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The Sunshine used to be my favourite hotel. Good staff,very guest friendly,big modern rooms,nice beds,safe in room, excellent aircon, opposite two very small bars no noise after 12 o'clock. Some rooms have a small balcony that used to overlook the sea but now they have built an enormous hotel next door. I have stopped going there because of the noise and the swimming pool was never open, kept leaking. The last time i was there was last Xmas when the people from Puhket filled up all the rooms.They gave me a suite with a separate room and kitchen for the price of a standard but the builders started work at 7 o'clock so i had to leave. When they finish the construction work i will return. NOK

I have used my Nationwide account for my last two trips with travellers cheques as a backup.I have an e-savings account so i can transfer money from that to my flexible account online.I dont keep much money in my flexible account while in Thailand just in case, but i have never had any problems. I took out 10'000 bht last Friday from the ATM in Big C and the online statement from my account says £137.27 which is not a bad rate. I would like to thank the members of this board who suggested this method i used to get very annoyed having to que for money in the heat and they take ages looking at every cheque and signature. Nok

If you are really stuck for a place to stay i live in Slough. 30 mins from Heathrow £5.00 on the bus. Get a National express coach from stansted £20.00, 2 hrs max to Heathrow. Then a bus to Slough. I live in a very run down terraced house near the bus station. You could stay at the travel inn £58.00 or rough it and stay on my sofa. I will take you out for a curry and a beer and drive you to the Airport the next day. Send me a message if interrested.

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I brought a Rampant rabbit? from Ann Summers for a "friend" of mine She had seen it on Sex in the City When i opened my case it had been unwrapped and the batteries fitted. Had it been tested by customs? On the way back my Teddy bear went missing :crying Rampant Rabbit

Robio I to will be going to Pattaya on the 23rd. I stay at the Nana on soi 4 and usually use their taxi service. I would be happy to share. Where are you staying?

The USA Navy published a study of Pattaya bay about 4 years ago Tropical cyclone activity near Pattaya is not common. Only 20 tropical cyclones (typhoons, tropical storms, and/or tropical depressions that were at least tropical storm strength (34 kt) at some time in their life history) passed within a 180 nmi radius of Pattaya during the 52-year period 1945 through 1996 (an average of one storm every 2.6 years). According to long time local residents, none caused winds of over 30 kt at Pattaya. The period of occurrence of tropical cyclones entering Pattaya's 180 nmi threat radius is limited to the months of September through December. Of the 20 tropical cyclones in the data set, 15 (75%) occurred during the months of October and November. Winds at Pattaya are generally light, with increased velocities to 20 kt or so experienced during the southwest monsoon. They are measured on a hill at an unspecified elevation in the southwest part of Pattaya Bay near 12º55'N 100º52'E. Winds of 30 kt rarely occur, and are usually associated with passing thunderstorms. A review of 3-hourly wind records for Pattaya during the period 1981 through 1995 revealed that the maximum wind speed recorded during the passage of a tropical cyclone within 180 nmi of Sattahip was 18 kt. There is no record of winds of 30 kt or more being caused by any tropical cyclone at Pattaya. According to local authorities the few instances of winds approaching 30 kt at Pattaya were caused by thunderstorm activity, and were of short duration. Typhoon Gay is the most notable storm depicted in Figure XVI-11. In November 1989, Typhoon Gay formed as a tropical depression in the southern Gulf of Thailand near 7ºN 104ºE. It intensified to typhoon strength (64 kt) and moved northwestward across the Gulf of Thailand toward the northern end of the Malay Peninsula. As shown in Table XVI-2, the storm had center winds of 96 kt when at its CPA to Pattaya. The storm crossed the Malay Peninsula, causing extensive damage and loss of life on the eastern Thailand side of the Peninsula before weakening as it crossed over the narrow land mass. Typhoon Gay ultimately reintensified over the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal before moving onshore in India with center winds of 140 kt. Typhoon Gay is unique because it is the only tropical cyclone on record to bring typhoon strength winds to Thailand.

I went to Poseidon last September. I took a taxi from the Nana to the Grand because i had been warned about the driver getting commission. The Grand lives up to its name,very grand makes the Landmark look cheap. Guards every where and CCTV camera's. I sat in reception untill my taxi went and i was offered a free drink while i waited for my friend.I felt under dressed because i didn't have a suit on. I doubt that it is "girl friendly" but is it in walking distance of the new subway, i used it to get back to the Nana excellent less than one pound including the BTS. Good Luck Nok

Strange really. Sitting at work trying not to cry over a man i never met who only played records.