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Video Foreign Tourist Arrested in Phuket Over Unpaid Bar Bill and Alleged Insults
In America; but not in normal nations. -
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Problems With The DWP ( Department of Works & Pensions ) U.K......
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Moving to Bangkok from Pattaya - TM30
My current immigration TM 30 was filed by my agent in Pattaya and is set to expire the first week of July. The O extension itself runs until December, sometime. Assuming I rent a new condo in Bangkok beginning June 1 or so, and that agent files a new TM30 for that location, am I right in assuming that resets the clock for my 90 day report, and that I can just forget about the report I'm supposed to do in Pattaya? And can I further assume that when the O extension itself is due for renewal, I just handle the matter at Bangkok immigration? Thanks -
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Trat Province, Cycling Day Trips – 60 Pics
Schwalbe Marathon Plus - exactly the one i use. I have the Schwalbe Marathon Plus Tour - which is made more for offroad. Last winter i cycled 4000 kms in different parts of Thailand, with a lot of forest and fields (i.e. full of thorns), and didn't have 1 single puncture. That's phantastic compared to earlier trips. For the Marathon Plus the manufacturer recommends using a pump with pressure gauge, they say you can't properly check the pressure with your thumb on that tire. I do have a small pump with pressure gauge to attach to the bike - and find it very difficult to get even the minimum of 3 bar into the tire. It's much easier with a big stand pump or compressor. The Schwalbe Marathon Plus (Tour) has a protection level of 7/7 according to manufacturer, but it isn't foldable, if you wanted to bring it into Thailand from the West. Schwalbe also has a tire called Marathon Mondial (?), which is foldable, very small in its paper box and has a protection level of 6/7 (beware, you have to pick the right, more protective, less smooth-running "Mondial" variety). This Mondial gave me exactly 1 puncture on another 4000 kms of country bicycling in Thailand (industrial strength thorns), which is still very good compared to using cheap local tires + tubes (20+ punctures on yet another winter sojourn). I would also recommend Schwalbe AirPlus inner tubes, i believe they have a big advantage over cheaper inner tubes, and they are helpful even if you have low-quality tires. (There maybe other good manufacturers, but Schwalbe is just so well established in my territory.) -- Another good thing if you do have a puncture are Thai people. Workshops are everywhere and usually super-friendly, often insisting on helping me for free (barely managed to give them some oranges). Several times when they saw me pushing a flattened bike, cars and trucks would stop, put my bike inside (including inside family vans) and take me to the next workshop. (I do carry the equipment to fix a puncture, but in Thailand prefer a workshop.) -
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