jackcorbett

I am putting a few listings together for my fellow condo co-owners at Wongamat Residence here in Naklua where I purchased a condo four years ago and in which I live full time. Wongamat condo listings This is exclusively for my neighbors at Wongamat Residence and I'm not making a dime off this little project so if anything comes out of this it will be between the condo owners and those who decide to rent or buy from them.

I've oftentimes used Agoda. And lately checking rates listed on a hotel's web site, then comparing it to Agoda. So far it looks like I will normally get a substantially discounted price from Agoda. Two months ago, I booked a hotel in Bangkok through Agoda but after staying at the hotel for one night my gf and I decided to return to Pattaya a day early. Our hotel told us I could not get a refund for the unused night since I had such a cheap rate through Agoda. The desk clerk made a phone call in my behalf. My credit card was duly charged for the unused night but I later got an email

I have been asked to get an answer for this question by a friend who's been asked to get answers for another friend. The man did time in a Federal Prison for dealing marijuana in the U.S. from October 1998 until August 2000. Since then I have it he's been a model citizen, not even getting a traffic ticket. When I figure applied for my retirement visa in the U.S. through the Chicago Thai Consulate, among other things I had to get a police report which I got through the Illinois State Police, but for me, no felonies ever.

Many thanks, Blink, both for the compliments and the constructive criticism. Check the famous dishes section again, if you don't mind. Greg brought your comment up to me a few days ago and I changed the "fonts" you mentioned (if you based your comment on what I had up a few days ago instead of very recently). Those are not fonts by the way but graphical images. When I created them I thought, "They are a little difficult to read, but I like the beveled effect" so it was a value judgment I made and so I sacrificed readability for creative effect. So what I did was to recreate those graphi

I wish there were a way I could delete one of the two polls I created. Can our moderator help me on this? I created the first, and then I did not like the poll question, "Which country's-----" followed by German, French, etc rather than Germany, France and so on but didn't see a way I could edit the poll questions or choices so I hit the back button and made my changes thinking when I posted now the newly edited poll would modify the first one the way one overrides one file with a new modified one with the same name thus leaving just one poll, but it didn't work that way. I should have

First off, I was inspired into conducting this poll for several reasons. First off, I am now doing the finishing touches on a new web site I've created, this one being for Greg's Kitchen New web site for Greg's Kitchen Greg, an Englishman, has 35 years of experience in the restaurant business among other things having been a chef in London as well as being owner of Greg's Kitchen here in Pattaya now for more than 12 years. I've had a lot of experience over at Greg's Kitchen because for 11 months I lived just 3 doors down from the restaurant, and I've shot pictures of every single dish h

Many thanks everyone. I will now make the appointment on the U.S. Embassy web site. Since it looks like all U.S. passports are created in Washington, I think I'll arrange a taxi round trip back to Pattaya and plan on a return trip to the U.S. Embassy in about three weeks to pick up the new passport. I had been thinking of getting a hotel for one or two nights in Bangkok but have no special reason to stay there. No ifs and buts about it, this is a real pain in the derriere but I'll have to bite the bullet. Thankfully it happens only once every ten years which realistically will be very 9

The place is called Panino's, Written on its business cards is "Gourmet Sandwiches & Pizza----Delivery". It's owned by a man from Belgium and located on Soi 12 in Naklua near the Sanctuary of Truth. Has its own bakery there, and the menu is quite extensive although a much more abbreviated menu has been circulated to some of the condos near me. Anyone here been there or gotten a carryout from the place? Its location is quiet without a lot of traffic so I don't think it's too well known, but in my opinion its prices are most reasonable, service is excellent, and the food is quite varie

What I do know is this. One should renew it within about six months of its expiration. Mine is expiring in about six months. I need to go to the U.S. Embassy web site to make an appointment there and I'll need identification such as my current U.S. passport plus two pictures. Cost will be about $75.00 U.S. and after I get the passport I can take the new passport to Immigration to have stamps put in the new one. What I want to know is 1. How long will it take to get the new passport? 2. Is it issued straight out of the Embassy so that I can get it in a day or two while staying in

I take it then that all you need to do is to take your green book with you and leave it with whoever is doing the running about for you whether this is an insurance company or motorbike dealership and then wait for the place to come back with the sticker and for this you need to give a modest fee. Seems to beat having to go all the way down to the Regents School.

Do you have to go to City Hall or can you just go get a new sticker at a motorbike dealership once your first annual sticker expires?

