steven100

You need to get on your bike so to speak and have a look for yourself instead of having others here on Thia Visa do your homework for you. There are many places in Soi 22 & 24 for Baht 3500 -- 20,000

Go and spend a day walking to check them out.

Why do they continue to announce this total Bullshit !!

you walk into any 4-5 star hotel in Bangkok and see what they want !! it's not close to what this BS story indicates ...

WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH ....

do they really think everyone is so stupid ?

I hear people with sattelite dishes (one-off payment with no monthly fees) can't watch the Euros either (on the free thai channels).

Is that True Visions' fault or is it GMM's?

That is something I don't understand. Our apartments have one of those dishes you mention. On the first day of the Euros, we turned telly on, selected channel 3 to watch the game. All we got was a notice on the sreen, in Thai saying that we could not recieve the broardcast. so changed channels until we got a picture of sorts, I took the ariel out, stuck a screwdriver in the ariel socket, almost perfect picture. Next day bought an Indoor ariel for 200bt perfect picture.

What I don't understand is if the Euros are on free to air. Why can't we watch it in the normal way? Dish/ Ariel (<deleted>)

Still after tonight, me thinks it would be better not to be able to see it? COME ON england.

jb1

good on ya !! englands going down !! they lost the rugby & the cricket and now the football !!

what cricket did we lose ??

the ashes ... 2006

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everyone trying to get in on the act !! $$$

I hear people with sattelite dishes (one-off payment with no monthly fees) can't watch the Euros either (on the free thai channels).

Is that True Visions' fault or is it GMM's?

That is something I don't understand. Our apartments have one of those dishes you mention. On the first day of the Euros, we turned telly on, selected channel 3 to watch the game. All we got was a notice on the sreen, in Thai saying that we could not recieve the broardcast. so changed channels until we got a picture of sorts, I took the ariel out, stuck a screwdriver in the ariel socket, almost perfect picture. Next day bought an Indoor ariel for 200bt perfect picture.

What I don't understand is if the Euros are on free to air. Why can't we watch it in the normal way? Dish/ Ariel (<deleted>)

Still after tonight, me thinks it would be better not to be able to see it? COME ON england.

jb1

good on ya !! englands going down !! they lost the rugby & the cricket and now the football !!

NBTC slaps 50,000 baht fine on truevision ....

Buses leave from Mukdahan every hour for Bangkok. Some are VIP and some are standard ...

Its all about "Loosing Face" A thai would prefer to die than Loose Face.

Yes its a gang mentality here.

absolutely incorrect ... what rubbish !!

' Loosing Face ' is false ... it simply means ' how much money will i loose ' or ' geeze i'm gunna look bad from my friends perspective because i was stupid ' or any reason where a thai has lost out instead of winning ..... it's as simple as that and it's common guilt know to man for hundreds of years ... only thai's use the ' save face ' excuse which is so false.

this is a weekender I just had built ....

I love this house ... absolutely superb !!

I guess they will be known as the rent-a-car gang. Are they related to the speed boat gang who ran out of gas

maybe they attended the same school ...

The suspects can't be real bright .... wouldn't you realise the police would be looking for the rental car at every road checkpoint ?

Sounds like gangsters watched to much of keystone cops ...

Anyway , there still one suspect ' still at large '

I think there's more to this episode regarding the car parked at the supercentre and having the jewelry sitting in the back ... we haven't been told the full story here in my opinion.

Sounds like they have to share with the owner of the car...

the owner of the car has never shopped at supercentre before ... he just wanted a change from Lotus.

All in all cost me about 5000 baht.

On these figure you give, Sorry does not add up

Bus each way from BKK @ 575 = 1150 baht

Tuk Tuk to Boarder @ 150 baht each way = 300

Visa to Laos = 1,500

Tuk Tuk to Embassy 100 baht each way = 200

Thai Visa 2,000 baht

So far = 5,150 baht........... did you not have to pay for the bus each way in No mans land ? [over the bridge between boarders]

Pay the Lady-boy to fill out the forms ?

Pay for a Hotel ?

I ask because when I went I checked out the prices there was no difference......... Re you say "Spoke to one guy and said he was on a visa package that cost 6500 baht, all inclusive"..... This included a very nice Hotel + 2 wonderful breakfasts just down the road,+ an evening meal, everything was done and arranged, forms filled out........ The Mini Buses were 9 seater's so lots of leg room.

bus to mukdahan 575

tuk tuk to thai border 150

bus to loas border 50

laos visa 1500

tuktuk to embassy 100

ladyboy form 40 baht

visa 2000

hotel 400

back to laos border 100

bus to thai border 50

Got a lift to mukdahan bus terminal with a farang and his thai gf

bus to bangkok 400 baht, (was just standard a/c)

so 5365 baht. As i said about 5k.

