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Cute, white and up to 10,000 baht for an hour of their time! Your welcome to my share of that. Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Thanks Jacko. I'll give this a miss. Its more messing around than I am interested in and it will be at least 100,000 baht before I get a beer. There is also the issue that many of us don't live in cities and just sorting out the administration could be a bit of a minefield. While I am keen to get back to Thailand it would not be until the borders are open and things are back to near normal. I have accepted that this might be 2022 but what's on offer here (provisionally) has limited value for the average punter. Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Thanks for the update. Always a good read. The curry comment reminds me of a travel magazine that I read some years ago in Cambodia. "Many people are kept awake with dogs howling in the night. If they stop howling don't eat curry the following day". Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

The PBG will always hold a special place for me. It is a reliable place to take any Thai girl to and the pleasure they got from that bloody sontam bar was great to see. Early on I has the odd "date" from there but its bustling food and restaurant side overtook the free lancer idea. I also appreciated the fact that Pete asked for feedback before he opened the place about music, menu and other aspects of the establishment. That so rarely happens but it has stuck with me. The other thing was its ability to keep a stable work force which is a sure sign of good management. Sent from my CPH1941 us

Good start to the day! Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Well said. We all should be aware that Covid is a hoax and one day it will simply disappear. Add to this the well known known fact that eating hot and spicy Thai food will kill any virus known to man. This is why few tourists use condoms. I am happy that with world infection rates on the rise the Thai government let in a few million tourists. In this way they will create herd immunity thereby saving the rest of us from worrying. Perhaps they can bottle Thai blood and export it to the rest of us? It's great to see places like the Maldives leading the world in virus management! [emoji

Brilliant write up on those high quality tourist types. Enjoyed every home truth! Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

I have to disagree on one point. I really cannot see the Thai government wiping their hands of Thai Airways.. There are millions looking for internal flights and perhaps even more wanting to fly into and out of the Kingdom. Its too important to scrap and the infrastructure is there now and massive. Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Good reply. I pass the Honey in Soi Honey on a regular basis and I see the same thing on a daily basis. Indian guys coming or going in mini vans. It's all a mystery to me. I did however expect Rasputin to be a step ahead of the Honey so was surprised to read your comments. I would imagine that if this is the case then maybe all the soapies are the same but it just increases the mystery as I have always associated them with the 5 guys for a 1000 baht. One other thing. My TGF and I go into Walking Street and I can guarantee that she will complain about the smell of Indian people even when I c

Thank you very much for this review. I have passed by the door dozens of times but never entered and if I recall correctly there is another similar place in the Soi. Just as an matter of interest, can you rationalise if the waiting Indians were wealthy or was this there once a holiday blow out? We are used to thinking of Indians as poor relations but there seem to inhabit all the soapies.

Thanks for the joke. I may retell it but the guy failing through the ice may be renamed. [emoji4] Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

He is rude, crude and very funny assuming that you can understand his English. Stand corrected but I thought he was the originator of the alternative Alice words. Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

I will get Chubby Brown to contact you. She used to live next door to him! [emoji12] Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

I have to add another few comments onto this topic. Yet again sitting here crying into my coffee, thanks for the posts. I just finished viewing FLB from 2006 - 2011. I realise that many saw this place as a destination and looking at some of the ladies, I can understand why. There have been some exciting ladies over the years. In my case I was more of a night starter person there except when I got dancing to the Philipinos and then I would hang around. Parties were of course mandatory. Back to the video. There are so many faces that leap out but perhaps for me the interesting thing

Thanks for that bit of good news. I went for a look and eventually put the light out at 2. 30 am. What a blast from the past! Beside the great memories I loved the words of Jinglebell Rock. Keep them coming. Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

The point is that photo posting is an important part of the site. The other thing I have noticed over time is the there are some very tech savvy people here who possibly have time on their hands at the moment? Forgetting about we who have some system I imagine that it is daunting for someone new to the site. Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

I have to wonder if anyone has the time or interest to write a tutorial re.uploading photos onto the site. I have it sorted to a degree but with a lot of questions. In some ways Google Photos has made ths a bit easier as I find that I at times I can locate photos from third tier apps such as Whatsapp and LINE and from there i can manage it. I have however never mastered a few things.I am still unsure if the experience will be better/easier with Onedrive or Dropbox. I get confused with drag and drop and stopped trying. While I go Google/My Pictures/upload, are there better ways?

The point that you make is good in that this whole world wide obsession with PC gone mad is either badly named products or sheer stupidity. Really, it doesnt matter what or why anything that happened in a historical sense should be pilloried. I know little about the founding of the USA but I seem to recall a pivotal point was a bunch of white guys dressing up as Indians (Sorry indigenous people.). Try as you might you cannot re write history even if you believe that 'Back to the future' was real! Incidentally, normal ice is easy enough to see but what makes black ice different is that it

Thinking through this topic. Really, does the crime of Multicolour Mail sound better than Blackmail? Then there is the problem at the various Retox bars in Pattaya. Will the Big Breakfast have Dark Shaded Pudding on the menu? Like many places, NZ will have to review all those signs that say "Caution-Black Ice". Perhaps Caution - Not White Ice"? Then there are all the Welshmen who have been with Blackface Sheep. Perhaps they can be simply be called "Sun Tanned Sheep". The mind boggles but I cannot have black thoughts about it.

Just like Beethoven then?

Thanks for the topic. As you say, its not Thailand but I am interested in hearing anyones take on the good and bad differences between the two destinations. Its a long while since I was in Spain and as I recall it I seemed to end up in those little dive clubs that la8rat mentions where the white rum was cheaper than the Coke. That was a sure way to obliterate yourself!

Ooooops Pete, I forgot to remember the free Sontam. Nothing makes me slow down my eating and drinking like the aroma of sontam! Sent from my Nokia 6.1 using Tapatalk

Hi there Pete and be thankful that you are not freezing your bits off in Christchurch. I admit that I don't visit the PBG as much as I did in times past. I will say however that almost every trip I go there a few times. It is possibly the best place to take a Thai girl in Pattaya when you want a place where the food, ambience and service all arrive in the one place. Best wishes to you and the team there. Sent from my Nokia 6.1 using Tapatalk

My ideal trip is to double up and spend a couple of months in Thailand. Like everyone else however I have a lot more questions than answers. It really comes down to so many factors and it would require my home, any transit points and Thailand to be done with any form of isolation/quaratine. There is also the troubling aspect of health insurance and I really would hate to travel without it however as I have mentioned elsewhere I would get my bank to extend the limit on my credit card to say, $50,000 Then there are the costs. Will there still be great accommodation bargains? Will the reduce

Thanks for taking the time and effort with this TR. While its a bit sad seeing Bangkok as it is now it did bring back memories. The Soi 20 area including the Rembrandt are all part of my history in the place, not forgetting the Crazy House as well. It does also show that even in these strange times an interesting trip report is always possible especially when you are stuck at home without an actual date to return.