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What?

My Mrs actually started to make them herself and got pretty good at it.... and occasionally presented me with a large coil as seen in the pic above, some of which I would freeze... Then I would buy some really fresh buns or ciabatta, and there was lunch with Dijon mustard or ketchup, as the mood took me.

Occasionally seen when they have the food stalls in the malls.... or on the Beach Rd. Can appreciate you liking them as they are good.... My Mrs said a stall appeared on out local market selling them, but not the best.... No longer around.

Had not noticed that... planning to join the Euro?

The Hideaway is truly having to hide these days. The screen obviously to keep the construction dust in the area off the customers, and their eggs and bacy! The people of City Hall should really pay compensation for businesses suffering in these construction areas. And this after the 2 years of Covid! It is not like they get on with the work, taking forever. I passed Cheap Charlie's earlier, very full of Sunday morning fry-up partakers... but have they got a few who find sitting inside the screened darkness of The Hideaway not to their liking. What a business having a business in Patts.

We have to face the facts that we are in a high inflation cycle, personally I don't think say €1000 is so bad for what you get, 12,000 miles round trip. Betting a good percentage of that is government taxes. Thailand was talking of adding 300 baht to that, early next year. Chatted to a USA guy recently arrived and he went via Doha, and the A380 from there to Bangkok was packed, that is 500 passengers. Demand must be high.....

Uncredited?.....Tom Sizemore.

Orlando Bloom

What an unmitigated mess.....at an end of the Beach Rd that I thought did not need widening.....just in time for high season, which starts in what, 7 days?

In which decade will we ever have a nice promenade devoid of construction?

Rained most of the morning where I am! More late afternoon. Later Edit? Pretty heavy this Tuesday morning too!

Where did you get the impression LK was 'elevated? Buakhao is an old swamp and I suspect isn't far above sea level, but it is in a depression. I was fortunate to leave town before 1pm yesterday and get home..... and watched the torrential rain there. I was on the North edge of the thunderstorms so knew town was getting hit bad. Went out to eat (at an indoor place of course) about 5.30pm, and driving home an hour or so later it had stopped and I was astounded how clear and clean things looked! The air had a good wash! Rumour has it, all the new pipes help things drain quickly so you may well be OK....(rain forecast today, but a dryer spell after that).

Give it a short while and the rainy season should be over. They are getting even more of it there than we are here in Pattaya.

It has been a long time coming.... I have also done that slow train ride....but oh so long ago.

I always figured Bolt prices were a loss leader and would, given time, increase to be closer to Grab levels. Then along came Covid and things were no longer simple. Well here we are and Bolt still offers absolute bargains..... and scrounging by drivers for more has been near non existent... and it has been left to me to where I round up the payment. Only once, a driver was some 5km from the pick up and he messaged for an extra 60 baht to compensate... young lad of course. May Bolt remain in its present form for many years.....a Godsend!

My favourite whipping boy, the Klang pavement, again demonstrates your life and safety is no big deal, as a pedestrian in Pattaya.

Interesting that you get to choose your poison. brand. Moderna is free too?

It has done well to survive so long...... Sukhumvit into town, coming from the North has 2 lots of road works now....with the Railway Line Bypass being closed North of Waterworks Rd, and increasing traffic it can be slow heading into town. At weekends the Motorway is busy.

Don't see Waves too often but there are a couple of places on 3rd Rd... one is here... https://goo.gl/maps/WXPK3x5BKru72N4G9 walk on further down 3rd for a couple more places on the same side. I bought my Mrs a second hand Suzuki Step back in 2006 down there, still going strong at 83,000 km plus.. it gets a lot of use! Avoid anything a boy racer has added gaudily coloured bits onto!

I second Pool Hustler,,, rented to my neighbour recently for months on end. Sure he has a special long term rate.

They apparently have two teams, one is unskilled, rip it up and dig holes labourers, the other slightly more skilled at laying tiles. One team is bigger than the other.....the latter I think non-existent.

Pattaya Klang? Not usually a place for bars. I took a stroll down a good section of Klang yesterday and did not notice it.... a pic might be a good idea.

Pattaya Klang pavement has been a construction saga and frankly a ruddy great mess for a long time. But they got the Cambodian ladies out there now so maybe progress will be rapid... or maybe not. That doesn't look so bad.... Ah, a little bit more to do. Still could twist an ankle here. Or break a neck.