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Dance little lady, dance: The Diamond ogling den (Soi Diamond) will be holding its third dance contest, this one on Friday night, January 24 commencing at 9:00 p.m. (that's Thai time by the way: therefore, read 9:30 p.m. and some). The usual collection of Noah's Arkites (i.e., in pairs) will be rounded up from a string of participating chrome pole palaces and, if the fist two contests are anything to go by, it should be a fun night. On Saturday night January 25, Biw, the boss of the Polo ogling den (Walking Street) is planning on holding what she has termed as an 'amazing dance show' contest with the winner to receive a hefty 10,000 baht, runner-up 7,000 baht and the third placegetter 3,000 baht. Nice work if you can get it. A Spicy Anniversary: The Spicy Girls ogling den (in gender-confused Pattayaland Soi 1) is celebrating its fourth birthday on Saturday night February 1 with the usual spit on a dead pig, an 'ox loast' and hot and cold buffet. For those who can't read, the sign out the front also reads: 'balloon chasers bugger off'. With the Elephant Man now looking for greener pastures, a new type of 'animal' has taken up the cudgels after buying a half share in the chrome pole palace. Panda will be on hand to meet and greet from Mondays to Fridays with lazy Ewan warming a bar stool on weekends. Back in the Old Dart: While I'm down there, the Spicy Girls Too ogling den has lost the management services of Mickey Mouse who's returned to the frozen wastes of Pommyland. The operations of Spicy Too are currently being overseen by the duo of G and J. The den opens for dispensing alcoholic beverages at 2:00 p.m. each day. Who let the dogs out? Located in the soi between Pattayaland's 1 and 2, the newly-expanded beer boozer The Kennel has acquired the well-liked Aussie garden gnome Curlie as the new day manager. As well, owner Scootish Dave tells me his boozatorium sponsors the Pattaya Police soccer team (kitted out in West Ham stripes). The local peelers regularly take on teams of expat soccer players and, strange but true, the plod always come out on top. Funny about that. Now that's a slammer: The Tequila Reef noshery and beans-means-fart palace (Soi 7) serves up the kind of Mexican grub that put Cisco in the Kid, the Pancho in Villa and the Speedy in Gonzales. Dishes range from 145 baht upwards, the portions are tasty and filling (unless your name happens to be Sergeant Garcia) and the atmosphere is vibrant and clean. Mine host Rambling Rob lays out the welcome mat to keep his customers satisfied and you definitely don't need the salt and lemon to down his tequila's. Hustler's take note: The Sportsman's boozer and noshery in Soi 13 has started a pool competition on Sunday evenings with all welcome. The entry fee is 300 baht but all the money in the pot is divided into first and second prize-money. Worth a shot if you're good at the pot. A quiet retreat: Mention the name Som Bunsuk Village and many Pattaya locals and regulars will look at you with a blank expression. This little piece of paradise, located in the quiet back streets off Soi Yume, or behind the fishing park on Third Road, has been a part of the landscape for around 15 years. One of its attractions is the village swimming pool and coffee shop, both of which have now been taken over by a Frenchman and his Thai girlfriend after being allowed to run down in recent times. The pool has been cleaned up and the menu features both Thai and European nosh with prices ranging from 35 to 150 baht. The facilities open at 9:00 a.m. and close when the last person decides to call it quits. The owners charge 30 baht for adults and 20 baht for children per day to use the swimming pool; monthly rates are also available. My e-mail address is: nightmarch@hotmail.com Author od Pattaya "Patpong on steroids" No reproduction without specific reference to: nightmarch@hotmail.com

Thai Girl - You go and have fun darling and shag all the bar girls you like. Farang - No darling I only want to be with you. Result - happiness! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thai Girl - You go and have fun darling and shag all the bar girls you like. Farang - OK, see you next week, Result - Thai girl with sharp knife looking to cut of your privates. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thai girls do love to test their men but as always with women the correct answer may not be obvious ;D Be careful and remember in Thailand lieing your head off is usually the better stratagy.

