Chalongian
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Can any of you Phuket people tell me of anywhere other than Junceylon and Central Festival that sell Oakley sunglasses? I've lost mine and the 2 big malls don't have the ones I'm after in stock. Im aware I can just order them from Bkk but I would rather just walk in somewhere and get them straight away….Anyone think of anywhere?
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Whats the point in this video? Taxi meters almost never stop and try and sell you accommodation, the meter was running and the fare was 600 bahts to tesco, doesn't matter how polite the driver is, It's still highway robbery compared with the rest of Thailand. Just a legalised rip off!
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The sun bed people I could care less where they go, I'd still like to be able to order a drink or get a snack on the beach though but I can see where they're all coming from when jet skis who are the main cause of trouble at most beaches are allowed to continue doing business as usual, Its one rule for one and one for another.
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The most revolting thing in this report is that Ozzies pink pants and purple shirt combo. How's he supposed to be an authority on whats revolting or not walking around like that? 555
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Kata beach has recently been cleaned. Yesterday it was looking as good as it has done during the whole monsoon. Pictures to prove your point otherwise I think you're off the mark with your observation
Prove what point?? this is not a court of law.
THE beach was loaded with dog crap and garbage end of story...
My local tourist beach back home in a tourist area in the summer they run a tractor up and down the beach seems to clean up the beach very well. But here that does not happen town workers not really do much work at keeping beaches clean.
Metice i agree, there were no big waves at kata yesterday, or the day before, and yesterday I surfed an almost pristine kata noi then swam at kata from ska bar to surf house and It was one of the most picture perfect days. We actually commented on it a couple of times yesterday, not a piece of rubbish in sight, glassdude are you sure you didn't dream this?
On another note, 2 days ago I dived the reef at kata south end and the amount of rubbish and shit that is down there is unreal. That really needs a clean up.
The tractor thing on the beach is a good idea, I've said the same before, in Bali they do this at kuta beach daily, it makes such a difference.
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I think most hotels and resorts would welcome having a taxi or 2 parked on the premises if they were taxis with meters waiting for the next fare. I'm talking about sitting waiting in the car...not setting up a sala and watching tv in the car park. I was in Vegas 2 weeks ago, when I checked out of the hotel I walked out of the lobby to an on site taxi stand where a cab immediately pulled up, a Canadian couple stopped me as we were pulling away asking if I was going to the airport and if i'd like to share. Taxi driver straight away said cool that'll half your fare so I told them to jump in. In Phuket all u get is 'how many people? 4 people pay more' U can't drop someone off on the way even if it's directly en route to your destination without paying 2 separate fares. Completely wrong. Change the outdated village rules. Pick up and drop off anywhere for taxi drivers and meters on all cabs, If fares are per duration of journey and not per passenger and metered it will work fine...as much of Thailand and the rest of the world. Unless the pick up drop off rules are changed it will still be just a giant rip off, only you'll be getting ripped from a taxi sent from a call centre instead of from one who sits waiting outside your hotel!
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Okay, I'm 33, single, no kids or family in Thailand and don't work there either. I work overseas in oil and gas for usually 6 months of the year but not usually on a fixed rotation like month on month off. I'm a contractor, freelance so I come and go when the jobs come up which can be anytime. I've always stayed on 30 day visa exempt stamps so occasionally had to do 3 or 4 runs in a row when the works been quiet. Sometimes I might do one get the 30 days but then have to leave a few days later, What type of visa should i look to get now? The way things stand now it's looking like I'm screwed! I feel a bit hard done to to be fair as I was hassled at hkt immigration and threatened with refusal of entry by some woman who was clearly having a bad day a couple of months ago. I emailed issues and answer in the gazette who contacted head of immi who said there's no probs doing multiple runs for 30 day stamps as long as your not working in Thailand. The way I see it I'm lucky enough to only work half of the year, I'm a British citizen who rents a holiday home in Phuket year round and spend all of my free time there. Is anyone else in the same boat as me? All suggestions welcomed. Cheers folks
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Thanks for all the the replies, some good info, but I've booked their flights and checked them into the Buddy Lodge on khao san road for their last few nights now and I'm probably gonna join them anyway so all is good - thanks again folks
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Hello Bkk People, my parents are visiting me down here in Phuket at the moment and would like to visit Bangkok for a few days before they leave, 15th - 17th of this month, just wanted to know if its safe to send them with all the protesting and stuff thats been going on. I wanted to put them in a hotel in Sukhumvit. How is the vibe around there at the moment? Any areas they should avoid? Any info greatly appreciated - Thanks
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OP, if your gonna be training bjj twice a day I guess your going to top team, either way where ever it is in Chalong your gonna train, you'll have to be driving over the traffic circle every time if you stay anywhere other than nearby, which will be ok on a bike, and a pain in the ass in a car due to the traffic chaos. Rawai, kata and Nai Harn all have a nightclub and bars scattered all over the place, none of which matches the madness of Patong but it is still possible to pick up forigners in alot of these places, much more chance in patong though and easier again if your staying in some backpackery type place on Samui. Also you should get resigned to the fact that you will be drink driving if u do go out, same as almost everyone here does. surfing is only in low season here and you'll miss any good waves as you'll be training early morn and afternoons. Samui gets some waves in high season but few and far between. lastly u can forget about bar work here, the only place I know that has forigners serving behind the bar is seduction in Patong. U better come up with a new plan for nights!
