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There are many better places than the Paradise hotel.

Let us know what you are looking for and your budget and then we can help you to find a nicer place.

As long as the malicious hacker doesn't instal ios I reckon I'll be OK.

So very true.

It would be like going back in time and living with the dinosaurs. Oh wait that is what the Apple users are doing already.

If you are using a Windows PC, try downloading Hola! Better Internet Connection.

It's a browser-based PROXY extension that lets you select a route through another country (as your IP endpoint) on a domain-by-domain basis. Normally all traffic will travel normally unless you've selected a certain domain name to use another country as an exit point.

Sometimes I have issues getting ebay or amazon to render the page quickly accessing directly. Setting Singapore or USA will usually give me quick accurate access to the site.

As far as International Internet Gateway speed is concerned, most everyone has issues (depending on what Country they're accessing), and even more so at specific times. Way too many Facebook and YouTube users in this country.

I use Hola and it work fine for some sites I need it for.

But others I want seem to be able to block VPN servers and they still know I am not in Australia and block.

I have used Hola to access Australian catch up tv sites. Results are very disappointing. Simply does not work.

If the site only utilize a single domain to deliver content then Hola (or other simple VPN/Proxy-based services) usually works fine.

Austrailia's ABC iView and SBS OnDemand is another matter. The actual streaming system deliver bits and pieces of their content using many domains, with many geo-locations tests. With these sites you need a Full VPN Service.

I am current;y on TOT and when it is working it delivers speeds between 300kbps and 10MBPS. I have an aerial on the garage roof to receive the signal.

Signed up with 3bb yesterday and next week they will run cable to my home from the nearest point which is about 500 metres. Have the 10MBPS package and they have assured me I will get the full speed. Time will tell on that.

My question is there anyone that is watching Iview and SBS on demand from Thailand and if so what VPN are you using?

If 3bb does deliver the promised speeds I am hopeful of watching Iview and SBS and the Aussie rules footy.

Any help is appreciated.

Westerners who do their homework and visit several counties before relocating...will not choose Thailand to live...visit...maybe...

I went to the USA, UK, Australia, France, Germany and Finland first. Then I went to Poland and the Ukraine and the Crimea. After that I took a side trip to Syria and Yemen and Somalia. Now what were you saying?.........

Edit to add, I would have stayed in Canada except the price of my Thai home in Canada is like three gazillion dollars.

You say you went to all of the above places! Why did you go there?

Were you in those places for holidays, business or were you there to investigate them as a possible retirement destination?

Would love to know your reasons for choosing Thailand.

The places you went to are not part of asia (except Australia). Did you not consider investigating other asian countries as a possible place to live?

TWF, speak to CoCo as he's posted recently about this.

Thanks.

However his recent post made no mention of hotels close to the bar area.

Quite the opposite in fact. I think he stayed out of town.

By close I really need a short walking distance as I have an ongoing and troublesome foot injury.

Need some advice re a hotel close to the bar area in Khon Kaen. Close to Erics bar and the other bars there.

Budget is up to 1000 baht. Only need a basic clean room walking distance to the bar area.

I need a place with secure car parking.

Any help much appreciated.

http://boomerangpattaya.com/

Have stayed here a couple of times.

Excellent place and very clean rooms.

Mine worked without any issues.

'thaibeachlovers' is dead right about the ABC. I now love watching the UK news programs on ExpatTV. Besides being a grade or two above the ABC news on the Aust+ channel, they call Illegal Immigrants what they are .......Illegal Immigrants !. On the ABC they are called 'Asylum Seekers' and they are always portrayed as the victims. Never before has the tax payer of any country ever funded a more politically correct, female good/men bad, left-wing orientated channel - stacked with pro-illegal immigrant do-gooders. Other than that small problem , ExpatTV is brilliant and well worth the monthly fee. They record shows and you can watch them up to 14 days later - and it is a month by month bill - and they answer problems and deal with any issues quickly.

PS - yes, I can choose not to watch the ABC news, but it is the only way I can find out about the floods and fires that may be affecting my family/friends back there.

I would love to watch the ABC news here. However with Australia plus now only available on True visions cable I cannot.

Where I live can only access True visions satellite and Australia plus is not on satellite.

However a reply to my recent email gives some glimmer of hope.

Yes, we are aware that Truevisions is the main provider in Thailand, however we do also have service available via Sophon Cable TV and Hua Hin cable.

We are currently looking to expand our network of rebroadcasters.

Please let me know if you have any further enquiries.

Yours sincerely

Annie Capp

A+ TV

Lots of comment re Australian tv channels.

Are you all jealous of everything else as well?

Below is a nice photo of Portland Oregon.

Now I'm putting you on my ignore list. If I wanted to put up with someone who just wants to fight, I'd get married.

Cheers

I know that you being an American have a highly developed sense of fair play. So lets look at what you said about Thailand before you accuse me of wanting to start a fight, shall we?

