sinbinjack

Seriously a 400 baht fine for pulling a gun and dangerous driving ?.

A Halloween story for you: A cabbie picks up a Nun......She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her. She asks him why he is staring. He replies: 'I have a question to ask you but I don't want to offend you.' She answers, 'My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.' 'Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.' She responds, 'Well, let's see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic.' The cab driver is very excited and says, 'Yes, I'm single and Catholic!' 'OK' the nun says.. 'Pull into the next alley.' The nun fulfills his fantasy, with a kiss that would make a hooker blush. But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying. 'My dear child,' says the nun, 'why are you crying?' 'Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess, I'm married and I'm Jewish.' The nun says, 'That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party.'

I have just booked my AirBnB trip to Hungary for april , having been to Belfast last april , Both Ice Hockey world Championships. and as far as I can see the economics in both those places is far better than the economics of the places I looked at in Pattaya. whilst I have in no way exhausted all the places in Pattaya , from my short searches so far it seems that the prices are higher on AirBnB than in person, but I will update you if I find that to be erroneous.

Not wishing to get too involved in this discussion But in my 8 trips to Thailand I spent only 2 days in Bangkok on my very first visit. Not being a person that finds buildings much more than someplace to get out of the rain I found it boring in the extreme and having then gone to Pattaya I have never since set foot in Bangkok in the 2 years total I have spent in Thailand. Bangkok may be a great city for some but for me it's too big and so much dirtier than I like and the traffic makes it a terrible place to get around.

I have only ever been in "low" season and have in the past suffered through Songkran, you are making the right choice to miss it, your budget will go a long way in funtown at any time of year , as I would expect 2/3 months in a condo for that kind of money. There are better offers on flights in the off season as well as better prices for hotels . The weather can be a lot wetter after july but as it rains mostly at night , who cares Low season also means there is a wider choice of ladies as there is less competition for their services and that can also mean less cost. If you have never been before a each road hotel or a second road hotel would probably not ever have to cross second road if you are only going to be there for 2 weeks and that means less time wandering around looking for taxis or baht busses .When you come back , and you will come back, you will want to spend more and more time there so will need to budget a little more and will then want to explore the other side of second road and Soi Buakhao because that is where the best Value can be found,IMHO.

My chilli recipe is pureed onions ,about half a pound, lean ground beef about 5 pounds and pretty much the same amount of chilli beans, I love chilli beans, two small ,100ml, cans of tomato puree, 6 oxo cubes,half a bottle of red wine,large spoonful of ground black pepper, large spoonful of cayenne pepper, very large spoonful chilli powder add water to cover the mixture and simmer for about 30/35 minutes. Eat as much as you want and freeze the rest . Is great with baked potato or even crusty bread, is also great just on its own. Haven't made any in awhile but having written this I am going to make some tomorrow.

Didn't I read once about a suicide who was wearing a hood and had his hands tied behind his back?.

Aren't his places in Jomtien? and no matter what anyone says , for me Jomtien is not Pattaya and I would never consider it for a holiday ,though I might consider it if I was living there full time.

Rcon blue soi buakhao 8900 baht a month plus services . has a pool plus free wifi . Its a cono place but its got everything you need and its cheap and looks clean ,though the pool is quite small

I am definitely trying that , minus the mushrooms.

Is that just a breast wrapped in bacon and cooked in the oven?

There's a really good kebab stall right on the corner of south pattaya road and second road , no more than 2 or three doors up south Pattaya road, that does both chicken and lamb kebabs at 80 baht . I got very fond of that stall for late night snacks , they have a sit down bit inside but the kebabs are outside.

Extremely well thank you , with the added cheddar it was great ,in fact so great I have another on sitting in my fridge as I type, but I will say that without the extra cheese it would not have been as good , as it had very little cheese originally . I have of course a small bag of grated cheese in the fridge as well. and for the price of £6.50 ,including the extra cheese , it is a great value meal and very tasty. PS the stuffed crust could use some more cheese but you can't have everything at that price. PPS , I should make the point that the tescos I am referring to is the UK tesco and not the one in Pattaya , although they may do a similar pizza, I don't know.

With me there was no ask for a deposit , but I did book it late about 2 weeks before My arrival . in my case they effectively gave me 2 days notice as I had been on holiday with no internet and got the email increasing the price 48 hours or so before I left for Pattaya. I would recomend anyone to go elsewhere because these gits can not be trusted , and in my opinion twice is a pattern not an accident.

you get a better rate for 50s.

