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I too have enjoyed all the Flashman, Nick Stone and Lee Child as he is published. Having said that I love the novel of Philip Kerr and Quintin Jardine and have read everything that they have written. If you have an interest in war era stories and very good writing get into Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels a soon as possible. Having said all of that my daily Pattaya read is abut ten years old and I am loving it. It is A short history of almost everything"" by Bill Bryson who's books and writing are as good as it gets,

If I want a "cheap and cheerful " meal then this place suits me. I never (if it can be avoided) eat indoors in Thailand and the general quality, price and seating make this an OK place for a meal that will sop up the serious drinking that will follow. Service generally world wide has gone to hell due to the girls wanting to be on their phones all the time and there are few places better or worse that others at the lower end of the scale. The Hilton may be different but...

I have never stayed in the place but here is an opinion. I have talked to people who stay there and all seem to be happy with the place. If you like being central to where its all happening then its a great location and finally, yes the breakfast, sitting outdoors overlooking Soi LK is a great way to kick your day off. I would give it a try.

I had a similar experience and when I twigged I got the driver onto it and he in turn got other drivers involved. The result was that I got all my money back.

Always entertaining. Thanks. As a footnote to the penis soap saga i took photos of these offensive items in Big C yesterday. I bet the police don't close them down.

It would be courteous to respond to my question rather than ignoring it.

I have just read back through this topic in case I had missed something. I cannot actually recall anyone asking about getting ED medication with a prescription and I wonder why you would want to? There are pharmacies all over Pattaya and I feel sure that most of them if asked would sell you any form of ED over the counter. without a script. I also feel sure that they don't keep the crap pill for casual callers and the good stuff for those with a prescription. Can someone tell me what I am missing here?

Have you got draft beer yet? It seems that it has been on and off for since the place opened.

For whatever reasons I noticed recently that this service had been suspended. I took the following off their web site today. Pattaya to Don Muang Airport & Don Muang Airport to Pattaya are in sercive Now!!! Pattaya - Don Muang (06:30 / 13:30) boarding at Bell Pattaya Office Don Muang - Pattaya (12:00 / 17:00) meeting at Seating area near Gate No 2 Fare: THB 368 / person (No Pick-up or Drop-off service) !!! Accept only advance bookings !!!

I went into a pharmacy in Pattaya Tai a few weeks ago and like many other places had no gels on sale. ''But'" says that lady ""if you want Kamagara pill can have one now, here" I didnt take her offer up but I guess that I left the place with a smile because to me that is the right attitude and one that I have come to expect in Pattaya. As for pharmacists. To me this seems to be a bit hit and miss and trial and error. I have settled into one place that I have had good service and his prices always seem reasonable as I do check around when I am looking for any medication. I will however be back soon and will be looking in that place off Second Road that was selling the short dated Kamagara Fizz early on in the year to see if they have any more specials.

He wants to de-register? Bugger me why are you not sending spam to me? Why am I missing out on all the annoying PM's? De-regiter the guy for FS and give the guy his life back.

What about sparkling sperm? A glittering gusher? Why should the girls have all the fun!

I assumed that you were at music lessons taking an advanced course in Bugle playing!

I only ever got food poisoning one and it was dreadful and it was also from a top quality restaurant but not in Thailand. Bali.

Ikky! About time you got posting again! I miss your contribution to the forum.

I have been in those mini vans where it is so full that people have to have baggage on their knees. There is no guarantee of lots of cargo room in a mini van.

Well here is the point for me. Seems that I am still downloading and nearer the three thousand mark. Lets get real. I am sure that there are a lot out there like me in that this is a site for mongers. I have many hundreds of 'questionable' photos taken in Pattaya. I will go as far as to tell the following story. Some ten weeks ago I met an a'gogo dancer in Pattaya and she perhaps came to my room six times. As she was leaving on day one I asked her if I could have some photos. By this time she was fully dressed and without a word and without hesitation stripped and from that point on I became a shutter bug. This has happened before but she was the best and I now have hundreds of photos that I appreciate and want to keep. There are some very happy memories there and unless there is a better way to save and appreciate some of the better days of my life I will take the risk and be happy that there are options for me to use.

Well here's the issue. I also have a lot of photos on an external hard drive. One of the things I was conscious of was what would happen if that was stolen, destroyed or indeed seen by my family should I be incapacitated. Its a finely balanced argument but as I have to keep on learning (and I am an old bastard) how to handle the Internet and keep in touch with technology. Sure there is always a chance that something will go wrong but if the Cloud became open slather I doubt I would be top of the list to invade.

Being something of a computer amateur I was interested to read a press article on Flickr. I have a computer that I need to replace shortly and it still holds most of my photos. I installed it without any real issues and set to upload. The programme gives you 1 terabyte of photograph storage for free and it can be totally private and secure. Over a few days I progressively downloaded my photos and there were over 2000 stored there. I was looking through them and got something of a surprise. There were dozens of shots of some of the photo essays from places like Private Dancer which I was never aware of downloading. I even ended up with the avatar used by MM! I am still learning how to use this programme but so far I am pleased with it and am enjoying the surprises.

Thanks for the review. I will make sure that I never wander into the place! Sorry but this simply isnt my type of cuisine.

I had a big ro om at the old block of the D Apartments on Soi Buakhao a couple of years ago. It was OK for facilities but an excellent location. Having said that there are probably hundreds of places in town in that price range and I would let your 'fingers do the walking'.

I have just recently started to read Stickman. Here's my take. The Internet is a wonderful place. I can turn on and gain information on a wide range of topics and get up to date knowledge of where I intend visiting. AND ITS ALL FOR FREE! I admit that perhaps I get blase about what I get for almost nothing and sometime need a reality check. For the above reasons I believe that wherever Stickman is located and whatever his perceived personality, he does a great job for those that want the sort of information that he provides. Like a number of commentators about the Thai scene I believe that he writes well and his news and commentary on the areas that he specialises in are worth while and also thankfully entertaining. He also writes (as evidenced in his latest column) about parts of the Thai life style and culture that whilst I might be on the receiving end of, never run into in an open way and never expect to. Personally I think that there is a place for all the people who want to share knowledge of their pet subjects for free and even if they get some things wrong at times the world will be a worse place when all the news is centralised blandness and politically correct.

Thanks both posters for some fun with the signage in Pattaya. Its one of my favorite pastimes. I still enjoy a place off Beach Road that has a checkpoint before the hotel manned by a security guard. The sign says "STOP FOR POINT CHECKING" which seems terribly logical when you come to think about it.

Sailfast! Commiserations. I tend to be in the UK if It is my year to go there in June. The fields of rape look spectacular but I blame to stuff for giving me the most dreadful doses of hay fever and this seems to last as long as I am in the UK. Never happened when I was a kid but then again there was very little grown then. By the way and for the squeamish I think that this can safely be called Canola now.

I realise that this will be different for expats but can I suggest the following for holiday makers. I have settled into a plan that works real well for me. Lets for example take someone who uses pound sterling. My guess would be that over say the last three years the average value against the baht would be say 50 baht to the pound. How simple is it to simply keep to this formula whatever you pay for your baht. Prior to any trip I might buy up to five lots of baht at different prices and to keep track is simply not worth the effort so to me I would say that every purchase is at fifty baht to the pound. In this way whatever I buy, pay for or transact it is real simple as I am not remotely interested in adjusting on a daily or monthly basis. The only caveat to this rule is that if there is a devaluation or something that say shifts a currency over ten percent then you need to revise the bottom line. Please believe me when I say that since I took this line these discussions about FX rates simply don't occur.