JimSiam

Hello,

Is is true that all luggages are put in Xray at this border ? So if you had more than 2 bottles of wine inside they would see it and charge you ? I'm asking because we never hear any story from people caught with alcohol but usually only cigarettes (and actually not at this border it seems ?).

Any experience ?

Yes they do xray the luggage, I will let you know the result later today as I will be coming back from just doing a trip there, I bought 1 bottle of makers mark and a bottle of lea and perins sauce, so i will have two bottles, i will have them in my bag, not the duty free carry bag so we will see what they say when it goes through the xray.

So what's so special about this? I have to get to Mukadan on my own, then get crushed into a 'luxurious mini-van' Unless the trip from Bangkok to Mukadan is included... Pftttt!!!

I did this trip a few months back.Got picked up at Nakhon Phanom and had a mini-bus all to myself

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622578-savanvegas-visa-runmy-experience/#entry6159243

I have used their service a couple of times also now and the minivan pickup was only myself each time in the van, its only a short trip across the bridge and to the hotel, quick service at the border, each time I have been they have been upgrading the facilities, service and food.

And just where is all the traffic from this widened road meant to go once it reaches Pattaya Tai, which is a huge bottleneck once you get up to the temple and a single lane.

Wouldnt no cars/baht buses/bikes be better and just have something like these

I got a call one night, my ex had been stopped on my bike and the police were going to take the bike and lock her up as the bike was registered in my name on the copy of the greenbook, the police said i should keep a copy of her id and mine signed proving she was allowed to use it, had i known what i know now, i would have let them lock her up and throw away the key.

this makes no sense, i guess your girlfriend said to them like bike is belong to farang so they call you in for some extra cash i guess:lol:

Otherwise, it is never illegal for someone to ride a bike registered to another name as long as he/she has a license and there are no notice or warning about the bike like it is stolen etc.

Your right, its not illegal, the officer just said it is a good idea as there are so many bike thefts and they have no way of knowing if a bike is stolen without calling the owner, it was nothing to do with money, this was a checkpoint on a small soi that is used a lot to cut around the checkpoints they do on the railway, they catch a lot of people there with stolen bikes, the way she talks to people like police would have upset the police as well, like i said, wish they had have locked her up, my only joy is she has a new victim (and the ones he doesn't know about) now. Sorry for dragging it off topic.

Maybe they are waiting for the Monorail team to start work

Do you offer a discount for TV members ?

I looked at some other services and they were nearly double the price of Dream

I am afraid to even swim in the water...

It would be nice if they did some water treatment to clean the bay up while they are digging everything up

the contruction (destruction ) has stopped,and they have taken away much of the eqiupment....mabey they have a change of heart,mabey something more urgent required the back hoes,mabey was becuse of the marching band parrade today...

Thappraya rd revisited me thinks, dig it all up and leave it a year or ...

I wonder if Beach rd will end up looking like Thappraya rd did for 4 years or more.

Did we leave out Monorail?

Sounds like someone has interests in new parts in the govt. Such a disposable world we live in now, recycle and reuse, if the part is still ok from a wreckers i see no reason not to use it over new parts, the carbon footprint has already been made for the second hand part, the new part only helps destroy more of the environment.

I think the Irish Rovers will be pretty full for this one, better get down there early.

I got True via cable and are very happy with it, when 3BB asked for a year up front they got told, I will use someone else thanks.

699baht for 14mb/1.5mb and they use decent routers too - Cisco.

I see 3BB now want a year in advance for any Foreigner wanting internet, even for their base end packages, no more pay by the month.

Where do you see that?

The shop told me when i went to ask about a 10m/512k new service, it's their new policy to avoid people skipping contracts

I see 3BB now want a year in advance for any Foreigner wanting internet, even for their base end packages, no more pay by the month.

Agree, 300 baht is really nothing for such a service, especially if you have more important things to do, so many services are provided here in this country at reasonable rates.

There is a bit of the scam the insurance company and get a free holiday going on too from the ones who claim their gold was stolen, but never had any in the first place.

The planned airport is under construction on the east coast,, precisely Than Sadet NAtional Park.

Is this out of your photoshop artwork ? No oficial links and references too back up the position you mention...

This is in addition to that airport, this was taken at the District office at a meeting yesterday using a camera phone where the Bangkok govt were presenting the project, survey starting now, planned for completion within next ten years.

Proposed new project for airport on Koh Phangan by the government to do an airport on Bantai beach at the Thong Sala end of the beach.

Looking forward to it

I just had a look at the policy and it is

• only a maximum of 10,000 baht cover on damages to your own bike
  
• 50,000 baht for disability, no medical cover (max 100,000 cover for 2 people)
  
• 600,00 baht 3rd party property, most polices are 5 or 10 million here
  
• 300,000 baht 3rd party medical cover with a total of 10 million.
  
• Bail Bond 100,000 baht
  

Seems the CTPL covers more than this policy does.

Try Pimthong accounting out diagonally opposite Rimping Mee Chok, they are co located with Chiang Mai Mail.

I saw Lovebone perform a few months ago at another venue, really good music.