Someone emailed me to provide a little more information on the kidney stone procedure that I've already gone into gory detail on. First...the cost was around 90,000 baht but do keep in mind this was not for a basic room, which would still be a very deluxe room in the U.S. As I mentioned Bupa paid for every last baht. I just went into Pattaya Bangkok yesterday to do one more ultrasound test, have a urine sample tested, and a final consultation with my surgeon who basically told me to go out and drink beer, swim laps, live a normal life and to come back in one year to have my prostate t

I can highly recommend Pattaya Property Agents which has a web site at Pattaya Property Agents The managing director is Michael Barricelli who you can email at michael@pattayapropertyagents.com Michael has recently published his own trade magazine which he is presently circulating in the Pattaya area. He has two offices, one here in Naklua, which is in my own condo building here at Wongamat Residence. The second which Mike recently added to his operations is in Jomtien. I also want to mention that Michael used to work for Harvard University's Finance Department where he was part o

My girlfriend just wrote the name down for me in Thai. "Teti" is what she wrote. What happened with me is I first started experiencing pain where I had two hernia operations in the U.S. So I simply called the hospital for an appointment. Right off, and I didn't even have to wait five minutes, I was ushered up to the general surgery department where a few minutes later I was taken into a surgeon's office. I then had to submit a urine sample, and soon after that I was admitted into the urologist's office. So in my case, the first diagnosis was that I had some type of urinary tract i

Big D---The doctors spoke excellent English. So did the anesthetist who was very good about talking over with me my options just prior to my surgery. She asked me if I wanted to be put to sleep while giving me the alternative of having the lower half of my body frozen. So I discussed with her at length how she would handle the procedure while I was awake. I'd have an IV in me, she told me and if I wanted to sleep for awhile she could give me a little more of the sedative. I asked her to just give me enough to make me less nervous. Soon after that she gave me the needle right in my spin

I just got out of Pattaya Bangkok Hospital where I just had a kidney stone removed from my bladder at the entrance to the urethra. And I have to say the place is absolutely first rate. During the course of diagnosing the problem I saw two surgeons, one cardiologist, and one urologist and I was very happy with the doctors. In my opinion they definitely have the specialists here and the equipment necessary to get a first rate job done. And I'd say that suite I stayed in on the corner of the 10th floor with its great view of the city must be about 100 square meters in size. I definitely re

Over a year ago, all condo owners in my building had to pay a meter deposit of just over 7000 baht to the electric company through our condo office. One of my fellow co-owners told me we were all entitled to a partial refund of 5000 baht due to the fact that we had service through our present meters for a certain time period---say six months to one year. In fact he told me that every condo owner at the Nova Mirage condo development just down the street had gotten 5000 baht of his deposit back. My fellow condo owner friend and I got the necessary paper work from our office that showed our m

Yep. There we go. And we must always remember one key word--MAFIA.

Nope. That would have been unwise..... tip yes, but lady drinks had to wait until other nights when I was staying awhile. My pal and I moved on to review go-go bars.

From Pete's post, "If an independent tries to set up shop they will be closed down by the police." Understand it, meditate upon it and believe it. Two nights ago a friend and I met at a beer bar on Walking Street right where Soi Diamond starts. A man comes up to him with a little baby in his arms begging for money. My friend said, "Get out of here. Go...Go Now and do not come back." I said My Owl. Not My Owl Kop which is polite for "Do not want." I tried to be deliberately rude to him. Then my friend turned to me and said, "I've seen this same guy around here a number of time

Got all setup now. Went to Home Pro (Carre Four) and got totally confused looking at all the different water filtration setups. Had about 6000 bath in my wallet and had left the ATM cards back in the condo. While looking at filtration setups I ran into two of my fellow condo co-owners there. One of them, an Aussie, had done considerable work with me improving the condo's pool area and he's a builder by trade. There were several nice looking stainless steel setups. One was pretty substantial in size but for one thing it cost more than I had in my wallet, and I had serious doubts it would

I absolutely concur with you, Pete, and Joekicker. In fact, one of my fellow condo co-owner friends and I were just talking about the beggar mafia of Naklua just yesterday. If we give to the beggar we are merely making the mafia stronger and as you suggest here, this Mafia does not count nice people in its membership.

Many thanks everyone. Looks like the 3 filter system is the way to go. Denny, you were right. I just didn't want to buy anything more than absolutely necessary while outfitting the condo with nice furniture, fridge and everything essential so I wanted to wait for a long time solution. The five gallon bottles from the shop is okay so long as the shop is in my building. Before I have actually taken filled five gallon bottles on my motorbike from just up the street. I think the days of the shop below are numbered however.

Joekicker, I hear what you are saying about having water that is too clean. When I used to live on the farm in the U.S., I installed a water distillation system and when I bought it the company that supplied it sold me a small quantity of chemicals to add back many minerals that the distillation process took out of the water. I have noticed that the normal filtration setups are readily available at a number of outlets at very reasonable cost and that there are a number of models to choose from.

I've seen them for sale at places like C, Carre Four, etc for making tap water safe to drink. There's also reverse osmosis setups which are probably more expensive. Who has experience with these setups and what do you think of their effectiveness for purifying one's drinking water. Also, what maintenance is involved in your experience? So far I've been buying my drinking water in large plastic containers in a nearby shop that is similar to Family Mart. The containers hold around 5 gallons of water and run me 50 baht each. I simply take my empties to this shop and bring a full one b