jacko

You can do better. Fried hot dogs instead of proper sausages, yeuch! Anemic looking toast , and is that other stuff supposed to be bacon? And a half (not whole) slice of boiled ham that saw a frying pan for 30 seconds. And salad? I think Retox have little to worry about. They appear to at least not skimp on the Equal low fat sweetener, at The Expats Club they only put 2/per table, but some of the Dad's Army there are thieving buggers.

Oh, and as to exchange rates. Transfer your Sterling to SCB this morning, you get 38.80125 baht/£. Use Tranferwise, you get 39.07. The 39 barrier likely to be breached at TT soon!

A lot of money pouring into Thailand, big development plans in the pipeline. Roads and trains from the North, high speed transport links between port facilities and industrial cities. Eastern seaboard major projects. China will own this place soon! And another strange circumstance, Thailand has a healthy balance with exports being 2/3 of GDP and growth at around 4% with low inflation. It sits on a lot of foreign reserves rather than a mountain of debt. Thailand had a trade surplus for the first 4 months of this year. Doesn't Thailand make most of the vehicles sold from down under to USA. In 2015, the production of cars in Thailand was 1.9 million cars with 800,000 cars sold domestically and 1.2 cars exported. There were also 1.8 motorcycles produced, with domestic sales of 1.6 million and exports of 350,000 units. It isn't the basket case a few sitting in quiet soi Buakhao barstools complaining of WS prices might think.

There is Drinking St near that end of Soi 2, but last time I was looking around that area, not so many bars to be found. A long way from the busy beer bar complexes of old.

I have certainly used my AIS phone as a hotspot or to stream TV, but as you say it soon eats up your data allowance at full speed then it gets choked. I see little choice other than look for a Bolt-On package that gives a serious amount of fast data. Or get to that bar!

That I can believe.

No good news here!

Agree with tallguy,. I was in town for the fireworks and traffic was stationary on North Rd and 2nd Rd. M/C taxis could squeeze you through if need be. My past experience was to plan around it, walk a good bit or park yourself hitched up to a beer,

I think women's soccer is more popular in the USA than in Europe after winning it! When a goal scorer starts ripping their shirt off it may get better spectator numbers.

And the right to privacy? A picture of you asleep, drooling and clicking your false teeth goes viral before you land in London!

And those incessant beeps and bongs and favourite tunes.

That's true, many an expensive Audi around!

I don't believe so, I was always under the impression it was a cash only sort of place. Debit cards of course OK at banks.

I was a regular Emirates traveler and they brought in Wi-Fi. Initially it was pay for, cheap for a block of data. Then they made it free in Biz Class. Wasn't much good, okay for Messaging Apps but not much more. Also a lot of dead expanses as we flew over the wilderness of Asia. Not worth the effort or frustration. Put the damned phone away and watch a film or get some sleep. Some MP4 files on the lappy works good.

Do you come across many that have their own cars? I have met a few but not many. They might actually own one, but it is in the village being used by a brother or father.

Interesting, so a few times each year a large lid will be taken off and the convicts sent in there? Great news for the people having businesses on that corner. Any strainers in there would be clogged up after a single rain shower.

No. Rainy season starts from end of May through to the end of October. Prior to that is the hot season. Don't get me wrong, rainy doesn't mean cool, simply cooler. Plenty of heat between the showers, Heaviest rains come late in the season.

Well I am sure it is useful for those people back 'home' if only to stop them buying their baht there at awful rates. I know when I am flying out of the UK, I often look at the rates being offered by the exchange shops in the airport, and will pull my phone out and see what Bangkok Bank would give me. Difference is criminal, and of course TT Exchange will be better!

Rip Torn

Here we are boys.

Usually I get the rate on Friday so it will reflect the weeks changes and set the tone for the weekend. Yes, there is a lot of inflow of money into Thailand and the projects on the Eastern seaboard , so the currency can be expected to strengthen, especially against the massive debts the Western ones carry. I can only hope it will bring up the value of my land and house along with demand and I can sell up in a few years and look to rent for a spell. All this seems to contradict a Pattaya that frankly is a dump in a lot of areas, and is frequently under water.

Didn't stop by yesterday to get the usual picture. Was on the bike and rain was making life difficult.

Having your own vehicle makes traveling around much easier so I would say yes. Pool Hustler advertises on here and he rents out vehicles, both pickup truck and car. Usually about Weekly 6,000 baht, 1 Month 16,000 baht. There are always renters around the old Xcite disco area but these are ones with regular insurance and not renters cover. If you can stomach being a passenger with the imaginary pedals let her drive, but most of them are pretty bad! Bad for your nerves and I would say do it yourself. International driving licence required to keep the police happy.

Yes, after St Paddy got rid of all the snakes in Ireland, he came and eliminated rabies from the UK.

I doubt the average Thai soi dog or cat has ever been near a vet. The toy dogs Thai women love, yes likely, my cat, assuredly, most dogs with very little fur sat scratching, certainly not.