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Correct, there is not. The nearest is likely KL, followed by Singapore. I keep hoping someone will do one, changing at Amsterdam is tiresome, at LHR it is horrible. I transited in Doha last time, it was Ok although there is a bit of extra flying time going via the Middle East.

An hour sitting on the beach watching the firework spectacular is great!Then there are the expensive 'Gala Nights' at the big hotels.

Well you are certainly right.......So for a direct flight from Manchester to Bangkok it has to be..Thai (not so keen) or BA (never again).. Or an oriental/Australian carrier heading to it's Hub/Home stopping over. Eva would work!

How about EasyJet.... didn't they pull out?Pity about Singapore, a class act, just too expensive for those thrifty Lancashire crowds! (I know, it is in Greater Manchester and Cheshire!) These Middle Eastern Airlines are getting their act together, and tax increases might well help them more. I last flew with Qatar and it was pretty good.

Mmmm, curried fried duck, yummy!

There are, of course, duck eggs about too!!!!

Yes Joe, they look like regular brown eggs. No white hens, no white eggs!

Err, these are not fresh eggs, didn't you notice the orange colour? ( Sure about orange, white or pink is more common?)Sounds like salted eggs or 1000 year old eggs. Regular eggs look just like regular eggs in LOS!

How many ACs, at what temperature? My AC in the bedroom runs about 10 hours/day every day and I would say it added 1200 baht to the bills. MM posted he uses AC a lot and pays 4000 pm total.

I guess we are talking renting?On the darkside (East of Sukhumvit) you can expect to pay about 15k to rent a 2 bed seperate house. A town house may get you down to 10k. Electricity about 1-2 k/ month depending on AC use, water negligible if no garden to water. Expect to put up 2 months deposit and possibly a security deposit too.... beware, because as you say, getting deposits back when held by owner can be nigh impossible. I am out 35k still.... I know a place......

Don't....I know this is not what you asked, but it is the thought that comes to mind.

Here is the webpage....

Yes, looking forward to the presentation at the Expats Club already......

Stuffing included?

When I flew Qatar out I think I got access to the Thai Airways lounge... plenty of fluids there!

Me too, the 65/baht days of last year look like a dream gone by for the rest of this decade.

So it is better now then, glad you eventually agreed to that.

Now you know I never drink draft.......Nice toilets aren't they.... good view!

If you don't type what you mean, how do you expect me to know what you mean?My suitcase was X-rayed before check-in.

Did I see you in 'Iron' last night, or perhaps someone has a similar taste in shirts?

Might want to see if they have a sample of those crowns. You know how Thai people like to show off, you could end up with a daft looking all gold tooth in the front of your mouth and attract muggers!

Yeuch.........

They don't seem to be laughing at me so much when they are sleeping in the AC in my guest bedrooms!!!! ...

Yes...of course....correction made.....I have been getting this wrong for years, including thinking Bangkok is South too.

I don't think many BM guys living in a hotel room will be grilling kippers, a can of tuna might get opened. (Of course guests from China or India might do that.) I often stayed at the RG and like you, beyond instant coffee or a cuppa tea the kitchen facilities went unused.