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Pattaya City Hospital just finished elevating the section of the road between the hospital entrance and parking garage. Not a bad idea as it slows passing traffic down and makes it easier for patients to handle the height differential between the entrance and floor of the parking garage. Now being a hospital it's imperative they consider those in wheel chairs. So very thoughtful of them to have a wheel chair ramp on the hospital side. But on the parking side, that's quite a high step down for ambulatory patients to manage let alone those in wheel chairs. Not to worry though,

Same here. Multiple trips from and back to Thailand and I've never not received a stamped,TM6 departure card.

Good to know they accepted the 75 day old income affidavit.

No matter how long, and how many times I've used a car service, I always confirm via email a day or two before the pickup date. Too many ways for the reservation to get lost, missed, forgotten, whatever. Confirmation email serves as a reminder to the car service and provides a bit of peace of mind for myself.

Doubt the govt built it.

Couple of pics from yesterday. Starting to see the tops of the low areas on the NE side of the lake. And the small land bridge on the SW side is again becoming visible.

Decided on my bike ride yesterday to check out the progress of the new Bang Lamung Exercise Park. Was surprised to discover the park has a bike path. No signs as of yet to give a hint it exists, but the entrance to the path is left of the main park entrance. With all the trees that have been planted I imagine in a few years time it will offer a fair bit of shade. Small play area for the kids. While the path isn't long in length, it has several diversions to keep it interesting. Other than a couple of workers watering, I had the park entirely to myself. Don't ima

Late 1 April joke. Actually, someone started a thread on TV about the underpass charging a toll. Well written and suckered quite a few into believing it as true, but then again TIT where the absurd can and does become reality.

Sorry, I usually avoid shopping malls so unlikely I'll be making a visit to Harbor Mall for a pictorial review. And yes, it is hot out there, but I braved the heat this afternoon to snap a few pics of the rebuild progress. Someone with engineering experience check out the construction method they're using for the stands. In particular note how they cut the vertical load bearing I beam to allow for the seating support structure to pass through. My uninformed opinion is the use of just a weld to join the two support structures is destined to fail due to weight and vibration of people mo

Owner stated in news reports he didn't have insurance.

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.

'Bite Me Black Coq'

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