jerrybeirne

they packed up and went back to phitsanoluk on dec 26th.

i flew chiang mai-bangkok return, took the train to hua hin, booked into hotels etc. without a smartphone recently.

i also applied for my covid passport in chiang mai yesterday, the person who served me was a little bemused i did not have one. but was still able to proccess my application with the documents i had. 

1 hour ago, DaLa said:

Joe Cockers version of the Beatles 'With A Little Help From My Friends".

the live woodstock version is probably my all time favourite cover version.

i was at chiang mai airport a couple of days ago and asked at the airasia ticket office when the chang mai- hua hin route would start again?

"maybe" in april was the reply.

hence i flew viet jet to suvarnabhumi and took the bell transport coach to hua hin. 3.5 hours.

12.30 from Suvarnabhumi to Hua Hin. https://belltravelservice.com

i have just booked the above for friday, 344 baht.

lots of seats left.

bon voyage.

absolutely lashing it down in chiang mai and has been for a coule of hours.

what a nice story, well done to all concerned.

1 hour ago, Thailand said:

Yes.

 

Won 2000 baht which I will spend unwisely.

so did i, chock dii khrap.  22

58 to fully retire, 10 years ago. but been visiting since 1986. 

i don't have a dumb phone either,

this has taken off more than "what was the first single you bought" a couple of days ago.

from seeing fledgling bands in salisbury city hall, 66/67 young pink floyds, small faces, the move, the kinks and the english birds, doing motown covers with ronnie wood on bass. etc.

then the blues boom, john mayall"s bluesbreakers , fleetwood mac, aynsley dunbar et al, the soul bands, geno washington, jimmy james and the vagabonds,  the alan bown set.

bath festival, knebworths, glastonburys the last night at fillmore east, blackbush, readings, 1975 mardi gras concert in new orleans, its all been great,

so many bands have been mentioned in this thread, some i had completely forgotten about, and it sounds like we all had a good time.

biggest regret, not going to the isle of white in 1970 to see and hear jimi hendrix, i was in southampton at the time.

he was n't as good as i hoped he would be,  james brown in sydney, never mind

and lets not forget all those great bands who play in our local pubs and clubs on friday and saturday nights who never made the big time.

do you believe in rock and roll, god damn right i do!

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On 5/8/2020 at 4:08 PM, ChipButty said:

For you guys who knocked around the clubs in the 60's did you ever come across this guy? Chris Farlow he played a few time in the all night clubs in Manchester 

 

saw chris farlowe and the thunderbirds a couple of times. good band.

he traveled on the QE2 when i worked on there, down to earth bloke.

On 5/8/2020 at 4:08 PM, ChipButty said:

For you guys who knocked around the clubs in the 60's did you ever come across this guy? Chris Farlow he played a few time in the all night clubs in Manchester 

 

saw chris farlowe and the thunderbirds a couple of times. good band.

he traveled on the QE2 when i worked on there, down to earth bloke.

12 hours ago, tribalfusion001 said:

The average age of the TVF posters on this thread must be around 70 judging by the old music listed 555

 

Sex Pistols - The great rock n roll scandal, 7in single, 1979, when in junior school. Although it might have Sham 69 - Hersham Boys also from 1979.

i'm 68 and a half!

45 minutes ago, kwak250 said:

Yes we also had the drinks cabinet underneath all mirrored .first time I tried eggnog I think aged about 8.

 

we were n't rich but we had a radiogram, but not a t.v.!

my minds eye, small faces. great band, they played in salisbury a few times in the 60's.

saw humble pie and met stevie when he played in "a packet of three" in verdis weymouth, 85/86?

been at mae sai for at least three months.

when i went through at the end of august i had my fingerprints taken leaving and re-entering thailand.

very quick and easy.

i did mae sot a couple of years ago by car with some mates.

over the bridge and back in a few minutes, all very easy.

a nice change from mae sai.

has anyone done chang khong recently,

would be interested to hear how it went.

cycling south on canal road a couple of days ago was passed by quite a few pick up trucks filled with young travelers who i assume were going to mae wang for trekking, white water rafting and elephant rides.

also many mini vans speeding south to doi inthanon etc.

excuse me if this has been mentioned before.

did a visa run to mae sai yesterday and was fingerprinted leaving and returning to thailand.

no problem.

Road Rider Chiang Mai Public Group | Facebook

put your request on the above link,

i'm sure you will get some feedback.

i used to stay at the AV HOTEL using agoda, have a look at the reviews.

clean, tidy very helpful staff and a 20 minute walk to the consulate.

nice post and great photos, a trip to nan is on the books.