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Nightmarch author Duncan Stern is a long time observer of the Pattaya scene. His fortnightly articles will keep you uptodate on the ever changing scene here. Duncan has written two books on his favourite subject which you can purchase on-line by clicking the link below. Click Here to buy On-Line. This is NOT another novel about the bar scene This is the 'REAL' thing Read About: The dancer who beat the pride of the US Marine Corps in a beer drinking competition... The rigged blackjack scam... The trials and tribulations of running an A-Go-Go bar... How '60 Minutes' Australia concocted a 'smoke and mirrors' exposé about Pattaya... TRUE stories of Sex, Alcohol and Expat life in Thailand's hedonistic seaside resort... Duncan Stearn gets to the bottom of it all! Warning this book should only be purchased by people with a warped sense of humour Reasons why you should immediately purchase this book "The funniest thing I've ever seen in Thailand" Blind Lemon Jefferson "I only bought it for the rude words" Percival Pratt (age 12) "I was very happy with my free copies. I certainly wouldn't have paid for something like this." Pirrate Singasongofsixpencepocketfulofbaht "One must say that, while sipping on a few tumblers of Pym's Number One, it brought a smile to the face of one, although Philip, my darling consort, said it was all Greek to him." Betty Windsor (Mrs) Duncan Stearn is the author of the best-selling Pattaya: Patpong on Steroids and is a regular contributor to various publications including Pattaya Mail, Pattaya Today, Pattaya Trader and Phuket Gazette through such columns as "Nightmarch", "Our Man in Pattaya", "Streets of Pattaya" as well as feature and travel articles. Click Here to buy On-Line.

