Mousehound

I find that my biggest problem is getting the duration of a word correct. This is a result of my learning to read Thai better than I can speak it. Just got to get into listening to conversational Thai I guess.

Can anyone give me the pahk neua dialect term for "Corner" please?

Black-winged stilts and Great Egrets. Intermediate do not have suck a kinked neck, just a S-shaped neck. Also, bill is much shorter as well as the neck. Intermediate appear rounder-headed. Just my opinion:-)

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If you have bad sunburn and can't get your fingers into tight gloves you can make a (or get them sewn) rectangle of soft cloth which just covers the top of the hand and about half the length of your fingers - attach a tape at one end that can wrap about wrist (or Velcro strip) and a loop for the thumb to go through and a loop for the little finger. I had a pair like this for fishing made by Shimano. They cover the top of your hand but leave the fingers free and cool.

30Bht entry! We were charged 15 pounds each to enter St Pauls Cathedral a few months back . 30 Bht seems pretty fair - although I don't remember ever paying that at Doi Suthep.

Can't really blame the administration for trying to make enough from visitors to pay for the place. Just visited St Pauls, London and for the two of us it cost about $50. I was born in that area and it used to be free. I think I prefer visiting Doi Suthep just as much. And you don't have to book ahead.

Nice - agree with above posters on id. Both sp are kept as pets. Although some bronzebacks have a very mild poison.

Thai's are used to camping in NP. You really don't need to worry about animals - possibly areas where there are a lot of monkeys can be a problem. You are more likely to win the lottery twice in a row than be eaten by a Tiger.

He said 'wild mountain areas, and away off the roads'.....so, I would imagine with wild animals such as bears, tigers, elephants etc in Thailand...the areas that he has expressed his desire to camp, he could/should be a little concerned....although each and every area is different and not so many tigers left...but there are still some spots and one of those spots just might be picked by the OP to go visit..and camp...off the road, away off the road.

In Oz I used to camp away off the road....but that was to steer clear of view of serial killers more than anything else...not so may killer kangas out there either.

Well, if he is way off the roads then his chances of survival have definitely improved. The roads in Thailand are way more dangerous than the wild animals. I have never heard of anyone in recent years being taken by a tiger or bear in Thailand. Wild elephant is a very slim possibility. On your last comment about Oz - I agree. Especially in Qld! What is more of a problem, if he goes seriously "bush" is falling and breaking a leg or getting lost. I got mildly lost a couple of times - managed to get out OK - it is not a good feeling. I have found that even being a few meters away from a road in dense cover it is very easy to get lost. Also it is amazing how sound is killed by trees. I have demonstrated how in some instances a whistle can not be heard over more than fifty meters and less if there is a wind blowing. Modern GPS etc has helped a lot now of course. Some areas have malaria. And, I work researching wildlife so am wary of rabies. Although, in this regard the soi dogs frighten me most.

Typically I don't think anyone should go seriously "bush" if they are not really experienced and confident. You should travel with companion(s). Also, you need to leave detailed instructions with trusted friends and someone who known what to do in the event you go missing.

You just killed a Banded Krait ,yes can be fatal to humans,but a very docile

snake,not prone to attack,its main diet is other snakes,so only yourself to

blame if you get over run with Cobras.

Just don't understand why people have just got to kill anything that comes into

their space,,anything that moves,is dispatched without knowing what it actually

is,a little knowledge about what kind of animals are around would be a great help

to a lot of people ,and to the species thats habitat is our gardens,at this rate there

will be nothing left.

Regards Worgeordie

We have 2 young kids playing in the garden and I like to minimize the risks for them to be bitten.

Every snake I see is chopped and if I'm not home my wife calls the guard to do it.

Snakes and other wild animals belong in jungles and zoos not in gardens with children!

So you kill birds and anything else that moves?

