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I dont each a great deal of sea food but have a second hand recommendation. I have been to this place but not eaten there however a Thai/Farang couple I know thought it the best value in Pattaya. The place is a vast buffet restaurant and it is two street to the Naklua side of Big C in Second Road. Walk down a hundred meters and its on the right. Early on there are a lot of tour buses here but I believe its an eat all you can for about 180 baht per person. I am sure that there will be some that know the place and have thoughts on the place.

This IMHO is the best progamme that I have come across but make no mistake you have to work at it on a daily basis. No pain-no gain!

Not sure if Monkeyman reads this forum but thanks. Sad to hear that the Barron has finally shut the doors but I am sure that we all believe in reincarnation when it comes to gogo bars.

Have to say it but if I knew little of this trip I would go to a travel agents and bookt through them on a dor to door basis. They can fix you up for a 2/3/4 night or more stay and the hotel that they select will be in line with your budget. I do not suggest that you go Pattaya Snooky for as pointed out you have to spned a night just inside Cambodia. I have usually got to PP by Air Asia, bus to Siem Reep and than the reverse but have also got the bus from PP to Snooky and then on to Pattaya. There are as many options as you can imagine and price structures to suit most pockets but all in all a package deal from your local TA for you first trip is my suggestion.

I would suggest that Bryson is the most influential American writer for thoser who are not Americn. His books on the language and on the wonders of the American wilds are superb. He has also writen one of the best selling books of the last few years " A short history of almost everything". Google, read and you will find that this man is a marvel for using language as it is meant to be used. I have read every book that he has ever written and pant for more. What he brings to the discussion is scholarship and an ability to understand that US and English English is not always the same and to explain it sucinctly.

I absoloutly agree that I DID use the wrong spelling which is whay I acknowledged such but quoting Bill Bryson to back up the point.

MM. Sorry but you are losing your grip on this one. This is what Bill Bryson wrote: Bait, Bate"Robins exploits were listened to with baited breath' (Mail on Sunday). Unless Robin's listeners were hoping to catch fish, their breath was bated. The word is a cousin of abated. This is what I wrote: Actually if you re-read Mr Byson again he does not say that baited is a cousin of abated be says that bated is a cousin and in this he is correct.

Hi there Losgrad. Good to bump into you a few times earlier this month. Perhaps its only us people that go to Ban Chang! Dont forget to try MUCLEAR-its worth a go and I have got over the worst of it better than most times. It is only effective for bronchitis by the way.

Actually if you re-read Mr Byson again he does not say that baited is a cousin of abated be says that bated is a cousin and in this he is correct.

Ikkrang has a sense of humour and will appreciate the diversion while he shags his brains out.

Whats your budget and what do you want as a minimum? Facilities, location and singlee rooms or share?

Well he is an American after all.

See! These are the wonderous things that we find on this board and only underline its importance to some of us who are willing to keep on learning at any age. As for Americans being able to handle the language I will quote my all time favorite, Bill Bryson who states: Bait, Bate"Robins exploits were listened to with baited breath' (Mail on Sunday). Unless Robin's listeners were hoping to catch fish, their breath was bated. The word is a cousin of abated. Its those pesky British rags that are getting me off track!

Reading this thread shows that there are many many reasons to live and love Pattaya. I do not live there but I am staying there three months a year so I have some thoughts about the place but I can boil them down to a couple. Whenever I am in Pattaya I get a sense of freedom to be what I am and not what people at home perceive me to be. I can be the inner man without fear of recrimination and just love the fact that I am not being judged. When I am at home I am the Rotary type of guy, always getting involved in community projects and a father and grandfather who adores his kids. When I am in Pattaya the inner man who loves late night, lovely ladies, waking up with a hottie and drinking till I dont want to. I also love the loud music but dont get the chance at home. So there you have it in one word; freedom. One other thing that I think that Pattaya is brilliant for is allowing a tourist like me to have either a night that costs an arm and a leg or quality one that is cheap as chips. I am learning to enjoy a couple of beers for 100 baht at the local bar and I actually prefer draft beer if its good so I can be in and out of most gogos on the cheap. As for food, well its a snip, a bargain be it the 100 baht breakfast or the monster meals for under 100 in one of those Thai places like the Hole in the Wall.. I admit to liking a few hours for totally free each day around a pool in my hotel that would cost three times as much at home per night. In three words this time; value for money.

