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Dual SIM adapters are nothing new Unfortunately the phone they are put to is only geared for a solo SIM so there is always a degree of buggering about switching from one SIM to the other and of course both cannot be roaming simultaneously. .

Sheeeit thats an expensive solution to a non existent problem Just buy yourself a full functioning 2, 3 or 4 SIM phone Heres my current one (4 SIM) cost me around 1K THB .

Exactly Typical scare mongering Brit media Taser = high power gun discharging barbed spikes on the end of a wire that delivers high impact voltage directly into flesh which does on occasion kill. Chinese spoof your pals mobile phone sparkler = toy .

Only if they catch you Nannyland...everything's illegal A balloon on a stick would probably get you locked up .

No different to anywhere else Security of loan / collateral Ability to pay / Guarantors Iron clad government jobs seem to be gilt edged in the bank's eyes, otherwise own business with provable throughput of cash in bank account. Much else may require guarantees from 3rd parties of similar standing. .

Exactly All those fancy looking storefronts with sexy young things in white coats are only paid for by the wide eyed punters who patronise them For the Pattaya equivalent of what Dr Mick alludes to, go here: As cheap and cheerful as it gets in Pattaya town .

For safety its apparently best if you cover yourself and the bicycle with feathers and gold sequins

Basically if you need to ask this, its never going to happen is it .

But bet there's a spell checking one for your browser though geotined FFS .

Best for haggles n deals go to Bang Lamung several shops there same side of the road as the main Post Office and market heading towards Sukhumvit Play one against the other then have them deliver simples .

Pre-booked, pre-paid. .

Yes But also allows you to leave your 'guide' with the cart & your computer/cabinbags at the carousel while you go take a leisurely (unencumbered) toilet break .

OK I will confess to developing into a right lazy barstard Of late Ive been using these guys and their 1300THB service: http://www.bangkokflightservices.com/PremiumAirportServices.php?our_menu=pr1 Met at the gantry by usually a cutesy young TG in yellow with colour coordinated Golf Cart Fasttrack baggage customs all very VIP I actually like the non walking from faraway stands after a long flight and no customs queues (which previously whichever one I seemed to choose it was always operated by a Customs Officer who then slipped into a coma, and the queue in front of me was invariably populated by retards with incomplete/no immigration forms) .

Unfortunately the scrounging free boxes route is a non starter in LOS as all cardboard boxes are worth money...no store's going to give them away, if they did there would be a scrum of cart pushers outside fighting to get at them :) .

Not my strong subject but doesnt Mai Pang rentals offer a fully comp cover with their rentals (maybe others do too)

+1 (check out the cheapo hardware shop opposite the back of 2nd Roads Big C if you go down this route) .

maybe it should be hosted there .

Huge chance!! Give the guy a break ...more than likely just a bit of a giggle for him He probably parks his car in something better than most Pattaya bars FFS .

No walkie - drive to the door Gives it a whole new appeal...will give it a looksee

Call be old fashioned but frankly its kinda refreshing to hear of a MC gang behaving like one instead of like a bunch of accountants and social workers in fancy dress

See if only youd made a noise like an orphan instead They'd have probably held a raffle for you .

Most things that blink at you in Pattaya just want a free drink .

There are a plethora of service providers doing this NONE of them will transfer sterling, only (as you correctly surmised) destination currency AFTER THEY'VE CONVERTED at their rates SWIFT transfer of Sterling from UK Bank is still the way to go - search for cheapest fees not snake oil sales (like the Post Office/Bank of Ireland) .

Unless Ive got things very wrong, the independents dont deal in TCs In fact when I last had a bundle of TCs to cash up (never again) the cash rate at the independents (R'land Bank Gold, Vanee, etc) could NOT be matched with TCs ANYWHERE But to the OPs dilemma its all a matter of volume. The Xfer fee is basically a' per occasion' charge so he will need to do the maths as to what amount needs to be Xfer'd to make it viable. The cash/TCs conundrum at 'holiday spends' levels makes little financial difference (despite the above) so the security aspect wins the day. Once you're talking amounts over say what can officially be personally transported in folding stuff - then SWIFT is the only real alternative . .