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1) Please what is the tourist visa fee for Thai citizens entering Laos WITH a passport? 

2) What are the total fees for Thai citizens entering Laos on a 3 day border pass WITHOUT a passport?

I'm looking for a great international hotel buffet, whether breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Four or five star would be great but qny ideas welcome.

My flight arrives at Don Meuang at 21:45 Monday night. Is there a way to get to Pattaya that evening, such as a bus that leaves from near Don Meuang? Not looking for a taxi Cheers.

I will do a holiday in Phuket with some friends. I would like to have my bicycle with me during the trip. Does anyone know the approximate cost to send a mountain bike from Nong Khai to Phuket either by Thai post or a shipping service like Kerry Express? (I'm unable to check myself because I live in Vientiane and will cross over with my bicycle) Does it cost a couple hundred baht or a couple thousand baht? I would not be disassembling it or putting it in a box. And could it arrive quickly like in 1-2 days? 

2 hours ago, action said:

Classic Aseannow...  Ask for some websites because you want to build a bike and all you get are 4 replies telling you not to do it.  Awesome!!

 

I build bikes all the time.  It would help if you told us what kind of bike you want to build.  I'm building a dirt jump bike and a freeride bike now.  A couple of BMX bikes will be next.  Building bikes is fun and easy if you have the right tools and know-how.  Don't let the bar stool finger jockeys deter you.  

 

worldbike.co.th

888bike.net

those are a couple.  But honestly I have the best luck on FB marketplace.  If second hand is what you are after.  For better or worse, I buy a lot of parts on Amazon from the USA.  Shipping isn't too bad and duties on bike parts is 10%  I just got a Manitou Circus fork for the dirt jumpper from Amazon, $600 fork, paid $80 for shipping.  Arrived in about 3 weeks.

 

 

Thanks for the helpful info @action. I'm looking to build a hybrid/gravel bicycle but with Flat Bar handlebars. I would like a lightweight bicycle but that can take some potholes and gravel as there is a lot of this where I live. I'm currently on a fullblown MTB but using it for the road and it is overkill, as it's very heavy. I have a 70,000 baht budget for everything. My local bike repair shop (they repair but don't sell parts) told me they thought I would get a better bang for the buck if I bought all the parts online at promotion or discount prices and then had the shop assemble them, rather than buy a complete bicycle. So I am in the very early stages of this....

I'm looking for some websites to get good deals on frames, shifters, cassettes, and all bicycle parts in the hope of ordering and having my local mechanic assemble a DIY bike. I'm familiar with Probike but hope there are some others that perhaps sell less well known and more economically priced frames and parts.

Does anyone know if this exists in Thailand and/or it's possible to obtain? I think it would help me.

Hello I am thinking of taking my bicycle on the train from Nong Khai to Bangkok. Is this possible, how much is it, and are there any details I need to know? Used to be possible, no box or folding needed, but that was 10 years ago. 

I've heard great things about the new weight loss medicine Semaglutide, which goes under the brand name Rybelsus in pill form in some places. 

Does anyone know if this is available in Thailand and if so, where?

Preferably in pill, not injection form.

Cheers

Has anyone noticed anything odd while using Bitkub recently such as difficulty withdrawing or otherwise? Just asking giving the FTX meltdown and contagion. 

16 hours ago, dj230 said:

Well chemically MDMA is a norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine releasing agent so it’s similar to meth, cocaine and other amphetamines. 
 

I’d say it’s pretty addictive considering dopamine and serotonin are the two main chemicals responsible for addiction. 
 

I am surprised people buy fentanyl from black markets, nor do I think opioids are addictive like people say, to be honest and don’t understand why people use it to get high. They use fentanyl or ketamine in hospital sometimes before they put you to sleep. I don’t ever feel any urge to take those medications again. I think the addiction has to do with those with chronic pain, who would like to live life pain free and their addiction is more to the ability to be pain free versus the medication/drug itself. 

Opiods such as opium, codeine, heroine, fentanyl are very addictive, you would understand if you tried on a recreational basis. It gives you a feeling that everything is good and happy in mild form and a euphoric rush if a bit stronger. Takes the pain away too, hence it being used in the hospital.

MDMA may be similar chemically to yaaba but from personal experience it is not super addictive. A lot of care needs to be had taking it though.

Ketamine is not an opioid, it's a dissassociative, and its effect is very different; at low dosages it helps you enjoy the party and puts the beats in sync, at higher dosages it is somewhat psychedelic and you can experience yourself leaving your body, it's a bit hard to describe and different variants give different effect. At high dosages its numbing and you don't feel pain, hence it being used during surgery. 

2 hours ago, dj230 said:

Interesting interpretation, on the flip side let’s say she got off with a slap on the wrist. That would give a sign to other drug dealers the Thailand is open for drug dealing, just put your boyfriends name on a the package of drugs and carry on ruining the country. I think Thailand has every right to protect their country and citizens by incarcerating drug dealers.  
 

If you know the consequences of doing illegal activities then I think when you face the conveniences it’s fair game. I think most feel bad for her in the sense that her life is over but I don’t see how one could say she doesn’t deserve it. 
 

 

The war on drugs needs to be rethought; it’s responsible for terrible violence and corruption and lack of education due to the war on drugs is responsible for deaths and overdoses as well as ingesting unintended substances or dangerous amounts. Society needs a new way - personally I  am for decriminalization and social education on drugs. 
 

Furthermore, the drugs received (mdma) is typically not much more dangerous than cannabis unless too  much is inadvertently taken, and cannabis was just legalized. You can abuse either but more people abuse cannabis than mdma. Mdma is a party drug and while it does have some addictive qualities, it isn’t at the level of something like fentanyl or yaaba. 

10 hours ago, Gecko said:

Open both trading sites, compare volume and price and cryptos tradable on each platform.

Yep, that's what I'm doing. Just wanted to hear some feedback from people who use both as well.

2 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Yes.

Cool, I guess it's the iPhone version only that is not being permitted. I don't have an iPad but am thinking of buying one in part to use the PiP feature as it's so valuable to me.

Is there any way to get YouTube Picture-In-Picture to work on iPhone or iPad? I would even pay for the Premium service if I knew it would work. Thanks. 

Which of the two biggest Thai exchanges is better, and why?

Is there any place online to buy secondhand Macbooks in Thailand? Ideally from end sellers. Overseas you've got eBay for example but Lazada doesn't really seem to have much. 

All the edges edges turn blue after I put my passport in the frame as shown in the example Lazada displays, for many seconds. However, the screen does not advance and I am unable to press on “Scan the Passport” and don’t see anywhere else I should press to advance to the next screen. Please what am I doing wrong?

Two great suggestions thanks to both of you !

Does anyone know the time of the day of last free bus shuttle each evening from Suvarnabhumi to Don Meuang? The info I found online doesn’t seem to be current.