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I know somebody asked about a year ago without luck, but any chess clubs in Chiang Mai?

Thanks

The Chess Club meets at The Pub every Wednesday at 7 p.m. All levels welcome. For further info call 053-211-550 or email [email protected].

according to google and cm mail....

there is a place inside wororot market,in the building to the right side coming from chiangmoi,all indian spices

I'm currently on an Indian cuisine cooking tangent but am missing the following, anyone knows where these could be found?

fresh curry leaves

fresh fenugreek (leaves and seeds)

asafoetida

mustard seeds

I know Rimping has the pre-made pastes etc, but find it more fun to experiment from scratch .

Thx in advance,

there is a place inside wororot market,in the building to the right side coming from chiangmoi,all indian spices

wine-o

thanks everybody for you input .it really makes me feel better to know i have options .i will go there first thing tomorrow morning and guess i can get my flight out at 12.30 since it's just there anyway.i will post the outcome after my arrival in the us .i have a ticket back to cm in time for loi kratong and hope to see you then --r--

If they will give you an extension is based on what kind of visa you have. Only on a tourist visa will they give an extension of 30 days, all other kind of visa's a maximum of 7 days, which is to short.

If you are not on a tourist visa you have 2 options:

1. go to immigration in Chiang Mai with your ticket out of the country and pay the overstay fine in advance. (Fine is 500 baht a per day with a maximum of 20,000 baht).

2. pay at the airport when you leave the country.

The risk with option number 2 is that since you are on overstay you can be arrested and detained till you leave the country if your visa is checked. With option number 1 you eliminate that risk. In practise the risk is not that great and since you all ready have a ticket out of the country don't expect too much problems if you were to be checked. But it is up to you if you take e risk or not.

i should have mentioned i am on a 60 day tourist visa. but i guess i just go to the immigration and see what the options are.not sure that they wouldn't already give me problems at the cm airport security check.

i just realized that i overstayed my visa which ended sep.6.i have a ticket from chiang mai to bkk on monday,sept 15 and my flight back to the us is on tue morning.what is the best way to deal with it ,should i go first thing to the immigration on monday morning to get an extension?will they give it to me?

i really want to point out oasis here, on soi 2 taphae rd just a few steps in from tp-rd on the right.while they have a nice european menu i always end up with the thai stuff like laab isaan,tom ka ,or lad na .

the food is delicious, very nicely prepared and reasonably priced and my thai wife just loves going there with me.also belgian beers, pooltable etc....

loi krathong is on the day of the (first) full moon in november.november 12th as far as i know in 2008.

it is the first big day when they have the parade .

the floats(krathong) , lanterns (komloi),fireworks and partying go on for another two days.more or less of course, probably more since the 15th is a saturday....

i had some myself this year and i live to tell that it is no laughing matter.i thought it was a bad flue and took some aspirin which is about the worst thing you can do since it keeps the blot from clotting and dengue dramatically reduces the platelet count in your blood.that is why it is also called hemorrhaging fever.you can die from an internal bleeding just by knocking into something. it also came with an ugly red rash all allover the body.ultimately i checked myself into ram for a couple of days (20 000bt) and the iv's worked wonder. before that i went to loi kroh clinic and was given the proper diagnosis ,medication, and was told to drink a gallon of water a day.but i simply couldn't drink or eat anything at all.i never even noticed a mosquito bite...

i will be more than happy to join in....

with my better half of course......

That is absolutely hilarious.

Then it MUST be true....

i stayed at chiang mai mansion once for about 6 months and it was a good place for me.just across from the mosque between the night market and the river,in a little alley,soi 3 charoen prathet rd if i remember it right.

after reading through the entire four pages of this thread i came to the conclusion that many of you are obsessed with your fears and should live in the bubble back home.as for me personally i will just stick to leo,with ice.from the tab.

Chug-a-lug dude!

Up to you, somebody's friend but safe drinking water is an issue worldwide and just because you don't care about yourself doesn't mean that everyone else should not take precautions.

...of course and they should be.all i'm saying is not to overdo things. leaving a trail of empties behind wherever you live obviously doesn't improve the environ that has been polluted by just those petrochemical products to the point that the water is bad just about everywhere.the long term solution aside from croaking can only be a drastic reduction in consumerism/wether its plastic bottles or any other deposible items and of course in the number of participants.just trying to get the most out of it personally by shifting the problem to those without the means to pay for every whim and fancy means just that,passing the buck the shitty way.i worked for people once,but only very briefly that filled theit pool with poland springs water.20 000$ worth.that to me is obscene and intolerable.they own levi's .i haven't bought any since.not that that would change anything.i'm just saying you gotta keep the eye on the ball.

after reading through the entire four pages of this thread i came to the conclusion that many of you are obsessed with your fears and should live in the bubble back home.as for me personally i will just stick to leo,with ice.from the tab.

QUOTE (mongoose @ 2008-08-24 09:44:18) I too will be going to Laos soon, thanks for the advice. I have a bunch of big one dollar bills, do you know where I could change them to the small one dollar bills you recommend ?

i can give you the phone nr of my shrink

I got treatment at the regular section at sun doc(maharai) hospital in may.it was no problem you just fill in a form and wait with everybody else.i had to wait longer and when it was finally my turn the doctor got up and went away.after some more waiting it turned out that they made sure they got somebody who was not too shy to speak english since my thai is only good to order beer and food.i had a consultation and subsequently x rays ,more consultations and some medication.everything was cheap,around 600bt.the service was great ,i talked to a real specialist .the med's were good too.if you can sit in a crowd ,it's doable,just bring a book.

previously i had some outpatient experience at ram which was also very good and reasonably priced.

x rays,diagnosis and doctors advice for around 1000.- cm ram has great service.no waiting around there.

when i admitted myself with what turned out to be dengue fever at ram they did a great job and the room was very posh.two full days with all the treatment and tests rang up at 20 000 bt.a little more than i expected from my outpatient experience there -that's why i tried out sun doc to find cheaper alternatives for the future.

I went past Johns Place / Cozy Corner earlier tonight and noticed it was closed. Anybody know what's happening?

renovation