Crazy Hour again: In an amazing resurgence, over the past 18 months or so Walking Street has wrested the mantle of premier chrome pole palace venue from its rivals down in Pattayaland Soi 2. On Saturday night January 4 Club Electric Blue became the 25th ogling den on or in the environs of Walking Street when the former Baby 3 opened its palatial doors with a private party. This was followed by a dance contest on January 5. The new venture is the brainchild of Big Andy, formerly of Dollhouse, the ogling den that started the revival of the chrome pole palaces on Walking Street. Andy knows how to make a buck from a boozer and those familiar with the old Baby 3 wouldn't recognise the joint now: a rabbit warren of shiny metal, mirrors and black tiles. Like Dollhouse and its clone Living Dolls, Andy has drafted a veritable giggle of serving wenches, all decked out in a kind of sailors uniform. Clutches of dancing damsels regaled in electric blue g-strings strut their stuff on a main stage downstairs as well as a small revolving and one fixed stage upstairs. There is also a dancing stage with a glass floor. The proposed café to accompany the den wasn't finished as of opening night, Andy tells me it's expected to be up and running by about January 14. Phung, formerly of Spicy Girls and Dollhouse, is the mamasan, the air-conditioning is just right and booze prices reasonable, averaging around 90 baht. The joint opens at 7:30 p.m. and until the end of January happy hour will run to 8:30 p.m. with house liver wasters and Thai rotgut at just 10 baht. Bottled Chang amber nectar will be 35 baht all night, every night. Hands on your mallets: I'm always impressed by people who are willing to 'have a go' and when it doesn't quite work can think laterally and make the changes needed to get on the road to success. One such place is the former Polo late night boogie barn (Walking Street). It didn't last too long in the competition to attract the freelancing baht, going up against establishments like Marine Disco and Tony's. However, management has been quick to act and in a stroke of brilliance now runs a series of non-stop 'erotic sexy' shows that, in my humble opinion, have propelled it straight to the top of the charts as far as show bars are concerned. And yes, that includes the polished Living Dolls Showcase. The shows are all different, some better choreographed than others, all involving a limited amount of clothing and including elements such as fire, water, and soap as well as occasional audience participation. If the 'cleaning lady's' method of soaking up the residue after a sexy soap suds act should ever become the industry standard then there'll never be an empty sleeping palace in Pattaya again. The music is good and not too loud and the dancing maidens are not only attractive they get to wear some pretty snazzy glad-rags. On the down side, most thirst quenchers are priced at 120 baht, not exactly cheap, and the place is quite smoky with a struggling air-con. Definitely worth putting on the must visit list. Cheap booze all night: The Spicy Girls ogling den in Pattayaland Soi 1 can sometimes be a hit and miss affair. I've been in on some occasions and the place is full with punters and plenty of smiling and friendly dancing maidens. Other times it can be as quiet as a haunted house at midnight with a motley crew of average lookers, albeit also friendly. That said, the management of the den are always trying to come up with new and better ways of enticing imbibers through the front door. They are continuing with an extended Happy Hour from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with all bottled amber fluid at just 60 baht and house liver wasters at 70 baht. Then, between 9:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. it's the turn of the spirit jockeys with gin, vodka, bourbon and the like at a mere 40 baht. If you happen to miss out in some way, bottled Chang beer is just 45 baht all night and rotgut, a.k.a. Sang Thip or Mekhong, is also 45 baht from opening until closing. Lady drinks remain just 70 baht and come in a decent-sized glass rather than the usual gob-full of lolly water served up at far higher imposts in some other dens. Of course, the music is also a major attraction for many punters, a blend of British pop and rock and no dance, trance, techno or hip hop. The Elephant Man recently sold his share in the joint but thankfully the new partner is taking a 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' line. Hustler's take note: The Sportsman's boozer and noshery in Soi 13 has started a pool competition on Sunday evenings with all welcome. The entry fee is 300 baht but all the money in the pot is divided into first and second prizemoney. Worth a shot if you're good at the pot. Good views and good taste: The Baywatch noshery (Beach Road, around the corner from Pattayaland Soi 1) does a good value breakfast consisting of two slices of toast (butter and jam), two eggs any style, one sausage, bacon, tomato and fried potatoes with a choice of tea or coffee and orange or pineapple juice for 125 baht. Considering the place is right on Beach Road with good views of Pattaya Bay and the passing parade it represents good value. Depends on the toss: The 101 Walking Street businesses issue has once again raised its almost timeless head above the parapet following the installation of a new governor for Chonburi province. The new broom kicked off with the usual poli-speak, all firm hand on the tiller, steady as she goes rhetoric, determined to make an impact. I think it'll all end up being a bit Yes, Minister with the Thai equivalent of Nigel Hawthorne making all the right noises while employing metres of red tape and wily stratagems designed to tie the new head honcho in knots. My bet is that the Australian cricket team will lose a Test series long before the 101 businesses come a'tumblin' down.(They already have: Ed) Say it ain't so: There are some nasty little rumours circulating around town suggesting the possible return of the Thai Wisdom Fair, that exercise in bureaucratic nonsense that led to the weekly closure of a great chunk of Beach Road so that people could walk down and observe Thai handicrafts and the like. The result was that traffic along Second Road and Third Road turned into a nightmare and businesses across the length and breadth of Fun Town complained bitterly that Saturday night trade was in a downward spiral. Thankfully, the widening of Beach Road made it necessary to halt the Fair and the whole idea seemed to have disappeared into some civil servant's filing cabinet. Unfortunately, someone somewhere has managed to dig out the file and the usual raft of pen pushers is, to use government-speak, 'examining the viability of a reintroduction of this culturally uplifting and morally desirable demonstration of Thai ingenuity and productivity.' Ringing the Changes: The following is a long but by no means totally comprehensive list of the changes that occurred in Fun Town during 2002. ·13 Coins noshery: closed after 13 years of operation. ·After That beer boozer (Soi 7): New ownership. ·Amazon ogling den (Walking Street): formerly Sexy 2001. New ownership. ·Anne's Place noshery (Soi day-Night 2): closed. Re-opened under new management and name. ·Angels ogling den (Walking Street): formerly T.W. One. New ownership but now closed. ·Best Corner beer boozer (Soi Diamond): closed and moved further into the soi. Now a 7-11. ·Big Willie's ogling den (Soi Diamond): opened. ·Chock Dance ogling den (Soi 6/1): opened and closed. ·Crazy Dave's beer boozer/noshery (Soi Chaiyapoon): formerly Yorkshire Rose. New ownership. ·Destination beer boozer (Soi 7): formerly Lek. New ownership. ·Diablo late night boogie barn (Walking Street): Opened. ·Don't Go Home Alone Tonight late night boogie barn (Soi Marina Plaza): formerly Feigling Pub and ogling den. ·Dubliner, The beer boozer (Soi Chaiyapoon): formerly The Firehouse. New ownership. ·Far East Rock ogling den (Soi Post Office): Closed, then re-opened. ·Force's beer boozer/noshery (Third Road): opened. ·Fuck You dine and dash establishment (Soi 6/1): Name changed to Love You under new rules. ·Goldfingers ogling den (Soi 7): formerly Super 7. New ownership. ·Kitten Club ogling den (Pattayaland Soi 2): formerly Cat's. Management still same. ·Kittens ogling den (Naklua Rd): formerly Pussycat. Management still same. ·La Cuisine Au Beurre noshery (Soi Day-Night 2): formerly The Waffle. New ownership. ·Laurie's Place beer boozer (off Second Road): opened. ·Lek beer boozer (Soi 7): moved from an outside to an inside location. Management still same. ·Living Dolls ogling den (Walking Street): formerly Dream. New ownership. ·Living Dolls Showcase ogling den (Walking Street): formerly Blackout. New ownership. ·Made in Thailand beer boozers (Second Rd): opened. ·Mulligan's beer boozer (Pattayaland Soi 1): formerly Tropics. New ownership. ·Ole noshery (Soi Day-Night 2): opened. ·Paris Pigalle ogling den (Walking Street): formerly Drop In. New ownership. ·Pattaya Hollywood beer boozer (Soi 8): Closed. Re-opened in Green House centre. ·Pink Lady noshery (Beach Rd): moved up the road from near Soi 8 towards Central Road. ·Polo late night boogie barn (Walking Street): opened. Now a show bar. ·Private Dancer ogling den (Walking Street): formerly Winchester. ·Sea Fox Entertainment late night boogie barn (Walking Street): closed. To be re-opened under new management as an ogling den/noshery in January as Club Electric Blue and Simply Blues Café. ·Sexy ogling den (Walking Street): closed and knocked down. Now a beer bar named Too's. ·Simon Cabaret (Walking Street): closed. ·Simon Cabaret Beer Bar Centre (Walking Street): opened. ·Soi 1 Beer Bar Centre (Soi 1): opened. ·Star Dice café/disco (Beach Rd): opened. ·Stringfellows ogling den (Soi Yamato); formerly Angels of (the name changed under new rules) and Angels of Sleaze. New ownership. ·Super Lions ogling den (Soi Diamond): formerly Tiger's. Management still same. ·TJ Noi's ogling den (Soi Skaw Beach): opened and then closed. ·What's Up ogling den (Soi 15): opened. ·World Wide ogling den (Beach Rd): formerly known as G-Strings. Re-modelled. Management remains the same. ·Wunderbar beer boozer (Beach Rd): closed, re-opened on Second Road in Green House complex. ·X-Ray ogling den (Soi Zero): opened. ·VALE: Pattaya lost two of its long-standing characters when Stoney, the Aussie owner of Stoney's Place beer boozer (Walking Street) and Wynn, the owner of Welsh Wynn's died during the year. The town is a sorrier place for their loss. My e-mail address is: nightmarch@hotmail.com Author of Pattaya "Patpong on steroids" No reproduction without specific reference to: nightmarch@hotmail.com

