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cm's gotta be the most difficult major area of thailand to take a holiday wherever in thailand. still not that tough tho. plus the commute to the airport is really fast from anywhere.

I didn't mean it was easy, but direct flights to BKK and Phuket are not bad at all. Last year I flew 5 times back and forth Europe and Thailand... Compared to that "taking a holiday" when you live over here is a peace of cake.

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03-16-2010 , 05:02 PM

#11727

Bazzzzza

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 157

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Originally Posted by mithras

I want to go to koh chang, but I have to go through bangkok, will I face any problems with the protests if I only have to be in bangkok for 2 hours in the morning and get from huampalong to ekkamai bus station by bts?

You can fly down to Trat now from bkk,wouldnt think it would be that expensive.
Koh chang is part of Trat btw,even tho its obv an island.

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03-16-2010 , 06:31 PM

#11728

kan0

adept

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 913

I'm coming to Thailand for 4 weeks starting the 17th May.

I want to do the following:

Full moon party
Tubing (think thats what its called)
Ride an elephant (may not be thailand)
Drink lots

Any other suggestions? I just want to do things I haven't done before. Maybe even scuba dive, bungee jump whatever is about really!

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03-16-2010 , 06:44 PM

#11729

PokerSpiv

banned

Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,775

Well you can do all those things but the Full Moon Party is in KPG which is a fair way from any white water rivers that I know of, so you might have to travel around a bit.

There are probably places you can Bungee Jump in Thailand too but if you saw the attitude to safety over here I'm not sure it's something you would ever seriously consider.

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03-16-2010 , 10:26 PM

#11730

Gondolin

adept

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 910

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Originally Posted by FatKing85

how long is that smoke gonna stay in chiang mai? or when would you stay is it starting to get better.

Rain will instafix it, but it's hard to say when that might happen. The last couple days have been just terrible, I hope it'll at least go back to a normal smoke level first. This **** is not healthy.

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03-17-2010 , 12:01 AM

#11731

frankpark9

adept

Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,031

I'm planning to take my desktop apart and bring the motherboard/hardrive ect... in my carry on and i have to go though customs.

do you think they will harrass me? and think its a bomb or something when it goes though the scanner? has anyone done this before? thanks

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03-17-2010 , 12:04 AM

#11732

PokerSpiv

banned

Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,775

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Originally Posted by frankpark9

I think there's a pretty good chance they will, yes.

Why not just bring a laptop?

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03-17-2010 , 12:10 AM

#11733

kap arai

adept

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 888

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Originally Posted by Gondolin

yeah this is awful. you can't even go outside. hope that seeding thing works. miriam, tell your ppl to stop burning everything!

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03-17-2010 , 01:50 AM

#11734

frankpark9

adept

Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,031

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Originally Posted by PokerSpiv

I think there's a pretty good chance they will, yes.

Why not just bring a laptop?

my laptop is a piece of **** and i just spent 2k to get a pretty good desktop so i wana bring that. no one tried to bring a desktop on the plane before?

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03-17-2010 , 04:53 AM

#11735

321FoldIt

adept

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 992

damn reading this i can't wait to go to thailand...kap

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03-17-2010 , 05:30 AM

#11736

Ballerblockn

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 473

I assume all USA players in thailand that play on stars have to use the wire transfer to their USA bank account when cashing out, correct?

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03-17-2010 , 05:38 AM

#11737

freedom.fries

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,730

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Originally Posted by Ballerblockn

I assume all USA players in thailand that play on stars have to use the wire transfer to their USA bank account when cashing out, correct?

echecks works fine

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03-17-2010 , 06:17 AM

#11738

FoldEqu1ty

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,747

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Originally Posted by frankpark9

my laptop is a piece of **** and i just spent 2k to get a pretty good desktop so i wana bring that. no one tried to bring a desktop on the plane before?

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03-17-2010 , 07:22 AM

#11739

ShipitFMA

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,122

Put desktop in bag
???
profit

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03-17-2010 , 01:12 PM

#11740

Ballerblockn

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 473

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Originally Posted by freedom.fries

echecks works fine

Are you able to cash them at banks like kasikorn if you have an account there?

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03-17-2010 , 06:30 PM

#11741

phizza

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 17

wait, u cannot cashout from stars to neteller/moneybookers in thailand?? and what are the limits at the ATM's? I heard something like 300$...

are there any good sites like phuketindex.com where I can find a nice resort in phuket?

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03-17-2010 , 08:18 PM

#11742

Bazzzzza

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 157

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Originally Posted by phizza

I use moneybookers m8y,to withdraw 2.
But you cant deposit using moneybookers from here to a gambling site,mb pick up ur ip.

Limits for atms i think have gone up to 20k baht a day,think it depends on the bank you use tbh and ur country of origin. (its at least 15k a day for me,im from the uk)

As for agencies for a nice resort,try agoda and asia rooms,what i use.

Hope this helps.

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03-17-2010 , 09:21 PM

#11743

hennerz

2008 uNL WSOP Champion

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,566

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Originally Posted by NewTeaBag

2K/night? WAT?

2 weeks ago they were down to 1K/night
Best to go there in person. Unless they just got massively booked up for some odd reason in bake season, they are gonna be a lot closr to 1K/night.

Tks for the weblink though.

EDIT: Ok yeah, that 2K comes from a not recently updated website. They deffo 1K in you walk in. So for anyone coming from afar, make the call and book over phone.

If you are in PHuket just show up in person.

Any idea how much a month would be here? (Said 40k on the website) Thoughts on staying there for a month? No internet by the looks of it?

Also you say that was your 2nd recommendation, what was your first?

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03-17-2010 , 10:17 PM

#11744

Lessu

Thailand Guru

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,069

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Originally Posted by phizza

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Originally Posted by Bazzzzza

obviously your withdrawal limits are not up to thai banks but the limits you have set to your accounts in your home country

most atm's here allow max 20k per transaction, bangkok bank (blue atm's) allow 25k and ayuttthahhththahthaha (yellow atm's) allow 30k per transaction

I've also read that if you go inside the bank you can withdraw more per one transaction which might be better for you if have some sort of flat fee issued by the bank in your home country to make the total fees less

for me the cheapest way easily is to wire money to the kasikorn(green bank) account

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03-17-2010 , 11:22 PM

#11745

NewTeaBag

banned

Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 6,249

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Originally Posted by hennerz

1st Recco: KataBeachstudio

cooking facility in room and rooftop pool

2nd recco: aloharesidence

no cooking in room and rooftop jacuzzi

Both have in room free wifi

KBS is more expensive but BOTH will be <20K/month after1 APR

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03-17-2010 , 11:54 PM

#11746

AceCR9

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,357

anyone from the US use a visa service to get their visa processed faster? if so which one?

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03-18-2010 , 12:01 AM

#11747

Ballerblockn

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 473

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Originally Posted by AceCR9

anyone from the US use a visa service to get their visa processed faster? if so which one?

http://www.traveldocs.com/visas.htm

This is what I used, took a few days and they handled everything for like a $50 fee or something.

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03-18-2010 , 04:19 AM

#11748

kap arai

adept

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 888

actually have carbomb in cm. bueno.

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03-18-2010 , 05:35 AM

#11749

hennerz

2008 uNL WSOP Champion

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,566

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Originally Posted by NewTeaBag

tyvm

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03-18-2010 , 06:29 AM

#11750

MyironThumb

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,378

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Originally Posted by kap arai

actually have carbomb in cm. bueno.

was not beuno

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