Forum: Far East and Asia / Thailand
Apr 16th 2013, 1:58 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 180
Re: Time in between flights at Phuket
Probably. Even though it's an internal flight it could easily get screwed up with any delay to your arrival, esp given that the gates will close 20 mins before departure.
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Thailand
Apr 16th 2013, 1:55 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 251
Re: Phuket airport to town
Yah, the touts and some of the 'in-terminal' desks are a rip-off, touts topping the list. That office is fine though. It may have gone up to 600 now as a lot of the taxis from Patong / Phuket are...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Thailand
Apr 13th 2013, 3:58 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 251
Re: Phuket airport to town
Taxi best option by far. Walk out of 'Arrivals' hall, turn right, keep on going down the walkway to the 'Metered Taxi' office which just across the narrow slip-road at the end of the walkway. Go to...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Apr 11th 2013, 7:22 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,512
Re: "Mingles", Meet-ups and other disasters?
And the likelihood of being given car these days?
While I can appreciate what you are saying, it only holds true IF you are talking about an experience where you have paid no money. The (academic)...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Apr 11th 2013, 6:45 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,512
Re: "Mingles", Meet-ups and other disasters?
Not sure I fathom the logic of that one :confused:, but each to their own. I had a bad experience with a car I bought once, should I not buy another car? Personally I've not had any more bad...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Apr 11th 2013, 5:46 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,512
Re: "Mingles", Meet-ups and other disasters?
For those that have any difficulty finding details of Expat Mingles, they can be contacted via this link: http://www.theexpatgroup.com/events.php
Their next Penang 'Mingle' is at the Penaga Hotel on...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Apr 7th 2013, 4:13 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,512
Re: "Mingles", Meet-ups and other disasters?
The Expat 'Mingles' are nothing more than social gatherings aimed at expats living in Malaysia with a focus, at the moment, on KL and Penang, with KL having them at a ratio of about 2 or 3 to 1...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Apr 7th 2013, 3:45 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 535
Re: Where to live
Protection for deposits etc in Malaysia comes via the PIDM service, established 2005 and covers up to RM 250,000 which was pretty much the same as the UK albeit a number of UK banks are now covered...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Mar 30th 2013, 10:08 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 279
Re: Ferry to Langkawi
Yup, flying for me the best option EVERY time, I would never take the ferry again unless travelling alone, and even then, only at a push. The dank air and smell of diesel alone is enough to induce a...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Mar 30th 2013, 3:46 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 279
Re: Ferry to Langkawi
IIRC, two, 8:15 and 8:30, go figure ;) Second one is direct, first goes via Pulau Player. Approx RM 115 return. Two return times, 2:30pm (via PP) and 5:30pm (direct), unless the timetables have...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Mar 29th 2013, 9:45 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 284
Re: Georgetown Hotel
For 'traditional' hotels you could try the Bayview in Georgetown, not far from little India and China town. Rates are OK I believe. Cittitel is also not far and is also OK, not sure of the...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Mar 29th 2013, 2:47 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 535
Re: Where to live
Understandably the 'where to live' threads are common and if you do a search on that or other parameters such as 'live or living (*) KL / * Kuala Lumpur / * Penang etc etc you'll pull up a lot of...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Feb 20th 2013, 4:47 am
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Replies: 152
Views: 19,390
Re: Why Retire in Malaysia?
Hi. Not 'promoting' at all, no need, combined blog and FB page gets around 2-3,000 hits daily, promoting on forums certainly not worth my time or effort given it would have a zero proportionate...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Feb 20th 2013, 1:30 am
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Replies: 152
Views: 19,390
Re: Why Retire in Malaysia?
I did a lot of research into Panama which often scores highly in the retiree destination charts in various mags and sites. YMMV but I concluded that the reason it scores so highly is because of its...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Feb 20th 2013, 1:17 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 786
Re: New to the forum and thinking about Malaysia
I'd definitely consider Penang. I considered KL but opted against it, <Snip>
Insofar as your activities are concerned though: some good gyms in Penang and more coming, very active cycling community...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Feb 20th 2013, 1:11 am
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,637
Re: Retirement in Penang
With cars I think it depends what you like, how much you think you'll use it, how much you want to spend, resale value and servicing.
<snip> But in short I opted for a Toyota Vios:
1) Very...
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Forum: Europe / Spain
Feb 14th 2013, 1:52 pm
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Replies: 122
Views: 5,560
Re: Pound slumps again..
Hmm. Watch this space then. Pound is STILL dropping at the moment. Sod's law it ain't worth spit just at the time I need to change some!!! :thumbdown:
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Feb 14th 2013, 1:59 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 487
Re: Car Rental
There's more on car rental here:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=783925
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Feb 14th 2013, 1:50 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 463
Re: GPS
Personally I find the phone based GPS Aps less effective than dedicated units for protracted use. I find the phone aps, assuming you use a screen mount so they are easy to see and get a better...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Feb 14th 2013, 1:44 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 312
Re: Calling Cards
Skype is cheaper than regular calls I find but quite pricey as far as VoIP providers go IMHO. Call quality varies a lot depending on where you call I find and the free 'Skype to Skype' calls are...
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Forum: Europe / Spain
Feb 14th 2013, 1:21 am
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Replies: 122
Views: 5,560
Re: Pound slumps again..
The emergency parachute seems to have failed to open this time, it's continuing to drop. At this rate I can see it getting worse than it was about 6 months ago when it hit another all time low...
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Jan 23rd 2013, 11:16 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 824
Re: Toll charges on roads
All times really, the bridge is often packed but it's the pay lanes that congest. Even at the worst time the TnG and ST lanes are fairly quickly moving.
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Jan 23rd 2013, 6:40 am
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Replies: 51
Views: 4,031
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Jan 23rd 2013, 6:36 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 225
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Forum: Far East and Asia / Malaysia
Jan 23rd 2013, 1:39 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 824
Re: Toll charges on roads
Agree there's no need for a TnG or ST if you are staying within Penang. I do 4-5 return journeys across the bridge every week. Never seen any queues at St or TnG gates. I have seen lengthy queues...
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