Issanman

Use the Bangkok Bank New York routing number and your Thai Bangkok Bank account number. That's it.

A beautiful orphan that hates facebook and thinks I am hansum!

ALFREDO,

Go buy the Ducati and be happy! You already know that is the bike you REALLY want!

Mama noodles suck.

I buy the Nissin noodles at Tesco and they taste much better.

Go to this website: https://aiseservice.ais.co.th/eServiceWeb/

Put in your telephone number and they will send you an SMS with a one-time-password (OTP) that will allow you to log in online and manipulate your AIS account.

My TXM.

I've had my TXM for 2 years now, but it only has about 4900 km on it. Still runs perfect and looks new. No rust anywhere. I broke it in hard and ride it hard. I live right on a very busy and fast two-lane highway. I have adjusted the valves. Very easy to do on this bike. Now running semi-synthetic oil in it. Handling is good and the ride is rock-solid at 100kph. Factory-installed: oil cooler, LED tail light, upside-down forks, mono shock rear suspension, front and rear disk- brakes and rear rack.

Picture copied from a previous posting on TV about grounding:

Bring that thing up here, Papa. We'll go explore that mountain in my back yard!

Would love to meet at Pip's or elsewhere sometime. PM or post when you are ready!

Richard

Danny, thanks for the information about the hotels in Seka! I will look for that restaraunt in the picture next time I am there so I can find the hotel across from it.

I am living here full-time now in a village near the mountain and a little closer to Ban Phaeng than Seka so I don't usually go to Seka very often even though its only about 15-20 minutes away from me.

OP, many nice expats around here, as Danny mentioned already. Start at Pip's across from the 7-11 and you will soon meet some very nice people that stay in our area. Steve's place and Peter's Pit Stop are good places to go, once you learn how to find them. The Pit Stop is almost directly across the lake from Steve's place and is usually only open on Sundays, but Peter has mentioned that he can open other days if you call and let him know your plans. The Pit Stop also has 2 very nice waterfront bungalows that are usually available.

Get the O-A visa from the Royal Thai Embassy in D.C. and you will be able to stay nearly two years and not have to show any money in a Thai bank during that time. The money in your US account will meet the money qualification for the O-A "long-stay" visa, also called a retirement visa by some people.

You will need to provide a doctors report and a police report but both were very easy to get, in my case. I know some have stated that they had problems going that route.

As I posted before, I have never seen a hotel in Seka and I have been going there since 20 years ago.

They must keep them well-hidden.

Hello Danny. I am Richard. Maybe see you around here sometime? Maybe at Steve's or Sunny's.

Steve's enchiladas are awesome and the pizzas at Pip's are very tasty!

Steve's place is called Rung Phet Gardens and is located on the waterfront of Bung Khong Long lake.

There is a decent map of how to get to Rung Phet Gardens located here. It can be a little tricky to find. The telephone number shown on that page is accurate. They also serve fish and chips, pizzas, quesidillas, and spaghetti along with the delicious enchiladas already mentioned. Open seven days a week lately. About a 15 minute drive from downtown Seka.

Go to this page>> http://provider.fepblue.org/

and scroll down to a link called>> "Locate Doctors Worldwide" << that will show approved healthcare providers worldwide for BC/BS.

Seems to show at least one in each of the larger cities in Thailand and I noticed there is also an approved provider in Vientiene, Lao.

Hopefully, those providers do direct billing to BC/BS.

Hotel in Bueng Kan:

http://www.theonehotel-bk.com/

Hotel in Ban Phaeng:

http://www.jb-place.com/

Ban Phaeng is much closer to Seka than Bueng Kan. Less than half the distance.

I have not seen any actual hotels in Seka. Lots of "resorts" all over though.

There is a proper hotel in Ban Phaeng on Hwy 212 (about 30 minutes from Seka) called "JB".

In Bueng Kan there is a hotel called "The One", also on Hwy 212. Bueng Kan is about an hour from Seka.

There is a restaraunt in Seka that has a lot of decent western food. It is directly across from the 7-11 in downtown Seka. The local falangs call the restaraunt "Pip's".

It's actually available in 9 different color combinations. Two different wheel types:

http://www.aphonda.co.th/2015/aphonda-product-hondaclick125i-color.ashx

My choice would be either the blue or white with the black mag wheels.

^^ Papa, my Keeway 200 has the 163FML pushrod engine and it is 1 down, 4 up.

Obama acting as president.

Well, that beats the hell out of my answer.

I was going to say William Shatner...

Your mind is too narrow,

And it's no surprise,

If you fell on a pin,

Well, you'd be blind in both eyes.

From the song "Tighten Up Your Wig"

by Steppenwolf

I put a Harley exhaust on my Honda Wave and now it sounds exactly like a Harley...

It's on the Ford Thailand website, in detail:

http://www.ford.co.th/en/suvs/all-new-everest/specification/spec-data

Would there be a significant different in performance between the 2.2 and 3.2 (given that the 4wd on the 3.2, and the engine itself will increase the weight)?

I think the extra cylinder plus and extra thousand cc will give a noticeable increase in performance, even with the extra weight.

The OP guy is pretty funny but I have to say the pizza place on the side road on your way out of the Big C parking lot is something that I really enjoyed. Great pizza and the guy gave us a free loaf of French bread as we left. I will definitely go back next time I am in Buri Ram. It's very difficult to find good pizza in NE Thailand.