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The passport number wasn't important, photo inside my new passport looked like me, name, signature and personal data matched.

Because they have your paper file and a copy of your new passport would need to be filed in the proper file.

I opened my account some years ago with Kasikorn at the branch near Tukcom Pattaya. I've since renewed my passport and been to Kasikorn Silom branch when I had problems with a debit card (defective magnetic strip) while in Bangkok. They didn't even check the passport number and issued a new card without problems.

Yes. I've only come back from the last visit (17-31 Oct) and had already been advised by my bpyfriend to pack mainly black and white shirts for that trip.

I'll be in Pattaya Christmas day until 29th and then Bangkok until 1/1. Unfortunately I have to work up until Dec 23rd and again from Jan 2nd, Unlike the UK, Austria does not add on free days to the weekend, should Christmas/Boxing Day/New Year happen to be a saturday or sunday. Nothing planned as yet, I'll let my boyfriend decide what we will do.

But we can't? Take whatever time you deem appropriate, Numazu.

As this is mainly reporting closues of "straight" entertainment, I guess I'll find out monday, which bars etc. in Silom are open oder closed. I'm scheduled to arrive in BKK on monday and was planning to visit Soi 4 with my boyfriend.

I've been there with my boyfriend last year. We came from direction Korat / Buriram. Anybody wants to go there and not climb up the steps to the top, don't use the main parking lot but stop at Gate 3. You could also save on admission fee, if you want to visit nearby Prasat Muean Tam ruins as well. THB 100 each, or THB 150 for combined ticket. Farang seem to be in short supply, I had two families ask to take pictures with me because I was the first caucasian the kids had seen in their lives.

Yes, I would. I'd miss the bars, but I mainly come to see my boyfriend. Haven't offed anybody for more than 3 years now.

I remember reading something about Roy Et on Christian PFC's blog a couple of years ago. But can't recall if he just went sight seeing or was looking for any gay places there.

There are diesel powered motorbikes around, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_motorcycle, however they are not common. I'm looking forward to read about exploits in Bangkok with DTG. And 3 boys before the day was done? If not platonic, but gymnastics, I wouldn't manage.

I wouldn't even know about it, hadn't you resurrected this 3 year old thread.

Many places I've been to seem to hand out part of the change in small bills or coins, whatever the final invoice amount had been. I had managed once to have a bill of an even 500, paid with a 1000 and got back three 100s, two 50s, three 20s and a handful of coins. I've pocketed the coins, as I always seem to need them for public transport, and left two 20s instead.

Oscar's in Boyztown is a host bar, so is Colonial Bar just outside Sunee (are they still open? Haven't been to Pattaya for a year and a lot can change in that time. Colonial was for sale last time I heard and I believe Oscar's had a change in management too). Before I got together with my BF about three years ago, I offed boys from both Oscar's and Colonial. Didn't pay an off-fee, but that's maybe because I took the boys home at closing time.

I'd try one of the massage places near Tukcom. Those kind of places are open at daytime too. Unless you want to use one of the apps like Grindr, hornet, jack'd or romeo to arrange a hook up

I believe you have to teach yourself to listen to the different tones first and then try to replicate. My boyfriend tried to teach me the thai word for banana. I don't hear a difference yet, when I try to speak, but he keeps cracking up and tells me I should use the english banana until I get it right and don't ask for penis. Growing up with german language and learning english. latin, french and dutch in school (not much latin. fench and dutch left, never needed that in the last 30+ years) I didn't experience tonal languages early in life, And I find the older one gets the more difficult it gets to learn another language.

Probably true, if they had to grease somebody's palm to move things along, in order not to wait 2-3 months for the new passport.

The Sofitel on Silom is "Pullman Hotel G" now, which I believe Accor Group puts in between 4* and 5*. Rebranded 2012 or 2013 as far as I recall. There is a new Sofitel So just down the road from Dusit Thani on Rama IV corner Sathon Tai. As I normally have Accor Points to burn, those two are the hotels I stay at when I arrive in LOS. I'm there for the first couple of nights to meet up with my BF, before we leave Bangkok for the remainder of the stay.

But you'll live longer than friends and family as well. When my grandmother died just weeks before her 102nd birthday she had outlived her husband by 47 years, one of her grandsons by 17 years, all of her 6 siblings, all of her cousins, most of her nephews and nieces and all but one of her lifelong friends.

They have time to issue regulations about standards for seats in agricultural tractors - but won't touch common safety standards for nuclear power plants. They have fun proscribing how a packet of cigarettes needs to look like (at least 2/3 of surface area warnings and supposedly deterrant pictures) but completely miss solving - or at least attempt to solve - bigger problems like almost bankrupt member states or refugee situation.

30+°C is hot for me, I'll be taking summer wear. Bermudas and light weight short sleeves.

I was there in may but didn't taste the wines as I was driving. They did have a coffee shop with to-die-for blueberry cheese cake

My BF, who works in Nonthaburi, tells me: "hot, hot, hot". Which I believe translates to mid/upper-thirties Celsius, humid, some rain. I hope when I'm flying in a month (arriving 17 oct) it'll be a little cooler.

I always believed in going to vote and I did, until very recently, cast my vote in every election I was allowed to to. At present I'm only allowed to vote on the lowest level (i.e. town mayor) in Austria and highest level in Europe (european parliament, which has no real power) I didn't vote at the last election.

Sounds like a good insurance to have, if they cover all these costs you have due to one flight being canceled.