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But I was with you on that one.

I was trying to get back to my house (roads closed) and I had to work my way through the bush, walking, and dodging barricades. I had been evacuated from my house due to bushfires and didn't know if the house was still there. Luckily it was - the fire was being controlled about 350 metres up the road. Not good memories, and the year got worse....

When we stayed down there, it was a chill-out time. we had already spent a busy 2 weeks in Thailand, and she (as lovely British) girl wanted a couple of nights just with me. She booked and paid for the resort and, I must say, I enjoyed it. We did catch their mini-bus into Pattaya twice - once day time and once night time. I think it was fairly expensive at about 400 baht (for the 2 of us), return, each trip, but they picked us up at the designated time, and maybe that was a fair price. I believe that buses are much more expensive there now, around 500 baht each. Sorry about the thread going off topic. The beach would be better with a makeover, but the resorts should pay for most of it IMHO.

I was among the first to stay at the Sun, Sea, Sand Resort at Na Jomtien, for 3 or 4 nights back in around 2006. The beach there was only a few metres wide, and the sea just as filthy as in Pattaya, but only a couple of hundred metres down the beach was (what I think is) the fishing village you saw. We had a beautiful seafood lunch there in the restaurant right on the beach. We remember not well. The resort has got bigger and a lot more costly. There was also some sort of elephant farm, or refuge between the resort and the main road. Russians owned it and there were nightly live bands there.

I agree completely. I have lived in a number of States in Australia and pronunciations vary widely. I can pick a Victorian, or a Tasmanian, or a 'West Wallaby' almost immediately after speaking with them. As an Aboriginal man, I can pick up accents based on other Australian Aboriginal languages very quickly too.

Rhino Tusk: Ah, Kassalong - I have had a few very talented girls there over the past few years,🙃 I usually walk down Soi 6 from Soi 4 and directly into the front door.

I have enjoyed Dennis' hospitality at the Metro in Soi LK Metro many times, sometimes too many pints of Guinness and, on a couple of occasions, too many Jamesons.

I'm sure that Dennis at the Metro Bar would do it for you.

And a pretty shade of black....