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I once spent a very enjoyable few hours in the Myanmar town on the other side with the friendly IO lamenting when I left that I wouldnt stay longer. The visa was for 7 days. Probably not safe now with the political situation.

They all end up in Thailand...lol.

Yes there are many like this. Sounds like what we call a 'fast food' restaurant selling the most popular basic Thai dishes. Cheap and cheerful 'spit and sawdust' just tables and chairs but the food can be very good. But as you say short on veg. When we eat somewhere like that, if I ask her. my missus will ask them to put some extra veg in the fried rice for me. There is some veg. in some of these dishes: Kale with crispy pork (kana moo grop), pad see yuu; the dry flat noodle version of Rad naa also has a fair bit of kale. The noodle soup also has some veg. in it. I like Chinese Thai restaurants the best. They are the best restaurants for non-spicy veg.

Yaam is just another type of Thai salad.

They tried to charge me 500thb at Udon Thani for this. I didnt argue but asked for a receipt. 500thb handed back: "No problem for you".

Dont forget their addiction to somtam....and not forgetting Yaam.

Isnt this what the proposed 300thb entry tax was supposed to cover?

So is E20 greener than 91 or 95? How do they compare ecologically?

19000 dead and still rising = Genocide. 500000 driven out in the 1947 war but never allowed to return. Slow land grab and killing ever since, and hoping to similarly drive out the remaining population with this war.

Well done Benjamin Netanyahu for reigniting Antisemitism throughout the World!

I always use Agoda.com and check the hotel reviews. But book Agoda through tripadvisor as it is always cheaper.

I agree. I take Ciprofloxacin or norfloxacin if squits and/or stomach pains last more than 2 or 3 days. Make sure you finish the 5 or 7 day course though even if it clears up quickly. Because if you don't that's how superbugs/bacteria evolve which are becoming immune to all existing antibiotics. Maybe you know already that It is a big problem in the world. Hope you get better soon.

Thats about 60 days after your extension. So did u enter Thailand about 30 days before Oct. 16 to make a 90 day report necessary on December 15th?

I have written this before and I will write it again, as it refers to general education and not just English language education: This has gone on for so long that I am convinced that the Thai powers that be do not actually want the Thai population to learn English. This is because without it they cannot learn about the outside World with its relative free thinking, choice and differing standards, education and values. World News is very limited and filtered through mostly partisan Thai media. Online World news in Thai on You tube etc., seems to be mostly Conspiracy Theory which completely distorts their World View and its politics. Most of the Thai population emerging from the appalling State education system remain backward and blinkered due to having learned little more than Nationalism, and obeyance to monarchy, religion, and military. I think that the Thai Establishment have realised that without English; which is for better or worse the international language, the Thai Masses can be more easily controlled, manipulated, and exploited for cheap labour by their mostly Chinese-Thai masters (who own most of the land and businesses). The 'Elite' can maintain 'hereditary' control as only they can afford decent private and/or overseas education for their children.

What is a 'District' hospital, and whats the difference from an 'amphur' government hospital as u refer to it?

A friend entered Thailand a couple of months ago with a 1 year Non O Retirement Visa and he has just this week extended it for the 1st time. I was surprised when he told me that he must do his 1st 90 day report in January which is 90 days from when he entered Thailand and not from the date of his 1st extension. I was under the impression that 90 day reports ran from the date of extension or date of any re-entry to Thailand after extension(s).

Check the weather forecast on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.com/weather/1605239 You will see that it is due to cool down again Sunday and then for a longer spell mid week. I say again because we have already had a couple of cooler spells, albeit quite short. They do say, however, that this year is an 'El Nino' year which can affect normal weather patterns.

Who has 'a doctor' here? Not even Thais.

Feign a problem.

There was also someone asking in a Facebook group specifically about camping on Patong Beach a short while ago. Sorry I cannot provide a link now. So it looks like he ignored all the advice and gave it a go. No harm in trying!

3 times now when returning to the UK I have tried to use these machines which I know are pretty straightforward. The problem is the machine asks me to remove my glasses and then I cannot read the following steps. Then i do something wrong and I am immediately directed by an assistant to a manned booth. So I never discover what I am doing wrong...lol. I suppose I should insist that the assistant tell me what I do wrong but being very tired, jetlagged and having a train to catch I just want to get through ASAP.

Agree about beef and my missus wont eat lamb cos she says it smells like beef.

You paint a vivid picture.

Must have been a lousy joke...555

Advanced Member 3.8k Gender:Male Posted just now Stations are not listed in alphabetical order to find Hua Hin, but discovered u just need to enter Hua Hin (which does not appear to be listed anyway!). And then you get an illogical jumbled list of train numbers stopping at Hua Hin with non-chronological times which all appear to be 4 hours plus journey timeanyway. And I have no idea if this is supposed to be the new or old timetable!