amitsch

Nobody ???

The SMART 4.0 honee from 7/11 IS in fact SIM-Locked to TRUE SIMs.
Took me bloody 8h to unlock it ;-)
Now its working fine with my DTAC SIM ...

Hello,

does anyone have contacts of stores and maybe showrooms that sell swimming pool tiles for a decent price and also have a wide range of products?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Alex

Hello,

does anyone have contacts of stores and showrooms that sell strand woven bamboo floors?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Alex

Oh, and 7/11 staff here on Koh Tao has no bloody clue ;-(

So, you can take the SIM out ... its not "built-in"?

But you can only replace it with a SIM of the same network provider?

So do i understand it now ...

Hello,

i just had my 2nd Smartphone dying on me within 1 week and need a quick, cheap, temporary relacement.
I saw the True mobile Smartphones at 7/11 are just 1.990 Baht including a True SIM.
Are those Phones SIM-Locked or can i just take the SIM out and put my own SIM in it???

Cheers guys

Thanks, that explains your above statement respectively puts it into an understandable context.

Cheers for that!

First of all thanks to all of you for your input!

@ IMHO

You have personal experience with them?
I think your points are well respected but also a little exaggerated dont you think?

Hello,

i am currently in the planning stage for building a house on Koh Tao.
A friend suggested to use fiber cement panels or -boards on a steel structure instead of cement or brick walls and quoted a price app 25-30% less than i got quoted for a "normal" cement building.
Obvious advantage is: shorter building time and therefor reduction of building costs.

Does any of you know what might be disadvantages of these boards. According to the manufacturers brochure they are everything you need them to be like:
- termite resistant
- water resistant
- fire proof
- lightweight
- heat and sound insulating
- long-lasting
- easy installation
- etc etc...


I would be very thankful for any qualified information.

Thanks guys!!!

Thats what i did a week ago ... no reply....

jim will be able to do it for 1000 baht, you neerd proof you are flying out the next day, photocopy your e ticket.

Thanks for your input guys!

Unfortunately the number above is not working... :-(

@Hoohaa:

Where do you have this info from?

Cheers

I got a reply from Lily from Banana Guesthouse but she said it would not be possible.
Unfortunately she didnt mention why its not possible so i am trying to find out if they just dont wanna talk about it in emails or if its different for tourist visas...

I sent Jim an E-Mail some days ago - no reply yet :-(
Does anyone have his Number?

Also, do you know if he offers the express service also for Non-Imm B (Business) Visa?

I'd like to fly to Penang on Tuesday, arriving in the late afternoon and take the flight back to Samui on Thursday afternoon. That means i would apply wednesday morning and would need to get it back within 24h. Does anyone know for sure if thats possible or not?

Cheers

Unfortunately they both say its impossible in a pretty useless and very short email ...
Did they just stop offering this express service or is it not possible for Business Visa??

Any other recommendations apart from Banana and mingood hotel? Does anyone have the up-to-date contact details of Jim?

Cheers

Hello,

I am planning to fly to Penang on the 24th June and would arrive there in the late afternoon.
Is it possible to apply for a Non-Immigrant B single entry Visa in the morning of the 25th and recieve the Visa until lunchtime on the 26th so that i could fly back to Samui in the afternoon of the 26th???
Can someone confirm that some guesthouses offer sme sort of "express service" for an additional fee? And if so, which ones can you recommend?
Banana guesthouse only send a pretty useless info saying "... you might be lucky but no promise..."... :-(


Thnak you in advance,

Alex Mitsch

Cant believe the bullshit some people post here!!!
Koh Tao a National Park??? Haha, what a crap!

I live here or 7 years now and i am currently planning on buying property myself.

The special situation (history of a prison island and no Chanote but only Tor Bor 5 landtitles) of Koh Tao makes it very, very tricky and you will not be the actual owner of the land - at least no just yet.... In fact every 7/11 and all the 40-50 diveshops are in fact illegal!
This is sth you have to accept and account for if investing on Koh Tao, but it does not automatically mean that you cant make a living with investment - its just some Poker Play involved.
Dont have the time to go into detail but feel free to send me a PM and i'll get in touch if you need further info. I actually just had a meeting with the Accountant that many people here use and got some pretty interesting info about the lawyer that so many use - not knowing exactly if we're talking about the same persons... Not all business owners are using the same connections!

Just be very very careful if you dont know the thai partners and your posts above indicate you dont know enough just yet!!!! ;-)

Hello,

this might be totally stupid question to some of you but it literally raised a discussion with some friends recently.

If a piece of land is located on a quite steep slope, how is the size of the land measured? Is it measured from above i.e. with GPS coordinates or are there also areas (like small islands) where it is measured by literally walking up and down the hill and check the distance between some coconut trees for example?

Last option would result in a much smaller area to build on than a flat property.

For instance, 1 Rai on a 45° slope would only offer a bit less than 3/4 Rai actual building area.

Hope you can understand my way of thinking and someone knows the answer.

Thanks!!!

I partially agree with you in terms of the effects of the tourism itself on the environment but also think the pullution flushed into the seas does not kill the marine environment in a degree as an oil spill does...

Of the 9 major spills in Thailand, 9 of them were related to transporting oil on Thai waters. None were from producing oil in Thai waters.

Did you actually read the report?

"The leak apparently happened while crude oil was being transferred from a PTT Global Chemical offshore pipeline to a tanker at 6.30am on July 27. A gust of wind apparently destabilised the tanker receiving the oil, which lead the pipe to get disconnected, Khunying Thongtip Ratanarat, who is leading the investigation team, said."

So, how the hell can you say "None were from producing oil in Thai waters"???

Also, i am surprised that ONLY 75% of Samui's annual revenue comes from tourism. I'd bet its more than that and as a matter of fact the long term effects of a major oil spill in the gulf would cause a negative monetary effect on the annual revenue that outweights the revenue from drilling oil...!.

"I should have been foreseen by the oil companies"...

Yeah but isnt the lack of foresight a general problem of the Thais???
Problems will ONLY be solved AFTER something happened....

Holy shit, who teached that guy diving???

His tank wont last longer than 30 mins on 10m with that breathing frequency.
Also hittig the coral with his cam is mayb not the optimum to say it mildly.

Sad who gets a Scuba licence nowadays :-(

Forget about Lomprayah!
They suck big time nowadays. Delays, broken ferries, the list goes on and on. Dont recommend them to our customers anymore...

A bottle of Johnny Black label is always appreciated.

And to hit the Jackpot, bring a Karaoke machine ;-)
Not even as a present but that is mandatory at a thai b-day Party.

But i'm sure they will have one anyway ;-)

Did the Course with the Guys from Koh Tao EMS and can highly recommend it!!!!

But it would be much cheaper for me that way instead of taking a Boat from Koh Tao to Koh Samui, spending one night and paying for a room in that shithole and taking a boat back the next day...

Hello,

if i arrive in Bangkok on the 5th of June with a 60 Days Tourist Visa, is it possible to go to the Immigration office on the same day and get an Extension of the Visa of additional 30 Days so that i can stay 90 Days in total without going to the Immigration again?

Or do i have to wait until the end of the 60 Days Period to get the Visa extended?

Thank you,

Alex