phuketsub

There was a previous thread speculating how bad it will be :

Now it looks like we will all get to see for real...I don't think you will find any lack of comment or complaint on this topic in the upcoming months...

Thanks for all your help...

Try Baan Suan Place or Blue Carina Inn Hotel in Bang Yai Rd both near Phuket International Hospital.

sanuk

Finally...got them at Blue Carina...4 rooms @1500b each...

Thanks to all for you help and suggestions

more info: it seems that the guests comprise 3 teachers and 11 students from Ranong here for a scholastic competition in Thalang Town; they need to stay one night only on December 19.

I find that hard to believe. I would expect that the many star places are well booked, but the basic guest houses are struggling. Which area phuketsub ?

I live in Rassada, not far from provincial hall, but anywhere in Phuket Town or environs would be fine...but nowhere on the island is out of play at this point. My wife tells me she gets a 'no vacancy at the Inn' reply wherever she goes...anyway, I am interested to see what other readers make of this apparent tourist glut

I didn't think it was possible with so many hotels here already, but I have come to learn that hotels across are actually fully booked in mid-December and that hotelier are raising room rates to cash in on the situation (fair enough, they suffer through most of the year).

So my question is simple: I need to find four rooms starting December 19 at a reasonably priced (1000 or less) in a hotel or serviced apartment block for my Thai guests...Does anyone know of a particular place or part of the island to look into?

Otherwise my little home is gonna look like a refugee camp.

Anyway, the thread is intended to generate discussion as to whether the island is actually fully booked or not, but if anyone can help with my individual situation please feel from to send a PM.

Thanks for any help.

Thanks to all who made it last night! Despite the rain we still had a turnout of about 30 people, extra points for vongkasem who came with his wife by motorbike, both wrapped in plastic, through the pouring rain.

I had a great time chatting with you guys - hope we can have such events more often in the future.

A big hand for John for having us and the great organization!

It was very nice to meet you all and special thanks to Raro for the beers and John for his pivotal (literally) role in getting my car out of that dam_n ditch...amazing what can happen when you try to drive sober!

Anyone else bringing their kids?

Mine is 7 and I would bring him if he's not the only one.

I'll bring my daughter age 7, going on 17.

Also need to bring my wife then as well, so my status need to go up to +1

(that assumes kids are free, which I am not sure is the case)

RARO, pls take note

Sony makes some very reliable models, in the 900 Baht range. I use an “in the ear model” about 4-5 hours a day. I have used 2 pair in 2 years.

thanks..that would be a savings in the long term for sure

Can anyone recommend where to buy a pair of reasonably-priced, durable ear buds that will last more than a month or so? Ear buds seem to be sold everywhere, but no matter which ones I buy they malfunction after a few weeks time, maybe a month. The problem always seems to be in the wiring, never in the speakers themselves -- and I have been unable to find anyone that repairs them.

"Just buy new ones," is the reply I inevitably get.

Lately I have given up and bought larger headphones that have a metal clamp that fits over the head, but I always feel like the bus driver in the Simpsons when I use them.

I would be happy to pay out 500-600 baht for good ear buds if I knew they would last six months or more.

Any help most appreciated (please specify brand, model and where to buy).

Thanks

so back to the post in matter ... people want to avoid the chance of getting a fine for no reason .. so if anyone spots a road block ( or a thai police armed robbery ) let us know

shpouldn't be a problem, with all the smart a.., eh, phones out there!

How about a new TV app: news ticker for roadblocks, first?

I think its more about people who can operate a motor vehicle safely while under the influence who are worried about getting caught.

Over two-thirds of people in the above hyperlinked poll admit to have driven under the influence here, and and I suspect I am not the only forum member commenting here to be among them.

I think we are flogging that dead horse here. Let's just accept what the members say. He was fined for not wearing a helmet when he was in fact wearing a helmet. Let's move on folks, nothing to see here

I like that dead-horse-being-beaten image too much.

