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The dollar moved up because of measures by the Thai National Bank. The dollar is still very weak and I guess within 3-4 years we'll see 1 dollar = 30 baht. It has been at 30 before, actually some old expats remember 1 dollar = 20 baht.

Sukhumvit Rd seems to be the place for bike training, several motorbike accidents every day and maybe 50 % farang drivers. A small car is good for protection inside Pattaya with a low speed almost everywhere today, but out on Sukhumvit the reckless drivers are sitting in big lorries or buses and driving a big car - BMW or Mercedes Benz - is what I recommend.

Maybe confusing but it's not a visa on arrival which cost from 1,000 baht, instead it's a visa exempt which is free of charge.

Exactly my opinion, those who can afford to pay for a helicopter ride can probably fix a visa.

Do you think he pays both the deposit and the rent in advance? TGF pays 1,000 baht in advance for my hotel room = 1 night if I'm not coming, the rest I pay at check-out.

If thais rent an apartment or a house for 12 months they often pay a deposit of 3 months' rent or 25 %, so if they just stay 12 months they don't pay the rent the last 3 months. In your case 25 % is 9,000 and they ask for 10,000 so it seems OK. At the end you'll pay 26,000.

Maybe he wants to go to Europe for sanuking?

Sure, but don't forget the pubs - they open early and you can go to the bars later.

Did you see the banner else it's here Hm, you can stay near Soi 6, near WS or halfway.

As prostitution is illegal in Thailand there's no hotel offering to fix girlfriends (GFs), but I guess you mean girlfriendly. Same confusion with BF BTW, as it normally boyfriend but some use it for barfine. Maybe you can tell us what you define as your action area Sois 2/3 Soi 6 Sois 7/8 Wallking Street or Boyztown Jomtien Naklua Rd 3rd Rd if you define the area of action as Walking Street you can click on the big banner highest up on the page.

The monsoon season starts in june (sometimes already in may) in Pattaya and stops in october or beginning of november. Short showers in the daytime, but rather often thunderstorms at night. I'm never uncomfortable with humidity but the heat in april and may a bigger problem and a reason for take a siesta (there're of course other reasons for that too ) Thailand is a big country and in the south it's warmer with higher humidity. In the north it's rather cold in the winter down to 16 - 18 C and sometimes you can see snow and hailstones.

If you look a little down you'll see the Restaurants and food forum.

I think there're 2 clubs and here the one I know Pattaya Expats Club

Some hotels may be fully booked, but even over christmas and new year it's always possible to find a hotel room - even if it can take time to find one. I've arrived on 1 january some times and never had any problem finding a hotel room.

I use either the one inside Tops or the Kodak shop outside Sabai Dee. Often the Kodak shop has the best exchange rates but not always. If you chack the bank rates here for example on 8 december it was USD : 50-100 bank buying 35.23 bank seling 35.83 Average 35.53 In those 2 places you normally get the average or better.

I'm sure I saw them 12 hours ago but not any more????

Years since I visited Kum Pann, but at that time it was a nightclub with western music. Maybe they played some thai music too but absolutely no morlam or other Isaan music, as most thais don't like that. About six weeks ago there was a morlam concert in an open place higher up on 3rd Rd, so ask the BGs for such arrangements. Still not so many people with money are coming from Isaan - if any - so music is for farang and central thais. Actually the place mentioned above (3rd Rd - South Pattaya Rd) is the only place I've ever heard of playing Isaan music in Pattaya.

All hotels copy the visa or visa exempt and the photo page from passports and I guess they send those to police.

Near Sattahip is the old american airfield Utapao - Bangkok Airways is flying from Utapao both to Koh Samui and Phuket.

Found a P K Apartment link but Soi Udomsuk I guess is Udomsak Still I've a feeling of have seen a PK something somewhere, probably south Pattaya.. And we had PK Apartments in Soi Chalermprakiat in Central Pattaya Link

There's a PK Mansion, serviced apartments in Bangkok but in Pattaya?

One of his friends posted the story on an open board where he also is a member. He has commented himself. This thread

There're 2 Kiss restaurants on 2nd Rd, one opposite Mike's Shopping Mall and on the corner of 2nd and North Pattaya Rd, so which one?

OK, else I saw they fly 4 days a week.