rcjoop

D.K books at the moat sells some topo maps as well.

I have a Swiss made Recta DP-6 in mint condition which I do not use any more.

P.M. me if interested

Joop

As far as I know the procedure as per post #5 is standard. Also there seem to be two death certificates. The first one is made up by the physician in the hospital or the police doctor.

On basis of this the registrar at the district office issues the more legal one.

The documents are named Thor Ror 20 and Thor Ror 4

Joop

P.S. I admire what you did for your dad

Just payed the bill, not in a condo, but city water with direct payment to the water company.

16 units == 211 baht

Before you reroute your traffic to Amsterdam think first.

I also get aroud 45 msec for a ping tp networking4all but let's do a simple calculation:

Distance Chaing Mai - Amsterdam about 10k km, speed-of-light around 200k km per sec

and ping is a round trip delay meter so the distance travelled is 20k km.

The time the light needs is 100 milisec, without any router computer etc delay :jap:

If you think ping of 45 is real, there must be some bridges for sale somewhere

Better hurry with the beer supply, latest word is that Seh Daeng has been shot in the head and died in hospital

First of all I am not a legal expert and there is a lot of information that has to be confirmed.

Like was the marriage registered at the district office, is his name on the birth certificate of his son as the father, did he officially live in Thailand.

Are the documents legalized etc etc

If he officially left The Netherlands and this was registered in the GBA (Gemeentelijke Basis Administratie) of being out of the country longer then five years he is no longer subject to Dutch inheritance law.

If Dutch law applies and no will, prenup’s etc. then half of the estate is hers already, of the other half one third goes to her and each of the children.

The children only get a claim, the payout is postponed until after she dies. She is free to do with the estate as she pleases.

Special arrangements if she remarries.

She might be entitled to an ANW pension for the time until her son reaches the age of 18.

The amount is also dependent on how long her husband has been in the Dutch system but over 14 years this might be a decent amount of money.

If he has been part of a private pension plan she might have rights there for a widow’s pension.

An expert on Dutch social security is probably needed, there is a Dutch club here in Chiang Mai, and perhaps they are willing/able to assist.

Joop

There are measurements correlating visibility and PM10 values here in Chiang Mai.

It is a PowerPoint presentation by the PCD

Will try to upload the file

Joop

CM_PM10_Visibility.pdf

Dentaland is specialized in Child dentistry

Joop

Dentaland

Address: 7 Nimmanhaemin Lane 17, A.Muang, Chiang Mai Thailand 50200

Well, the area south-east of the city is prone to flooding, but if a meter of water in your living is no problem o.k

There is a map that shows the areas with risk of flooding, will try to include it.

Joop

Well it was road rage after all.

On a Thai language site some more pictures and details.

It seems just before the incident, the Thai car used its horn on the farang, who responded with the middle finger which resulted in the shooting.

The suspected gunman has been arested already, a man from MaeOn with a criminal record.

The incident occurred in th early evening as my stepdaugter was heading for the market to buy some food.

Not sure if links are allowed

http://www.cm108.com/bbb/24798.html

http://www.cm108.com/bbb/24687.html

Joop

Just came home from a peaceful couple of days playing golf in Chiang Rai and got some more information from my stepdaughter, who was a witness.

We live in a moobaan very close to the intersection where it happened.

This is where the outer ring road (121) crosses the MaeJo road.

The victim drove a small motorbike Honda dream/wave type and came from the direction of Rimping/Ruam Chok and was waiting for the red light.

The car, a Honda civic, comes from the same direction, cuts in front of him and the passenger gets out of the car while the driver stays at the wheel.

The Thai guy walks to the victim and kicks the motorcycle, cycle and victim fall.

He gets very angry, gets up walks towards the Thai and throws his helmet at him.

The Thai pulls a gun and the victim turns and tries to get away and gets shot in the back twice.

The gunman jumps in the car and turns left direction MaeRim and disappears.

As this is a busy intersection there will be a lot of witnesses.

The stepdaughter phones the emergency number but they already know of the incident, she arrives home very much shaken.

RIP

Here's my Useful Places map.

Here's my Useful Places map.

Useful it is Greenside - thanks.

It will be even more useful if you move AA insurance and Ruam Chok/Rimping from the Doi Saket road to the Mae Jo road (1001) at the intersection with the middle ring road (3029)

Joop

Google maps/earth should help you

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&...027423&z=15

Joop

As somebody else said, the key is to realize you need to get going before 10 in the morning. If you can venture out of San Sai around 8.30 - 9.00 you should be fairly safe, but for best results, take any good clothes you wish to remain dry in a tied up plastic back inside a backpack/rucksack and just wear "soakable" riding gear.

