short

Has nothing to do with stupidity. If they accept a reservation for two people in a room, that is a contract. I keep a copy of the reservation on hand and show it to them. They don't like it, but they eventually realize that they are bound.

Always reserve the room for more than one occupant. Works like a charm.

Keeps the stuff away from the mice. Also, coffee stays fresher that way.

He took me to where I could get booze. Thats all I cared. He even helped me with my shopping so I offered him a beer but he said he couldn't drink while on duty.

Like I said, I was exhausted from the flight. It might have been Foodland. I could have sworn the taxi took me east to it from soi 11 which I was staying on.

Give me a break!! After spending 30 hours flying and at 2am in the morning, "Tops" and "Robinsons" was just a blur to me. My point was that booze was available from the bigger places.

Between soi 15 and 19 off of Sukhumvit Rd, Bangkok.

I ran into this problem due to a midnight flight arrival in Bangkok. Masssage girl said that rule didn't apply to department stores, and so I went to Robinsons and was able to buy whatever I wanted.

Its not for transportation. Its for fun off road.

I'm interested in riding on a beach because I'm to scared to ride one on the road. I don't need to go fast either. Just fast enough to keep it stable. And I would rather do it with a minibike rather than a scooter because of the wider tires on a minibike. As far as corroson from the beach, that is already happening if you are within a few hundred yards of the beach. A quick rinsing afterward and the bike would be just like before.

What did they cost?

Years ago I had great fun riding a minibike on a Florida beach until I was run off by the cops who said that the beach was an interstate and minibikes arn't allowed on interstates. I've never seen it done on Pattaya's beach but what about Koh Larn? Or some other Thai beach. Also on the topic of scooters, where can you buy high quality (full face) helments in Pattaya?

Martin, Poll Only Topics are stupid because you can't reply when a particular poll is stupid or in the wrong place. One other question, what happened to "Show my last 10 posts"? Anybody else missing anything with the new software? And Martin, thanks for supplying and maintaining the board.

If he is not on overstay, then it is probably nothing that can be done. But if he is, why have the Thai or tourist police not determined his nationality and then alerted his embassy?

During my last few trips Iv'e noticed night hawkers on Beach road. Not the ones offering sex but rather sunglasses and clothing etc. I also noticed Thai policeman going from stall to stall giving what look to be tickets. Are they tickets, or business permits, or....? Could this be part of a plot to make Pattaya family friendly (whatever that means....considering that without sex...there is no family)

Cebual, this joke is not about the Jews. Its about how people incorrectly group cultures together.

See a doctor, you are one sick dude. Where's the switch to go back!

This SUCKS!! Its probably necessary to keep assholes from hacking the website, but I really liked the 2002 version much more.

Martin, do they give good exchange rates? What about exchange fees or cuts?

Make sure they can cook true American breakfasts also.

Now this is a perfect example when it is proper to charge for using the toilet.

All of the bars and the toilets are owned by the same entity on Soi Eric. The bars are leased to the individual bar operators. I never said this was specific to Pattaya. Speaking on a different variant of the issue, for every time a toilet has been used in any business by a non-customer, a paying customer left without using the toilet. Its all a wash.

Sois of Bangla Road.

Just curious how others feel about this. While spending 3000 baht in an establishment, is it totally classless to be hit up for 5 baht to use the toilet? I'm not refering to the towel boys, thats a separate story.

Pussy