Bumstead

Also an aquarium

Downtown has a tower shaped like a vod folk musical instrument with a viewing deck, looks great. Also a very tall standing Buddha. Thais call Roi Et L.A.

Nong Khai is a fave of mine. Riverside boardwalk often hosting events - morlam shows, uni girls volleyball tournaments (!), crazy breakdancing, long walks. Bar street with euro food, Irish pub with the best breakfast I've had in T, crazy temple, international train to Vientiane when you crave decent bread and French food. Udon Thani 30 minutes away for a change of scene.

I was replying to Stocky post about China. When the big bash kicks off in 2027 the Chinese communist party propaganda hate machine will be full throttle.

A few public lynchings of white people will see us all leaving

I am 27 of those guys. What is a woo woo guy?

Yes, Johnny Cash version of Hurt, reminds me of all my dead friends.

The guy who is front and centre of the squirming is called the hooker.

It's called Rugby League. A team game popular in north east Australia, northern England and a small chunk of France. Massive in New Guinea. Rugby Union is a better game and worldwide.

There is an international sleeper train from Vientiane to Bangkok, you get stamped in on Nong Khai railway station. I did this 6 months ago, immigration dude asked me 'where you stay Thailand', I said 'with my lady in Surin', he bellowed 'madame Surin, you have madame Surin', I chortled 'yes madam Surin'. He licked his lips, gave me a wink, a wai and a warm 'welcome to Thailand '. Plus a 60 day stamp.

London, kfc, 1984. Yellow waterfall upstairs, brown torrent downstairs occurring concurrently.

In their coin slot.

I wouldn't let a ho box anywhere near my mouth. You are a dirty old man Lew.

Stop talking sense, samtam.

It's a crap app. My oz banking apps function seemlessly. The crap app kept telling me to remove non existent facials.

Interesting Treetops, the first BB fellow told me not to use outdoor light. Amazing banking Thailand.

Well, come 15:00 today no call from BB, so I called them. The girl said my card is unlocked on their system, my app still showed locked, she asked me to try and make a payment, I booked a cancelable hotel on Agoda, it failed. She sent it to another department which would call me back. 30 minutes later they did and EUREKA! My card is now unlocked.

Yes Harry, I am currently going through the same as you. I couldn't use / unlock my BB debit card, kept failing the blink, smile nonsense. I visited my branch, they retook my photo, we went through the nonsense again, failed again. Was told to try tomorrow, it will reset overnight, tomorrow came, failed yet again. I rang BB, was talked through the blink, smile, failed once more. He said someone will call me to fix it on Monday or Tuesday ( today). Yesterday at 17:59 my phone rang once. I called back, was told someone will call me tomorrow. My Thai friend says I should go to my branch and get a new card (and pay for it).

I remember a street in China that had skinned dogs hanging out to dry. From street level up to 4th floor, several blocks running, both sides, every building, hundreds of them. It was truly horrific.

Thanks B, that is good info.

Thanks Cal, I will have further talks with them this week, I guess it all depends on their view of the recovery period. I will report back if I learn something that may assist others. May I say that this site has helped me numerous times over the past 20 years. Visas, licences, border runs, banks, whenever I need info I find it here. Good work you all.

Unsure of recovery period DrJ, but 30 days won't cover me to my flight home on 18 September. Do 60 day medical extensions exist? My original plan was to hang out in Laos for a couple of weeks before returning to Thailand.

I am having an unexpected medical procedure soon and want info on getting an extension. I have a 60 day vee 13 June - 11 August. Many thanks.