jacko

The African Queen

I think the taxi drivers from my home town send that much back every other week.

Typical, I just booked with Etihad a few days ago, this always happens. Mind you mine is a 3 month ticket and I will get a limo to and from Manchester Airport....I paid 98,300 baht. You have to watch these tickets, if there is a chance you will need to reschedule the return leg, they don't make it cheap, as I found out to my expense twice last year. I also think I had an email saying Qatar would be performing maintenance on their web-site in the next week. The above sample is only for a short UK stay of 6 days, but I had a 'Z' Class with Qatar for a longer stay last year.

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Yes I was aware there was a limit on tax free gifts. Otherwise it would be used as a tax avoidance. Here is some info.

You should confirm where 'here' is, although I am guessing it is 'the land of the free'.... It says Thailand under your pic.

The 10th is before the official Songkran holiday....14th-16th. I expect you will be able to get a bus quite easily. The Ferry is not bookable, there are plenty of private boats for hire and touts will be everywhere.

Nevertheless it is a good idea and it works. I had 2 beers and the card saved me about the cost of another elsewhere. Well done.

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And I hope SML...... But this is good....... shall I bring my Expats Club membership card, or my phone bill or driving licence or just wear the uniform, Singha vest, baggy shorts and sandals with white socks!

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I have always thought finding 'peace and quiet' in Thailand was a forlorn hope. Neighbours dogs, soi dogs, temples and loudspeaker systems running around the village (4am-5, monks chanting, 5am-6, volume up and connected to some ring in program on Buddhist matters). I moved out of town to get away from bars and Karaoke, but the easiest village solution is go to bed early too!

Another of those films always on HBO or Showtime when I was in the USA... with Joe Pantoliano

Good idea, and in 4 or 5 years I will have saved enough for a beer in a GGB.....or maybe not, as who knows what the price will be by then.

I don't get up when I first wake, perhaps I should to rescue your thumbs. Yes maybe restocking my fridge is taking too long, bugger the water and soft drinks, just do the beer, should get the job down to an hour and a half! Pappy is his own man (as far as I know), and will continue when he can.....

Yes I know many who do that, but I have shied away from doing it. I heard once that they are difficult to cancel, you would need the permission of the Electricity Authority. So the 7-11 for me, despite the 10 baht charge!

Yes exactly right....up early, fridge restocked.... cup of coffee being positioned by the laptop about when Mixx is chucking out. Tap-tap-tap I go, being pithy fuelled by O'Reilly in the background. And when my computer shows devoid of 'Unread' posts I look at my pool, thinking time for the daily exercise. I might pop back later, after the swim and shower, to see if I have generated any hate mail, correct any possible over-enthusiastic responses of mine (those posts I spewed forth before the coffee went around), and fix any spelling errors...horror upon horrors. I vainly hope I kick start the morning for others too.

Are you saying they didn't use the motorway (No7) , nor the elevated road on Hwy 3. Sri Racha is a bad bottleneck and I can't imagine staying at ground level down what is effectively Sukhumvit! (The last one I used went down 7, came off before Chonburi and was soon up on the elevated Rd West of the motorway... we made it quite quickly.)

Better get a revolving door then!

I spent a lot of time in Orlando area, based at Siemens HQ near the U of Central Fl. Good area for bikers.

Ah perhaps that explains the trip to the soapy? Exactly what the guys would need after a spell there! I had business in Jomtiem and ended up in a MP nearby, desperate for air-conditioning and a shower and rub down after riding around on my bike in the sun. It is a bit soon in the season but I am hoping for a break in the heat. I hope the soapy went well. Hey OP... nothing personal, just the rather strange SOH we Brit guys have.

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