Sa-teef

The Continental Bakery on Soi Drarin has been mentioned several times and for good reason. You can sit inside or outside on the veranda. Not the cheapest around but it has a great selection and the food is cooked to order. Gives you time to enjoy that first cup of coffee and sample their great fresh bread! It's officially Soi Drarin but all the motodops will know it as Soi Xzyte because of the disco. ~Sa-teef

Chaulie is a great guy to chat with and I'm glad to see the staff continues to improve. I was already "spoken for" the last time I was there but I'm looking forward to stopping by again. The service staff was very attentive and it shows real potential IMO. Best of luck and see you in September! ~Sa-teef

I posted a couple of you as well Damon. You needn't thank me! ````````````````` Well, Lobin you gave us all the pretty pictures and the travel log: What I wanna know is where are the T & A shots? How about some poon sexy man? ~Sa-teef

At the Soi Bhuakow/Soi LK Metro junction there is a good restaurant open 24 I think. It's right near Jasmine Mansion. Stopped there a number of times last summer in the early morning hours and they have a Donner sort of wrap that you can add your own veggies and sauce. Good food cheap! ~Sa-teef

I contacted Flipper Lodge recently and they are NOT having their usual summer discounts this year. Used to have some buy 5 get 2 nights free offers in the summer months. They explained it as they were renovating part of the building and didn't have enough rooms to make offers this summer. So you pay full price with construction noise thrown in, package deal! You might stay clear of that one this summer until they are done............... ~Sa-teef

HOW TO SAVE THE AIRLINES Dump the male flight attendants. No one wanted them in the first place. Replace all the female flight attendants with good-looking strippers! What the hell -- They don't even serve food anymore, so what's the loss? The strippers would at least triple the alcohol sales and get a "party atmosphere" going in the cabin. And, of course, every businessman in this country would start flying again, hoping to see naked women. Because of the tips, female flight attendants wouldn't need a salary, thus saving even more money. I suspect tips would be so good th

"PS: I still see four. PPS: Look up the meaning for hypothesis. PPPS: Take a lot of money with you. I expect you will have to buy all of your 'friends'." Now that's subtle! ````````````````````````` The guys responding were just trying to help IMO. That was my intentions I know. If you don't like an hypotheis or suggestion, it's not a bad idea to just say "thanks" and move on with your questions. Attacking a guy for making suggestions has a very negative effect in the long run I think. You just never know; next time around that person may have some on-point experi

The Vientiene on Walking Street has good food that is reasonably priced for the location. Pink Lady on Beach Road just north of Soi 7 isn't bad as well. The thai cafeteria in Big C on Second Road has good food and you'll see mostly thai families eating there. Can never remember or pronounce the name of the place, but it's the closest entrance to Pizza Hut when you are outside. My new favorite is Numchai on Soi Bhuakow. Not pretentious in the least bit with metal tables and plastic chairs, but good thai food at reasonable prices. It's across from the market and just south of the

Let's just hope he never gets sick and has to set-up an appeal, banking on all his buddies to pitch-in for him?

I don't check my posts EVERY DAY so sorry if it's been four days since my original post! And Emil had a distinguished career pinching pennies in military contracting, so I'm not about to challenge his analytical skills, which infact I happen to agree with. His cost comparison is right on the mark. His suggestion is only that, a suggestion and it has merit if you are in that particular situation. All things being equal is always a term that is best judged by the consumer himself obviously. In my original review of the place I neglected to mention the safe in the closet. Keerat

And as far as I know you're right. You might consider doing a search on here for Keerati because I did post the e-mail address for Ohn their desk clerk (who is family as I recall) last summer. If you can't find it PM me and I'll try to search and find their business card that she wrote it on. Sounds kinda strange I know, but they seem to stay full without going to the trouble and expense of a website. When I was there the internet was wired to the rooms, but I believe they have wifi for the place now? My only knock on the room I had was it was kind of dark with all the dark wood

Interesting. I had an experience of just the opposite nature over the most recent holiday in Pattaya. I was sitting and drinking with the falang manager of an ago-go on the night of the 29th and he told me, his exact words: "pay one barfine, get two free" because at that moment in time they were still under the "assumption that the bars had to be closed for both the 30th and 31st of May. I understand the next day they discovered that they could be open on the 30th but the girls had already been told they had the night off so as I understand it they did not open for business. I had

I stayed at Keerati Home Stay for the month of June 2006. It's probably the only place I can think of that meets most of your needs short of the Metropole itself, which is incredibly overpriced IMO. And yes you have access to the pool and gym at the metropole because they share ownership. Internet in the rooms and a restaurant down stairs now that I'm betting will do delivery/room service. I paid 19k plus electric in the month of June for the medium size room, which remember is the slow season. It is more of a studio than an apartment, but has a kitchen off the bedroom area.

