.....unless its raining and youre queuing lol

by the way, there are now only 2 boats a day each way from Satun Tammalung pier...they stopped one for Ramadan and have discontinued permenantly. They fill up early...the koh lipe ferry is full over a day in advance and when youre coming from Satun for the 10am...get here before 9.30am or they wont sell you a ticket...

@Tod ********

, I just this second got back by sea from Langkawi....i asked them about the 2 entry rule for sea borders and they didnt know...

and make sure you get a slipfrom the atm showing your balance that date aa well as the book showing your money has seasoned for 2 or is it 3 months !

shed just need to make sure she sent the tm30 to immigration

or get your wife to knock you up a lease agreement.

you could go to the local amphur office and get a yellow book...its like the tabian baan that thais have. Go talk to the local amphur office and take your wife and any neighbour who knows you well as a witness...Im sure they will sort you out :-)

get some contacts and email or line it to them then....youd just have to pick it up.. Cant find the details of the place I used sadly....

@Jareerat *********

is a lawyer in there for MDG legal who are brilliant if you ever need a lawyer, perhaps she could advise on the beat translation service :-)

usually a couple of days...but get prices from all the shops on the ground floor as prices can vary !

ps you dont go anywhere near the uk embassy. Everything taken care of by VSF

its very simple and painless. I simply got my lease agreement translated...got the new passport back in 2 weeks. Many translation services on Trendy on soi13