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    World Cup Tshirts

    in Football forum

    Posted

    big c and carrefour have nice ranges of polo shirts in national team colours with good badges on them for about 200 baht. i think i'll be getting the argentina one, that's particularly nice.

    Now any true England fan would not even bother with an Argentina shirt, c'mon what u playing at???

    London Man Red Shirt...bbc Video

    in Bangkok

    Posted

    I think that we paid them back once or twice. :)

    You have to know, that if just the UnitedkingdomofignoranceS would just stay the f#¤%¤#%k away from any international business, then the world would be a wonderful place to be.. :D

    and where do you call home, Iraq?

    Bars To Watch World Cup?

    in Chiang Mai

    Posted

    If it's anything like the last World Cup, and all those before it, then it won't be a problem. Worst case is having to semi-close the door, turn off outside signs, etc.

    As soon as England makes their exit you will see a drastic decrease in bar attendance just like WC 2008. :)

    pedant's corner - there wasn't a world cup in 2008.

    Correct, it was the Euro 2008, and England didn't even make it. doh!

    Driving Samui To Ranong For Visa

    in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao

    Posted

    @Thongkorn: As the title suggests from Samui to Ranong, that is why he won't get someone to take him from Phuket.

    @Somchai jones: you have two choices and both involve boats.

    Option 1, Andaman Club would be the simplest choice of a one-stop hassle free service. Turn up park the car, give them 850 baht your passport and go and relax at the Andaman Club for a couple of hours. http://www.andamanclub.com/

    Option 2, Go to the old smelly immigration at the harbour check out of Thailand and then negotiate a price for a long tail boat ride to Myanmar. While on boat stop and pay 20 baht to leave Thailand to customs or someone else trying to making a quick buck. Stop again in Myanmar on a little island long tail man will usually tale care of your passport stamps. travel another five minutes to mainland Myanmar get off wander down to their immigration, being careful not to get your wallet lifted from your pocket by teens, hand them your passport and $10 and hey presto get back on the boat and travel back to Thailand. Go and get your entrance stamp to Thailand from the same place as you exited, well the window next door, and you have another three months.

    Option 1 is by far the simplest and will probably cost an extra 100baht for your troubles

    Rent a car in Samui is easy to take across on Seatran or Raja, never had or asked for SatNav though, the route is pretty straight forward.

    Good Luck

    Many thanks for your advice, I'm taking the 1st option and have already booked my hire car and sat nav.

    Any preference as far as Seatran/Raja fery concerned?

    Cheers, Somchai

    parking in ranong. this is interesting its not straight forward. then nothing here is.

    u have to stamp out at the immergration. then u get back into your car and head alone the side of the river. find a company.l i used to use Big Boat. you go into there office they take u over to burmer. sometimes the person in the boat takes all the passports and gets them stamped for. u. u can have a walk around bumrber for a few minutes. then back in to the boat. get back into your car and drive back to the police station to stamp back in. haven't been there in a while so it might be slightly different but that was about 2 years ago.

    there is also an island in the middle with a 4 star hotel and legal casino. u can stop there if you want to brake the journey down. u would have to look up more info on that in google.

    anyway good luck. old boy !

    No stamps at Immigration building anymore. its all done at the pier or andaman club pier

    Driving Samui To Ranong For Visa

    in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao

    Posted

    @Thongkorn: As the title suggests from Samui to Ranong, that is why he won't get someone to take him from Phuket.

    @Somchai jones: you have two choices and both involve boats.

    Option 1, Andaman Club would be the simplest choice of a one-stop hassle free service. Turn up park the car, give them 850 baht your passport and go and relax at the Andaman Club for a couple of hours. http://www.andamanclub.com/

    Option 2, Go to the old smelly immigration at the harbour check out of Thailand and then negotiate a price for a long tail boat ride to Myanmar. While on boat stop and pay 20 baht to leave Thailand to customs or someone else trying to making a quick buck. Stop again in Myanmar on a little island long tail man will usually tale care of your passport stamps. travel another five minutes to mainland Myanmar get off wander down to their immigration, being careful not to get your wallet lifted from your pocket by teens, hand them your passport and $10 and hey presto get back on the boat and travel back to Thailand. Go and get your entrance stamp to Thailand from the same place as you exited, well the window next door, and you have another three months.

    Option 1 is by far the simplest and will probably cost an extra 100baht for your troubles

    Rent a car in Samui is easy to take across on Seatran or Raja, never had or asked for SatNav though, the route is pretty straight forward.

    Good Luck

    Goodbye Kpn, Hello Thailand

    in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao

    Posted

    Thai produced cider sounds like an excellent idea. Just like another poster, the imported stuff is very expensive (Magners 270-330baht per bottle) so a locally produced brew would no doubt be cheaper, good luck in the venture and I have saved the Full Moon Winery to my favourites in hope of learning when it comes down my way.

    Passport Renewal

    in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao

    Posted

    You can either travel to BKK yourself and see the British embassy who will then forward it to Hong Kong for processing. Send it via EMS to BKK who will again forward it to Hong Kong for processing. If you send it by EMS, make sure everything on the form is correct, photo size, counter signature etc... otherwise it can turn into a headache.

    Not sure what the time scale is with the issuing happening in Hong Kong, but they still say they aim to have it back to you within 10-15 days.

    World Cup 2010 Viewing?

    in Football forum

    Posted

    I hope the earlier writer was right and that this time it'll be available in English as well.

    If the Champions League is any indication, i wouldn't be holding your breath.

    Agreed Channel 3 English commentary via UBC button on remote control is a bit hit and miss, but I never have a problem with Channel 7 when watching the Champions League.

    Tony's House Of Sausage

    in Chiang Mai

    Posted

    Has anyone tried Sausage Kings sausages? I lived in Chiang Mai for all of last year and one of my regrets was finding his products about half way through my stay. I'm English so they may well be for the tastes of us and not for other!

    Football Reporters Chiang Mai

    in Chiang Mai

    Posted

    Anyone know the colours the 2 teams play in? I'd hate to be in the wrong coloured shirt in the wrong end!! :):D

    And Millwall Fan how come Palace v Brighton has such a rivalry?

    I was confused at that one as well. Being a Wimbledon FC boy we always had a rivalry with the dirty Palace, but now we're 3 divisions below it maybe some time before that fire gets ignited again...

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