FatherMojo

Here you go... Location South Pattaya Hotel name Windy Inn Address 280/1 Walking Street Tel. +66 38 428385 Fax. +66 38 429331 Room No. 24 Room Rate 700-1500 Thai Baht Cheers, FatherMojo

It seems that the The De La Mer Hotel located near the beginning of Walking Street has been closed. Word on the street is that it was sold for about 40 million Baht and with be turned into a Go-Go Bar. I think it was for sale for more than a year at a price of 50 million Baht. I guess someone got a discount. FatherMojo

Unfortunately, many places seem to forget that they have a website which receives messages. Or, I suspect that the owner is the only person who accesses email and if he is busy then it might take awhile. You'd be best to call... I just noticed that there is not a phone number on the website Why are you so intent in staying at Storm? The rooms are nice, but there are tons of other places in the area which are the same or better. Note that December is party month/high season and you can bet there will several late night, noisy parties going on until early morning. FatherMojo

I just clicked on it and the site is working. FatherMojo

Truer words were never typed on this board. Nice place, but the music can be played loud and late. On the plus side they do have electronic safes in the room. Cheers, FatherMojo

Have you seen this website? http://www.coolthaihouse.com/ This should get you started in the right direction. Enjoy! FatherMojo

No in room digital safe. There are lock boxes at reception. FatherMojo

I gotta dig out my old Henny Youngman cassette tapes. A man goes to a psychiatrist. The doctor says, "You're crazy" The man says, "I want a second opinion!" "Okay, you're ugly too!" FatherMojo

I stayed there on my last trip and the place seems to be very well run. Note that they log everything from laundry to the ladies coming in for a visit. Additionally, the will call you to make sure it is ok for the lady to leave. Enjoy! FatherMojo

This a good deal and you might be able to do a layover in HK for a day or two. For those who have not visited HK before, I recommend it. FatherMojo

You know, I recall someone posting about having some sort of private room for lap dances and the like. I thought it was a bad idea then and I referenced the panty-less table dancers who have less of an incentive to go with the guys as they (the girls) are earning enough in tips. Hmmm... let's see how this works: Punters + lap dancing girlies = some girlies (more than likely the good looking ones) earning enough in tips not to go out on a barfine. Leave the lap dance out of the equation of having a good time in Pattaya. FatherMojo

Just add an "8" to the number. Your number 0852856xxx becomes 08852856xxx The new 8 goes just after the 0. Enjoy, FatherMojo

Here you go! http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm FatherMojo

That was a fairly accurate report on Soi LK. As Mulphy stated, it is not Walking Street but an L-shaped street with bars, guesthouses, resturants and other businesses normally associated with tourists. I have been to the Irish Bar, San Miguel's and have stayed in a couple of the guesthouses. If you have never been there, deviate from your normal goat path and take a chance. Many of us are creatures of habit and tend to hit the same spots over and over. I am guilty of this myself. But every now and then I step out of the usual and try to visit a new spot. Soooooo.... expand your horizons and go where you have not gone before... be it Soi LK or the outlands of Naklua. Take a trip, you never know what you will find. FatherMojo

I would recommend writing the script as opposed to typing. Writing will help you to remember better. FatherMojo

Thanks Hammer! I am curious, what is the average time it takes to complete your party reports or weekly bar crawl reports. Thanks, FatherMojo

I have known her for about 3 years and as far as I know, she is Thai. Previously she worked at Heaven's Above and a other places. FatherMojo

Great pictures and I wish I could have gone. FatherMojo

How did you get a 1meg connection? I have read many BM posts complaining about dud connections so I was surprised at the 1meg or is the 1meg related to the newsgroups you subscribe. Thanks, FatherMojo

I have never been big on having a big breakfast unless I am feeling crappy from too much alcohol the night before. I did go to the place on Soi Chayapoon, not Crazy Dave's, but the place across the street from him. I think it was the 65 or so baht special, toast, juice, eggs, coffee/tea and I think a sausage or two. Tasted fine and I was happy. FatherMojo

Has anyone stayed at the Lek Villa in Naklua. I took a look at the place before, but can't actually remember too much about it. Just curious as to the quality of the place. Thanks! FatherMojo

It's a piece of cake! The 8 goes after the country code... just dial 66 Country code 8 This is the new addition xxxxxxxx The number to your friend. So now you will dial +66 8 12345678 Enjoy! FatherMojo

I use Citibank Visa for NWA and I can confirm that cash advances do not earn miles. The paypal scam could work if it was done in conjuction with a buddy or 2 or 3. Just charge each other for some type of service and go from there. However, from what I have read about paypal, if your account has large transactions they could hold the funds for a period of time. FatherMojo

I just checked their website.... "For regular guests we do not need a deposit. For new costumers a 100 euro deposit is required." In this case, the customer/guest would seem to be bending over and taking it. You can imagine the odds on getting that deposit back after you arrive. I think this deposit requirement is relatively new as I checked the website a few months ago and I do not recall seeing it. FatherMojo

