pattayahappy

Jomtien fishing park is , in my opinion the best fun to had fresh water fishing locally to Pattaya, although there are numerous fishing opportunities in the local area. I have caught Mekong to about 15 kilo's there. A much better fight than a big carp and good eating (apparaently) I am keen on shooting as well and I noticed that at the local gun club, (can't remember the name but its way up out on third road somewhere) they had a lovely little lake and some pleasant looking huts to fish from. Having spent so many years around Chon Buri and Pattaya I am always out and about doing stuff during the day, but only because I cannot drinkmas much as I used too, and it keeps me out of the bars in the early afternoon, having said that I always sink a few cold ones when I am out fishing!

mmmmmm, I heard they were ok but i also know a guy who was ripped here.Definately guest friendly. Why anyone would want to stay in an English pub setting in pattaya is, however beyond me. If I want to look at sorry assed piss heads, there are 500 pubs within 1 mile of here! You could try the southern star resort, I have been in touch and it seems good value with very nice rooms. Look at the hotels under 100baht in the hotels reviewsection on this board. BR Pattayahappy

Russians in Pattaya? I understand that there is now a saopy massage staffed by them and a show bar upstairs somewhere on walking street??????? ANY INFO?????? Bet they wont LT for 1000baht!! LMAO Seriously, mongering is mongering and even I occasionally hanker after some more insipid flesh. I would love to hear any experiences- without breaking the rules of the board of course. Also details -location etc. Royal Garden Plaza-HERE I CUM! Pattaya Happy AKA Moscow Mad,

Without wishing to be disrespectful to the people of Thailand, agreeing a plan and actually carrying it out are two different things in LOS! There was a big discussion for years (probably still going on somewhere) about having a Casino on Koh Larn or some such nonsense. It still hasn't materialised. Dont hold your breath for the new road, my guess is that the improvements and new road promised will be a long time coming. Just my two bahts worth. pattayahappy.

And being british!!!!! LMAO!

Hi rich, You will be there for Songkran and my birthday (13th april) Take an umbrella- you will get wet but its fun! I might be around, don't know yet! mail me at pattaya@hush.com Have a great time.

Book through Priority Club (holiday in nchain) try these Holiday Inn Heathrow SIPSON ROAD WEST DRAYTON, UB7 0JU ENGLAND 44-870-4008595 Downtown: LONDON 27.2 MI/ 43.77 KM Prices start at £58n per room per night Or Ho;iday inn BATH RD, CORNER SIPSON WAY,HEATHROW WEST DRAYTON LONDON, UB7 0DP ENGLAND 44-20-89900000 Prices start at 43.50 per room per night. all available via-http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/pc/1/en/home BR pattayahappy

A member? I won't quote Groucho at you! BR Pattyayhappy

Thanks chaps. I am going to give them both a try and see what they are like. BR pattayahappy

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Sorry Ting Tong, I read the bit you quoted and thought-'What is he on about?' then I read the rest of my post! Sorry! OOPS I will be a nice hector from now on. Pattayahappy.

Hi watch the full name and addy? can you post a link. I will go and have a look 4 u. Pattaya happy

Hi, Its a lovely hotel in the heart of the action, but it is NOT guest friendly. They will let you take a girl in but you will have to pay. If your considering staying here, (And its an exceptional hotel, with top international standards) you must think about maybe paying 1000 baht + for your girlfriend each nite. If this isn't a problem to you, its a fabulous place to stay, without the now par for the course English lager louts! This is one of the few hotels where they will actually stop you as you go through reception, which can phaze the uninitiated. I stay there sometimes and I make an arrangement with security- heres how! When you return with your Thai GF for the night, use the rear entrance of the hotel, which is actually on Beach Road to the left of royal garden Plaza as you face it. There will always be a security guard on duty here, day and night. Before you leave in the evening, give him 100 baht tip. When you return with your TGF give him another 100 baht, smile a lot and just walk straight in. He will let you enter without hinderence, because he has taken your bribe. Walk straight into the garden, and take your first opportunity to go right or left and go in through the ground floor fire escape doors. Take the stairs to the first floor, and then take the elevator to wherever you need to go! you simply bypass the main reception. This will save you a pile of cash, and you will be staying in the best hotel in the immediate area of the action. When you check in make sure you ask for a seaview room, they are lovely. The Suites are very nice too. In the daytime you will see some very nice european poontang by the pool, mostly on holiday with their sorry looking new husbands! Enjoy your stay, and if you want somewhere nice withoout the guest problem, try the Sunshine, The dynasty or one the Sabai hotels on Soi 2. Not quite up to the same international standard, but if you are just there to nail pussy, you will be quite happy. BR Pattayahappy

