VoxVader

Same me and even born in Urbana. Illinois probably has the best shot of any single team to win it all, but it's still probably only about a 35% chance. -Vox

If they say they cannot sell it, just bribe them to sell it. -Vox

MM and Pete, Just curious if the forum software has an "ignore user" feature and if you might consider allowing it as an option if there is. -Vox

One solution is to use a CC that you know you will never use abroad and call the credit card and say that you wish to bar any charges from outside your home country withthe exception of a one-time charge to Dynasty (or whatever hotel). You might not even have to authorize the one-time charge because I think they just keep the number, not put a pending charge on it. In this case you could probably just give them a fake one... -Vox

I have a sanukmaps map of Ratchada from 2001 that does NOT list it as guest friendly. Might want to give them a call to clarify their policy. Sorry no better info. -Vox

http://www.bangkokhospital.com/english/lasik/lasik.asp Another link. Sorry I'm too lazy to hyperlink it. -Vox

I once got the mini-van from Nana. You book through the tour desk and you do not have to be a guest. I may have just had an unlucky experience. I assumed that the mini-bus would take us all the way to Pattaya, but I was wrong. First you have to wait for the mini-van to show up. If you are lucky you'll be the last one it picks up and you wont have to pick up anyone else. The mini-van then took us to the edge of Bangkok where we had to get out and wait for a big-bus. We waited for about an hour in this bus station and then got put onto some big bus that was mostly filled already.

As Greg suggested, one option is doing a night in Bangkok first. I've never gone directly to Pattaya, in large part because I love Bangkok, but also because the last thing I want to do after travelling for 30 hours is sit in a can for another 2 hours. Taxi to a hotel in Bangkok should be about 200-250 including tolls or about 150 if you skip the toll road. The next day or two you have several options to go down to Pattaya 1) take a taxi off the street (price 800-1200 baht) 2) take a car from the hotel (price 1200-1600 baht) 3) have the hotel travel office arrange a cheap "mini

Do you mean DSL? If so Sandy Springs is news to me. If you just mean dial up, you can get a dial-up package at most 7-11's that you can use from your hotel. -Vox

I don't see any advantage that Dynasty has over Nana other than the free travel to Pattaya. If you like a pool, Dynasty Bkk does not have one. -Vox

You could also just aske them to hold your bags fora few hours after check-out if you don't need to take a shower, nap or get one last shag. -Vox

This thread just made me realize something. I've never had a wank in Pattaya... -Vox

There's Buddhist sect that does not eat beef. I believe it is mostly practiced by a few of the Chinese-Thais but you occasionally run into a BG that will not eat beef. I'm very ignorant of it, but I believe that it revolves around either A) some spiritual leader from the past is supposed to be continually reincarneted as a cow and you don't want to eat him or there's too good a chance your anscestors were reincarnated as a cow and you don't want to eat one. How was that for an ignorant and unhelpful post? -Vox

Only a certain number of the American troops are allowed on leave at any given time, they don't all flood in at the end. You don't really have to worry about it. -Vox

This is hard to answer without knowing what you think of as 'good' If you want a place right on the beach where you can look down on sunbathers then there are not any really. If you want a place where you can sit on your balcony and look out over the gulf and see the boats (and on a clear day some islands) there are plenty. If you want as just described with absolutley no obstructions, your list will get shorter again. I was pretty happy with a 'sea view' room at Inn House. Back a 1/4 mile from the beach and a building which obscures the view if you look SE but mostly was nice and I