Skallagrim

Okay...well, I can always try to get it from where I am. I have a residense visa for Sri Lanka, an appartment and a job here...well at least I will have that when I apply. So hope that may swing things to my side. Else it will be the 60 day visa option for me. going home, get a visa from there, rent a place to live while waiting for the visa and purchase new tickets from Norway to Thailand will cost me at least 3000US$ if not more . So the extra expense of dealing with a 60 day one is actually worth it if it comes to that me thinks...

Thanks for the info The visa thing seem to be not so straight forward as I thought. So nice to know. Going to norway to do the formalities is however out for me? I am playing expat in Sri Lanka at the moment, so wonder if I could do the paperwork with the Thai Embassy here, as I have no plans to even going home for a visit before heading to LOS. Anyone with any experience in this?

Looked at it again and its Briths...Brittish weapons and uniforms...still funny though

When I embarked on my current job to Sri Lanka I planned to stay for a year, get some money togehter and go fishing in Aussie land. Thats always been a dream of mine for some perverted reason. Then my brain told me to go to Thailand for a 2 week trip back in May, to go fishing and perhaps get laid. Okay so I gone and fallen in love with Thailand and still struggling to come to terms with my holliday crush on a BG after my second trip. Now that may....or rather will fall appart I guess. But still want to spend some extended time in LOS once my not renewable contract with my current employer expires this time next year. So here is the plan, now that aussieland is firmly cancelled. 1. Work my butt off for another year (they pay me quite nicely for doing next to nothing and act like I actually have a clue about what I am talking about, thank you taxpayers) 2. Visit LOS and my Teeruk, whomever that may be (I really like her to much) every 2 months as the taxpayers have seen fit to pay me in full for 37 days off in a six month period where they pay for tickets and hotels provided I get out of this hellhole to use it) 2. Shift my ass over to LOS (it's a 3 hour flight from her so not a big effort) 3. Rent a place with aircon, western shitter, a bedroom with a soft bed, somewhere to cook, internet connection and a friendly landlord and a resonable rent 4. Buy a crotch rocket to get around. Traffick in Thailand is believe it or not comparable to the traffick in the Darfur, Sudan compared to the hellhole I am in right now. ( i know, have have been to Darfur, and the only traffick there consist of stoned Janjaweed militia on camels looking for children to kill and the odd idiot like me) 5. Fuck my TG, fish, and enjoy myself (but not in holliday mode, even a farang baa like me knows that the bank account will need a refill quite fast in that mode). 6. Work out how to be less intence (thanks for that tip Irish mate of Sexy Beast who drives crotch rockets like its no tomorrow) 7. Realize my bank account is down to red allert and start looking for my next gig 8. Act like I am working my butt off in some war ridden, corrupt, hellhole for 6 monthts to get back to LOS 9. See item number 1. Now, I have no real ties to my beloved Norway except mum 'n dad, my brother who unlike this pot bellied, lazy fuck actually IS a hansum man, his kids and grandma. Having spent the last 10-12 years pretending to work in places like Lebanon, the Balkans, Iraq, Sudan, Eritrea sort of fucked my head up enough to realize that paradise does not consist of wife, 1.6 kids, 10 million bath mortgage on house in suburbia, cabin in the mountains, boat on the fjord, Volvo and a trip to Mallorca every second summer, and I absolutely HATE to showel snow. So what are the things I need to know...okay from this board, stickmans pages, and googling I found out that I can get a 90 day visa wich I can be easily renewed if I get my but out of LOS for 24 hours our so. How easy is this really? Got a friend who did the same thing in Brazil, but he had to stay out for 3 months to get his Visa renewed. So is it really that easy? Will I run into trouble renting a house/ condo on a 90 day visa? Do I have to pay rent in advance and if so, for how many months? (basicly what should I expect in start up costs for renting a place to park my ass? (type of costs, not ammounts, I have no idea even in Norway as I have not stayed there enough the last ten years to pack up my travel bag) Do I need to register with some kind of authority appart from getting a visa? (do not plan to work). Any other advice about staying there more than 2 weeks for a fuck and drink holliday is apreciated. Thank you

Well, if it opens I will probably be landing there September 30. Have a feeling it's going to be an interesting experience...

Hammer is of course arranging a barcrawl on the 13th. Here is details: Barcrawl Should be fun.

Going to Aussieland to visit a friend in QLD once I am finished with my contract here in Sri Lanka. Probably going to try to get in a few days in Pattaya on the way, so wondering how long is the flight from BKK to first touchdown in kangaroo land?

Great, Shall we say 1900hrs ate the FLB?

