Changian
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It's always a pretty sad story to hear how big companies or individuals buy up huge swathes of land from locals.
Before you shed too many tears, lets not forget that the locals chose to sell. Or that the intelligent locals chose not to sell. For example, the 400metres of beach just north of Panviman all the way to the mouth of the river, the quietest stretch of beach on the west coast. The old Thale Bungalows are here, they were probably closed when you came last but have reopened as 'The Hut' a few months ago but then closed for the low season, looks like they will reopen soon - about the same price and standard of comfort as Tiger Huts.
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Just a simple question. How secure is the international airport of Bangkok? Maybe as secure as the rest of the country.
Well right now Suvarnabhumi is probably the safest place to park your car overnight as there's 40 guys with guns guarding it.
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What's that sound? . . . Listen carefully and you can hear it. Sounds not dissimilar to the bottom of barrel being scraped.
Here's to a reading 'Pattaya Mayor Abducted by Aliens' or 'Honarary Consul Ate My Hamster' exclusives in weeks to come.
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If the diamond is large and blue then best not to flash it around.
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Did not TAT just come out and said less than 8%.
That's old news. In today's fast moving, twitter-tastic world projections change in a blink of an eye. What was true 12 hours ago no longer applies.
But it's all cyclic and by tomorrow morning they'll be a story on arrivals predicted to be down 10%.
( The sole purpose of TAT and ATTA seems to be to keep The Nation's journalists in jobs. )
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This ties in well with Thailand wanting to become a medical tourism hub. People will be flying in from around the world for an appointment with the mole man.
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In fact if there were any justice in the world he should be on the shortlist for the Ambassador's job in Bangkok.
Shhh, you're going to give away next week's Exclusive in the new Pattaya One Newspaper
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Carrefour have been getting rid of staff recently. Quite a few of their buyers who apparently they type who were only in the job because they'd been at the company for a while went in the past week or so. ( According to someone working for one of their main suppliers.)
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Ask Jiew from the Prachathai site she has a better knowledge of it than most.
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And as the new passport doesn't include the old visa then best to take both passports with you when you travel abroad as the Immigration officer might ask to see the original visa when you come back into Thailand. (This from my own experience.)
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Just noticed the first issue of Pattaya One 'newspaper' is online now, via the Pattaya One site.
A whopping 16 whole pages of ads for go-go bars and columns - a couple of them pretty amusing - plus a real news story about a Thai woman who won a cup for grown green bowls and the 'Exclusive' about overstayers being banged up in jail. And, that's about it.
How many Pattaya expats will be rushing to pay their 15 Baht for a copy?
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Or...Umm....This (??).
For anyone who doesnt read Thai, pictured is a scaled up model of the circuit board found inside the latest ThaIphone. An Iphone clone from Nakhon Sawan that runs on two motorbike batteries which can be discreetly hidden in the owners trouser pockets or simply carried in a handbag.
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Wonder if the new Honorary Consul in Pattaya is in line for a swift promotion?
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You know things are f&%ked up when Newin is touted by The Nation as being the voice of reason in Thai politics.
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Thanks. ( And thanks to the people who sent PMs ) Seems like there is probably a problem with B5 after all but not one that manufacturers or oil companies like to make public.
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'Chilliwack' - Beavis and Butthead would have a field day with that.
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Presumably appointing a hardline anti-redshirt as Army C-in-C is part of Abhisit's reconciliation process.
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Tiger Huts is the same. Nothing changed there. They have been fixing a few of the huts this week and slowly getting it ready for the coming High Season.
The land belongs to CP Group, one of the biggest companies in Thailand. Not the sort of thing that will sell easily in the current economic climate, especially with Koh Chang still being relatively quiet. So I dont expect Tiger Huts to close anytime soon.
Until a couple of days ago the weather had been beautiful, hot sunshine and calm clear seas. But there's been a bit of rain recently - not as much as in Bangkok and up north though. Having said that, after another sunny start to the day it has just started raining quite heavily about 10 mins ago.
