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Better call the embassy to see if open. I was caught out once when embassy closed for Thai holiday. They also close for S'pore holidays. Lucky fellows.

I can't help you with the repairs. When repairing, pay attention to the subfloor moisture. Timber floor tiles pop due to moisture stress. If your sub-floor (concrete I supposed) is not fully dried, next to bath room etc, the floor tiles take in moisture and dimension changes result in tiles poping. So just don't replace but locate the problem.

Yawn....zzzzzzz

Protestors will not be too perturbed. They are used hardend northerners. The well heeled and middle class will be the suffer and counted as collateral damage by the government. Another poorly conceived plan and will only harden the Reds resolve. When will AV learn that bilateral actions are ineffective. Negotiate!!!! pseeee

Clean the slate. Amnesty for the Reds and the Yellows and we will have total peace. Only fight on election day.

The multi-color gathering went on without a hitch and no military personel.

Payback! Is it what's all about? Already the PM erred on calling the protestors terrorists and made it worse by sanctioning a coup. Blood will be shed and Ahbisit will go down in history as a blood loving lunatic; not the military. There is still time to negotiate and not be blindly stubborn; including the Reds. The Nation will also go down as an advocate for blood thirsty regime.

Try http://www.boi.go.th/english/how/company_establishing.asp

When will Thailand politics rid itself from the military influence. They are just another civil servants and should never be a factor like so many countries.

Hop on a short ride to Penang or Ayer Hitam. Cloves cig are available just about everywhere in Malaysia due to hign population of Indonesian and smuggling. I personally love the smell.

I am sure Khun Supalak and Thanong will never being seen around the office cooler having a drink. Good balance article compare to Thanong's color blind comments.

Really quite simple. Work the ground with a rake or something and buy fertilizer to spread. You can easily buy grass which comes in 12" square. There are the usual wild grass type and a shorter grass from Japan?? Cost about 10-15B per piece. U can buy fertilizer from the same grass vendors. Lay them on the fertilizer & water twice a day. If the grass survice after a week, it will grow.

I suggest you check the flight schedule of Nok and I 2 Go. If they have fights pass midnight, the airport must be open. Anyway, the airport is quite big and if you really need to hang around, I am sure you can wait outside the building. Most resturants are closed from about 2200 though and the nearest hotel is almost 5km away .

Snakes made a nice soup. The Chinese use lots of herbs in a earthern ware and let is simmer for 6 hours. The meat is tender white like fish. Try it.

Search for Top Gloves website. They are the largest rubber gloves manufacturer in Thailand.

I don't have your direct answers but just wish to bring up my own experience. Like you, I moved into new house and experience water shortages many times. However, you need to know whether the shortages are due to low water pressure or something else. In my case, the estate experienced a housing boom and the large number volume of water servicing the all households; I will not get the water.

For this, it is really a simply job. Went & bought myself a Hitachi pump (most reliable) and a 1,000 L ss water tank. Any plumber would know how to contact the pipes and the tank. I actually paid only 500 B; not inclusive the PU pipes which I bought.

Good luck.

Andrew, I hate to burst your bubble. This looks like a scam. Why the need to deposit money into her account for 3 months to apply Visa??? This is strange. And what's this about ex not paying money if she sign the papers. Whether se sign or not, most time the wife don't get anything. There seem some reluctancy in her getting her divorce legal. Wonder?

KLIA to LCC is too far to walk. I think it is approx 5km. However, there is a free shuttle bus service. THere is also many taxis who can take you to LCC but I caution you on the fares which is not fixed and most don't use the meter.

Really not much will affect Thailand. The bubble is mainly in real estate. Thailand do not export a lot of building materials to China. The countries that will most hit will be the hard commodity countries like the Middle East (oil), Australia (ore & copper) etc. We can expect hard commodities prices to decline. In fact a liquidity squeeze will be good for Thailand in terms of competing products like garments, shoes, toys etc

As long as they are not caught, they can work anywhere.

Khun Porntiva suprises me. When she was appointed, I questioned the wisdom of appointing some one who has no commerce experience and only work as a manager for a massage parlour. What she lacked in skill & experience, she made up with pure hard work and eager to learn. To me she & her ministry did a hel_l of a job.

As a Russian you get free visa exempt entries under a mutual agreement between Thailand an Russia. These will not change that soon, but nobody can predict the future.

However, for your first visit you might want to get a free tourist visa from a Thai embassy or consulate. The airline might not take you with them without a visa or proof that you will leave Thailand within 30 days. They are required to check this.

If you look around a bit and depending on your location you should be able to find a place to live in that price category.

Typical rental contract in Bangkok is 2 months down payment and you can pay month-to-month. 1-1.5K may not get you 2 bedrooms in the city central. Perhaps on the fringe like in BangKapi or Lao Prao. In use to live in a condo call Supalai Park in Phahanyoltin, 0ne bedroom, area about 50 sq meters for B18,000. This is near trains and 5 km from city center. This info for your estimation. Hope this help.

Not that hard. Few tips here:-

1. Only morning can you apply visa - 0830 - 1200. They don't entertain application in the afternoon. Afternoon only for visa collection.

2. There is a standard form for applying. Made sure yu have full flights detail i.e. don't go when you have not confirmed your flights

3. Bring along relevant documents like company invitation letter, school acceptance etc

4. Complete the form,get a ta number & wait for your turn. Submit to the counter lady and she will review application and if all in order, give you a red form for collection the next day.

The embassy is at Orchard Road next to Lido Cineplex.

Until something more current comes along, these are the latest reports I found. Hope some of the info is useful.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Tourist-Visa...71#entry2833671

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Tourist-Visa...20#entry3162020

I thought Phuket was supposed to be full of warm and kind hearted locals who got huge pleasure out of serving the local tourist throng.Big spending tourists in grossly over priced third world resorts like Phuket and greedy'importe locals dont mix!!! The tuk tuk situation will never get better because why should it???

50 B to most tourist is peanut money but to the tuk driver, it is food for the family. No wonder he is angry enough to resort to violence. Foreigners should know better than to pick on the poor. Price was agreed and a contract sealed. No court will defend you. What you expect? That the driver will allow you to take food off his family? Be sensible & smart.