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I have the JI net 2600 baht package. My experience has been variable but generally OK for Thailand. Like Sunny I was having daily outages but they replaced some equipment in the exchange last month and I have not noticed any since then. Speed is variable but the 512/256 package I have usually runs around 380/190 which is not to bad. I went through a month of never getting downloads faster than 210. After at least 20 calls to their tech support in which they blamed heavy traffic (at 3 am?) then my router and then my computer, I finally managed to figure out with TT&T that the lin

Pattaya Pattaya The Fat Over There Cracks a Fat Over Here: The spread of the West is continuing apace. A recent report suggests Australian women are fatter than they were 10 years ago (empirical observation when I return to my homeland suggests this is entirely correct), are not interested in exercise and, more importantly, aren’t very excited about mattress dancing. They’d rather curl up with a good soap opera or watch some inane reality TV show. The results of this study, I wouldn’t mind betting, could be extrapolated to include American and British womanhood as well. The knock-o

Gogo Diamond dance contest! Keep on Keeping On: The last in the Diamond gogo (Soi Diamond, off Walking Street) series of monthly in-house dance contests was held on Sunday night 24 April and, after a slow start, no less than 40 dancers cavorted before the assembled multitude. As per usual, the pace picked up in the second round when only 16 girls were left with a chance at the thick end of the prize-money. With cash prizes for first, second and no less four other finalists as well as the two best costumes and Miss Flower (the damsel for whom members of the audience purchase the most number of

When Two Dolls Go To War: In this column in the 1-15 April edition I made mention of the unfortunate dispute between the erstwhile partners in the pair of Living Dolls ogling dens, nick-namely ‘Captain Picard’ and ‘Alan Ladd’. Since then I have had a fairly lengthy conversation with ‘Alan Ladd’ and have been privy to much of the correspondence between him and Captain Picard and others. It is labyrinthine but what appears clear from sections of the material is that. Their partnership began when Captain Picard, who was then managing The Dollhouse, agreed to take on the management

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Heferlumps, buffaloes and Captain Picard I Wanna be Your Beast of Burden: Disturbing incidents involving Pattaya’s population of roving elephants and their mahouts are on the rise. As many people would be aware, elephants ranging in size from large to baby big can be seen wandering the streets of Fun Town led by their mahouts. Due to a lack of opportunities to work in Thailand’s severely degraded forests, the elephants and their mahouts have been forced to come to a city like Pattaya in an effort to survive. There are mahouts who spend their evenings trawling the booze bars entici

The Thai law regarding age of consent and bar workers and prostitution. To enter a bar you must be 20. However 18 and 19 year olds may work in a bar. The age of consent in Thailand is 15. Prostitution is illegal. If you are caught with a prostitute under 15 the penalties are severe - possibly life in prison. If you are caught with a prostitute aged 15, 16 or 17 then the mandatory penalty is 2 years. If you are caught with a prostitute who is 18 or older and prosecuted - you would be the first. In other words there appears to be no penalty and no enforcement.

Here's a few photos from Om's funeral held yesterday. It was of course a very sad occasion but the generosity of board members, FLB staff members and other Pattaya friends helped to make the day a little easier. Over 100,000 baht raised for Om's family in just a couple of days was an amazing effort. Her mother and father were overwhelmed that people in unimagined countries knew her and were so generous as to help with a little financial relief as well. After the funeral the FLB staff met with Om

Om was truly a lovely girl. A pleasure to work with, sharp, intelligent and sweet all at the same time. She worked with Ann and I for 4 years and became not only a trusted employee but a close personal friend as well. We have all been devastated by the news but in true Thai fashion, many friends and relatives are coming together to support each other and to celebrate the many good things about Om that we all cherished. The funeral will take place in Petchaboon on Monday. I will pass on everyones thoughts and good wishes to friends and family then. The picture below was taken a

A Walking, Talking , Living Spat: In 2004 ‘Alan Ladd’, the Australian partner in the popular Living Dolls Showcase and Living Dolls ogling dens (both on Walking Street) was arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly trying to offload a suitcase full of Indian rupees. He was detained in the territory for quite some time and while legalities were being sorted out his English partner, ‘Captain Picard’, was left to run both operations on his own. According to my sources, Alan Ladd’s father came to Pattaya and struck a deal with Captain Picard whereby the latter agreed to buy out his erstwhi

