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by jambo
Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:25 am
Forum: News
Topic: Arrests on Visa Run.
Replies: 30
Views: 2230

no no no no no chelsea wrote: It also makes me wonder, when you go on a run, do you have to let the operator know if you have a valid visa or not. Because if you have to do that, my guess is that they may have been a call from one of the operatives on the coach to let the Jobsworth's in the tourist ...
by jambo
Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:34 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: the price of football shirts in hh ?
Replies: 8
Views: 1149

the price of football shirts in hh ?

how much do the shirts retail for in hh the decent ones not the real poor quality ones i know in bkk from 200 to 500 baht in phuket from 700 to 2000 patttaya ???? hh ?????? the increas in price in phuket is crazy maybe they do have higher rents and delivery charges but do seem a bit over the top jus...
by jambo
Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:13 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Anybody any experience of solar hot water heating here?
Replies: 11
Views: 1380

again no personal experience
have seen these on a few places and also real estate agents state thes in there advertisments
i have wondered if these can be used in more than just hot water could they generate enough energy to run air cons or whole houses?
thanks
jambo
by jambo
Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:46 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Arrests on Visa Run.
Replies: 30
Views: 2230

points taken lomu but i have never wore a hemet on a bike in the kingdom i know my limits i am always the passenger if i was the driver it is not visas or imigration that would be my concern it would be the hospital bills on my first trip to los as a newbie 30 days just isnt enough this is the case ...
by jambo
Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:47 am
Forum: News
Topic: Arrests on Visa Run.
Replies: 30
Views: 2230

mike totaly agree overstays of 1 to 6 days have always been looked upon as a minor misdermena in the kingdom lomu i have no gripe with you but comon have you never broke a rule in the kingdom people gripe about a 200 baht fine for not wearing a helmet this is the same punishment for 1 day overstay y...
by jambo
Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:57 am
Forum: News
Topic: Arrests on Visa Run.
Replies: 30
Views: 2230

RANONG: A group of 12 foreign tourists arrested for overstaying their visas have spent their second night sleeping on the floor of a jail cell at Ranong Police Station.

Ranong Immigration Police, who have announced that they will deport the group, say they are only following “standard proceduresâ€
by jambo
Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:56 am
Forum: News
Topic: Arrests on Visa Run.
Replies: 30
Views: 2230

apparently all 12 will be deported
by jambo
Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:01 am
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Credit card from a Thai bank
Replies: 47
Views: 6112

bangkok bank will give you a visa debit card around 6/700 baht only ever used it in atm`s did once try to book an online flight with air asia but no joy think you just need a passport no imigration 0 or b just a normal visa but it does work as a proof of id in the uk ie for a proof for mobile phone ...
by jambo
Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:01 pm
Forum: News
Topic: thailand gets ready to rumble
Replies: 13
Views: 1229

hi guess
maybe i did get the wrong end of the stick ( a little defensive )

now is mr t looking for a new defence minister?
maybe i should send the post as a cv
chok dee
jambo
by jambo
Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:39 am
Forum: News
Topic: thailand gets ready to rumble
Replies: 13
Views: 1229

Have we got a misfunctioning Babel Fish on this site. I thought that the subject was Thai exchange of Gung and Guy for Fighter planes. the origanal topic was Thailand to spend US$14.5 billion in arms not This is obviously a misspelling. It was meant to read alms. or If it is not I would dearly like...
by jambo
Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:25 pm
Forum: News
Topic: thailand gets ready to rumble
Replies: 13
Views: 1229

Popular belief seems to be that it is the two royal families that have made some kind of agreement, appearantly they are good friends, to strengthen bonds between our countries


when did the states get a royal family?
by jambo
Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:18 pm
Forum: Accommodation
Topic: Arriving by train (Maybe)
Replies: 7
Views: 1920

hi
i am sure where ever you stay will be flexable on arrival time
what time do you land in bkk?
a taxi to hh from the airport will only be 1500/2000 baht or even the bus all depends on your arrival time in bkk though
good luck and enjoy hh
by jambo
Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:13 am
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Thank you to HHAD
Replies: 14
Views: 1359

drop in the ocean
now theres a thought
by jambo
Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:19 pm
Forum: News
Topic: bangkok small bomb injures three
Replies: 0
Views: 456

bangkok small bomb injures three

BANGKOK (AFX) - Three people were slightly injured when a small bomb exploded in the courtyard of the Bangkok office building that houses the justice ministry, police said. The bomb went off after midday at a food stall in the courtyard of the Software Park building. The blast occurred just below th...