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I´d just like to point out if you guy´s who are looking into car insurance, absolutely don´t go with AXA. I had Viriyah for my first years here in Thailand and have nothing but good to say about them, had only one incident (hit and run) so the car was fixed 100% with proper Toyota garage and no extra payment since it was first class insurance. Later on my friend started to sell insurance for AXA so I of cause wanted to support/buy from him which looked to be a good 1 class insurance. After 2 years two of my cars had a little scratches and bumps here and there so I wanted to get it fixed with my first class insurance. For starters I had to pay 1000 bht for each since it was hit and run/own damage plus 1000 bht for each place on each car. So I had to pay 8000 Bht for the two cars (on top of the first class yearly fee´s) and of cause I was not too happy. Anyway angry get´s you nowhere in the LOS so the cars were brought to the garages after waiting for a month to get in, who by the way were located in the jungle literally, but two different garages though. When I picked up the cars, they looked like my 5 year old son went on a rampage with a can of spray, terrible job but AXA say´d it´s just like that in Thailand. Few months later the paint started to bubble up and fall off so i saw they hadn´t even sandpapered the old paint down and now everything was falling off. I took them back to AXA and show´d them. They´re answer was so sorry for this, but we can make a new claim for you and you will only have to pay 1000 baht but we will make sure you will get the best garage. Again smile and pay. After another jungle party, well the job looked to be better this time but not better than that you could easily see the car had been damaged on those spots before, so better job but still not good. Within one year later the same thing, bubbles, paint braking up/falling off and the same thing, but this time I already did my research and I said  i´d like to take the cars to a proper garage to get it done for good. The answer was "no we don´t work with this garage" so what about Toyota "no you can not we don´t work with Toyota unless the car is brand new" So I said what options do I have? "well we have a very good garage bla bla bla" so I asked can you please just pay me the damage so I can take care of this by myself and I´ll be responsible if the cost is higher. The answer was NO. So basically AXA will force you to use they´re cheap jungle garages and they will be so nice to you when everything goes south, that they will find you a new garage in the jungle and you "only" have to pay the 1000 bht and they will "fix you a new claim" 

My point is avoid to buy insurance from companies like AXA. I´ve done a research lately and it seem´s to be Viriyah,  Mugan Thai and Thanachart who people are most satisfied with. 

I´d just like to point out if you guy´s who are looking into car insurance, absolutely don´t go with AXA. I had Viriyah for my first years here in Thailand and have nothing but good to say about them, had only one incident (hit and run) so the car was fixed 100% with proper Toyota garage and no extra payment since it was first class insurance. Later on my friend started to sell insurance for AXA so I of cause wanted to support/buy from him which looked to be a good 1 class insurance. After 2 years two of my cars had a little scratches and bumps here and there so I wanted to get it fixed with my first class insurance. For starters I had to pay 1000 bht for each since it was hit and run/own damage plus 1000 bht for each place on each car. So I had to pay 8000 Bht for the two cars (on top of the first class yearly fee´s) and of cause I was not too happy. Anyway angry get´s you nowhere in the LOS so the cars were brought to the garages after waiting for a month to get in, who by the way were located in the jungle literally, but two different garages though. When I picked up the cars, they looked like my 5 year old son went on a rampage with a can of spray, terrible job but AXA say´d it´s just like that in Thailand. Few months later the paint started to bubble up and fall off so i saw they hadn´t even sandpapered the old paint down and now everything was falling off. I took them back to AXA and show´d them. They´re answer was so sorry for this, but we can make a new claim for you and you will only have to pay 1000 baht but we will make sure you will get the best garage. Again smile and pay. After another jungle party, well the job looked to be better this time but not better than that you could easily see the car had been damaged on those spots before, so better job but still not good. Within one year later the same thing, bubbles, paint braking up/falling off and the same thing, but this time I already did my research and I said  i´d like to take the cars to a proper garage to get it done for good. The answer was "no we don´t work with this garage" so what about Toyota "no you can not we don´t work with Toyota unless the car is brand new" So I said what options do I have? "well we have a very good garage bla bla bla" so I asked can you please just pay me the damage so I can take care of this by myself and I´ll be responsible if the cost is higher. The answer was NO. So basically AXA will force you to use they´re cheap jungle garages and they will be so nice to you when everything goes south, that they will find you a new garage in the jungle and you "only" have to pay the 1000 bht and they will "fix you a new claim" 

My point is avoid to buy insurance from companies like AXA. I´ve done a research lately and it seem´s to be Viriyah,  Mugan Thai and Thanachart who people are most satisfied with. 

There are a number of recent threads on getting an single entry tourist visa (60 days on entry that can be extended for a further 30 days on payment of 1,900 baht) in Phnom Penh.

If you have no previous tourist visas in your passport, Phnom Penh is no problem for a single entry tourist visa. If you have many (three or more) you will very likely have a problem.

It seems you can get a single entry tourist visa in Yangon, but the rules they apply are less clear.

You cannot get a multiple entry tourist visa (suitable for stays of more than 90 days) anywhere in the region, unless you happen to have residence within that country.

both countries ONLY issue 2 month tourist visas ( there is no 3 month tourist visa)

which can than be extended to 3rd month at immigration in Thailand for another 1,900 baht

in PP use any travel agent, saves time

Thanks guy´s

Really appreciated.

