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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?

I was living in Perth (Western Australia) in around 2003, when a well known brothel on William Street closed its doors (right next door to a Muslim mosque). On the door was a sign posted that read: WE'RE CLOSED, BEAT IT!

I think that BarFAX was better, and probably more relevant(although maybe not in this thread).

I just keep a few beers, a bottle of Scotch, a couple of small bottles of Gatorade/Red Bull (or similar)and a cylinder of Berocca. I just rely on the bottled water for my Scotch - don't touch the stuff otherwise....

I was in the Australian Navy in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, and whenever we came into a few more notorious ports, Thailand ports not being included, we were provided a list of 'establishments we were barred from. That list became the first bars we visited, as we knew what we wanted. In those days, nobody was charged for doing so, but bad cases of VD were seen as being 'your own fault'. The Navy has now changed and cannot be as good as it was for me.