josephbloggs

Nothing if you choose to get it at the airport. Go to the re-entry permit desk (after security but before immigration at Suvaranabhumi). Pay 200 baht, write down your address and tell them the date you want to come back. They fill out the form, they take your pictures, and if it is not crowded (never has been when I've done it) then ten minutes later you have your re-entry permit and then you proceed to the immigration line as usual. You can save the 200 baht if you print out the form (TM8) and fill it out before you go, along with getting photos done somewhere and taking them with you. But for me it is 200 baht very well spent. Whether you pay the 200 baht or not the fee is 1,000 for single entry, 3,800 baht for multi entry. You can also do this at your local immigration office but it is so easy and quick to do it at the airport I can't imagine why you'd bother.

Yeah, agree. The pubs are generally fine but this was another level up in quality, especially of the meat and gravy. But yes, you do have to pay for it. Even though 750 was not cheap I think it was worth the premium. Unlikely I'll be back any time soon as it is across town from where I live, but if I was in that area I would definitely drop in. FWIW we also ate beef tartare, pan fried scallops, six NZ oysters, a pizza, pan fried salmon, a wild prawn risotto and a couple of desserts (pavlova and sticky date pudding). All superb. And the service was good too - they gave us one of our desserts for free when they heard it was my daughter's birthday.

Just reviving this as I have a new favourite. I always cook my own roast but have tried the usual suspects - Londoner, Huntsman, Royal Oak, PJ, O'Sheas etc. Today I went to Kai in Sathorn (Kiwi restaurant). Absolutely superb, definitely the best I've had outside of my home. I had roast NZ lamb, lots of meat, thick slices, properly carved, not like the thin dry shavings you get at many places. Really succulent meat, good big roast potatoes, roast carrots, pumpkin (meh), peas, Yorkshire pud, roast onion, mint sauce and fantastic home made gravy. Not cheap - the lamb was 750, dry aged NZ beef (MBS 4+) 850, pork and chicken are 620 but very high quality and worth the money in my opinion. Bit out of the way though (for me) but a one minute walk from Saint Louis BTS. I think the Londoner is decent but this was a cut above in every way. https://www.kai-bangkok.com/

Erm ok, so if you put one in storage in the mid 90's and are now selling it for $6-$11k have you made money?? You have a very different idea of investments to me. If you'd pulled out a link that showed mid 90's Honda Civics going for $50-60k I would have given you credit. You proved my point that a bog standard mass market car will not go up in value. Your Hondas haven't - they have gone down in value - a BYD mass market car wouldn't. either. You can keep your tissues.

Do you think now would be a good time to buy a Toyota Vios, put it in the garage and wait 50 years for the value to go up? A Honda Accord? A Mitsubishi Pejero?? A Suzuzi Celeriac? What an idiotic question. BYD make mass market cars, why would they be collectors items? You anti EV people don't half fabricate some ridiculous "what if" scenarios, but this one wins the prize for being the most asinine.

I would take this to the media, they would be all over this! Also get your embassy involved and make sure this goes all the way to the top!!

Thank you. Some horrible anti-Thai ill-informed rubbish posted in this thread.

Ok.

Yes. An American pilot has never skidded off a runway. Right? What has nationality got to do with aquaplaning during an intense monsoon downpour??

Sadly no one can answer you as it rained last night and they've all been electrocuted.

This is such an annoying technicality. The "border" of Samut Prakan is about 50m from the airport perimeter. It is Bangkok's International Airport (BKK). Nobody driving or taking the train to the airport would ever imagine they are leaving Bangkok.........and they are not until maybe the last 20 seconds of the journey. It annoys me all the nit pickers who say Bangkok only has one airport when it is very misleading to do so. Very anal, very pedantic.

What the heck? You quoted that exact post about the temporary generator with this question: Can anyone explain this logic? Fossil fuels to supply an EV charger. 🔌 I was under the impression the goal was to eradicate fossil fuels. Did I miss something? and then added: So much knowledge here from our electrical Wizards but not one can answer the basic question! Silence is deafening. Here's the link to your post in case you can't remember what you did 36 minutes ago.

As I thought, you do only deal in pictures and have trouble reading.

Interesting. I don't think I have flown internationally out of DMK in 15 years, I always use BKK as it way more convenient for me. I wonder if they are still using old stamps? DMK was Bangkok International Airport but that name officially transferred in 2006 when Suvarnabhumi opened, hence Suvarnabhumi taking Don Muaeng's airport code of BKK and it getting a new one, DMK.

I answered you, yet you ignored me. Your silence is deafening. Not sure what you are trying to prove. Generators are common. Someone has brought to market a temporary generator that can charge EVs in temporary or very remote locations. Temporary. It is not a permanent charging station. Temporary. Are all EVs being charge by diesel generators? Read the tech spec or is that too much trouble? Posting the actual link was clearly too much trouble for you - seems you can only deal in pictures.

There are two airports in Bangkok, but there is only one "Bangkok airport" (Suvarnabhumi / BKK). The other is Don Muaeng / DMK.

A right wing anti-Islam shouty YouTube channel doesn't count. Just a load of old clips stitched together with no context. Do you have a credible source? People like you are the problem. See right wing videos, immediately share, zero checking of facts. Regurgitate, spew it out there again, repeat.

If all EVs were charged like that then yes you would have a point. But it is called a "temporary" charger, used for temporary sites. Seriously, try harder. P.S. Yawn.

Not to bring politics in to this, but it was Thaksin's government who brought in policies to get buses and HGVs to convert from diesel to LPG or NGV. I am sure with good intentions to reduce diesel imports and pollution, but we are still seeing the results of these policies today. I don't think certification or safety standards were brought in to go with the policy.

If yu look at the CCTV footage posted by Gerogalbert the buses don't appear to be speeding and they have a safe distance between them. It definitely doesn't look like dangerous driving was the main cause.

Our kids' school only uses Montri buses for excursions and everyone wears seatbelts. I have never ever seen a Montri bus being driven badly on the roads, so I feel comfortable with that. Seat belts in their fleet since 1991, alcohol detection machines for drivers since 1999. You can never be totally safe but in Thailand I think this is by far the most reputable company.

I think the picture s true. I have seen other ones with Paetongarn and that same scum bag is in them wearing the same clothes and ridiculous badges. Disgusting excuse for a human being.

A wise person doesn't spout ill informed nonsense either. A wise person doesn't swallow fossil fuel propaganda. A wise person does his own research. Are you wise? Doesn't look like it.

RTF article. This is no place for anti EV nonsense. Please go away, you are offensive and appalling.

I have to say I can't believe that picture is true. It must be from an old photo op, surely? The faces on those officials is just wrong. And the kids should be with their parents, and they don't have a speck of dust on them and they have chocolate milk etc. I know Andrew McGregor Marshall posted it and I respect him but it all seems too much. If it is real it is truly disgusting, absolutely appalling and disgraceful.