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So many choices! I will be in the Walking Street area but not anywhere near Bali Hair pier where the fireworks are launched. I think Pattaya Beer Garden is the best place because you get an unobstructed view of the beach and the pier. I know others who dine in restaurants around Lake Mapbrachan and then go down to the water to launch their Krathongs. Other options are Jomtien & Naklua beaches and the Jomtien water reservoir off Sukhumvit 87. Hot tip: Cabbages & Condoms' beach. Private and romantic. May end up there as well. Last year, I went to Bang Sare's beach the day after Loy Krathong and saw thousands of Krathongs washing up on the beach. The Krathong comes apart and Styrofoam floats forever.

I studied this one as up close as possible in public and she's the bar's stunner. Looks way better in person.

http://www.impact.co.th/ Lowest priced ticket is 1200 baht.

Sundays they have a 4-5 course meal for 250 baht plus delicious salad bar. True "discount gourmet." Will be there tonight with some BMs. Anyone welcome to join us.

http://absolutelybangkok.com/criminals-par...-bounty-hunter/ Criminals’ Paradise Thailand: Become A Bounty Hunter Be a good citizen. Render a service to your government. Show some gratitude for that foreign passport you’re holding while living in Thailand - the Thailand it is to say that draws quite some questionable characters to its shores. Thailand deports roughly one foreigner a day, many of them criminals. And for many a reward would have been paid - it could be yours. Become a bounty hunter. Make a living working for a good cause. Seriously. There are people out there doing right that. Imagine you’d gotten hold of Victor Bout, the meanwhile already legendary Russian arms dealer now kept at Klong Prem prison. Or suspected regional al-Qaida supremo Hambali who was caught in Ayutthaya in 2003. Or “swirly-faced” pedophile Christopher Neil who got the world’s attention with his mug shot taken at Suvarnabhumi immigration. Back then even Pol Pot was crossing regularly into Thailand. He needed better hospital care - which he and his leading brothers in arms got in Bangkok. But those are the big fish. According to foreign liaison officers working at Western embassies in Bangkok there are hundreds and hundreds of smaller and less smaller time criminals residing in Thailand. Many are bail jumpers, others bank robbers, some pedophiles, others again tax or financial delinquents, money launderers or drug smugglers - quite a few even rapists and murderers. Thailand’s a haven for them, as even faraway asset manager Mark Nestmann observes. If you need a second passport, I mean a fake identity, Thailand shall be your destination of choice. I once made the rounds with a professional foreign bounty hunter. G., whose nationality I shall withhold, had excellent contacts within the local police. One phone call and he could track and trace a given mobile phone number. He had access to the data of the immigration authorities - but saw no need to carry a gun. All he always carried were handcuffs. He never left home without. One rainy morning, outside Pattaya, we waited for hours in the parking lot of a cheap motel. Turned out to be some wrong information. The guy our head hunter was tracking wasn’t staying there. Boredom and wrong bets are part of a bounty hunter’s life. The following week though that rainy morning was already forgotten. Our bounty hunter caught a guy wanted by his home country for fraud. The biggest catch of the hunter remains a fugitive banker who has long since passed away in a lonely prison back home. Our head hunter was paid a handsome sum for that banker - good money that tempted him to stay in the biz. Once he ended up in prison himself, as he had crossed the ways of some influential phu yai. Just be careful. With the flood of criminals choosing Thailand as their destination of choice, there might as well be a chance for you to report some of your home country’s solanaceous herbs attempting to hide in Thailand. Thailand is sick and tired of having its hospitality abused by foreign felons, as it’s too easy to mix with Thailand’s 15 million foreign tourists a year. Since the arrest of Russian Viktor Bout local and foreign editorials have denounced Thailand’s notorious force of attraction for foreigners. The forces of attraction though mainly being Made in Thailand. Wrote a paper: “In downtown Bangkok, street vendors offer forged American driver’s licenses for about $35. Medical clinics provide plastic surgery for a fraction of U.S. prices. Hotel owners often look the other way if guests give false names. The combination of lax law enforcement, easy hospitality and thousands of backwater towns has attracted a wide roster of fugitives to Thailand.” The Bangkok Post wrote: “It’s not difficult to figure out why men such as Bout, along with international freedom fighters, terrorists and smugglers of drugs and people have a tendency to fall in love with the splendour of Bangkok. After all, we have lax financial regulations, dubious immigration regulations and plenty of outlets for top mafia bosses to lie low and be entertained in all sorts of ways.” What’s this all got to do with you? We’re not telling you that all fugitive people are bad people. But take the case of American John Mark Karr, who taught English in Bangkok and falsely confessed in 2006 to murdering JonBenet Ramsey, the Colorado girl whose death made headlines in 1996. Karr “was sort of a tripwire” for the Thai government to improve surveillance of foreigners, said Michael Turner, a spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Bangkok. Since the Karr-incident it has become a little more difficult for foreigners to stay in Thailand. The kingdom’s new Education Act governing private schools, taking effect on July 12th, 2008, requires new foreign teachers to even have a letter of their old university confirming an impeccable “origin.” Not only bothersome for job seekers. The more Thailand’s generosity is abused, the more your own freedoms will go down the drain. Let’s clean up the place - what? Where to begin?!

