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anyone who's never seen tomato in a fruit salad or fruit cake has obviously never been to China :-) they say it's a fruit, because it doesn't need to be cooked, so they use it as a fruit. in...

for me it was very telling that when I visited in 2009 or so, my guesthouse and the guy I rented the motorbike from both advised me not to go there because it is a scam. I don't think I've ever heard...

The Dhammakaya temple is now under the incoming flight path to Don Muang, if you have a right side window seat, it looks especially creepy at night. :-)

I've had some good (relatively speaking....) experiences with the dentists at Chiang Mai University Dentistry Department's clinic. The only thing I don't sign up for is trainee dentists experimenting...

There is just an ocean of a difference between just sharing an opinion, telling what I would do personally, stating how I feel..... or stating that others are morons for having a different view of...

would it make matters better or worse that in 2 weeks I will be back in Yangon and back to the forums regularly? :-) (now in transit in Makassar airport, gotta go soon.)

I'm ok just was offline for 3 whole weeks, not even mobile signal. going to Ambon in Maluku in an hour or so, then on to Bandaneira tomorrow. flying the same airline that had to ditch a plane on...

in Thailand, corner shops are ok because they don't mark up their prices 50-100% compared to Tesco. in Hungary, all those little shops were out of business because they have to pay so much tax,...

seen those signs too around Silom. made me hop into a taxi with my last 10 weeks' savings from Burma on the way to the bank. and then we were stuck for half an hour. would have preferred to walk....

looks like you've taken some spelling lessons from Paul :blush: funny.
hope it gets sorted soon.

I suspect an experienced checkout assistant is much faster than an amateur trying to scan items. Same goes for petrol pumps. It's not that I am against the practice of self-service, not that I am too...

snow again?!?
hope you're ok.

thanks Billy. flying back from Jakarta to Bangkok on May 12th, I had to buy that ticket to get the damn visa. so, very relaxed now. it is actually kinda easier when I'm on a tight schedule. going to...

Thanks for leaving comments Guava, much appreciated that you took the time. I'm not really into photography recently, I just try to take some pics as they are and share, but not trying anything...

Happy birthday! actually don't see him much around....

btw, here are my photos so far from Tana Toraja in case anyone is interested. maybe some new ideas for Billy, who likes to get ideas from me? :-)
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yepp it was in my mailbox as a thaivisa news alert today.
incredible.

there was such a bus in 2010, not sure what's going on.
sounds like Phuket is lost once and for all to bandits and big-time criminals.

thank you all. I'm in Tana Toraja. that's the place with the hanging coffins and buffalo sacrifices. having a great time. heading to the Togean islands next.

there are still some samlors in Chiang Mai, the drivers are ancient. they are mostly around Muang Mai market or the south gate helping old ladies take their shopping home, sometimes you see them in...

the buses are up and running. there are signs at Don Muang and they are not difficult to find, right next to the taxi queue as you come out. A2 connects to both BTS and MRT at Mo Chit station in...

Thank you guys :-) a special thanks to all the extra 9 people who opened the thread god knows expecting what! :-D
I got myself a smartphone and a root canal treatment on my special day, and also...

I really hope Richard that you'll get your permits extended and the big bosses won't be going after you for this.
(not for refusing to pay up, but for the twitter stunt.)
(btw, I'm almost sure my...

Not sure what's worse new, nursery school kids wielding machetes, or B.P. being unaware of the difference between "principle" and "principal"....

most Thai adults cannot swim, none of my colleagues could, and just go out on a snorkelling boat and look at them all wearing life jackets - in waist deep water.
when we took the kids to swimming,...

they must be kidding. but then, as always, we should all keep the real nice places to ourselves. luckily, no accommodation is allowed on Phra Nang, but Railay is the worst built up beach I have seen...

not surprised. wishing you better luck in Thailand.

told you to stay at the Fame hotel instead :-) that does sound like a dump.
all apartment rental prices are going up like crazy as well, already at western European prices, more expensive than...

those flights are scary even on a good day, I remember a sudden drop and many passengers vomiting, etc, glad you are ok. enjoy the rest of your holiday, can't wait to see your photos. I haven't been...

I looked up stats a couple of years ago, and I think the number of deaths per population on the roads is 5 times more in Thailand than in Hungary. And Hungary is still worse than much of Western...

Just be careful Paul, you can never know what her agenda is :devil:

KhaoNiaw, maybe it was a couple of years ago then that this person I know worked in Thailand.
Many westerners have a sneering reaction to a salary of 60,000 even though it is plenty enough to live...

I'm told British Council pays more than 60,000 a month for full-time jobs, and I know for sure that they don't insist on ESL qualifications, experience is more relevant.

what I'd like to see is the brain scans of these fabulous players.... there must be some "football player syndrome" already in the books....

David - hahahahh! - btw, media sucks in any government system I would say. if not because of being one-sided or paranoid, then because of systematically reducing people to mindless zombies only...

Eastern Europe did not have communism, it was socialism. please look up the difference, as it is quite substantial and it really bugs us.
also, makes it sound like we were still in the stone age. we...

and I thought the power cuts in Yangon are a unique phenomenon (inasmuch as they usually last 30-60 mins not just a few mins)

I only use gmail. now that I have my own laptop, I guess I could manage my mail by downloading it, but for me this is precisely the point - I don't want it all on my laptop, it can always crash, get...

it would certainly be a red flag to get an email in English from a non-English-speaking contact.... or someone whose English is better / worse / just different. people have different styles and it's...

looking at Richard's stats - I had no idea "East Europe" was a country. I find it pretty offensive from the Immigration Bureau. thankfully, at least we are visa free now, I would be in big trouble...

I just don't know how Thailand (or any other country) counts these numbers.
many people are border runners, like Malaysians entering Thailand for shopping on the weekend, several times a year....

don't take it as an offence but I've read somewhere that as people get older, our taste buds become less and less sensitive and we need more of the same flavour to get the same effect as before. :-)

yes - hard work, thought process - but not art.
remember the news when a cleaner destroyed a "piece of art" which was allegedly worth millions - it was some ladder with a pail and spilled water. the...

well, overtaking on the right is unfortunately not self-evident to many Thai drivers. they don1t even keep to the left if they are slow. so, overtaking is all over the place, wherever there is a gap...