I love a thick stuffed crust with nothing but cheese and pepperoni and occasionally some sausage . I have a tesco pizza in my fridge at this moment and plan on having it , with some extra cheese for my evening meal, not had one like this before so I hope its good and at £4.50 its a bargain because its stuffed crust and a large so even the extra £2 for grated mature cheddar wont break the bank

Thanks for that Valentinoxxx. I personally have mobility issues so wont get that far down but I am ertain it will help some of our board buddies save quite a lot of cash.

Thank you Kevin for a great months hire the bike was great had no problems and the service was super . I will email you with my next years requirements as I enjoyed the service, and would recomend you to everyone looking for a bike.

Why would you use a hotel that charges 1200 baht a day if it has no pool or frills. there are loads of no frills or pool places for half or less that amount.

I fully expected to pay for the electricity and water but the amount was shocking and the fact that they charged 9 Baht a unit was also shocking , but more shocking was the almost immediate reduction by half when I questioned it. I have found this kind of attitude in other places in Pattaya but after the really good service I got on arrival and before, I was quite shocked by the callous nature of the con , and con I believe it was . The problem for them was I had not left at this point so had not given anyone their tips I would on the last day , so no one got a tip at all..

I posted the following after a poor showing by the Chabba Hut on Soi Buakhow, also has a post on this forum, . "I am staying at the Maxx Central just off 3rd road, you can google it, and their attitude could not be further from the Chaba huts. I arrived at 9 last night and was shown to my room by the "porter" , who carried my bags and was told I could pay tomorrow . I was a little concerned about the room as it was much larger than I expected ,having a separate bedroom but on checking with the receptionist this morning I was told OK its an upgrade for same price. If I was techie enough I would post pics of this lovely room that is by far the best I have stayed in in Pattaya , though my standards here are low, but it is as good as anywhere I have stayed in the UK or europe.I am now quite pleased to have been messed around by Chaba Hut and as long as the rest of my holiday goes this well I will be making this place my new regular spot in Pattaya . PS the first person I spoke to was PattySteve when we both had a swim this morning nice bloke thanks for the heads up. PPS one other small thing they gave me the monthly room rate for all 31 days of my stay as opposed to the normal 30 day month I expected, really a good find. One last thing for anyone coming to pattaya the money changers stay open till 10pm and are offering just over 2 baht to the pound than the airport changers so the £1000 that I changed at swampy was 2712 baht less than I got in pattaya this morning. So be warned the difference is huge, much greater than it used to be." I really enjoyed my stay there and felt lucky until my last day when it came time to settle up for water and electricity. The bill that was given to me had 2 things which I thought were wrong firstly they wanted to charge me , and did, 350 baht for the sophon cable, something I did not use as its shit quality and I us my laptop and the internet for TV and entertainment, but more worryingly they wanted to charge me almost 4500 baht for electricity . I challenged them on this and after a huddle and a lot of Thai whispering this was cut in half to 2200 baht . An obvious rip off as I don't use the AC very much and even at 9 baht a unit this is still a real rip off. So beware not everything that seems great on first viewing is as great as it seems and Thais will always try it on , no matter how nice they seem to be acting.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes it as my tastes are limited to only a few things that I eat regularly and this place deals with my limited requirements very well. I now think that it does well with others with less limited requirements if only from these few replys who all think the same as me. I hope the place does well as I hate having to mooch around looking for a decent place to eat.

My favourite restaurant closed since my last visit , Nee Roys in soi chaiyapoon , but I have lucked in to a great eatery in Soi LK Metro , its "The Golf Club" strangely its a bar rather than an eatery but they have a great kitchen that does all my favorites so well I have not really missed Neeroys. The serving staff are excellent, The lad who does the Barbeque, Shu/Ju is a fluent english speaker and can help with all manner of things the owners, Steve is a great lad who also sorts out all your golf needs . Well worth a visit as it's good grub and reasonable prices. If this sounds like a plug it is but just because I like the place and not for any pecuniary motive.

If you don't have hill assist you need to have the handbrake on otherwise you will roll backwards as its very hard to hold an automatic at a standstill on a hill, it can be done but take practice and is not really something you want to be doing in a queue of traffic. . Having said that autos only use the hill start when the hill is above a certain% ,generally 5% and most users , myself included, just use the handbrake on hills its easier than trying to work out if the hill assist will work on your particular hill.

Thanks Bullfrog , all help appreciated . I hope you Doc visit goes well.