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Planned to visit it at Sat,

not a good idea as doi suthep and even doi pui will probably be

heaving with thai mums dads and kids .... coz its childrens day!

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See you all at the airshow

Do you know about sakura - is it blossom already? My friend said, in Mae Salong not yet, afraid we'll come to Doi Pui and see nothing.

Last year it was in bloom at this time. Not been up this year.

I actually saw an articulated truck driver use his indicators today, I was riding behind on my motorbike when I made this very unusual sighting. Is it possible it wasn't a Thai who was driving this truck?

The articulated truck drivers are usually the most professional drivers on the road in my opinion. I assume you mean the petrol tanker, container truck drivers. Trucks pulling trailers are a different story.

If you're going to all the trouble of installing a really secure one, why not just get a locksmith to put a new lock on? I realise you're only going to be there a short time, but if you have things of value and you're worried, it will be worth the money.

Or buy a screw driver & a new lock & DIY.

Hope this idea gets knocked on the head pdq. How are my boys expected to show they go to a private school if all the little plebs can have long hair too?

Got a close up of the tree?

Assuming the wall near the tree is 2m high, & the tree is next to the wall, I would estimate about 26m high.

You can drive up in a car. Keep going past the temple, past the palace. Turn up to the right at the t junction where left is down to the tourist trap hmong village. The road reaches a barrier blocking access to the road up to the peak of Doi Pui. Head down to the right, through the visitors centre, down to the coffee shop & ornamental gardens where the sakura trees are. The road is narrow. Best to avoid weekends when half of Chiang Mai is up there & passing on coming trucks can get tricky.

Was out cycling east of San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, yesterday. Saw a pied harrier. Mainly white, with black head, & wing tips.

7000+5500+6000/night. 1900 at the local Immi.

It's their "honeymoon"

Thanks for the post Jeffrey. The downside is that you need to spend 3 nights you in KL. Unless, of course you are having a holiday. I prefer to take my holiday in UK, visit family & pick up a new visa.

At Airport Plaza, near the Apple store (4th floor, I think), I saw a shop selling the Rhomba (sp) auto vacuum cleaner. This shop has all kinds of nifty stuff. If you have dogs, don't buy it; they'll chase it around and break it.

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Or kids

CM immigration office needs a complete rethink. Far too many aliens needing their services. Pity the poor staff, who managed to get nice cushy desk jobs for life, and are now finding it near impossible to spend the day by the watercooler chatting about last night's tv.

They are victims of their own corruption and inefficiency.

Get rid of the touts using the 'back door', organize the queues in a logical way, and most of the problems would be gone.

It would take me about an hour to sort out the system to double the throughput and half the effort from immigration staff.

Sorry, no sympathy for the staff.

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CM immigration office needs a complete rethink. Far too many aliens needing their services. Pity the poor staff, who managed to get nice cushy desk jobs for life, and are now finding it near impossible to spend the day by the watercooler chatting about last night's tv.

Try the farming forum. They might be able to point you in the right direction.

The disclaimer on the pump @ all stations says up to 10%, so all cars have to (and are able to ) take it. That is the point. Please stop trying to move off topic.

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And talking about petrol in USA is on topic?

I'd prefer one that doesn't have grannies with sick water buffaloes...

Then select one with Masters Degree certification

What a way to run a railroad...

They don't do that very well, either

I had an on-line appt. for last Friday and when I got served the officer asked me to come back on Monday to do my paperwork, there were others in the same situation that were also told the same.

Did they give you another appointment time, or did you just have to join the queue?

Fuller London Porter, London Pride, and ESB are indeed available at several pubs and restaurants in Chiang Mai. Additionally, several ales controlled by the Greene King / Morland conglomerate (Ruddles, Hen’s Tooth, Old Speckled Hen, Greene King IPA, Bellhaven, etc) have started to show up in recent weeks. Figure about 180 to 220 baht per 500ml bottle for each of those depending upon venue. Probably anyone who is British already has a firm opinion of each of those brews, but if you just have to have an ale one of those might be an option.

Any retail outlets for these beers?

Was Keith an actor in 'Nightmare On Elm Street' ? That picture with the hat reminds me of Freddy Krueger !

"Ricardo" the aging, folk rocking member,

Keith Richards spotted in CM

The penny drops.........

And all those red herring posts in the travel forum about getting the cheapest flights to UK via Mumbai. Like it

Once a year, the last 2 years, I've experienced this with Etihad at Manchester. It's at check-in.

It's all just a spoof thread, siamamerican. Don't get so serious. We were just having fun here.

Thanks for the head up and it nice to see how you got baited into a nasty exchange on page one of this thread and now are policing what is too serious.

Just curious how he sees CM so differently than me. We are all unique and I find it interesting. I really doubt Lawrence is offended by my queries. He seems to be at peace with CM and it feels like a small city to him. To me this is ludicrous and interesting at the same time. Being happy wins and happy he is!

We all see it different than others. to each his own. I can hardly wait for the Promenade to open and see if it comes close to it's original plan. Also will it make more movies available than we now have. that would be in both languages.

Thai AND Mandarin?

Lawrence, you are a strange dude. I was actually surprised you liked the "young" girls in DQ. Young girls. malls, movie theaters Swensons and loud massage parlors are what floats your boat. Why CM when BK has more of all these things?

You love CM for all the reasons I've grown to loath it. It isn't authentic or exotic but is a city that has successfully been westernized. Still like the rainy season but won't find me at the mall. You really think a mall is that interesting?

Are you saying the Thai's are imitations not the authentic?

I am shocked I will have to interrogate my wife to find out what she really is.

Ethnic Chinese?

As an aside, you may be suffering from a local source,

Everyone in the countryside appears to be suffering from a local source