jacko

I'll be in Pattaya for a night on the town tonight. I was considering not bothering as I expect traffic problems and crowds, and there is always a good chance City Hall will clog some roads for a market or some festival just to add to the confusion.

I see the new crown prince of KSA happens to have the same name as the current one. (bin Abdul Aziz)No need to vote twice to get more of the same there eh?

I sometimes do the Chinaman pants impression in front of the TGF and sadly she is non too impressed.

Never mind.

You are right there, Saudi was full of them!

You are being a worry wart.The hotels are always full around Christmas, flood or not. By December waters will have receded and the supply chains re-instated, people will be anxious to get back to making money and work hard to achieve it. Water supplies in Pattaya are unlikely to be affected by flooding in Bangkok. Why should flights be affected, so far, long hauls have not been and we are in the worst of it.

Jodie Foster.

You may not get to my age so don't knock it.I can't do anything about it, nor can you. Tempest fugit and all that.

The Rayong radar seems to be stuck in a loop for October 20th for me! So not much use. Previously it had given me great warnings of rain on the way.

Tequila Reef?

Beowulf.

As a swap?

Yes the banks were closed here Monday. It was Rama v day, that is why I waited until Tuesday.

Well for those unsure of the rules.... Link

To hell with bottled water, I just visited the Tesco convenience store around the corner and the beer shelves exhibited quite a dearth of supplies. A few lonely cans of Tiger and some Chang. That got me thinking so I shot off to my distributor and managed to get a few cases of SML, 865 baht each! The lady in ths shop is telling me some places in town have run out of stock, although I was looking at a veritable wall of Leo large bottles. Of course the SML comes from Pathumthani, north of Bangkok, under water. Prior to this I wasn't thinking this was going to be much of a problem here, hell it is Bangkok, where the weekend and holiday obnoxious drivers come from. But problems are spreading...... imagine, Pattaya without beer.

The BIL started off in Northern BKK (Pathum Thani) and took ages to get to Pattaya, and then carried on to Korat to take refuge. Looking at the Sat pick the options of escape on wheels are very limited!

Might end up looking like WC Fields.

Well I waited until midday Tuesday (Thai time) to initiate the transfer, it had just passed 49 on SCB and looked to be rising. Then later, about 12 UK time Mervyn flapped his lips and there was a little dive. This morning there appears to be rise going on again (49.35 on Yahoo) and SCB at 49.13. My money arrived early today and Bangkok Bank gave me 49.0175 for it, and then took 500 baht to drop me just below 49 equivalent! I have noticed SCB seem to update their rates more and offer better ones than BB, current £TT rates being 49.1287 and 49.0175 resp.

If you are flying economy class it certainly puts them way above say BA, who cut of the drinks very quickly.

I just posted elsehere that I heard reports of tents on Jomtiem beach, unconfirmed so far, but hardly surprising. I have a hotel booking in town I need to check on, it wouldn't hurt me too much to give it up for a washed out Bangkok family. Better that than my house eh? That sat pic really shows the magnitude of the problem. Stick it out Joe, Pattaya couldn't handle you.

I used to dream of such a device when inconvenienced by yappers. Similar to how I wished for a little can of Halon gas when a smoker lit up nearby. I think they are illegal in the UK, their website states. North American / European specific models (model shipped based on destination country) Oh the fun of discreetly interrupting someone's calls.

I was just told that there are tents going up on Jomtiem beach. Anybody there to confirm or deny? Pictures would be great.

Makes a good tongue cleaner.

You are completely discounting BA and Qantas? Actually I might give one of them a go if they left from T5. I did a domestic and was impressed how I was actually in arrivals early! My beef was always 75% LHR. Thai of late has not impressed.....link.

So is the stuff in Merida and Hermosillo crap or what?