Aladdin

September 3, 2016

1 hour ago, lostinisaan said:

My wife just told me that many other Thais really start to dislike foreigners in general and it's sad that it happened.

If Thai people can't be safe when visiting a temple, which is pretty common for a Buddhist, then good night.

"<<<< Thai language edited out. This is the English language part of the forum >>>>"?

Seriously, where do you come up with this crap?

How can people come to live in a country with the “WE AND THEM” mentality?

I have more in common with many Thais than I have with you, a foreigner I suppose.

My wife said…. Many…. What does many means? 2 out of 4 at her work. 35% of the Thai population? And how many people do your wife know? 50? Have all of those 50 told her they don’t like foreigners? Or only 5 of them?

I understand that the word “many” and “many Thais don’t like foreigners” is a way of trying to put some weight to your post which I personally think is pure BS

A lot of people here criticise Thai’s ability of critical thinking and now I run in to this post written by what I suppose is a foreigner with excellent ability for critical thinking

I have never heard any Thai saying that they don’t like foreigners. Quite the opposite if I may add. But I have heard a lot of Thais saying that they don’t like thieves, foreigners or Thai.

I think the post says more about you and your wife than the general believe of what Thais think about foreigners.

August 27, 2016

Have we decided on if we can see the wheels or not? A video I took a few years ago. Camera pointing out the window while I was looking straight forward as I don't like landings. Scared?

Well, maybe a wee bit scared now at the old age. For sure, the excitement of flying is long gone.

August 17, 2016

I RE_POST this as it seems like all the pictures are gone from the original post

I was going to India and after 2 weeks in Amsterdam I went to the airline to buy a ticket. They told me that they didn’t fly to India and I bought a one way ticket to Singapore. (We made a stop in Bombay and I was not happy as I was not allowed to leave the flight)

I took the train to Bangkok and I meet a guy in Kuala Lumpur and he recommended Miami Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 13 as the very best hotel in Bangkok.

I stayed for one night and I left, hot water, only if I sat down in the bath tub as there was not enough pressure on the water for me to stand up taking the shower. I left for Malaysia Hotel at Ngam Duplee as this had been recommended to me on my first evening. First beer at Landmark Hotel. I ordered a beer and the Waitress asked what kind of beer I wanted. I asked what kind of beers they had in Thailand.

- Singha and Kloster

- Which beer is the most popular?

- Singha

- OK, I take a Singha

I started to cry, it was the worst beer I have ever had. But Kloster was very good and it was 2 or 3 Baht more than the Singha. If I remember it right Singha was 20 Baht. Back then there were only 2 beers available in pubs and restaurants and Chang was something the bums bought a the MOM & POP shops drinking from brown bags on the streets.

Miami Hotel Sukhumvit Soi 13

Light traffic on Sukhumvit

We recognise Landmark Hotel

A bit of wildlife on Ngam Duplee, not far away from the classic BLUE FOX back in the days

I'm pretty sure this is Satorn close to Malaysia Hotel

August 16, 2016

Try maid delivery, I have used them for a few years now. They do as many times you want, or as few times as you want.

They didn't had any auto debit option so I worked out a plan for them. So now I have a monthly fee that I send from Bangkok Bank for an average of 52 weeks. So some months I pay too much and some months less. So now I don't even have to think about the bill

July 25, 2016

Here are two more with a wee bit of blue in the plumage

July 25, 2016

Ron,

do you think Samuijimmy gets embarrassed if we put some blue birds here. He loves the blue birds but they are not from Thailand, these are beautiful birds I took the last few days here in Australia

July 25, 2016

Hello Ron

Yes, first time I saw the Peewee I thought it was a starling or myna as they look a little like the oriental pied starling but different colour. I saw them again (of course, they are all over the place) and one lady out bird watching told me it was a Magpie-lark

I spotted them again and now one of the bird watching girls (from Melbourne) told me it was a Peewee

And as in your pictures, they look different, even in the same group. Some with vertical stripes and some with horizontal, with a black stripe over the eyes like a bank robber

So I thought it was different birds with different names until I learned about the different names depending from where you come from in Australia

July 24, 2016

Hello Ron

Malaysian Pied Fantail (Pied fantail) in Thailand

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They look very alike, Willie have the grey stripes under the bill and the Thai have the stripes on top of the head. And the Thai fantail have a black band on the chest

And as you say, the Malaysian Pied Fantail is a little more brownish

Willie Wagtail, maybe the Australian Fantail looks a wee bit more sullen

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296-3.gifBut the Australian fantail takes the prize with the name

I really like the Noongar Australian Aboriginal name for the Willie Wagtail (a Flycatcher not really a wagtail) which is "Chitty Chitty" - exactly the sound they make.

