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If she is an old girl friend I guess you must know her well.The place to start would be her birth village. Many go back 'home'..... and if not some relatives could help you further. But honestly,for all you know she could be living anyplace on earth.

This got posted since...LHR-Colombo-Male return for honeymoon. When we booked as a honeymoon couple we had hoped we would be sat together, this was not the case but was managed by check in staff at heathrow. The plane was old and very tiredd looking, seats were very uncomfortable and cramped. Inflight entertainment was either not working (games, TV, Movies etc) or working poorly. Cabin crew did the minimum to make the long journey feel comfortable and were unapproachable. Food okay OK on the journey out, on the return was poor. No beverages were offered to passengers other than with meals. Would not recommend to anyone!

Ask MM where he gets it for the same price as Heinekin.I buy SML for 35/bottle but by the case. That is a warehouse type beer shop, they are all over the place. Macro charges more so I stopped using them.

I guess you mean about 330ml.... so it is expensive.A difference of 1 baht in 130 isn't 30% though, .

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Joe, I think your arguing over the numbers/stats detracts from the fact that Thailand does have an abysmal road deaths record.... probably going up as I type. The 3 who died did so because the bus driver drove dangerously......

Darn, I just made a prick of myself. I phoned a few places and got a 'fully booked sir' response. So I thought, give Agoda a try...... A lot of high prices there for NYE... but there is a reasonable hotel at not too bad a price, and available. So I start the booking process. I am asked to confirm number of guests..... and I think, well you never know, I may just have company, better to keep the option than get hassled for joiner fee or suchlike...so I book for double occupancy. Then I stop looking closely.....big mistake. I confirm and everything and nearly fall out of my chair when I see the total being taken off my card. I have just paid an extra US$285 for Gala Dinner, compulsory, for 2 persons!!!!! So my 2011 ends badly, good riddance. I have paid a fortune for a Gala dinner I don't want to go to! It is too late to cancel and I am unable to moidify. By the way normally if you cancel within 7 days of the booking you lose 1 nights hotel charge , but the booking is only 1 night and it is too late to cancel anyhow. Getting old sucks!

I think Bangkok isn't a factor, a lot of people head out for NYE. There is a lot of live music on in Pattaya this year which brings a lot of Thais into town.Then there is the compulsory 'Gala Dinner' a lot of places force upon you!

Well airfares to the far East were beyond most people over 20 years ago perhaps.The UK went through a spell of property inflation and general improvements in personal wealth..... or was it access to debt. Hard to imagine that airfares have got cheaper of late unless one applies accountancy tricks or the confusing caveat 'in real terms' Taxes have gone from low levels to £300. Weren't oil prices around $20/barrel if one ignores the 1991 spike? Currently $95.

I was up that way yesterday and getting to and from Jomtiem is much improved since the completion of the dual carriageway. Of course it can be pretty slow from Pattaya to/from the flyover but Jomtiem is becoming more attractive, and there sure are some large developments there now. (Amazon, over 700 units!)

Me too..... a friend previously offered me a condo...now he says it isn't available!!!!! I need a room tomorrow........ I just spoke to another friend who arrived today and he seems to think there are plenty of places...... Last year I got a room at 1pm, but by 3 the large (and not great) hotel was full. I wish they had the "NO" "VACANCY" lights that you see in Blackpool!

Probably a single incomer and many splitters without a booster.I don't think they mind in a private residence if you split it for a couple of rooms, but an apartment block is another matter. You could ask sophon to give you an independent feed and pay them direct.

Today in the Mall (BigCX)...... Pattaya is really becoming uncivilised!

No it is still there... listed on my TV as S33 at 399MHz

No, for the one prior..... but let us not fuck this thread too, MM hates to lock them.

I think the ozzies call them budgie smugglers, which always gave me a chuckle.Yes shirtless men all over town now, even well back from the beach rd. And they try to get into the malls and other places that way, and frequently do. It does seem to be a habit of the Russians, as promoted by their leader, but not restricted to them by a long chalk. They really lower the tone of the place and stand out amidst the tarts in extremely short tight skirts.

I see you are full of Christmas cheer and bon-homie. I bet it is dark and dreary there in the UK. What time are you expecting the sun up.....about 9am, perhaps, in April? Lovely and sunny here already. Try some egg-nog.

Joe is rapidly progressing to neutral and I guess will be positive soon.Not sure how this is working out... is Joe actually concerned by his negative rep, and is being nice?................. ............ ............ nah. So many BMs don't like to see red!

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Sophon is the best of the two or three available I believe. Certainly if you speak 8 languages as they try to cater to all! You just made me dig around and I found a receipt for 3000 baht for 1 year. I believe you can pay 2 years for a discount. I have found them to be reasonable on service too.... they actually answer the phone! Had their maintenance guys up in the roof once and got me a good split to the bedroom. Right, have to get back to sorting TV channels!

You can only go by the numbers.... Dollar strengthens against Thai baht yesterday. Also against the AUD.... my attempt to relate with another currency that is out of the group but strong. But I think the underlying improvement in the USA labour market and factory output helped the old greenback. The dollar wants to rise.....

Darn, what a chore. I position all my English language channels at the low end and have obviously got used to where they are. I also put all her favourite ones (for those awful soaps) in a block. It takes me a while and then I have to match my other TV as well.You are right, they don't seem to have much respect for all their customers. Still it is a lot cheaper than the satellite stuff. Probably cut back on the English stuff and we will have more Indian, Russian and Chinese. The one that came on in the place of the BBC was trying to sell condos in Russian! Thanks for the feedback.

Switched on the TV this AM and was surprised to see a Russian channel where the BBC should be. My sophon channels are all screwy, missing channels, channels in different places. Not just the TV as it is the same on another! Anybody in the Pattaya area seen the same..... don't know if it is the total network or just my area!

BT eh, could be worse, you could actually be in Liverpool!

Seems expensive compared to the others... or is it a big bottle?