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Now would india and taiwan passport holder still be able to get visa on arrival15dyas at cambodia -thai borders now by paying 1000 bhat?

portable water filter bottle 's more environmentally friendly, just load brown tap water or water from well, more fresh and healthy than bottled water(which's often stored too long, not fresh,)..

available from decathlon shop worldwide:

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/filtering-06l-water-bottle-hiking-and-camping-water-bottles-and-flasks-camelback-blue-id_8177360.html

http://www.decathlon.nl/msh-water-filter-by-katadyn-id_8283837.html

http://inhabitat.com/portable-water-filter-alter-ego-is-stylish-alternative-to-buying-bottled-water/

consuming bottled water, how many plastics bottles are u going to throw to environment

do take precautions when travelling around Oudomxay province and other sino-lao border provinces.do carry a compact portable water filter.

I would suggest that you only drink bottled water in all of Laos. Here in Vang Vieng the tap water is oftem brown in colour, as far as I am aware they have no water treatment plant here drawing from a reservoir and the local river.

 

we are organizing hotel packages in Phuket that use the few public buses, (since these guests won't pay for taxis).

couldn't you use rented vans to make packages(which might be cheaper than public buses)?

could they afford to pay cyclo or tuktuk  as their transport?

what's the real ages of these lo-life tourists, do they use visa card as payment, do they rent car or motobike from u?

hope visa waiver scheme can be started as early as possible...

THAI Airasia, thai smile air, NOK all  pinched their hope for further expansion scheme on cina passengers,even cina transit passengers to europe & africa making stop at BKK a few days can help airlines and hotels and tours companies more,more airlines operating means more jobs for thai...

if they  consider thailand as good place for purchasing iphone LV bags and other luxury goods(cheaper than korea, USA,,etc),means more opportunities  for thai.

I should know, I had a Chinese work visa and work permit and a few hoops had to be jumped to get it for me. But it certainly wasn't a walk in the park, though I should be able to get it back if I were to go back there to work. China has far more important domestic issues of it's own.

cina's polluted place, not suitable for living..

No need to go back there for work even holding work visa...

there're thai working for red airlines there, not good working conditions for sure..plus thai diplomats as well.

but it's perfect market for thai to make direct sales or trade for organic farming produces.

once agreement reached, thai passport holders should be allowed to enter red cina visa free 30 days,then extending visa further to multiple entry for business, opening thai massage parlour, thai restraunte, thai boxing school, marketing thai organic rice directly in cina supermarket or grain whole market.

then that's beneficial for both side.

red cina should open its market to thai individuals more.

red cina market should offer thai citizen jobs and business opportunities, thai should allowed to make a livings in red cina soil, that's fine, to make thai citizen earning 1000$-2000$ monthly that 's more rewarding.

but red cinachicks should be fully banned to enter thai soil.

I don't think so. Visa free entries are for tourist purposes only and whatever paperwork is needed live in China to open and run a business can NOT under any circumstances be done on a tourist visa or visa exempt entry. Tourist visas can NOT be converted to business visas inside the country and can usually only be extended once. I don't think visa free stays (although only nationals of about 3 countries can currently get them aside from that there's only the 72-hour visa exempt entry for foreigners of some countries in transit to third countries, the Hainan visa exemption and the Guangdong 5 day exemption) can even be extended or if they can be, only for medical reasons or other exceptional circumstances. If they can be extended at all for the same purpose of entry of course, then probably only once (except for medical reasons).

China should make it easier for Thais to live and get jobs in China? Haha, you're kidding me aren't you? China has a big unemployment and underemployment problem of it's own and as such a lot of Chinese are going abroad to get work, even if they are forced to work illegally. No way China is going to open the floodgates to foreigners for work, especially not Thais! If anything, the Chinese would rather hire foreigners from developed nations. I should know, I had a Chinese work visa and work permit and a few hoops had to be jumped to get it for me. But it certainly wasn't a walk in the park, though I should be able to get it back if I were to go back there to work. China has far more important domestic issues of it's own.

