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ignore post, just seen below !
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Company's president and CEO Kobchai Chirathivat said the planned CentralFestival Samui on Chaweng beach will cost 3.1 billion baht and be situated on a 37-rai site.
Can't post the English Link, anyone have a Thai Version? - was announced today
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I first came to Koh Samui 13 years ago when it was still a bit of a hippy paradise. It was about the time that the film version of Alex Garland’s book The Beach – starring Leonardo DiCaprio – was released.
Suddenly there were lots of people all milling around Thailand looking for the perfect stretch of sand and hoping to find a never-ending party.
But while it had undoubtedly changed a lot from the island coconut plantation it had been when first discovered by tourists in the Seventies, it still seemed very authentic to me.
Happy as sandgirls: Denise and daughter Betsy on the beach - there was plenty for both to do
What I particularly loved were the local people, who were really kind and very nice – I remember how much I’d enjoyed that first visit and had been waiting to go back ever since.
This time around, however, I would be seeing the island in style. And I wasn’t simply coming on holiday, I was in Koh Samui for a friend’s wedding, someone very close to me whom I’ve known for 22 years.
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If increasing the minimum wage helps poor people so much, I wonder why the Thai government doesn't just increase it to 10,000 baht a day and solve everyone's problems?
That's just being ott , even an increase to 1,000 thb a day is well within most biz needs
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Four Seasons and Nikki Beach always seem to be have pictures of celebrities so maybe they all go to that side of the island
Nikki beach like to put up pictures of celebs from their Miami / Marbella venues
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Where I live in the last 6 months.
2 properties ( houses ) sold.
4 blocks of land changed hands.
And new high end villas being built.
That's what I am aware of, could be more, so things look on the up & up.
Not to mention replay in Bangrak have 14 units left , so people are buying
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Villa market are always in a central mall , might be part of the new central complex planned ?
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Emma Thompson from Harry potter stayed here as well
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Katie price aka Jordan flew in via private jet 2 Years back
Leeroy from the prodigy owns a villa here
Gooldie often visits the island and plays , plus many other international DJ.s
Sam fox stayed here and got attacked by a cat
Jenson button And Lewis Hamilton
Kevin spacey
Also more celebs stay in samui , but come in via private jet and whisked away without anybody even knowing
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They cannot blame the min wage , just means thy are not racking in extreme profit ... Most hotels in Europe are the same rate now as samui or cheaper, yet they have to pay the daily min wage per hour to employees !
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Lower-end hotels on Samui Island may feel annoyed by the baht's appreciation because they cannot raise their room rates, though fancier hotels will charge more.
"I hope the uptrend in the baht will not keep going on too long," Tanongsak Somwong, president of the Tourism Association of Koh Samui, said yesterday.
Four- and five-star hotels plan to hike rates by 8-12 per cent this year to cover rising costs, mainly driven by the higher minimum wage. That means the resort island may lose its competitiveness in the market, he said.
The four- and five-star hotels are selling rooms for Bt4,500-Bt7,500, while tourists are facing less purchasing power after their currencies are converted into baht.
Room rates on the island have remained flat for several years because operators worry about problems if they raise rates at a time when the United States and Europe are in financial trouble, resulting in fewer tourist arrivals.
The island has a stock of 16,000-18,000 guest rooms.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Baht-may-deter-rise-in-Samui-room-rates-30204563.html
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Police chiefs in the Thai capital, Bangkok, have come up with a new way of punishing officers who break the rules - an eye-catching Hello Kitty armband.
The armband is large, bright pink and has a Hello Kitty motif with two hearts embroidered on it.
From today, officers who are late, park in the wrong place or commit other minor transgressions will have to wear it for several days.
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They believe the body is billionaire laszlo csepai ,found in rock villas ( owned by moshe David
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In all fairness , as most Thais have never been informed of the rules of roundabouts , you can't blame them for not understanding
What they should do is add a traffic light system in ( similar to the traffic light system in the uk on roundabouts leading to motorways ) but then again most Thais ignore the system
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I thought it was supposed to be 0
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Just watching match of the day , and I notice a number of matches all promote Singha and Chang ! But in there advertisement within the uk stadiums it is written in Thai ! But also ladbrookes and 888 also advertise in Thai , big spenders ?
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North Korea ready to fire missiles at South - video
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/apr/11/north-korea-missiles-south-video
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And the crash had nothing to do with speed he was probably travelling ?
In heavy rain conditions, if you drive slowly you can easily handle any aquaplane situation
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If he finds it or ever gets a new one I suggest the following I posted in an other OP:
I have had a app on my iPhone for a long time (well 2 actually). The first is called "Find my iPhone" and it works from my computer (Mac) to give the coordinates of where my phone is if it gets lost or stolen.
The other is called "Gotchya" and it is a Cydia app that if someone steals my phone and tries to put in a wrong password the front camera automatically takes a snap-shot and sends their face picture strait to my computer with coordinates. Then I just show the police the persons picture and give them the coordinates when they tried to use a password.
But of $800.00 I never leave it anywhere anyways so it has NEVER been stolen.
Can't find the app gotchya in apps ?
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We pay 20 baht @ the local shop, because someone in their wisdom decided to do that instead of the 15 baht that was asked.
We only use it for cooking & coffee so it is exposed to high temperature. For drinking we buy the small bottles from Makro etc.....
Similar , only used the large bottles for tea/coffee and cooking
If drinking , would always buy nestle or just drink beer
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Just seen this in the news section - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/631599-yingluck-hospitals-must-accept-all-accident-victims-during-songkran-period/
Do you think the samui hospitals will follow ? , cant see BKK Samui treating people without medical insurance !
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Any good sunday roasts reccomends on Samui , yorkshire puddings , roast potatoes , and so on, in Chaweng or Buphut area.
Also where has the Irish Times bar moved to, they used to be next to bandon hospital.
Thanks
Irish times is now in the retail units of the apartment block next to tesco ( can't remember the name )
Beach republic doing a very good Sunday brunch which includes the full sunday roast
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They could also be copying your car key to steal the car at a later date
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When I look at my calender it tells me that today is 1. APRIL Nice try. And by the way, I have just read that Thailand is going to change to right side driving.
Spoilsport.
Trouble with thailand and April the 1st is working out if it is real or not !
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Property Market ....picking Up ?
in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao
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Top of the Props: Thailand climbs into world top three
Thursday, May 2, 2013. Ivan Radford @themovechannel
Thailand became the third most popular property destination in the world last month, according to TheMoveChannel.com’s Top of the Props. The country accounted for 6.78 per cent of all enquiries on the real estate portal in April 2013, a share that took Thailand into the top three countries, its highest ever ranking.
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