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One of my more enjoyable foods from the UK that I miss here are decent fish and chips. The soft white texture of pangasius, dory, or basa (call it what you like, it's all the same flabby stuff) doesn't make for a decent battered fillet in the way that cod or haddock does, even though I will eat...

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A Dutch friend now lives in Surin permanently, and wanted a Yellow Book. He had earlier been told to go to the Surin City Hall with his passport and visa, his wife, her blue book and so on. They told him there that he needed to go to Ubon for some kind of "a stamp" at the building that...

A 6th year medical student who jumped from the roof of the 9th floor of the Medical Education Centre building at Surin Hospital died after leaving a letter apologizing for "failing to succeed" [in his studies.] On December 16, Surin Hospital and Executive Committee issued a statement regarding...

To one side of my home, on the other side of a 2m tall wall, is a long-unused Rural Road. When we moved in here, we wanted to buy some of the land as it was certain to become overgrown, and would make a useful extension to the garden. Not possible, or so we were told. We cut back the weeds and...

An Englishman has often used Wise to receive funds here from his Santander account. Today, his request for the transfer to Wise was not activated. Santander say they haven't received the request. He tried again with the same request, with the same result, so he tried again using Western Union...

Has anyone fallen over Foris Dax (MT) in their travels? Some connections with Foris Dax (UK) Ltd and others with similar names, plus Crypto.com PMs may be advisable for confidentiality etc. Cheers

Has anyone tried the Italian restaurant called Mary Mary Pasta Surin, which seems to be attached/part of the Kon Khmer restaurant across the lake from where Chevrolet used to be? Pasta is home made they say, and may be eaten there or delivery is available too. Looks nice...

Has anyone here been to the new Oasis Bar and Restaurant since it opened? It is on the klong, on the same site as Kurose and Green Terrace occupied, and looks good! We'll try it soon. Live music is promised, and it certainly looks the part...

There were posts here recommending chang for aircon servicing in Surin, but I can't find them now. Can anyone recommend one please? TIA

For a different taste in food, we had lunch at the A KOKO restaurant on the corner of Soi Kola (opposite the old Speed 3 site). The restaurant is stylish, service was good, and the food was very good. My stepdaughter has acquired a taste for Korean food while at uni in Bangkok, and guided us...

Given that some here, if not all, will know that two friends have contracted Covid in the last few days, and that both of them are customers at Bamboozled, where owners Keow and Danny have now been tested and found negative, we might recognise that both our friends have been in contact with...

A lady with Autism received her Covid vaccination. Her two sisters and a boy prepare and sell food from the same house in the city. She died four days later. Her body was collected and taken to the Wat. The first lady had shown signs of muscular weakness after the vaccine, but no one thought...

No connection between Ryan Resorts (selling masks etc) and Ryans Resort as far as I can see. Gary's website shows this today:

A Farang said yesterday that it is now a requirement to make an appointment at S.I. to make a 90 day report. Sounds very unlikely to me, but.... anyone have anything to add?

A week or two ago, someone mentioned that LED bulbs were not available in Surin. Mr DIY (at Lotus) have stocks at quite reasonable prices - I bought the one below on Thursday for 59Thb. Lower wattage versions are available too.

According to a source at the waterworks, maintenance work will cause Surin's supply to be interrupted at 21:00 tonight until some time tomorrow morning. I know we've experienced such information in the past and that it hasn't materialised. Please don't shoot the messenger. A wise man will have...

An article in the Bangkok Herald that says a proposal for a 30 day extension on the amnesty (until Oct 31st) is pending approval from Prayuth. BUT At this time (meaning right now) it has not been approved and that means 'officially' amnesty ran out Saturday the 26th at 11:59PM. Because of the...

Amnesty extension? Maybe for a further two months...

We called at Staffords yesterday, on the way back to Surin from SI only to find that there was virtually nothing there except the very nice (but expensive) bread. While waiting to order some lunch, SWMBO and I agreed that the place looked run down and on its last legs. Rob and his wife no...