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  1. I often see trucks loaded with sugar cane heading for the local factory churning out huge amounts of dirty black smoke from the exhausts , nobody seems to care . Then there`s the burning of crop residues and general rubbish . The GF wanted to get rid of an old 3 piece suite - solution , burn it generating unpleasant smoke . Nobody seems to care though ,nobody complained .
  2. OK for those who enjoy travelling or live close to the border , not so good for those who don`t like waiting in immigration offices to do extensions . Still , very useful to know about as a back-up plan if the SETV doesn`t turn up in time for the flight .
  3. Good question . Maybe you could ask the IO when leaving the country if there might be any problem getting back in ?
  4. " Going to taste the water to see if it was salty " ....good job he didn`t choose Patts , he`d probably be in hospital now . More seriously , makes you realise how fortunate we are on here - able to travel internationally and buy expensive airline tickets . I hope he gets loads of sponsored freebies including a new bike .
  5. Maybe he could be a busker - seen some of them in Patts . Or a dive instructor .
  6. Enjoy yourself , it`s later than you think .
  7. It`s actually cheaper for me to live back in the UK , but the weather in Winter is usually bad - cold , wet and windy . Nowhere to go , just stay in and try to keep warm - it`s quite boring . When I add up the cost of rent , food , travel , entertainment , visas etc , it`s more expensive in Thailand for me , but what price can you put on those clear blue skies and warm weather ? Here`s a question - if the weather in Thailand was similar to Northern Europe , how many of you would stay here ?
  8. Is there any way of avoiding x-rate worries though , apart from holding large amounts of Baht , which most people won`t want to do ?
  9. As the OP said - it`s her job , so she is trying to improve her lot by getting as much money as possible out of her sponsor . As far as she knows , her bf might be an internet billionaire , so keep on asking until she gets a refusal . My impression is that in Thai culture , the man is supposed to give most of his income to support his familly . If she finds out the OP is not doing this , she`s going to be pi**ed off , regardless of how much she is actually getting .
  10. Not really - pleasant enough , but I think you would get bored after a week or two unless you had a reason to be there like a business or GF / wife . Plus points for me - quietish ( not overrun with tourists ) , 3 good Jay food places , night market ( mainly tourist tat ) , near the border ( if it opens again ). The big problem with most of these small towns is there is nowhere to walk . At least in Patts you can get some exercise and fresh air by walking along the beach .
  11. IIRC , the minibus from Udon stops at the bridge in Nonghai before going on to the bus station . So I suppose when you come back across the bridge , you could either get a samlor to the bus station or wait at the bridge for the minibus back to Udon . Whatever , there are several reasonably priced places to stay in NK so no worries if you can`t get back in 1 day .
  12. The easiest and cheapest solution for up to 6 months would seem to be ... 1). SETV for the 1st 60 days ( 60 ) 2).extend at immigration for another 30 days ( 90 ) 3).leave the country and re-enter visa exempt for anther 30 ( 120 ) 4).extend at immigration for another 30 ( 150 ) 5).leave the country again and re-enter visa exempt ( 179 ) Might be a few less days due to leaving a margin of safety and the way they count the days .
  13. Heard about someone who had their phone snatched out of their hand while they were using it , so the thief kept it unlocked and managed to change the facial recognition settings so they were able to log into the victim`s bank account and clean it out . That`s why I will never do banking on my phone .
  14. There are minibuses that make the 1 hour trip to Nonghai that depart from the car park in front of Central Dept store in Udon . A taxi from the airport to Central only takes 10 mins and might cost c. bt 200 . The mini buses call in at several places before they park up in the bus station in Nonghai , the bridge area is the second stop . Lots of cheap places to stay in Nonghai , not a lot to do there , but you could easily spend 1 or 2 days - there is a night market and a touristy market . It`s quite a pleasant walk along the side of the river .
  15. Before Covid I used Etihad LHR - BKK with a short stop over in the ME . After Covid , I couldn`t find any convenient flights ( most had very long stops ) so had to fly Thai . I like the non-stop flight - much better than having to disembark , get on a bus to the terminal , rush to join the queue for pp control etc . Only problem was the price £ 1100 yikes ! No complaints apart from the food which was poor - there were lots of raw , uncooked veg in my meal - inedible !
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