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Can personally recommend

Dr. Suthee

Sriphat Hospital

053 5394 6909/10

Also two of my friends made only good experiences with him. It seems he is thee orthopaedic expert in CNX; the saying is that he even was consulted by H.M. the King in the past.

I think you'll find he only sees patients at his private clinic.

Now does surgery part time, but has excellent reputation.

Dr Sudhee Sudasna

38/4 Chiang Mai - Lampang Road.

Mon - Frid: 1800 - 1930 hrs

Sat closed.

Su: 0930 - 1130 hrs

Phone: 053 - 214 139

So maybe one of the admins can add this address to the RECOMMENDED DOCTORS AND MEDICAL SPECIALISTS IN CHIANG MAI thread?

You mean like the ones you see in Floating Market pictures right? Fairly wide, flat bottom type boats?

Not really. Fairly wide, flat bottom: yes. But much shorter, I would say not more or even less than 2 meters long. Dimensions look more like an open shoe box. Normally there is a built-in fish container at the rear end. I saw them only here in the north yet. Googled for pictures but couldn't find any.

Will take a camera on one of my next bicycle tours through Ban Thi area, and try to find one to take a photo.

Can personally recommend

Dr. Suthee

Sriphat Hospital

053 5394 6909/10

Also two of my friends made only good experiences with him. It seems he is thee orthopaedic expert in CNX; the saying is that he even was consulted by H.M. the King in the past.

Ask your local OhPohThoh (อ.ป.ท.) (Department of local administration) because they make regularly use of this service. Your friendly Thai neighbour will tell you were the nearest one is, almost every village has its own O.P.T. station.

Or this one. http://www.truck2han...posts&id=128949

The ones I meant have no long tail shape, they look more clumsier and are for at most 2 persons. They were used for fishing on the local lakes in the past.

75 baht for 500 grams and he added an extra 100 grams for good measure.

I just made a quick calculation: To produce about 5 kg of pure Tongkon Ali root powder we have expenses of about 1'500 THB (wife's at least 1 full day supervising time not taken into account) = 300 THB/kg. No profit of course. With 125 THB/kg (profit included) you got an incredibly good price! Or ...

But however --- Give it a try (and maybe you google for serious non-profit- oriented information on how much you should take to feel any aphrodisiac effect ... )!

Those are not the types of boats I'm looking for......the Thai small boats are handmade, all wood for 1-2 people.

Look at the "teak barons" in and around Ban Thi; some of them most likely have exactly what you're looking for. But take someone who speaks Thai with you, they don't speak English at all.

We can find one for you, but then it comes to business, so expect a 20% surcharge to the boat price in case you buy one. Send me a PM if you want to make use of our service.

Then, please do you know what I would ask for at hebarlists ? What is the exact Thai pronunciation and any variations names Tongkat is know for ?

As a last resort, is this brand Ainterol

http://www.ainterolh...0caps-p-79.html

a local Thai brand and easy to source ?

It's commonly known as ra:k/\ ton/\ pla:-- lai\/ phü:ak\ (รากต้นปลาไหลเผือก). According to my wife it should also be known by skilled Thai pharmacists as Tongat Ali (ตงกัทอาลี).

BTW - My wife never heard the expression "Tung saw" for it. And she wondered about the mentioned effects for the Ainterol product. She learned from her grandmother that its good in healing gastric and intestinal ulcer as well as preventing cancer cells. Her comment: "Sex sells" ...

Tongkat Ali is fairly common in the jungles of malaya,borneo and sumatra

Does it not grow wild in Thailand?

In deed it grows wild in Thailand but not easy at all to find. Since years we have our "special place" hidden in deep forest at the foot of Doi Inthanon (of course not national park area) where we take some of our staff about once a year to dig roots out. Very hard work, needs three men digging one day to harvest about half a cubicmeter! The plants must be really old otherwise the roots will not content much of the demanded ingredients.

Drying the roots thoroughly is a must, otherwise they will mildew.

We don't make extract; we chip it (using a self developed hand craft tool), then after drying them again we let the chips run through the Moulinex mill, then my wife uses the powder to prepare tea. The taste is abhorrently bitter but it helps her "to keep her healthy" ...

We don't sell it.

Here's a good site that makes a bit more clear lots of what to expect on the roads here. Near the bottom of the page you can click to go to page two, which covers road signs.

http://freebeerforyo...om/driving.html

A wonderful site! My favorite highlight: "Thai people rarely have a formulated plan. It is common for any outline plan to change dynamically. This can be witnessed in driving when a manoeuver is amended part way through, e.g. although a right turn indicator is flashing, the driver decides that a left turn may be more appropriate. Planning ahead also appears to be missing from the Thai language therefore manoeuvers are likely to be undertaken at the last minute."

Sriphat medical center, Chiang Mai university.

