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Yeah, but seatran and raja ferry services starts at 5AM and last ferry arrives at 8:30PM, so they're not affected by the curfew anyway.

And how do you get to the 5AM ferry? Sleep at the ferry terminal all night!!

Anyone know if the 0500 ferries are running, which would mean curfew busting. Also the night buses to and from BKK. Again curfew busting?

I know there are plenty of bookshops around the island. If I didn't I would have asked where to find one. The idea was to meet and socialise at the same time as swapping some reading matter. it appears the forum members here don't do socialising too much. Not too worry. I will save them till I move.

There is a Carlisle bar in the nightly walking street market in Lamai, where book can be exchanged free of charge, would be polite to buy a beer though.

I think all are missing the point of OP this is a good idea so people can meet and swap a book or a story and say hello.

I can see that you have been all over the world, your English grammer is appalling. Eric1949 is not plugging any bars, he is merely pointing out that you can have a free exchange system for books, and socialize at the same time

This is in relation to post #8. The system would not allow me to quote.

There is a shop in Nathon, about half way through the main street, not sure but maybe Kodak or Fuji. It's on the one way system on the right hand side. Failing that, scan and print.

Producing non German western style sausages. I done a feasibility study on this mid 2009 and found that whilst it was unlikely to make serious money, it would generate enough to live on and had comparatively low start up and running costs. It could be done in a bungalow with a decent size kitchen (mine is 12' x 6' and big enough) which negates paying for rental offsite. Equipment is not much more than a mincer/sausage stuffer, a mixer, full size fridge and a chest freezer. Spin off would be producing Scotch eggs once in a while for parties. Only extra cost with this is deep frying which can be done in a big wok on the house burner. I've noticed over that last couple of years that the local market to me (old night market in Lamai) has started selling locally produced sausages to the Thais, not many but shows a potential customer base outside the Chang Mai sausage.

Try what was Big Joes, don't know what it's called now. Or Alan at the Red Fox Lamai.

You can try Buscopan

Statins are rapidly falling from favour. All sorts of side effects, including myopathy. The longer you take any drug, the more likely something will go wrong, in any case.

Advice from dieticians in Australia is to aim for 5 vegetables & 2 fruits a day. Try making your own green juice. I also heard that the three most useful vegetables are carrot, tomato & onion. You need leafy green ones if you are getting older for your macula as well.

If you're using margarine (or butter) regularly, you have a problem. It's a TREAT.

I agree that Thai food is preferable. However, it still has high levels of carbohydrate and limited variety of oils.

Just to worry you - the latest drama is about vitamin D levels. Lots of people are finding out they have very low levels.

no margarine is not a treat, its poison ..... as for vitamin D i think here in Thailand we get adequate amounts of sunshine dont you ?

Butter v margarine.......... see link............butter has far more trans fats!!!!

http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/2010/09/28/heart-foundation-butter-has-20-times-the-trans-fats-of-marg.html

Even though the thread is old, most of the restaurants mentioned (because they are good) are still in operation. The Fish and Chip shop that I mentioned on an earlier page is gone and I don't believe Kiss Tro is still running in Takiab. A couple of the Swedish restaurants I used to go to have closed. Other than that, most of the places I eat are already mentioned on the thread.

I know a lot of new places have opened, especially in Takiab and on Nebkahardt road. It would be nice to hear if there's any new ones that are good.

My favorites are (still) from south to north:

- Usa Mas (small Thai place in south Takiab)

- Supatra (Royal Thai on the beach in Takiab, expensive but worth it for special occasions)

- Best Beans Coffee (drinks, salads, sandwiches/burgers near Cicada market in Takiab)

- Tamarind (Thai garden restaurant under the flyover between the canal and the RR tracks)

- North Sea (Thai and Vietnamese on Phetkasem road, east side a bit before the flyover)

- Sakura (Sushi and other Japanese food on soi 94)

- The Indian restaurant near the beginning of Soi 94 (can't remember the name)

- Oy's on Soi 94 (Thai and western, but I only go there for the pork fillet in pepper sauce)

- The Italian place next door to Sakura on Soi 94 (again, can't remember the name at the moment)

- Terrace 90 on Soi 90 (Everything, including American, Mexican, Italian and other European as well as Thai food)

- Fuji Japanese in the mall

- Mini Farm on Soi 88 (mostly Thai food)

- Nata's on Soi 88 (Thai and Western)

- The Palm Bistro (Just off Soi 88 associated with a development (mostly English food, but some other)

- Naab Thong on Soi 88, out near the end of the road (Thai and some western food)

- Seb Neur along the railroad tracks south of the station (Issan style Thai food)

- Sirin Hotel Restaurant across the parking lot from McDonalds downtown

- Delize Italian on Sa Song road

- Cool Relax on Sa Song road (Thai and western)

- Mr Burger on the canal road (Thai and western)

- Kor Sor (resort up near the end of Soi 6 (Royal Thai and some western)

That's the list of the ones we currently frequent that I can think of, but I'm always interested to hear about new ones.

