LilWilly

Hi Ray. I've only been to Pattaya so can't comment on the other cities. First off, it depends on our chair and if you're travelling alone. I use a power chair which is very heavy - this limits my options. If you use a manual chair, you'll have greater flexibility, although you will still find challeges. Oops, just got a time warning, so make this brie Sunshine Vista and Sabai Lodge are wheelchair friendly in N. Pattaya (Soi 2/3) Many bathrooms are inacessible to me. A narrowr light chair would have more options.

The consolate in Toronto granted me a multiple entry OA visa to avoid visa runs. I'd mentioned to them that I'd had difficulty finding transport for the chair because it was so heavy and that I'd made one visa run without the chair - but couldn't manage the walk from the van to the Cambodia office. I just have to go to immigration in Jomtien Soi 5 every 3 months to tell them my address. I think I got special consideration because of the wheelchair as I didn't have to come up with proof of income or 800,000 baht deposit.

My medical conditions is degenerative, and I get weaker every month. My VISA is good for a year. The current plan is to stay in Pattaya as long as I can. When I finally go home, I don't expect to ever fly again. Also back home in Toronto has accessible transport services. I can hire wheelchair taxis to take me anywhere the bus and wheeltrans services don't go.

I land in Bangkok on the June 21nd at 11:30PM and have a ride booked to Pattaya. It's about two hours to Pattaya so no sleep till then, unless you want to nap in the van. If interested, let me know. I'd need your flight details and we'd wait for you at the arrivals gate.

I'm bringing a portable wheelchair ramp with me that I won't need after this trip. Rather then paying the excess baggage charge to the airline, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in it. (preferable someone in the taxi business who I could book if I make a 3rd trip). It is an aluminum Ez-access tri-fold ramp rated for 800lbs and weighs 38lbs. - unfold size: 6 feet x 29" x 3.5" - folded size: 37" x 15.5" x 9" http://www.homecareproducts.com/ramps/trifold.html Ramp would be available on my departure from Thailand. I paid $833.75 CDN new in June 2006. If interested,

You mean, like getting laid on the grass!

No, I don't think it's an error. I remember past posts where he mentioned he folllows a fairly modest lifestyle. I'd be looking for a live-in so going out to look for it wouldn't be a big expense; and I'm not a big drinker. A modest life style would suit me fine.

Oh, we are REALLY going to have to get togther. I was thinking $1,000 (CDN) per month was too little to even think about.

Good news for me as I'll be across the street from Welkom Inn - but unless their demolishing buildings, if memory serves theres an empty lot across from Welkom Inn, next door to Sunshine Vista Serviced Apartments. Also, it looks like there is a new complex going in on 2nd road between Soi 4 and 5. Not sure as they were just pouring the slab at the end of my trip.

Wimps!! I fly out June 19th 2006. My return is March 6th 2007.

Canadian Dollar not as good as February, but better then March - and Canadian dollar passed 90 cents to the US dollar. Haven't seen that in a long time.

Phony doctor gives free breast exams Thu Apr 20, 11:40 AM ET MIAMI (Reuters) - A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two women who accepted the offer, police said on Thursday. One woman became suspicious after the man asked her to remove all her clothes and began conducting a purported genital exam without donning rubber gloves, investigators said. The woman then phoned the Broward County Sheriff's Office and the suspect fled. He was arrested at another woman's a

My understanding is that it is 6 months from your arrival date. I made my first trip arriving Feb 1st. My passport expires August 16th. So I only had 6 months and two weeks left on my passport when I arrived. Hmmm, I just realized I might have had a problem and was lucky. I extended my visa once at the immigration office, and did one visa run to Cambodia. In both cases I'd have had less then 6 months remaining. If they are strictly enforcing the 6 month rule - either of those extentions might have been refused.

Depends on how hard you party and how high on the hog you want to live. I stayed at Sunshine Vista on Soi 3 for 29,700 baht per month. Excluding hotel, I'd budgeted 5,000 baht per day. I took $4,000 in TC and $1,000 in cash CDN. The third week there, I extended my trip from 1 month to two months. Hotel and medical expenses (additional perscriptions plus dentist visit) were charged to my Visa. I used my ATM once to draw 10,000 baht (just to see that it worked and check exchange rates) At the end of my trip, I'd used up all the TCs plus the 10,000 baht from the ATM. I retur

Yeah, I picked a losy day to end my trip. As already mentioned, pretty much every bar closed Saturday after 6 (fortunately, I bf'd early and didn't notice). Sunday was a shock though when everyone was pretty much still closed around noon. Some of the bars started opening up later in the afternoon; but they weren't (openly) serving beer or alcohol, and the few I stopped in to weren't running bins - you'd payed when you got your drink - nothing on paper.