ProdigalSon

Can the above be done in Thailand?

My wife and I got married in the UK earlier this year and have since returned to Thailand. She wants to get her surname changed to mine on her passport and ID card. She needs to get the marriage certificate legalised in order to do this (along with a lawyer's letter). I am aware I can get it done in the UK via the post, but was wondering if it can be done in Bangkok? Does anyone have experience/knowledge of this? I have called various agencies, but have yet to get a definitive answer.

Thanks in advance

My Thai wife and I recently got married in the UK (I'm British). We will be returning to live in Thailand very soon and my wife will want to use my surname.

We have contacted the Thai embassy in London to find out what documentation we need to do this (including a translation of the marriage certificate into Thai and copies of documents legalized by the FCO), and it seemed quite expensive just to get a few pages officially authorized to take back to Thailand.

I was wondering if anyone else has had experience doing this and if we can just wait until we get back to Thailand to do translations get all the necessary paperwork which will surely be much cheaper.

Thanks in advance for any relevant experience or information you can share.

You should be able to find a list/map of new housing developments in one of the Chiang Mai property magazines on sale in most 7-11s. That's where I looked.

I have a golf club travel bag that I use when I take my clubs on a flight which protects them better than a plastic wrap. If you don't have one, then I recommend putting head covers on ALL of your clubs before using the plastic wrapping at the airport.

As for the baggage charge, you should check on the Thai Airways website. The last time I flew was with Emirates and there was no extra charge for golf clubs. I'm flying with BA next month back to the UK and there's an extra charge for my clubs with the ticket I bought.

(2 "rounds" at HD being 18 holes)

@Sticklee - cheers for the info. I'll check that link out.

@LarryBird - I played there last Friday and it was in okay condition. The tee boxes have never been great, but the fairways and greens are pretty good considering the price. It's 200 baht for 9 holes and 380 for 2 rounds. You can rent golf carts, but I'm not sure how much they are. Organization on the first tee is pretty non-existent and can be chaotic at times. It's best to get there either very early or just after lunch.

Many thanks for that Thailand. I guess there's no hope that HD will get a rating then!

It looks like I'll have to play on a full course - Highlands/Green Valley or the like - to be able to get a more accurate assessment of my handicap.

Price wise by far the best deals are currently at Inthanon & Gold Canyon both full 18 hole courses.

Thanks for the heads up. I've got a week off so I'll try and play one of them.

Many thanks for that Thailand. I guess there's no hope that HD will get a rating then!

It looks like I'll have to play on a full course - Highlands/Green Valley or the like - to be able to get a more accurate assessment of my handicap.

That's true, Thailand. The slope and course rating is available for CM Gymkhana club, however, and that's a similar course in terms of size.

The reason I ask is that I regularly play HD and am trying do get an accurate, albeit unofficial handicap figure.

I'm guessing HD plays a shot or two harder than Gymkhana.

Not sure if this is any help or not but I'm having a house built myself and want to install a sprinkler system. I came across a company called Lanna Sprinklers (Google it and you'll get their Facebook page). I have yet to get in touch with them myself, but they may be able to help you. Just a thought.

...does anyone know its slope & course rating? I haven't been able to find it and they don't know at the course itself!

Well played Phil Mickleson, very well deserved winner .......loads of bottle

Truly well deserved. Good on you, Phil!

And.......KAAAA CHIIINNNNGGGG!!!!

Good stuff ForeThat. Did you get those odds before or after The Scottish Open?

Mickelson is the first golfer in history to win the Scottish Open and The Open in the same year.

He now has three of the four legs required for being only the fifth golfer ever to win all four majors at least once. Just needs to hit on the US Open.

Sir Nick Faldo was the last Brit to win in 1992.

Wish I could have seen it.

I think he'd be the sixth - the other five being Sarazen, Hogan, Player, Nicklaus & Woods.

Hats off to Phil - what a back nine he played! Feel bad for Lee - as he said himself, the wheels came of when he found sand on 7,8 & 9.

it was closed and cleared sometime before 13 june 13 and ive no idea where they went

the best dvd film / music video rental shop i know of is near the end of wing 41 road by the traffic lights

here ya go

dave2

Cheers Dave - I'll check it out.

