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You need to understand how the medical expenses work in Thailand.. 1. The government workers get everything paid for at any government hospital when they provide their Thai ID card and proof of employment. Private medical care is at their own expense. 2. The Thai 30 baht scheme is for holders of Tha...

Oh, and this being Thailand.. That 100/120 kph lane thing is still very much in the air, they've removed a lot of markings from the road itself so I suspect many stretches have reverted back to the 90 kph. I did 100 in the center lane all the way without incident.

There were two checkpoints, both at the old toll booths. The trap is after Angthong and before the first toll booth. I'd stick to 100 kph as there is more than one camera and if you're not running a decent radar/ laser detector you're likely to get pulled over. Note that this was in operation before...

Just for info. Driving up past Nakorn Sawan from Bangkok.. Some way past Angthong but before Singburi I got a laser alert before a radar alert. Traffic stop was a couple of km further up the road. Looks like they have new toys to play with. Oh, no more visible flash, they're now using infrared inste...

Oh, and if you're using local builders, never, EVER! give them an advance for materials or pay up the full amount before they've finished the job. Many tend to abandon the work if they've underestimated, or leave you with a whole lot of unused materials after the job is done. And will happily walk o...

Have been through a couple of house builds myself, first one by local handymen in a very Thai village on the then outskirts of Bangkok. As it was a single storey cinder block style, they didn't dig deep foundations the floor was parquet (later cemented over and redone) with a wood framed roof and pr...

I have more than one sim card. The one on the smart phone is with True on a monthly plan, I got another top up sim about 8 years ago on a dumb phone (no camera) for when my mum came to visit and now use it as an emergency phone in the car. Oh, and there's also a sim in the car's gps unit that is als...

Ah. Okay. The original Nokia brick (no such thing as a SIM card then) was registered to the wife. I later got a company phone, but eventually got one in my name for my own personal use so it was in my name.
Fair enough. Thanks Pete.

My wife had the house in Bangkok rebuilt after major damage due to the 2011 floods. She went to an architect and got it done, with all the approvals and everything. We were also considering building on the plot upcountry in Khampaeng Phet but decided not to. Plans are available at the Amphur office ...

I thought there was an exercise a couple of years ago where you had to get the sim done in your name otherwise it would be deactivated?

Back in the early 90's when the Asian highway was still a toll road, they would have unmarked cars at the side of the road. I also remember one guy perched halfway up a tree with his radar gun, just after the toll station almost to Ayuthaya. Once spotted a guy in the center divider ditch just before...

Since you're receiving it in the mail, this would indicate a dedicated automated camera triggered by either radar or laser. The handheld laser or radar teams would typically have a traffic stop further up the road. I very much doubt the authorities are using MRCD photo radar as that would be quite e...

Yes, the motorcycle mindset back when I started driving in Bangkok in the early 90's was to speed down the oncoming lane and duck in and straddle the middle line when traffic actually appeared. They still do it now, but to a lesser extent. Then the powers that be changed to taxation rate on pickups,...

Too many bike riders adopt the 'look ahead only' stance and won't look left or right with the mindset that others will see them and take appropriate evasive action. You only need to watch the Thai news channels on weekdays between 7:30 to just past 8 am to witness the utter absurdity..

If you're ever in the Yaowarat area in Bangkok, you'll see similar antics, not with golf clubs, but rolls of fabric tied at right angles to the backs of scooters navigating the narrow sois..