BillR

write a letter, that'll teach em!

There's some new Turkish restaurant that just opened up on the main road from Chalong to Rawai. It looks to be about 500 metres before Friendship in one of the new shophouse type buildings. They are advertising kebabs and "European Food".

I tried the first or second day it opened, I might as well of put a sock in my mouth. Dry kebab, no seasoning and about 5 bahts worth of chicken inside. That being said, I will try again in a few weeks to see if they get that sorted.

There is also a place called Khan opposite banana corner that advertises free flow wine for 399B and I tried the food their which was ok, had a lamb kebab, the indian style kofka. They also have burgers, everything between 190-220B.

And to the family restaurant, I absolutely love their chicken scwarma. It might be an acquired taste because at first I was not impressed, but they grew on me and I now always order 2.

If you rented, you could just move and forget about the whole thing.

believe it or not you can roast peanuts in the microwave. Probably not as good but it works:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d32OeqbYbHg

20lbs of Taco Bell, freeze it and pack it in dry ice.

10 pin bowling is for chumps, 7 pin is where its at:)

I have always understood that if you pay for 10mbit line, you are paying for 10mbit of domestic bandwidth. International bandwidth is shared by everyone and varies by provider and how much they are willing to buy. I read on this board CAT charges isps something like 15000B per mbit in intl bandwidth so therefore for every 1mbit is intl bandwidth there will be at least 40 people sharing that just to cover cost. Hence, no good connection outside Thailand.

Brasil is nice too, its known for its plentiful fruits and nice beaches:)

Cost of living is about the same as the USA. Foreigners can own property outright and there are no restrictions on how much.

There is no real financial advantage to living there, things cost about the same, but it is much like Thailand in the regard it is very laid back, beautiful beaches, you can do what you please, and no one bothers you.

Jaco, for me, has everything. Great food, clubs, lots of real beach bars, easy to get around, only a few hours from the states, incredible women, no real language barrier.

Id be there if I wasn't busy here and when/if i get sick of Thailand thats where I'm headed.

some pics of Jaco 2009 (mods dont worry about URL, its dead)

I have been pretty much everywhere in Costa Rica but spent around 6 months each year in Jaco Beach, for about 4 years. Jaco is sort of a sleepy beach town, known for surfing but has all the amenities and is just a few hours from San Jose. In recent years it has become more touristy but is still a nice place. If you live centrally you can walk most places.

Visa requirements are easy for temporary residency which requires you to basically have 1000USD per month. Temporary residency permits can be from 1-5 years if I remember correctly and can be converted to permanent residency after a few years. On the temp residency, you can own business and receive income from business but cant work. This may have changed.

Jaco, in my opinion is the best place, has a small town feel to it, and its not too far from other coastal areas.

Some of the towns in costa rica do seem a bit dodgy, seeing guys with sub machine guns guarding banks etc, but its one of those things that if you don't get involved with dodgy stuff, bad things won't happen. In the 4 years I was there I never had anything bad happen, aside from a maid stealing my watch.

So, great place to live, party, surf, and amazing sport fishing.

^agree there egg sausage cheese bacon muffin solves any hangover.

^maybe in San Jose, but thats not a place to live. As long as you are not involved with drugs its completely safe, they don't even have an army.

Costa Rica is ok, but also becoming touristy. The women are way better than here, people are actually passionate about things, most people speak decent english and spanish is relatively easy to learn. Panama as well.

yes but you can still buy alcohol at the nearly all mom and pop shops and at some 7-11's who don't follow this law.

I can't believe this is even being discussed, Thailand has no decent connection to outside Thailand so how is fiber optic going to solve anything. And people actually went to check? lol

Still not as good as Kallot restaurant.

Yeah, you have tried both I'm assuming?

O.K., I'm going to Kallots for the big breakfast tomorrow, will compare.

You owe KB if it's not as good !!!!

The reason I like Kallots over Breakfast Hut is that I prefer some toast, not two slices from a baguette.

I eat at breakfast hut every single morning and have for about 1 year and I always got actual toast and never some baguette slice. You are thinking of Morning coffee, they have the baguette slice, not toasted.

The problem from the perspective of the company shipping you the goods, is that if the package is held in customs and cannot be cleared, is that Thailand will sit on the package for up to 60 days before returning it to the sender. This can happen because 1) the customer refuses to pay whatever duty or 2) customs cannot find a specific ingredient or component of the product you ordered in the FDA book they use.

So, because some people will want a refund immediately, and the sender will want to wait to receive the product back before giving a refund, less shipping expenses, some consumers will not wait for this and call their credit card companies and chargeback the charges, causing a problem for the sender, even in the event that the sender wins the dispute as any chargeback counts as a negative to their chargeback ratio which must remain under 1%.

So, basically, that is why nobody wants to ship things like medicines to Thailand (and germany and australia for that matter)

When I was a stockbroker, I wore fake glasses to appear smarter and Im pretty sure I got more business because of that.

Ive been looking around and cant seem to find. any help is appreciated. I have a friend who has windows 7 64 bit and a pc with one of the solid state drives and the thing boots almost instantly.

you need a proof of address or a work permit, proof of address you get at immigration. You need to go with the owner to vehicle department and he has to sign some documents.

I think you can pay a service to do this for you, so you dont waste a whole day.

I had a situation where I could get the green book, but the seller was no longer in Thailand. I was unable to transfer the name, but so long as you have the book you can pay the tax etc and the bike is legal. Not the best route, but because of this I was able to bargain the price.

Low season so no problem getting a air con room for 800B, maybe less if you're lucky

I use Singapore airlines, BKK>Hong Kong>San Fran, never seen the economy but Id assume its better than most and the staff is very friendly.

United is not that bad, but again never seen the economy, but that route has newly outfitted 747's and 777 bangkok>Narita>San fran but old hags for staff.