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by Nereus
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Long weekend escape Thailand getaway ideas
Replies: 32
Views: 2049

Re: Long weekend escape Thailand getaway ideas

What about Palau? Visa on arrival, direct flight from Singapore.
Some good diving sites around the island.
by Nereus
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Long weekend escape Thailand getaway ideas
Replies: 32
Views: 2049

Re: Long weekend escape Thailand getaway ideas

Male (Maldives) - dry country
All of the resort islands serve alcohol. It is expensive and you cannot take any with you.
by Nereus
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2024 F1 News and Prediction League
Replies: 68
Views: 1978

Re: 2024 F1 News and Prediction League

Heartbroken :cry: It's like that complete slap in the face that you knew was coming .... :cry: Your first girlfriend breaking up with you, your Goldfish leaving for that bloody Circus (yes I still believe), "Santa" doesn't exist (yeah right). Then again, I hardly love Red BS (F1), their s...
by Nereus
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:17 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Car auctions
Replies: 13
Views: 787

Re: Car auctions

Pretty much every auction (cars, antiques etc.) I've ever attended - UK, US, France and even Aus on one occasion will have a multitude if not the majority of items having a "reserve" (or bottom price if you wish), so I'm a bit lost at that comment - I need to go to the auctions you do obv...
by Nereus
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Rug Cleaning
Replies: 4
Views: 362

Re: Rug Cleaning

Does anyone know where we can get a largish rug (3m x 2m) cleaned, preferably in Cha Am rather than Hua Hin, but of course we’ll be happy to go to HH if there isn’t such a facility closer. TIA Here's a couple: https://mrcleaninghuahin.com/professional-carpet-rug-cleaning-service/ PROFESSIONAL CARPE...
by Nereus
Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:50 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline
Replies: 30
Views: 2327

Re: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline

I believe that was the main reason for building a train line? Is that correct though because the train line from Samut Sakhon to Samut Songkhram is stand alone. The main line goes inland a bit e.g. Bangkok to Hua Hin trains pass through places such as Ratchaburi. Yes, mainly because at that time th...
by Nereus
Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:46 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline
Replies: 30
Views: 2327

Re: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline

At the risk of going off topic, although it is still the same road today, the following just shows how it was back then. In 1955 / 1956, 6 young university undergraduates from the UK made an overland trip from London to Singapore in two Land Rovers. Incidentally, Sir David Attenborough sponsored par...
by Nereus
Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline
Replies: 30
Views: 2327

Re: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline

It is also interesting to note that during the 2nd WW the Japanese landed on the east coast well to the south of Bangkok, because there was no road from the capital to the south. (Singora as it was then called) Songkhla now.
by Nereus
Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline
Replies: 30
Views: 2327

Re: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline

Here is what Wiki has to say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_II_Road Rama II Road was built during the government of Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn with a total budget of approximately 419 million baht and was officially opened on 1 April 1973. It was named "Rama II" in honor of Kin...
by Nereus
Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline
Replies: 30
Views: 2327

Re: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline

When was there any road there at all that served as a substitute for the coastal road(s) we've been talking about. I would think that when Rama IX began his reign his way to Hua Hin was along that coastal road only. Perhaps after WWII the idea for a larger and more direct highway began. I believe t...
by Nereus
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline
Replies: 30
Views: 2327

Re: Traffic jams on Rama II Road blamed for Hua Hin's decline

A medium long read giving the history of the Rama II debacle. A clogged artery https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/special-reports/2751946/a-clogged-artery. (Charts) The delays are attributed to the contractors financial difficulties……….. Absolutely! The former health minister was not getting regu...
by Nereus
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Car auctions
Replies: 13
Views: 787

Re: Car auctions

My friend bought an Jag XJ12 there, complete with UK registration plates, but when he took possession of it he found it needed a new auto box. He slowly restored it and used it for a couple of years before selling it on. That's very interesting! How long ago was that? I ask because I know an Englis...
by Nereus
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Car auctions
Replies: 13
Views: 787

Re: Car auctions

Even if there is, it is all rigged like everything else. For many years the Thai Customs Dept. have held auctions in Bangkok for cars seized for being imported /smuggled into Thailand, also motorbikes and sometimes boats. The dealers have it all pre-arranged with brown envelopes, and even if somebod...
by Nereus
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: The Pick-Up Truck Thread
Replies: 434
Views: 31212

Re: The Pick-Up Truck Thread

We do get an occasional photo like the below from time to time, but that doesn't really make up for anything. :roll:
It dosen't say how much a test drive is. :roll:
by Nereus
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1681
Views: 108123

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

^I just watched that rescue on a US news channel and it was pretty impressive. Basically they lowered a responder down from the end of a horizontally extended fire ladder. It was a gutsy thing to do because there was obviously significant hazard of the truck moving during the rescue. A video here, ...