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Thanks NT and LF. I'll investigate when I get back from BKK.

Be careful what you wish for! They've started getting into the bars - What's Up and Angelwitch in particular. I was in Angelwitch a few nights ago and a bunch of them was sat in the row behind. First of all, I thought they were pissed up Geordies and then I realised I couldn't understand 100% of what they said, not 80% On Walking Street, I've started my personal campaign to get pedestrians moving: I now deliberately make a point of walking straight through the empty ring that encircles the street performers.

Thanks, Fondles. Unfortunately, bamboo would not match the decor.

I want to hide from view a corner of my condo and have been trying, without success, to buy a wooden screen (or room divider) to do this (in Pattaya). The screen needs to be about 5 feet wide and about 4 feet high (150cm by 120cm). Either a folding one or a fixed one would be acceptable. Does anyone have any idea where I can buy one or have one made, please?

Dr Darika worked more recently than 6 years ago at PIH. Please see the link in my previous post which gives her c.v. "2003-2008 Private dental practice. Pattaya international hospital" I think there must be more than one dentist at PIH.

If I am remembering correctly what I read on one of the boards (I think this one) a while back, Dr Aree's predecessor left PIH to have a baby. She is now back working, but not at PIH. She works partly in BKK and partly from a clinic located between the Tiffany show and the Dolphin Roundabout on Second Road (240/21-22 M. 5 Pattaya 2nd Road). http://www.dentaldepattaya.com/dentalteam.htm Allegedly, her prices have fallen as a result of not being at PIH. Her name is Dr Darika Taw-Anont, tel. 038 415 512. I saw her a couple of times a few months back. She is very likeable and speak

I have been told that some TGs won't go there with someone they hope to have around a while as they have a superstitious belief that doing so results in the break-up of the relationship.

Jerry Carlson was brilliant! Do please let us know when he is going to be back - there seemed to be some confusion last night. Hopefully the cameraman won't be around next time!

I'll have to take your word for the recommendation - I've just looked at the website and seen the prices. Whoa!!

A mate of mine is staying at an upmarket place in Jomtien. The room info says there is a hairdryer in the room but there isn't. He enquired why. It seems that one result of the deluge of Russians is that a whole lot of things now go missing from the rooms, so now you have to ask for a hairdryer and pay a deposit if you want one. Maybe Areca have been having similar problems and are being ultra cautious.

It might work; it might not. Just be clear that a few weeks/months together is most certainly not the same as 5 days. Also, have some thought for the girl. Make sure she knows what the score is: don't raise her expectations and then let her crash. Really, by offering her the trip, you will have already raised expectations, so they will need to be lowered.

I think it is great that Pete takes the time to post a detailed reply. However, it is not entirely convincing for me. The aspect that is missing is staff training. It is not just at peak times that service is less than satisfactory. Often I get annoyed because I can't get served yet see several staff sat behind the bar doing nothing, and they see me! Why can't they lift their butts and lend a hand to the staff outside the bar? And why is it that on occasions being sat in one area results in almost being ignored? Are the staff allocated tables to look after? If they are and someon

There seemed to be an awful lot of Cobra Golders in WS last evening. Airport (or is that Airplane?) was overwhelmed by them. There was even more testosterone than smoke in the atmosphere there.

I totally agree with the OP and was intending to post something similar myself. I don't agree with Samsonite. I have never noticed it anywhere near as much as now.

I had always been a great fan and advocate of PBG until my Nov/Dec trip, and nothing has changed since then. There is a really big problem with service. * Sometimes I am not even given a menu and have to request one. * Meals turn up at considerably different times from the same order. * Cooked meals hang around waiting to be taken to the relevant tables and are very often almost cold when delivered. Pete has been aware of service issues for a long while and said he was getting them fixed. Far from that, they have got worse. It gives the feeling that he has lost interest in

The heavens opened for about an hour when I was in Big C (2nd Rd) this afternoon. The bus ride back along Beach Road was interesting! The road was under about 5 inches of water from around Soi 4 to the Montien Hotel (a bit before Central Rd).

Nor me. I sat through almost all of the set (I left part way through what I think was their last song) and was disappointed. The vocals were the really weak spot. I don't think we were alone. The audience as a whole seemed distinctly unimpressed.

I also agree about Patricks's. But I imagine that the really best (and expensive) steaks are to be had in the top notch restaurants like Bruno's. Incidentally, on the recommendation of a BM here, TGF and I went to Roger's - an Italian/Thai place near Pattaya Memorial Hospital two nights ago. TGF had a peppered steak and I had gammon. Neither was up to par, although the place was nice and the family owning it very hospitable.

Thanks, guys. Really helpful.

I thought I had read on here a month or two ago that a Thai was able to travel to other ASEAN countries without a passport - just an ID card. So I had it in mind to take a girl to Singapore for a long weekend as a birthday present. Before doing on-line bookings for flights and hotel, I thought I ought to double check the situation. This afternoon, 3 travel agents in Patts told me the same thing - a Thai MUST have a passport to travel to these countries: an ID card alone is not sufficient. Can anyone be 100% certain of the correct answer to this, please?

My very LT bar fine has seen most hotels so I asked her about Fraser when we walked by there last evening. She had been there once and was not impressed as the room had no window!

For me, this makes blind patriotism indefensible.

Which makes me ask again the question I posed earlier: is patriotism a good thing? My country, right or wrong - is that really sensible?

They've made "Slum Dog Millionaire" but I bet "Lovedog Millionaire" would be more entertaining

Indeed, is patriotism a good thing? My country, right or wrong - is that really sensible?