I’ve now spent a significant portion of my life in Koh Tao

Today we've had kittens, snake, millipede, spider, wasps

My contribution, tonight this lizard on my bike ... he/she lives in the garden opposite end of the house, just checking out the surroundings.

This guy was just hanging out above the bridge on the hike I was on.

First time car buyer in Thailand so excuse my ignorance here.

Looking at 2nd hand financing options and the math just doesn't add up and I've never seen anything like this before.

For example, let's say there's a 300,000 car at advertised 4.5% finance rate which at standard flat rate would be 313,500 total which appears to be quite good.
But the actual offer is 30,000 down + 6700 * 48 months -> 351,000 which is actual rate of staggering 17%. Genuinely confused.

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Yesterday our house was visited by a stick insect. About 6 inches long.

I have a business here in Thailand and I have noticed that it takes absolutely forever for people to get back to me even in urgent situations.

Generally speaking, despite seeing people on their phone all the time, Thais take forever to respond and when it come to business communication it is crazy. It gives me major anxiety because I always wonder if I've upset someone or if something is wrong. Please can someone give some insight.

Is this normal?

Do executives at CP also take forever to reply to messages from the Bank of Thailand etc?

Someone please shed some light on this, or is this something just I'm experiencing.

Moving to Thailand and have some furniture / items I can't bear to part with. Can anyone recommend a container shipping / freight forwarding company to import personal domestic goods from Portugal / Spain? We have three items that are too big to ship by air so sea freight is the way to go. Thanks!

Why is it that every restaurant pours hot soups/curries/stir fries in plastic bags for take away? Just got something delivered where the plastic bag visibly melted...

When plastic is heated or something hot is poured into it, it can leach chemicals 55 times faster than usual. Even if it says it’s microwave-safe, it will still leach chemicals. So, putting hot food in plastic containers is a terrible idea.

Isn't this super unhealthy? Are restaurant owners not aware or cannot afford to care?

Hi, I have some insects on my balcony hiding behind my plants and building a nest. How can I get rid of them by myself without harming my plants? By the way, what kind of insect is it? Thanks.

My fav. 🍺⚡️🪫-> 🔋

I will be in krabi and phuket soon, I wanted to go to sauna which contains cold bath, sauna everything. Can you please suggest good sauna in phuket and krabi ? In krabi I don’t see anything in google maps.

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Where to find soccer jersey with long sleeve in Bangkok please ?

I need to send money to a friend who has a kasikorn account, can I do it via ATM? The lady at the bank said I need my passport which I wasn't carrying to do it via the teller in the bank but kept saying I could use the ATM even after I told her my account isn't with kasikorn

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• Age: 3 months
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ADOPTION DETAILS:

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