Jdietz

Yeah 6 am to midnight, Trains actually start running about 15 minutes beforehand to 'fill up' the tracks. If you're lucky you can skip by a security guard with a smile and catch one. Stations doors fully open at exactly 6 though.

IIRC Siam Penthouse is in soi 6, opposite that church. Not exactly a Klong Thoey Slum fire.

Visa is required for almost everyone entering Cambodia.

Visa requirements are very strict, all rules need to be followed, or visa will be refused.

Below I will list the requirements.

1. $20

Basically if a monkey shows up with $20 and a passport he'll get his visa on arrival.

Bus 48, the pink ones are nice and airconditioned now, goes all the way along Sukhumvit, ends at Wat Pho.

14-16 Baht, depending on where you get on, 8 Baht if you take the old fan clunkers on the same route.

Toys-R-US, in the Carrerfour center on Rama IV road, or a larger outlet in Central Bang-Na.

Can someone tell me what the SWIFT code is for Bank Of Ayudyha? Or point me in the direction of a link that would give that info? I want to transfer some cash into my account there and I dont want to have to call them from overseas just to ask that

thanks in advance

From their website:

Inward Remittance Services

Service Feature

With faster and more secure international remittance system (SWIFT), you can receive inward remittance for your money transfer from remitter worldwide. The remitter just have to correctly indicate your account name/number and Bank of Ayudhya SWIFT Code (AYUDTHBK) to ensure that the amount of money will be directly credited into your account.

Remittance Fees:

• 0.25% of amount transferred (min. THB 200.00 and max. THB 500.00)

• THB 20.00 per transaction in case the recipient account is outside specific clearing zone (Clearing zone covers Bangkok and metropolitan areas)

Condition :

For remittance amount equivalent to USD 20,000.00 or above , the customer must fill in Foreign Exchange Transaction Form as per Bank of Thailand’s Regulations.

http://www.krungsri.com/en/ourservice-cons...st.aspx?cid=207

my tourist visa expired on 1 november 2009 ( 2 months)

then i will go to immiration office for 1 month extention in that day

but 1 november in sunday !! the immigration office is might be closed on sunday ; does it matter if i go there

on 2 november on monday?? will it be problem or not ?!

or shall i better go there on 30 october !! is saturdays also closed at 31 oct.? accually i dont want to lose days....

will be glad for the right answers my question.

thanks.

You can go at any time BEFORE the visa expires, and get a 30 days extension (disclaimer here, not for all countries of origin, check). It doesn't matter if you go weeks in advance, the extension will be added to the end of your visa.

If you go after it expires, you will be pointed to the nearest border exit to pay overstay, leave and come back on a valid visa, or be arrested and put in IDC, depending on your behavior or the kind of bad day the officer is having...

So, go tomorrow

Considering the death toll was thankfully very low, I doubt it will make a significant difference, only marginally.

regards Bojo

Have to wonder if this little piss-ant insignificant incident made news {at all} outside of the LOS..???

Almost nothing

http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=dz0M...n-US&ned=us

Bangkok Airways crash kills captain, injures 11

AsiaOne - ‎27 minutes ago‎

A Bangkok Airways turboprop skidded off a runway on the southern resort island of Koh Samui yesterday, killing its pilot and injuring 11 passengers and crew ...

Portsmouth honeymoon couple injured in Thai jet crash on Samui

Times Online - Sian Powell - ‎1 hour ago‎

A British man on his honeymoon described yesterday how he and his wife feared for their lives after an aircraft skidded off the runway at Ko Samui airport ...

Brits hurt in jet horror

The Sun - Alex Peake - ‎2 hours ago‎

FOUR Britons cheated death yesterday when this plane careered off a runway and crashed into a control tower, killing the pilot. ...

Thai Tourist Paradise Trauma

The Statesman - ‎2 hours ago‎

BANGKOK, 4 AUG: A pilot was killed and seven passengers were hospitalised today when a Bangkok Airways jet (in photographs above) skidded and hit an old ...

Plane hits air traffic tower

New Zealand Herald - ‎3 hours ago‎

A domestic airliner skidded off a runway and crashed into a disused air traffic control tower after landing last night on the Thai island of Samui. ...

Pilot killed in plane crash at Thai resort

Telegraph.co.uk - Thomas Bell - ‎3 hours ago‎

The pilot was killed and 7 foreign tourists hospitalised when an aeroplane slid of the runway in bad weather on the Thai holiday island of Koh Samui on ...