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Question. If you call someone "a loser' or "a cretin" and that person in in fact a loser and/or a cretin is this an insult or is it telling the truth?

Thanks for taking the time with that very interesting topic.

I am aware that I am not the only one that gets a Pattaya cough when I go to LOS. I am sure it would happen anywhere as I believe that it is the result of air-conditioning. I tend to believe that this is a combination of the rooms, gogo's etc rather than aeroplanes but who knows. My reason for writing this is that rather than getting this at home I started getting the cough during my last week in Pattaya so off to the pharmacist at Watsons. They came up with something called MUCLEAR. This has turned out to be better and cheaper than any other fix that I have had. More often than not I end up going to the GP after about three weeks but I feel sure that this has fixed me. For 180 baht this is substatially cheaper than local pills and potions that I have tried. If you get the dreaded Pattaya cough then give this s try.

I have been in Pattaya almost every season and the only time the rain has been an issue, and this is about three times in the last ten years, is when there is a cloud burst. I have been up to my waist in water and fallen down a hole that was two feet under water and ripped my pants (I was carrying a girl home from the X Zone at the time)but its such a rare thing that I discount it as being important. The rain that I associate with Pattaya in 'winter' is a sharp shower that is over in minutes and is not worth worring about.

Here is a brief review of the Triangle Bar. I went there a couple of times during my last trip but it would heve been three except that it was closed on Buddha Day. No problems. The best way to describle this place is Cheers in Pattaya. This is a friendly place in that I chose to sit on the side overlooking the street. I never did get a seat overlooking the Barbie and believe that I would have to be there a bit earlier for that treat! While I was there it was clear that this is a drinkers bar. The almost full time happy hour almost assured this. The price of two bottles if I recall correctly ranged from 80 baht for stuff like Leo up to 95 baht for SML which in my mind is really 100 baht for two beers whatever you select. This is really on par with dozens of bars in the area but there is the bonus of free wifi which I never got working. There were two things that I liked about the bar other than the street scene and these were the company that I met and the food. There is always someone to chat with and always peace if you want it. Now to the food. This place has a little cookery attached to it which manages passable snacks from about 50 cents. If you want something basic like an egg roll and chips, freshly cooked thats bought to wherever you are, its 100 baht and sometimes a snack and a beer is just what I do want. The boss man of the food area, a Euro, could not have been more helpful when I had a hot beef rool with his suggested horseraddish sauce. Spot on for 70 baht! So there you have it. The bar buzzes but then so do many in the Soi Buakow and Soi Honey area and in the same price bracket. I guess that all this means is that the whole area is worth a visit at times if what you want is a low cost drinking session with someone to have a chat with.

Bugger all! This is the best time of year to go. Its hot, mainly dry except when it rains and in Pattaya you are never more than a few metres from a bar to rest up between showers. Dont think, just go!

Thanks for taking the time. Never been there and probably never will but enjoyed the Evil trip.

Worth a mention is that the only place that ever tried me on was MM's favourite place, Hooties. I thing I said something like "No thank you kind sir" and just kept walking into the place. They will hit you up if your in a crowd and want to watch a show without buying a drink.

Quite simply, no

Here is the update. Sorry I do not have a completion date bit I think that all the main concrete pours have to be over and this is the noisy operation. As far as I can tell the building does not shade the Ruen Thai pool but during the day there is a fair bit of noise. The bars on second road between 2 and 3 were indeed closed and gutted and then re-built. There are three of them and two have live bands so its a busy little area. They reopened late last year. On the subject of bars. There really are loads in the area. There is a newish complex back down second road towars Soi 6 as well as the complex where the Atlantic bar is although a number of people have jumped ship and use Drinking Street. Also dont forget the complex in Soi 3 made famous by Jamies trip report!