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Obviously he took no notice of all the warning signs.

I once raised a question at a fire station open day about living in high rise buildings in the event of a serious fire. This is what i was told: The largest turntable ladders extend about 100 ft straight up. On a commercial building it can only go as high as the 7th floor and no farther! And for that reason i stay below the 7th floor.

According to this link it is open daily. http://www.mypattaya.com/99sukhawadee.asp

Baan Sukhawadee Mansion - Pattaya Check this link out for information: http://www.smilinginthailand.com/pattaya/baan-sukhawadee-mansion-pattaya.htm

Once again we hear a story that gives the more sensible expats every reason to rent a house and not get into some half baked unlawful arrangement where your likely to come out with jack shit. This is maybe the lease deal you should have made. If you have had a usufruct registered you would still be able to live on the land and use it as if it was yours even if the land was sold to another Thai. A usufruct can be registered for life, i.e. as long as you live, or a time not exceeding thirty years. THAI CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL CODE TITLE VII - USUFRUCT Section 1417 - An immova

I'm not against paying to use a toilet in a bar beer complex providing it's kept clean which few are. When a new Soi emerged in Bangla Road, Patong i questioned a bar owner i know why the toilets where charging 5 baht, he explained the toilets like the bars where leased and therefore had to make a charge to get a return on their so called investment.

They might sell them in Lukdod which is down the Soi opposite the bus station on Pattaya north road.

I recently rented a Toyota Hilux truck from Escape rentals on Soi Diana for 1400 baht per day with a minimum three day rental period, the place is run by an Englsih Guy names Bob. They offer good insurance and 24hr breakdown.

This item has now been sold.

It's already well discounted and i'm afraid 3500 baht doesn't come anywhere near my asking price.

Due to moving house i have a Sony Home theatre surplus to requirements for sale, model DAV-SR2. It was purchased from Num Chai in Pattaya and is available as seen for 4500 baht, buyer to remove.

Talk to a Thai? you might as well strike up a conversation with a plank of wood. English communication with a Thai........................Ha-ha forget it. There as dumb as dog shit.

I have a mate who drives to Pattaya from a small village just north of Ubon Ratchathani and he clocks up around 700 kilometers and takes around 10 hours to complete the journey.

First thing they check at the licencing centre is your passport and what type of visa you have. The type of visa and duration will decide what you get.

Three years after he gunned down Canadian Leo Del Pinto in the northern Thai village of Pai the trial of Police Sergeant Uthai Dechachiwat has still not started and papers have now been referred to the Office of Special Litigation in Bangkok. But on January 17th Sergeant Uthai will however go for trial in the provincial capital Mae Hong Son for the murder of his 18–yr-old wife Manta by clubbing her to death with a piece of wood - an offence committed while on bail on the first murder charge.

It's easier to find rocking horse shit than a good reliable maid. I've had three maids but not live in's over the 14 years i've lived in LOS. I employed them on the occasions i lived alone and two stole from me, one borrowed 5000 baht for her son who she claimed was admitted into hospital and i never saw her again. As it's been said, if you have a live in lady and she isn't working then kick her ass and make her earn her 'free' board and logings plus everything else that goes with living with a fat wallet farang. Foot-note: It's not unusual for a none working Thai female to ask f

An interesting read about hotel safes. http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/ho...om-safe-thefts/

Eighteen years ago and somewhat pissed I tried to get into my room safe in the Landmark Hotel on the Sukhumvit road in Bangkok. After three fcked up drunken attempts the safe locked me out so I called the front desk who sent a security guy plus another guy who turned out to be the in-house engineer and the Hotels night manager to my room. After answering a few questions the manager verified I was the room occupant. At that the in-house engineer entered a four digit number onto the key pad which I was told was a special number they called the ‘engineers access code’ which opened the safe.

Some of the prettier ladies take what I call a ‘low season lover’ who is usually a newbie expat, but not always. She’ll move in with him then purposely create a problem so he throws her out around the end of November or early December so she can make the starting line up ready for the coming high season. Believe me it does happen.

I agree they are nice boobs but are they not attached to a Thai guy?

It’s silly to think that burglary only happens in Pattaya as it happens all over Thailand, it’s just that there are richer pickings in places like Pattaya which has many farangs. The thieving fcks also know that the BIB are not very good at catching people which makes the chances of being caught slim to none. Security guards attached to mafia groups have been known to be to be placed in estate security companies which doesn’t help.

Get in touch with Robert ‘Walter Mitty’ Boyd he might be interested in buying one of them. Or maybe you could buy one and install him as your manager?

This immigration ruling has always baffled me. A single person over the age of 50 to obtain a retirement extention requires to show evidence of 800.000 baht which can be done a couple of ways. A married person with a wife and maybe a couple of children has to show proof of income totaling 400.000 baht. Why is it considered cheaper to have a Thai wife and two children than it is to be single in LOS? Are those figures the wrong way round? I've lived here for 14 years and never been able to work that one out.

Thailiving Ferry is excited to announce the launch of its new high speed Catamaran that will provide water transportation between two of Thailand ’s most popular tourist cities, Pattaya and Hua-Hin. The company hosted a grand opening party Friday night to introduce its sleek new transport, with luxurious seating, and state-of-the-art technology. Ferry service will begin on the 19th of November 2010 and they expect to operate a regular schedule of three crossings per week. With the new catamaran service it will be so much easier to travel across the gulf from Pattaya to Hua-Hin, and then on to

Thailand is changing, and fast. Twenty years ago or even ten years ago you wouldn’t have seen Arabs, Indians, Pakistani or Polish guys in great numbers but I was in Bangkok last week in Soi Nana sat having a few beers in the Hilary bar and I felt out of place with the number of Middle eastern guys hanging around and being accosted by the girls from the bar. Sexy or hansum man now applies to anyone. I also caught sight of one or two Arabs in the go-go bars. What concerned me most is the girls don’t seem to care who they go with providing the customer can produce a couple of crispy bro