narkeddiver

Thanks for the review - it's on mine and my wife's "list of places to try" so we'll move it closer to the top of the list now

Soda water, mix with fresh lemon. Better than a canned mix.

I'll give that a try - the schweppes version in a can is too sweet

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Thanks for your kind and warm reply

Some visiting friends were kind enough to bring over a bottle of Pimms but I haven't been able to find any lemonade to mix with it

7up and sprite are too sweet to use as a mixer so does anyone know where in Chiang Mai to buy lemonade or do you have any suggestions for a good replacement mixer?

Thanks in advance

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Went in a typical Thai liquor store today and they had stacks of tonic water - no shortage at all - just stay away from the big supermarket chains

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My favourite event was when one of the guests at my wife's guesthouse went for a walk and got lost

She went into a 7-11 to ask for directions and one of the guys behind the counter popped her on the back of his scooter, drove her back (about 2km) and wouldn't accept any recompense from either the guest or my wife

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Those who demand that anyone who has less money than the poster return to their home country.

Due to a small lottery win and even smaller interest payment those few who have less money than me will know need to raise an extra £10.07 in order to remain in Chiang Mai

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I purchaced a Ipod for my son and want to download games and music and went to the bank to open an over the internet purchase account . My wife has just complained that it's turned out expensive , he said he downloaded 1 game and a few songs and we were billed for 800 baht.

Is there extra costs and charges on top of the price of the games and songs if so could you tell me what is the actual price of the games etc

Thanks

You will receive an email from iTunes shortly detailing what your son has bought and how much each item cost

In the meantime change the password on your itunes account so that your son no longer knows it and then he will have to ask you when he wants to buy something and you can see the cost beforehand

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Got to be careful going into bars around there. I wandered into one for a beer after a bit of a stroll and suddenly realised that it was bereft of girls.

But I had a beer anyway, everyone was very social.

Blue Oyster Bar?

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you can get all bbc radio through the bbc web site

the bbc iplayer radio app is excellent

So why couldn't I listen to The Ashes even though I pay a BBC license?

The BBC only holds the internet radio broadcast rights for certain events (premiership football commentary, the ashes, etc) for the uk

When the BBC website detects that you are in a country that it doesn't have the broadcast rights to (I.e. Thailand) it will prevent you from listening to the program

I'm guessing as the Ashes were in Australia then an Australian broadcaster was controlling the worldwide rights and only sold the BBC the U.k broadcast rights

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Normally they are present when a member of the royal family is visiting Chiang Mai - and I understand that such a visit is taking place today

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Thanks for all the suggestions folks - they've given me something to mull over

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Hi there,

I'm looking to get in new tv sometime in the next couple of months and wondered if anyone had any recommendations that I can add to my short list

Here are my requirements so far:

Type: LCD / LED

Size: 42 - 46" (happy to go bigger but unfortunately Mrs Diver has set the limit

Smart TV: Not required (don't want to pay for something that my Apple TV and laptop can already do)

3D: Not required (I find it a gimmick tbh so don't really want it)

Cheers,

Narked

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I hope someone will prove me wrong but I don't think the Apple TV will work on a wireless network such as the one you use as the atv doesn't have a web browser

Is there anyway that you can set up the MacBook to be a private hotspot in the same way that iPhones can? That way the atv could share the wireless signal from the MacBook

The atv also has an Ethernet port so it might be worth investigating to see if you can connect the atv to the MacBook that way

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HBD JC

If you can't find any Poles will Brits or Yanks do instead (apologies - couldn't resist)

Just place a phone call to the lovelies in Sixth Sense and they will sort out the ghosts for you (however you must expect lots of fake evil laughter, drama and A-Team style gun fights)

I'm not entirely sure how my nationality affects my choice of bank but for the record I'm not an American

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Many thanks for the info folks - I'll mull it over for a few days before making a choice

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Hi,

I'm looking to open a bank account in Chiang Mai - I have a work permit so hopefully that will make things easier

At the moment I'm looking for people's advice/recommendations for which bank to use

I'm sure that one bank won't match everything but some of the things I'm considering (in no particular order) are

Which bank has the most and best location of ATMs across the city (I understand thee is a fee if you draw money from an ATM from a different bank)

Which bank has the best online banking services (I have to transfer money to a couple of different Thai bank accounts during the month)

Which bank is easiest to get a visa debit and/or credit card from

Thanks in advance

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I don't know if you have a smart phone but there is a Major Cineplex app that has the times on it

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If the purpose is to backup RAW files, you might be able to save yourself a lot of time by burning them to a blu-ray disk and mailing it back to your home.  Taking up a table at coffee shops and restaurants to upload your photos might seem like a clever strategy, but is that how you really how you want to spend your holiday in Chiang Mai?  Even if you can get a consistent upload speed to your server of 2 Mb/s (unlikely), it's going to take 66 hours to upload 30GB of data.

 

"And here's a picture of me uploading my pictures"

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Ecky thump!

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I often wonder if the discussion amongst the native Indians went something like this

"Should we help them?"

"They look harmless enough"

"What's the worst that could happen?"

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