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"not take the life-threatening VIP bus trip"

lol, see those gibbon buses frequently. Maybe they should market it as "Drive of the gibbon"

Farmers are trying to bring in the rice crops and they can't believe it is still raining this often in November.

Tell them it's retribution for the burning earlier this year, & if they keep on burning, then next time it'll be a plague of locusts & hailstorms, not rain

The aircon works great and cools the hot cab rapidly but could do with a speed setting between the current 0 and 1 since night driving can get chilly and noisy if you start closing the facia vents.

Have you tried setting the blower to windscreen setting? I haven't done any night driving or early morning when chilly, so haven't tried this setting. Agree that closing the vents increases the noise

"Suitable for very bad dirt roads"

Wont you be needing 4WD in the wet season?

I am not a Thai and go ahead with the deal if you can find a trust worthy Thai associates to put your car in their names.

I would urge everyone not to do something like that. A friend put a brand new Fortuner in his wife's name (why, I don't know). When he went to America for a while, his wife sold the car for about 350,000 THB below market value. Sold it in one hour of being listed.

well done your friend's wife

Surely that should read "friend's EX-wife"

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Orang. You would be much better sending them to the Elephant Conservaqtion Centre on the road to Lampung. There the quality is very very high and there is no double charging with entry round 90 baht. There is NO double charging.

THe 69 km there is a nice trip and gives a chance to see the hills too.

Double pricing when we went there in February.

We were frequent visitors & this was new.

Driving south on the canal road last night, the car in front of me swerved at the last minute to avoid a "semi inflated" lantern standing in the middle of his lane. I hope he checked his mirrors first

Any recommendations on the seats? 200v.500 Baht...

We went for the 400 baht seats directly in front of centre stage, but behind the 500 baht ones. But whichever you go for, you wont be far from the action. Best to avoid front row IMHO unless you want to become actively involved in proceedings

My family loved it too. The clowns were excellent. Great family evening out. Recommend

Looks good. Thanks for posting.

where to get a couple of stickers to fit over the blue oval badges that don't exactly say Ford.

And would like a couple of t-shirts to wear when we visit for the "keep the warranty services"

Where? Dates, times?

OP were you DUI? If you were , then the police did you a favour. You could've been deported. You don't need to answer this question. DUI is a criminal offence. Your case will be reported to immigration. You will then be deported. Unless you get a good lawyer to plead your ignorance.

Have you ever been to Thailand or Chiang Mai? If it's "far from the madding crowd" you want & different culture, maybe first look at Cornwall or Derbyshire.

Happened to see a big sign today advertising a place "Country & Western Music and Cowboy Party". Heading out of town on the San Kamphaeng Road just before the Saraphi turnoff which would be on your right. I believe the sign was pointing to the first or second soi on the left before the turn off. If you get to the Borsang turn off on the left, you have gone too far.

Not my scene at all but thought I'd pass the info on as I recalled the interest. Yee ha!

It wasn't this from last month? Saw this yesterday outside the venue. Log of Paradis. It's quite away out on hwy 1317 on the right hand side before the Mae On turnoff.

Would be interesting to hear some theories on why Thai people don't rush to get involved in accidents etc.

Lack of morals? But probably not, 'cos that's applying my logic, thinking, standards, so probably barking up the wrong tree

At least the Rangers are trying, and I imagine the threat to their well being is very real. Good on their boss for standing by them and accompanying them when they go out. With this sort of publicity, maybe, just maybe a difference will be made. If even one animal is saved, it's a giant step in the right direction.

They should let the rangers shoot the poaching bstards on site. That'd stir things up.

Just claim the poachers shot first

I was there when they dredged the body out of the water and he was wearing only his briefs, underwear. Bit strange if he was riding a bike and crashed through the barrier. For sure he would not be riding wearing only his briefs?

Hitting the water at speed may have removed clothing.

Some pictures of the rust on the injectors. Ford have come back and said that it will not affect the injector or running of the car in anyway, but not nice to see all the same.

Also, shows the plastic cover that is the cause of the rust, or water getting into the bay.

How about the resale value?

Is this the first govt official to actually admit the fault may lay within Thailand?

Never heard that one before. Always blame someone else is the norm

I get a Non O based on marrige visa. Much easier, Just a letter from my wife and a copy of the marrige cert. then food for 15 months and never have to check into immagration. Havent been there for years.

Much easier and less stress

That's the way I do it, but it does require a trip back to UK once a year, but that's ok with me. Not everyone wants to go that route.

Why back to the UK? I just get a new visa from Laos every 15 months.

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I was talking about my personal circumstances. I go to visit family.

I find that the way of thinking here concerning many aspects of life is just so different than the way Westerners, including myself, were brought up that often it can be very difficult to understand. People dismiss it too quickly without trying to think the way the locals do, which might help. I've observed that things that have an odor are not thrown on the ground. I've been admonished for throwing an banana peel into the jungle for instance. Is this because they squat and eat so it would produce a bad smell and bugs where they eat? If only I knew. I have read that Thais base their reality on superstition as we do on facts. I recall that once there was a harmless rat snake in my yard and my lovely Mother-in-law (I kid you not!) suggested that we kill it as it was poisonous, but knowing otherwise I let it be. It got me thinking, as I respect the wisdom of the elders here, especially in matters they have more experience, me being a kid form the burbs of Boston, and what I came up with was this. The snakes could bite you, most probably when you were working in the rice field, which use to be tilled by water buffalo and you could get an infection from getting the feces in the puncture and perhaps die since there was no medical care available. I agree that education would have helped her understood that her grandchildren were not in harms way and at the same time I can see where she and her cause for concern was coming from.

Thanks JC, now I 'm beginning to understand the smoke pollution burn offs. Perhaps, the peasant farmers with no future & no hope are trying to hasten their exit from their current life so that they can be reincarnated a little higher up the social ladder. Maybe even as high as tuk tuk drivers. Drove by my nearest neighbour this afternoon, bringing my kids home. Recent garden cuttings were "burning", more like smoking. 3 generations were sat in the garden. Granny, Ma & Pa & baby. Said smoke (quite thick) was drifting straight through them. They looked as happy as pigs in sh1t. Wish I'd captured this happy scene on camera.

I get a Non O based on marrige visa. Much easier, Just a letter from my wife and a copy of the marrige cert. then food for 15 months and never have to check into immagration. Havent been there for years.

Much easier and less stress

That's the way I do it, but it does require a trip back to UK once a year, but that's ok with me. Not everyone wants to go that route.