Try "All In Hua Hin", you can google it. Very nice.

Eat Thai food instead of western food its very healthy food

The fat Thais you see are the ones who eat KFC etc

Bacon, eggs, fried tomatoes and hash browns i eat once a fortnight

cooked at home, otherwise i mainly eat Thai food except for the occasional

roast which i enjoy

I beg to disagree that Thai food is healthy. MSG & sugar are too commonly used in Thai cooking. There is too much stir frying, in the cheapest oil possible. The roadside/market stalls have food! bubbling away all day, so no nutrition left at all. Coconut milk (as opposed to water) is a real no no. Government hospitals and community health centres all over Thailand have special clinic days for diabetes. No, sorry, there is not much health in Thai food.

There a Jeep for sale front of Dan Autos

Already fixed up - he wants 350k for it.

R

They call that heap of crap 'fixed up'????

Krabi town very nice. Clean and just about K9 free, a real treat in Thailand.

As people have said Ao Nang has beautiful scenery, but is crap otherwise. Far more expensive than most of other areas in Thailand.

haha, he is probably on holiday, i have seen a few BKK taxi's before in Samui .... he could do some freelance work while here .. he wold make a fortune !

I wonder how long he would last..............!!!

Again the British foreign demonstrate what a bunch of prize plums they are.

To put a brighter slant on this i would remind everyone that if there was one month in the entire year when ill informed beaucratic clowns were going to make such a statement thank heavens it would be moving into november, a month when tourists tend to stay away from Samui anyway. Id dread to think if they made such statements just before christmas.

I think that you should look at the larger picture regarding Embassy statements.

If Samui in inundated with tourists, as in post tsunami 2005, there could be a severe shortage of essential supplies. Last time supplies were unaffected. This time everyone relies on the distribution centers north Bangkok, which are affected. It will take time for alternative supplies.

So, increased tourism here would severely affect us expats and locals very badly.

wasas, were you not here last November, December, January, and then again late March this year.

You are talking a load of crap.

I guess when 5pm comes today everyone will down tools for the 5 day holiday, hope the water can read.

Is there any reason yet to suggest we are going to actually have a rainy season? Sure, we've just had a little storm but otherwise the weather so far has been good. I wonder whether the north and central Thailand might have taken our rain too.

I'd be absolutely delighted to listen to your comments.

The Northeast monsoon IS upon us.

Panic buying makes the situation worse,and buying the lot will make people panic and buy a lot more than they have to which will do more damage cause then other people will do the same and its that which will make a water water shortage.

They should do what they do in Florida when a hurricane may hit and limit the amount of what you buy to each person and this works, plus its against the law to put prices up in this situation on anything.

Don't forget 'doingok' that law breaking in Thailand is a national pastime.

... and why didn't she think of ordering more pumps a few weeks ago?

'Think', that's a big word for Thailand.

ha, i've got 3 kids in the house. there's nothing more environmentally friendly than disposing of used diapers as quickly as possible.

i can just see it now, hey babe, i know you're watching three kids and trying to keep the house from looking like a disaster zone and everything else that you do, would you mind hand washing those soiled diapers?

And in the days, not so long ago, before disposable nappies????????

For Joe and BigC.

They are running short on diaper now, shit.

ya i was in tesco yesterday and they were nearly out of any diapers. big c had some left in stock though. good time and excuse for potty training but i'm sure my 4 month old won't see it that way.

Never ever used disposables on my babies, always terry towel ones with a nappy liner.

More enviromentally friendly.

Clive's number is 0815368953.

Price

Choice of beers, Bottled/draught

Music

Pub atmosphere

No bar girls

Are there any hotels around the airport that offer a park and ride service? Most of the large airport hotels at home supplement their income by selling parking spaces and they take you to and from the airport with the hotel guests.

That would be an interesting idea.

Um.... Thais -v- foreigners?

I havn't seen any foreigners driving taxis, hotel buses, cement trucks etc, all principle causes of accidents. So who are most to blame?

Thanks for the info folks