Bear194

Only if you fall in Love...

Happy Birthday Larry and all the Best - wish I could be there to celebrate with you....

Happy Anniversary Ricky - many more to come.

Congratulations Adam - looking forward to the next 11 ......

Have flown a couple of times-they get you to " Paradise " cheaply but not necessarily quickly.

The Sabai group now wants payment in full at the time of making an online booking. I have been booking for a period of a month usually and book 2 or 3 months in advance. I worry that if there is a health or family emergency after paying a non refundable deposit I will be screwed. Has not happened yet but I would resent the hotel profiting by 34,000baht and being able to rent the room again.

I used the Pattaya City Hospital for 3 days on my trip in May because of it's location-right around the corner from Soi Lenkee. I had had surgery on my shin before I left Canada and timing dictated that I could get the sutures removed on arrival in Pattaya. They did remove the sutures but the wound reopened, so they cleaned the wound, dressed it and said return every day. Same same next day and on the 3rd day I asked to speak to a Doctor to ask about prognosis of getting it re-sutured and the need for antibiotics. A senior nurse said - "no need for antibiotics and just redress every day and should be better in 2 or 3 weeks". At this point I wanted a second opinion, so went directly to the Pattaya International Hospital - they had my records on file from 4 years ago and I saw a Doctor withing 15 minutes - cannot re-suture because of infection and wound must heal from the bottom up therefore daily cleaning and dressing with weekly monitoring for infection and it would be at least a month (the entire length of my holiday) for it to close on its own. The wound has finally healed (I have been home 17 days) and was checked by my surgeon on my return. Aside from not drinking for 3 weeks while on antibiotics and having to keep the wound dry (showering with leg wrapped in cling wrap) not too much of a damper on my holiday. This whole story was to illustrate in my case the difference in service and in cost between the PC Hospital and the Pattaya International Hospital. The farang price for the daily cleaning and dressing of the wound at the PC Hospital was 360 baht and only 260 Baht at Pattaya International. And in my opinion the service for a farang is far superior at Pattaya International - better english, more information coming forward, and better facilities (one day at PCH I was in an outdoor corridor on a rolling gurney while the nurse rolled her supply cart out there to do the cleaning and dressing.

I always email them directly and get a response within 24 hours....never had a problem with this or their drivers.

Great review Evil - will definitely try this place before heading home.

Great thread Ron and good luck with this venture. I unfortunately missed this thread on the 18th (probably still recovering from the darkside adventure of the day before) or I would have dropped by for a brew not a song ( I usually get paid not to sing).

Great photos...Thanks for posting...This year i enjoy Songkran by staying dry.

Could she dance?

+1

A good read as always - Thanks.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from cold and snowy Canada to all my friends on Pattaya talk. Wishing you all the best for 2014.