Mousehound, I like the Australian names as well, and it seems like they have a liking for Wi or We like willy willy. And the Peewee drove me crazy. Took me along time before I understood that it was the same bird they were talking about as they name it different from where you are from in Australia

And I can see that the Indian Rollers still looks good on Samui. Of course Samuijimmy, after a long polishing of your feathers you will attract someone

I don't know, but I think the different colours can have something to do with age/ time of the year as well

July 20, 2016

Grey Fantail, looks a lot like the Thai fantail

July 20, 2016

Hello Ron

Malaysian Pied Fantail (Pied fantail) in Thailand

They look very alike, Willie have the grey stripes under the bill and the Thai have the stripes on top of the head. And the Thai fantail have a black band on the chest

And as you say, the Malaysian Pied Fantail is a little more brownish

Willie Wagtail, maybe the Australian Fantail looks a wee bit more sullen

But the Australian fantail takes the prize with the name

July 19, 2016

Philchumpon

Just beautiful. Having breakfast enjoying a bird and hopefully some twitter. Just amazing and something we learn to appreciate when we're getting older. Just enjoying your good morning tea and watching the bird pottering about, QUALITY TIME!!!

July 18, 2016

Philchumpon, beautiful!

But I think that they will give you a hard time for the frames. I used to have frames, but I ended up in the penalty box

A beautiful bird, and we will hopefully have more bird pictures coming

July 18, 2016

Yes, need stuff to make a nest and he is in a hurry to find a female before he goes bald like I have seen quite a few of them by now in Bangkok

I have sen a few new birds, but as I'm in Australia I cannot post the pictures here. Yes, I have seen a NOT BALD Common Myna, but also quite a few other birds that we don't have in Thailand. Among them a bird with what I would like to say atypical Australian name Willie Wagtail

Yesterday I was flying, no swimming with a beautiful turtle.

He swam in to something looking like a tunnel and I swam over to the other side. But there was no exit and I lost him

With a wee bit of imagination it looks like a bird!

July 18, 2016

Dear Samuijjimmy

Finally someone posting pictures!

I think you mean one new bird. And I would not be surprised if it is a spotted dove

The other picture is our old "friend" the Yellow vented bulbul

July 15, 2016

Plahgat

Maybe you can help me out here. I have put this down as a Little Heron. But he/she have green legs. The Little Heron you posed and the other Little Heron I posted have orange legs. This bird was taken the same day as the Little Heron on the previous page. Is this a Little Heron with the green legs. And this one don't have the feathers on the top part of the legs like your and my previous pictures

Thanks

Here is a Little Heron from the same day

And by the way, I was up at 5 this morning just to discover that my battery was flat when I reached my birding place at 7. Back home and I gave up the bird watching for today

July 13, 2016

Plain Prinia. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/610576-for-the-birds/?p=10899564

Second one you are right!

Plahgat

Thank you

I had put it as a plain Prinia. I tooka picture of the brown Prinia and they didn't looked the same, but almost. I compared on the internet and the brown Prinia only have one dot on the tail and the Plain Prinia had 3 as the one I took the picture of.

Identifying, not easy and thats why I like the colourful birds as they are usually very easy to identify

These small birds, sometimes they look like me

I don't know what they do with their feathers, but they look like a ball, and sometimes the same bird look like a stick

But I get some exercise out of it and it is really nice to walk around looking at the flora and fauna

Thanks for the help identifying the birds

July 13, 2016

^Have you been to Safari Park in Safari World (Minburi, Bangkok)? You can get your car right up to 100s of storks and others for great picture opportunities.

Thank you

I cannot speak for the other members posting pictures here. But I have an (stupid?) idea that I want to see the animals in their freedom. There are safari worlds that might be worth visiting. But I have heard a lot on how animals are treated here during my years in Thailand so I keep well clear

They should close the zoos and open more national parks as the habitats disappears in an alarming rate all over the world.

July 13, 2016

Asian Openbill, I walked all the way up to her. I had expected the stork to take off much earlier and I was about a meter away, too close for any good picture when the stork took off

July 13, 2016

Pied fantail from this morning

July 13, 2016

Samuijimmy

I went out of bed 5 o'clock this morning and I met our friend the Yellow vented Bulbul

July 12, 2016

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July 12, 2016

Pied Myna (Asian pied starling) in Bangkok

July 11, 2016

I was sneaking around the bushes, must have been like an elephant, trying to get close to the Little Egrets. Imagine the pictures I could have taken if I had been in one of the rented paddle boats. Well, as I'm 4 times bigger than the boat I can also imagine the Thai people catching sight of this "What the duck is that?"

But to be on the water taking pictures would have been perfect looking straight in on their nests.

I will take one of those "Air Stewardess diets" over night and see if I can rent a boat tomorrow

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