joekicker

There is a very reliable but unconfirmed (to me) report that you have to take that letter to the Foreign Ministry consulate office way the hell and gone out on Chaeng Wattana in Bangkok and have it signed and officially copied by a clerk, whose job is making paper at 400 baht per customer. That rule is already in effect for certain categories (under 50s for one) but will go in for everyone on retirement-with-income visas as of October. Again, please check but I consider the report reliable. I'm not on that kind of visa, so I can't confirm that way at least. Someone might want to drop b

That one plus 32 others at: http://duggmirror.com/television/33_Ways_t...Free_TV_Online/ Mashable of course is blocked in Thailand, so you'll need a proxy to see the list of TV sites, some of which you'll need a proxy to watch. That duggmirror link above is not blocked, it seems.

Thanks for all the help. Appreciate it.

Well, I'm not slightly angry and I don't mind being wrong, especially if I learn something. If you're right and I'm wrong, then that's that. But you haven't stated a fact so far, you only keep asking questions. So here is one for you: Do you think the 11,000-plus dengue cases were not tested? If so, why?

Yes they had the dengue blood tests. Why would the clinics or hospitals send it to Singapore or Australia? Are you saying Thailand is so backward it cannot test for an endemic, historical disease as simple as dengue? If so, you are wrong. Yes there are false positives, but you do not fall deathly ill with aching bones and you do not die because the test yielded a false positive. Yes, thousands and thousands of people have had dengue this year, confirmed. Yes. Also yes I live in Thailand.

Hmmm. According to the Queensland government, there have been 45 cases of dengue this year, all in South Townville but none since 14 May. Is that about right? That's not fun, but it's sure not what we have around here by any stretch.

Jee-zuz. You started yourself on it. No one mentioned it until you did. I still won't. I made a very simple statement to wit: Almost all people who get dengue in Thailand are people who live here. To put it another way, almost no one who gets dengue in Thailand is a visitor. That is either correct or not. You said not. How is it not correct? Dozens and dozens of people die of dengue in Thailand. The last three years have not been pretty. 2005, 38,367 cases, 48 deaths 2006, 37,000 cases, 64 deaths 2007 to May 31: 11,574 cases, 14 deaths Almost all the 2007 cases

Yes. Incorrect where?

Incorrect where? I have no knowledge of the Queensland dengue situation and fully accept what you say. In Thailand, however, it is local people who get dengue AND DIE. Very, very few by percentage and by number of those who get dengue in Thailand are tourists. Weak people are more likely to get sicker and to die, no argument about that. There are no actual dengue-free zones in Thailand right now, although there are places you are more likely to get it. But even Singapore has declared itself an epidemic zone - 400 cases in the WEEK of June 10, another 300 last week, all or alm

Ah yes, the Pattaya Millionaires' Club, the offshoot of the Patpong Millionaires' Club. They meet quite often, don't they?

Heh. These German restaurants you eat at - they were built to feed the fishermen when they returned to the little Pattaya fishing village? I'm pretty sure they are tourist restaurants. However good, however budget-friendly, no tourists, no restaurants.

Most people who get dengue, including the ones who die, in Southeast Asia are natives. You don't get resistant to dengue, ever. Very, very few tourists get dengue, almost all victims have been living all their lives where they get it. There is no vaccination against dengue, or cure either. Your malaria tablets won't work in Thailand. I don't think they work anywhere, any more, but they don't work here.

This is not helpful. She is Filipina. Pattaya is in Thailand. She doesn't seem to have a work permit or a visa according to the tiny bit of information so far provided. Employing an illegal immigrant in a restricted occupation is not going to do much for the future of those Pattaya premises that want English speakers.

I'm reading this that you have a Thai visa stamped in your passport. If so, you want a multiple-entry one. I don't know if the consulate will exchange it or what? If you mean you do NOT have a visa and expect 30 days on arrival, that's OK. You'll get another 30 days when you come back to Thailand. Again, be aware of the unconfirmed-but-reasonably-reliable warning that you will not be allowed back to Thailand at Aranyaprathet or, perhaps, at other land crossings. On a plane, for sure no boblam.

Thai nationals do not need a visa to visit Malaysia. There are many kinds of farang. If you are an American or Canadian or British (say) kind of farang you do not need a visa for a visit. But ask the airline or call the Malaysia embassy: 02-679-2190

Just repeating what I heard the other day, still unconfirmed but pretty reliable: The Cambodia border crossing at Aranyaprathet (Poipet) will NOT allow you into Thailand if you do not have a visa for Thailand. That is: If you are extending those one-month stamps into living here without a visa, it won't work at that border. If you have a visa (or if the above is wrong), Aran may be your most convenient from Cha-Am. Another possibility is through Trat in the far southeast of Thailand, up and around past Pattaya and Chanthaburi.

You mean a legit job? As in "not for P4" or singing at the Royal Garden? It's pretty much illegal on her part. She'd need a work permit, which she wouldn't get for any of the jobs you mention. In fact, on the tiny amount of info presented so far, she wouldn't even get a visa extension past a month or two. Just curious, but why does she live in Pattaya?

To go most places in Thailand you'll have to go north. But you can go "anywhere else." Phuket is an international airport. Bangkok Airways flies to Pattaya (U Tapao actually) and Samui from Phuket.

Hope this isn't a repeat. I can't remember where I got this. My apologies if I stole it here. But it is a wonderful oldie and goldie: A blind man makes his way to a bar stool and orders a drink. After sitting there for awhile, he yells to the bartender, "Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?" The bar immediately falls absolutely quiet. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, "Before you tell that joke, sir, I think it is only fair, given that you are blind, that you should know five things: 1. The bartender is a blonde girl with a baseball bat. 2. The bouncer

Just speaking as a consumer who bought a new compressor today... I really think you need at least some prices on your home page there. If you've really got specials, splash them up there. If you're offering some service, put it up. It's way too general at the moment, "trust us but you have to call first."

This is known as code-sharing. Two airlines share the proceeds, but just one of them flies. I flew this a couple of years ago, Delta to Japan from the US as it happened. They had in-seat TV on that flight. Technically no, probably yes. By law you have to have an onward ticket, but the law also provides that if you have the means for a ticket they can let you go - a credit card should suffice. In practice, people are very, very seldom asked for that onward ticket anyhow. As always, if you pixx off the individual immigration guy, all bets are off.

Good price. And good until June 31 too! Hope their onboard navigation system is better than their calendar.

Man, tough job running a bar. Just kidding, couldn't resist. Sounds like you really care about the girls, the boys and the whole experience. Good on you.

Web TV! Wow. I presume you like your girls with beehive hairdos? Fins on your cars? I really didn't know they still had Web TV. I'm so old I can remember it, though. Do you have a mouse? If you can right click on a picture you can't see (heh) and choose refresh, that will probably load that particular picture.

Haven't made my point, obviously. No one ever has gone to the border. 17 coups, a (brief) Vietnamese invasion, four serious street revolutions and some others, hundreds dead -- It only happens at the very, very pointed end of the stick and in four days everything back's to normal. But I'm adamant I'm not trying to sell you anything, or ON anything either. Just making *a* point and there's lots to consider before you start dumping bucks into Bangkok.