Hi all,

I need a tourist visa 3 months (6 month´s would be nice though) and I´d like to go to Cambodia for example or Myanmar. I looked at some topics here already but they seem to be old.

Is there anybody that knows for example if i´d go to Pnom penn (Cambodia) by air, can I get the 3 or 6 months tourist visa?

Appreciate all Help.

Cheers.

Interesting that people in their home country don't do wondering around the most seedy areas in the middle of the night drunk but think it safe to do when in a less developed country. And more interesting the neighbor would put himself in the same position the next day.

I am a bit confused as to how this made the news if there was no police report. Did this guy contact the media?

On Monday, Morten Krogsholm reported the crime to the Thonglor Police Station, filing his statement so he can get some compensation from his insurance company.

???? You wonder what???

They should go to Indonesia or the Philippines and enjoy wonderful safety there instead.

hahahaha exactly..

If they stop coming (I hope this good news is true) it should also affect the already over saturated holiday property condo market, as this house of cards will soon come tumbling down! more good news!

Obviously you don't have a lot of brain activity…

hey Guy´s,

I just lost my license and the police officer in pattaya Police st. soi 9 say´d to me that I need to bring Residence certificate as well with me to get the new card´s/ license´s. ???????

Any of you guy´s ever hear of that??? I mean I know when you make it the first time but never heard it in this case...

You never know what the officer at the DLT will ask, but normally residence certificate will NOT be required for this.

But do you really think a police officer will know these fine details?

Hey Steven,

Thanks for the reply.

Well normally I wouldn´t think the officer in the Pol. Station would know this, but that was pretty much the only thing he say´d so that´s why I decided to ask here before I would make my way to the driving school. My friend lost his wallet before, couple of months ago and he didn´t have to do the cert. but you know how they constantly change all those things here so better safe than sorry ;-)

Cheers

hey Guy´s,

I just lost my license and the police officer in pattaya Police st. soi 9 say´d to me that I need to bring Residence certificate as well with me to get the new card´s/ license´s. ???????

Any of you guy´s ever hear of that??? I mean I know when you make it the first time but never heard it in this case...

Exactly the reason why I was reading the comments. I wanted to see if this bubu was a local or not. So far I don't know but some people here seem to know/decide. Condolence to friends and family.

Bubu Boo-Booed, then he Bye-Byed. Too bad Farangs don't have the sense to be really careful when bar hopping in Pattaya ... or anywhere in Thailand. seem s he was with friends. Never get in a fight with a local, cause you wil be jumped by his local friends arrmed c/w knives, daggers, bicycle or farm chains, chunks of glass, metal bars, wooden batons. Anti personal pepper sprays works great, but good luck getting it thru Airport Security & customs.

Who said BUBu is a local ?

Awsome!!!!!! good job all concerned ;-)

As of 10am, firefighters still could not put out the blaze which erupted after a tanker of Siam Gas Co Ltd crashed and exploded into flames at about 5.30am.

"Posted Today, 09:27"

Why?

because TIT

I have to say, I feel almost every day like it´s the first of April when I read the news here.

And then what? Give her the rest of his assets back in home? I think in that case SHE would be the winner isn´t it?? but I understand what you mean. It´s just not that simple.

In the blink of an eye, the assets from her husband were frittered away...

Divorce!

hahahahahahahahahaha good one. I´m gonna do the same repeating and see if I will believe it hahahahhahaaha

Everyone knows that cash will not get one out of a traffic violation.........now I will keep repeating this until I believe it myself! ha ha ha

that's an outrageous statement, everybody knows they do. There seems to be a movement to just say the complete opposite of the truth, for what reason I don't know. At least they were correct in saying their are no gambling dens in Bangkok.

Beginning of the end. Credit crisis in few years.

The Government are not better than the loan sharks.

Load em up with debt, own their souls.

Yep. Absolutely crazy.

As spoken from my mouth, it can´t be healthy to wach those cryings and beatings every day of the year, from morning till evening.

Just look at the Thai Soaps - it is all women-beating , gang violence - guns - drugs etc yet if somebody smokes they blur it out . They are fed this every day - and they think this is normal

living

Hey thaisabai, you are not alone.

<deleted> is 2 lakh ;-)

I see many strange things in here all the time but this most be the top of it all ;-)

2 lakh = two lao/Krabi hoo......

Ok they got rid of two of them hahaha

A recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report has pegged the number of female prostitutes in the country at 2 lakh.

can someone enlighten me? how much is 2 lakh.?

thaisabai

who doesn´t

He's still got the house !!

and a young Thai gf

No he doesn´t

It´s in Thai company name so that´s later

He's still got the house !!

Well I was thinking the same until I realised where in the world I am ;-)

Two men brought in 169 bodies ... and no one asked any questions?

Agree and agree ;-)

"...it can be hard to distinguish between the felons and the investment bankers on vacation. (In some cases, presumably, they could be one and the same.)"

I love it!

"...Crystal waters?" -where????

Which condo is that??

I live in Pattaya but have no idea who supplies the water as the condo bills me directly. I was paying 8 Baht/m3 when I moved here in 2004 and I am still paying 8 Baht/m3.