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There have been many reports that Shell on Pattaya Tai employs staff who "forget" to reset the pumps at times and you get charged more for less. Now you can recognize your local "forgetter."

I enjoy myself there quite often. I drink water. The cubes melt and I could ask for more of the staff could ask if I want more? Thank you for bringing us PBG. Many good years for you I hope.

Flowers shoved in your face, Snakes, monkeys, aggressive ladyboys, little kids selling crap at 2am, Marine Plaza looking like skid row.... Are you still having a romance with Walking Street or have you found greener pastures? Do you feel walking from one end to the other is becoming more hassle than pleasure? Have you ever walked along 2nd road to avoid the hassles? I can take it in doses.

PM me if interested. http://www.bangsaengrandprix.org/index_eng.html

Jason the magician. Not even 2 months ago the bar was devoid of attractive girls and customers. Not anymore.

Do you have internet/wifi in the condo? Is there any noisy construction nearby? Any pics? What are the rates for water/electric? What are the deposit/guarantee requirements? Where is the landlord in the event of problems?

Me: 1155 is the emergency response number but it doesn't seem to work on my phone. Am I retarded? Freddy: Only slightly. The number does not work at all. You must dial the office numbers. M: That sucks. Is the office number 24 hours & bilingual? F: OK maybe you are retarded. M: So what can I do if I have a problem? F: Noon until midnight, there are foreign volunteers at the soi 9 police station and also on Walking St until 3am. M: What if I cannot get out of my room for whatever reason and I need a visit? F: You can call the office or myself (I live in Jomtien) or Kevin who voluntarily is on call 24 hours a day and really enjoys getting involved to help people and to bust corrupt Thai police. M: Thank you very much. How long have you been in Thailand? F: 11 years and 5 as a FPV. M: What kind of problems should I contact you for? F: Anything you want 24 hours/day. If not me, it will be Kevin responding. M: Most common problems? F: Bill padding (Airport Gogo), girls feeling underpaid or not paid at all/claims of being assaulted, damaged property, fights. M: Best advice? F: Always make a police report so you have some proof and if you want to breakup with a TG, do it somewhere public. Freddy Meekers: 084-5631229. Office: 038429371/038425937.

Tip #2: Make sure her rent date does not coincide with her menstrual cycle!

Nice to see almost all those girls didn't have any visible tattoos at that angle.

My crow's feet is starting to bug me so I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations who to see, how much to pay, side effects felt, etc.? Thank you.

Does it exist yet? Thank you gents.

I've been looking for a hotel with WIFI. Near impossible to find a listing. Any help gents? Thanks.

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