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I appreciate the feedback. Thank you. I am hoping someone has personal knowledge of a property. The booking sites are often misleading and do not tell you if the property is monger friendly or not.

It's been a number of years since I last spent any real time in Pattaya. A buddy of mine and I want to find: - a small upscale 2 or 3 bdrm house/Villa with it's own pool to rent. - Location in Pattaya or Jomtien not too far off the beaten path that is monger friendly. - to rent for 7-10 days in August. I am hoping someone has a suggestion or two through VRBO, AirBNB, private rental, or other that would work? Thank you for any and all suggestions.

The $50 Lesson I recently asked my friends' little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President of the United States. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there. So I asked her, "If you were President, what would be the first thing you would do?" She replied, "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people. Her parents proudly beamed. "Wow...what a worthy goal," I told her. "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that. Tell you what - you can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my driveway, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house." How about doing something wonderful like that? She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?" I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party." Her parents still aren't speaking to me.

Thanks for the input. I checked and Mistys has what I was thinking about but they want 12,000baht.... whoa. For that amount, I'll wait till I get to town to start having fun. Classroom has a less expensive alternative but will not pick up in early morning hours so that leaves me out on that one as well.

With everyone coming to Pattaya with the same goal, I'm surprised someone hasn't started offering rides with female companions to soothe the weary traveller. To me it would seem like a great business opportunity and a service that would fit well with the clientel of this route. By the way, this newbie is coming on the 14th from Los Angeles on Thai Air to arrive at 6:40am. I have booked Mr. Toom.

going 2 weeks without Pizza might be tough for me. Do I have to worry in Pattaya or are there decent pizzas available and if so, what's the best?