...has it closed down or relocated?

I went there a week or so ago and it was empty. There was no sign in the window saying what had happened, so I was wondering if any CMTVers know what has happened to it.

I've been looking around the new developments and have found the fees vary from 8 to 20 baht per square wah.

If I do end up hitting driver on every hole that requires it, I always find the fairway - but not always the fairway of the hole I'm playing!!!

Looks good, but I agree with previous posters - you should put prices on the website (or at least for special promotions).

Holy cow! Call me cynical, but even with only a handful of tickets I reckon they've already been paid off to pick the 'winner'.

I quite enjoy putting although I normally only play for fun, so there's little pressure on me. The only time I really got the shakes was when a had a put to shoot my lowest score - I could barely swing I was shaking so much!

Most of the courses I play in Chiang Mai are very short and so the greens are often made extra-challenging (for the gamblers as I was told by a local green keeper). For those of you who are familiar with the second hole at Hang Dong, I bet, as I have, you've had to chip back on to the green after your first putt once or twice!

I hardly ever use my driver as I'm way too inconsistent with it. From the tee I usually go with my 4 hybrid which I can carry up to 250 with a smooth hit, and from there it can then do anything from plugging to rolling another thirty yards depending on the state of the fairway and my trajectory.

I agree with the OP as to striving for long and straight, but given the choice I would go for straight (hence me hardly ever taking driver from the tee) over long.

If you look at the world's top twenty, only two of them (McIllroy & Scott) are in the top twenty for length of the tee. Where most of the top players make up their scores is in the putts gained per round and the up & down stats.

On most of the PGA courses players can pretty much put it anywhere from the tee and still post a good score (hence the last Ryder Cup set up). Look at the recent US Open and being long off the tee wasn't as important as keeping it in play.

Small remark..:

The PGA driving stats doesn't take into account the club used. In addition, driving is not always measured on a hole where players hit driver. This means there's a discrepancy between who is a "big hitter" and the PGA stats. For instance, Henrik Stenson is ranked 58th in Driving Distance, but he rarely uses a driver. Because he's so big off the tee he can play a shorter club and gain accuracy, that is why he's ranked 6th in Driving Accuracy. I think he was 1st in Total Driving until US Open.

There's a massive advantage being big off the tee. This has been debated over and over again, the advantage distance/accuracy was the reason they decided to restrict the grooves (simply because players didn't give a flying fig as to where the ball ended up as long as they gained distance. Easier to make birdie with 130 yards to go from the long stuff, than from 200 from the short stuff.

That's an interesting point - thanks for that (!) ForeThat. I wasn't aware they didn't consider the club used on the measured holes.

I hardly ever use my driver as I'm way too inconsistent with it. From the tee I usually go with my 4 hybrid which I can carry up to 250 with a smooth hit, and from there it can then do anything from plugging to rolling another thirty yards depending on the state of the fairway and my trajectory.

I agree with the OP as to striving for long and straight, but given the choice I would go for straight (hence me hardly ever taking driver from the tee) over long.

If you look at the world's top twenty, only two of them (McIllroy & Scott) are in the top twenty for length of the tee. Where most of the top players make up their scores is in the putts gained per round and the up & down stats.

On most of the PGA courses players can pretty much put it anywhere from the tee and still post a good score (hence the last Ryder Cup set up). Look at the recent US Open and being long off the tee wasn't as important as keeping it in play.

Google 'Thailand integrated tariff database' and the first website in the list of results should be the official list of customs tariffs. This website gives a complete breakdown of the import duties due on goods that are stopped at customs when coming into the country.

As the previous poster said, avoid using the major couriers and stick with the regular postal service of the country you're shipping from.

Yeah that is right 100baht for a Wednesday is the right price to pay for a movie treat !

Great mall, great cinemas.....I suggest everyone head there and forget about Major Cineplex at Airport Plaza.

Great mall, great cinemas but are the movies any good? By good at the very least I mean anything other than the mind numbing crap at Major Cineplex!

Same same (but not different) I'm afraid!

In a nutshell, they're making improvements to the footpath and landscaping.

There's also an issue with sellers that have had to move back across the street and have been causing problems with other sellers by taking up more floor space than they're legally entitled too.