Now what did you say about Thailand that I responded to? You wrote, " I get sick of the filth, unsafe food and water, odors, litter, horrible traffic and all that's Thailand after not more than about 3 months and want to get "home." Neversure, that's a lie for the great majority of people who live in Thailand. It's just not true of most of Thailand and you should not have said it.

Then you wrote, " I'm more than ready to go home where there's civic pride, no litter, safe food and water, sane drivers and so on. There's nothing fancy in these pictures, but the culture of order and cleanliness and civic pride should be apparent." And you posted photos of a town that is in the 18th wealthiest county in the USA without saying that 80% of the USA is poorer than the photos you posted. That's a porky by omission. A four bedroom in your home in your nothing fancy place costs 27 million.

I did not try and start a fight like you did. I simply posted a rebuttal.

I can afford to live a good life in Thailand and have my cake and eat it too so I can understand you jealousy at having to live where you do. But please in the future exercise that great American virtue fair play and don't be the pot calling the kettle black.

I lived in the West for 40 years and I left because Thailand is better for me. I lived in Portland and it is too wet and cold and cloudy (222 days) for me and it's rated as America's unhappiest city.

Portland, Ore. Overall rank: 1*

Depression rank: 1

Suicide rank: 12

Crime (property and violent) rank: 24

Divorce rate rank: 4

Cloudy days: 222

Unemployment rate (December 2008): 7.8%

http://www.bloomberg.com/ss/09/02/0226_miserable_cities/2.htm

Why would you come to a Thai centric web site and continually try and tell people how great the USA is and how bad Thailand is?

I don't go to a USA web site and tell people how bad the USA is and how great Thailand is.

No one has ever forced you to come to Thailand. Why not just stay home and mind your own knitting and leave Thailand to the expats who can

If he is happy to leave and go back to his native country good luck to him. It would be good if he would actually leave and leave the Thailand forums as well.

All he is doing is stirring the pot now and trying unsuccessfully to validate his decision to leave.

Slightly connected. Traffic cops operate the same scam with your driving licence. They ask to see it & then sell it back for 200 baht. I put mine in a plastic compartment in my wallet and hand the whole thing over. They are utterly confounded - they can't get the licence out; they can't trouser the whole thing so they eventually hand it back for free.

Assume you do not have any money or other important items in your wallet. Otherwise you may lose everything unless you pay their fee.

I see that, but what Claims.?. Unless the Ferang is Drunk or Drugged the Insurance covers everything.Stay Street Legal, don't try to be Smart with the Cops, admit if your wrong and they are fine with You If i thought a Cam Here made a difference id have the best bells n whistles one. But it would fall off knowing my Luck. .

Sometimes regardless of how lawful you may have been others will blatantly lie...

A friend (in his BMW) was side swiped by another car (Merc) changing lanes, the other car had the same story, she was side swiped by my friend..... after a long debate the BiB fortunately sided with my friend... Not that much happened, as you said, insurance covered the costs regardless - My friend had no cam, so all that would have been saved is an hour of argument at the Police Station.

I can easily envisage a situation where I'm turning left and a Motorcycle comes a cropper as he tries to under-take me... Or I'm turning right into my Condo and a Motorcycle comes a cropper as he tries to over-take me. Having a cam (which also records sound) will show that I'm indicating and from the rear-view cam show where the motorcycle was in the wrong. If the motorcyclist want to charge for damages, as many do, I'd use the footage, without which its just word for word....

Just one of the many examples a cam may be useful - I can imagine many many more scenarios...

I do think a Cam here will make a difference - which is why I have the best Bells and Whistles one...

That said - each to their own, I'll never really know if it makes a difference until I need it.

Excellent post. Any one here who says a cam is not needed has rose coloured glass on and perhaps is not living in the real world. Cams are a necessity in all parts of the world but particularly here.

"I do think a Cam here will make a difference - which is why I have the best Bells and Whistles one"...

Any chance you could please let us know which brand and model car cam you have? Pictures would also assist.

Rather Dramatic. Jail Time.?.Name one.

Top 7 Cities For Retiring In Thailand

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Thank you very much for this information.

I am heading to number 7 tomorrow.

I will try to avoid the oil spills and plastic litter though.

There is not a snowflakes chance in hell I would drive in Thailand at that hour. (1am)

There may well be less traffic on the road but I would think that it is much more dangerous to drive at night than during the day.

Added to that you will be driving when you would normally be asleep.

Seems like a recipe for disaster in my humble opinion.

Just realised you have already left. I hope you made it to your destination safely.

Hi guys. I am flying down from Udon to Bkk.

Then on to Philippines but still looking at the best options.

So far it seems Tiger to Singapore and then to is the best option if I can get the 8 hours and 55 minute deal.

Still looking for a wingman to accompany me as well.

I have been to Angeles 19 times over the years. But due to time and other issues have not been back since 2008.

"Still looking for a wingman to accompany me as well."

When some weeks time, possible?

Earliest time I can go would be late July or early August. Have friends and family coming over in May and June.

I know many Thais who don't leave house during Sonkran.....It got just madness

I have experienced two Songkrans in a town some 400 kms from my home town. Not through choice but needed to be there to help some friends.

