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One granddaughter went to a college for two years. Some kind of commercial education. I once browsed through the hundreds of pages of printed material she got. Unbelievable amount of detailed stuff remote from life. Never ever would a college student master such huge amount of material.

They want sheep who silently endure their fate and don't make trouble. Adequate educations is available to the upper class and those who have sponsors for the better schools. From the linked article: 1%! from top schools. The village school is down the road. First hour in the morning is flag call and singing anthems. A poor victim (student) has to "sing" however bad the voice is. After that a lenghty speech from a teacher/rector. Two long holiday periods (6? weeks each) plus the maximum amount of public holidays. Lots of boy/girls scout stuff, endless drill for parades, sport festival. Sport field is dusty and bumpy. Nets for volleyball are torn apart most of the year. Just some impressions. I never looked into the classrooms. Hardly a teacher whom you could have an everyday conversation in English. Students average English: good morning (in the afternoon), what's your name... Thats it. Payment for teachers start at ? 15k?

Quite strange. "card without chip" would make sense. These were cancelled. Free exchange was offered. But hasn't that been finished years ago?? How old is your card? Expiry date? Any damages on the card or chip? Might be a singular case that the ATM could not read the chip? Haven't used my card for a while. If withdrawing from SCB I use cardless withdrawal. But really this would make a big wave if "card with chips" wouldn't work anymore.

Legally, waiting for an approval is not an overstay. (I am sure that ubonjoe had stated that in a similar case) On the other hand when I waited for an approval of a Non O >visa< in KK I had some paper with the date. I went early and it was ready

Not worth more than a laughter. The yearly clown show Well described in post above.

Obvious. It's the hospital that refused the Taiwanese tourist for emergency treatment (victim of a hit and run nearby). He died later after being carted to a public hospital 10 km away. While the name was withheld in the respecting thread here it is all over in Thai language sources. See here: https://aseannow.com/topic/1314240-taiwan-seeking-answers-over-hit-and-run-death-in-bangkok/

You can buy and then register as I appended. I bought my internet SIM online and after receiving did register online. But thanks for contribution.

You might need to register the SIM to your name though. Best at provider shop with passport.

Test SIMs? You can get a prepaid SIM for each provider (AIS, DTAC, True) for little money like 100 Baht or so at about every mobile phone booth or shop. With them you can first test the signal strength at your location(s). After that you can check with the provider for a one day package with max or some high speed. Then do speed tests. Not sure whether I got your question right.

From the web (correct or not): Tor Tor 3 is an outdated name for what is today referred to as an FET (foreign exchange transaction form) which is a necessary document for the land office. Kind of strange that your lawyer uses tt3.

Can't find where she started. When I need a taxi from airport to Pattaya I use old fashioned prebooking. 1000 incl toll. No discussion. No hassle. No bad mood. Usually give a 100 tip. For me it looks like these app based hailing services are overrated here. Once had one from Phuket airport and also on the way back. Spare details but both troublesome experiences.

Schedule says 16:25 as a terribly long night.

Diverting from Dhaka to Bangkok and running into fuel shortage? Is much closer Calcutta enemy territory, no fly zone?

In a doubtful move the government decided to lower the price of 91 with tax reduction or the like. I have no idea what sense this makes. Years ago they announced that 91 will be abolished (like it is in most or all of Europe). A populist move to get good headlines about lowering fuel price. They seem to have no idea what logistics cost is.

Well he is 61, hastening as he would still like to experience it I am 66 and given up hope to travel in a high speed train in this country. (waiting since the 2010s) Waiting about 7 years for opening of the M6.

A fact is a fact. Can't shrink the earth. For a longer trip, try Lima in Peru Quite opposite to Bangkok, 20000 km (12500 mi) direct line.

And will they ever open the M6 (Korat - Bang Pa In) before the existing thousands of tons of concrete will start to rot? Since years I drove beyond this elevated motorway and nothing happens. Except some misleading signs making you think you can enter it. Must be a huge pile of corruption and incompetence.

PTT does not offer B20 currently. As far as I remember the crazy idea was buried after Indonesia cut palm oil export and drove prices skyhigh. More important to have palm oil on the supermarket shelf than in the tank. There is "Diesel", "Diesel B7" and some "Premium Diesel B7". As written Diesel and Diesel B7 same price. I am not sure but it could be that both are identical currently. Premium at a whopping 41+ Baht.

Maybe similar to Khon Kaen. Also labelled as international. At the old building it had two desks for immigration and one luggage belt was fenced off in case there was an international flight. In the past there were some flights to China. Don't know whether something is prepared at the new terminal

Yes and so all government offices incl immigration closed. Main bank branches closed. Schools closed. Little to no effect to common people and businesses.

Might be a VIP shuttle back to Hanoi for the "National Assembly Chairman" after official visit to Thailand. Makes sense with the flight number. Air force one of Vietnam 😁 https://en.vietnamplus.vn/na-chairman-busy-in-thailands-udon-thani-province/274630.vnp

From flightstats: VN 1 ?? Doesn't look like a regular flight.

Do you intend to buy the cams separately, just want it to be fitted? In most cities you find specialized workshops that sell and install such stuff. You can get kind of 360 degree recording for a price. I did a simple search for "dash cam rayong" and some results come up. (RCC - Rayong Car Camera, FB is in Thai language only)

No you can't. Nearest usable stop is Tokyo. Distance to the westcoast (literally) on direct line is about 7600 km (4700 mi). Not doable in 7 hours. Tokyo to Hawaii is about 7 hours nonstop (popular frequent route)

Panasonic EVOLTA Not the cheapest but super strong (current) and long lasting.