any hospital and probably clinics too.

Sad news, RIP.
Phuket is a crazy place, found it myself in a very bad way. Something in Phuket air make you drive drunk, helmetless and speedy.

In Phuket Truemove is useless. The best is AIS(One to call).

PM me, I know some places. No need to book, just maybe first 1-2 nights, then it's better to look at places by themself. The best prices in Phuket town and Chalong, no need to stay on beach if they planning to visit everyday new place like islands, etc.

yeah a few here and there. : i actually have a Sony Alpha.. you have Canon? I think they're pretty all much same same when it comes to IQ.. for APS-C sensor that is

No he wasnt anything to do with the forums. From what i hear he passed out in the spa in his room and drowned.

Drunk? Ugh...

with this talk of backup internet i might as well ask my ? now: what is a good backup for pattaya? only gonna be there for a month so dont really wanna buy a USB dongle if i can avoid it, do they have like wifi hotspots where you can buy a scratch card and use that wifi? what other options are there?

thanks

just head over to pooters, he posted his crib a few weeks back, im sure he has a spare sofa

I use a Dtac simcard and use my phone as a wi fi hot spot when my internet goes down. its like 50baht for 5hours or something like that

For day to day stuff its going to make little difference, I agree with that. Its only once you start shooting challenging things that the difference becomes very noticable.

Lenses are more important that body for IQ generally (why I like Canon, lots of really really good glass and accessories available everywhere).

Low light performance is important for me also which is where the difference will be. I shoot a lot of muay thai fights several times/month, where I need to crank ISO for fast shutter speed in low light, and even with a fast prime lens I generally use ISO3200, and it still produces solid usable images at that level. There is a noticable difference in low light performance between entry level APSCs and the high end APS-c Canons for low light, no idea about other brands though. I have attempted to shoot with lower entry Canon camera and the noise was too much to edit out, and a lot less shots were focused. Dont underestimate the awesomeness of a more refined auto-focus system

Apparently nikon has slightly better ISO performance for the equivalent cameras, but its really a moot point as it would cost me too much to sell all my gear and rebuy Nikon for a little bit of gain.

And que the shameless self advertising... Although you may find it interesting that all of these were shot as ISO3200 on a crop sensor 60d. These are resized obv, some were shot at 10mp and some at 20mp. Obviously gear isnt everything though. I consider myself a ninja at reducing noise and sharpening without increasing (noticable) noise during editing. Enjoy.

I hoped most those islands from Phukett to Llangkawi before but nothing really stood out to me, they are all kinda same same (beaches and seafood BBQs) except Phi Phi Just because of the beach partys.

Maybe best bet is somewhere inland or coastal. The water just gets mirkyer as you get closer to Malaysia.

No need to go further than Lanta imo if you are dead set on finding an island to chill on.

Ok, that's slightly disappointing but thanks anyway.

[QUOTE=rutang;36495442]lol


that's the right order, but no bank account statement with address exists, at least for the bank i use. they used to have a bank manager call your landlord, then write a letter confirming address and bank account, but that's really hard to get now because so many players asked for it after black friday they got scared. a utility bill with your name and address in english also works. good luck finding that. on the plus side, a proof of residence is supposed to work. you get that at the immigration office. fortunately, i've gotten the bank letter when i needed it, so i didn't have to track down any of this other bull****.

americans can convert their neteller accounts to a thai address, and deposit with it. they can also use entropay accounts. QUOTE]



Arent Neteller and Entropay banned for Americans? I don't currently have either. What should I be doing as far as deposit to Poker Stars? (I believe that Americans can withdraw to bank such as Kasikorn but not use it to deposit to stars?) Or do I have to meet up with one of the guys with the 5% deposit deals Ive seen around?

Getting the proof of residence should be no big deal?

Thanks again.

not in Thailand

can deposit kasikorn -> entropay -> stars

it's 4.95% vig so unless you're depositing for a sign up bonus, might as well use P2P transfer

Got a couple more items in the 2p2 Marketplace for sale in Bangkok.

A nice shiny BenQ 21.5" 1080p Monitor for the ridic low price of 2,200 baht.




Nintendo 3DS + 9 Games + Circle Pad (USA VERSION) for 10,000 Baht.

One of my pals has a locked HTC but if I bring it to Thailand will I be able to get it unlocked?

Think they tryed scamming the insurance but the insurance people had the last laugh

cost nothing to try, if it s only simlocked that should be easy to break , if it s banned from most network i ve no clue if it apply in thailand

He reckons its quad band so will work with Thai sim, think he wants 20 quid for it although yeah its no use to him.

I need to find out the make and model allthough I cant see anyone doing an insurance scam on a 200 quid phone (damn Thai laptop has no pound sign, and to think we ruled the world)

[QUOTE=mykalhenry;36506464] jspill got it right. you can withdraw stars>kbank but not deposit. entropay is expensive. americans can make entropay accounts but can't use them for gambling sites unless they have an international address and funding source (kbank for example) I don't know the details but something happened a little more than a year ago that made it so thai addresses worked with neteller, and changing your address to a thai one is about as difficult as verifying a party poker account.

India?

Thailand apparently, but I dunno for sure.

Edit- scrap that, don't know.

They are driving on the wrong side of the road for Thailand.

Well spotted deffo not India then, as an ex colony they drive on the same side as the UK.

Ive seen that in Vietnam,they drive right hand side road there so its a possibility.

I suppose I should clarify, I have seen ducks and chickens stacked sky high on the scooter in Vietnam. I think it is reasonably common.
I am yet to spot a crocodile on a scooter though.

The second photo with the alligator was taken with a different camera (and therefore most likely a different person, although the fact that VV uploaded them both suggests they came from the same source. I assume that he wouldnt reupload photos that are allready on the web, which makes them coming from different places on the web less likely, unless of course he saved them to his HDD and lost the link, and just remembered about them now).

Given the lack of definition of the road and scooters coming from both directions in the second photo, they could be driving on either side of the road. It appears at first glance they are on the outer right hand side of the road, but it could be one of those little one way roads in a rural area where there is really no rules and they just drive wherever they can. I think it is more likely it is a right hand side driving country, but not impossible to be left hand side.

Cliffs; too much contradicting evidence, I have no idea