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Bite the bullet mate..perhaps it was time for a new one anyhow... This could be indicative of a few probles, poor rechargeable batteries, charger is defective, there is some leakage. They probably used quite cheap rechargeable batteries and they have a high failure rate. I am a cheap charlie and have messed about with 8-9 of those mosquito zapper bats swapping batteries to get a couple that hold the charge and fry the bugs pretty well. Good luck....

Penang isn't what you are looking for. I took the TGF and stayed at a beach resort, and had a good trip. Nice beaches, good seafood, expensive relative to LOS.Not really a mongering place.... why not Phnom Pehn?

Yes, I felt that too but I am a bit of a 'pig'......Perhaps aimed at getting you to have a dessert or some extra onion rings. Still a good fish even if I found the use of the word 'loin' applied to cod as confusing. Didn't know fish had an area between the ribs and rump... or even ribs and a rump? Some places are serving up freshwater fish, some which are too soft and absorb too much oil during cooking. At a Thai seafood place I tend to avoid the all too common 'snapper' and go for a grouper, but they are quite expensive now.

Everywhere serves up fish and chips in Pattaya, but lately you could be forgiven for not knowing what type of fish you were getting. I saw this place advertised on Pattaya 1, and HM looks like a man who knows his food so I thought I would give it a go. Here is another review.... which will give more detail for those who want it. Located between Soi 7 & 8 on the fun side of 2nd rd, good place to fill up before a beer bar or two. A couple of seats outside for the smokers but I prefer to get away from the 2nd rd pollution, so went into the bright, traditional interior. It's a single shop house so long and thin, but quite pleasnt. Cod fillet, chips and mushy peas for me, with a slice and a soda, about 260 baht. A bit more than some cheaper eateries.. Service polite and attentive, and a bit of a wait as there were 4-5 ahead of me. It looked great on arrival, the fish had obviously been freshly cooked, and was perfect. Great batter, flakey and white flesh, very nice. Chips tasted good, although the portion was more Thai than farang size. Glad I ordered a slice. The mushy peas were poor, a small cold serving that had likely been sat on a cold plate awaiting the fish, if they were indeed ever hot. They were pured garden peas, hence overly sweet and not the real deal. (Do they actually serve mashed garden peas anywhere in the UK?).

You just mentioned for the first time that a bike before you was loaded and charged at 100 baht. Although that guy might have lived on the island and be subject to a better price. Ask at the kiosk how much it should be.......

Looks like the people who rent you the crappy bikes over on Koh Larn are making sure it costs more to bring your own over, than to rent one of theirs!I know I had to pay for my bike, and the truck it was on the back of, going over to Koh Chang, but that is of course a ro-ro.

Lucky you.... but I still have my hearing.I pay extra to get a good nights rest on the way to and from LOS. Yakking on your telephone is something that should also be put to bed.

For heaven's sake, do not expect to stay in Poipet, it is an absolute shithole.Most Cambo border towns are pretty horrible..... How about a trip to Vientienne?

Well, that crosses them off my list of options. Bad enough in the lounge having some cretin nearby yelling into his mobile, but on an aircraft with a fair selection of our ME friends there is little point to a lie flat bed if there are people talking on their mobiles!

Use a search engine......

Yes, Man United were the better side and deserved the win.......

Yes.....I have used them Biz Class on the Amsterdam-Bangkok route quite a few times. Punctual. Good service. Food fair, not great. IFE poor.... Seat poor..... it was the non-flat wide seat that was common in Biz class a decade ago. Singapore Airlines they aren't, but I thought I got fair value for the price, and was able to avoid the knob heads in economy.

Post 2 looks good. They advertise this place a lot so must need the work. Although for some reason they wouldn't touch my Fluke meter, but wanted a sizeable deposit off me to send it to the Service centre in Bangkok.

I must agree, they are hardly artisans. If you need holes digging, trenches, drain pipes laying they can do. But any concreting will be shoddy and look like hell. They will leave wet concrete in your guttering or pour it into your drains rather than clean up properly. They are often not Thais but casual Cambodian labour picked up on street corners. Oh, and some are quite good at standing around telling you at the top of their voice how much they know while throwing cigarettes ends all over your garden, leaving rubbish everywhere and treating your home like their personal doss house. (They bring their wives and kids who run around unwatched.) I have found a good electrician, a rough but cheap general contractor who I have to stand over and nag, but plumbing, which is mostly gluing together prefabricated plastic parts I take on myself. It's a piece of piss. Oh and gardeners steal all your hose fittings too!

Joe answered...... you will have to clear customs at Swampy, so will have collected your bag. Air Asia do fly out of swampy, I would just drag my bag to the departures (domestic) and check in, not too far. (Air Asia do have check-in at International too, but I do not think you can use them). Bangkok Airways (Phuket and Samui) and Charters from Russia for U-Tapao.. I know there are some facilities to automatically transfer baggage for Phuket, as I have seen it offered. But when changing carriers, especially to a budget one that likes to make extra charges based on luggage, better to be sure and collect your own bag. You don't like getting hit by a firehose equivalent in the face?

Yeah, you get 10 of everything else but only 5 slices of black pudding..... what's that about?My favourite was actually in Venezuela of all places, used to get served with the barbecues...morcilla....very nice. Morcilla de Burgos..............mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

My wireless Internet is 54 Mbps.... And I pay a lot more....

What they say and what they do are two different things.Websites in LOS are not always accurate...... never trust an internet timetable! Let's hear it from recent passengers as to whether they have seen walk-ons permitted or turned away when there was empty seats.. Methinks they would rather eat shit than turn down a fare...

Innovative.......

Weren't the Lira Italian and the Pesetas Spanish?Oh well what do I know......?

Turn into Soi Siam Country Club road off Sukhumvit, cross over the railway line and on the right just after the corner is a 'sell everything made of plastic and other crap' type shop where I bought one of these chopped oil barrel BBQs.

Give the guy a break, it's disturbing for him to be only drawing at Swansea.Hotel Reviews Hotels Forum..

Sort of glad you have said that, I have been having problems posting which I originally put down to my internet or that I was trying a new DNS.I type my post in the window..... hit 'Add Reply', and I end up at the Forum List, with no post entered. It is happening about 50% of the time. The back button and a second attempt always seems to work normally.

I was awaiting some good 'anti' puns but so far it has been an anticlimax.