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Just wondering if anyone knows anything about that Healthy options restaurant that opened not long ago in fishermans way next to delish. It wasn't open long and appears to of closed down already, the food was pretty good in there.
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Don't know anywhere here in the south but if you can be arsed to go, Gallery Cafe in phuket town does some pretty good eggs benedict, It's about the only place I've had decent poached eggs in Thailand. Check the link, there's a menu on there too
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Agree with breaking bad, Entourage and the big bang theory, all quality series, also Eastbound and down, the hard times of RJ Berger and the American office are all worth a watch and good for a laugh, and if you've never watched the sopranos then make sure you get straight into that!
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I know it's the only authorised service place, I've still got 5 months AppleCare left so everything's been done under the warranty in Phuket and over here. Apparently I need a new logic board and display. I'm not sure why I need a display but that's what they said in the message they left. When they ran the diagnostics it was showing the computer had no Ram and in theory it shouldn't even of started up. why doesn't Thailand have a proper Apple shop? I'm not even sure there's an actual Apple store in Bkk
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Had my MacBook in alpha a few weeks ago after numerous problems including crashing freezing and just switching off when it wanted to. Alpha had it a week and told me it was full of dust inside but they've cleaned it, updated it and now its fine. The problem continued and I came back to the uk on Monday so took it to the apple store, they had it a couple of hours then called me to say that there are few parts that need replacing. I always thought alpha were good and seemed knowledgeable but after this I'm not so sure I would bother with them again.
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Avoid all rental people that demand you leave your passport, by leaving your passport you leave yourself open to being ripped off!! there is a great Frenchman in Rawai who rents big bikes, you only need a copy of your passport and all rentals include first class insurance, Patong beach road bikes do not have insurance so why would you rent there!!!
Kawapower, can you tell me where to find this Frenchman? Im going on the hunt for a big bike rental place tomorrow, I'm after a shadow or steed or something along those lines for a couple of days if anyone knows of anything?
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Right - Hun Sen's boys had to have the International Aid 'gun' held to their heads to start raiding K-11 - probably the worst kept 'secret' in SE Asia - and we are asking if they will do something about rubbish on a beach ..... <deleted>.
You only have to look at Kuta's beaches to know that it has little to do with the locals - the Indonesian government simply wont pay people the pittance it would cost to get cleanup crews down there each day, and Bali makes a hell of a lot more money from tourism than Cambodia.
Here's the video they should have shown Hun Sen (for all lthe difference it would make to his attitude....):
http://www.ledonja.org/en/projects/k11-confessions-of-a-sex-tourist-
That's rubbish your talking about Kuta! They have a massive beach cleaning truck that drives up and down Kuta beach every morning. Scoops up everything in from of it and drops out the clean sand behind it. The majority of the rubbish on that beach appears overnight starting at sunset when hordes of people go there and it's mainly Indonesians on holiday and some locals too, who bring there plastic trays of food, cups, beers crisps all in seperated plastic bags and just leave it all there along with their fag ends. I go there quite often and surf Kuta in the evening when they all start to arrive, I usually go back in the morning to check the waves when I see the deveztation from the night before. If it wasn't for that big cleaning truck every morning it would be a rubbish dump by now. Sometimes it does come in with the tide and if u ask any local they'll tell you it comes from java. If you see the sate of Kuta early morning when half of the <deleted> has probably washed out to sea you will know where it came from origionaly.
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Right - Hun Sen's boys had to have the International Aid 'gun' held to their heads to start raiding K-11 - probably the worst kept 'secret' in SE Asia - and we are asking if they will do something about rubbish on a beach ..... <deleted>.
You only have to look at Kuta's beaches to know that it has little to do with the locals - the Indonesian government simply wont pay people the pittance it would cost to get cleanup crews down there each day, and Bali makes a hell of a lot more money from tourism than Cambodia.