Looks like there is bunch of us arriving on the 13th this month. Now I am arriving very early at BKK so probably won't get anyone to share the ride down to Pattaya, but how about joining up at the FLB for the first couple of beers and a recce of the action in the surounding areas? I am a total newbee to Pattaya myself, only have a week in Pattong Beach under my belt so far... so would be great for me to have someone to trade war stories with

Rune's rule: If you don't care where you are, you ain't lost. Murphys law of sex: Sex is like snow; you never know how many inches you are going to get or how long it is going to last. Virginity can be cured. Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself. Sex is dirty only if it's done right. When the lights are out, all women are beautiful. Sow your wild oats on Saturday night -- Then on Sunday pray for crop failure. There may be some things better than sex, and some things worse than sex. But there is nothing exactly like it. If the effort that went in research on the female bosom had gone into our space program, we would now be running hot-dog stands on the moon. Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Thou shalt not commit adultery.....unless in the mood. Never say no. Beauty is skin deep; ugly goes right to the bone. Have a good one!

Well, the deluxe rooms are all booked. for the period I am staying there they say. But will pester them when I arrive as well... Anyway, I never let things like that destroy my hollidays. As long as the place I sleep in is clean and I can have a shower in the morning I am happy...

I would go for both...that way when you can't sleep becouse of the heat, you always have the option of switching the thing on. And that girl will leave you quite hot Have been in hot climates over the past 10 years, but grew up on 78N latitude so appreciate a cold room when sleeping. but have also had all the health problems that comes with air cons. In South Asia now and after 3 months here, I am aclimatized enough the leave the thing off in my bedroom...

To late for me but plenty of good advice here for others, Will fire off an e-mail to the booking company and ask them to try and upgrade my booking. For the record. It was not the hotel that asked my to pay up in full bit the booking company. So booking directly trough the hotel is the best option. But for me this was the easiest way at the moment. Also my situation is that my employer is actually paying for the trip (flight + hotel) and that is why i don't really care if I have to cancell or not. Will keep up the postings here until everything is set in concrete. (You all must think I am a total twat by now...but hey, you only live once...) Will

Se you there, but beating you by a few hours, arriving at 06.20AM. We fly the same flag so so don't be afraid to say hello id you hear a familliar accent :-)

Sorry guys, That was a big misunderastanding on my part. The 990 Bath qoute was for the standard room, I must have ticked the wrong box when I ordered becouse I want the deluxe room for the safe deposit box. Do not particularely care to fix it right now, but going to ask for an upgrade when I hit Pattaya. Coming back with a review once my 17 days are finished so at least you will now how flexible they are. It IS low season so it should not be a problem, unless all the punters in here ahe gathering there at the time. By the way, I booked trough Sawasdee... Will

Sent my booking this morning with his service, and recieved his reply 1 hour later. Everything is now set for my next trip. 17 days of doing whatever one does in Pattaya.

Thanks for the input. Well, I decided to take a chance. I am a big fool anyway, so if things go wrong, well... Have a good one

Having discussed the matter thouroghly with myself and a few G&T, and hereby following the principle of never follow a decission taken when sober, until you have discussed it while drunk, I have now forked out my heard earned cash. See you in Pattaya on the 13th. I will be the European that came to a beach holliday destinatioln without a GF, so I should be easy to find. To make it even easier I will be wearing a T shirt, sandals and shorts with a lot of pockets. I will probably also be holding a beer in my hand and looking at some creatures they call females that I have heard shall exist in this fine place. Have a good one Skallagrim

Well I got some sort of answer to the effect that they are a travel agent not the hotel and that they require payment in full...well they should call it just that instead of calling it a deposit *grumph* Anyway, to tired to spend another evening browsing for hotels...so may go with this one. So will have drink and think about it. It is not that much money... Anyway, have sent a reg. email to become a full meber of this place...could be all sorts of fun going on in there :-)

Thanks for the reply Blacknight :-) Yeah the Hotel comes recomended and appears to be good. Just put on my best behaviour and fired of a couple of questions to the booking agency. The offer is a good one, the location likewise...we'll see

Okay...well, see you around then I guess. I will be the lightly confused dude with a Scandi-hooligan accent trying to figure out where I am and what the h... I am doing there. I'll reply to this Grace person that sent the 100% deposit thingy and ask a few questions... Cheers :-)

Thanks for the answer, how long are you staying?

Made my booking yesterday evening at Areca lodge from mid to end of July trough this site. 990.00Baht for the deluxe room, whatever that is does not seem to steep and the place seem to be recomended by lots of people. But todasy when confirmation arrived in my in-box they want a 100% non refundable deposit payable via VISA or direct bank transfer. Now that sort of sets my alarm bells off, so considering cancelling and look elsewhere. I have nothing against forking out a 10-15% deposit to secure the room. But 100% is a bit over the top. And they want it by tomorrow the 29th of June. So should I follow my gut feeling and book elswhere? I mean it's low season, so should not be to difficult finding a place to pass out between the action? Any advice?