What I saw there made me very determined to not be anywhere near the madness ever again. Mindless drunken idiots happy to inflict as much suffering on to others as they could. Including targeting their own countrymen and women on motorbikes and trying very hard to knock them off their motorbikes.

My Thai partner simply says she does not like anyone she cares about to go out of the village during Songkran.

Thankfully that includes me.

If you are using a Windows PC, try downloading Hola! Better Internet Connection.

It's a browser-based PROXY extension that lets you select a route through another country (as your IP endpoint) on a domain-by-domain basis. Normally all traffic will travel normally unless you've selected a certain domain name to use another country as an exit point.

Sometimes I have issues getting ebay or amazon to render the page quickly accessing directly. Setting Singapore or USA will usually give me quick accurate access to the site.

As far as International Internet Gateway speed is concerned, most everyone has issues (depending on what Country they're accessing), and even more so at specific times. Way too many Facebook and YouTube users in this country.

I use Hola and it work fine for some sites I need it for.

But others I want seem to be able to block VPN servers and they still know I am not in Australia and block.

I have used Hola to access Australian catch up tv sites. Results are very disappointing. Simply does not work.

Hi guys. I am flying down from Udon to Bkk.

I am still thinking of going to Angeles this year.

Have never gone there via Bangkok and need some advice please. I have not been to Angeles since 2008 so looking for some up to date information.

What is the best airline to fly with? Should i buy a return ticket or one way?

Once I get to Manila is it best to get a bus to Angeles or arrange a hotel pick up?

Anything else I need to consider prior to and during my trip?

Any helpful advice is much appreciated.

Thank you.

1000 baht tip when you have already been ripped off, no wonder some Thais think falang have more money than sense, and yes I know how much more it would cost in London, NY etc. It's the Tong Tarin hotel, and breakfast is only 100 baht most other places. Come to think of it it's only 59 baht at Foodland in bkk! My sil got the bus from Rama 2 to Surin yesterday for less than 350 baht.

Risking my life for 350 Baht on a bus ride? Better pay the 5000 and have the possibility to tell the driver to cool down. A taxi ride is much more comfortable, the 5000 is on the high price level already, you can get it from 3000+ if you know whom to ask

Fatfather

Travelled many times on the bus from Bangkok. Never had a problem.

Taxi rides rarely have had a decent driver. They are always in a hurry and take unnecessary risks and endanger your life. Telling them to cool down is a great idea.But it doesn't work.

For 5000 baht plus a tip I would have flown to the airport in Buriram. Much cheaper and certainly a lot quicker.

Try breakfast in Corner Cafe. It in walking distance/cheaper and a lot better.

Lek restaurant is also walking distance too.

Good food and good service.

I have not been to Corner cafe for many many years now.

Great, the sooner these beer/whore bars are closed the better and make way for decent businesses.

All markets fluctuate in the course of the business cycle. Happily, Pattaya remains well-poised for the next upturn in the market for good old-fashioned indecency. That should be facilitated by leaving all them sleazy ho's, pimps, creepy beer belly sexpats, beer bars, go-go bars, & nekkid wimmen alone. In fact, further deregulation, tax reduction or elimination, and clear legalization is greatly needed in all indecency areas to help end corruption and to bring prices down. For example, how come the go-gos on Soi Lenkee can't open in the afternoon as they did before the coup? They were doing well. I miss stopping by Crystal for a cold one when I'm out during the day.

In the meantime, the so-called decent businesses have great room for improvement. Maybe this is in fact the real problem here. Take fish & chips, pizza, or Mexican food--seems there still isn't any to please the exquisite tastes of our forum members. And there are just countless charges of indecency against Pattaya's real estate agents!

Sarasota, FLA, USA, still has plenty of room for decent businesses, not to worry. Or how about Bang Saen? I do suspect that as roads improve (the tunnel) and traffic from Bangkok and surrounding areas increases that we'll eventually have--another shopping mall just chock full o' decency.

"For example, how come the go-gos on Soi Lenkee can't open in the afternoon as they did before the coup? They were doing well. I miss stopping by Crystal for a cold one when I'm out during the day".

News to me that Soi Lengkee has go -gos.

if he was in his 20s tall skinny and unshaven ( face ) i saw him in a city center bar on tuesday lunch time , he was off his head and trying to make problems even though he was only drinking " fanta " he then said he could,nt pay his bill and had to go to the bank , so off he went , we then saw his bag he,d left behind and gave it to the bar owner , who opened it to find his wallet with over 2000 bt in small notes , he returned and was given his bag back and the wanted to fight every body because he thought they had tried to steal his cash .... 1 crazy guy ..

Probably the same guy that hassled me and my friends two weeks ago.

We were returning in the truck from Sunday lunch and as we were turning in to the carpark he stopped in the middle of the carpark entrance and yelled at me to stop and put up his hands in a stop gesture. He refused to move for several minutes.

He then tried to open the drivers side door which was locked.

Several other friends over the road were watching the events.

He eventually went away but I believe this man needs some serious help as he is a danger to himself and other people.