Kevin_Beethoven

Yeah, sorry. May have been a bit too vague. Meant to ask: For those who use Amazon in Thailand (US, UK, OZ or other version) are there any issues with import taxes or shipping fees? When I lived in Taiwan I used Amazon all the time (USA version) and never got charged extra shipping but sometimes I got request for import duty from the government. Also, the shipping was slow.

For those who use Amazon: Do you use the Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com (or another country's version)? Reason I ask is wondering if shipping charges (if any) are lower if the country is closer to Thailand?

I was thinking same. Surely there are many other building under construction in BKK. Why didn't they fall down? And existing buildings seemed to have fared fairly well, at least for now. Seems like there must be some massive issue with the construction materials of the fallen building or it is a case of a number of factors that produced the worst example of bad luck ever seen.

Everything looks normal right now in the Soi Cowboy area according to the live cam...

Yeah. Obviously shoddy construction. Been thru a couple similar to that in Taipei. Everyone went around like nothing happened. Me. I was on the 20 floor of an office building and "freaked out" which was a first for me 🤣

This was on the "Today" show. Seems like they did not have any video of Myanmar but tons of the Bangkok building collapse so led with that.

Gotta love US media: Today show leads with "Massive earthquake hits central Bangkok". No mention of Myanmar.

Thank you, thank you, thank you everyone for taking time to advise. I decided to buy an AIS 7 day eSim on Amazon. Use that to get settled in country then pu a new AIS 6 month eSim in Bangkok.

So will be in BKK for several months. Maybe longer. Business (mostly). Prol travel to adjoins countries for a sortie now and then. do I need to buy phone service? I have iPhone with new type of built in sim device. I’ve been in Taiwan a while and honestly WiFi is everywhere and I tell US contacts to use WhatsApp. anyone have opinions on the matter 😁

Thanks for the leads. Appreciate it.

Title says it all. Looking for a place to watch EPL, Champs League and F1. Plus major boxing matches. Expats, locals and cute women in the crowd would be nice! Cheers,

Looks good @Gaccha. Website didn't mention any prices. Any idea of the costs? https://www.42tee-off.com/

Shortly off to BKK on a 2 month stint. Mostly work. But want to take as much time as possible to absorb the culture. however, one thing I'd like to continue is practicing golf. Something Ive taken up recently and dont want to slip in 2 months. Anyone know of a recommended golf driving range in, or close to, central BKK? Not sure where Ill be staying tbh, so anything easily accessible from central BKK by uber will work. Will be bringing a small selection of clubs from US so no need to rent clubs. Cheers.

This too concerns me as I prepare for a working vacation to BKK. But really I know the writing is on the wall. As I searched on YouTube for information on BKK, all I could find was how to live on a pittance in BKK and still have fun. Worse still are the posts on how groups of Indians club their money together to go all in on a group shag of a prostitute in order to save money (even commenting on the "bonus" shag to be had by all in the morning). Probably its age-related. I was a backpacker for couple of years out of college but these days I find them irritating. Couple years ago I met up with a friend in Tokyo. For some incomprehensible reason he brought along 2 European backpackers to dinner with us. After dinner they argued that I needed to pay more based on their calculation. I said, I couldn't care less and paid for the whole dinner. Later we went to a bar and they were counting up coins to pay for their drinks. Again I felt so sorry for them I paid the bill myself. Just embarrassing all the way round. So, I will do my best to avoid these situations. As one poster said, just head to the high class places. This is what I am optimistic for BKK - i am hoping to be able to frequent top class venues for a fraction of the price found in Tokyo, Shanghai, HK, etc. I suppose I will do a reconnaissance of Soi-Cowboy and other such places in order to be informed. But, to the OP's point, and with no experience of BKK myself, I would hope there is a high class, top notch experience to be had away from the YouTuber, backpacker, Social-Security brigade.

I'd definitely like to hear of any suggestions of decent Jazz bars. Entrance fee not an issue.