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Getting my Honda ADV 160 this week. What modifications have you guys done on your bike that has had a positive benefit compared to factory spec? Im thinking I will get a phone holder for using maps while driving. Maybe a tinted front screen. Ive seen some bikes at night with extra spot lights, sometimes yellow and I could see them being helpful for night driving. Curious about the benefits of getting one of those almost looks like a half cages that I see on the lower front end of some bikes?

No idea but they edited a thread I started a couple weeks ago. I asked the question in the thread why they changed the title and they didn't have the respect to even give a response.

Many recent headlines don’t paint Koh Phan Ngan very favourable. Have these things been common over the years or just having a bad run?

By definition yes but it depends

Likely so, in an altered state of mind from chemicals of some sort, mixed with failed relationships. Also whats the best way to knock someone off in Pattaya if you’re connected well enough that it won’t be looked into? A balcony jumper is news for three days.

If that was the case there would be headlines a few times everyday of this happening in Bangkok given the population but there isn’t.

Wasn’t aware there was a mall so close. Is there much in the airport itself in regards to food/drink options? I’m guessing there is probably a place to get a massage in the airport itself.

Some great info thanks a lot.

Under different circumstances I would choose the uni over the other options. Looks like a nice place to wander around for a half day.

I’ll dither my way to the pool for a nice swim tomorrow

Between to and from travel times to airport it’s likely closer to 5 hours. I would do an hour in the gym. Get some food and have a swim and sauna. 3-4 hours worth which would leave me with plenty of time to get back to airport for my flight without rushing.

150 baht taxi is fine. I think the easiest/most stress free thing to do is go to and from airport to Shangri la. I will have a small suitcase so I don’t want to be lugging that around a mall or university for half the day. I like the idea of getting in a pool/shower/gym half way through all the travel to freshen up a bit and get some exercise. Hopefully the pollution doesn’t get any worse My departure is approx 7pm so going from Shangri La to airport I would need to depart at maybe 1730 to allow for travel and check in? How busy is the airport right now I’ve read about some dreadful Qs in Bangkok.

I was just reading the other day that the pollution isn’t bad in Chiang Mai this year? Can’t get grab at the airport to town? Does it ever take longer than 30mins from airport to Nimman? Wouldn’t want to miss my flight. Maps is showing circa 20 mins? shangri la day passes seem reasonable 🌞 Swim your worries away at one of the largest pool in town and enjoy the special promotion of our pool day pass. Family day pass + THB 300 F&B credit(2 adults + 2 kids) THB 850 Single day pass + THB 200 F&B credit(1 adult + 1 kid) THB 450 Extra day pass(for kids ages 3 to 15) = THB 150 Open daily from 8am to 7pm 🏊🏻 🐳Pool day pass available at Health Club on level 1 ☎️For more information, please contact 053 253888

Yes maybe a hotel with a day pass/min spend to access pool/sauna and gym and have some food, any suggestions?

can anyone use the pool there?

I’ve got a 7 hour stopover in Chiang Mai on Saturday afternoon. Is there anything worthwhile doing in that time? Not really interested in temples or anything like that I’m more thinking a good restaurant and/or coffee shop I could go to that’s not a lot of hassle to burn 2 or 3 hours? Maybe go for a nice sauna/cold plunge/massage nearby?

You can get fixed price from Pattaya to Bangkok for less than 1000 baht in a car?

It's a built up and hectic part of Chalong, not sure why it says Rawai. I drive this stretch of road everyday. There are lots of side roads on this stretch with alot of residential units, restaurants, accommodation, 7/11, weed shops, bars in the area. At that hour of the morning it's fairly quiet, the road gets busier between 6-7 as hotel workers are on their way to and from work but this is earlier than that . Can only guess the driver was coming home from a night in Patong and speed/stimulants were involved. During the day there are bikes zig zagging every which way but not at this hour. Phuket roads are lethal

The ADV160 say 99k on the Honda website. Ive priced about 10 garages and cheapest has been 103k so what your being quoted is prob fairly close to what you will get at the dealership. Might get it for a couple k less if your lucky.

Never heard of Maxim, why not use Maxim in Bangkok? Is it strictly of transport?

I almost always only use Bolt in Phuket for taxi. So much cheaper than grab. They offer different options and usually the cheapest option guides at 10mins for pickup and even then it often cancels, if you can get one at all. If you choose the next cheapest option it works almost as efficient as Grab and is still much cheaper. Wouldn't recommend using it on a tight timeline as drivers will choose to do a Grab pickup before a Bolt pickup to earn extra cash if they have the choice. Hence the cancellations. Grab for food delivery is quite pricey considering they add a charge onto the price of the meals compared to buying at restaurant then they also charge delivery and other charges in top. Still doesn't stop me from using it. I just paid 230 baht for a medium sized starbucks which I thought was ridiculous. Shouldn't have paid that really its a rip off

Am i losing my mind, Im sure I didn't write this headline as "for TAXI" Some of These apps encompass alot more than just "for Taxi" Ah yes I see now, moderators changed my post, why? Grab, Lineman, Robinhood all offer other services apart from just taxi

How many of these have you used and which do you rate highly? Are they available all over Thailand?

I am seeing a specialist already and paying through the nose. His consults are not covered under medicare in Oz. Luckily most of the bloodwork is but all of it. The foodprint is not covered. Ive already spent 1000s on this. Based on all the blood work/piss tests carried out at his request (pages and pages) he already said I would need a strict elimination diet to make a recover from the markers that were flagged in the blood tests and the various symptoms. We have not had a consult since I carried out the Food print but it just adds more weight to what he already said. Everything I have read says you need to eliminate the trigger foods to give your gut the chance to heal. That is the path im trying to take. My consultant is booked out for the next two months and I know even if I got an appointment he would just tell me what he has already told me given he now has the footprint and blood tests that match up. I dont think all the foods will be causing long term issues but whatever damage I have done is likely allowing other things to pass through the gut that wouldn't ordinarily be there. Dairy is a very common trigger food for people and I think that may be the case for me.

My understanding is once you remove the trigger foods and you stop producing an immune response to them you can then reintroduce the foods and it won't necessarily trigger again once your body/gut has healed. So I want the test to see if the level of immune response to the foods outlined in the blood has been reduce when I have eliminated them for a period. Maybe from the 88 U/ml to 40 U/ml over a few weeks. It's a progress report to tell me that yes the immune response is reducing keep up the good work or it could also say after a few months that some foods will have to be eliminated at all times because there has been no reduction from the body attacking Given some of the foods on that list I dont ever remember eating, I suspect they will always be on the list or they are false positives. The foods that I was regularly eating might or might not go from red to yellow to green over time by being unable to permeate the gut lining once it has had time to heal. If you rub a scab it will keep opening and starting to bleed. If the scab heals you can do alot of rubbing on that skin and there won't be any blood unless you do big damage again. From what i've read it's the same principle with the gut. It needs time to heal to offer proper protection. But yes you are right, seeing some symptoms resolution would be great but I think this is also a way to show that the first test and second test align and that there is improvement over the period between the two if not seen from symptoms. Im not going paying 20k baht again thought this soon. Is this something healthy insurance would cover do you think?