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Agree with atlas. You can't easily beat the system anymore, and been that way for a few years now.

Good on you, monkeyman, you've done it again!

I sometimes (when I am not in a hurry) catch a Singapore A380 to Singapore, just to enjoy the quietness and relatively better comfort, then transfer to a 777 for the onward journey to Bangkok. I definitely feel the difference. Safety - what the hell? They are both as safe as any other modern plane and, besides, if it crashes we're all dead anyway....

I have no real suggestions, but I have really gained a lot of great insights from PT and will support any ideas that come to fruition. I am a member of a few sites that have a coloured "Contributor" notice under the name of the poster, when they DO contribute, and that gives them greater access to such fora as (perhaps) 'Members Only'. It also encourages members to have such a recognition. to become a 'Contributor', and it only requires a donation of around 10 bucks per year, and the title disappears if it is not paid at the designated time each year. As I said, I do not have the requis

I think 28th for me, but that could change as my Thai missus has concerns for me (about me being there)....

I usually arrive in Pattaya in late April (after ANZAC, Day in Kanchanaburi) and find that it is bloody hot then. However, I keep hydrated somehow. Songkran is over and all is getting back to normal - girls are back in town, and prices for hotels have dropped.

Last time I was in London, awaiting a train to Paris at Waterloo Station, I purchased a 'Full Irish Breakfast', which was pretty well what I might call a Full English Breakfast, but with both black and white pudding added.....

Betadine has always worked for me, and I have had some pretty bad cuts and abrasions from a motorbike accident and from stupid accidents stumbling around in sandals in Thai streets. Chemists give it out readily.

e! Well, bugger me! Quality head gone down for some time after changing owners. I hope the accommodation is as good as it used to be.

Australia seems to follow whatever Trump does, and we are in deep shit with the current government. A weak dollar is great for exports, but as for exporting me, it is horrible.... WE ARE going up (against the US Dollar), but only because that is going down.

Very sensible Regyai; the 2 I went to obviously didn't have that facility. It must add quite an expense to the restaurant, but would bring in more customers.

I love this idea and applaud the designers. I worry that pretty soon, it could be covered in garbage thrown from the Chinese tour buses that will ply the attraction. Additionally, my gyro has usually toppled fairly early in the day and I have no idea where north is. Thank goodness for the GPS in my phone....

Oh, by the way, were there any Korean staff?

Thanks again, Evil, for your post/review. I have only been to two Korean BBQ places and, in each, the Air-con was not up to scratch and I sweated profusely throughout the meal, as the heat from all the stoves rose into the air. Swore not to ever go back. However, if I can have a girl cook my dinner at the table (both times I went, I had to cook my own) and the air con is very efficient, then I may make an exception in April when I again arrive in Patts (maybe).

Yeah, keep your mouth closed if you want to take the chance.... I went swimming just down the coast from Pattaya once, and immediately almost ingested a used condom, tied up at the neck. Never again! That same day, I must have had about 5 plastic bags wrap around my ankles as the tide was going out.

WTF?

Don't worry too much Mate. Some of my better friends in Australia (and overseas)speak much the same language, and I hardly ever know what they are saying. I just smile and agree.... Maybe that is why they are still friends.

....could hardly understand a word he said....

Thanks once again monkeyman for a good year's reporting. Have a lovely Christmas.

Whatever the reason for the trip, have a safe one.

Must be the ugliest steering wheel I've seen in generations, but might look better if it had cruise control switches there....

Late November report, or early December one. I don't care - I enjoyed it immensely.

Must be a local thing - no problems in eastern Australia.

2018?