dbkk

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Nov 3	awarded	Nice Answer
Oct 18	revised	How to stay in Thailand for more than 30 days? added 17 characters in body
Oct 17	comment	Are there any inhabited condominiums (joint sovereignties) apart from Brčko District? Is Brčko truly a condominium? Federation of BH and Republika Srpska are not sovereign nations, but federal units of Bosnia. In theory, Brčko is part of both, but in practice it has it's own assembly and local government, so it's more akin to Washington DC or Ciudad Mexico: an independent city exempt from jurisdiction of federal units.
Oct 17	comment	How to tip in the United States? @littleadv They prefer cash. It is not your job to make sure they file their taxes correctly.
Oct 11	comment	Using U.S. ATM cards in Malaysia The rumor I heard is that Malaysian banks were blocking U.S. ATM withdrawals (U.S. banks were not the ones doing the blocking).
Oct 10	awarded	Student
Oct 10	asked	Using U.S. ATM cards in Malaysia
Oct 7	comment	Is it normal to have something added to the bill in a restaurant in Italy? @vartec Listing pre-tax prices is inconvenient and annoying, but not a ripoff. It's a prevalent practice, and in a competitive market, one business cannot afford to list prices 5-15% higher than competitors. If you care, you can ask the staff for tax rates that apply.
Oct 7	answered	Clarification on early-disembarkation on with a Schengen visa in alternate country
Oct 7	comment	Actual price of hiring a porter for Everest base camp Is there a way to bypass the agency and bargain with porters directly?
Sep 20	comment	Laptop Searches by Customs - UK and US Correct. My laptop has been checked on return from Thailand, and they patiently went through most of my boring travel snaps.
Sep 20	comment	Laptop Searches by Customs - UK and US @Andrey It's better not to have files identifiable as encrypted archives. TrueCrypt files cannot be identified by contents, so change the extension to someting else (e.g. .dat or .tmp).
Sep 20	comment	Are there any “Fantasy Passports” that are recognised by other countries? Add Kosovo and Taiwan to that list.
Sep 17	revised	What's the cheapest transport to get from Ataturk International aiport to the Taksim Square area of Istanbul? Changed based on commend suggestions
Sep 13	awarded	Civic Duty
Sep 13	comment	What's the difference between embassies and consulates? A honorary consul could be the citizen of the country it represents, but he's not the professional member of the foreign service or government employee (often doing the consular work part-time). Often, honorary consuls have limited authority (e.g. they can't issue certain types of visas).
Sep 7	comment	Name change while in a different country Perhaps it's possible to do it at an embassy or consulate of your country of citizenship. I guess you'd want a new passport issued as well. If you're a permanent resident or stateless, then perhaps different rules apply.
Aug 26	awarded	Enlightened
Aug 26	awarded	Nice Answer
Jul 8	comment	Is there any interesting place to stop between Siem Reap and Bangkok? This is the shortest route to the border and roughly the one vans from central BKK (Victory Monument) take. If he goes to Ayutthaya, most likely he'd need to get back to BKK for the trip to Aranyaprathet (although maybe there's a direct van/bus), so it's an independent side trip (well worth it on its own merit of course).