Bangsaphan Guide

Look at the varying heights and intervals of the waves in the graphic

http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/Ea ... onLength=7

Some good pics. Looks like a funky place...

http://www.krungthep101.net/2012/01/rod ... ngkok.html

The central mosque in Pattani...

http://imgur.com/L8DAt

Google integrates Drive with Gmail, enabling 10GB file transfers....

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-575548 ... transfers/

True Thai Tales from Reddit:

"I need some help on what to do here: my extremely strange first date with a Thai high society girl who seriously needs some help..."

http://www.reddit.com/r/Thailand/commen ... extremely/

"Why Thai women cut off their husbands' penises...An epidemic of penile amputations in Thailand led researchers to inquire into what was going on."

..The Guardian


http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/201 ... -off-penis

Oops! Just got back to Thailand today. I thought this was new news. It isn't, and is a BP article as well, so you all probably know the score anyway.

"Thailand and Cambodia are ready to implement a single visa agreement, which would enable tourists to use only one visa for both countries from Nov 21, an immigration bureau chief says." The downside: you can't cross over to Cambodia for a visa run. Apparently there's movement generalize this to oth...

Thanks for the info. Bicycles are looking better every day.

Probably woudn't happen in dear old Bang Saphan, but for us travelers, it's good to know. I saw many phony card slots warnings tacked to the ATM machines in Eastern Europe.

https://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/10 ... ft=1&f=100

So it goes...glad I'm in a position to take or leave it. I kind of like those 3 day shutdowns to dry out, kick the habit for awhile. Of course if I needed it for work, I'd be plenty pissed.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/se ... ening-wash

Just thought you'd like to know...

800 baht/2 person/night

Budget?

Bought one of these babies a few weeks ago. Increases your wifi reception 5 times, or so it says. I haven't measured the increase, but I can see that the signal strength has increased markedly for all the wifi connections in my area. And at 23 euro, it won't break the bank. Still, I'll build the Can...

I'm busy making a "cantenna". Boosts wifi reception about 10x.

http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html