jacko

Beats me why people fly to Thailand to visit malls, unless they do not have them at home! Pattaya now has about 8 or 9 of them. The addition of one more is surprising when The Avenue and Harbor Mall are mostly empty. BigC-X and Central Festival Beach Road remain popular but this new addition can only dilute the numbers. Yesterday was a bad choice, it was terribly busy and difficult if you had a vehicle to park, many from Bangkok taking a look at the weekend. An impressive place with many food outlets, strongly targeting Asian cuisine. Designer shops and expensive adornments. They have bought barrels of cashew nuts cheap, and repackaged 5 in fancy foil bags for you to pay a lot for! A couple of Soi Buakhao Brits deciding whose round it is! A pity I can't post the original resolution.

Passport will work (you need to have it with you anyhow), visa irrelevant as only required for entry to Thailand. (presuming permission to stay still active)

The Last King of Scotland

Or in the Pattaya area Siamburys ? Or, for the benefit of your waistline, skip a chunk of them! They are oh so much more pleasurable when you break the fast on a UK trip! Mmmmm Jaffa Cakes......Gregg's whist pies.

I thought perhaps you had bought it, in which case due consideration!!! No probs with a rental unless you pay a large slice up-front. ie security deposit and advance rent.. Although I fail to see the advantage, if your condo owner takes care of the TM30, no change, if he does not, I believe you personally will still have to take care of it.. (If she could do it for you, and it works, let us know as it is good feedback. I know some falangs who rent condos and take care of the non-Thai GF TM30 issue successfully in Jomtiem) CT decided not to post here further.

Sure about this?

Usually in soi 6

I believe my last day is Dec 26th, but I just fear leaving it so 'late'....

Yes, although I watched all of it, it truly never got there.

I have often thought a live webcam of those customer counters would be useful. To check progress as I while away the wait in Simple Simon's or even a soi 6 (Jomtiem) MP.

Bill, good feedback. You do it until they tell you you do not need to! Although your hotel should actually do it. I would never suggest you do not as I simply don't know for sure!

Just a short report on a subject that causes confusion amongst many an Expat. Me too! Submitting a TM30, ie reporting to immigration where a foreigner is residing. Firstly you might think you do it, done and dusted with, when you fill in the TM6 on arrival. No, not quite. If you go to a Hotel, Guest House and the likes they are required to do it, and great, they do it for you and online. What about condos, well the owner or house master should, but he may not want to, guess who the responsibility falls on, else you can be fined, yes Joe tourist. The strict rule is it should be done within 24 hours (ridiculous, not everyone can put their life on hold and get to immigration at such short notice). If you go out and back into the country, or go stay in Bangkok for a few days, guess what, you are supposed to do it again! Fortunately Jomtiem is a bit more realistic, and a long term Expat seems to be allowed to come and go without having to traipse in and out of Immigration after a shopping trip to Bangkok, or even a visit to dear old Ma in blighty, if he has his own place. Just the usual 90 day reporting and Extension renewals with re-Entry Permit, which are handled efficiently in Jomtiem. But I had a friend come stay at my place... as the owner (housemaster) of my property I am required to submit a TM30 and had no idea what was needed. Some may say don't bother! I thought so too, but some other worrywart made me think otherwise. Perhaps he gets into a motorcycle accident or some other reasons that Immigration, or the police, were putting him under a spotlight. That spotlight would come my way when his address was asked of.. I armed myself with my passport, copies, a filled in TM30, copies of friend's passport and stamps and TM6 details, house book and anything else I could think of and went to immigration on a Friday afternoon. Stupid time you might think, but maybe not, remember you only have 24hrs to get it done, hands tied! Nightmare, my ticket showed 50 people ahead of me, the counter/ room, area 10, was packed and people were queuing outside, I sat elsewhere watching the customer counter move one every 15-20 minutes as a solitary girl at a desk handled this bedlam. I sat there contemplating whether to just forget the idea. I was pleased to see, as it got later, and maybe it being Friday afternoon helped here, by 3pm, there were now 3 ladies processing. It was moving along well, perhaps checks being less stringent. Numbers were thinning, but still substantial for TM30s. My number called, be friendly and pleasant I thought. Things went smooth, TM30 form, copies of my passport and TM6 taken, my guest's similarly, my phone bill as proof of address. I was asked if I had copy of housebook, no but I had the original which was not looked at. A few questions about where I lived and how I 'owned' the property, done and dusted. I was then given a slip my friend is supposed to keep in his passport. I had been there 2 hours, but thankfully persevered. If my old friend wants to visit next year, I shall tell the Mrs to pretend I have died!

I have to say he seems to be on Sophon, many channels, every day as the pope but that is TV so I go with! Repo Men

Cold Mountain

Yes, his diving is spectacular!

My Web Adviser gets all worried by that site... all OK for you?

Far From the Madding Crowd

Rules are at the start of the thread.... Still on Young Guns

Down soi Diamond off Walking St. Walk down narrow alley past Windmill and on left just before 2nd Rd.

Used already...here.

Young Guns

On that basis they should really rip-off bar owners!

Fifty baht each time will fill a lot of motorbikes. Most only hold 120-140 bahts worth. In Thailand they do the filling for you. My Shell station each attendant has to go to the cashier in a glass box to hand over the cash and get change. Perhaps a few 'reviews' on Google Maps would be an idea!

PAL, plane always late, is how I remember them. And one English friend complaining that when you boarded most planes you were met with relaxing low level music, but PAL it was like entering a disco! Good to hear of improvements.

It needs someone to catch them at it and creating a big fuss shouting Khmoy khmoy one day. I use a Shell Station near my house without ever a problem. I don't even understand why the pumps can be manipulated this way. If the nozzle is replaced, it should go to zero. Good heads up!