Emil

rober15, If your arrival time is 1120 AM and not PM, and your trying to keep your costs down, go to the Thai Limo station and take their mini bus to Pattaya. It leaves the airport at noon and only cost 200 baht. Arrives Thai Limo office in Pattaya around 2:30 PM where they have baht busses waiting and for another 50-60 bahts will take you to your hotel. Emil

cruk, Haven't stayed at neither, but the Flipper will be close to the beer bars and the Penthouse close to the go-gos. Have you read the reviews posted by other board members under the hotel section? Emil

bang51kok, Your correct its the Sunshine. Right next to the Sunshine is the Eastiny Place. I'm stay at the Eastiny beginning 23rd July and am paying 650, but that is a rate for 4 weeks. Emil

cruk, I think you'll have more success in finding someone to share a ride with you if you start your own post with your arrival date as part of the subject. Most of the people who read my post are probably arriving on 23rd July, and those arriving on 8 August won't even bother to read my post. Hope to see you at FLB. Emil

I'm scheduled to arrive 23 July @ 10:45PM on Japan Airlines. Looking to share Taxi/Limo to Pattaya. Emil

Joker, If you have accumulated at least 45K miles on AA frequent flyer program, it will qualify you for a roundtrip to Bangkok instead of the usual 70K miles on Cathay Pacific. They have run this special for the last 3 years that I'm aware. For 2002 the time period was from March 20-May 31 and September 1-December 15. Emil

Piet, I don't have the Eastiny Inn's address, but I have the Eastiny Place's address. It's also located on Soi 8 but towards 2nd Rd. If your staying for a longer period of time you should be able to get a rate of 700 Baht a night or even less if your staying for around a month. They have the same owner so if you don't get the Inn's address you might ask them for it. If your a smoker you would want to avoid Eastiny Place because they have restrictions on where you smoke. Eastiny Place address: eastiny@loxinfo.co.th Emil

Big DUSA, To get to Kittens from Soi 2, head up 2nd Rd to North Pattaya Rd. There is a roundabout at the intersection with a dolphin in the center. Keep heading north and about 150 meters on the right hand side its located. Emil

BigDUSA, I don't think you want to be waiting from him, because he says he arriving at 2 PM, which is almost 9 hours before you arrive, unless he meant 2 AM on the 23rd. At first I thought I was arriving when you were, but it turns out I'm getting their on the 23rd. Hope to see you guys at FLB. Emil

Dave, When I sent a request for my reservations I used these 3 different addresses: eastiny2@loxinfo.co.th eastiny@ptty.loxinfo.co.th eastinyinn@hotmail.com Attn: Mr Mark When I received a reply, it was from Ayudh Nacaprasit and his address is eastiny@loxinfo.co.th So I'm not exactly sure which of the 4 is good, but I would probably start with the last one. Hope this works and enjoy your trip. One other thing, I sent an email to them the day of my departure from home to remind them of my arrival because I had heard rumors that they sometimes missplace your reservation.

First 2 trips to Pattaya I stayed at the Pattaya Centre hotel, but when they raised their internet rate from 800 to 1250 I decided to try a new hotel. Now I wouldn't go back to the Pattaya Centre if they went back to the old price. When I arrived on the 27th of Feb I didn't realize there were 2 Eastiny hotels on Soi 8, so I told the driver Eastiny Place and fortunately I was right. I paid 750 a night, but if you pay by credit card their is an additional charge of 3% for your bill. Rooms are nice with a large bed and an A/C with thermostat, cable TV with many channels in many languages (approx 15 English, but no ESPN), and balconies of which half face the pool and the other half face the Sunshine hotel or 2nd road. This hotel is extremely guest friendly, and the taking of ID cards is up to you. Their were TG's using the pool every day although my guests didn't want to use the pool because they either didn't have a suit or didn't want to get chocolate (I found out this meant get a tan). I don't know if they charge for a 2nd girl as one is all I can handle. Restaurant is decent and their is a mini mart right next to the hotel. This was my first time in the Soi 7 & 8 area and going to the small open air bars. When I walked down Soi 8 around noon to go to the beach only a few of the bars were open with just a handful of TGs at work. When I returned around 5:30 all of the bars were open with the TGs sitting aroud chit chatting with each other and putting on their makeup and fixing up their hair. After I showered and and hit the street around 7pm the place was alive with music and TGs everywhere. As I walked down the narrow soi to recon the area it reminded me of Tennyson's poem The Charge of The Light Brigade, except it was Hello Welcome to the left and Hello Welcome to the right every few paces with a few handsome man and sexy man thrown in. My strategy was to walk down Soi 8 and then down Soi 7 to decide where to make my first stop, but by the 3rd time that I was mugged by a group of girls next to the soi my resistance was low when this cute one grabbed me. A few drinks and connect four games later it was back to my room for 4 days with her. If you like low maintenance girls this is a great area. If you are a smoker you may not like this hotel as their is no smoking except in designated areas.

If your a member of the American Airlines frequent flyer program they are currently running a special that requires only 45,000 miles instead of the normal 70,000 miles for a free R/T between Vancover, Toronto, New York, LA, San Francisco and Bangkok. This also includes your connecting flights from your nearest airport that is serviced by American Airlines or American Eagle. You must book this flight between now and May 31 and must travel between now and 31 May or between 1 Sep and 15 Dec. The flights between Bangkok and the above mentioned cities are on Cathay Pacific.