Take the 0745 or 0945 bus to Laem Ngop from Ekkamai. 250 Baht/person. Takes around 5 hours. Sometimes drops people off at Ao Thammachat, sometimes at Centrepoint ferry. If you miss these buses just take any bus heading to Trat. You'll probably be dropped off about 25km before you reach Trat and put on a puck up truck taxi that will take you to one of the piers. This saves time as you avoid having to go into Trat town and then take a pickup truck taxi to the pier.
I dont know about other Koh Chang residents but I always drive when I come back from Bangkok.
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I used to use regular Diesel most of the time in my 2007 Triton 2.5L 4WD but a few months ago switched to B5 as it's a bit cheaper and the performance seems the same.
A couple of weeks ago a Thai guy I know who fixes cars for a hobby said you shouldnt use B5 in pickups as it damages the engine. I laughed it off as I hadn't seen anything to the contrary and later did a quick Google and couldn't see anything that seemed to point to a problem.
Today my engine warning light came on, for the first time ever, done about 70,000km. I went to the local garage as it was on the way home. Mechanic said shouldn't use B5 as it damages the engine. He changed the filter as it was full of gunk and that appeared to fix it. No warning light for the next few km, but then it came on again. Engine feels fine on the flat, no strange noises or vibration at all, but did seem a bit more sluggish than usual going up a steep hill
( I saw another thread here where someone mentions B5 actually cleans the engine so a build up of gunk in the filters after the engine has run on regular diesel for a long time isnt unexpected. But is B5 bad or is this just a temporary problem that will be solved once all the crap if out of the engine? )
Will take the car to a Mitsu service centre in a couple of days to get it checked properly but in the meantime I just wondered if anyone else had heard the 'B5 is evil' stories or if there was any truth in them.
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As the OP didn't mention Chanote land neither did I. Just relating what has happened here - 99% sure none of the land involved in the current road widening has Chanote or even has title deeds issued by the Land Office as it's on the inland side of the road.
But on the opposite side of the road where it has been widened three years ago a 7 or 8km long, 1.5 metre wide strip of Chanote titled land has been covered in concrete. Whether this was done with the numerous landowners permission in return for compensation - I have no idea. But there was no fuss about it being done at the time.
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Maybe it's some kind of Thai smiley face - done to cheer up weary visitors after stinging in the Immigration Queue and brighten their day.
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Thanks for the replies. The oldest one is all original parts, the newer one had an engine swap.
I've decided to go for the older one - originally registered in 1974 so obviously it's older than that as I'm pretty sure it's a M38A1 of some description. Fixing an engine seems easier than messing about with paperwork. So I'll find someone in Trat or Chantaburi who wants to tinker under the hood and hopefully won't balls the job up too much.
I will go and see it in a couple of weeks and take photos. If there's any Jeep experts here who can help identify it or it's age that'd be cool.
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I am in the good position of being given a Jeep. I can choose from two. One needs some mechanical work doing on the original engine but has a Green Book. The other is a bit newer and runs fine. But doesn't come with any paperwork and isn't registered, as far as I can ascertain.
I prefer the older one, from early 1970s, but to fix it will cost, I'm told, about 10-30K. With the newer one, late 70s, it runs fine but it'll need to be registered, would be done in a Thai name to keep things simple.
Any ideas how much this would cost and how much paperwork is involved?
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There again, given the identity of the woman seen wearing the blue diamond in public several times following the theft, perhaps the stance of successive Thai governments is understandable and cannot be questioned too deeply.
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B5 Damaging Commonrail Engines. Does It?
in Thailand Motor Discussion
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The Mitsu Chantaburi guys spent 30 minutes tinkering and fixed the problem for the princely sum of 300 Baht and also cleaned the car for free too. And I got a free bag. A sensor had gone off due to some problem with dirty fuel. So he wanted to know where I'd filled up recently.
I virtually always full up at PTT stations - simply because they have Amazon coffee and a 7-eleven. However, the last two times have been at the Shell station in Klaeng which I only stopped at as they have very good iced coffee - and free wifi and mother in law wanted the toilet - which are spotless and have won 'Toilet of the Year' awards in the past. (But I digress).
So in my case it wasn't related to B5. Apparently problem to use B5 in the truck.