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Do you need to show passport when paying for evisa Vientiane?
The OP just went through the process recently. May advise. My assumption would be pp is, required at the consulate and also surely there is alternative to handing over pp to some random motorbike hire joint. https://aseannow.com/topic/1360006-non-o-visa-vientiane-laos/ -
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Sly stone checks out at 82
RIP. Soul gone but his music will linger on First record I bought -
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Where’s All the Dodgy Low-Budget Tourists Gone?
Come on Lewie. Real Australians play Australian Rules football, not that Pommy transplant for players with thick necks and legs. -
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Patong - The Wake
Yes HP, I've come round it that way of thinking as I'm not as mobile as I used to be, and my only forays outside of my condo have been to Big C and Bangkok Phuket hospital to have a biopsy taken from a "spot" my face, and unfortunately I have to go back in a few days to have a bigger piece of "flesh" removed as it turns out to be a basal cell carcinoma, so perhaps I should rename my avatar "Scarface"! Well, some good news and some bad news, and first of all the good news: – Although Blue Beach Café and Restaurant is still one of my favourites, I have visited Churrassco South American Steakhouse on a few occasions and have also taken some friends along, mainly because it's in easy walking distance of my condo and I'm still not able to walk too far, but also because the food is absolutely excellent as are the wait staff, and the Maitre D is gorgeous – – in fact I cannot fault it as the steaks, overall experience and food are to "die for". My Thai daughter has managed to get a teaching job in Phuket town although it's only part time, but she seems to be enjoying it and I certainly don't mind financing her for as long as it takes her to find a full-time job. It may take years, but if that's the case, then so be it. If she is happy, then I am happy. Now for the bad news: – the Italian restaurant in Nanai Road, Verdi, is up for sale again and to be honest, I've never really seen anybody in it, and perhaps the fact that it doesn't have anywhere to park one's vehicle, no matter what it is, and it is right alongside the road, doesn't really seem conducive to attracting clientele. I mentioned previously about a lovely lady friend of mine who was a partner in a fairly busy massage shop in Soi Banzaan and decided to open her own shop at the south end of Nanai Road and sad to say that in the first two weeks of it opening she only had two customers; one being a friend of hers who really came along to have a look at the place, and the other one being me because I wanted to have a look around and also to bring her a little business. Quite why she decided to open this little shop is beyond me, because there was obviously no thought process about it/around it and I really can't see it staying open much longer, sad to say for her. Then again, it doesn't surprise me because I have known quite a few Thai folk who have entered into similar "business arrangements" only to have them fail miserably. That doesn't exclude the occasional farang who decides to open up a bar or similar, with his Thai partner as a front, only to see it fail. Talking of bars, the once long-standing and famous Montes Restaurant and Bar in Pisitkoranee Road is no longer, having been completely demolished along with other buildings behind it. It's not surprising because the place has been closed now for a few years, although I did see it open up a few times a couple of years back and it seemed to be the "meeting place" for some of the local "BIB" who would meet there for some sort of refreshment? It now presents as a large site suitable for building upon, and it wouldn't surprise me to see a block of apartments or a small hotel go up in its place – – time will tell. Let's hope someone doesn't get the idea to put up another "Patongo" (which is opposite the rear of Jungceylon) in the hope of attracting business, because this one certainly hasn't and it is as dead as a dodo, and as I previously mentioned it has Chinese money behind it which is usually invested quite wisely!! That's all until my next foray out, and after the basal cell carcinoma excision in Phuket later this week, I'm going to investigate the use of the hyperbaric chamber as a long shot in order to treat my neurogenic bladder – – trying everything to fix it, and this is the last hope apart from surgery overseas, which I am not keen on.
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