The regular way from San Sai is a feeder line into the city, and most of the other passages are the same. All of these will have fairly few people standing on the side of the street throwing water early in the morning, but as the morning progresses there will be an increasing number of pickups carrying country bumpkins with full water barrels and buckets, these you will only be able to avoid if you go early enough.

The following is the safest I can think of that is not a massive detour, but there are no guarantees you'll stay dry throughout of course...

Once you've come down from the Doi Saket road to the Superhighway, you turn left on the Superhighway, u-turn back to the Arcade bus station entrance and then take the small soi to the left which leads down to Thung Hotel Road - on Thung Hotel Road there may be some spots with hoses but probably not too many. Follow Thung Hotel up to Charoen Muang Road, and in the intersection Thung Hotel/Charoen Muang turn right down onto Charoen Muang. Turn left again into Rotfai Road, passing the railway station on your left and continuing until the railway crossing next to one of the Kawila barracks entrances (soldier posted out front marks the spot), pass the intersection and continue parallel to the railway tracks, the road turns right. Keep driving west in towards the city. You will pass a temple on your right hand side and then the Gymkhana Club on your left, before you hit the street just east of the Ping river. Turn right towards Huan Boran restaurant and Rim Ping Supermarket, then turn left on the iron bridge heading down towards Charoen Prathet Road. Follow Charoen Prathet Road til it hits Thaphae Road, turn left into the Night Bazaar (Chang Khlan Road) and keep going past the Loi Kroh/Chang Khlan intersection, down towards the Chang Khlan Road/Sri Donchai Road intersection, turn right down Sri Donchai, turn right at the road behind the Panthip Plaza parking lot, follow it and you will eventually hit the entrance to the Duang Tawan car park on your left.

Your relative humidity may vary.

Meadish, if you drive this route you will try to pass the iron bridge against the traffic, you will end up dry but perhaps rather flattened.

Hi strijder,

Good suggestions already given, perhaps another possibility.

I live in Lake view park 2 where the Mae Jo road 1001 crosses the outer ring road 121. This is a somewhat older moobaan that is well maintained. It is managed by the same Land and Houses company as the big project a bit further out.

You will not find plots of 100 tarang wa or less but the average seems to be closer to 200 so there is normally good distance to the neighbours. No stray dogs and good security. You can see that because the houses do not have the 2 meter fences but just a small one where you can just step over.

According to my neighbour and a good friend, living here 12 and 16 years, hardly ever heard of burglary or other problems.

There is a pool but I never use it.

It should fit your budget.

But it is difficult to anticipate what will irritate you and what not, so you better be prepared that perhaps you will move after a year when it is not as expected.

good luck, Joop

Never been there but on the ESRI map of my Garmin GPS Nong Bua is located close to the intersection of the road going west to Sin Chai and the 3001 which is running north-south there.

If you go west from the intersection direction SinChai after about 2 km there is a school called ban mai nong bua and 800 m further a hot spring ban mai nog bua hot spring.

The location corresponds with Ban Yang on Davids map.

The school is also there on the Thinknet map under the same name.

Hope this helps, joop

Quote “ That'll be singular if you please, there is only one in CM.” Unquote

It might be the case that only one poster still bothers to post on the forum concerning this subject, but this might mean that the others are scared away by the way the discussion is developing.

It seems that referring to facts that can be checked or adhering to logic is laughed away by the guild of anti science , “trust my gut feeling” science and voodoo science followers.

As in most Internet forums they seem to be in the majority and some form of quality control, peer review or other way to ensure that the loudest voices not automatically silence the voices of reason and logic is missing. Anyone remember SCT ? sounds more and more like this

And no I do not want to be part of this kind of discussion, unlike perhaps Priceless no masochistic tendencies here, but it is a pity the way this forum, develops. Mapguy who complains about the lack of real discussion: look in the mirror and read the posts.

Joop

Have been looking at buying a house, found one at the end of a T Intersection in an estate, some Thai friends made a lot of comments about it not being good, is it really something to worry about?

I noticed the previous owner had put a mirror on the front fence.

When we were looking for a plot in a moobaan to build a house I found one in a moobaan my wife really liked. It was also at a t-intersection and my wife said she would never live there as it would bring bad luck.

She asked “why would it be that this is about the only one still available here? No Thai will buy this”. So ask your wife, but not in the way some of the posters in this thread would and make her feel stupid.