Doi Inthanon has a very pretty campsite near the HQ, a fair way up the mountain. It does get crowded in January though. Also pretty cold at night there at that time of year. I was there in January and it got down to a few degrees above freezing at night. We stayed at Mr Daeng's and he had someone camping there as well. There would be room for a dozen small tents I would say. near the Park HQ. Nice tribal village with good food there.

Another thought might be Mallee's at Chiang Dao. I think she still has a dormitory and hires out tents. Big place for the birdwatchers.

Went there five years ago with a visitor. Hired clubs - very poor quality - hired caddies - older, and not too bad. For 9 holes and a very average course I thought that paying as a visitor it was pretty expensive. About $60 each for the whole deal if I recall correctly. There was virtually no one on the course at the time, other than ourselves. Place seemed a bit run down. Pity, as it obviously has potential. Position for me is good and it has (too?) cheap membership. Disappointed to hear about the political infighting.

Bunnings in Oz has a Bosch unit that detects different materials and live wire to 50mm. It works very well and for me was worth the price as I am doing a restoration job on our place. It isn't cheap though at $88. B&D do a much cheaper one for about $40 - you can get them on EBay. Also on EBay are a lot of even cheaper options but I'm not sure I would trust them. I would have thought it possible to get something from any decent hardware place in CM.

Thai's are used to camping in NP. You really don't need to worry about animals - possibly areas where there are a lot of monkeys can be a problem. You are more likely to win the lottery twice in a row than be eaten by a Tiger.

We had four weeks planned in Chiang Mai then two in Vietnam and one in Cambodia, and then back to BKK for a week. Looks like this is not possible without a visa now. Might just cut out BKK altogether.

I can never upload pics

to this thread - help?

Welcome to a bankrupt country

The country that I come from is bankrupt too. I'm starting to get used to it.

Same here! is there anywhere worth living that isn't bankrupt?

I am clear as to these countries taxing pensioners - especially Spain and Portugal.

 

I dont know what definition Beetlejuice uses for 'very cold' but unless that means below 30c, I have not experienced Chiang Mai as cold from November through February as he asserts. But then I live in the city and not the hills.

This year we had a couple of weeks when it dropped to 12-13c at night but was hot (by my definition :25-30c) daytime.

TV members wrote about how their shower heaters didnt heat up properly for 2-3 weeks then the issue went away!

But his suggestion of a young female escort every night to snuggle up to seems a great way to deal with the cold nights.......

 

I think it were in January, they registrated 3 or 4 celcius one night, in the hills south west of CM city.. Personally i have seen 1 time that there were some light white frost cover on the grass in the mountains .. NOt sure of the english name..

So yes.. Can be really cold sometimes..

http://www.chiangmaicitynews.com/news.php?id=1208

the link is from another part of thailand, but same weather type as here most of the time..

"Personally i have seen 1 time that there were some light white frost cover on the grass in the mountains .. NOt sure of the english name.."

The Brits call this "Hoare frost" So the suggestions re female company are quite relevant it seems.

My Mercedes doesn't care about the gas price!

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Neither does mine - broke down years ago and I swapped it for a far more efficient and cheaper jap job. Saved me a fortune.

Perfume is different to aeu De toilette which is different to cologne: although men's cologne is closer to eau de toilette. Cologne tends to be more alcohol based and going up the line to oil based perfume. Cologne generally is a morning thing and perfume for the evening. Really all comes down to intensity. For a while I did some work for Carl Largerfeld - when Chloe was making a big push into the market. It was a very interesting time for me. I did a tour of the 4711 works in Cologne - nearly passed out, the smell was so strong. In an attempt to add to the OP's question: apart from the obvious I wonder if Boots might stock low end stuff. As for Issey Miyake and others like it you will most likely only get these through the big stores. Typically perfume houses in effect rent space within a store - stock and staff are usually covered directly by the perfume House itself. As terminatorchiangmai suggested you might try online - but watch out for copies. If it is too cheap it is most likely a scam.