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Fortunately Chiang Rai isn't a popular destination for sex tourists and it would be nice if it stayed that way. The more sex tourists that come here will increase the amount of sex workers and it will then, slowly but surely, become like many other sleaZy places that can be found in Thailand. Why can't he come here and enjoy Chiang Rai as it is without having to pay for a girls company while he's here?

When did I say he was a sex tourist? Like many single people in the world, seeking company of the opposite sex is still considered normal behaviour, I think you guys are a little paranoid not to mention unrealistic. If you want to stay at home in quiet Chiang Rai, go ahead. I think I'll join my friend there and see what we can see, Cheers.

Please do not visit Chiang Rai if that is what your friend wants. He can get that sort of "entertainment" else where. Chiang Rai is a nice town - not a sleasy town.

If you could recommend a nice Christian church, that would be fine too. You do live in Chiang Rai, right?

BTW ~ Sleazy

A friend of mine is heading to Chiang Rai next week for a few days and was wondering about the places to head for entertainment of the female variety, also places to avoid if any. I've been there myself a couple of times and it seemed a bit on the quiet side. Any recommendations for a single man heading to you town?

I wish they had e bay too, but try the top floor of Pantip Plaza, they have piles of 2nd hand comps. Good luck.

Tesco's Big C have them.

Lots of places for 300 ~ 400 Kavil for example but this time of year most of the cheap places are full, Lai Thai on the moat is about 700 I believe, good luck.

Thanks. I'll check it out.

It's not hard to find all the bars and fun places if you stay near the river, many of the female bar staff are very friendly but not as wordly as their Thai counterparts but they are very nice. You will have fun.

If you bride to be is Thai then she must change her name ~ no choice. So she has to do it within 60 days if I recall correctly. Then she has to change her ID card etc. It's surprisingly straight forward so it is no big hassle.

THROW her out err now

I think XMAS is a skin disease

had some consultants out from scotland to support a job 10 years back.............. poor thai's could not understand a word he said.

Nee Bother ! (ended up not paying the bill from UK head office who assured me they spoke clear english before coming out )

There are plenty of people from parts of England with hard-to-understand accents. There are people from parts of the US with similarly difficult accents.

I would prefer my child to be taught by an irishman than an american. Just look at how the americans have changed the english language and the spelling. There is American english and there is english. I want my child to learn english not american

English Irish American all nationalities are capitalized

I'd stay out of the big malls and go down Chang Puak on the left, one of the guys there made/adapted a steel band and charged me 120 bht.

30 days I believe is the limit, but a buddy of mine scanned an old one and changed the date. This was a letter from an embassy though, not from immigration.

How about "Lime-A-Way"?

There's a product called 'Calgone' saw it in Homepro

My advice would be not to declare it, I didn't in a similar situation.

You should be fine with the birth certificate, I never needed proof of income for an O visa. Good luck.

You can rent for 6000, or even less, or much more. Condo, house, apt. prices overlap. I commuted 35 km each way, which was too far - but I didn't want to live where I worked.

Somewhere near your school, where ever that may be might be a good place to start.

thanks for the additional information !

They took/accepted my library card the other day Still cost me 200 to get it back thou .

Spend a week in a temple meditating, Doi Su Thep does a great retreat, it will change your life.

I think the one in Central Airport Plaza is in fact 150 Baht for 15 minutes.

I hit 50 a while back and have started to plan my retirement. I've heard that it's likely that the retirement age will increase to 70 for men in the UK sometime in the future. Is this a possibility or an ugly rumour? What do you guys think?

I'd say it would be a lot easier if adopt him and move to the States, I'm a naturalized US citizen and have a daughter born here in Thailand. The powers that be make almost impossible for me to get citizenship for her as I live here now. I don't have recent evidence of a life in the US such as tax returns etc.

So in light of this I would say you'd have an uphill battle to say the least, but it's worth a try, good luck.

WOW, Just about when I thought I had seen it all. Impersonating a Police Volunteer

I think the police volunteers should be arrested for impersonating a Police Officer! RJK (relax just kidding)

I need to send the UK Inland Revenue about 125,000 bht. in order to bring my pension contributions up to date, but I don't have a British bank account. They state that the money transferred must be the exact amount and in sterling. So I need to transfer the cash from my Thai bank account somehow. Any of you had experience with this kind of transfer? And what is the best and most economical way to proceed? Thanks in advance.

There would have to be two dozen plus barbers in my adjoining sois, and all are closed on wednesday, so no option

The used to execute people in Thailand on Wednesdays, before the head was axed the condemned had to have a hair cut ~ hence bad luck to have it done on that day.