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The Thai Immigration in Sathorn Soi Suan Plu is no more!!! I went all the way there today to extend my visa-on-arrival, and I find out they are closed and that the new office is out passed Lad Prao, at Chaeng Wattana.

Here are some tips

1. Take passport
2. 2 passport photos
3. a copy of your passport and your arrival card (should be stapled inside your passport)
4. the cost is 1900 baht for visa extension fee (+500 baht per every 1 day overstay)
5. if on tourist visa, you can get 30 day extension, if visa-on-arrival then only can get 7 day extension

They are open 8:30am til 4:30pm and they have noon-1pm lunch break.

Some pictures of their new location:

Thai Immigration address:

Immigration Bureau of Bangkok Thailand
Building B,
Bangkok Government Center,
Chaengwattana Road (close to the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chaengwattana Road.)
BANGKOK

Hope you have a great and prosperous new years!

Venue: Blythe 8th Anniversary Charity Exhibition “Fashion Obsession” at Siam Paragon
Location: Siam Paragon, Lifestyle Hall (2nd Floor Siam Paragon) 991/1 Rama 1 Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Show Date: February 5th – 14th, 2010 (schedule of the exhibition is here)
Gate Open: 10am – 10pm
Website: http://www.blythedoll.com

Internationally beloved Neo Blythe is celebrating her 8th anniversary with the theme “Fashion”! Presenting “Fashion Obsession” will be the largest selection of dolls exhibited outside of Japan!!! This exhibition will include the 4th Blythe Beauty Contest finalist dolls along with many others. They will be brought from Japan.
There will also be a VIP Tea Party with Blythe Creative Producer & President of CWC Group, Ms. Junko Wong. Blythe fans will also have a chance to meet Ms. Wong in person at the signing event called “Me & My Blythe 2″ at Siam Paragon.

If you go to the Blythe show, please send us your pictures!!!

Sunday, January 17th on Silom Road they had Silom Fest 2010, it was jam packed full of people to enjoy the food, shopping, bands, and they even had a Thai Boxing match.

I arrived around 3pm and Silom Road was already totally packed full of people enjoying the food vendors and the tons of Bangkok Restaurants had little tents setup representing their place and selling their favorite dishes, some of those there were Sweet Basil, Bussaracum, Coyote Bar & Grill, Edoya Restaurant, Botantei Japanese Tapas Restaurant, and many many more, also many ethnic thai food stands too, and tons of Chang beer stands selling beers for only 25 baht, that kept us happy!

“Last week I was bored and decided to go with a few BKK girlfriends to Pattaya, Thailand for the weekend. We stayed in a pretty nice new hotel called Mantra Pura Resort in North Pattaya, Naklua area.
We were in the 1 bedroom suite, which is great, they have GREAT sauna, decent steam, good gym, nice pool, very nice hot tub, free internet and free breakfast (we did not have the breakfast at all, as we were out all night partying on Walking Street in Insomnia and Lucifer nightclubs hehe)

From Hanz F. (Germany)

First off, Thanks Hanz for your tip about Pattaya, I’ve been there many times but haven’t yet stayed there, it looks beautiful and I found the website here http://www.mantrapuraresort.com I’ll definately give it a try, probably on my next trip to Pattaya

And also, for those that don’t know, Club Insomnia (website http://www.clubinsomniapattaya.com) is a HUGE nightclub right on walking street, very big place, always tons of people, good times, and open late, and they even have a VIP section, you go upstairs, can have more space up there on couches, and get a free hat or shirt

Z from GotBKK.com

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Venue: Da Endorphine Concert 2010 at Club Atlantis.
Location: Club Atlantis – Textile Centre, Pattaya
Show Date: January 6th, 2010
Starting: 9:00pm (ends at 12:00am)
Tickets: $25 – $35 (Call 96100204 for booking of tickets!)
Website: none

If you go to the show, please send us your pictures!!! We will post ours too

Thailand never ceases to amaze me! This time I was drugged, had all 4 of my jeans pockets sliced open with scissors (or a knife) to easily remove everything in them, including my cell phone, digital camera and over 20,000 Thai baht

I’ve always heard to be careful around ladyboys and that they are more capable of shit like this, but now it’s become reality, changing my simcard/phone etc and have to start building up all the info/contacts shit again.

I’ve done some research and by the sounds of this “Rohypnol” I think that is what is used, because of the extreme “hangover” feeling I had afterwards.

Just a tip to you partying in Thailand, and anywhere for that matter, BE CAREFUL, and remember that there’s always more of a chance things like this will happen when you are out alone, and drinking too much.

from Jacob (England)

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