Many Thanks to all for the extremely warm welcome.
Yes
It is so beautiful over in Thailand "The Land Of The Free"
You are quite right. I live about half an hour a way from the pier to Koh Samui Island, now that is paradise. Did you know that the word 'Thai' in the Thai language actually means free, so 'Muang Thai' or 'Prathet Thai', actually means Free Land or Free Country, respectively. You could'nt have been more correct!
welcome land of smiles
glad you are here
Nice to be here laurie, and I am just as glad. Hopefully all the warm welcomes will metamorph into good luck that I can carry with me to the tables.
I went to Thailand about 2 months ago - I loved it over there.
Just wish I could go live there permanently - the Grand Palace was superb and so was the food.
Then I headed down to Rawaii Beach in Phuket and stayed at the Evason Phuket. The hotel was great and had it's own private island called Bon Island.
The only problem I had was that it was too hot most of the time.
Nice to meet you Christoff, The Evason chain of resorts is the epitomy of class in Thailand. You can't get a better hotel over here. I used to work in the travel industry and that's how I made my way over here. The Evason in Hua Hin is particularly breathtaking.
The temp rarely drops below 30c all year round, but now is the rainy season and forget the flooding in the UK, the rain here is ridiculous.
P.S. Living here permanently is a veritable mine-field, since Thaksin (deposed ex-PM stopped the monthly visa runs to Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia and Laos. You now need to go through reams and reams of paperwork. Fortunately I work in a profession where all that is sorted for me, so I suppose I am lucky in that respect.
I want to go to Thailand, but after watching Broken Down Palace... I am a little unsure about it
Films quite often don't do this place the justice is deserves. The people do smile an awful lot and are friendly, but like any place, it has its detracting factors and problems, and more-so than we are probably used to in the west. The one thing I have found surprising is under the veneer the people are quite, no very, xenophobic. But then again, we Brits are arguably just as xenophobic.
The only real rule in Thailand is stay away from drugs. In any shape, form or manner. I had a problem a while back and my move to Thailand was spurred by my want to kick a habit and it worked. The maximum penalty for drug dealing, etc. is the death penalty and it really make you think. (In fact you get a more lenient sentece for murder, depending on who you kill.)
It's a beatiful place - very scenic, nice people, good weather, great food, not expensive.
I'll be going back
I live here
Visitors have nothing to worry about, Thailand is one of the safest places I've ever visited or lived in.
Welcome, LOS!
Thank you spear. Did you say that you live in Thailand now. If this is the case which online casinos do you frequent and do you have any banking probs, etc. It's be nice to have a heads up. For ex-pats in Thailand the process of getting a Thai based credit card is ridiculous, you actually need to give the bank a million (yes a million) Baht bond to cover and fraud that you (obviously) intend to commit. Peh!
Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Land of Smiles!
And welcome to the forum.
Photographic proof that Thailand is a beautiful place and a reason to be smiling:
https://www.casinomeister.com/static/images/photos/thailand2007/index.php
The newsletter that covers this is here (Spring Break 2007):
https://www.casinomeister.com/static/newsletter/2007/20april2007.html
Intercasino is still one of the top casinos by a long run. They are pretty much a standard bearer when it comes to online gaming. Some of the graphics and games are still the same - which in my opinion is great. I like to walk down memory lane sometimes with single hand VP
Pleasure to make your acquaintance Bryan. Nice to actually see the 'God of Forum' speaking to his peons. How many forums have I been a member of where you never got to speak to the main man.
Yeah, I've re-installed Intercasino and have contacted them about re-instating a dormant account. Live help was akin to speaking to a bunch of gibbons, so I've gone the email route instead. I'm 99% sure that my account is now dormant, so we'll see what they say in the next couple of days.
Anyway again thanks for the warm welcome and I shall be posting very soon and very frequently, you have been warned!!!