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Have the beer first, the rest will follow.

Humphrey Bogart

The Maltese Falcon

The Sea Hawk

I recently used it as I sat in the lounge watching my aircraft come in from NZ.

Often I am hoping to download, so can specify the server. I do get the member only etc stuff with them though, it is just that Specto allowed me to get 3 episodes of a program Exodus would not, so I thought I had found my new Nirvana.. A few hours later I was struggling to get HD feeds from both Specto and Exodus!

Exodus seems a bit hit and miss on my laptop too. There appears to be a couple of versions floating around depending on where you get it from. I have installed Specto, which apparently replaced Genesis. It looks and operates very much like Exodus but sometimes is able to source when Exodus can't. I am usually looking for HD streams.

The clogs are compensated by flat caps, which pack well and are very light as opposed to bowler hats and pearly jackets.

Understand that your wide time-frame, October to January, includes low season, high season and peak season, flight prices and hotel prices will adjust accordingly. Christmas and New Year hotels are pretty full. Hotel breakfasts are often poor, if you can get out of bed soon enough for them. A late breakfast at a good restaurant/ cafe will be better. A restaurant/cafe/bar with guest rooms is a good option too.

LHR-AKL was only £400, via BKK, I expect LHR-BKK to be more than that!

Let's not bicker.......... Coincidentally..... Thai Airways rated as world’s best economy airline Source.

Well somebody came too soon! Posing as a customer......that amused me.

Tops and Tesco do.

Absolutely, they are a big part of the traffic problem. Very much what I would call 'package tourists'.... They do have a reputation for keeping the money in the 'Chinese Domain', as per the zero dollar tourists. You are likely right that I won't see them spending money, zero chance of me going to the Gem shop on North Rd or crowding onto a ferry with them to Koh Larn.

So they are the ones in the jacuzzu getting their dxcks sucked?

Just off the top of my head and an attempt to generate discussion. Most of the Chinese I see are in large groups being led around, they all go to eat in a cafeteria like environment, there is one near the Tesco Lotus just over Sukhumvit/ Soi Siam CC area and coaches come and go all evening. The rest are wandering in shopping malls but I don't see them buying much. If the 'average' Chinese tourist spends more than the average western tourist I would be surprised! TOT reports are mostly BS, Where does Wiki get its data? There weren't many buying LDs in the GGBs last night.

The tunnel still isn't open. The U-Turn opposite The Bangkok Bank is full width now, so we have the huge coaches struggling to change from Northbound to Southbound there. For the other direction bikes can get through opposite Klang, but that means many bikes are trying to do-or-dare dash across to get onto Pattaya Klang and into town, crossing the full Northerly flow of Sukhumvit. Both these are disasters waiting to happen and I predict an accident or two soon will force the powers that be to get their fingers out of the proverbial and get the damned thing opened!

Not even a stopover en-route to OZ or China? I seem to see a few familiar faces on both of my flight legs to and from Manchester.

Blimey, does nobody lock the door these days! The squeeze may be on. Ten Chinese tourists are worth one of us and it appears that ratio will be far exceeded. I was thinking only yesterday do I want to remain here, as I was simply doing a little shopping and seemingly surrounded by people shouting at one another and walking backwards at me!

I don't think I will be messing about with 'vouchers'...... two second job via internet banking to top up. Only in UK 3 weeks ...(I hope).

That Flybe one looks like a real bargain!

I do too. Boy you could pick up a bottle of single malt cheap though!!! Bought a bottle of Drambui last trip through Dubai and used a credit card, so didn't realise what I paid until I got the statement, won't be doing that again!

Kuwait Airways and Kuwait City Airport have poor reputations. Sometimes risk with the big bargains but I would never consider more than one transfer........ Mixing carriers, well I always feel you risk losing baggage.

Thanks, I suppose I could give it a try. If I find it isn't working I can always just top up on the internet...... I don't think that requires a OTP below 500 baht. Yes I got International Roaming activated and my phone blocks any roaming data. Never have used Voice Mail.....