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Yes, and also when your country has a fraction of the annual rainfall of Thailand and that rainfall is pretty much spread evenly over the whole year and not basically concentrated in a few weeks as it is here. Put Thailand's rain in the Netherlands and watch it sink. Conversely put the Netherland's weather here and you would never get your feet wet.

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I think we need a @Crossy river level thread starting for 2024. I always appreciate them and find them informative.

Haven't been for a couple of years now but I usually stay at Picasso Suites in Makati. Good value (for Manila). Really big rooms with working space - they used to be apartments before they got converted to a hotel. Good location, walking distance to Green Belt and also Burgos if that floats your boat. Also there is a fantastic Spanish tapas restaurant and bar called Pablo Bistro that adjoins the hotel that you can access from the lobby. https://www.picassomakati.com/ https://awesome.blog/2023/02/pablo-the-best-spanish-bistro-in-salcedo.html Oh, no swimming pool though.

Yes, 40,000 baht. You are sad and boring, move along, not joining in with your childish argument any more.

Thank you Sheryl. My wife just got home. I will scan the relevant parts tonight and post here, appreciate your knowledge and help.

Hi all, Does anyone have any recommendations for good affordable MRI places in Bangkok? My wife just had an annual check up and they found some kind of growth on her kidney and say she needs to have an MRI. They will charge 37,000 baht (Samitivej Srinakarin) which she doesn't want to pay (and it does seem excessive). Google has led me to this place which seems to be rated. https://mrithailand.com/en/ Anyone have any experience or other recommendations?

but but but people on AN say foreigners are always treated worse. But but but but......

I have no idea what that means, Mine was never credited back to me in several years. Anyway I just said it was a rip off and their concierge / travel service was useless and a waste of time. If it works for you then great. It doesn't change my point though that your post was only intended to show off and was of no use to the OP at all. Unless you were suggesting his best option to find cheaper flights was to qualify for Amex Platinum, apply for it, get approval, receive the card, pay the 40k baht annual membership, then call their help line to book a flight for him. Great advice. But no, not just showing off.

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Rubbish. I had one for a few years. Tried their concierge to book flights but it was much less convenient sitting on the phone while they tell you prices, asking about different flight times, aircraft types, took forever. I then went and checked the same flight on the airlines website and it was cheaper. Plus you need to factor in the horrendous annual fees for Amex. I got rid of it a few years ago - total rip off. So basically your post was of no help, but I suspect it was just a way to try and show off. To the OP, I find booking direct with the airline is rarely any different to any of the agent sites., plus you get peace of mind.

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What a pathetic thread. A simple question asking for information and then two pages of pointless bickering about nothing.

Train is viable but a bit of faff, three different trains. * Red Line from DMK to Bang Sue is seven stops. Then go down to the basement and get the * Blue line to Petchaburi. Ten stops. Then: * ARL to BKK. 5 stops. The trains pulls in right in the basement of the airport, so just go upstairs to departures. All in all probably about an hour. If it is rush hour (or raining as you said) and you don't have a ton of luggage I would do this. Personally I like knowing that the train will always get there, with a taxi or bus you never know what the traffic might do. However if no traffic a taxi would be quicker.

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They are idiots. https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/should-you-give-your-dog-hugs/#:~:text=You might believe your dog,and their owners are oblivious.

If a Honda Accord makes your heart flutter I think you should see a doctor. I consider myself a "petrol head". Always loved cars, always loved engines, spent my life devouring tuning magazines, reading about cars, going to car shows, races, drag strips, doing track days etc. I spent a fortune modifying my Impreza to over 500 bhp - now that could make your heart flutter. Does that mean I get excited by a mundane four cylinder family saloon? Absolutely not!! I love performance. I have driven (not owned) Lambos, I rented a Ferrari 488 Italia Spider to blast up and down the mountains of Jebel Jais in the UAE - now that is a thrill! (Full of speed cameras now though apparently). If you haven't driven a fast EV you don't know what it is like. It is completely different with instant torque, linear acceleration, no lag, no waiting for your car to change down a gear or two (even though that was unbelievably fast in the Ferrari). It is a blast! My next car will be a fast EV, it is just a sensational feeling. I don't know anyone who has bought one to stop global warming so don't know why you bang on about that. I do know people who have bought them a) for the cost saving, b) for the performance, c) for the driving comfort that near silent motoring gives you, or a combination of all three. Plenty of BEVs make my heart flutter for the way they move AND they way they look. Plenty of ICEVs do too. A Honda Accord does not.

No, not rattly at all, got it. You are confusing sound deadening with a quiet engine. You have sound deadening, the engine is noisy and rattly. If I go to an AC/DC concert but wear noise cancelling headphones I can't say the concert is quiet. That's what you are doing.

I posted this before but I saw a similar Atto 3. Same location as yours. I guess it's a Thonglor thing.

As I said "luxury" diesels have a lot of sound deadening. The engine is still noisy and rattly though - you can't get away from that with a diesel, you just have tons of sound deadening material. So you'd happily sit behind the exhaust pipes would you?

Yes, I know what a Touareg is and where it comes from. Any diesel is smelly. Any one, no matter how expensive or well made it may be. Would you happily sit behind the exhaust pipe of one? They are all smelly and dirty, it is just a fact. Any diesel is more rattly than a petrol or BEV counterpart, it is not debatable. I haven't driven a Touareg, but I have driven other "luxury" diesels and they all are noisy rattly and smelly. I have been in diesel S Class Mercs and 7 Series BMWs (as a passenger). and guess what: noisy rattly and dirty, albeit less so than a 700k Isuzu. Are you really trying to say diesels are more refined than BEVs or petrol cars? Be serious, please.

Oh my, this is getting dull. Where did I say all diesels are farm vehicles? You said: And then, YOU SAID: And my reply was No, but it will feel like you're driving a rattly old farm vehicle, which your 489,000 baht Isuzu truck is. Rattly, noisy, smelly, farm vehicle. Then you started wibbling on about $100k Touaregs. At least follow your own comments, surely that isn't hard. Oh, and for the record, while a $100k diesel Touareg has a lot of sound deadening and is reasonably refined (for a diesel), compared to a petrol equivalent - or especially a BEV - it is still noisy and rattly, and most certainly smelly. I've told this before but I put down a deposit on a C250 Merc when this latest shape came out a few years ago but before delivery they called and said sorry, they are not importing the C250 anymore and are only selling diesels but they would give me a C300 at no extra cost. I said I wasn't interested in a diesel but they asked me to try one as they are luxurious, refined and quiet. I tried it with an open mind. it was noisy, rattly and smelly and I cancelled my order and bought something else instead. If a BEV is not suitable for someone, that is fine. But to argue that a diesel - any diesel - is not noisier, rattlier or smellier than a petrol or BEV equivalent then you are just a joke. Diesels are disgusting in every way.

You want to leave your engine running all night just so you can have aircon? Seriously??

Sorry weren't we discussing 700k THB three year old diesel trucks? Yet you have now brought in a $90-125k "luxury" SUV. Shifting the goalposts much? Honestly, what has the Touareg got to do with what we were talking about? Absolutely nothing.

No, you'll feel like you're driving a noisy, smelly, nasty farm vehicle.