Deserted

I don't think she's clever at all and has probably not noticed that you are a low-electricity user. You should use slightly less power as it heads to cool season, as most of us do.

I've never heard of rents going up in high season but then I don't live downtown. Perhaps with serviced apartments it happens but that aside your rent should be the same.

I don't think she's clever at all and has probably not noticed that you are a low-electricity user. You should use slightly less power as it heads to cool season, as most of us do.

I've never heard of rents going up in high season but then I don't live downtown. Perhaps with serviced apartments it happens but that aside your rent should be the same.

Its either crabs or a hernia.

Hi yeah no probs. There might be a few Thonburi fanatics out there but I think the general consensus is that the only thing going for it is that its near Bangkok. It's better connected now but the traffic is much worse than 15 years ago because it has developed much more. I've never liked it, the only reason people stay there is because its a bit cheaper than Bangkok to rent. Entering Bangkok via Sathorn is never pleasant also.

It's a suburb of Thonburi with much less to do than Bangkok and all of the traffic. You can see the Taksin Monument in the roundabout but that's about it. Most people stay there because its a bit cheaper than Bangkok. I went there maybe 50 times and rarely saw a westerner, its a pretty drab place. Most bars would be local, I don't remember seeing anything else.

You should get one page Laos visa, stamps in/out on one page and then your ed visa on your final visa. You might want to direct the officials where to stamp you in but you should be okay.

There's also a cycling forum, where you will get more replies.

Yes of course, there are many biking clubs and well stocked shops. As long as your initial outlay isn't above $20,000 you will find what you want and there are good enough mechanics. The labour isn't that expensive either.

This may help

http://vimeo.com/73079834

The service provider will have a list of what you have been looking at. If you stay logged into stuff like gmail, then google will too. All search terms are stored and tracking cookies can help reveal your browsing habits. Going in cognito only helps if you are sharing a computer with someone and don't want them to see them.

That's my point. It is a con, it should be $35 on both crossings and not just one.

got back yda from visa run to vtn.....20 baht bus ride after checkout from thai side to laos side....30 baht bus ride to main bus station and 60 baht tuk to thai visa place....100 baht shared van back to border after receiving new visa.....1500 baht to enter laos.....from downtown guesthouse it was about 100 baht tuk ride to pick up visa......kip or baht same same......no problems

If you paid 1500 bht to enter laos then you've been conned

They are both pretty easy, the main difference regards the price. If you don't have a visa for Laos already, you will have to pay in Thai baht if you take the train to Thanaleng/Laos, and of course you will be paying more that way, also the minivans that take you from the train station have been whacking their prices up for a while now. The last time I used them it was around 300 baht, I don't know what they charge now. If you go via road you have the option to pay in dollars for a Laos visa if you don't have one, and there is a sign showing you the correct price as well as several exchange kiosks, the transport into the city is more varied meaning you have more options, meaning you will pay less. In total, I thought I saved myself about 600 baht last time. In terms of time there's not much in it, sometimes you have to wait for the train to fill up but visa processing is usually quicker. Hope that helps. It's a year since I did it so things may have changed slightly. If you want less hassle, then the train is probably best as the queues overland can be much bigger if you are behind a tourist bus.

Thanks. You mean visa processing usually quicker at Thanaleng... Ok. And it will be Friday. Perhaps a lot of traffic for visas. I'm a little confused about the actual immigration place. If going by road. You get off Nong Khai, and there is a Thai immigration building there? and then you walk across the bridge and there is a Lao immigration building on the other side? Is that correct? If the train is on time I have till noon to get to the consulate so that should be no problem. Shame I can't pay in dollars at Thanaleng. So the cost one way is the train ticket and minivan and some extra on the visa in baht. And other way, Save some on the visa in dollars and pay, 3-600bt for transport to Vientiane? Time maybe similar perhaps a little faster at Thanaleng. tx

If you want to go by road, you will have to take a tuk-tuk to the border crossing from the train station itself, around 60 baht if memory serves me correctly. Once at the border, you walk through the area where everything is processed and there are minvans, shops, buses all sorts going from there. One thing to remember that if you manage to get to the consulate before you check in to a hotel, they will obviously need your passport but you will need it/copies to get a room downtown most likely, so have extra copies for that. In all probability, you will roll into town around midday and will need to wait until Monday before the consulate is open again as the train will most probably be delayed by a couple of hours en-route. You have to take the bus if you want to get to the consulate on time as they will arrive in Nong Khai much earlier.

The train to Thanaleng will wait for the train to arrive at Nong Khai, this is usually late however, so don't bank on getting to the Thai consulate that day. I don't think I ever managed to do it. Overland, all the stamping is done in the same area, you can't go wrong, there's plenty of people that will show you where to go. Via train is easier is the amount of people in front of you can only be the people who get off the train, and in my opinion, the process is smoother that way as you don't get bus loads of tourists getting ahead of you, which can happen overland if they have an agent with them. If the combined extra cost of 500-1000 baht, which you will incur if you take the train (due to having to pay for a Laos visa in baht and paying for overpriced minvans at the station) doesn't bother you, then the train is best but again, I think you will be hard pressed to get to the consulate by midday

They are both pretty easy, the main difference regards the price. If you don't have a visa for Laos already, you will have to pay in Thai baht if you take the train to Thanaleng/Laos, and of course you will be paying more that way, also the minivans that take you from the train station have been whacking their prices up for a while now. The last time I used them it was around 300 baht, I don't know what they charge now. If you go via road you have the option to pay in dollars for a Laos visa if you don't have one, and there is a sign showing you the correct price as well as several exchange kiosks, the transport into the city is more varied meaning you have more options, meaning you will pay less. In total, I thought I saved myself about 600 baht last time. In terms of time there's not much in it, sometimes you have to wait for the train to fill up but visa processing is usually quicker. Hope that helps. It's a year since I did it so things may have changed slightly. If you want less hassle, then the train is probably best as the queues overland can be much bigger if you are behind a tourist bus.

He sold it to a young Thai guy and went back to Chaiyapoom I think it was. It has gone and will not return.

There are many but the free ones aren't very good. If you don't want to pay for a VPN then you can add an extension to your web browser, for example Hola, with Chrome, that will trip your IP address and let you watch BBC i-player and so on. You will get a smoother connection that way. The free streaming sites are unpredictable and a bit of a nightmare.

Catharsis? To wind people up? Misogyny? Ignorance? Drunk...something along those lines.

Central Dept store Export Shop

Is that Central Festival?

Yes

If its anything like Bangkok then hardly any. You would need to go to a private clinic for that. I think we paid 3400 for ours but definitely worth it. Get someone to type it in thai into google, there will be one or two I would say.

Central Dept store Export Shop

You are only likely to get them at either Bangkok airport. However, it would be easier to change into dollars and change them once in Turkey as a second option

Here's some food for thought, echoing my sentiments in a previous post.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10866273/Cycle-helmets-are-useless-says-brain-surgeon.html

I don't necessarily think that a high proportion of accidents are caused by people misjudging a small distance to the cyclist; I think most are caused by people not seeing the cyclist...

SC

Agree on that....