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HI guys, Any of you looking for reasonably priced accommodation off Suhkumvit Road then please note I have just taken over as General Manager at Town Lodge Hotel on Soi 18. We are five minutes by tuk-tuk from Nana and a short walk to Cowboy. Asok skytrain station is almost at the end of the soi. There is plenty to do to get the hotel as I want it but these are mainly tweaks rather than knocking the place down and rebuilding! We have a large bar (Toxic Club) that will be open from midday in mid October (presently 19:00) and at end October food will also be available including room se

I must say thanks to you Alexist for your very positive review and I am delighted that you enjoyed your stay here - as you know you are number one in the eyes of my staff, very hansum man indeed. Thank you also to the others who have posted your kind comments and, in particular, Rainsberger who has always championed our cause - I have received your e-mail and replied to that separately. nariad - As concerns the night staff being asleep what can I do but offer my sincere apologies for that and also for advising your girlfriend of your other relationship. These are both unacceptable acts a

Monday, 21st May, 2007 There I was recovering from one hell of a week, seven days I would like to confine to history as quickly as possible, when Mrs. Boss informed me that we are moving the furniture in the lobby around once again. It was only one week ago when a major upheaval saw the fish tank moved, the reception counter in a new location and various other alterations made. I presumed the Feng Shui consultant had had a dream and decided to amend his previous good advice but I had no inner strength available to discuss the matter. Mrs. Boss had told me what was happening and that was

I have often been heard to say to my Thai staff, in my usual exasperated tones, ‘If you are going to lie then do so properly. Lie to the level where you are unlikely to be found out or, at least, make the story believable.’ Lying in Thailand is at a level where you have to be a complete Muppet not to see through it. Initially you consider that the person lying to you is treating you with total contempt, so pathetic and lame is the story they are spinning you. However, I have come to realise that the lack of credibility is not due to me being perceived as stupid. It is that the person tell

Nice to hear from you Dave and both Mrs. Boss and I hope that we will see you out here again. I know you had a damper put on your last visit but doubt very much that you would be so unfortunate again. We both send our warmest regards. I would like to see Songkran become a festival that attracts people from all over the world to Pattaya rather than something that sends everyone running for the hills. I have never been one for getting involved with committees or that sort of thing and I am even less inclined now I am living in a foreign land. However, I would happily join with other loca

It has been an interesting couple of weeks since my return from Udonthani and Bangkok although the best news for me is that Songkran is now almost over….thank goodness! Sorry to sound like a real misery here but I abhor this awful week which I have now endured for the last three years and it just keeps getting worse. I believe Songkran goes on too long and a week of indiscriminate water throwing is starting to have a negative affect on Pattaya’s businesses. Whilst some will say “so what” I have to tell you that this will undoubtedly impact upon visitors here unless something is done. A

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Longy. I do not know if any good to you but we can offer you a Standard Double room following a recent cancellation. The price is B16,500 for one month but INCLUDES breakfast (available daily to 13:00 and freshly cooked not buffet style), FREE WiFi and FREE pool table in lobby. We have a personal safe in all rooms and 24 hour reception, security door with pass key to guest areas and CCTV coverage of the lobby and hallways. Rooms are cleaned daily and have fridge/mini bar, air con, shower room, TV with cable connection, double beds. A DVD player can be provided for a small extracharge. T

5th April, 2007 Well that is it! I have finished writing my book and I completed the final proof reading earlier today. I had a meeting with the publishers, Bangkok Books, a few hours ago. They have given me to understand that the book will be published within the next two months, possibly before end May. I am presently experiencing considerable excitement, at the anticipation of seeing my name on the cover of a book, mixed with a paralysing fear that it will be viewed as the worst piece of literature ever to find its way into print. Well there is nothing I can do now except sit an

Kev, thanks for that but it was the article I referred to in my post related to that story. What is pertinent is that the matter is to be investigated by the 'local police'. This is the same as someone going to trial and being allowed to pick 12 friends to be their jury! These guys work in tandem with the local police otherwise the scam would not work and they share the proceeds. Also, as I said earlier, I would not fancy being the underwriter on the shop owners Life assurance although I admire his bravery in the face of these guys. Nothing will happen to the guilty officers, nothing ever

19th March, 2007 If ever there was a place to push you to the limits, a place that could snap you like a twig, then that place is surely Pattaya. There are times when I wonder why I put myself through this and whether the certain heart attack is really worth having. This is one such time and the last week or two have been like living in hell on earth. This analogy is further enhanced by virtue of the fact that that hell is probably one or two degrees cooler than Pattaya at the present time. Why is it that the Thai people cannot simply tell the truth? I am aware that to some level t

14th March, 2007 I have not had the chance to regale you with my tales of misfortune over the last month or so but there have been some very good reasons for this. The past month has been something of a ‘Curates Egg’ which I suppose rather typifies life here in what people refer to as LOS. I believe this should actually be LOSG – Land of Smoke and Glass. Nothing is ever as it seems here is it? If you holiday here then you never really understand what is going on below the surface and believe me, that is for the best. For those of us here permanently we see more than sometimes we wish

The Credit Card facilities are now in place for payments by Visa or MasterCard.

Jasmine Mansion, Soi Baukaow We have always received very positive reviews from the Pattaya Forums and again I thank all of you who have posted comments about our hotel. We have always listened to what our customers have to say and react positively wherever we are able. In this regard I am pleased to announce that we will be in a position to accept payment by Credit Card (Visa or MasterCard) by end March, 2007. Full details will be available to those enquiring once this system is in place. Three weeks go we installed a new pool table into the hotel lobby and whilst this has b