cloudhopper

Thanks GOM. Could you share the list of required docs photos etc?

Just curious but how would any other country know that my physical passport had been recently revoked back home?

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

The price is sure to float UP.

regards Worgeordie

Why? 

Let's get get some lipstick on this pig.

The same thing would have happened to him in California.

Translation - the pilot realized far too late that the aircraft was overloaded and dropped the load. Oh, and that all the previous reports about tranquilizers wearing off etc. were fiction.

The couriers are in bed with customs to ream you. Avoid them if at all possible.

28 minutes ago, jonclark said:

 

 

I dont get how the world can owe more than it can produce. Its a man made juxtaposition that defies logic.

Because credit brings consumption sooner than using retained earnings would otherwise permit. It is logical but not sustainable lol....most will  be 'getting it' soon too...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism

Well if that happened to me I would pay the 5k, say thanks and move on. But this is a case featuring two desperate people not just one.

Far too late. Assuming anything at all is done. 

Looks like some more bad wx coming from the West early next week.

7 hours ago, cooked said:

Pity it doesn't work

It does but usually takes til June.

Why bacteria levels at beaches are a state secret.

There is a reason that beach pollution levels are a state secret.

Sorted then.

Less than 350,000 THB so I never have to do stupid annual reports to the US Treasury Dept. For big purchases like a car or whatever it goes through the TW acct.

Can this train be boarded without a passport?

Hi has anyone seen wood and canvas 'director' scissoring-folding chairs for sale anywhere on Phuket?

TIA

15 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

So who is in charge at the smaller temple... who teaches the novice monks about the religion and what to do?

 

Surely a small temple can not just compose of a few complete novice monks with no one looking over them?

 

 

Well I don't know about novices. AFAIK for a temple to have official wat status there must be at least 5 monks in residence with an abbot. Most of the many temples in the Pai valley that I have visited do not meet this requirement, but the monks have all been old veterans rather than novices.

5 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

Handed to the abbot.... so was he not invited to the party?  Surely he knew what was going on in his own temple? 

 

 

Many smaller temples do not have an abbot in residence.

6 minutes ago, trawler said:

As of Dec 2015 a 38ft Beneteau cost a hair under 10K baht per month to berth in Ocean Marina(Jomtien) plus a yearly membership of 60K baht.So marina berths not cheap.On top was ancillaries such as cleaning etc.However only needed to call up day before and boat would be prepped ready to go for a sail.No idea on costs in Phuket but guess similar or more.

Lots of stories on thieving around Phuket area.

Living on the hook is fine but need to keep water/fuel/food topped up so need a good tender and supply line,unless get it delivered and you have a watermaker onboard etc etc.

Inside temps are ok if you have windscoops to ensure a flow through the boat.

 

Our 50' cat costs 12k/mo on the hardstand in Phuket when we are not sailing it. I cant remember what it costs to register it every year but it's not huge.  Living aboard full time is by far the best and cheapest way to own a boat, and the living is pretty easy here.

edit - and I've never experienced theft in 7-8 years but I stay away from Phuket as much as possible.

We live aboard our sailing catamaran 3-4 months every year in the high season only, usually cruising between Langkawi to the South and Payam to the North. IMO this region is better suited for motor cruising than sail, and you can find very sheltered long term anchorages in all seasons at no cost. As mentioned a Thai captain license is easy to get and the requirement for an engineer was eliminated many years back. 

edit - It would be better to purchase a Thai-flagged vessel. 

Just now, chiang mai said:

One and a half to two hours, it depends where we put the start line, either way it's not a real longhaul.

 

 

It sure seems like it though...

5 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

I don't know when the last time was you took that road but it was resurfaced over a year ago. It may be a very winding road with lots of twists and turns but the surface is immaculate.  Plus it's only about one and a half hours on the very windy stretch, easily dooable for most decent drivers. (That's driving the 1095 from the intersection of the 3009 to Pai)

That stretch always seems to take 2 hours for me. The surface is slumping again in a few areas just up the mountain from Pai but otherwise the new road has made it much nicer. Flying is safer and you can easily rent a scooter to get around. The place seems busy now but not heaving like in past years; enjoy all the flowering trees before the smoke becomes unbearable.