MRnell

I plan to be in BKK soon , I am trying to find some new places to eat hoping someone can tell me some hidden treasures, like the best roast duck you ever had or a noodle soup , or down some little lane way the sells the best hands down spicy pork sausages ,

Thanks OOTAI for the reply

I have a house in Ban Sanamchia about 40km from Buriram city , I tried to make a bore twice early this year but it was unsuccesful , I think the guy's little rig on the back of his ute had seen better times , I find it hard to belive that on both occasions he did not find water , I was informed that the bore's drilled were 40 metres in depth , I realy started questioning myself about this guy " is there any chance this guy know's what he is doing " ,

so anyway make a long story short DOES ANYONE KNOW OF SOMEONE THAT CAN RECOMEND ME A GUY TO MAKE A BORE ?

thank you

Regards

MRnell

Pigmy goats I remember seeing them at a wild life park in koh Samui in 2007 ,

I remember thinking how cute......

G'day Kel. I am not sure of where you are situated. But if you are not somewhere south of Chumpon down to Krabi, forget it with regards to Palm Oil. It requires a high rainfall and a nearby mill to process the fruit/nuts. As for Rubber, i believe its a little less lucrative than PO, more work and can only be harvested for about 8 months of the year. PO is a year round crop harvested about every 20 days and from what i am told, less work than Rubber. How about moving around in your area and having a good look.

Anyhow mate, good luck, one needs to do something, bars and pole dancers get a little boring after a while and despite what my young friend thinks, is really controlled by females .... lololol.

Have to disagree, rubber is a better earner than PO, but you have to take into account the extra costs and time needed for rubber to become productive. As a rough guide, if you have taken reasonable care of your rubber trees you should be making about $15,000 Us a year clear profit from 25 Rai of rubber. Don't think you can get that return from 25 Rai of palm oil. Jim

Thats ok James, we can all have our own opinions.

I would be interested to know if anyone has palm oil, what they really do clear. Ball park figure. My figure is what we made last season off my better trees,first year of tappig. Jim

The Palm oil buisness must be doing alright for the TRA to release the following info .. on the 24/01/11

Thailand is planning to reduce its rubber plantations by 815,000 hectares in the South to grow oil palm trees. It will expand rubber plantations in the North and Northeast by 870,000 hectares. A shift in the supply curve is expected from 2012 due to the new planting areas reaching the yielding stage

An interesting topic.

My Wife wants me to buy a 20 rai rubber plantation in Surat.

Her 2 brothers both have plantations and have always offered me the opportunity to buy some when a "distressed" sales opportunity comes up at a very good price, but because of my fear of investing too much but in the past I have always declined.

We have been together 9 years now and I want to make sure she has a good business to support herself when I shuffle off.

We live in CM so apart from taking care of the books we would have to rely on her brothers (who are really good people and really love their little sister) to harvest it and sell it. I would have to pay them something for that.

My wife was talking about 3m for the 20 rai, does that sound realistic?

In fact does the whole idea sound realistic to you, any pitfalls I should be looking for?

Many thanks

TP

3 million baht for 20 rai of virgin land or 20 rai of say about 1400 para trees ?????

Right now around the Buriram area land sales are going for 50 000 baht per rai , this inflation is due to the price of Rubber going through the roof , i

I found this from the daily newsMr. Supachai Po Su, Deputy Minister of Agriculture. Revealed that the rubber plantation project in the new Phase 3: 2554-2556. The implementation of the resolutions of the Cabinet on July 6, 2553 and on December 21, 2553 to approve the project under the Foundation Rubber Section 21 bis promote cultivation of rubber yield in the area of appropriate a total of 800,000 rai. There are 150,000 farm north-east over 500,000 rai, Central and South East 100,000 ha and 50,000 rai. The Ministry of Agriculture. Assigned the Office of Rubber Replanting Aid Fund (Sui.) to prepare guidelines to announce a relief. Recruiting and selection of farmers to participate in the various conditions. For budget year 2554 is divided into areas of 580 million year 2555 200,000 rai of 979 million baht the year 2556 of 300,000 acres and 1,179 million, 300,000 rai of the area to promote continuity from the year 2557-2562. Expected to be approximately 160,000 farmers participate in more revenue, valued at 224,000 baht per year. Including local job creation. Agricultural workers are at least 100,000 people and immigrants move to reduce the agricultural labor force. And the country's natural rubber production increased from the year 2562 onwards the government itself will have revenue collections from export rubber Kingdom. An increase of approximately 1,112 million baht per year for capital assistance to rubber.

Hi to all Danim Jean lovers , can you help me find a store in BKK that sells Quality Japanese denim jeans brands such as EVISU , SAMURAIS, RMC red monkey ,

Thanks....

What is a good program I can buy online and download for leaning thai ??

Which part of thailand has less tourists? the north south east or west?

which part of thailand has the less touristy beaches?

which countries in SE asia have the least tourists (cambodia/burma/nepal/laos/vietnam/phillipines

is the phillipines and indonesia more expensive thn thailand?

cheers

With all these questions sound like you doing some kind of school report hahaa !

least tourst place I would have to say some where like BETONG south of thailand good luck

Reminds me of that other scam where a girl has sex with you and steals your wallet ,ive lost 5 already this week.