Plane hits control tower at Thai airport, 1 killed

The Associated Press - Ambika Ahuja - ‎4 hours ago‎

BANGKOK — A passenger plane skidded off the runway and crashed into a building after landing on the Thai resort island of Samui on Tuesday, ...

Holiday flight crashes in storm

The Press Association - ‎8 hours ago‎

A passenger plane has crashed into a building after landing on the Thai holiday island of Samui, killing the captain and injuring at least seven others. ...

Pilot Killed In Thai Runway Crash

Sky News - ‎8 hours ago‎

A pilot has been killed after his passenger plane skidded off a runway and hit a disused air traffic control tower on the Thai resort island of Ko Samui. ...

No news of Australians in Thai crash

The Age - ‎9 hours ago‎

Authorities are trying to determine if any Australians were injured when a commercial jet skidded off the runway as it landed on Thailand's resort island of ...

Thailand's Bangkok Airways plane slides off runway, pilot death ...

Xinhua - Wang Guanqun - ‎10 hours ago‎

BANGKOK, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- A plane of Bangkok Airways, the private-owned carrier, slid off runway and crashed into an old air traffic control tower on ...

Pilot killed as plane slides off runway in Thailand

ITN NEWS - ‎10 hours ago‎

A pilot has been killed, and at least 7 people injured, after a plane slid off a runway into a disused control tower on the Thai island of Koh Samui. ...

Pilot killed in Thai plane crash

BBC News - ‎10 hours ago‎

The pilot of a Thai plane has been killed and seven passengers injured as it skidded off the runway while landing on the tourist island of Koh Samui. ...

Pilot dead, 42 hurt after Thai jet skids off runway: airline, ministry

AFP - ‎5 hours ago‎

BANGKOK — A pilot was killed and seven passengers hospitalised Tuesday when a Bangkok Airways jet skidded and hit an old control tower as it landed on ...

THAILAND: AEROPLANE ACCIDENT IN SAMUI, 1 DEAD, 40 INJURED

AGI - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - ‎11 hours ago‎

(AGI) - Bangkok, 4 Aug. - Aeroplane accident occurred at the Thai airport of Koh Samui. A Bangkok Airwais domestic flight crashed into a control tower after ...

Thai plane crashes on Koh Samui, 1 dead

Reuters - Panarat Thepgumpanat, Kittipong Soonprasert - ‎11 hours ago‎

BANGKOK, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A pilot died and at least seven passengers were injured when a commercial plane slid off a runway into a disused control tower on ...

Pilot dies as plane collides with Thai control tower

Belfast Telegraph - ‎12 hours ago‎

An airplane pilot has died after an aircraft carrying nearly 70 passengers skidded off a runway and collided with an air traffic control tower in Thailand ...

Feeling guilty about Samui trip

Straits Times - ‎12 hours ago‎

I WAS on a break last week - in Koh Samui, Thailand. I flew Bangkok Airways direct. So imagine my shock when news broke about two hours ago that a Bangkok ...

Pilot dies in Thailand plane crash

The Press Association - ‎12 hours ago‎

A plane crashed into a control tower after landing on the Thai holiday island of Samui, killing the pilot and injuring at least seven people including ...

Pilot killed, 40 injured as plane skids off Koh Samui airport runway

New Straits Times - ‎12 hours ago‎

BANGKOK, Tues: A Bangkok Airways pilot was killed when his plane skidded off the runway at the popular Koh Samui Island airport. ...

Plane crashes on Thai resort island

Aljazeera.net - ‎13 hours ago‎

At least one person has been killed and 10 others injured when a passenger aircraft skidded off the runway and crashed as it came into land in heavy rain at ...

One dead as plane crashes at Thai airport

CNN - ‎13 hours ago‎

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- A Bangkok Airways plane crashed at an airport at a resort island in Thailand, killing the pilot and injuring 37 people Tuesday, ...

Pilot killed as Thai jet skids off runway on holiday island of Koh ...

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎13 hours ago‎

A Bangkok Airways pilot was killed and passengers injured when a jet skidded off the runway and hit the air traffic control tower on Thailand's tourist ...

Thai plane skid kills pilot

CBC.ca - ‎12 hours ago‎

A Bangkok Airways plane is seen after it skidded off the runway Tuesday while attempting to land during heavy rains on Koh Samui, a popular resort island ...

