dating bald girls seems like the easier solution

i assume a vpn will do it as well right? anyone experience with swiss vpn and moneybookers?
and can anyone recommend a good site to find furnished appartments in chang mai for like a month or 2?

Good point. Unfortunately, the amount of bald Thai women is disappointingly low.

I'll see about talking them into a new hairstyle. Or lack thereof.

darn and good luck

Dave The Madison is cool: (suk soi 41 next to emporium)
http://www.easyhomes.tv/property/the...rom-phong-1219
http://www.housecondobangkok.com/ind...-condo&id=2016

The Met (Sathorn) might be better:
http://bangkok.craigslist.co.th/apa/1570845447.html
http://www.riffproperty.com/property_detail2.php?id=38#

You could also check Fullerton next to suk soi 59. There is no high end condo on ekkamai right now. I lived in Nusasiri last year, its alright, but there is way better in finition and ballerness.

http://www.chiangmai-smith-residence.com/ - pretty good
http://www.centralhillplace.com/ - more bang for your buck, but worse location and if you rent by month you have to have your own towels, bed sheets etc.

I'm not on for 24 hours and 3 complaints!!!!!

ok,
with airfare. my friend is waiting for his passport and wants to wait till he gets it and then book asap. Should we just book it ahead of time with enough time for the passport to get here or will it cost a lot more to book last min?

If I want to go to phuket which airport should I fly into?

Phuket airport would probably be the easiest

yeah looks like it for sure. i was just wondering if another airport was mad cheaper and fairly close.

looks like you can find flights about the same price as weeks ahead days ahead.

The major airports that fly into Phuket from the region are

Bangkok
Singapore
Kuala Lumpor

Phuket has it's own airport but most major international flight will connect thru one of those cities before moving on to Phuket.

The Bangkok(other close cities) to Phuket leg is very short compared with you long haul flight, and can be booked locally BUT I reccomend booking/coordinating the whole itinerary at the front end. Some have tried just booking to BKK and locally getting the Phuket ticket. One possibility is a 6-8 hr layover after a 14hour flight while waiting for an 80 min final connection flight.

I'm pretty sure most humans don't want any 6hr layovers, esp after a 14+ hr flight.

Your friend should deffo wait for his new passport before laying any money down on flights.

One never knows with State Dept and HSA what foulups they will produce.

The only other airports nearby are at least 4+hrs by bus car to get to Phuket. Heck, Phuket is a big island and the airport is way at the North end so it's 40 Min from the airport to Kata.

your the man. def owe u some drinks!

i would take a 4hr bus ride over a 6hr layover and another flight but both seem terrible.

i guess your saying you can book to bkk and then get an imm or some what imm flight when u arrive.

Yeah but ESP 1st time coming, book the whole thing including the internal connection to Phuket on the front end. Less hassle and less stress and you don't speak Thai and don't know where **** is yet. Don't give yourself a bonus headache on the back end of a long flight in a place you're unfamiliar with.

Also, the places that are 4+ hrs from Phuket by bus would still have to be connected thru by air from BKK.

PS: Bringing a carton or 2 of Camel Lights with you will most likely win you some quality local advice when u get here.

PPS: Yes, I'm a dirty smoking fiend. Unfortunately, Thailand doesn't carry Camel Light.

How many of us get to pay 0% tax?

Western Countries have the aged pension which is the same thing, only compulsory.

We get to pay 40% tax on our income for our entire lives so that our parents (or everyone else's parents for those of us who's parents don't need the money - not to mention lazy people who don't even work in the prime of their lives) can retire comfortably.

Personally I much prefer the asian system of 0-15% tax because it rewards people for working harder. In fact you might find that is a big reason why so many expats are actually expats to begin with.

will bring cigs

EEEEW! I never realized that Aussie tax was as vicious as USA/UK/EU.

On a plus note, I still think Perth was one of the best places I ever spent a week in.

Karuna Khun Khrap!

how much are aussies supposed to pay taxes on poker winnings?

most of us euros get to pay no taxes on poker winnings which is obv nice. rake is already big enough cut.

westerners respect against the elder is pretty lol compared to how it is in thailand imo. I help my mom a bit every month. obv not even close to half of my winnings but probably could do much more than i do atm

thinking about going to phuket for a week or so to relax.. but as im a degen id like to stay in patong, so any recommendations about hotels? not need anything fancy, just a standard room with internet
stayed at summer breeze last year which was ok i guess,
rates in phuket are crazy, how can they charge like this for ex, may-oct 790, apr-nov 1190, dec-mar 1690, scammers!

it might have something to do with the amount of people that visit phuket each of those periods...

any recommendation for serviced/fully furnished apartments in bkk? 2-3months, little gym would be nice, city centre. +fast internet. cheers +

edit: i saw a recommendation some months ago. maybe from dannyr, talking about ultra fast inet etc.