GFL Top Tip # 1: Allways take your wallet into the bathroom with you when you freshen up.

Tip # 2 : dont pick up a girl who you meet on the street , i.e beach road pattaya

I cant believe some members in the pattaya forum were tying so hard to defend these poor girls

Its still called walking street and forever will be called walking street , the tv is there to advertise Samsung

I cant believe you guys live in thailand and you are eating meat pies

ooh well i guess each and every one to them selves !!

just my thoughts......

at a guess i say you haven't tried one yet. you don't know what you are missing. it is also amazing how many people eat thai food that live in other parts of the world.

Well that is true sammycic i dont know what I am missing because i have not tried one yet , maybe I am just not much of a pie lover , I do go to Buriram now an then , maybe Ill pop in one day and see what the fuss is all about

I just find it hard to eat western food now , its so plan and boring ...

I hope I dont offend someone in saying that , i sure do have to kind of way lately...

I am sure no one will be offended - but why read about "Buriram Pie Man" if you have no interest in pies or Western food ?

Its the man in buriram that got my interest , If you must know , but we can continue this if you like using our inbox , its not fair for the other readers ,

if you have the urge to ask me a personal question feel free to send me a message to my inbox ,

Well of cause it will have a high number of death compared to another country because like they said its the No.2 Asian destination for australians , they tell you that 105 died , but they dont say how many people went there !!! its all about the ratio of people to deaths

maybe Taksin had something to do with this travel blog

just a joke people calm dowm !!

I cant believe you guys live in thailand and you are eating meat pies

ooh well i guess each and every one to them selves !!

just my thoughts......

at a guess i say you haven't tried one yet. you don't know what you are missing. it is also amazing how many people eat thai food that live in other parts of the world.

Well that is true sammycic i dont know what I am missing because i have not tried one yet , maybe I am just not much of a pie lover , I do go to Buriram now an then , maybe Ill pop in one day and see what the fuss is all about

I just find it hard to eat western food now , its so plan and boring ...

I hope I dont offend someone in saying that , i sure do have to kind of way lately...

shrimp past or fish in the water as my gf calls it (it must me a isaan thing)

You probably mean Pla Ra. and sorry, it not part of a common Thai salad....

It is used to make som tam , You cant get any more common then that mate !

Hi

Was wondering if anybody had any ideas for the above ?

Thanks.

Thai salad translate (yum) in thai they use

fish sause

shrimp past or fish in the water as my gf calls it (it must me a isaan thing)

lime

sugar

garlic

peanut

all this kind of stuuff and much more , thai's are masters at knowing what foods mix together well (fusion masters)

I all ways thought palm sugar was the go , but after watching my gf cook she just use plan white sugar ,

But choose the type of sugar to use is not the problem here

practice makes perfect

Have fun with your cooking

I recently totally changed my diet, eliminating most sugar and eating alot of whole wheat: rice, bread and pasta along with low fat protein and drinking only water. I basically dont eat Thai food, everything Thai I order is covered in sugar, grease or msg.... totally unhealthy. I would really like to eat Thai food again but really dont know what dishes might be healthy. Anyone?

Thai food is very healthy so Im supprised by your comment , Dont be afraid of a little sugar or fat , anything is ok if taken in moderation

uor body is very adaptable ,

Try Thai foods such as - Yum , Larb , som tam , tom yum gai , tom yum goon , rice soups ,

Remember to have fun with food

Enjoy

Is it a mythical serpent god ,

or

Is it just plan science a whole lot of swamp gas ??

In the videos I have seen it's neither.

And today is Awk Pansar the end of Buddhist Lent.

Soooo what is it ????

I cant believe you guys live in thailand and you are eating meat pies

ooh well i guess each and every one to them selves !!

just my thoughts......

Today is Buddha day in thailand , is anyone going or has been to Nong Khai province , for the festivals along the Mekong River Bank and to see the Naga Fireball Phenomenon !

So I asked my gf what she thought about the mystery Naga Fireball , She gave a and said some believe its a act of nature and believe its man created !!

So what about this mystery beneath the murky mekong ??

Is it a mythical serpent god ,

or

Is it just plan science a whole lot of swamp gas ??

Regards

AN

Today is Buddha day in thailand , is anyone going or has been to Nong Khai province , for the festivals along the Mekong River Bank and to see the Naga Fireball Phenomenon !

So what about this mystery beneath the murky mekong ??

Is it a mythical serpent god ,

or is it just plan science a whole lot of swamp gas ??

Asking the big question to my gf she replied with a laught saying some people believe its act of nature other think its created by man ..

Regards

AN

Today is Buddha day in thailand , is anyone going or has been to Nong Khai near Laos , for the festivals along the Mekong River Bank and to see the Naga Fireball Phenomenon !

So what about this mystery beneath the murky mekong ?? is it a mythical serpent god , after all Naga meaning (creature)

or is it just plan science a whole lot of swamp gas ??

Regards

AN