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It's not so clear. The label clearly says Fruit wine, Produced and bottled in Thailand.

Of course the content is different.

I use both now for my restaurants as house wine. The good kind (Corbett Canyon, Franzia etc. usually from Chile, Argentina, Italy or USA) are missing a couple of months already.

Mar y Sol. Please read the label. Is made in Thailand, not made in Chile, just a Spanish name...

Said that, if inside Monclair, Mar y Sol and a couple more Thai 'brands', there is completely wine, powdered wine or a concoction of fruit alcohol and wine, I cannot know.

CHEERS

Yes, there's a tax investigation into the red wines boxes.

They are imported as fruit juice and fermented in Thailand to avoid the import taxes.

Any confirmation on Samui Mart?

Somebody instead say they import the powder...

JUST ADD WATER!

I expect it is called fruit wine to get around some tax ?

Of course

Mar y Sol is no Chilean but, if you read the label, produced and bottled in Thailand (fruit wine)

AFAIK is not possible (and useless) to carry your own car to Koh Tao

I use to buy 3 lt boxed wines like Corbett Canyon, or Franzia, usually from Chile in bulk (50-60 pieces) from the Thai importer to save money and have them fresh and well kept.

I use them as 'house wine' and all my customers were very happy with them. Now I have to switch to Monclair, red and white...

The new tax on alcohol strongly hit the wine, based not on the price but on the quantity (and I don't know if on the Alcohol proof too). So all the imported bottled wine 0.7 lt. are now more expensive around 25%. The boxed imported wines (like several Chilean chardonnay, merlot, cabernet, shiraz) of fair or good quality) are almost completely out of stock and the importer (contacted by me for my business purpose) said that the no longer will import those wines because the should charge an almost double price and they cannot compete with the Monclair, Mar y Sol or similar brands produced and bottled in Thailand and renamed, in very small fonts, "fruit wines", to escape the big tax on imported alcohol.

Now only 2 companies are actually 'producing' and selling those 'fruit wines' and kill all the other competitors. Sure they have very good connections with the actual government.

No more humanity in this suffering country?

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I have two wireless mouses working together.

Tanita is a electronic scale brand

Makro sell cheap Digital scale at 600/700 Baht and Tanita good quality at 1500/2000

Today water very clear in Koh Phangan!

To use poisons or other ways to harm or kill dogs is not only against the law but also not ethical. So please avoid to talk about this but just legal and 'human" (if this is a positive term) means to kick out stray dogs from a garden.

Kids don't belong in protest areas, but they were not there for this reason:

For the love of truth, the picture is related to the 2010 Bangkok turmoils

Kratom is illegal in Thailand.

16) Not to post about gambling, betting, pornography, illegal drugs, fake goods/clothing etc and other activities that are officially illegal in Thailand.

CLOSED

I think I saw them in Makro. But not 100% sure

I will go with a small group of friends, Thai and expats, from Chiang Mai, Bangkok and Koh Samui. We are very excited because for our interest, mostly butterflies and other insects, that area bordering Malaysia is renowned.

Famous is Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary, Betong, Bang Lang National Park, Than To waterfall.

Several species are endemic of that region or very localized and impossible to find in the rest of Thailand.

Thale Ban National Park, close to Satun, is another good spot for our interests (I've been in 2012)

Here a sample of the animals I'm interested

There are two options available ... down through Yala City and on to Betong (and/or vv) (shown in blue)or over into Malaysia at Dannok, returning into Thailand (Betong) (shown in yellow). The Malaysia option is a much easier drive but the Yala option has some good scenery. You will probably need your car in Betong, so the minivan is not really a viable option. IMHO, it's well worth the trip whichever option you choose.

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Yes, I've considered myself the clever option thru Sadao and Malaysia, but unfortunately my car is still on finance so I shouldn't allowed to pass thru the border.

Just a couple of friends are worried about the dangers of driving across Pattani and Yala provinces, although daytime.

I think the local friends in Betong could supply us witha ride, but still not sure.

And finally I understand the trip from Donsak to Betong is around 650 Km!

For my exploration trips visiting National Parks and natural areas in Thailand, I get an invitation to Betong, great natural area and close to a National Park on the Southern border with Malaysia.

Some friend (Thai) don't recommend the trip by car but suggest a van/bus trip from Hat Yai to Betong. My friends from Betong (Thai Muslims) instead say there is not a problem driving up there, just several check points.

Any member has some experience or wise suggestion? I would like to with my car.

I'm not a snake expert and the picture is not so clear, but IMHO the "hood" is vertical, not horizontal. If it so, shouldn't be a Cobra but some kind of less dangerous snake.

A racer?

Or some kind of rat snake?