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Just got back from the Chaya Prat. There are boats still going across the river. Tour boats and excursions are still going up and down the river. The express boat service is stopped (for some reason). While many piers are flooded, they have put up planks to get to the boat launches.

Exactly ... That's why I wanted to put the link in there. In my mind, a tourist visa is the same as a visa waiver. Either way, you'll still get a stamp in your passport. Looking at my passport now for the tourist stamp it says "Immigration, Suvarnabhumi Airport Thailand, Visaclass, Admit from (some date), Until (another date 1-month later), Signed". Next to that is my departure stamp from when I left the country.

You're correct, it's 30-days for an on-arrival tourist visa. Here's a link (click here) to the Thai Visa page for any nationality to see how long they can get a visa for.

Wait, if you're from the USA you don't need the embassy to clear you. Just enter the country and you get a 90-day tourist stamp. You don't need to be pre-cleared.

Yes .. But it would be easier to fly to Cambodia or one of the other neighboring areas. Also, I believe the tourist visas are good for 90-days.

Too many options ... I can give you about 50 hotels right off the top of my head practically.

You mean the bars and restaurants at the hotel I take it and not city-wide?

You'd think all the family-friendly tourists would be cancelling their trips now. If they're not making a dent then I guess LOS is not considered a significant family-friendly destination.

With the flooding going on, and Bangkok evacuating somewhat, are the hotel rates dropping in the city?

lol, I'll be impressed is Asoke floods to Sukhumvit.

WTF, they were saying the Grand Palace had water around it, but Wat Pho is dry?

Well hell, I've been getting those pre-paid single-use cards every time.

Raja's are the owners of On8. How much did they charge for decent trousers? I've had pairs made at Armani's right outside On8 and never had any problems.

Hrmm, last time I was on the skytrain they didn't have reloadable cards. Is this new?

What's the estimate for when the flooding will be over?

This hotel is still guest-friendly, right? I've heard a few hotels are now charging a joiner-fee and want to make sure this isn't the case here. Actually, do we have a list somewhere of GF hotels w/out joiner fees?

lol ... I've stayed at ON8 ... Will be there again ... And while it's nice, it doesn't have that 'pizzazz' for something special. No balconies, no skyline views, no artistic or ambient lighted rooms, no pools, etc. Sorry, but ON8 is a nice place but not impressive.

Trying to find a hotel for a group of 3, individual rooms. We're looking for a place in Bangkok near the Skytrain, hopefully within a block at the most. The location will need free WiFi for guests, guest friendly with no joiner fees, showers, pool, in-room safe and the usual expectations. But I'm hoping to find a place under $125/night with a good atmosphere and impressive rooms. By impressive I don't mean big or clean or anything like that but something different with lighting or the view or themes, etc. It would be a bonus if it was listed on Expedia as well for reservations.

The context I'm getting here is that it is better to get tailoring services in Pattaya instead of Bangkok. While I may be happy with the service I have nothing to compare it to. If I was more fashionista then I would be quite adept at material, designs, cuts, and prices to make a better valuation. Since I am not that is why I am still asking even though I received what I considered good products in the past. My doubts come from reading other horror stories of tailor shops or how people found out later they overpaid or didn't get what they thought they were. If Rajas is the one by Nana then I remember going there one time. It was very crowded and the prices seemed very high. The high prices had me pausing a bit out of uncertainty.

Any good tailors in Bangkok? I know there are many shady ones but I've used Armani's on Sukumvit Soi 8 a few times. If anyone has been there would they vouch for the quality and prices? Fashion is not my forte so I can't really be a good judge myself.

Bleh ... Most of my purchases have no receipts so it's not likely to result in anything significant. At least my curiosity is sated for now.

I've never used the VAT refund at the airport. Has anyone had any experience with them? I know most of my purchases have no receipts but there should be a VAT item on the hotel receipts. Does this take long to do? Is it worth it? Are the VAT refunds done in baht only?

Yeah, those are pretty bad maps.

It's a problem with the site. For some reason only images uploaded to the site are missing. If you check, I'm sure you'll see that the pictures hosted on external sites are still showing up. This is an old IPB version but it looks like the URL is not in the image tag, is malformed, or the images were removed from the uploads folder.

Oddly .... One of their links cites 'room and rates' but there are no rates posted on the site itself.