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Does anyone know the process of getting items from China. Looking at some tool cabinets and Price is OK and shipping to Bangkok Port is cheap. But then what?? Does anyone know what is envolved in picking up this shipment? Is there duty to pay? If so How much? Where would I go to get them? ect. Shipment door to door is just out of the question, cost is over the top. Port is $80USD door to door is $600USD. Thanks in advance for advice.

thanks for all the information.

Does anyone know where to get Mobil 1 oil for Motorcycles here? thanks

Icebergs

I just got back from a ride over there.

It is on the left going out of town towards Surin/Lamduon direction and nearly opposite the BKK Bank on yer right.

Recommend the meatballs with potato salad. As W/oats says, Frank is a very nice guy and I am told the Thai food is very good too.

Prices for food/beer are very reasonable.

Dave

Icebergs, dave is spot on except it is a Thai Farmer bank he is in some new shop houses they just built. His Potato Salad is some of the best I have had in Thailand also.

Thanks Guys,

I know where you are talking about and shall go and check it out - Hope to go back and relax in the jungle at the end of April or May

Frank is going to start using products from Gary's so I would guess you could also get through him.

Icebergs

I just got back from a ride over there.

It is on the left going out of town towards Surin/Lamduon direction and nearly opposite the BKK Bank on yer right.

Recommend the meatballs with potato salad. As W/oats says, Frank is a very nice guy and I am told the Thai food is very good too.

Prices for food/beer are very reasonable.

Dave

Icebergs, dave is spot on except it is a Thai Farmer bank he is in some new shop houses they just built. His Potato Salad is some of the best I have had in Thailand also.

WoW be careful, Sukhumvit and Pattaya very bad places to drive.

Anybody know of a bike event in Ubon next month??

So it seems there a bunch of different providers that offers different stuff but in the end it's all the same. The school in the village has a satellite dish for internet. So I guess there is no ADSL otherwise they would use that.

So my only solution if no ADSL seems to be CAT CDMA or AIS. I already have that GPRS USB modem from a few years back but the internet was so slow ...

I heard that CAT CDMA is really better but a bigger investment ? And can you download how much you want or is their a monthly limit ?

Seems I'll have to forget play online games on my computer and find a new hobby then

Your school is running IP star I would guess. Again, talk with CAT, they are going around and running fiber to the schools and replacing the IP star. don't know the cost but I would guess it is reasonable.

I have CAT CDMA, 3G which really means nothing. In Surin several are having problems with the connection, but most in villages have no choice. The phonebooth means nothing, they may not have internet available on that line. (my village is that way) CAT is now putting fiber into the village schools, I don't know the cost, it is a 1mb connection, so should be reasonable.

Bigbikes in Bangkok claim they can get books for bikes imported in pieces. might give them a try. good luck

here is the flyer

According to that Wiki Link, Chiang Mai has a population of 147,500 as at the end of 2008

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As of 2001 - 2004, on its own just Chiang Mai University (the CMU near the zoo) was admitting 16,000+ students on it's registers every year, with a faculty and support staff (including groundsmen, caterers, security etc) in excess of 8,000. CMU was then one of five universities inside the city boundary. Lord knows how many colleges and schools there are within the city boundary either, same goes for hospitals and clinics. Just those two professions (education and health care) most likely account for in excess of 100,000 students and staff on their own ... and the rest of the city certainly has a lot more than 47,500 people in it.

Five years ago, it was estimated that the city limits contained in excess of 300,000 residents - and there has been almost a doubling in accommodation units since then due to a massive building boom that was still going strong even last summer, when the rest of the world was crying "global recession".

I'd reckon that Chiang Mai will hit 500,000 within the next few years easily.

The number for Khorat was 146,000 and although it's a lot more low rise and sprawling than Chiang Mai, I'd say it's likely to be more accurate as it has a far smaller transient population - far fewer tertiary education centers and noticeably less hospitals (the two main urban causes of transient population).

Without looking it up, I'd not like to guess whether Chiang Mai or Khorat is the larger province as they seem pretty close on that score. However, I do know that in 2002 or 2003, Chiang Mai had 26,000 officially recorded non-immigrant, non-quota immigrant, and immigrant foreigners resident in the province, and it's grown some since then. I doubt Khorat has that - the last sneak I got at the stats board in Immigration (last summer) showed less than 10,000 annual visa extensions for the previous year (2008) and that included other SE Asians working in the farms and factories.

Speaking of Immigration, there is one major difference between the two cities now too -

In Chiang Mai, the Immigration office is less than 2 Km from the moat and on the way to the airport.

In Khorat (or rather out of it) Immigration is now 25 Km south of the city at Chok Chai (which would be like Chiang Mai residents having to drive to Lamphun city to go to Immigration) - now <deleted> is that all about?

It's a real friendly move for the foreigners without a car ain't it? Lord help us during the rainy season when our 90-day address registration nausea comes around. Or are they expecting us all to stop and spend small fortunes at Dan Kwian as we go past it?

Not a happy camper with that little bit of stupidity - seriously considering a move back to CM due to just this one issue.

Foggy

think of us in Surin or Buriram that have to drive to Chok Chai.

Korat has Japan Classic Bike Party on 20 March. that is all the details that I know right now.

Understand there is a bike event in Korat on 20 March. anybody else heard anything on this??

On Saturday 6 Feb there is a bike show in Surin. It is at the big University on the road leading out of town to Prasat. The times are from Noon to Midnight. there will be bands, and I think a car show also.

Wish I could make it, Mike

So is it breakfast in Gary's or Coffee in Ray's??

Depends on time leave, maybe Korat area

So is it grease , black leather & chains on a big fat Harley or is it pink bunnies , coolest cellphone and a pink Honda Wave that rules??

... or maby Young Whitnall isn´t coming this year?

he could not keep up with the big dogs. now I know why they call you crazy swede

Is anyone riding down to Pattaya/Burapa Bike Week, I am going down on the 10th, if anyone want to meet up for the ride. Will be going down 24 from the Prasat junction.

I had a C230 in the States, small, not a good ride on the highway, had the most problems than any car I ever owned.

Lets see how many Thais get arrested

I know I seen this on here before. New place in Sangka that serves Falang food, owned by a nice German man, good is good. He now sells dill pickles, very good.

I have used Mr Moo service and am real happy with all work he did. Will be going back to get some more things done. His attention to detail is very good.

I believe it is the same bus that comes through Surin, and I have used it. YOu don't change buses and it stops in pattaya near Pattaya Klang. Not a bad bus, I use the Gold class, better seats, more leg room. Not to bad at all.

Cost from Surin was about 500 baht, it took about 7 hrs.

thanks, where is the Masterseal 525 available?

What are the hours. I will have to check them out.