For the record, I have also been fined for not wearing a helmet when I was, in fact, wearing one. It happened at Karon Circle, where police set up a checkpoint in 2003. Truth is I got pulled over because my tax sticker was out of date, but when I finally hit the front of the long 'pay here' line (about a 20 minute wait) and paid up, my (Thai-language) receipt read "Failure to wear a helmet", which is what all the other unsuspecting farangs got pulled over for....When I started to point out the discrepancy I was told to get to the back of the line or accept it and leave. I chose the latter.

Fortunately I have never been fined again.

To be fair to the OP, I like his original idea. I would also like to note that I have been "waved through" with smiles at several of the anti-drug checkpoints set up in recent months, one of which often appears outside my housing estate. We foreigners apparently get a free pass on these.

Final point: For the price, Archa (not 'Archer') is a much better brew than some posters here have given it credit for.

Good day people.

Well , I love people who just can't let a Holiday be what it is ???

Happy Thanksgiving , worry about the CALORIC Count for

a New Year's Resolution !

I think you make my point for me better than I could myself...So are you gonna do real cranberry sauce or not?

http://savorysweetlife.com/2009/11/simple-and-amazing-cranberry-sauce-recipe/

I was shocked last time I went home and took my daughter to Disneyworld, where people who aren't really disabled now go from attraction to attraction by golf cart simply because they are so obese.

I can't remember if it was Disneyworld FL or Disneyland CA. But, a few years ago they had to replace all of the boats at the, It's a small, small world ride. The older boats could not handle the increased weight of the riders and they were sinking.

What more can you say?...even in the Thai restaurants over there the food is obscenely over-priced, inauthentic, bland and unhealthy....Of course it works both ways; all the "Thanksgiving dinners" I have tried over here have been big disappointments...if anyone can do fresh cranberry sauce (not that canned Ocean Spray crap) I am in though...

I'm gonna continue my turkey boycott and just hope the Pats can get by the Jets on the road...

As a non-American, is this holiday to remember how the native Americans kept alive the settlers by giving them food through the harsh winter?

As an American born and bred in Plymouth County, where the tradition has its roots, I have to say that your question makes me reflect on how bad the obesity epidemic in my country has become.

I was shocked last time I went home and took my daughter to Disneyworld, where people who aren't really disabled now go from attraction to attraction by golf cart simply because they are so obese.

I think the American public's relationship with food has gone 180 degrees: from struggling to avoid starvation to over-consumption due to a surfeit of mass-produced, fat- and salt-laden garbage.

Although Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday when I lived in the states I have no inclination to indoctrinate my half-Thai daughter with the annual rite of gluttony.

In fact, and this might sound heretical, perhaps we should take a page out of the Muslim playbook and begin to thank the lord for sustenance by fasting instead of feasting.

With three NFL football games on tap and a steady supply of beer who wants to deal with all that food preparation anyway?

You should have everybody put their handle as their name tag stuck to their chest so everyone will know who they are. You would have a brawl within ten minutes.

y

Why do you think that, people can have different opinions without brawling

only immature people would think that way

Although I hate wearing a name tag, I think the name tag suggestion addresses a valid concern: how are we gonna know who is who?

lots of "pretties" on duty there: the only touts I like

They don't carry them at Phuket Alai, the big car parts store on the bypass road northbound.

After a bit more shopping around, I finally got one at the Carretex car accessories shop at HomeWorks, opposite the cashiers' station. They have three grades of protection, I took the middle one which it is claimed stops 90% of "heat reflection" (I assume they mean heat getting into the car), and blocks 100% of UV rays and water.

The product's official name is Carretx Extra Silver PVC Plus Carcover

The cost was just under 2,000 baht, but when I started hemming and hawing the guy let me use his own purchase card to get a 10% reduction.

It seems pretty substantial and is a lot heavier than the one it replaces. It seems like a pretty good insurance, since I can't yet afford to build a covered car port for the vehicle, but of course only time can tell.

