bprinceuk

I applied for my one year Thai driving license back in January, I went to the local Police station with the gf and she confirmed that I was living at her address, they gave me a signed form which I submitted with the rest of the required documents, sat the reflex test and colour tests, one hour later had my driving license issued. There was no charge required at the local Police station.

HD photographs taken this afternon in Marseille France

A cold Sunday evening in Marseille France

Interesting reading and all will have their own valid points depending on your personnel views on life

That is truly sad, you putting on a suit, some corny buddha trinket and Thai crap masquerading as music on your MP3 player. And what did they wear ?

They wore what they wanted to wear. I was visiting them, not the other way around.

If they had flown over to Sweden to see my family I'm sure they would have thought about what to wear as well.

Exactly what is sad with that ?

And, it's not a 'corny Buddha trinket' - it was a sign of respect. Like wearing a necktie. Sometimes people do that, and it's not sad, it's culture.

And - regarding 'thai crap masquerading as music' - I'm a professional musician and record producer since 30 years. I had LookTung in my MP3

because i was learning to play it. I actually play it live sometimes. Together with house, rock, classical music and other stuff I play, too.

Do you seriously think there's any difference in 'musical quality' between LookTung and - say - mainstream hip hop, or perhaps country & western ?

There's good and bad of every music style, always more bad than good. I'm currently getting into chinese stuff, going to do some dance remixes of

chinese artist when I'm back in London in July, working together with a number of British artists. Is there anything wrong with that ?

I think your attitude is just plain rude and totally disrespectful towards Thais and Thai culture.

Why do you live here if you view this culture as 'crap' and 'corny' ?? I'm sure you can find some small-minded respectless little corner of the world where you can fully enjoy life as you prefer it. You might possible be better off elsewhere . Think about it.

Jeeezzzz

Nice one JohanV, very well put

when in Rome do what the Romans do

Nice photographs, not to many towels on the sun loungers so there cannot be to many German tourists there

NYON SWITZERLAND

If you know nothing about what GPS you need, I'd suggest Eagle GPS;

http://www.eaglegps.co.th/index.php/lang-en/car-navigation

The site is in English and the boss is a farang. He will offer advice and support if you have questions or any problems. Eagle will happily ship directly to your address and you can pay via a simple bank transfer.

Thank you Gary, good info and connection

Brian

Lesson learnt never assume anything, especially when it comes to langauges

Marvin Car Audio on Mitraparp Highway next to Central Plaza.

www.marvincaraudio.com (in Thai)

Thank you mca

The focus was due to the camera phone and sticking it in the box. Got my good digital cam at the office and took some better photos. He's in remarkably good shape and not the slightest bit concerned about those humans running about.

Good job Tywaise, well done, fingers crossed that it continues to recover back to full health and a long and happy life

I treated myself to a Garnim (from the guy in Pattaya) for Christmas... I have used it around our little area (Kalasin) and considered it mostly a "Big Boy Toy"....

Took my first long trip last week when I drove from Kalasin to Pattaya, and all I can say is "Thank You Santa".... Worked Great, made the trip very easy, even when I did not listen to it and took a couple of wrong turns, it / she got me right back on track and without calling me an "Idiot" or giving me "That Look" that the Thai wife always uses...

Pianoman

I know what you mean Pianoman. My wife get most annoyed if I listen to the 'Mio noi' in a box

I believe Garmin are more user friendly than other '2nd wifes in a box'

First time that I used it returning from the Market to Home, my Thai wife was almost Upset, wanting to know "How Lady know where you live?"... I almost feel out of the truck laughing... Now she accepts that the "Lady" knows more than either of us when it comes to the roads....

Pianoman

Nice one Pianoman

I heard Tesco were now selling a basic Garmin Nuvi model for under B5000, but that they often don't have stock. You can change the language via the menu system. Take a look at the GPS sub-forum which has old threads on best maps etc.

Thank you for the info

Brian

Koh Kradan

Nice photographs

Brian

Garmin seem to be the market leaders over here and English voice/maps are available. I have a Mio unit and its good

Thank you for the info Dave, I will see if I can find a Mio in KK

Brian

Maybe Tukcom, or maybe Central Plaza.

Also saw them in big C.

When I looked at one in CP it sported the English language, well, kind of.

Thank you for the information

Brian

was that a flash in the dark joke

Is it possible to buy English langauge Sat Nav in Khon Kaen for a car, and if so any recommendations for Make and model. I have never used a one before and do not know a lot about them

Cheers

Brian

Life is one big gamble

Preparing for the may day rally in Marseille

Pm TV member Ponti. They breed quite nice GSD's.

This was one of their pups at the time he was with me in boarding and training. Gorgeous dog!

Very nice looking puppy