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Hello. I highly recommend dr. Paradee at Sriphat hospital in Chiangmai. She is an assistant professor, but is very, very experienced. She did my cataract surgery a few years ago, and it was very successful. Her English is excellent. Google her name on the Sriphat web site. Feel free to message me.

Thanks. As I suspected from other comments. Any idea how to get the additional coverage that is prudent ? I will have my Thai wife check with our insurance co.

We're thinking of taking out car to Laos (Friendship Bridge-Nong Kai). We've researched what is needed, but a couple of things are still unclear. My Thai wife will drive. Does she need an international drivers license, or just her Thai license? If our Thai insurance will not cover Laos, and I suspect it will not, what insurance do we need and where to get it? Apparently there are some insurance shops just after the Thai check point, but some comments have been made that while OK for Laos immigration, it will not be of much use in the event of an accident. Any thoughts or suggestions on this. I would appreciate hearing from folks who have actually done this, please. Thanks in advance.

I want to lay my hybrid mattress on a new solid platform frame. Because of our high humidity I am concerned about mold. A number of sites on the internet point to this as a potential problem, and that's in the US. The suggested best fix is to put a coconut coir pad under the mattress for circulation. Has anyone one had a mold problem with a solid platform bed? I would prefer not to use the coir pad. One suggested method was to drill numerous holes in the platform but many negate that as not effective, Because of the heaviness of this mattress slats are not good as we had them before and there was sag. I would appreciate helpful feedback.

Hi, I hope I'm in the right forum. We live in Phitsanulok. Can anyone tell me of a lumber yard around here that sells plywood and will cut it to the size required. Its a small job but I don't have a saw and don't need one. If you can give name of place, location and telephone I would be most appreciative. Google in English was not helpful. Thanks in advance.

Thanks everybody for comments. Incidentally we do have the highest coverage insurance with Viriyah and I am surprised that the claim adjuster did not take care of it.

Thanks, perhaps this is legit, even though it is unfair. I suspect this was deemed to be a 50/50 situation, but nobody was forthcoming to my wife. In my view it was clearly the fault of the motorcycle. She was driving in the dirt next to road, it was not even a real shoulder, She hit us when we turned into a restaurant, we did signal, but she was in a blind spot and going very fast.

I would like to thank you both for your offers of assistance. As it turned out, unknown to me, she was also surfing the net. She found a very helpful Belgian in Pattaya and they went and got it done. I really appreciate falangs willing to assist their countrymen.

We were driving through Nakon sawan on the way to Phitsanulok. We were hit by a motorcycle and the driver hurt her leg. Two hours was spent with police and insurance adjuster. Afterward my wife told me that the police officer made her pay him 500 baht for a "vehicle inspection" as our car was damaged. He told her if we did not pay him we would have to stay in Nakon Sawan to get our vehicle inspected at another location.I want to know (for future reference) if this is a legitimate standard police procedure. This seems extremely "fishy" to me and I suspect we got the "falang VIP" treatment. Does anybody know if this was legit?

I am asking on behalf of friends. The wife is Thai and the husband is from Belguim, but she has to take care of all his business. She is trying to complete some tax forms and does not speak Dutch, and apparently the husband cannot help. Does anybody know of someone who can translate Dutch and might be able help her figure out the forms. This is a bit of an unusual request but I would appreciate any suggestions.

I'm looking for genuine Chinese food. Not the Thai Chinese fusion. I'm not looking for fine dinning, just simple well prepared Cantonese food. I can not eat any shellfish or seafood and I have found that most of the so called Chinese restaurants are actually Thai style, and they seem to slip crab or shrimp into everything even though its a chicken or pork dish, or dim sum. Any suggestions