One year ago I had this operation done in Sriphat. Two nights in the hospital, everything went fine, guess with my "new" one I would win any navel-gazing contest ...

From the recommended thread:

OB/GYN (Female Reproductive)

Dr Warachon,

Sriphat Hospital

053 5394 6909/10

Dr Sompong Trungtawatchai

Sriphat Hospital

053 5394 6909/10

Thanks, Electrified. I looked for the "G" only.

In the "Recommended Doctors And Medical Specialists" thread I can't find gynaecologists (Docs for women related health issues). Maybe a female member can help? Of course PM also welcome.

Thanks a lot.

Polite and sympathic approach, Khun Jeng! I know a lot of Thai people who studied abroad, most of them for longer time than you but their - at least written - foreign language skills weren't half as good as your English is when they came back. Unfortunately most of them hung around every free minute with their Thai peers only.

I wish you every success for your topical issue as well as for your future.

... there's no "correct" phonetic Thai language anyway.

There is: http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/~ling/tts/principles_eng.pdf

Appreciate the "free beer for wearing name tag" proposal.

There was also the advice to reset the modem for 5 minutes, probably for getting a new IP adress.

It worked. Thanks a lot.

1.7 is really small. I'm not sure if it's noticeable especially for someone in bed.

It depends ...

Same for me either very slow or not loading

Also TOT, Rob5060?

Second time this week that connection with overseas webpages is almost zero so that getting a newspaper page needs 5 minutes or more. Even photos on TV threads which lay probably on overseas servers are not shown.

Anybody the same problem?

Not answering your question for the map but Montri (18° 48’ 42.02” N, 98° 59’ 04.38” E) is the best hardware shop I know in Chiang Mai. Staff have a deep knowledge of what they sell and can recommend the best items for your money matching your needs. They have most needed spare parts available or can order almost everything. As a regular customer I get 10 to 20% discount, so normally I end up with much cheaper prices than I would ever get at e.g. Global House not to mention Home Pro. Unfortunately they speek English less than a litten bit.

Get the "Book of what where and how".

This tip is gold worth and I would like to write it as reply to so many posts ... Here a link to more info about this really helpful book, a must for every Chiang Mai resident: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/345296-the-book-of-what-where-and-how-in-chiang-mai/page__p__3690981#entry3690981

This is how my tag looks today:

On the back side one finds my wife's phone no. and some medical details.

I let make mine in Airport Plaza, 4th floor: A small booth engraving US army style tags (stainless steel). It was 500 THB (for two sides) but since it's not a real engraving but kind of melting process and it's not really deep I would let them do the lasering two or three times on the same clamping next time. Shouldn't be too expensive an maybe worth the trial.

After about 1/2 year now mine is a little bit worn out but still readable.

You may also look at this older thread: http://www.thaivisa....gency-neck-tag/

In the meanwhile I found one shop at Wualai Rd. (18° 46’ 50.36” N, 98° 59’ 14.51” E) where they can make the same style from real silver with a real engraving but they asked for 3'000 THB what I found too expensive. I asked all other silver shops in Wualai Rd. but nowhere else they can do it.

Cross my fingers it will never be necessary to make use of our tags ...

Generally what is it like riding on the roads here with the drivers....fast and hard and no signals from vehicles ?

With about 20'000 bicycle kms on Northern Thai roads I can't remember any real problem with cars (even though I ride an average of 25 km/h) but had some dangerous adventures with playing dogs on the road (2 crashs) as well as elderly village people on bikes and motorbikes (but never crashed). I try to avoid the city area as much as possible but even there never a really threatening situation.

Look far beyond your track and don't hesitate to ring your bell better early than late if you have the feeling any creature in your way is not aware of your departure. Then always smile and greet, and you'll never get a bad feedback.

Be always prepared for a sudden, hard break (One more reason for the disks). I need to break hard at least once a week.

Use clear hand signs early enough to show the traffic behind you whenever you plan to change your direction. Turn your head to check.

Go on the very left side of the road. A bicycle in the middle of the road can make thai drivers angry easily.

Not to mention - Wear proper gloves and a good helmet.

Assenting DLock I would choose a disk brake model if you plan to conquer some real mountains, and a better fork (it will pay off as soon as you go upcountry with partly heavy road damages). I personally won't buy anything with less than a Shimano XT shifter (smoother) or something adequate from e.g. Sram (a bit "clickier"); I have quite a lot of experience with cheaper stuff but nothing is that precise and service-reduced.

Then you are in the 20'000 THB range but imho it's worth the money cause it increases your joy a lot, and thus helps keeping you riding on.

Did you ever have a look at the Merida Matts series? Very good value for money, too.

Don't go for a too large frame (especially MTB, and especially if you like a more sportive pace), meaning I would rather go for an 18" size as long as you aren't lets say > 1.85 m. If you find out later that this may be a little bit too small you can easily "make it bigger" by changing some parts but you will never have a chance to "make it smaller".