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Depends on location. Tourist areas more expensive. We have discovered a new hotel on Ngam Wong Wahn for only 800. Would be 1500 or more on Sukhumvit. Not long opened, decent car park and garden, restaurant , nice furniture , netflix , soft beds etc. Wont last long at this rate now that tourism is picking up.

Well , hope he is wrong but what with the threat of more war , global warming , natural disasters , covid and economic uncertainty etc , 2023 looks set to be a tough year for a lot of people. Hopefully , a massive meteor wont strike in lower Petchabun to ruin my hunker down plans.

Wow. That was really slumming it. I always spent the extra 5 quid and flew Tarom !! With Aeroflot , the brick shothouse hostesses were so fat that they blocked the aisle just when you wanted to spend a penny. Faces carved in stone to resemble the back of a bus. To make love to one you would have needed a ladder and crampons.

Buriram wet market. Packed to the rafters with Hi So women on Friday afternoons looking for fresh veg etc. They are obviously hoping to bump into one of the Chidchob clan , crafty vixens !

Soon be facing a similar problem but since my mother would never agree to moving here I will have to make the move back to the UK to care for her for at least 6 months a year. Wife can't come with me as has to care for her own elderly mum next door to us. Good luck to the OP. I'm sure he's doing the right and best thing. Wish I had the option.

That's not the owner. That's Gollum still looking for his precious.

There is a high tech invention that has not yet become well known. It is a very esoteric , hush hush device called a telephonic ( or something like that ) whereby you can remotely call the immigration check point and get the up to date lowdown on crossings at this point. Sound like sci-fi fantasy to me but who knows...one day in the future might happen.

Sold one used car privately and one to a dealer . No problems. Dealers need to make money so you have to shop around for the best offer. Other dealers will let you sell your car on their forecourt at the price you want but take a cut for introducing the buyer.

Not much good to people with long nails . Bum guns much more hygienic. Having said that , I checked into a hotel once where the water pressure was actually scary. OK if you wanted to clean your teeth and esophagus simultaneously but not otherwise.

The reason for this is that it makes the bike 0.0000001 kph faster. Less weight and drag.

Expat communities ......eeeew.

Well: It's fortunate that Chuwit is a high profile person otherwise he would get thrown under a bus or some other unfortunate accident. As it is , he will probably be around for a while yet.

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It's not unusual.

Fact is , it's very easy to give up drinking. I know, I've done hundreds of times already. As for a goal I would like to achieve ....for me , to do the Cape Wrath Trail would be a huge dream fulfilled. Wanted to go there since I was a teenager but spent my life abroad. Going for a home visit in April and am tempted to give it a go but at 65 would probably be too much. That plus to buy all the hiking gear from scratch plus getting to the start point at Fort William then back again to the Isle of Wight could easily cost 600 pounds or more. Might have a few bottles of wine and a walk along the beach instead.

One other thing I have had confirmed. Two old sayings : The road to perdition is paved with good intentions No good deed goes unpunished The next stray dog that turns up, puppy or not will be sent packing !!

Ok ....second visit today and it seems I am in fact on the two ID shots per visit. Another 243 baht paid. ( Will be over a thousand when finished ) Again, big thanks to Sheryl and Lorry for valuable and up to date information Same as shown in green box:

They helped me once to get a refund from a travel agent. Thai airways had refunded the return leg of an unused flight to the agent I got the ticket from. Agent refused to give me the 6000 baht. Went to tourist police who sent an officer with me to get the money from the agent. The agent span a cock and bull pack of lies to the police officer unaware that I speak Thai. She was very surprised when I spoke to them both in Thai and she was caught in her lie. I got the money back but she had to perform a final act of spite. She had checked the ticket with my passport ( same name ) but instead of returning my passport she threw it in the rubbish bin and told me to get it myself. Both the officer and I raised our eyebrows but said nothing. I picked up the bin , emptied the whole contents of it onto her work desk and retrieved my passport from the detritus She was hopping mad but I had what I came for and we left. Back in the police car the policeman had a good laugh and said ' that showed her ' then took me to the hotel with a wai and a handshake.

One born every minute. Would be unbelievable if it wasn't true.

Extremely sad. There is no justification for torturing an elephant.

When Thaksin was in power there were posters here that said anyone would be better than Thaksin. What they got in return was too many years of the current incumbents. Just as corrupt and self serving. It's never a question of who would be good for Thailand , more of a who would be least worse . TIT , there are no squeaky clean options. Meanwhile in the UK people had the choice of Corbyn or Johnson The Americans had the choice of Trump or Hillary See how it works ? The scum rises to the top in politics.

Negotiating his passage for stealth return.

The dog has only been with us 5 weeks and is perfectly healthy but as he had drawn blood I decided to play it safe. Yes, they were deep injections. Thanks again for your advice.

Well....panic over. Thanks to that most common of things .................a misunderstanding. As soon as I got to the hospital emergency department the doctor recognized me and asked " Why did you go home ? You forgot your medication and appointment for next jabs ? " Turns out , while I was waiting after the jabs I thought I should ask the receptionist if I should have handed her the little appointment slip the doctor originally gave me.( says Tetanus in Thai ) ) No she said and is that all the paperwork you were given , if so you can go home , which I did !! Should have waited a little longer. Now I have the correct schedule of 4 jabs.( PVRV ) 1st today 2nd on 1st of February 3rd on 5th of February 4th on 28th of February They also collared me for 355 baht which includes some anti biotics. Thanks Lorry for confirming my suspicions.