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Now that they've put up the new walkover bridge, the view to the south is spoiled. Not really much to spoil in the view to the south as the action is now to the north. Looks like the underpass roof passed the load test. Toll gate for the south entrance. Looks like the digging out on the south side has gone as far as it can for now.

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Another photo update on the progress

Old thread, but seems as good a place as any to provide updated information. Father Ray Foundation has a nice 25m pool for lap swimming at a fair price, 60B/day or 900B/month.

Looks like one of the new Automatic Thai Masturbators

Another update from this afternoon.

Construction pictorial update

Good, honest, and fair review. TFP.

In the end they got the job done, but as I watched there were a few comical moments. Best was when they were setting up to get water on the fire in the restaurant. First attempt at attaching the nozzle to the hose wasn't too successful as they neglected to tighten the fitting down. As soon as they pressurized the hose the nozzle blew off and they had to go chasing it down the road. Their second attempt wasn't much better, but at least it stayed on. You can see in the blow up of the pic below he's leaking a fair bit of water due to a poor fit. They'll have to work on their crowd contro

If the owner is to be believed, the answer is no as he states he has no insurance. I find that hard to believe, but then TIT. Forensic Police examine Pattaya Muay Thai Stadium Fire Damage on: 20 February, 2016 On Friday the investigation into the severe fire at the Max Muay Thai Boxing Stadium in Central Pattaya began as the owner of the building revealed he had not taken out any insurance. The revelation came out during an informal and jovial chat with investigators at the location. The owner, Khun Niwat, confirmed to Police that the fire started at an Air Conditioning Compressor U

Taken on the 18th, two days after the rain.

Live within fire hose distance of the place. Place was fully engulfed when I got there. I'll give the fire dept their due, once they got the equipment on scene they quickly had the fire under control. Got a bunch of pics to share.

Construction update. Digging out the underpass continues. Not much going on to the north. A couple of workers enjoying the down time. The new walkway is getting closer to done. No need to hurry on the walkway as the support posts either side of Suk still need to be completed.

Looks like they've started digging out the north end underpass. Can't make it out in this pic, but there's a backhoe working under the concrete roof. Slow going on the construction of the new overhead walkway. They've started the pour on the walkway support posts either side of Suk. View to the south... I realize the electric lines are insulated and tied off to non-conductive ceramic posts, but TIT and I don't think I'll chance walking on the metal temporary walkway when it's raining.

Found a link to this article posted on another forum. First hand account from someone who was there. Interesting read. Good account of the bumbling idiots that busted the group and what transpired while at the police station. Confessions of a Bridge Criminal

Same is true here as it is any country, do the things you like to do and you'll easily meet and begin to hang out with those that share the same interests. As it sounds like you lead a fairly active lifestyle, you might want to consider coming to one of the local Hash House Harrier runs (walkers too, so don't let the running part put you off if you're not into running). The PH3 meets every Monday, and the Pattaya Jungle H3 on Sunday every two weeks. I'm partial to the Jungle as they do a lot more besides the hash runs every two weeks. Check out the links provided to see if this might inter

The old walkover bridge is now history. While work on the new bridge appears to have stalled. The support columns have looked like this for the past couple of weeks. I'm guessing on this, but at the Klang intersection it looks like an overhead track has been constructed for lifting and assembly of the heavy underpass components. Pouring concrete for another section of the underpass roof.

The white bridge is temporary. The permanent bridge is the one under construction in the pic below. Construction on the support posts on either side of Suk has also begun, one of which you can see in this pic.

Pics of the new, temp bridge and views from the new vantage point. If you're vertically blessed, or carrying an umbrella, better remember to duck as you exit the temp bridge on the east side. They've started work on demolishing the old bridge. The new bridge is taking shape. New vantage point is now closer to the action. Measure twice... Bend once.

Surprised you got "I don't know" as a response, which in the Thai way of thinking is loss of face admitting they don't know something. My experience, and from what others have reported, most times it's "not have". Whether true or not, that response covers the fact they don't know and thus no loss of face.

For those interested in seeing construction progress from start to finish (???), here's a link to a photo album with pics that start just shy of one year ago, 11 Jan, 2015.

New overhead walkway is now 2/3 complete. And a couple of shots of the work going on at the south end

Pictorial update from yesterday afternoon. Not much to see that's different from the last update. Looks like we'll soon have a new vantage point to shoot pics from.

As noted in my earlier post I was able to obtain a re-entry permit. But even with that stamp in my passport I couldn't be 100% sure my visa was still good as there was a chance their computer system was dumb enough to allow issuance of a re-entry permit w/o a valid visa. The only way to be 100% certain was to travel out of Thailand and return. I just completed such a trip and I'm happy to report I now have an admit until stamp that matches my current extension to stay of 16 Nov, 2016. It still boggles the mind that immigration officers that should know this shit almost managed to convince

As MM stated, ACH transfer to Bangkok Bank is the most economical way to transfer funds to Thailand. If you're really intent on continuing to use wire transfers, Chase allows online initiated wire transfers. It's what I used to use until I switched to using ACH transfers.