Stop the fantasizing.

thailand can set conditions for such visa waiver with pekin by pressing pekin comie opening job market to thai citizens....thai diplomats should request more benefits for thai under such visa waiver., can request allowing thai making market research and direct sales in cina as conditions for signing such mutual scheme.

at moment ,japan korea brunei malaysia singapore have visa waiver 15-30 days with pekin comie regime, but extention for japanese brunei malaysian singaporean korean passport holders under such visa waiver stamps can be done easily at every provincial poli headquarters.

although real figure for unemployment rate with comie state's as high as 40-45%,but thai food and organic farming products, thai massage and thai traditional medicines're in great demand,as only fake quality goods available within red cina market.thai can make big profits from red cina domestic market, that's true....

for You , no need to make work visa to cina,simply make tourist visa ,bring some goods and fly, then you can sell some highly demanded goods there, such as milk powders,red wines, perfumes, LV bags and other designers goods...you'll make fortunes better than teaching english .

thai independent business people can't wait longer for such visa waiver(earning a better livings from direct trade), at least can go cina marketing , making direct sales to consumer with thai organic farming produces,thai silk,thai herbs....

red cina has no more authentic organic foods and herb medicines left due to massive pollutions to soils and ground waters.

hope visa waiver scheme can make more privately owned airlines(non-comie owned) runing thai-cina routes more profitable., making more business for thai individual logistic operators and agents and e-commerce sellers for this router as well.

thai needs to sell thai goods directly to red cina market , consumers.

once agreement reached, thai passport holders should be allowed to enter red cina visa free 30 days,then extending visa further to multiple entry for business, opening thai massage parlour, thai restraunte, thai boxing school, marketing thai organic rice directly in cina supermarket or grain whole market.

then that's beneficial for both side.

red cina should open its market to thai individuals more.

red cina market should offer thai citizen jobs and business opportunities, thai should allowed to make a livings in red cina soil, that's fine, to make thai citizen earning 1000$-2000$ monthly that 's more rewarding.

but red cinachicks should be fully banned to enter thai soil.

do take precautions when travelling around Oudomxay province and other sino-lao border provinces.do carry a compact portable water filter.

obviously you have never been there

are u working in lao rural farm still or just as western naive tourists or student?you still have illusion with lao comies, thinks laos as shangrila...

pls do some voluntary work in lao rural farm living with poor laos, you'll understand more.

can you donate for rural laos medical cares?many laos got sickness from pollutions, no treatment at all, can you help pls?

do take precautions when travelling around Oudomxay province and other sino-lao border provinces.do carry a compact portable water filter.

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/water-05072014185021.html

Lao Villagers Complain Drinking Water Contaminated by Pesticides

Residents of at least six villages in northern Laos are getting sick from drinking water they believe has been contaminated by residue of pesticides and weed-killers, confronting nearby farms for overuse of the chemicals, local sources said.

The ethnic minority villagers in mountainous Oudomxay province’s Beng district have sought the urgent intervention of local authorities after the confrontation raised tensions in the area.

But an agriculture official said there was little the government could do to control use of pesticides and weed-killers, which have polluted the local creeks and streams the villagers rely on for drinking water.

Residents affected by the pollution are from the district’s Napa, Tameun, Khoksa-Ad, Patong, Huai Lor and Phiahuanam areas, a villager said.

Quarrels

After villagers began getting diarrhea on consuming the water, some of them confronted farmers living upstream about their complaint, getting into quarrels with them, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“The farmers use too much pesticide without knowledge [of its effects],” he told RFA’s Lao Service, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“Now villagers are facing hardship and there have been conflicts because of this. We could not discuss it [with them]; they don’t listen and we don’t know what to do.”

The villagers have no access to tap or well water and normally rely on local creeks and streams for drinking water, he said.

“Our drinking water comes every day from creeks,” he said, adding that villagers wanted authorities to help keep their water clean.

Banned substances

A local Department of Agriculture and Forestry said weed killers and pesticides were widely used by farmers in Oudomxay, including ones made of banned substances.

“There are a lot in our villages because … when the (weed killers) are brought in, there are some people who use them in secret and we’re not able to regulate it.”

He said the department had not sent officials to investigate the complaints from the Beng villagers, but were aware that farmers in the area use pesticides and weed killers to grow rice and other crops.

According to government statistics, 64 percent of people in rural communities had improved sources of drinking water in 2012, compared to 88 percent in urban areas.

Laos’s government has pledged to halve the proportion of people without year-round access to safe drinking water by 2015, according to the Vientiane Times.

that'sa pity!

any thai photographer or freelance intl. photographer there has extra one pentax DSLR body for sale?

K-5IIs is what you need. My K5-IIs smokes my K-5 in almost every way, although my K-3 is streets ahead.

Sent from my SM-N9005 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

where's used k-5? do you have extra need to let out?

any thai photographer there need to sell the used k5 ?let me know or PM me?

the best bet should be avoiding to sit with cine passenegers(especially norther cinc), if allocated a seat next to cine passengers at check-in, always ask flight attendants to change another seat with non-cine passengers.

