Hi all!
Yes 7 sleeps to go for me:):) very very excited now! just trying to get everything organized!!
I'm a size 8-10 so judging on your comments I should be ok re clothes. So i am going to pack light- and take only the essentials!!
is there any thing that any of you have gotten to thailand and gone- 'Dam! I wish I remembered...."? just trying to lean from experience!!!
Grace

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obviously I meant 'learn from experience' not lean haha

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Not really,perhaps Aerogard as it seems to work better than some of the Thai personal repelants. And Sun block as I know I can trust Australian standards.

Look for a printable conversion chart on the net,from dollars to Baht and Baht to dollars and carry it with you then you will know how much you are paying/spending with just a glance at the chart.

OANDA, The Currency Site: Foreign Exchange Services and Trading does one that goes up to $900 and Baht 9000,it is small enough to go in a wallet or purse and Tracey laninates ours.

You stick the chart s back to back and can easily convert back and forth within the dollar or Baht ammount you spend,really good for checking the ammount you should get when exchanging money.

Den

forgot to say that if you use the above site go to FX cheat sheet,put in AU$ to TBht press convert then print, then click reverse icon and it will reverse the chart.

Den

Hi Grace,
Last year we forgot to take our pocket calculator and had a hard time finding one in Kata and when we did I think it was dearer than in Australia. I always like to take a bum bag. I take books to read by the pool and have taken all of them to the book exchange and just swapped them for one book at the end of the holiday so I will have one to read on the plane. We take very small cartons of long life milk in case we are desperate for a cuppa and have used all of our fresh milk and can't be bothered to wait for room service, which can take an eternity sometimes.
Michelle

laundry is so cheap--even if you're making multiple stops, they wash same day. we're talking going to laundry lady, not hotel service. We had nearly everything washed, ironed, folded for $7 US. 2 pr jeans, 2 pr khakis, all undies, 4 woven shirts, 4 tshirts, some socks. I know better now--and we each travel in one carry-on bag. Hotels have shampoo/cond and soap--email them if you're worried that they don't. I take small containers--hey, try shaving your legs/face with hair conditioner--it's perfect--silky and rinsable. All the other stuff you can buy sample sizes--don't open them beforehand and keep them in ziploc bags. No problems.

Hi All!

Thanks for that!
Den- Great link. Have printed it out and will laminate it at work on Monday- Brilliant.

Ive heard about laundry being so cheap- Im excited to get all the nicely ironed clothes back without spending hours doing it myself !!

I keep forgetting to bu a calculator. Defiantly going to buy that to day

I probably should have started this as a whole new thread.. I think we are/will get some interesting things from every one!

I might do that.....

Grace

PS 6 Sleeps!!! it now THIS Friday - not Friday week:):)

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Grace take a few spare conversion charts because once you start to use it,its hard to do without it if you loose it!

Den

Yes Den, the conversion charts are great, I used the oanda ones as well. I did also take a calculator, just in case I lost the charts, and, as someone said, calculators are quite dear to buy over there. My friend didnt take one and bought one and I think it was about $4 or $5 dollars ... and then she lost it!!!

There are so many things that I already have on the "next time list" ... like def get all laundry done over there! def shop at Tesco Lotus FIRST! And all the other things we didnt get to do this time ... BUT lucky for me ... theres always a NEXT TIME!!!

Kitty

I have now bought 1 x calculator PLUS laminated 2 copies of the conversion charts...
ALL SET!

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