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Does anyone use the Nationwide UK bank in Thailand?
Was able to activate a replacement card in Thailand but I don't know what happens if it is your first card on a new account? -
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Community American Man in Naked Rampage Sparks Panic in Huai Yai
He stayed way too long in the Cameron Highlands.. -
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Former US Green Beret says Israel committed war crimes at Gaza food distribution site | BBC
You are using disabled children to further your political cause . You are using children who were born with cerebral palsy , using them to attack Israel and to make false accusations . How low cam you go ? Using disabled children . There are depths that you wont sink to -
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Middle East Macron's Bold Move: France to Recognise Palestinian State
Your opinion. What about Operation Shield and Arrow, May 2023? What about decades of occupation, blockade, starvation, administrative detainees? You obv have no idea of the suffering Palestinians have endured long before Oct 7,:that day many Islamophobes woke up, previously knowing nothing about the Apartheid in Israel. -
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Thai - Cambodia Conflict Temple, Territory, Tensions: The Roots of the Thailand-Cambodia Border Fight
No, in French, the word "placet" comes from the Latin placet, meaning "it pleases" or "may it please." And indeed, it directly ties in with the expression "please the king"—a classic expression of deference in petitions addressed to the sovereign. Which makes perfect sense here. "Plazet" comes from latin too. The French borrowed it from latin as the German did. -
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Roi Et or Chum Phae?
I live in RoiEt. I have no idea about the other place you mentioned to compare it, but RoiEt is a pretty nice small city. If you were coming for 2 months, and from the sounds would be working online or similar during the day, it'd be a nice place to chill out. - The lake in the center of town is a really nice place to chill out, or to go walking / running around. - There are a couple of expat restaurants / hang outs right next to the lake with a stunning view. - Speaking Thai is fine, everyone speaks Thai, many prefer to speak Isaan but everyone can speak Thai. - As you'd expect, a decent amount of markets etc There are a decent amount of sights to check out which aren't too far from the city: - Huge standing Buddha in the town - Wat Bua on the outskirts of town (very nice temple, not mind blowing though) - RoiEt Tower is next to the lake and is shaped like a huge vode (folk musical instrument), it has amazing views & a zipline that goes from the tower to the park inside the lake. - The park inside the lake is another great chill out zone, and there's a small aquarium next to the lake too. - Maha Chedi Chaimongkun is in RoiEt Province, but quite a long drive, in my opinion it's one of the best pagodas in Thailand (Despite not being finished yet) - 50km south of the city, in Kaset Wisai, there is Bung Jorakae Fishing Park (Crocodile Lake Fishing Park) which is pretty good if you enjoy Thai style fishing + it has a few extras (some semi-exotic animals for Thailand + prawn fishing + hotel + mini-aquarium + great restaurant). It's worth a look. - Near Kaset Wisai there are some Khmer Ruins in Ku Ka Singh. They're not that impressive, but worth a look if you're in the area anyway. - If you haven't seen Thai silk being hand woven before, they have hand looms near Ku Ka Singh you can visit while out there. - If you've never been to the Thai countryside, and talk to some of the locals, you can likely get a tour of one of the farms - If you wanted to go to a water park, there is one in RoiEt City which is ok, ok water slides but a lot of the pools are shaded so very cold. At Samat (about 25km) has a big popular water park that also has a lot of restaurants for people to chill at while they swim. Selaphum has a hotel, The Chic 101, which has a decent pool and a couple of water slides and is a generally really nice place to just chill out at. - In Thawatburi (10-15km from the city) there is this big science place which has a variety of interesting science related stuff to check out. - There's an interesting temple that's sorta near the army base which is quite cool, I can't remember much about directions to it though as it's been years since I went there. - There is a Ratchabhat University, but it's about 25km out of town. A few technical colleges in the city though. - Kalasin Dinosaur Park is a fair drive, but definitely within range of a day trip (Kids do it as a school trip) - On the road to Yasothon there's this giant toad which has a sorta educational area which is pretty interesting, lots of information about the Bang Fai festival's origins (Rocket Festival) - Maha Sarakham (35km from RoiEt) is a university town, with 2x universities + 6x technical colleges. If you want to do some study, you could maybe do a course via there rather than Ratchabhat RoiEt as it's a similar distance. - Khon Kaen & Ubon Ratchathani are roughly a 2h 30m drive from RoiEt, so could be worth a weekend away if you're exploring. - Nakon Ratchasima & Udon Thani are roughly a 3h 30m drive from RoiEt, so could be worth a weekend away if you're exploring. - The other provinces within Isaan are mostly a similar or less distance. Most of the stuff above isn't amazing, but if you're here for 2 months might be worth a look. RoiEt is one of those places where it's nice to live here because it's a relaxed town with a decent amount of restaurants and places to hang out, but is still friendly, isn't super crowded, and doesn't have terrible traffic (Except when dropping kids off at school, as the 3x biggest schools are all practically right next to each other lol). It has enough interesting things to do that people can be kept amused for a while I think, and is central enough within Isaan that you can travel to a variety of different places pretty easily, so is a good sorta home base.
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