Chaam local

I used the contact form at http://classifieds.t...a.com/contacts/ because I found a picture in an ad that is copyrighted to me and was used without my authorization (and a "thaivisa.com" watermark was added to it, nice touch).

Anyway, I filled in all fields, hit Send and got both a confirmation msg and an error msg:
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So how do I know if my message was correctly sent or not???

I use IE 9 on Win 7.

This little guy (or big guy actually, maybe 40 or 50 cm from head to tail) is living in a hole in my garden. I'm curious to know what kind of lizard it is, as well as the name in Thai. I've seen all sorts of lizards around my house, but they're usually smaller.

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As I was taking pictures of the lizard, I spotted another visitor. Can someone confirm that this is a rat snake?

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I'm trying to upload files to my websites via FTP, or via cpanel file manager, and I only get time outs. I'm also trying to upload files in a databse using a php script, same problem. Anyone experiencing the same kinds of problem with TOT now? It's been like this for 2 days. The files are small, from 15 kb to 200 kb, I'm not even talking mb or gb. I've checked with my remote server, everything is fine there, but traceroute shows problems in and around TOT.

I contacted TOT "technical" support but they don't even know what FTP is, so of course it was hard to explain problem, even in Thai. Amazing Thailand, ISP tech support doesn't have a clue what FTP is.

Speedtest against Singapore looks normal:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 3991 kbps (498.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 369 kbps (46.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 137 ms

I have this little fellow on my balcony. Should I run for help or can I finish my beer? Please help, many thanks.

A French friend of mine is going to spend a month in France with his Thai lady, and I would like my 4 yo son to travel with them, so that the boy can spend some time with his grandparents there. The boy loves his grandparents, he's been to France before and is looking forward to going back again. The friends he will travel with are fully trustable and they're like an uncle and aunt to him. My Thai wife and I would stay here in Thailand, but of course we will be at Suvarnabhumi for the check in, and the grandparents will be at the airport in Paris.

I still don't know what airline they will fly with, as my friend hasn't booked his ticket yet. As soon as we know, I will also contact the airline to have more information, and we will book the two tickets together. But just to plan things ahead, what kind of paperwork do you think we need to show? Obviously a parental authorization from both my wife and I, but do you know if it needs to be authentified, for instance by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or my embassy? Do I need any official translations? Is there any other documents, probably a copy of his birth certificates? Has anyone done that before and encountered any trouble? What do you think is the 'critical' moment: check in, departure check, arrival...? If there are eyebrows raised and questions asked, will it be by the Thai? The French? On going to France or when coming back to Thailand?

That's a lot of questions, but I would like the experience to be as smooth as possible for my friend, as he is already taking the trouble and the responsibility of travelling with my son. But I can understand that the situation may seem a bit unusual: a French man and a Thai woman, not married, travelling with a little "luuk khreung" who is not theirs.

Just to make things clear, my wife and I are legally married (in both countries), and we are both fully willing to let the boy go. He was born in Thailand and has two passports and two citizenships.

Thank you very much for your feedback!