Since you are buying 4 flights per year and getting double miles on United it works for you, Emil. I tried United again in May and frankly I just can't stomach the US carriers on long hauls anymore. If I am making 4-5 flights per year and earning enough miles to upgrade I can tolerate them...usually. Since I'm only making three flights this year with one month stays I'll pay a little more to fly on an airline where I enjoy the experience. It's worth it to me. Cathay Pacific also has a better flight schedule that fits my personal needs, i.e. I can fly out of MSP on Thursday or Fri

I flew cattle class on Korean Air to BKK twice last year out of ORD. Good planes and good food for the most part. Better than any US carrier IMO. I had an unfortunate incident with them but in retrospect it probably was unavoidable and no one's fault. If I couldn't fly Cathay Pac or EVA I'd fly with them again. ------------ They DIDN'T ask me for proof of a return/forward flight on May 8th when I entered LOS but things change quickly sometimes. I had it ready for them anyway. ~Sa-teef

Yup, I snapped up that deal. Too good to pass up. Both my September and November trip are bagged at $815.20 each including the taxes. Red eye out of LAX to BKK with arrival late morning. 1 1/2 hr layover in HKG in September and 3 hrs in November. Cathay Pacific is still one of the best carriers out there, even in restricted economy. ~Sa-teef

Tough crowd around here, aren't they Alf? TQ2 is a great place to stop in and have a drink with your friends or to make some new ones. They play great rock 'n roll in a relaxed atmosphere and it always seems to have a very welcoming air about the place. You're not going to find a whole herd of 18 year old white-skinned princesses. If all you want is the best selection of raw meat on the hoof you turned down the wrong soi. But you just might have a great time there. See you in a couple weeks Alf. ~Steve

"If the joint doesn't serve Ripple, Mad Dog 20-20 or Thunderbird, I'm outta there. I prefer it served warm and wrapped in a brown paper bag. " Ahhh BigD! A man after my own taste in wine! I know my GPA would have been at least a half-point higher my freshman year in college if I had never heard of that stuff! ------------------------------------- I've eaten at Big Horn a few times in the last year and it's not bad overall. Reasonably priced faux falang food served in a nice environment. They have a thai guy who plays the keyboard and sings so softly you would swear it

Hummmmm...... I had the fish and chips there a number of times last year and that wasn't my experience at all. Seemed tasty to me and a good value under 100 baht. I would have talked to Dave the proprietor about it while you were there. He's very responsive to suggestion from my experience and a decent sort of guy to chat with. Free wifi and a computer there to use as well if you like. Book store/exchange on the premises as well: these were taken last September right after they moved across the street to the new location (the signs weren't all in place ye

Good information as always Emil. I think I'll probably take your advice, thank you! The major players in town along with Siam Commercial bank mentioned before: There's bound to be one near you. All six have english language websites and some have very modern online banking services as well as ATM/ debit cards of various types. Do a google along with pattaya in the search. ~Sa-teef

"Part of the revamp also involves changing the type of aircraft used. For instance, it may use the B747-400 jumbo jet, A340-600 or B777-ER on US-bound services instead of the A340-500 that holds only 200 passengers. The higher capacity aircraft and the stopovers would help THAI to shore up profitability on those routes. " The LAX-BKK non-stop route was just starting to appeal to me and now they are likely dropping it? United is starting to get more competitive with their triple 7's out of ORD so I think I will be back to them for 2006. Always enjoyed flying those aircraft anyway.

On several nights in November I tipped the DJ in TQ2 to play some Doobie Brothers and the dancers there had NO TROUBLE dancing to it. And they were actually DANCING! It's not a matter of what music is playing IMO. It's a matter of what the mamasan tells them is acceptable behavior that will govern their response to the songs played. I might like rock 'n roll, but if the ladies are unhappy with it I'll defer to whatever puts them in a good mood. I'll tolerate any music played as long as it is not so loud that I can feel it on my chest. ~Sa-teef

Most are pretty reasonable, but because of the few I nail down the particulars with all dancers these days. 1) I specificly ask if sa-moke no condom is okay. 2) Specify once tonight and once in the morning. 3) I always tell them noon or 12 o'clock and point to my watch. I invite them to breakfast after but if we finish the morning routine before noon and they want to leave it's up to them. As long as they take care of # 1 & 2 then #3 is flexible. I've had a couple in recent years wake me up at 7 or 8 in the morning looking to get the morning duties finished with and

Considering RG is set back a bit from the Theprassat Road as well: I honestly don't think you will do any more walking staying in J & P Court than out on the way to Jomtien IMO. J & P Court had been around a half-dozen years I guess but it's only one short block off Soi Bhuakow: You are also surrounded by literally dozens of value priced restaurants, bars and laundries with that location on Soi Lengkee, all within a block or two of your hotel. Convenience stores and drug stores abound in that location. That is hardly the case with RG. And I wou

Good to know, thank you guys. I was also considering them for this spring because they fly into (CRK) Clark from the west coast. ~Sa-teef