Do avoid all red cina airlines (incl.HK,macau, taiwan, singapore malaysia airlines)for hassel flying .

flying pakistan airlines & BIMAN for BKK-HK,always no lousy red commmunist passengers

those aussie FIFO workers 're working for the same red owners, who registered companies in perth darwin or simply took over some aussie mining companies(by buying shares or IPO) as aussie economy 's deep trouble long ago, at least australia can't create enough jobs for aussie any more,only unemployment and redundancies.

if those mining companies aussie working for in laos have no connection with red evil communists, they simply wouldn't get Laos work visa or business visa, would Laos communists allow aussies working in laos mining fields with tourist visa?

that's great if it turns into ghost twon as from 2014 on evil red cina economy 's quagmire, ghost towns're everywhere inside red evil cina, ghost town can not be avoided now due to debts crisis for variuos red banks and shadowing banks

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but that's great cheerful news should be celebrated for laos civilians

laos farmers should unite and take the cases to intl court.

should sue those red companies.

Good on them for standing up. However, give it a week and they will probably all be relocated to re-education centers or worse.

SO ONCE THOSE POORLY FATE LAO FARMERS be relocated to re-education centers or worse.,YOUR EU OR WESTERN COUNTRIIES' ELITE OR NGOS WILL STAY IN BLINDED IN WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT'S THE GREAT SHAME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY AND WESTERN DEMOCCRACIES.

"ANOTHERUSER" WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING POSOTIVELY TO RESCUE THOSE POOR FATED LAOS FARMERS ? OR U JUST WANT TO BE ONLOOKER FOREVER UNTILL YOUR VESTED- INTERRESTS 'RE infringeD.

IF SO, HOW SELFISH YOU 'RE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

who're those lao elite are getting rich? could u elaborate th long list of it?

most 're comie laos@high ranking, plus those cinese llaos(who fled to LAOS IN CULTURAL REVOLUTION PERIODS).

THISE LAO ELITES SHOULD BE IN HELL FOREVER, THEIR BANK AC IN THAILAND OR OTHER CONTIE SHOULD BE FROZEN AND CONFISCATED.

There is nothing Lao rice farmers and villagers can do to stop this. The Chinese will do whatever they damn well please, e.g tacky casinos, and as long as some Lao elite are getting rich by catering to them, nothing can be done. Sorry.

The most they can hope for is a bit more money for compensation.

you must be very naive on laos PDR situations.

for laos civilian, money won't help much, once laos farmers lost your land , your nature environment and communities' forest, laos traditional culture and way of life would be assimilated by red comie completedly....poor fate laos got reloacted to other place -often environtally black spot, no liable environments left for farming or other means of survivings....

Factor, you should watch those NGO films being baned by laos communists...

even poor fate laos farmers got the compensations, that;s only enough for them to live for 1-2 years, after running of those cash, they have to no means to survive, local environment and forests detroyed, they 're worse off than refugee...women have to go to prostitute, men go for hard labour worker or other casual jobs earning very little, Meanwhile there's outflowed yunnan (red cina)migrants to compete for jobs and small business, laos civilian like tibet 're being marginalized to be poor forever........

HOw naive the western expats are on laos' real situations.

Lao comie regime intends whatever lfet in LAO s to evil red cina pekin comie mining companies, even laos soils are valuable for mining scarcity minerals

there're numerous ways left for civilian fighting back their rights from evil comie colonialism in asean region.

if you don't carry on to defend your lawful rights, then you'll pennyless staying in porverties forever!being slaves forever!

lao farmers and civilain and land grab victims should united form alliances, similar like in myanmar then myson dam projects 's halted.

so all of u support comie clolonialism in ASEAN, thailland 's next target for building Kra canal, more forced relocation and land grabing coming soon, as long as witch yinsula families remains in seat.

so all expatriot 'd better move else where without evil red influences and expantionsism.

once those mafia coming to take land, all your properties in thailand would be taken over , legalpaper and docs're meaningless in eyes of those red comie evils, of course there' re loads of naive expats there believing laws but without noticing who's ruling current thailand

better travelling around with local vietnamese air con bus services, all meals and water free on the journey. DON;T TAKE VIET CONG COMMUNISTS OPERATED OPEN BUS.

vietnam railway're privatised now, but fares 're very high, mostly booked by travel groups ,not suitable for individual travelllers.

few railway staff can speak english french, as most of railway staff're relatives of communists, by working for railways, they can receive better welfare packages and many chances for corruptions money.ordinary vietnamese graduates without any conections with communists high rankings won;t be able to get jobs in railways.

FROM HANOI , BETTER HEAD TO VIETNAM -CINA BORDER AREA AND LAO BORDER AREAS ,MANY THINHS TO SEE, LESS TOURISTIC.

don'T miss Ha giang province and charming small town -xinman