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In our town in Issan is a Junior / Senior High School named after a well respected Thai Princess.  They offer boarding in on campus dorms. There is an entrance test prior to admission.  The cost is posted on the web site, they have a facebook page and there is some information on wikipedia.  It is NOT costly and the fees are transparent.  
It indicates 12 High Schools in Thailand.  If you do a google search and are with a person who can read Thai and translate it might be helpful.

  Princess Chulabhorn  College  Thailand     http://www.pccpl.ac.th/pccpl55/

http://en.wikipedia....abhorn_Walailak    or for prices at the location my daughter attends  http://www.pccbr.ac.th/

There are several High Schools run by Catholic religious orders which some farang seem to think are very worthwhile.

We selected this particular school for our daughter since it was so close to our home and we know a teacher at the school who speaks English.  It is possible to earn a "Delta House" GPA from such a school if the student only studies youtube and facebook.  You do not need Dean Vernon Wormer  to inform you of a students GPA since they post the grades on a website of each student at the Buriram province location.

NCA is the best bus line I have been a passenger  in Thailand. I have ONLY been in the GOLD CLASS between Buriram and Bangkok.  First class buses look even better on the web site and in person.  On SOME routes you have a choice of which "service level",  ECONOMY, SILVER, GOLD, or First class.  I have never heard good things about Economy or Silver class, so it would be well worth the FEW additional baht to take the better Gold Class or First Class service.  They do DROP OFF some passengers prior to some stations, but they do not PICK up stray passengers like most bus lines.  They seem to have a full tank of fuel unlike some bus lines, so you will spend less time watching a fuel pump.  They have MANY buses departing and arriving in Korat, but not the direct shot to Bangkok.   You can book a ticket over the phone at least one day in advance, pay at a 7-11 within a time frame and no need to ONLY book the ticket at the actual bus station.  The drivers are not crazed, it is a top notch bus company based on my 20+ trips.  They have a DEDICATED bus terminal in Bangkok that is top notch.

You could bring the "registration book" of the actual vehicle to most any insurance broker and they can tell you the price for the "Government registration fee".  Or you can go in person with that book to the local office of the "Department of Land Transportation"  

http://www.dlt.go.th/th/index.php

and they can give you the fee.  It does go down after four years.  You must have proof of the mandatory (not very comprehensive) INSURANCE prior to paying the annual Government fees.  You can buy that insurance on the spot from one or more "insurance desks" at any Department of Land Transportation office.  The price you were quoted MIGHT include 1) better insurance AND 2) mandatory insurance AND the 3) government registration fees.   At seven years and each year after you also pay a very small fee for a "safety inspection" and must have that official document prior to paying the Government registration fee.  

There is ALWAYS a computer generated very official receipt that comes with the "window stickers" when you pay the Government fee  AND they print the fee paid in your vehicle registration book.  There is little room to scam on this matter.  A car dealer might add 100 baht for "staff time" to travel to the office for you, similar to what fee some insurance brokers charge to take the trip to the Government office for you.

The OP could also walk into his local PEA office and look at the posted prices for new service.  If he has a professional house electric plan prepared by a licensed Thai architect, the staff at any PEA office will be able to tell the OP what size service he must have, or his "meter options".  We have eight a/c units of various sizes, 6 on demand multi point water heaters, pool pump, spa pump, house water pump, electric fence, way too many electrical appliances and last month our PEA electric bill was under 2900 baht.  We pay just under 4 baht a unit for DEPENDABLE electricity, so that "solar thing" sure does not "pencil out".   A more sensible size home could have a smaller size meter, I sure am not advocating such a large home or as many a/c units to any sensible person.  But the PRICE is put in writing for new installations, the price you pay for PEA electricity is on the web site and I check our meter each month when the PEA meter reader comes onto our property to read our enclosed meter.  

The "wild card" is remote locations, PRIVATE roads, living in an area with limited available power going "by your front driveway" on the current PEA poles.  However if you bring in your plans, perhaps your land papers showing your location, the PEA will be quite helpful.  You do have the option to hire a licensed electrical contractor, often at a lower fee for some aspects of NEW service, but you still must pay some of the mandatory PEA installation fees, and of course still buy that "less than 4 baht a unit"  power from the PEA.

The best Solar item we have is the "Solar heated pool".  When the sun shines the blue tile makes the water warm.  The Sanki Brand SOLAR clothes dryer seems to work fine.  That solar clothes dryer has needed a new set of plastic wheels, but the aluminum construction seems to hold up to the Thailand unforgiving sun.

In the above post "install the lens only " was referring to the low cost service of using your existing frames for new lenses.

  I also wish to be 100% clear that 300 baht is the total price for the "free eye test", the correct prescription  lens, AND the low end frame.  300 baht total.

In a completely different transaction,   I also had some existing frames from Costco in America, where a local non chain, eye glass shop for a modest fee, well under 800 baht, did new eye tests, and then sold and installed new prescription lenses into my existing Costco Italian frames.  My wife assures me that the "eye glass truck" man can also test my eyes and install new prescription lenses into existing eye glass frames that I currently own, where the prescription might have changed as vision changes.