Glade you got sorted, but good to know about Alai for the future

Cheers...Phuket Alai is good for parts, but not accessories..it's not really set up for anyone who can't speak Thai so I think your plan of taking a snapshot of what you need makes sense..

.btw, the cover works great..all the night dew just beaded up on it then evaporated in the morning

They don't carry them at Phuket Alai, the big car parts store on the bypass road northbound.

After a bit more shopping around, I finally got one at the Carretex car accessories shop at HomeWorks, opposite the cashiers' station. They have three grades of protection, I took the middle one which it is claimed stops 90% of "heat reflection" (I assume they mean heat getting into the car), and blocks 100% of UV rays and water.

The product's official name is Carretx Extra Silver PVC Plus Carcover

The cost was just under 2,000 baht, but when I started hemming and hawing the guy let me use his own purchase card to get a 10% reduction.

It seems pretty substantial and is a lot heavier than the one it replaces. It seems like a pretty good insurance, since I can't yet afford to build a covered car port for the vehicle, but of course only time can tell.

I tried drafting a huge double-decker bus (a Hat Yai - Phuket one) through Nakhon Sri Thammarat, as I wanted to make sure I was on the best route. I was in my Toyota sedan. He was going so fast on the narrow, curving roads that I finally gave up trying to keep up with him for safety reasons.

I'll let you all know what else I find in terms of rain/sun protection after my shopping expedition today

the only effective way I know to keep a car cover on...

As mentioned you can buy them in many places how do i know because i am on my 3rd one in about 4 years i have bought expensive and cheap i i cant make them last i thought maybe the wind was the problem getting underneath and tearing the material so the last one i bought about March this year i made some clips to fix cover to the body and keep it tight it made no difference it's starting to go again and this cover was a expensive one with so called UV protection i ain't buying anymore in less someone on here can point me in the right direction on saying all this i believe you can get them made to fit your car and maybe better matierial

The "UV Protection" sounds like BS marketing crap to me..I am surprised they haven't started selling UV Protection garments as well (please don't tell me if they have)...my take is that if you have an effective physical barrier to photons (equally valid to view it as a radiation wave) then you have "UV Protection":

....personally I wonder whether the sun or the rain is more damaging to the car...

It seems like a lot of people get dismayed about their covers blowing off. I have a real third-world solution to that, which I am sure keeps the property prices in the 'hood...old motorbike tires laid thereupon ...

Thanks for your help...I will try the Allied place first...

As for the comments about rust, I have one now that seems to be some sort of Tyvex material...it's good for keeping the sun off, but leaks like crazy and, as noted by Daffy D, creates the perfect conditions for rust..

Britpop, can you tell me is Allied on the bypass road northbound or southbound...I like to spend as little time as possible on that particular stretch of road...

if you are coming from central festival to tesco's lotus, straight forward, over the lights, then on the left about 1/4 -1/2 kilo metre, look for the Large GS battery sign, it's quite a newish building, the girls on the desks are very helpful, every time i go, i take a picture on my camera phone of the part i need and then show them it and just tell them the make and model. i've started to do the same in the bars, picture of a bottle of beer, anyway have a look, next would be super-cheap in the auto section

Thanks a ton...I'll check it out. I do my best to avoid the Supercheap since it's a complete firetrap/disaster waiting to happen.

Thanks for your help...I will try the Allied place first...

As for the comments about rust, I have one now that seems to be some sort of Tyvex material...it's good for keeping the sun off, but leaks like crazy and, as noted by Daffy D, creates the perfect conditions for rust..

Britpop, can you tell me is Allied on the bypass road northbound or southbound...I like to spend as little time as possible on that particular stretch of road...

I need to by a waterproof car cover that will fit a 1995 Toyota Corolla (4-door sedan). Does anyone know of an auto parts store that sells them? I hate to see my ride alternatively baking in the sun and soaking in the rain...any help appreciated...