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Some journey times come in at 14.30 from LHR, longest coming up was 15.30, so I guess you are booking through an agent not direct with the airline.Cheaper tickets will likely give you a longer wait. The flight Doha to UTP does not stop in Bangkok, so I can only believe some search engines are coming up with a bus option. There aren't any flights from BKK to UTP. (Although some of the minibus drivers come pretty close.)

The Sixth Sense

Five hours, quite a chore really. I will bring a cool box full of beer and sandwiches, perhaps some Yorkie's pork pies.

There are gay places as mentioned above, and katoey shows (transvestites), take your pick.

I plan my trips around 'safe' times to try and get to Manchester Airport. The M60 is a permanent disaster but rush hours are walking speed and I find it just all too frustrating. So mid-afternoon flights are my favourite (The 2pm Emirates A380). . It also means the sun is far enough over the yardarm somewhere for a beer before take-off. It also usually means a good time to arrive in Bangkok and get out of the city again avoiding a rush hour.

AI Artificial Intelligence.

He put on a few Lbs!

Never mind 'new' TM6 card, the aim is to eliminate them. As part of the new system, the Immigration Bureau will cancel the use of the Immigration 6 form and instead use e-passport data, Kongcheep said. Foreigner database to be ready in six months. The Nation.

Yes, decoratively referred to as the terrace on the container roof!

If I get into any discussion with someone over 'Retirement Visas', my first question is to ask whether they mean a Visa or an Extension. Then we know what we are talking about and I can be accurate, they are starkly different. The fact that Thai Immigration, Visa Consultants and most Expats use the wrong terminology is simply what it is, like many people write bath when they mean baht, or quite when they mean quiet, or visa when they mean versa (sic)!

It is a long time since the regulation came out requiring bars to have CCTV for security purposes. There has not been, that I have heard. any further checks on places to ensure they are maintained, shit even City Hall can't keep it's own system around town up and running. City council Chairman Anan Ankanawisan Dec. 1 estimated that half the city’s cameras are broken and have been for years The old saying in my Engineering background was, if it works don't fix it. In Thailand that has been shortened to don't fix it.

Residence Garden or Nova Park were always my choice but that is a long time ago. Used to get a monthly deal inclusive of utilities and cleaning. Give us a few ideas like what are you looking for, location and expected price range.

I didn't want to be overly negative about the place but 2 midweek visits by me over the last month have been a waste of my time and money, yet standing room only in Windmill. For a place that in my mind charges a lot for bottled beers and LDs it needs to keep the standards up.

Cold Mountain

Yes, in the older days I always got a multiple soon after renewing the extension, and duly arrive soon after they opened. It became apparent I was just making life hard for myself as there are plenty of people who live closer and can get up earlier than me! Now it is midweek, no recent holidays, and at about 10am. I also do my extension early to avoid the peak season time... I know you pick Christmas day. When the Jomtiem place opened it was to a bit of a fanfare, but it soon became rather small for the needs! I am still amazed people even bother to try and turn into soi 5 from Beach Rd or Second Rd in trucks and cars only to get stuck on the street!

Yes I was expecting that comment. But of course one is expected to complete the forms truthfully, you even sign to certify the above statements are 'true and correct'.... I have not had the issue you did, did you arrive late in the morning or afternoon?

As a late after thought along these lines, when living here on an extension, one has to get 'permission' to leave and return, ie a Re-Entry permit. Not only that, on the form you use, TM 8, they want to know where you are going ,when, and when will you return. Seems intrusive.... Still must say today's visit to immigration not so bad, in at 10.05, out at 10.35 with a Re-Entry Permit and completed 90 day reporting. Busy in there, no where to sit or even stand while waiting, but things got done swiftly.

There is no such Visa as a marriage visa. There are Non-Imm O Visas that you can get based on marriage to a Thai, and 'extensions' to those. I guess you mean an Extension. As said before, without the Re-Entry Permit that would be cancelled on leaving the country.

It is out on the dark side, down Soi Siam CC by the lake. Pong District. Google Maps

You obviously have not met the immigration lady who educated me, then you might do as you were told!

Be near £100 in the UK, I always buy some at BKK heading that way.

I think the impending Chinese New Year and expected swarm of locusts is exactly the reason. My plate of fried scallops with black pepper for 250 baht recently was derisory!

You misspelt 'licence' shame on you.

He likely has his own lighter.