Gonsalviz

A quick look at the straining shirt buttons could tell you that.

Crash bars save damage to the bike and it keeps a heavy bike off your legs if you happen to go down wrong.

You all can just go visit those places. I'll just hang out here. It's pretty cool up north in the winter. Winter for the northern hemisphere, that is.

Your money is not tied up in any bank. If using income you do not even need a bank. If using bank account for all or part it only has to be at that level for 3 months each year and you have free access at any time and outside those 3 months can use without effect on extension of stay.

What you say is true but it is a difference of having 25,000 or 12,000 USD Thaied up.

The thing that keeps me upright the most is the thought that it will take me and 2 other people to get my bike upright again.

If it was northwesr of Ao Nang and north of the Royal Residence it is for loading cement on to ships.

Thanks,

i don't know where it was, we were in a motorbike ride.

Here are two fotos where you can see (badly) the "bridge" and the panorama, maybe you can localize...

For certain, the top pic is just up the road from the Sofitel. I guess I stand corrected. It would be for loading lime on the ships rather than cement.

The pic looks like it was taken from just about where we stay.

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Planted long before traffic jams. Get rid of the drivers not the trees.

Bingo !

Right. If your avatar is your bike, so get rid of it.

Always what?

Just give it another few weeks until the rain and flood water subside, then the thai people will have forgotten about it and move onto something else.

they have the attention span of a goldfish and so this will be forgotten about in the dry season until rainy season is here again.

Then the bitching and whining will start again about the floods and what can we do. here 9 years now and its the same every year.

Today everyone in our village and the surrounding villages got food packages worth 200 baht each. the real bad flood problems are miles away but they gave the food packages to everyone. As usual all the people in our villages were distracted by this free item and forgot they were pissed off at the state of the roads and that the electricity goes of if a gecko farts.

The government knows how to play the game with these forgetful voters. they all think about what they can get for free today and let tomorrow take care of its self.

If the government gave the food packages to the families who really needed it and used the cash left over to put in place flood prevention measures, things would be better. but not gonna happen.

I know for a Fact that these same food parcels will be available for retail in the local markets in a couple weeks.

All politicians are all the same in their creamoff the top escapades. the only progress achieved is their bank balances getting bigger.

As the madagasgar penguins keep saying, "Just smile and wave boys, just smile and wave.'

Sorry. I made my entry before I read yours. But I did use a lot less words to say the same thing.

And next month it will be the price of rice or something else. Thais are only ever concerned about 1 thing at a time.

If it was northwesr of Ao Nang and north of the Royal Residence it is for loading cement on to ships.

Time to fess up - any TV members ( or more likely rather friends of TV members ) used the chat services advertised on TV and got the girls naked?

Start a poll.

I could say the same about the USA. If I didn't have very good paying job outside of the USA, I could not afford to live here.

The weather just depends on where you stay.

Krabi is good too and cheaper than Phuket.

"We had two men within 10km of our former home, one UK, one US, whose wives were greater than a 43yr age difference younger.

But that is entirely ok, to be applauded, in some circles here."

I think the issue is the age of the girl. 15 not acceptable.

It is in Thailand.

Make sure they get covered with heavy blankets or something so they don't rub together or on the sides of the truck. The Thais do't seem to care about thing like that.

The place I wanted a home did not have a house on it. Location, location,location.

I do not know anything about Singapore law.

Thai law is much easier for the Thai man to have a foreign wife than for a foreign man to have a Thai wife. I think you will have to get annual extensions of stay.

Over weight, over lenght, over width, and simply unsafe to other motorist

they damage the left lane of traffie then drive in the right lane without moving over

And while we are making the highways safer and better, can't something be done about the police check point that stay on the road at all times making a safety hazard as you drive at 119 kph or make bottle necks of traffic for no reason ?

Thailand sends navy ships of to Somali to help fight the pirates, but does nothing about the highway pirates dress as police that extort money to pass for no reason at all except extra pocket money

You might try driving closer to the speed limit.

When I can land at the airport for free and travel to with in an hour of Nong Khai, cross the border and get my next 3 months for less than 4000 baht why should I care. That is 4 months for $145.

Why is it possible, that the Rail-Airportconnection in Sinapore is so convinient and cheap?

Singapore has been in the public transport system for decades. Every train stop has a bus and taxi stop. I was there before the airport link so I don't know about it but cannot think it would be different than what they had when I was there.

Was the article paid for by the TAXI mafia? Makes me wonder.

I'd take the Airport Rai Link anytime. Hate it when I have to argue with taxi drivers who try to scam me. You don't get that with the ARL.

No traffic jams on the ARL. Once the train starts moving from Makasan Station - you are almost sure that you will get to Swampy in less than 1/2 hour. With a taxi, you never know when you'll get there. Just adds to a travellers anxiety - which I don't need.

So you can diss the ARL all you want but it's still a great way of travelling between Swampy and downtown Bkk.

I have none of those problems with taxis. Perhaps it is because of the points I travel to and from but I think not because it can be Nana, Lat Phrao, Bang Na and Bang Bon. Sometimes even up to Bang Pa In.

It is by far easier to throw my BIG bags in the boot an retrieve them when I get to where I am going. Granted, my wife meets me at the airport and drops me off there but I travel in taxis on my own too.

Several years back, I had problems with them. Before they wanted to use meters. Now that they use meters and I pay the tolls, I have no problems.

By far the best way to get to and from Swampy.

I can't be sure but I would bet you'll have to go back to your home country and I would also think that the company you will work for would be getting the visa for you.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thaivisa.com%2Fforum%2Ftopic%2F222234-documents-required-to-import-personal-effects-with-a-retirement-visa-o-a%2F&rct=j&q=thailand%20imort%20personal%20goods%20retirement&ei=6DFqToqVForWgQeK1vTuBQ&usg=AFQjCNEo65gkCZG2YqOCrKT7SIWPykiMjg&cad=rja

This link says you can import used items if you are changing residence to Thailand.

Has the ruling been superceded? I wrote to customs asking about this and was also told that I can. It has been some time though.

That would never happen with they US consulate. Takes 8 months for them to tell you that your wife is not a terrorist.

Well you first have to apply to homeland security. Then they will send the application to the consulate.

My wife opened a massage shop that is about 1 meter away from a Reggae bar. I tried to explain to her that massages and Reggae music with the thudding drums was not conducive to a relaxing massage. It fell on deaf ears.

The Reggae bar is open air and the walls of her shop are 10 cm bricks.