Bushcraft

Love you dearly my dextrous friend, lol, and your post above this is spot-on brilliant. Being fluent in English, German and (reasonably well) in French myself - and having been exposed many times in the past, when I was important, to business situations where there were 'representatives' of all three languages present, in which case English mercifully becomes the lingua franca - I'm well aware of the problems in including everyone when things get more social - the most cunning linguist gets to spend his time interpreting for the less practiced, and generally has a lousy time of it. The only re

Good luck to these servicemen - they are young, virile guys with their whole lives ahead of them (unlike yours truly, who has a great future behind him). I'm frankly amazed at the good manners, friendliness and discipline of those I've had the pleasure to encounter on e.g. WS, Soi 8 in previous years. If these are typical products of the US armed forces, then the latter are definitely doing something right by their country and indeed the sane world IMHO. Long may that continue, and these attributes combined with clearsighted leadership and sheer professionalism will always win out in the end a

Sinsinbad mate, welcome to Thailand. I can only concur with other probably more knowing BMs who have posted. Mr T. does indeed run a most efficient taxi service, and somewhere along the line communication was apparently lacking. If you book a taxi you are usually booking a subcontractor who may not be very familiar with Pattaya. As Canterbury Tales really is a needle in a haystack where most non-residents are concerned, I'm not surprised that you had a problem. It's important in Thailand to cover all the bases by knowing and telling them in detail what you want for your money, otherwise you ca

Three years in Thailand and never been to Patts? He's in for a culture-shock of course, but leave him to our tender mercies and we'll do our best to ensure that he wants to come again soon

Sorry, but I'd class that so-called 'class' in the video as the common, unscientific brawling you might see on Soi 8 at 2.45 am. No technique, no finesse, no thought behind the footwork, no self-protection, just whale away at the opponent and hope he cops more than you do - that stuff is for people who've just learned to walk upright and breathe through their noses. It wouldn't get the OP far in MMA either, because that's geared to let grapplers win and has a shed-load of rules to make sure that's so.

Reminds me of the scene outside King's Cross station in London in the 80s. A down-and-out was sitting on the pavement begging, with a sign around his neck: Wounded in the Falklands. Two city gents saw him, reached into their wallets, each extracted a 20-pound note, gave these to him and walked on. The man called after them: "Gracias senores". Oh the irony of it.

Thanks MM, I was going to post about this myself, having taken a huge detour trying to get home from Soi 8 to Jomtien tonight. It truly makes the mind boggle that people on presumably not insubstantial salaries, in senior positions, can time major roadworks to coincide with easily the busiest time of the entire year in a tourist resort. We've just had the slowest low season in living memory, the problems with the road surfaces were perfectly apparent for months if not years, and these goombahs decide to wait until the major influx of visitors arrives rather than fix things when the inconven

Couldn't agree more, slow is the way to go here, and riding as defensively as possible. Nonetheless only sheer luck has saved my bacon several times while out on my scooter, as many Thais have very little 'road-sense' and will do the most crazy, unpredictable things. Three examples: 1. Waiting at the front of the lineup, at the red light to cross Pattaya Tai from 3rd Road on the way to Jomtien. A Thai girl jabbering on her mobile is in the right-hand lane as if wanting to turn right. The light changes to green, she suddenly turns sharp left to enter Pattaya Tai, across the entire bevy of bik

Same to you chaps, and I hope you have every success in 2011.

Obviously because his name's Dale, and Thais might have trouble pronouncing that

Welcome to the board Dale. I wish you the very best in building BB back up. It's reputation declined quite rapidly and markedly over the last 1-2 years (see comments on this and other fora), and you have your work cut out.

The whole and sole potential benefit of this proposal surely lies in the final sentence of the OP: "It is hoped the new 24 hour license will stop some of the alleged corruption involving local government officials and Police Officers which was highlighted by delegates during the meeting." It's irrelevant whether bar-owners actually stay open 24 hours - the point is it would stop the uncertainty, shake-downs, abitrary arrests and sheer extorsion exercised by people in a position to make life difficult for bar-owners and line their own pockets. Whether it will happen is one thing (I'm not holdi

Good on yer mate, I hope your book sells well, I enjoyed the instalments on the Board a lot.

In my personal experience it ranks one above necrophilia, so don't bust a gut trying to notch one up.

Ok, but not necessarily in the right order: American Swiss Burmese Thai (loads) English (loads) German (loads) Serbian French Dutch Indian Cambodian Indonesian Finnish Swedish Japanese Irish Scottish Luxembourgois Australian Not enough really ..

Very nice Sue, thanks for posting them - good memories.

I don't think you have any cause for concern. If the last two 'high seasons' are anything to go by, this year's will be practically over by the time you hit Patts in mid-January. As for the girls, they vary of course, but generally speaking they're hungry for business and will negotiate unless they're stunners/well sponsored. Babydolls in particular has taken its reputation for hands-on fun up a notch in recent months, and for the price of a tequila or two, you won't have any trouble getting your tummy rubbed just about as soon as you walk in. Hope you have a good trip.

No he's not, he's a very switched-on businessman, and a pleasant, down-to-earth chap to talk to. If you stay there, as I did several times, you're in good hands and should ordinarily have a good time right in the middle of Soi half-dozen. Otherwise join our very own Paps in a minority of, er, one.

Apparently she's a post-op, not my scene but very attractive to look at, nice personality too.

Thanks mate, I know that Adam took a whole bunch of pics on the night, and no doubt they'll appear when he gets a moment to put them up.

I'd love to mate, but I'll have the War Office with me, and she disapproves for some reason.

Bushcraft is expecting and hoping to be 62 not out on Thursday, 7th October, and will be celebrating this momentous feat at Cherry Bar. There will be Indian food provided by the Tikka Centre, and also western and Thai karaoke. Following momentous efforts by Adam's manageress Nam, the bar next door to Cherry has agreed to cut out its normally very loud music on the night, which promises to make things a lot easier on the ear for the karaoke and normal conversation. Food served from 8.30 pm. If you're in town, it would be great to lift a beer or two with you. Y'all come now!

The 'wrong' in his post was irony mate, that's why it was written 'wrong' and not wrong. Brits habitually refer to the right-hand side of the road as the wrong side, it's irony and it went over your head

Funky is the last person coming to Patts who is in the least concerned about drinks prices unless he's being ripped off, that's why he asked about BF prices, which are more indicative to him - I look forward to introducing the two of you to each other when he's back in town, and then I'm going to join you for one or several nights out so that three kindred spirits can have a hell of a time in a red-blooded male's paradise.

Don't know of any apart from Canterbury Tales, the owner has a very good selection, is a nice guy and deserves support, even if there are others.