Up north here many locals would never buy a plot like this.

An economic reason not to buy is that if you ever would like to sell it again it would almost be impossible.

Joop

The statement that there are no DNS servers in Thailand that are well maintained seems to me the same broad generalization as “you will never find a builder that builds to decent standards”

The TOT CAT etc DNS servers are not always reliable but as the DNS system is fully open you can choose any server you want and you do not have to go abroad.

I picked an organization (in Thailand of course) of which I have reason to believe that they can maintain an IP network, as secondary I use the DNS server of my old working place (a university in Europe).

Never have a problem.(with DNS)

Joop

Dave

My son will visit me this summer with wife and 10 month old and he put the same question. Not sure if your requirements are the same as theirs though. He wanted to be close to either the river or the moat so that they not always had to take transport to do/see something and liked a garden setting with nice places to sit and read a book etc.

(how life changes with your first child)

Nice places would be:

River view lodge. This is located just south of Narawat bridge in Soi 2/4 Charoen Pratet.

Very nicely located close to Night bazaar, Anusarn market, The Riverside and the other restaurants on that side of the river.

River view lodge http://www.riverviewlodgch.com

A small but clean swimming pool and many nice places to sit in the garden, which is situated directly at the riverside. Also larger covered area for the rainy season.

Staff seemed helpful and pleasant. According to some of the guests I spoke with who just checked out, the food was good and so was the service.

One of the regulars said that the only disadvantage for him was some noise from the disco across the river. Perhaps if you intend to use the aircon and keep the windows closed at night this might not be a problem, I do not really know.

The rooms were all the same size and seemed smallish and rather basic.

The Galare guesthouse in the same soi has similar rooms, guests are happy with the staff and the quality of the food. The noise problem must be similar maybe a bit worse as it is located closer to the bridge and the traffic noise might blend well with the disco. It is cheaper though.

The garden area is very limited, the small piece of riverside they have is used for the restaurant and the rest of the garden is very limited.

Another option is close to the moat, The Karinthip Village.

This is located in the Chiang Moi Kao road, about hundred meters from the moat.

Also has a small swimming pool, nice garden settings with places to quietly read a book etc. and still very quiet.

The rooms I liked much better, I looked at the fantasy suites, with nice (semi) antique furniture, decent size etc. Bathroom just shower, no bath or outside Jacuzzi like in the bigger suites, but with entrance on the ground floor directly at the garden/pool area.

Downside: As it is located in the centre of the city, the view from the windows is often a wall or some junk. The reviews are rather mixed concerning the helpfulness of the staff and the breakfast gets low ratings. The young lady who showed me the rooms was rather friendly and willing to help, but she seemed to be a student or temporary staff and did not know anything.

My impression was more clumsy and not unfriendly, but I do not know about the rest of the staff.

If you want a good and cheap hotelwithout garden etc. the Montri hotel would also be my choice.

Hope this is of some help, Joop

Hello All,

Some help if you wouldn't mind

I am currently having a house built in Thailand and have got to the stage where the ceiling is going in.

I have just been quoted a price of THB 40,000 for a 50 m2 area which I think is completely rediculous considering the cost of the rest of the project.

Anyone out there know the approximate cost of materials and installation prices for these suspended ceilings

Many Thanks

Rob LPL

If it is the standard 9 mm gypsum board with the metal frame you are quoted about four times the standard price.

My quote is 190 baht per square meter including metal frame and labour costs. This is for inside, the moisture resistant version is 210 B per sq.m. all included

Later on 10-15% overhead/profit margin is added and VAT.

This is Chiang Mai city

It was also my impression that the Buddha images should face east. The wife however found someone that has some function at a wat and he says it should be the other way around.

I am getting more confused, we also have a small booklet with all kind of recommendations of Buddha room, house position on a plot etc. but as my Thai is not good enough to read and be sure about things like “position in the east” or “face east” I will post a scan here if it works.

http://www.schillemans.net/chiangmai/placement.jpg

Perhaps it should be posted in the language forum but can anyone translate this for me?

Thanks again, Joop

We will start building our new house next month and it also has a Buddha room. It is not clear (for me) where the images should be placed, mostly antique bronze, medium size.

The door will be in the north wall, as I understand it the south wall, where the Buddha images face the opening door, is not correct. That leaves east facing west or the other way around.

I know my partner should perhaps be able to answer this, but she is rather vague about it so I guess she does not know, but thinks it is important. The choice will impact the placement of the door so I would like to know.

Thanks, Joop