Here's the video they should have shown Hun Sen (for all lthe difference it would make to his attitude....):
http://www.ledonja.org/en/projects/k11-confessions-of-a-sex-tourist-
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Try and get the last bus at about 7 or 8pm, no point in leaving at 4 and spending half your afternoon on a bus, then arriving in bkk mega early when most people are still asleep. You can go to the station by motorbike to avoid the traffic and they have secure bike parking for 30 baht a day. Not long ago I bused it to bkk then flew back. Caught a shared mini van straight to the bus station to collect the bike and straight home. First time I've arrived in Phuket and not felt cheated by the taxi gimps for a while and didn't take much extra time at all.
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Sea pearl villas up the hill on the way out of Patong to Kathu have a helicopter and heli pad apparently. The Pilot was doing his sea survival training at the same time as me in bkk last year, he said they were gonna start doing tours over phuket and neigbouring islands. Could be them?
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The one there supposedly gonna build through the hill from kathu to Patong, and yeah Ivan, Im sure there will be a toll if they make it in the FUTURE, I'm also sure the fare will go up again then as well. But like I already said, we're comparing the taxi rates not the extra toll fees that don't even exist. As It stands the only extra to pay here is the airport fee which is also double that of Bangkok. With your logic you may as well pay double your rent now coz its bound to go up in the future lol, you are a true genius.
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Ok just so we can dispel a few myths here. There is a 50 baht surcharge from swampy. There are 3 toll fares of around 120 baht. So thats 170 baht before you even get in the taxi. Its at least 2-300 baht on the meter. And unless you are as mean as cat .... you will give the driver a 20-30 baht tip if he helps you with your bags.
Don't want to confuse TV by quoting this again, but last week I went from Don Muang to lower Sukhumvit, including toll around 300 baht, and that was monday morning around 08.30 hours.
I went to Don Muang from just outside sukhumvit soi 11 on thursday, grand total 45 baht toll on the highway plus 190 bahts on the meter for 24 KM. That would work out at about 300 bahts for a 40km trip. Even in a Taxi Meter which is the cheapest option in Phuket its still double the price...Fact!
A Kao Mun Gai is half the price in Bangkok. Rent is 3 times the price. Go and move there and enjoy spending 4 hours a day in traffic. Id prefer a slightly better taxi (unlike the boxes in bkk) and much less of my life spent in traffic. But if your happy in a smokey baht bus to PIA you can really feel the savings
But we were talking about Don Muang not swampy so 1 toll and even thats not relevant coz there are none here so forget about tolls and tips. this is about the fare on the meter compared with here. Bkk Rents not much different than here unless you wanna live in a sweatbox studio or miles away from everything and I don't often eat kao man guy, but back on topic, the op wanted a taxi for less than 800 bahts. Im sure the taxi meter service would be cheaper than that 0816077440.
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Don't want to confuse TV by quoting this again, but last week I went from Don Muang to lower Sukhumvit, including toll around 300 baht, and that was monday morning around 08.30 hours.
I went to Don Muang from just outside sukhumvit soi 11 on thursday, grand total 45 baht toll on the highway plus 190 bahts on the meter for 24 KM. That would work out at about 300 bahts for a 40km trip. Even in a Taxi Meter which is the cheapest option in Phuket its still double the price...Fact!
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yes it does. Especially the Chalongians of Phuket. The whining in Chalong about a few baht can be heard over the whining of the jet engines at PIAPattaya to Suvsrnbumi 800 Baht, bet that sticks in the throat of Phuketianians
See if you can hear this. I hate getting ripped off, and every time anyone gets in a phuket taxi thats whats happening to them! Its more tuk tuks that I hate but its because of them that somchai with a car and a taxi signs price is in the same ball park and taxi meters wont turn on the meter. Why should I have to pay at least double the price or more than anywhere else in Thailand every time i get into a taxi? A taxi driver is an unskilled job so why should they be able to earn a really good wage (for Thailand generally) at my expense, by price fixing and overcharging when there are regular honest Thais who have spent years at university to get a half decent job or have skilled trades who don't make as much. Ive got no objection to taxi drivers earning decent money, but they should do it by driving all day and taking lots of fares, not by sitting in a sala with a can of chang watching tv on the roadside and refusing to move for less than 200 bahts to go 50 metres. Its my main gripe with Phuket. Rant over and I dedicate it to IrishIvan.
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Oakley Sunglasses
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Thanks for the info everyone but my mate was in bkk today and he picked up the ones I was looking for. 7500 baht which is the same price you'd pay overseas anyway. I know this because it's the 4th pair of the same glasses I've bought, previously in the uk, Dubai and Australia....I need to stop loosing sunnys! Thanks again