Gawd Elpus

Where are they now ? I remember there was a big one on the RHS heading toward Big C, and another near Rungland Village. So where are the others located these days within a few kilometers from the Buakao area ?

Did he find the plastic explosive ?

Me too. I guess its just the luck of the draw and the time of arrival The BA flights now arrive late afternoon at LHR when there are a lot more staff on duty.

No, but as well as explosives, guns, drugs etc, if they need a tug, they can always used the technology. He reckons a lot more people are being stopped at T5 custom exit, and cigs confiscated. They just make stopping people more efficient if they see something that looks like contraband and yet another annoying thing since airports have tightened up security due to terrorism. Although this is luggage coming in and not boarding a plane. They are not on all the belts though apparently, so its pot luck. Talking of luck, I will be using Terminal 5 to fly BKK and back. I will still chance a fe

I heard something interesting yesterday. Apparently when they built T5 at HTR, they installed a number of belt scanner X Ray machines to observe luggage content. That is from someone who works in the Airport, so probably more risk if coming into Terminal 5 (British Airways/Qantas)

Great pictures, thanks for taking the time.

The Baht to the pound is way down at the moment around 46. I have already lost £100 before I even get there. Oh well, I will have to sit outside 7/11 drinking beer all day

Rather like Lawyers

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Great looking syrups

I guess the Polaroid guys dont have any overheads apart from film. Save up and buy a camera and that's it. I doubt if any of them have any photographic skills They dont have to buy wholesale goods to sell on the streets. The hawkers who seem to do well, are the ones selling make up and sexy underwear to the bar girls, and they hoping that a punter will buy something for them too.

It certainly feels outdated. Especially if you end up with a paper copy of a photo. I am surprised that they still make polaroids, even digital versions. Much cheaper to go and buy a long reach "Selfie Stick" if you want a picture taken with a bar girl, or a holiday rental. Do you still see guys in bars with a wreath around their necks on the last night of their holiday, spending the remains of their holiday cash, ringing the bell and their true love is flashing off her gold trophy trinket ? I reckon these bar vendors must walk miles every night, just for a handful of customers if

Congrats to you both. I have been through it a few years back, Supplied a lot of info (as you noted above) Not easy, but almost certain if all info is supplied. That was just the start of the road ahead. 6 years down the line from there and Mrs Elpus has British Nationality and a British passport. Has cost a few bob, and lots of forms for the consecutive visas but does get easier. Some good info there in your post

Can't say I have ever been there, but great pictures, none the less.

Hi Luc I may be interested in Managing you as Zirko, although you will need to alter your stage name to "The Great Zirko". I have managed many famous circus entertainers in the past, including CoCo the clown, Gladys the trapeze artist, Nelly the elephant and the legendary Charlie Cairoli. Are you a Magician or an illusionist ? Bangkok would be the place, to promote you. In the past I have seen many magic tricks performed in Gogo bars, with goldfish, snakes, frogs and razor blades being mysteriously retrieved from a girls Vagina, and it used to go down very well with the Custome

I suspect so. In UK, if you buy from another EU country, you can bring a lot of cigarettes or tobacco into UK as long as it is a reasonable amount for personal consumption, and not for resale. However, the problem is bringing them in from non-EU countries, like Thailand. Crazy really but that's the case. Many people go to France/Belgium (is the cheapest) and bring back all manner of goods, and they are not actually considered Duty Free, as the tax has been paid in an EU country. I noticed that at Heathrow, DF, there are two tariffs - one for buying cigarettes to take out to a non-EU country

In some countries that is true, but rarely the case in UK, for a UK citizen. At worst, if its a few packets, they might put you on a database, in such a case if you were to get caught again, but not usual. I have seen the Customs TV program about Australian airports and they seem a lot more strict in their actions and usually impose fines, especially on certain prohibited food stuffs entering the country. Perhaps that is also the case in the USA

Yes, that is good advice.

They dont seem to care too much at Swampy, although you have to show boarding pass but you can always go to a couple of different shops Cigs are still a lot cheaper in Thailand, and I used to buy them and put a few in my main luggage to take back. But.......................its the UK end where you take the chance, I have never been pulled, but its best to be prepared to loose them if caught with over 200 cigs or one box of rolling tobacco. The tobacco at BKK duty free is very tempting at the price, and you can always put one carton in a Duty Free bag, and break the others up for hand luggag

Songkran is a pain in the arse. Great for the Thais, and if it were just a couple of days it might be fun, but it goes on and on in Pattaya and can get dangerous. I have seen Westerners even firing water canons at the street vendors. As a chlld, I used to love water fights in the summer, but then I was a child. The thought these days of traveling to Thailand to get wet through for a week, is not at all appealing to me. I will be arriving a few days after its all finished thank God and will avoid the Rambos. If it were Carnival in Rio, it would be a different story. Each to their own, and i

F**k It, am going to use Bit Coin Thanks for the replies and info. What I think I will end up doing is taking 50% cash and 50% Nationwide card at ATM. I have never liked leaving cash in wall safes, although I have never had any thefts before, there is always a first time.

Wow, that is a bit steep

I had a load of paintings done at a place, just as you go toward Jomtien from the roundabout/flyover. I dont know about now, but there used to be five or six places all together on the RHS just before the corner.The stuff was good quality and great copies. All acrylic, never had any charcoal drawings done but certainly they will copy from a photo or an internet image. I bet the prices have gone up a bit though

In the past I have always brought TCs with me, and paid a small commission, but got a slightly higher exchange rate. I have never felt comfortable with a large amounts of cash, even with room safes. Someone told me the other day that the exchange booths in Pattaya have hiked their commission rates up, is this true and by how much ? Would I be better of taking my Nationwide card with me and using the hole in the wall, as opposed to bringing cash?

A Few Good Men - Jack Nicholson " Bullshit. I bet you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose"