WinnieTheKhwai

That's not 'police harrassment' per se, but 'potential jealous ex husband harrassment'. Bit of a misleading title.

I have sent you a PM.

When the OP talks about "old gold" I believe he is looking for something, which aside from its intrinsic value as judged by spot price, may have value owing to its craftmanship, it being categorized "antique" and perhaps unique or bearing an interesting provenance.

I think so too, though something that's durable enough to make it to antique woudl simply not be called 'gold' in Thai because it'd be the non-Thai/Chinese 18K light yellow metal stuff. I think we're running into a glossary issue here; Thais wouldn't call 18K (real) gold.

Could be that the style is different... Already between Issan Tab Thai and the little Loi Kroh stall the Kaeng Om is readically different.. The Issan Thab Thai actually was actually pretty similar to Northern 'Kaeng Khae'.. (The small stall's version would likely get wider approval from an Issan audience..)

did we ever get to a list of places to go for great british food? huh.gif

Gotta be one of the shortest books ever written.

Some more info to illustrate the points I made earlier:

Here you see an example of a tuk tuk (three wheeled motorized vehicle) that's registered as a regular vehicle, so not as a taxi. Note the Red on White plates. Three wheeled motorized taxis on the other hand have green-on-yellow plates. (All public transport vehicles in Thailand have yellow plates including regular taxis, licensed motorbike taxis, buses, etc.)

There's nothing stopping anyone from registering a vehicle of this type, provided you have the drivers license for it and provide the other required documents.

Here's another nice one, It's called Issan Tab Thai and is just behind the 89 Plaza on the old Lamphun Road, not far South from the Nong Hoi intersection.

This is why america is the greatest country in the world... democracy ..the people really have power to choose!

Power to choose, except when it comes to basic personal freedoms.. No comparison with Thailand. Anyway, nice troll attempt to bring this off topic.

Don't know about the first part. Never been to The States and would love to go one day. America surely has many beautiful places and people.

You're not missing much. If you do go though, in a sense it's like Thailand in that it gets better & friendlier the further you get from the coast and the big cities.

Here's a recommendation for the little stall that's at the end of Moon Muang Soi 1 during the day, and along Loi Kroh at night. It's really quite good; it'd have to be given all the connoisseurs of the cuisine nearby. And it's cheap. Young couple, usually with their 5-6 year old kid nearby. Try the Kaeng Om, it's amazing.

Other than that, Kaen Chai opposite Siam TV is a solid choice.

I almost wish it was true though. I'd love a mini Bangkok.

It's not the usual weather type for the time of year, but it does happen occasionally.. Don't worry, enjoy the cooler temperatures and no doubt regular service will resume soon..

The websites selling Thai gold state that it is not 24k. "Thai Baht gold jewelry items termed " THAI BAHT GOLD " is known and recognized worldwide as 96.5% pure gold by product weight (23K)."

Still, that's soft enough to not last forever unless it's soemthing really chunky in design.

3 bedrooms is not a big house.

If it was indeed big (4-5 bedrooms, plus office, etc.) then your price range makes sense.

For 3 bedrooms in the boonies, I frankly think 12K is on the high side, but if you can get it then all the more power to you.

Every single market in Thailand has it.

I'd probably call Phrae a city too, simply because it's very old and looks like it with the moat and walls and all. (So in fairness Lamphun would then also qualify)

Lampang just grew very big because the roads it's on. The historical center is tiny. (Never been a big fan of the place, or of Chiang Rai for that matter)

I have a genuine question to the OP:

I agree completely with your assessment of Chiang Mai, however I am curious if you're talking about the whole of Phuket island, or a particular part of it such for example Patong. Did you spend most of your time in Patong, or near Phuket Town, or in villages in the middle?

In my VERY limited experience on Phuket, there are a lot more native people in Phuket Town and the villages than there are in Patpong et al, as you'd of course expect. Indeed I notice a big difference in friendlyness between those parts.

Phuket (the island/province) is a big place, and I'm not ready to dismiss the lot of it. I think if I were to live there I'd probably live near Phuket Town which always seemed very tidy to me, or possibly in villages near some of the lesser visited beaches, say in the Chalong Area.

really it is laughable for someone to say pizza company in the same sentance as the Dukes when talking pizza.

Heck, I think it's laughable for someone to say 'pizza' in the same sentence as Pizza Company.

Yes i agree with a previous poster, The Hang Dong road Terrible and the house prices and rents on the whole are unrealistic.

I wonder why that is, actually. 'Something' must be up there, I mean when even Carrefour opens a spanking new store in between Hang Dong and Sanpatong in the middle of a downturn then you'd think something is going on there. Also keep in mind that they recently improved that road that links up Sanpatong to the Canal Road, which provides an alternative route into town. (Next step would probably be making the Canal Road a 4 lane highway all the way through to Sanpatong).

Land prices are indeed higher in that area; again: why? I don't mind so much because my family has some land in the area, but it remains somewhat of a mystery to me.

Old 24K gold is no more valuable than new 24K gold, so what is it that you do not like about regular gold shops? The all have 24K gold.

Exactly. I think the original question reveals an underlying misunderstanding about Thai gold and gold shops.

Gold jewelery in Thailand is swapped & sold a lot. The material is so soft that it'd be hard for something with a really intricate design to keep its shape for very long. Gold is gold, old or new.. matters little unless perhaps the OP meant a somewhat dented / worn look, but then you get that within a year or two.

Traffic in Chiang Mai is bad?

If anything, villages like Hang Dong are basically just one big traffic bottle-neck. I'd say the traffic in Hang Dong is as bad as anything you'd come across in Chiang Mai, and possibly worse.

Anyway, I don't think you'll find the answer on this topic; best to just go and explore and see where you like it. Lampang and especially Chiang Rai are of course much further away.

Consider perhaps the Mae On area, past Sangkamphaeng. Very peaceful and not a lot of traffic passing through, unlike for example the main districts North and South of town. I do agree the Chiang Dao area is nice.

Is there an entry fee?

I drove past there last week but it seemed completely empty.. big parking lot and nobody there.

Is this topic still going?

One thing I wonder about is if his family and friends/associates are going to apologize to Thailand and the Thai police force for essentially calling them liars..

I think I know the answer to that.

Another scammy operation to het a lot of dough of Farangs and Thais who wannabe middle class.

No, Chang Phuak only has buses within Chiang Mai province, so for example to Chinag Dao, Fang and Tha Ton. To go to Phayao you go to the main Arcade bus station.

I wonder actually if it wouldn't be faster to take a bus to Lampang first and then on to Phayao. (Or Chiang Rai, which stops in Phayao)

I spent 15000 last night in pattaya, no i didnt take a woman, i have a severe hangover though !.

And pain in your backside?