Bangkok Airways Plane Skids At Samui Airport, Killing At Least 10

Bernama - ‎13 hours ago‎

BANGKOK, Aug 4 (Bernama) -- A Bangkok Airways plane skidded at the popular Koh Samui Island airport, killing at least 10 people. ...

Thai terror as jet skids off runway

The Sun - Andrew Drummond - ‎13 hours ago‎

FOUR Brits were among those injured today when a Thai plane crashed killing the pilot. Two suffered broken legs when the packed Bangkok ...

Eyewitness: Israeli rescued from Thai plane

Ynetnews - ‎14 hours ago‎

An Israeli who witnessed a plane crash at the Koh Samui airport in Thailand told Ynet that he had spoken with an Israeli rescued from the aircraft, ...

Pilot killed in Thai plane crash

RTE.ie - ‎12 hours ago‎

A pilot was killed and seven passengers injured when a jet skidded off the runway as it landed on Thailand's resort island of Ko Samui and hit an old ...

Plane crashes on Thai resort island

Aljazeera.net - ‎14 hours ago‎

A passenger aircraft has skidded off the runway and crashed as it came into land in heavy rain at the Thai resort island of Koh Samui. ...

Tragedy on Thai isle as plane hits tower

The Standard - ‎3 hours ago‎

A pilot was killed and seven passengers hospitalized yesterday when a Bangkok Airways plane skidded and hit an old control tower as it landed on Thailand's ...

etc. etc. etc.

While overall statistics indicate a decline in international arrivals, I have recently flown several times from and back to Heathrow, and the planes have been full, whereas back in the days when tourism was booming I rarely flew on a full to capacity flight, often only 2 thirds or less seats occupied.

Something does not compute- in a recession surely the last place one would holiday would be Thailand, which is no bargain anymore, and flights on Thai are anything but cheap.

Two words...

Less Flights

Timeshare salesman,

He just wanted to tell you you just won a price.

You're right, all 01xxxx numbers have been converted to 081xxxx a couple of years ago.

The only 012 prefix I can find in the area is the mobitel network in Cambodia, you may want to try there...

Good luck!

012 is a valid mobile phone prefix.

If you're out of the country dial +6612... instead of 012...

also the two stars on the end may mess things up

another nail in the coffin for Thai tourism

Funny thing is that back in Australia people seem to have no problem with her arrest and hardly any sympathy at all, regarding the comments to the Herald Sun newspaper.

Doesn't seem like tourism will be affected much by the arrest of another foul mouthed ozzie sheila...

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/comments/...077-661,00.html

Working fine here in Thailand, but don't fret you're not missing much.

What a bunch of crap. It's just some random writing to fill the empty space between advertisements.

I have all scripts / flash / crap disabled by default and enable it on a per-case basis.

(http://noscript.net)

Gets rid of all annoying stuff and gets you right to the content you're actually looking for.

PS 'keepalive' just tells the other ssh process to, if it is configured to allow it, *drop the ssh connection* if keep-alives are not 'seen' at the regular interval. The purpose of a keep-alive is to stop you from being locked out of 'something' due to 'something' thinking you're still logged in (a 'bogus session')

While this is obviously true, keepalive does doe one more thing, which is important in this context: when you are idle for a while it does send the occasional query packet.

Here our great network engineers have blessed us with private routing nets and cheap NATing routers all over the place. These things tend to be starved for memory, and can't cope with the thousands of connections running through them, so after a while they tend to 'forget' (actually make room for new connections) old 'inactive' connections.

Doesn't matter, because the 'interweb' only uses short-term connections anyways, right...

So by sending these keepalive packets starved or just misconfigured NATing routers tend not to forget your session so quickly. I have had a lot of success by using this option, while other people report lots of success by switching it off...

*J*

Scissors.

Bought a pair the other day, haven't been able to open the plastic package it came in yet.

Some background information which maybe helps to get some perspective about this ceremony, as the original Nation article was a bit short on specifics regarding the ritual.

The Royal Ploughing Ceremony is an ancient Brahminical rite dating back to the Sukhothai period (1257 - 1350 A.D.) The ceremony, which heralds the start of the new rice-growing season, was undertaken to assure a successful planting season and an abundance of the nation's crops. Festivities were held to boost the farmers' morale urging them to strive for an abundant harvest for consumption and to ensure sufficient reserves for times of war and for export overseas.

The practice faded out towards the end of the reign of King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) but was later revived by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1960 (B.E. 2503). Since then, it has been observed annually.

