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by hhfarang
Mon Dec 02, 2019 12:01 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Bangkok’s ‘golden era’ according to expats
Replies: 7
Views: 769

Re: Bangkok’s ‘golden era’ according to expats

My first visit to Bangkok (and Pattaya and Puket) was in 1981. I sure liked them all better then compared to my most recent visits around 2010 and I really liked Hua Hin better (than now) when I first moved there back in 2004, but you can't stop "progress".
by hhfarang
Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:48 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Chiang Mai - Honouring the Water Goddess
Replies: 0
Views: 218

Chiang Mai - Honouring the Water Goddess

https://news.yahoo.com/buddhist-temple-decorated-hundreds-colourful-050000307.html Footage shows a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, that has been decorated with hundreds of colourful umbrellas. The brollies, made from bright mulberry paper, are hanging outside the Tha Luk temple to ...
by hhfarang
Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:11 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Photo trip report: Unseen Northern Provinces
Replies: 51
Views: 3253

Re: Photo trip report: Unseen Northern Provinces

Thanks Buksi, always wanted to do that but feared I couldn't make it so never tried. Maybe if I'd known about the hammock bearers mentioned in Barry's post... :D ...but then no beer would have probably still prevented me from going. :P
by hhfarang
Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:37 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Photo trip report: Unseen Northern Provinces
Replies: 51
Views: 3253

Re: Photo trip report: Unseen Northern Provinces

Good stuff Buksi. Hope you went (are going) to see the standing Buddha just a few kms from Chiang Khan overlooking a beautiful spot high above the Mekong. We still have a home in the village just below the Buddha and it is a really popular spot for Thai tourists. Chiang Khan itself is a very nice to...
by hhfarang
Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:31 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1681
Views: 108418

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

Sounds like a Monty Python routine...
by hhfarang
Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:26 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1691
Views: 283950

Re: Electric Cars

2020 Honda CRV Hybrid looks good...

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a2909 ... otos-info/
by hhfarang
Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:53 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: RIP Steven Moore-crazy88
Replies: 9
Views: 1472

Re: RIP Steven Moore-crazy88

Very sad news, new him well when I lived there. Rest in peace Steve.
by hhfarang
Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:12 pm
Forum: Pet Care
Topic: Death of a Pet
Replies: 45
Views: 3848

Re: Death of a Pet

Sorry for your loss Pete. We lost a 10 year old raised from a pup in our last year over there and I still miss him so I know a little about what you are going through.
by hhfarang
Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:54 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Commercial pilot training
Replies: 6
Views: 385

Re: Commercial pilot training

"Pilots trained for Boeing’s 737 Max airplane with “an iPad lesson for an hour”" https://qz.com/1574878/pilots-trained-for-boeing-737-max-with-one-hour-ipad-lesson/ "Are pilots outside the U.S. getting the training needed to fly jets, including Boeing 737 Max 8?" https://www.usat...
by hhfarang
Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:38 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: Interesting things from the WWW
Replies: 40
Views: 12846

Re: Interesting things from the WWW

Very interesting video that shows the populations of the worlds biggest cities as they change from 1500 to 2018... I never knew that for a long time London was the most populous city in the world.

by hhfarang
Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:18 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A journey to the Disappointment Islands
Replies: 3
Views: 553

Re: A journey to the Disappointment Islands

I spent a week on the Rangiroa Atoll in French Polynesia back in the late 80's and it was much like this. There was one road (crushed coral) and no hotels or restaurants, and very few full time inhabitants. I stayed in a fairly primitive dive lodge run by some French guys. Back then the only tourist...
by hhfarang
Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:11 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Bangkok Residents Told to Stay Inside as Pollution Reaches Dangerous Levels
Replies: 71
Views: 18504

Bangkok Residents Told to Stay Inside as Pollution Reaches Dangerous Levels

"Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha has urged those living in the Thai capital, Bangkok, to stay indoors as the city’s air pollution reached dangerous levels. The air quality index, or AQI, climbed to 182 in Bangkok at 10:14am -- higher than the levels in Asia’s famously polluted metropolises of ...
by hhfarang
Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:26 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1681
Views: 108418

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

"Australian man screaming at spider 'why don't you die?' triggers full police response https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ggV4efSpXFcQB1u88.Yrnw--~A/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/the_telegraph_258/ebf2e0ba03360fb8aecf2847f748bf0c Police in Australia re...
by hhfarang
Sun Nov 11, 2018 11:04 pm
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: Turkey availability in Hua Hin
Replies: 51
Views: 8465

Re: Turkey Availability

If Hua Hin Ham, Bacon, & Meat is still open, they always had turkeys during the holidays when I was there.