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Guys, thanks for your help regarding my questions. Thanks for your review Neil. Much appreciated. See you all in Pattaya in October!

Guys, I have searched the forum and have been unable to find out if Best Beach Villas on Soi 5 are guest friendly. Can anybody help me out please?

Stayed at Pattaya Bay Resort for 13 nights from July 23. Found that all in all, it was good value. We stayed in a deluxe room, cost worked out to 1200 baht per night, as they give you free night if you stay 6. Staff were friendly and helpful, although their English was limited at times. It is a little out of the way, but they have a Tuk Tuk which takes you to Second or Third Rd anytime you want for free. There were only 5 tv channels which were English, but they had Australian ABC which showed the Aussie Rules so we were happy. The rooms were clean, large and everything you could want. Small balcony which suited my mate as he is a smoker. Rooms had small kitchenette, so on the first day we bought a small kettle so we could make coffee in his room. No joiners fee. Bathrooms were large enough, good showers and bath, and the room cleaning occurred every day. Rooms had excellent tv and dvd players. I would have no hesitation to stay there again. It is a relatively new hotel, so make sure you know the directions or that you have a map, as our first few taxi drivers had no idea where it was. Once we got accustomed to Pattaya, we could direct them, but the first day or so were a bit frustrating.

Guys, we have booked 2 junior suites at the Opey De Place for our trip in July/August. The information we could find about this hotel is limited, but they offered it to us for 1000 baht per night, and the info I did find out is all positive. Could any of the board members please give us some info about Opey De Place that we may not have been able to find out elsewhere. Any help would be much appreciated.

Guys, we are heading to Chiang Mai for a few days before we hit Pattaya, (18 days of golf and sex would kill us!) I have researched the courses there, and have picked out a couple to play at, but I'd like to know if any of you have recommendatiosn regarding which courses are good value for money, or if you know of any specials or deals which are available to us. Any info of past experiences would be much appreciated. Thanks for your time.

Boys, thanks for your help. Mescalito, we will be at the Residence Garden from July 19th, so we will hook up then if you like. Cheers.

Hi fellow hackers, my mate and I are travelling to Pattaya in July, and apart from using all the information we have gleaned off this site to have an awesome time at night, we are hopefully going to make it to the golf courses for a few games. We are trying to limit how much baggage we bring with us, and we are wondering if it is possible to buy decent golf balls, tees etc in Pattaya at a reasonable price, and if it is possible, whereabouts will we buy them. Other times we have played in S.E. Asia we have found any golf gear quite pricey. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Has anybody stayed at the Pattaya Gardens Apartments or do they have any information which they can share with us? It looks fine on the web site but we would prefer first hand information. Thanks for your help.