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Can you believe I stayed at Robin's Nest for 5 days and Traveller's Rest for 10 days and never went there (50 metres equidistant from each). ..... Andy

Hi Jack (no I mean Hello Jack) Would be interested in a 1-bed suite (two different beds or king-size) at around 1K per night for three weeks in May-June 2008 if your mate Mike is interested in searching something out. I'm coming with the wife and we'll be chasing girls so might have 4 people total overnighting at times. This based on your 15K per month quote. No joiner fees obviously! You can PM me his details if you like.... Andy Cap

Timesharing CAN be a good investment (skip it if it's boring) As it's come up - I'll give you all my tenpenneth. I have two timeshares - I bought neither after a pitch from a street tout. The first one I bought in Saudi Arabia in 1995 after seeing an ad. It is a suite at Hotel Isis (5 star hotel) on an island in the middle of the Nile in Aswan, Egypt. It cost me 3K pounds for a six-person suite - red period - for 40 years. The annual fees are 100 dollars and they forget to ask me for the money....but I still get my week from the RCI bank. The second one I bought on a welcome to RCI week in Spain in 1996 - they were trying to sell me Spain at 12K sterling but found me Goa for 3K sterling. It's at Royal Goan Beach Club in Goa, India - again 6-person apartment - red-period - but in perpetuity. The annual fees are currently around 200 dollars. I'll cut to the chase: If you are thinking of buying, buy at a LOW ENTRY PRICE (my two weeks cost 6K sterling) Buy at a location where the LABOUR COSTS ARE LOW (Egypt and India fit the bill) this means the ANNUAL FEES will be low. Note that the initial investment is LOST - you can NEVER sell timeshare at anything like what you bought it for. You need to USE it and suck out as much value as possible by making EXCHANGES TO LOCATIONS WHERE THE BUY-IN AND ANNUAL FEES ARE HIGH. The current annual cost of my two weeks is: RCI membership: 70 euros (+/- not sure) Exchange fee for two weeks 400 euros Annual maintenance 250 euros Total call it 800 euros or 400 euros a week Add to this low-cost airfares and you have great value. Timeshare accommodation is usually 4 star and above - so my family 2 adults 2 kids have had high end holiday accommodation in Goa, Bali, Thailand, Spain, Tenerife, Sardinia, USA (twice), and the UK for the past twelve years. You cannot always choose where you go but you do discover all sorts of new places. The best quality accommodation we have found is in the USA. When we're retired (in LOS maybe) we'll live frugally and our annual treat will be a couple of weeks in a timeshare at a high end destination. Just back from two weeks Tenerife at Club Casablanca and Hollywood Mirage - the buy-in there is astronomical and the maintenance fees enormous as they have excellent staff ratios and maintenance. But I'm not paying for it!!!! Just my experience, but, on the whole, positive..... if you tackle it the right way, i.e. probably don't buy in Thailand! Maybe buy on the internet - loads of people want to sell 'cos they can't pay their maintenance fees. BUYER'S MARKET. Andy Cap

Heard a few doors slam but no other moaning that I could mention..... Andy Cap

I had an excellent five day stay last month, on 2nd floor. Always sent the girl up the stairs first to enjoy the view of her behind.... ah memories... Andy Cap

Visiting elephants and riding friends probably even less... Andy

And the odd stain perhaps.....

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With you Makum 99 baht - got a pic somewhere, will hunt it out. Real Brit sausage too.... Andy Cap (Darlo boy)

Hi all Preparing 3-week May trip with Mrs Cap and what better than 2 weeks ON Soi 6 (with three days Secrets before and 3 days something else after)? The skysuite with the private roofgarden looks great, 3 floors of stairs but WTF for 775 bht per night? Saw this place but no contact detail on webpage - has it gone??? http://users.telenet.be/pattayabutterfly/skysuite.htm Any feedback welcome. Andy Cap (aka C***p C****ie )

Hi Mulphy I'm paying 500 incl brekkie at Travellers Rest just over the road so doubt whether that can be bettered unless we're talking free bar fines ...... More interested in diff locations - e.g. soi 1-3, soi 12-13 but might just stay put... Your girlies are just over the road in'it? Chok Dee AC