To be honest id rather go alone even if its the same price, Takes the same amount of time and chances are you meet less freaky farang.

did you tip the thai girl & farang for the lift to the Mukdahan ? say 20 baht ... just kidding.

Fly up there ... get the visa done as quickly as possible and get the hell outa there...

Fly back and I have the limo waiting for me at the airport ... then proceed to the Marriot for a couple of drinks to close the night.

why penny pinch and account for every baht you spend ?

I stayed at the Savan Vegas and just got the Visa a quickly as I could....

anyway, good luck.

Bangladeshi Rotarians are always targeted.

If the front desk took a copy of her or his ID card as thai law requires then the suspected perpetrator will be apprehended swiftly I should imagine.

RIP Business Chan

Lets hope the other two recover even though there conditions are serious.

There are no independant Visa agents in Savannakhet.

A word of caution on back to back tourist visas. I was in Savannakhet a couple of weeks ago and a farang was refused a visa due to having numerous visas already.

It depends on how many are in your passport. I have seen this happen a couple of times. It can be a real problem traveling so far and not succeeding.

Sorry no Pity for the Girl not saying she deserved to die but when you mess with people emotions it is inevitable that bad things will happen just like guys jumping off condo buildings etc this bar girl was 34 years old and most likely done this many many times over since she is a MRS Jantree too so she has been at this game a while this time it caught up with her.

I have seen too many guys get fleeced out of there life savings to feel sorry for these girls anymore, this one paid for it with her life.

DK

agree ..... many play with fire only this one got burnt. If you cheat , lie & deceive you run the risk and if you get caught .. you know there will be concequences.

Some people just don't get it when someone is taking care of them.

This is what I call an impressive tool kit.

Holes and poles,pumps and dilators for all occasions,metric and imperial.

Even more probes than the government,

Signor Marco also looks as though he's about to conduct the Boys in Brown Police Choir in the chorus from Rossini's Barber of Seville- Fingaro.

he looks like the owner of a Pizza restaurant ....

maybe he's explaining the in's & out's of what his tool kit is used for.

KFC taste rating ..10 people took part in this survey. = tasteless . = very bad. =yuk

KFC

Macdonalds

Chesters Grill

Subway - reasonable

Pizza hut so so

Pizza company

Burger king so so

Moss burger reasonable

Most considered Subway sandwich as the best of a bad bunch ( fast food outlet ) also Moss Burger.

I haven't had a Moss Burger. Where is it?

Moss Burger is a Japanese style franchise burger chain. They do a variety of burgers as well as hot dogs. They are located in Emphorium, Terminal 21, Paragon, and a few other larger department stores.

KFC taste rating ..10 people took part in this survey. = tasteless . = very bad. =yuk

KFC

Macdonalds

Chesters Grill

Subway - reasonable

Pizza hut so so

Pizza company

Burger king so so

Moss burger reasonable

Most considered Subway sandwich as the best of a bad bunch ( fast food outlet ) also Moss Burger.

Zebra crossings are a designated zone in which a pedestrian being that of thai nationality or farang are required to use when crossing any roadway or vehicular throughfare.

A person using this crossing shall do so at there own risk.

The crossing also acts as an easy location zone should any pedestrian be run over as the emergency services will proceed straight to the nearest Zebra crossing rather than complicated directions.

Ahhh ... that's great news !! .... every dog has there day .....

Zimbabwean's will be partying hard today

Thais must learn english.

I have been saying this for the past 10 years and they are still dragging there feet on this issue.

The old ' thais don't need to speak english as there native language is thai which makes them unique ' doesn't hold water.

This is a load of rubbish as all nationalities need to learn english even if it's just basic english, as long as you can communicate effectively.

The world over uses english as the #1 international language through every day business dealings and general communication.

How can school leavers ever apply or even be considered for a position in another country if he or she cannot speak english ?

Tourism revenue accounts for some 80% of thai income .... so with this revenue being such a large chunk of the countries income ... wouldn't it be a priority to ensure the population and especially those working in the tourism industry can speak english ?

How can the country move forward when the younger generation cannot understand any english ?

If Thailand doe's not make english mandatory for school student and include it in the curriculum it will be left behind.

It will continue to become know for it's lack of motivation, planning and development for the young and it will continue to be 50 years behind the times.

After reading many of the posts on this topic one can clearly see and identify concerning issues that need attention as quickly as possible.

With the strength of 'word of mouth' , should these problems not be address...

Thailand will become less favourable as a tourist destination as years go by.

But one important point here !

Does Yingluck ever read Thaivisa ?

Is she aware of these serious issues ?

If the PM is not aware then how can these be addressed ?

Its fine to point out problem after problem .... but really , Is the PM aware of any of this and the outcome if nothing is done.... ?

Just my opinion.