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Worrying about your neighbours doesn't seem to be a priority over here Pap!

No, there is Banglamung Cable.... it's crap and unreliable. I see Sophon have just started advertising a new cable service that will include telephone and internet. Perhaps a matter of 'watch this space'.

I think they make the rules to make up the money. Having only 24 hours to report an address change is OTT and obviously being used as an earner. How about when I go stay up north for a few weeks, am I to report this address change? I believe they also try and fine you on this when you renew your driving licence and incorporate an address change.

A small 'juice to go bar'. Sell passion fruit juice, I love that stuff. All those guys who decided to walk all the way down second rd in the heat to walk off the hangover have a real thirst by then. In the cooler evenings sell alka-seltzer to go for those with heartburn from Pizza Hut or KFC, or too many beers in the beer bars.

Sell baseball caps with a penis emblem on them.

You could fly her down to Malaysia and see if they will issue her a tourist visa there. That is how the 'farangs' are getting around the 90 day limitation. Same visa run outfits are offering the trips.

Very brave, such a major change in career direction late in life....

Both the interpretation and comment appear to contradict what they put on the actual visas themselves and in the instruction package. Single entry Tourist Visa is valid for 3 months from date of issue and allows a single entry for a stay of up to 60 days from date of entry. Double, triple or quadruple entry Tourist Visa is valid for 6 months from date of issue and allows 2, 3 or 4 entries each for a stay of up to 60 days from date of entry. Single entry Non-Immigrant Visa is valid for 3 months from date of issue and allows a single entry into Thailand for a stay of up to 90 days from d

Well I suppose what they stamped into my passport must be irrelevant then. I re-read the Thai visa application package and did not determine any criteria specifying that a Non-Imm-O multiple must be utilized within 90 days of issue. Nor any restriction on how 'early' you can apply before travel. They do ask for 'Date of Departure from UK' and 'Date of Arrival in Thailand' as seperate questions. Perhaps they need to cater to someone who is going elswhere for several months prior to Thailand!

Well, at least you suggested my possible error politely. I did check the website, and have also taken a look at my current Non-Imm-O, Multiple, and the statements seem clear. 'This visa must be utilized before....' and the date stamped is a year from the issue date stamp. It may well be illogical to obtain a visa, and not utilize it for 11.5 months, but it seems permissible.

I am assuming that you will get a multiple visa... then the answers are. Q1...You are wrong, perhaps you are confusing with a single entry. Q2..Yes. Dowload the visa application pack... it reveals all

If your computer has an S-Video output socket yes you can. Then you will need to get cables to match whatever is available on your TVs, normally an AV female socket, but sometimes they have S-Video too. You also need a seperate cable for the sound, from your computer (small stereo jack male plug)... to 2 AV plugs, like the ones you find on audio systems. I found all this quite cumbersome, and was not particularly happy with the picture quality. Getting the computer to output to the TV also has to be figured out... you sometimes end up with no screen to operate your computer by.. most confusing

I had to go back and check you were talking about PIH and not BPH. I have been misled into thinking the PIH was more about providing health service than turning the money making handle. I saw a Dr Jaew at the 'Art of Smile' dental clinic for a crown fitting and was quite pleased. (2nd Rd, nearly opposite Bangkok Bank/ Greggs Kitchen). In retrospect I could have saved a few thousand by saying 'let's skip a step or two' but one can get led along by the nose by attractive women.

I have eaten there a couple of times. Food and service both quite good.These English style pubs all seem to have the same menu. It is cosy inside unless it is flooded! As you eat in the bar area you have people smoking nearby. I think the Pig and Whistle is better. Or if you like Indian food, Oliver's on Pattaya Klang, opposite TOPs. They get it from next door, Ali Babas I think.

Funnily enough I was just on Qatar Airlines webpage pricing a roundtrip business class flight for late April. If I originate in Thailand, 67,000 baht + taxes. If I originate in Manchester £3900..... Some pricing differential that!

Fair point of view Gary, but I got 1500 baht interest from my bank account last month... pleased me . As I learned today, proving income, although only necessary the first time, can be a bit of effort from October, and a bit of expense. Visits to your embassy, their charges, then the letters have to be verified (stamped) by some Thai chamber...again a fee required. Perhaps I have more money than patience. Anybody out there who has previously proven their income, as a means of obtaining their retirement visa, may want to consider renewing it early! You can renew up to 3 months before expiry,

Nakhonchai Air buses leave from their own station to go to Ubon via Korat. You can go to Korat and from there many buses go to Khon Kaen. VIP busses leave Pattaya at about 5am, 08.15, 10.00am and 10.30am, I say 'about' because I have a timetable from Rayong where they originate and guess 2 hours from there to funtown. (Edit in...sorry, I appear to have fucked up the times, my old timetable is in Thai and I am stupid....well done Tahoe Bill....good link.....I do know a class 1 bus leaves at 07.45 as I put my TGF on it yesterday.....YIPEEE....off to Lolitas now )You would need to go to the bus

Not true, you can get a Non-Imm O-A from some 'home' countries (USA,OZ,UK and others). This is a retirement visa, it is easier to get in Thailand as no police report is required. Perhaps worth investigating as proving the income can be easier at home along with some other aspects. Yes, I would recommend this, a multiple is required. The requirements for it vary country to country, embassy to consulate. The 90-day visa runs are nothing to be put off by, a day trip to the Cambodian border for 2000 baht. Actually you can get nearly 15 months out of this visa. Quite correct. Most people get

I tend to agree. Although some people are driven by price only. I like a bargain myself, but tend to avoid Aeroflot, Biman, Garuda etc....oh and this one too

Not any more there isn't. I just saw on the BBC that the UK has suspended Mahan Air citing safety and operational concerns. If you have paid for a ticket on them you need to start getting a refund and alternative. Mahan Air Suspended

If you paid for her insurance, perhaps you should have got the 10,000 baht cheque...... well maybe a wife would not quite see it that way...

So you came out even, they covered everything....... but methinks a zero is missing someplace!

Might try my TGF's mother's house. Looks like a scruffy antique shop...

Hard to be sure without seeing the place. Certainly sounds 'about' right. For certain you could get more bang for your buck on the other side of Sukhumvit. I have a bit of a garden, parking, but only 2br/1bath, separate house for 15k, fully furnished....fully!. But spacewise it is all I need....me and her can't occupy 3 bathrooms at once. I would like to know more about my neighbours too before moving into a townhouse. You pay a premium for being closer to town. I'd be tempted to take a look around at midnight too, there might be a Karaoke nearby or other nightime pests.

Lot of sense there Gary... the last thing I want is her relatives with us..apart from the odd 1 or 2 days a year It's hard enough keeping the TGF away from the Thai style of living. I have already alienated a couple of her friends who came over for a few hours and stopped for dinner. They can't seem to control their kids and certainly don't take well to my suggested improvements!