jacko

Sounds good, but could we be beyond saturation? Come back in May/June and let us see how many we recall.

That is one hell of an aircraft to just turn round and land as if there wasn't the slightest problem after all that slamming and tearing and punching. Oh and apparently it was 'crippled' too!

Firefox..... I liked the ad blocker..... Fiddled with Opera for a while but didn't like it.

To be honest, the ones on the beach rd seem to work pretty well. (traffic is hardly moving anyhow), I am pleasantly surprised. Other than beach rd whether they are obeyed or ignored seems to be a bit random... and have become the usual game of chicken and might has right you see at other junctions. As a footsoldier, you have little might....

You should avoid that guy........ I get stopped regular by the police these days, their habit being just to pull over all those on a motorcycle, and they like one of the routes I use often. I like this, I have found that they wave me on when they check I have the required paperwork.... unlike many years ago when they always claimed I was speeding (no method of measuring my speed whatsoever, requiring the on-the-spot fine).

Michael Bowen

Perhaps that someone appears to be reading a newspaper in there.... wrong but normal.

James Gandolfini

It is all good news that this engine issue sounds as if it has been resolved.... Although I might feel a twinge of concern if I ws boarding a Quantas A380 at Sydney for the long trip to London.... Might prefeer to get on the BA 747.......not!

Thais would likely not make the initial investment on the craft.....Perhaps a small market of loved up mongers taking their sweeties to (and back) a quieter environment... dontcha has just booked! I wouldn't compare it to the minibus via Bangkok, which is hell on wheels, but the backpacker type tourist would do that. The average Pattaya or Hua Hin tourist has 2 weeks hotel paid already and at 3.5 hours and 3200 baht it is too much for a day trip when Koh Lahn is easier. There are some very nice places to visit South of Hua Hin, and worthy of a trip... but own vehicle is better.

Err Stoke 2 Villa 1 (13 Sept)

Until the extension expires... it says so on it. If you leave without an exit-reentry permit, the extension is cancelled. You would need to get a new non-Imm O unless that had some time and entries left on it. Getting another extension should be as much effort as the first one was. Same hoops to jump through. I do not see why the extension should not be granted on a single Non-Imm (I just did mine again, straightforward)... but I would be tempted to get a multi non-Imm (if you can afford the trips out of the country every 90 days), as you could go 15 months before having to go through those hoops.

And he asked you a question which you chose to ignore....

Val Kilmer

Hello Gonzo, has Thrappaya been finished yet...............like hell it has! Talking of shit-holes, the OP mentioned the prime one, India. Generally on my visa runs I have taken the TGF, and that means a different catalogue of requirements. I will do Bali again next month too. I am far too old to take on the trials and tribulations and stomach problems of India!

Agreed, I thought that soon after I typed it. I really had forgotten how much further down the coast Surat Thani is. I don't know about you, but outside of starting a tour of the south and bypassing Bangkok, Hua Hin doesn't appeal.

The purpose of the thread is per the OP. Back to thread fuxing BigD? OP there is a hotel section with reviews etc..... For me the soi7 / 8 location is too crowded and in your face, but you could not want for more places to get good food around there. Have you ever considered serviced apartments which offer more space?

Damn you Villa, now I have an pining for tinned red salmon, dripping in malt vinegar on barm cakes!

These agents mark up the ferry fare 200 %, they issue a special ticket with no price on it.The problem generally is transport from port to hotel and getting around the island.... as someone says it is a bit of a mafia and sometimes it is difficult to get back to the ferry. I had a much better time when I took my own vehicle and drove there myself. If you can arrange a rental, you will have a better trip (the ferry is a roro). Otherwise the Thailearner option is best, but don't take one that only drops you at the ferry terminal.

Which Big C?

I think the 'whatever' was a hovercraft, a GB invention. I kind of agree with the stranded on the pier aspect, baht buses ready with gouges. But actually they have pickup points, so I hope drop-off ones too, Royal Garden, Thailiving Ferry Office, departing from Ocean Marina which is miles out of town. In Hua Hin Clock Tower and Inter Continental. Departure is Pak Nam Pran pier, miles out of town. I have the leaflet in front of me... currently 1200 baht one-way, promotion, regular is 1600. I would have thought Samui, competing with the Bangkok Airways monopoly would be a better route.

Geez, I thought I read everyone.... must be the sunlight.As you say one or the other Joe..... Hard to discuss with someone who plays both sides....

Yes and Edinburgh too isn't it? lots of places on the continent doing badly too. If you have a flight coming soon, good luck!

I don't know where BigD does his cut and pastes from but I am surprised these experts don't know how to spell borescope....

Ed Lauter