin the day we receive your application at a passport agency or center, not the day you mail your application or apply at a local acceptance facility.

Phuket has a drive thru service<  Just hand them ur passport, wait 2 minute's and they return it to you with new report date  🙂

did mine Oct 12th<  ( 15 months before due to expire) paid by credit card $130 and 100 baht for ems return<
printed everything out and sent by ems ot bangkok 13th>  checked on 27th on the site:

Application Status: In Process

The U.S. Department of State has received your application for your passport book on 10/24/2023. We're now reviewing your application and supporting documents.

You requested routine service when you applied. Routine service can take 8-11 weeks. Our processing times begin the day we receive your application at a passport agency or center, not the day you mail your application or apply at a local acceptance facility.

now its just a waiting game>

did this the day AFTER 90 day report, made copies of relevant info so IF i dont get it back when next 90 days is due will just mail everything in> 

NO VPN< no problems
no idea why anyone would pay an agent to do it, you still need pay for everything online, get ur own photos and have it mailed to you

start here
https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/passports/adult-passport-renew/

Click here to Check Eligibility
as far as photos>>>> just take ur current passport to the place to do ur photos and have them look the same> how hard can that be?
 

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Posted 6 hours ago

I am trying to order the courier pass back envelope, I am on the product delivery page,   could someone tell me what address to use for product delivery ?  Thank you.

 

self explanatory< i am having mine sent to my address where i live in Phuket  🙂

NOT relevant but i just noticed>
No longer can see the +, smiles, laughs people have giving my posts?????

10 hours ago, London Lowf said:

But were there any customers using them?

 

Last night, at 10:30pm, I went to (maybe?) the premier bar in central Kamala - I was the only customer for close to an hour. I left at 1:00am and there were two customers left. Okay, their regular music offering is very poor on that night and the weather wasn't playing ball, but it was a Saturday night after all!

 

 

Yes, had lunch at surin friday<  lots of familes on the beach
as far as traffic, same day Surin beach to the chern taly police station was backed up
cant comment on night time anywhere as avoid bars like the plague

friend went to central saturday noonish, said packed with chinese as a cruise ship was in

noticed that kamala arrivals have doubled in the past 5 days
also Surin, one end to the other full of chairs, umbrellas and restaurant's

Pre covid, Surin was designated a "virgin" beach and nothing was allowed on the beach
Last year there was nothing on the beach , while from the top to the bottom, both sides of the small road where places to eat and rest
NOW its back to loungers /umbrellas on the beach>

$$$$$$$$  ;-(

19 hours ago, paul1804 said:

There is a moral to his story, stay away from drugs!!

NOPE:
moral:
dont sell to Anyone you dont know

20 hours ago, gearbox said:

AFAIK there are no laws in Thailand in regards to wild camping. Obviously it is illegal to camp on private land without asking the owner. The beaches in Thailand are owned by the king and are public property.

 

I've camped on quite a few beaches straight on the sand (he'll need sand pegs), in official camp sites of the national parks, and on secluded remote beaches on the south islands.

 

Ao Yon and Panwa are not secluded, there are plenty of hotels there, no facilities and as TiT the owners around may call the police to move him out. Much better to head south to the camp sites of the Tarutao National Park, the camp sites have good facilities and he'll meet plenty of interesting travellers.

as have i when i cycled thru Thailand < I prefer to be back under the trees thou  ????

it is not illegal to camp in Thailand>
plenty of camping sites (Layan beach, Sirinath National Park) is beautiful 
 

obviously forgot the monthly payment

55 for RE extension
Could apply for a EG extension ( looking for work) used to be valid for 6 months , not sure if thats still the case, otherwise 3 months and she'd need leave and repeat
or using an agent and paying a bit more, an EB extension ( working)

On 10/5/2023 at 7:13 PM, StayinThailand2much said:

Can I apply for a business visa? Where, and how much? And how long can I stay with it in Cambodia?

YES<VOA  $35<
valid for 1 month
extend to 3,6, 12 months
EB,EG,ER  ( work,looking for work, (ONLY 3 months now) retired ( over 55) 
VERY easy/simple
6,12 month extension are multiple entry

If ur under 55, but want stay a year, an agent will "assist":-)
IN fact use an agent always.....
Extensions ONLY issued in PP

back in the 80's,if you stayed over 180 days/year regardless of what visa you were on, you HAD to show a tax clearance certificate when you left>
It costs 1,000 baht/

so  they require you have 800,000 (or 400,000 if ur married)in the bank
and they want tax you on it when you send it here?

wow
 

2 hours ago, Daithi85 said:

Hi guys.

I have a friend who went to Vientiane on a visa run to get a tourist visa.

They have both new and old passport and want to get the visa in the new passport.

They entered Laos using the old passport instead of coming in using the new one.

Will the Thai embassy except a new passport with no stamps or can they go to the immigration office in loas and change over passports?

Thanks for any advice.

How did he enter Laos n an OLD -passport?
When we get a new US book,the old one is cancelled
would have assume other countries were the same but guess not  

NOTE:
fully refundable tickets- credit card charge :-)