Emil I see that info when I approve the posts and it is preserved in the database but it can not be viewed by users. The script that controls this process is designed that way - not sure why.

dA small delegation including LDK (Don), Andy from Mistys, Kevin from Fresh Orange Bar and myself headed down to the Pattaya Orphanage today. Don made 32,000 baht selling his Birthday T-Shirts through the bars and handed over the cash to Fr Brennan. A stirling effort on Don's behalf and a very classy way to finish off what has been a massive birthday celebration. Don parts with the cash. Fr Brennan who recently celebrated his 70th birthday is stepping down as Director of the Orphanage although he will still be around if anyone would like to visit. Fr Philip takes over a Director in the new year. As always they need money and if you want to spend an interesting afternoon you will be most welcome to visit the Orphanage, have a guided tour and part with a little cash. Fr Brennan and his 750 kids.

The cheapest place to go is Phnom Pehn, Cambodia, although the overland route is a bit rough and time consuming. You can fly from Bkk for US$150. Visa agencies come and go but if they are getting a new tourist visa for you without you leavinging the country then they are breaking the law so be careful. All tourist visas have an expiry date. For 3 and 4 entry visas that is 6 months after you get the visa, for 1 and 2 entry I think its around 3 months. Each entry is good for 60 days plus a 30 day extention. If you leave the country before the 60 days is up that entry is finished although as you can see by the expiry timings above if you get 3 or 4 entries you are probably going to have one spare.

Hi Whittler Can you try again and let me know here, if you still have the problem. Pete

Its getting harder to find but Software Station, Second Rd, right hand side just before Royal Garden still has plenty of choices at 200 baht a disk.

Hi Shilo The promo for the golf day is not linked to your members pics. I copied them over to a permanent part of the site, so feel free to delete your pics. If you still need more space after that give me another yell. Pete

FLB videos are in the members section. along with full instructions on how to download them. To see this you need to become a member. It's free to join, just click on join up, above.

It's in Satahip which is 20k (12 miles) south of Pattaya.

They are all over the airport Derek. You'll find machines at both end of both arrival halls and numerous other locations all around the airport.

Yes the busses still run. Most shops and services will be open. Most bars, including FLB will be closed.

Boka, this question belong in the members section. It's free to join. The answer is yes and depending on the time of day, around 3,000 baht.

It's closed for 30 days for opening after hours. The 30 days are almost up.

Rhoel I haven't noticed it and have been connecting from some pretty out of the way places. At home with my shiny new broadband its super quick. Could it be your ISP? Pete

Sounds like you have cookies disabled. They must be enabled for the board to work.

Windows XP does not come with a Java engine. You need to download it from the microsoft site.

Murphys Law. Go on holiday and something that has worked fine for months suddenly stops working. Anyway, it should be working again now.

You can find all the details here http://www.freelancerbar.com/residence/main.htm

The answer to your questions are on this site. I suggest you check out the hotel review section and the nightlife sections f1rst. Links at the top of this page.

You can get a baht bus from Pattaya to Jomtien anytime, day or night. It should cost you 50 - 100 baht depending on your negotiating skills. During the day and early evening there are regular departures from the cnr of Second Rd and South Pattaya Rd (outside the school) for shared, scheduled services which will cost you 10 baht. From Jomtien to Pattaya, just flag down a baht bus along the sea front and pay 10 baht. Late at night you may have to wait for a while to find one and will have to pay 50 - 100 baht into Pattaya.