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Prices might be near world class and as long as you don't leave your luxury ghetto it might feel so. Sit in your car on a Saturday morning and try to get from Na Jomtien to Wongamat and feel the world class.

No. TOPS is under the "Central Retail Corporation", one of the Chinese origin billionaire families (Chirathivat family). MAKRO (Siam Makro) has been taken over by the even more billions family (CP Group, Chearavanont family). Enjoy the competition

As above. Sent CAD in any case! Conversion will be done at the receiving Thai bank (which one?). The fee for that will be 500 Baht. Exchange rates are not top end. Kasikorn e.g. shows 26.526 while currency market rate is 26.8883. WISE: they offer special contact/advice for transferring high amounts. Never tried so can't tell what it's worth.

I would not rush to book that early. Is the flight KL to Australia on Malaysian? Wait for "government approval". If you book before and it's not approved I bet you will have a long wait for your money back.

History channel?

The "DiabeDerm" (urea cream/ointment) appears on many online sources like Shopee together with other urea creams (10, 20 and 40%).

Thread has two problems: 3 years old Pattaya forum and now general health topic. Maybe I can drag @Sheryl to this for comment.

Quite surprising that Dermovate (not Dermavate) isn't available/hard to find in regular pharmacies? This seems to be an imported (relatively expensive) Glaxo Smith Kline product. Cheaper stuff should be available. Cream and ointment.

Thai driving license. Regular 5 yr. Temporary licenses not accepted by the rules.

Not as bad here but a thunderstorm and heavy downpour. As a bonus we had a blackout for about an hour. Hail and sharp drop of temperature is not unusual at this time of year. When I first experienced it was quite a surprise though.

That's for the disbelievers. This measure has been announced since years and always been laughed at. Seems they have made it work now? It's the first report that I come upon in the forum. The ticket should have been sent to the address of the owner as shown in the blue car registration book. Is that correctly updated? Obviously the DLT does not have the details. So try your luck at the police station.

Lost control in a curve as so many. The electricity meter is broken/bent. Did he hit it with his head?

Correct. And even a 3 star always searches for the extension stamp. Sometimes have to point to.

Copies of passport main page and latest extension/admitted stamp should do it. Should: never tried but that is what the hotels need to identify and report. As we are in Thailand some hotels don't take it too serious.

We get our bill same day of the month. Then put it aside. Next day compare and pay with PEA app and mobile banking and still checking the recipient data. Blind QR code scanning seems to become the new pishing. Sending money without carefully checking data? Sorry, you better drive to the office. Last year I paid significant amounts to a private hospital scanning the QR code at the cashier. And believe me I still checked very carefully amount and recipient.

? I know very well as a friend lives there quite close. Seems you haven't got the joke.

From you user name I assume you go to Chaeng Wattana? But anyway: days before and after long holiday period should be very crowded with people having exact due dates from 12 to 16 (5 days). Some go before the due date, others on the 17th as the holidays have a suspensive effect. For the one year retirement extension you have a 30 day period before due date. I would use it to be as far from the holidays as possible.

Would be. At the time when I used it, EMS domestic was less than 100 Baht. Has risen significantly.

Where? Very unsual. Do you send by EMS? (if so, has it been received) In the past I did postal mail and send by EMS and insert a return envelope also franked for EMS. As far as I know you can get a sticker (not stamps) for the return envelope at the post office.

Symbol photo from the archives 🙂 How nice would a sketch/map be?

As an occasional visitor I can confirm. Can't remember last time when Sukhumvit through Pattaya was free of construction. Does this affect coming from M7 exit to Pattaya Klang?

3 AM, speeding, totally blind for red light and waiting vehicle. Are they doing post-mortem alcohol test?

On central beach Pattaya, March 23. Couldn't they tell earlier! Now it's too late to change my travel plans... to another date.

Be aware that some calendars haven't updated April 12th special holiday. It was announced mid February: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1319369

Friday April 12 is an official public holiday. 11th is last day open. Reopen Wednesday April 17.