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Now your talking...3 free plates of Somtam Think we'll need to adjust all those 'how much do I need to live in Pattaya threads' :) .

Hey the real price of Somtam is 30THB and it comes on plates .

The OP is Diabetic & in UK So He gets free prescription drugs Metformin you can buy in any Pharmacy in Patts The Temazepam you should need a doctor to prescribe in Patts though of course if you know the right people you can get them without any such carry on. The painkillers I dont know but will fall into one or the other of the preceding scenarios. But as UK GP's routinely give 8 week prescriptions to people in the OP's situation - why consider paying in Patts In the unlikely even of a query at Suvarnabhumi Customs a copy of your UK prescription will resolve that.

Thats what you would think....but I kid you not - try it sometime

Yes the very ones I referred to No they dont pick up But as I pointed out they frequently 'drop off'. So your anticipated straight run to Pattaya on the motorway, can be thwarted by a litany of Drop off requests from Thai passengers. .

Bear in mind too that the Ekamai rattler is seldom 'non stop' to Patts Once full they come on board and solicit all the 'drop off' requests...if you hear the word 'Chonburi' mentioned youre in for a long one!!! Even on a rare full on incident free belt down the motorway it can be curtailed just as you think its 15minutes from over with a detour from the motorway to indulge in a sight seeing tour around the back sois of Au Udom to drop someone off!! .

Ah ha So thats why my 200 baht speaker has died Thanks .

Iranians doing what they do Ladyboy doing what he/she/it will do if told to pick out the money her/himself Pattaya reporters doing what they do best - getting it wrong ho hum .

Dopey fuckers Wai'ing and/or tipping everything in sight up to and including soi dogs .

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Had an excursion into Bangkok and used an ATM in MBK After a quick triple dip into my SCB funds, I was just stuffing the hok mun into my pocket when the phone rang.... SCB bank checking the withdrawals were kosher !!! Impressive .

Cash (without declaration) Out of UK 10K Euros (for some strange reason) Into Thailand $20K USD Bank transfer UK to Thailand Much talk of daily limits - but Ive never encountered this (my last one was for £20K all done on line without a hiccough - same as always) .

Public rubbish dump, is there one? Yes a couple of miles long & washed 'clean' twice a day by the sea .

Another instance of the inherent value of a Thai bank account. This could all be done instantly, securely, and on line. Maybe a member with one and PayPal will help you out. .

Probably better to go through one of the agencies. Definitely have on line merchant facilities and likely as not cheaper rates too! Give Agoda a try. .

Heres a photo of a lens full of some of Pattaya's seemingly endless layers of 'boxdwellings' Using your skill and judgement see if you can spot the one with Thai residents .

Ahhh....I was about to ask which salesman does the English speaking deals for you :) Bottom line with this subject is, in the scenario of the original post at what point did the writer 'check bin' and leave? If he didn't then its either a classic 'little head ruling large head', or as said before doormat impersonation. .

Theres an old saying 'If you make a doormat of yourself, there will never be a shortage of people wanting to wipe their feet' Think it holds true for 'feet' of all nationalities .

In the reversal of roles, I wonder how much 'social nicety ' would be extended by the OP to a Thai companion explaining (in Thai of course - couldnt be so obsequious as to expect thems to understand anything else) all that was being exchanged between him and his falang friends . Get real .

If they were deaf dumb and stupid....... Why not? .

Mr T (and all other TAXI personnel) are Thai (er not Americans) They operate in Thailand By Thai standards and custom Spoonfeeding, 'Duty of Care', etc etc are alien Western concepts - just as falling over 'defective' sidewalks etc is seen here as the fault of an imbecile who is not aware of something as fundamental as where hes placing his feet, rather than the trigger to seek compensation westerners would see it as. .

Oh I thought this was a thread about dumping rubbish .

?????? If you go to the other side of the world and entrust the conclusion of your journey solely to the vagaries of some Thai taxi driver with no fall back plan Then either you are extremely naive or one of those types who would starve to death if they found themselves locked inside a Tescos .

All accents are optional .

Yes not the service all the forum hype would lead you to expect But If you dont have either any knowledge of where you're going or the means to communicate it even if you did...then sorry its incumbent on you to have done at least a couple of prints of address and a map. (What would you have done if something totally unforeseen had happened like a no show from the prebooked taxi) .