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Go state of the art laptop (i5 or i7 processor and SSD drive and USB storage drive if you harbour a lot of stuff) Get a huge monitor & keyboard/mouse Job done ! When you want the PC advantage hook up the monitor/Keyboard/Mouse, when you dont you have the same but in a small package .

The paper UK licence is OK, but as is commonly misunderstood (or denounced with spurious anecdotal 'Bertie Brownshirt didnt ask for it' stories) you need the International Licence to validate it No International = no fast track to Thai licence (read taking tests and hours in that room ) UK its a no brainer to organise Once you have the Thai licence(s) you dont need the foreign stuff again (in LOS) so long as you keep the Thai ones current Thai international licence to use back in nanny land. OK for rentals (no insurer is about to give you your own policy on the strength of one). You may be able to thumb your nose at points re camera traps, but bear in mind if stopped for a motoring offence and its discovered that youre on a foreign license theres no ticket or arbitrary fine its the lockup and court in the morning .

Its the t'internet FFS There are sellers with 'ambitious' prices and 'glamorous' descriptions. Heck most of whats offered here is for sale in Pattaya lest you forget - a locale noted for the prevalence of two legged piranhas constantly on the look out for the wide eyed and naive. Personally I find the value of this forum is in the interjection of those that know both the scene and the real value of stuff 'on the ground' - those who in fact have been 'n done as opposed to those who can speculate on how they think things should be. If they are at times a little acerbic in the delivery of their criticisms well believe me a decade or so of the place will do that too you, but hey I dont mind getting a chuckle out of reading the comments as well as the insight I dont think Papillon is playing the role of some archetypal troll as intimated by the OP, far from it, in fact his observations on the properties for what I can see are right on the money. .

Cheap enough rent but Id check out the size of the bath, if it only holds 40 litres

Khow Niow Ping The ubiquitous sticky rice pressed into slabs (like bread) and grilled. (Just soak and prep the sticky rice as usual) IMHO the style cooked with a dusting of salt beats those brushed with the buttery liquid. .

Yes If you go with company ownership....buy a house Waaaay more bang for your buck .

Obviously... otherwise youd have to shoot years of auctions to get a program made (Also just as obvious is the fact that no storage business owner breathing is going to auction without checking for any high value goodies first) .

& not forgetting his place of fame within cockney rhyming slang

You couldn't invent this stuff .

Its the standard Pattaya box In thru entrance door Left n right are cooking and 'hong nahm' past these is whats left (as one open area) past that is the little balcony past that is where you go when the money runs out .

Or a bedsit, or a cell ........ ... .

Yes very old scam Relies on the fact that no one pays attention at THE BEGINNING only at the end You need to see all the zeros in the meters before fuel starts to flow .

The creative descriptions of these l'ill boxes How does a NO bedroom become a 1 bedroom?

Income & equity To 'throw six to start' with the Thai Banks regarding income - your GF will need income from a Bona Fide job (thats why they like gov workers) that has some security of tenure, or income from her own Bona Fide (read tax paying) business. After that hurdle is overcome it seems income ie throughput of the account can be enhanced with 'money from pet falang' etc with little problem and hardly an eyebrow raised (imagine how a Thai policeman goes about a loan ). A g'tee from yourself might even squeeze the last few 100K out of them but thats the sequence of events. Property needs the usual valuation from the banks surveyor/assessor but forget any notion that you've brought with you from the west about big equity = diminished requirements. Thai banks seem to have only myopic interest in 'are we covered or not' ie they simply follow the banks formulaic procedures. But also never lose sight of the fact that whatever song the bank manager sings the decision will be made at the 'big bank' and likely as not may/will result in a lower advance(at the eleventh hour) than that agreed with the man you sat down with All of which will be huge fun if you anticipate being dealt with by a western yardstick

As I said earlier theres only the one for Pattaya, and not 'Temple Based' So if youre going to bite the bullet and travel then realistically it makes sense to go as Siam Sam says to Wat Bang Phra in BKK as this is de facto the 'field leader' BTW this will save your mouse's scrolling wheel some wear http://www.pattayatalk.com/forums/topic/49096-the-isaan-experiment/page__st__50#entry794562

Only one for Pattaya http://www.poodumtattoo.com/about/ Several others who will merely ink a copy of a Yant into you with sticks or buzz guns Up2U .

These vans (there are several outfits in Pattaya some that stop opposite the school on 2nd near the PattayaTai lights, others outside TOPS and also near Suk on Klang) also do a good package delivery service too, as quick as time the van takes plus getting things too the 'depot' & picking up the other end .

That would need a very strange state of affairs in the Sukhumvit north bound

Just how simple do you require? Its simpler than opening one in the West

Look on the bright side Only another 14 deposits

Fresh Lemons arrive daily to Pattaya .

Who'd ave believed it 'Herring & kippers' in Pattaya .

Dont get expert advice off drunks in bars Dont accept life changing diagnosis of pill sellers in shops etc etc .

Quod erat demonstrandum .