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Super What? The 36th ogling den to open its doors in the environs of Walking Street, the Super Model chrome pole palace is on the site of the old Starlight beer boozer in the Soi Diamond alleyway. The place kicked into life in early March with a lengthy happy hour, 7:30 to 10:00 PM, offering draught amber fluid and house liver wasters at just 30 baht. The den has plenty of dancing damsels and covers two floors, the upper area being the place to sit to get a real view of the action. Formula One Quiz: The first major change to the popular Sunday night Quiz format has been made with teams bei

Gogo music to go. Ace in the Hole: Martin (aka the Elephant Man) and his long-suffering better half Pon opened their new business early in February. Called the Ace Café it is situated in the new block of buildings erected behind the Hanuman statue at the bottom of Thappraya Road. Martin says he aims to make the place primarily an eatery between Monday and Thursday, opening from 8:30AM to 9:00PM and then on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays remain open until much later as a boozer. Breakfast kicks in at 50 baht while a large mug of coffee is just 20 baht. Martin and Pon formerly ran the Old

When is a gogo a show bar? When is a Show Bar not a Show Bar? Let me just clear up a slight misunderstanding. In my last missive I suggested the price of 120 baht for certain alcoholic libations in the Misty’s ogling den (Pattayaland Soi 2) was over the odds for a non-show bar. As one correspondent mentioned, Misty’s does conduct shows. Agreed. What I should have been more clear about was my definition of show bars. While a great number of dens run shows (Diamond, Carousel, X-Ray come to mind immediately), for my money a ‘show bar’ is one where the set pieces are almost continuous thr

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For Your Sins Ye Shall Endure: There’s not much I can add to the millions of words already written in the past weeks about the shocking tragedy that has destroyed countless lives across south Asia and eastern Africa apart from offering my own pathetically wan condolences to all those who have lost loved ones. One thought that did traverse my mind was how disappointing it must have been for the high-minded moralists and born-again God-botherers that the earthquake hadn’t emanated in the Gulf of Thailand and the subsequent tsunami didn’t roar through Pattaya in a modern day Apocalypse, ala

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Are We Busy Yet? With the 1:00AM closing issue still being touted as the main reason why many Fun Town boozatoriums are not as busy as previous years, it’s interesting to note one ogling den operator who told me he had notched a record turnover for one night of trading on the Monday after the 5 December public holiday. As he said, “it was better than any New Year’s Eve”. Of course, the fact his chrome pole palace is now among the best in Pattaya had a lot to do with setting a new high. So, why is his den doing so well, and yet others seem to complain the punters are nowhere to be seen

Exclousive…from Phenthouse Magacine: No, I haven’t forgotten how to spell, this is how the Polo ogling den (Walking Street) promotes its Model Show, which kicks off in the chrome pole palace every night at around 11:30PM. The same dozen or so sketchily attired performers appear earlier in the evening at the Model Club in The Market complex on Second Road (opposite Pinewood Condo). The shows start there around 6:30PM. As one might expect, the shows are popular with the north Asian tourists who seem quite content to sip on a bottle of cola and wait until they are summoned to leave and trek o

When the Big Hand Gets A Grip on the Little Hand: Our old friend Preacher Malcontent, the Deputy Interior Minister (DIM for short), is determined to impose some continuing form of time control on the operating hours available to establishments offering dancing girls and alcohol. Of course he is only following the directions of Interior Minister Poking Pokemon, who is, of course, directed by Fearless Leader. People might cast their minds back to June 2003, when, following a mobile cabinet meeting held by the government in Pattaya, it was suggested closing hours might be extended to 4:00AM.

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Time Gentlemen, Please: Look what happens when I go away. I’ve just spent the last few weeks down in the Land of Oz and what do I come back to: early closing. For Australians of a certain age it would probably remind them of the days of the infamous six o’clock swill. To explain, there was a time (in the dim Dark Ages around 1946) when the government of Australia determined that all boozers had to close their doors at 6:00PM in order to preserve the moral fabric of society. So what happened, naturally, was that an illicit and illegal trade grew up and so-called sly grog shops prolifer

We have a regular customer at FLB who is wheel chair bound. On his first few trips to Thailand he brought someone with him to help him get around but now that he knows the lay of the land he travels alone. Pattaya is not very wheel chair friendly BUT there are always people around who are willing to help. The girls seem to quite like hooking up with disabled people and can also act as general assistants to the process of getting around. I imagine it would be quite a brave move but if your friend makes it here I am sure he will have a great time.