Today, the Royal Ploughing Ceremony consists of two ceremonies - a Cultivating Ceremony known as "Phraraj Pithi Peuj Mongkol" and the Ploughing Ceremony, "Phraraj Pithi Jarod Phranangkal Raek Na Kwan". Both royal ceremonies are state events with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives assuming the role of the Lord of the Harvest or Phraya Raek Na, while four single female officials of the Ministry holding positions of second rank and above in the civil service undertake the role of the Celestial Maidens or Nang Thepi, assistants to the Lord of the Harvest.

The Cultivating Ceremony is a Buddhist ritual performed one day before the Ploughing Ceremony. Paddy and the seeds of forty other crops and ceremonial items to be used in the Ploughing Ceremony are blessed. His Majesty the King (or a representative) presides over the religious rites which are performed in the Royal Chapel of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha within the compounds of the Grand Palace. With lustral water poured over his hands and his forehead anointed by His Majesty the King, the Lord of the Harvest receives the royal blessing. The four Celestial Maidens also receive similar blessing. The Lord of the Harvest then receives the ceremonial ring and sword to be used in the Ploughing Ceremony from His Majesty the King.

The Royal Ploughing Ceremony which is held the next morning at Sanam Luang -- The Royal Ground -- begins with the Lord of the Harvest performing a rite to predict the amount of rainfall in the coming season. This is done by selecting one of three pieces of cloth of varying lengths. At the auspicious time following the arrival of His Majesty the King and members of the Royal Family, the Lord of the Harvest begins to plough the field and sows the rice seeds from the baskets carried by the Celestial Maidens. At the end of the ploughing ceremony, the ceremonial bulls are led to troughs, each containing one of seven different offerings of food or drink namely, paddy, green beans, maize, hay, sesame seed, water and liquor. Predictions regarding the success of the harvest and the abundance of particular crops in the coming season are determined by the items selected by the bulls. Then as the barricades are removed, hundreds rush into the field hoping to gather a few sacred rice grains scattered by the Lord of Harvest. These are either mixed with the farmer's own rice stock to ensure a good crop in the coming year, or simply kept as a token of good luck.

http://www.thailandgrandfestival.com/festival.asp?festID=559

also use 'screen' (man screen), basically saves your terminal session in between connects. just type 'screen' in linux the first time you connect, then when you get disconnected, next time 'screen -r' restores the screen from where you left.

Commands that were running don't get interrupted by your disconnect.

You can use ctrl-a, d to manually detach if you want.

more options in 'man screen'

use it, you'll love it.

Set keepalive on, usually if you don't do anything for a minute orso the connection drops because the intermediate (NATing) routers forget about your connection.

In Putty:

Load your session,

on the left hand side, click on 'connection'

check: enable TCP keepalives

put 30 in seconds between keepalives

Save your session.

Also, putty can auto-logon, but you have to generate a keypair with puttygen.exe (seperate download) and put the public one on the server in your home directory (/home/{user}/.ssh/authorized_keys file)

Good luck,

JD

1) Not sure but you could try fortune mall, 2nd floor phones, 3rd and 4th computer stuffs, which is convenient because you will be there already for:

2) Amorn Electronics, 4th floor fortune, large repair shop, stocks batteries and all shapes and sizes.

Fortune is right at the Phra Ram9 stop on the subway.

Good luck

Change netmask to 255.255.0.0 and all will be well... basically this jams 192.168.x.y all in one segment.

Sorry for the tongue in cheek reply, but no one really says it better than Dave Barry:

Now, you might ask, "How do I get one of those complete home

tool sets for under $4?" An excellent question.

Go to one of those really cheap discount stores where they sell

plastic furniture in colors visible from the planet Neptune and where

they have a food section specializing in cardboard cartons full of

Raisinets and malted milk balls manufactured during the Nixon

administration. In either the hardware or housewares department,

you'll find an item imported from an obscure Oriental country and

described as "Nine Tools in One", consisting of a little handle with

interchangeable ends representing inscrutable Oriental notions of tools

that Americans might use around the home. Buy it.

This is the kind of tool set professionals use. Not only is it

inexpensive, but it also has a great safety feature not found in the

so-called quality tools sets: The handle will actually break right off

if you accidentally hit yourself or anything else, or expose it to

direct sunlight.

-- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"

Pobably in Khon Kaen (Thai ขอนแก่น) is the second-largest of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand.

Thought that was Khon Cane...