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I agree with that, also a visiting friend agreed with me after my recommendation. I also used to use the Nova Park a lot and liked that. Dusit is good but obviously a different price range.

The guys had recently seen 'The Avengers'!

At that price it should be fitted with a pacemaker and defibrillator. And perhaps automatically jab you with a pin for those that simply nod off.

Rode through it yesterday heading North. Still a big traffic jam but of course the tunnel part is not open yet, Actually as I was on my bike I was able to go around a few concrete barriers and get to the entrance of Soi Siam CC , by taking a life risking cut across southbound traffic. I am a little concerned that so much space on the surface seems to have been wasted. There is still going to be a lot of traffic there as Soi Siam CC, Nerm Plab Wan and Klang all meet, And of course Sukhumvit. It is where mini-buses have traditionally stopped to pick up, and traffic behind them be damned. There is a frequent issue further South for Northbound traffic as about 40+ large coaches seem to arrive all at the same time each morning to deliver Chinese tourists to Rubber World. Soon Northbound traffic will be able to bypass the junction at Klang to get to the queue at Nua (and the Motorway lights) more quickly, and Southbound get to the queue at Tai and the U-Turns! The police (when running short) will perhaps start their road blocks on that patch again to add to delays. The issues with traffic have changed in the last 3 years and have gone beyond a one tunnel solution.

Well actually any pilot intent on taking the plane down, as we have seen in the non too distant past.

Only if it can get a network signal, and that would be difficult at 35,000 ft. Not sure that is available in the hold. When I have used a phone in-flight I only log onto the aircraft Wireless Network and you have to pay somehow. There is a phone network signal in the cabin (but not all aircraft and carriers) if I recall correctly and it gets charged as roaming. I recall once talking to some pretentious girl in the A380 bar and asking her if she was paying roaming charges or had paid for the wireless network, and she told me no she hadn't. When I then asked her why she needed to look at her phone every 20 seconds at 35,000 feet over central India she turned her back on me! The reality is a pressure switch and or timer would do the job though.

I was expecting that.... Ryan's Daughter

Apparently quite a high one I hear.

Great Expectations. (I remember seeing that classic version of the Dickens tale, so many times on UK TV as a kid)

Spartacus. (Careful, Spartacus has featured a few times)

I ordered the delux verson, after inflating it went down on me!

No knowledge wrt the Philippines sorry. If there is a group plan available there one would have to discover the particular 'group'....

Robert Duvall

I just started watching 'Breaking Bad'.... The pilot I really enjoyed and I had great hopes, although the second episode disappointed me. I shall continue as the recommendation came from a friend.

Steve McQueen

Would be interested to know... I have been getting rather frustrated in the last few weeks with issues of connection, and it is often reported as an inability to connect to primary DNS server. Perhaps some were due to a Firefox bug... but my bet is on True, Thailand!

Karl Malden

Mystic River

Currently on Firefox 52.01 32 bit and no issues.

Same same, place, The Mercure Hotel behind The Avenue on Buakhao 15.

Further to this Atlas, I was at the club Sunday and picked up a couple of flyers. The guy there is offering 2 group plans now. The original one is through AXA. You can enrol up to and including 70 years of age, and renew up to and including 75. An example of the cover is a total of 1,000,000 baht, excluding Out Patient cover, at a premium of 35,800 baht p.a. for 66-68 year old. Last year's price... they usually go up. (3 plans) The newer one is through Pacific Cross. You can enrol up to and including 80 years old and renew up to 90 years old. If between 65 and 80 a Physical Examination Report is required, which I guess is some form of check up. The coverage is more comprehensive and expensive at (for example) :- Cover up to 2,000,000 baht excluding OPD, the premium would be 61,640 baht for a 66-70 year old. (Again 3 plans to chose from) Cover in both cases is subject to a Waiting Period. You should pop in and get some flyers one Sunday, or any easy quick question for me, post here.

To be honest that would impact you USA guys a lot, many seem to travel with just carry on. Personally I am always relieved to get rid of my suitcase and not have to drag it around.. makes the security check easier too. Even when I do a short trip I get rid of my baggage, they would take any toiletry items off me anyhow, bottle of shampoo, can of foam etc! But I would not like to put my laptop in the hold. Chances are, if not stolen, it could be damaged, and the reality is it is important to me. Rather inconvenient for those who are on business trips too, many work while traveling. Used to do so myself for the first hour or so of a long haul, before I would put it away, order a drink and start looking at the movie selection.

A difficult ask as most airports have a large number of departure gates. Traditionally the security at gates was carrier controlled, say for USA carriers. I seem to recall Bahrain is one main building and a line of gates effectively in that same hall. So security for all local passengers and a separate one for transit. I still believe it is a limited supply of machines that can detect explosive materials and those aren't simply X-Ray machines. A lot of airports have just metal detectors.