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Metal Detecting Hua Hin Thailand 04-29-2011

www.beepdig.com Metal detecting at Hua Hin Beach Thailand. Triple ringer and a Porsche.

Metal Detecting Jomtien Beach 29 August 2010

Another three hours hunting on Jomtien Beach, Thailand. Windy and cool with the threat of rain.

Metal Detecting Pattaya Thailand

Pattaya Beach, Thailand. After a 20 minute motorcycle ride from Jomtien, we hunted Pattaya beach from North Pattaya to Central Pattaya.

Metal Detecting Jomtien Beach Thailand 27 August 2010

Jomtien Beach, Thailand - Metal Detecting - 27 August 2010. Walking further and further just to get to the starting point. Hunting for Thai baht with my Minelab Excalibur II.

Lucky Charm

The western world calls it a talisman but in Thailand the lucky charm worn by millions is named an amulet although they are not always lucky. Such is the popularity of these lucky charms in Thailand that in April 2007 a woman was stampeded to death at an amulet auction in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. [...]

Let’s Work Together

Canned Heat & Let’s Work Together - lyrics by W. Harrison ……
Thailand’s Songkran Festival has finished and the troubled country now attempts to return to some form of normality. The Land of Smiles seems to have lost it’s way in a period of political fighting that finally boiled over during Thailand’s New Year festivities. [...]

Thai SIM Card -Buy in Thailand.

Be warned purchasing a Thai Sim card before you arrive in Thailand can be an expensive business. Research by myself suggests that you could pay as much as £35 in the UK or $35 in the USA for something that can cost as low as £2 or $3 in Thailand.
If you have an unlocked [...]

Expat Thailand: Breaking Some Myths About Living in Thailand.

Expats around the world are always faced with obstacles to overcome as they settle into their adopted country. Expats choosing to live in Thailand are no different. However a lot of these so called obstacles are more myth than fact. Here are five examples of such Thailand myths and my observations on them:

Visa and Immigration [...]

Expat Thailand: Making Sense of Thai Visa Rules.

This week I have taken the opportunity to update some early posts that are of interest to Expats or potential expatriates to Thailand. Rules and circumstances in a host country change from time to time so today I want to consolidate and update information on Thai Visas. This will of course be of [...]

Mama! The world of Instant Noodles

Thai Instant Noodles

Mamais the colloquial phrase used to mean instant noodles. In fact, “Mama” is the name of maybe the most successful brand of instant noodle in Thailand, and has become such an institution here, that people say “Mama”, even if they mean “Wai Wai” or “Quik” brand! - whatever the case, instant [...]

Places to visit in Thailand 12 - Rose Gardens, Nakhon Pathom

Now, a great trip out with the WAGS (for those who aren’t l’anglais, thats wives and girlfriends)…..
The Rose Garden Riverside, Nakhon Pathom Province, an excellent example of modern Thai landscape design, architecture and style.
The 70-acre botanical park is located on the Ta Chine River, just North West of Bangkok and is an excellent destination for [...]

Expat Thailand: Cost of Living Savings.

Like most countries in the world the cost of living in Thailand will be largely driven by your lifestyle choices. So my top ten tips on the cost of living savings for an expat living in Thailand are fairly general and cover basic necessities.

Renting property can be quite cheap in Thailand compared to [...]

Red Storm Rising in Thailand

Red Storm Rising is in my opinion an excellent fictional work by the author Tom Clancy. Set against the backdrop of a third world war between the Soviet block and NATO. At the end of the novel and in order to prevent all out nuclear war members of the Soviet Politburo stage a coup [...]

Week in Review (3)

Another week has flown by here in Thailand. My Thai Friend (MTF) won a 1000 Baht on the Thai lottery thanks to a Tokay gecko (uckoo) which she claims helped her predict the winning numbers! Well she actually won the money from an illegal bookmaker in the village but I’m not one for splitting hairs. [...]

Thai Lottery and a Gecko

The Thai Lottery is drawn once a fortnight. It is the only legal outlet for Thais to gamble, however more of that later.
The tale of the Thai Lottery and the Gecko started a few days ago when I was watering the garden, under the shaded area at the side of the house [...]