What about Palau? Visa on arrival, direct flight from Singapore.
Some good diving sites around the island.
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- Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Long weekend escape Thailand getaway ideas
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2049
- 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
All of the resort islands serve alcohol. It is expensive and you cannot take any with you.Male (Maldives) - dry country
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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: 2326
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...
- 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: 2326
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...
- 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: 2326
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.
- 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: 2326
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...
- 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: 2326
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...
- 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: 2326
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:51 pm
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: The Pick-Up Truck Thread
- Replies: 434
- Views: 31206
Re: The Pick-Up Truck Thread
It dosen't say how much a test drive is.We do get an occasional photo like the below from time to time, but that doesn't really make up for anything.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:42 pm
- Forum: Foo
- Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
- Replies: 1681
- Views: 108082
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, ...