Hot off the press from our friends at khaosanroad.com An interview with a big cheeze from immigration Thailand's New Immigration Regulations New Thailand Visa Regulations Become Clearer On Saturday night Sabah Cafe & Cinema had a semi-formal visit from Immigration Police Major Suppachai Paladech, Inspector of the Immigration Detention Centre and Secretary to the Commissioner of Immigration; technically the second in command at Immigration. The intended purpose of the visit was to clear up some rumors and ally fears that many long term 'tourist' are having regarding the implementation of updated immigration regulations on the 1st October 2006. To avoid confusion and in the interest of clarity, questions and answers were discussed by a few before the process was repeated with an adjudicator and Police Major Suppachai Paladech addressing an audience. Questions and Answers: Question: It is obvious that the present border runners will change into visa runners to other countries. What are the Department of Immigrations thoughts on this? Police Major Suppachai: From October 1st you can travel to the border and re-enter 3 times using the system of waiver of a visa. After that, if you get a single entry tourist visa from abroad you can stay here for 60 days, after that you can get a visa extension for 30 days, so it is already 6 months. Each time you leave the country you can come back with the visa extension again, so the tourist visa intervenes. Question: So if we buy a tourist visa and extend it for 1 month can we leave buy another tourist visa and back, can we continue to do that? Police Major Suppachai: Yes, you can do that. We don't want some people staying on visa extensions for ever. Some people stay for 10 years. The main thing at the moment is that now people that come to Thailand for 10 years are not getting screened. With the tourist visa the police now have a chance to check the people that are not on the blacklist. That is the main thing of this new law. Question: When does the new rule effecting 90-day maximum wavered visas come into affect? Police Major Suppachai: It means that the person who has been staying on visa extensions for years, you can depart. If your visa ends on the 30 September, you leave the country and come back on the 30th September, you still can use that 3 times. There was misinformation on the Internet, it doesn't count by stamps, it counts by days. This is very important, it counts by days not stamps. Yeah counts by days. Question: This is going to effect the airlines. How is Immigration going to handle this? How does an airline know when a passenger comes to their stamp quota? The airline is responsible for their passenger? Police Major Suppachai: Your question is a very good question. OK we know that from the first of October it counts from 90 days and the problems will come back. Many people will be stopped at the border, right. So within 90 days we will try to do something. Because we are thinking about the electronic visas. We will use that kind of visa where the airline will have to submit the name of the person to our office before to issue the ticket, similar system to the US. It needs at least 1 year. We don't want people using that kind of system (visa waiver) to stay in our country forever, we have to use the tourist visa to intervene in that system to screen them, to screen the people who are staying in our country. Question: We have heard that there will be a 3 month visa you can buy here in Bangkok. Is this a new rule, if so when is it in place, is it already in existence, can you explain? Police Major Suppachai: It is not a new visa, it is a new regulation for foreigners who don't have a visa, but visa extension, it means you can apply for a non immigration type B and O at the Immigration Bureau. Question: In Thailand right? Police Major Suppachai: Yes. But it means that you have to have at least 3 weeks, I mean visa. It means when you come in right, you have 4 weeks. In the first week you have to contact immigration, in Bangkok in Suan Phlu and submit the papers that you want to change your visa. You have to have a visa. Before we could change the category of visa from tourist to non-immigrant, but this time we can issue the visa as well. A summary of points that were discussed in more detail: The reason for the new regulations are twofold: 1. Try to eliminate known foreign criminals from entering Thailand. It is desired by the authorities that those staying longer term in Thailand should be screened through a more thorough computer system available at Embassies, Consulates and Immigration offices. Hence the reasoning of forcing people into applying for longer stays after a maximum of 90 days by obtaining 3 consecutive free 30 day waivers of a visa at entry points. Border crossing checkpoints are currently limited to screening out undesirables on the 'Blacklist' and high profile undesirables. 2. Persuade foreigners that are on the incorrect visas or stamps to correct their paperwork in line with the law. By making the trip to an Embassy, Consulate or Immigration office necessary within 90 days from 1st October 2006, it is hoped that foreigners who are disrespecting Thai law rectify the situation by applying for the correct visa. To aid this, Non immigrant B and O visas will be issued inside Thailand at the Immigration Office in Bangkok. IMPORTANTLY, to apply you have to have at least 3 weeks remaining on your current stamp and obviously the correct paperwork. The visa needed to apply is yet to be clarified. The Department of Immigration controls borders and The Department of Foreign Affairs controls Consulates and Embassies. There has been no official orders to tighten controls on issuing visas abroad. It is at the discretion of the issuing officer. It is business as usual. There is and never was a guarantee that you would be issued a single, double, etc visa. At borders the 90 day max of 'waivers of a visa' will be enforced once your 90 days FROM 1st October have been utilized within the period of 180 days. Days in country are counted and NOT number of stamps. There is an issue here with airlines and the Department of Immigration understands this. It is their wish that a system similar to something like the US where passenger list are checked electronically before departure will be installed in the future to eliminate problems. This may take some time. The Department of Immigration understands that their will be problems with the new regulations and will review as necessary. FatherMojo Hopefully there will be an official announcment soon. As usual the wild card is ..."It is at the discretion of the issuing officer. It is business as usual. There is and never was a guarantee that you would be issued a single, double, etc visa."