Enjoy yourself Bintang, I can justabout remember my first time all those years ago and I have been hooked ever since. Don't for get to post and make us all jealous! If you are still around on the 12th of Feb, drop me a line and i will buy you a beer! You may have run out of cash by then! A couple of things which might help. You might consider other hotels like Sabai Lodge (I have stayed there for many years and its perfect;) however I am trying something different this February. I am staying at the Dynasty Inn which is pretty new, cheap, and girl friendly. I will post a report as to what it is like on my return in March. All the hotels you mention are OK as far as I am aware and on on the main Baht bus circle, which goes the full length of Beach Road and back along second road. As for being in the heart of action- well I guess that most would say that Walking Street is the place, however, The action actually starts at Nakula and ends at Jomtien!!! So its kinda difficult to be out of the action. Basically, everywhere you go you will find available young ladies. Good luck, enjoy and stay safe, above all don't fall into the usual trap and fall in love with the first girl you barfine!

Thanks for all your help, i am undewhelmed.

I am not sure if you can run a dildoe on gasoline? However, my ex wifes pussy was so big, she ran hers ofa hydrovane.

LMAO

Will post you a report on Feb 11 k?

lets hope its more successful than manila airport. Its been completed for a year and still not in use. One still has to travel with the unwashed masses through Manila. The reason its not open is because of beaurocracy, mismanagement and of course corruption!

Used Eva deluxe once, excellent value, nice seat-economy food but all OK. Reccomended.

An offering or two about Phuket Airlines from Skytrax. 11 January 2005 Phuket Airlines - by Jane Duncan 17 January 2005 17/12/04-07/01/05 LGW-BKK. Our 3rd flight with Phuket Airlines and never again - the planes are a disgrace, faulty seats, lights etc - the food is awful, the toilets backed up (I'll leave that to your imagination). The first and second flights with them weren't too ba,d because the planes were only a third full - so plenty of room and slept all the way. Got decent service when awake, but the third flight, with being peak season was fully booked, and a nightmare - it is practically impossible to get a drink even though the staff are really friendly, as they are so busy. The fuel stop is a nightmare and the flights shouldn't really be sold as direct because they're not. Check in at Gatwick is okay, but at Bangkok allow 2 hours at peak season - very disorganised which leaves no time to go to duty free. A friend of ours was on Bangkok to Gatwick 14/01/05 and 5 minutes out of Bangkok they had to return and do an emergency landing - the engine was on fire. Apparently this also happened 3 weeks before christmas. I'd rather pay more and feel safe and be able to get good service. Phuket Airlines - by Christos Ioannou 13 January 2005 BKK-LGW Business Class - just got back this morning from this flight. The 747-300 really is showing its age, however they have done a great job refurbishing the upper deck. The seat pitch at 58-60 inches is the most generous I have experienced in business class, and with only 7 rows it feels very spacious. There are no seat motors so it's all manually operated, but the seats are extremely comfortable, and the recline is excellent. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of the standard of catering. I have travelled on eleven different airlines' long haul business class, and the dinner served on this flight was the worst I have ever experienced in business class - by a very long way. In fact I have had much better meals in other airlines' economy class. Also only one white and one red wine was offered, both very mediocre, and no after dinner drinks. The breakfast served on the second leg was of a much higher standard though. There was a choice of 6 movies, but no menu, so that I had to ask one of the crew to write them down! The stop in Sharjah to refuel was a real pain as it made the whole flight last 15 hours. So great seats and polite service, but very poor food and wine. On the way out there was a 17 hour delay due to technical problems. They knew about this the day before but didn't bother to phone any passengers to let them know! We got transferred to the Thai Airlines flight from Heathrow, which had great food and service, but the worst seats. I have experienced in business class! Phuket Airlines - by Martin Fenwick 12 January 2005 They are cheap and they are cheap for a reason! - 2 stories of incompetence - First my brother took the LGW to BKK economy return in May 2004. Outbound no problem. Return flight they dumped all the passengers in the middle of the desert (Dubai) and abandoned the flight, due to supposed technical failure but later we discovered they had missed their landing slot at Gatwick. Absolute chaos at Dubai airport and the one lady Phuket airline staff deserted her post and left 300+ passengers stranded. All the Phuket Airlines officials did a runner! No explanations given! After 5 hours of irate passengers spitting nails – an Emirates official grasped the nettle and re- scheduled everybody back to Heathrow or Gatwick on Emirates flights. My brother was delayed around 8 hours. Story no. 2, - thinking maybe my brother had a “one off experience†I flew out same route economy class £456, LGW to BKK in August. Outbound no problem, decent flight with average service. Return flight I re-confirmed my flight 72 hours prior with booking reference. Reached BKK airport 3 hours before departure and 3 queues were about 50 metres long already! - and hardly moving. It took an amazing 3 and half hours to eventually reach the desk as the staff were spending 80% of their time on walkie talkies. By the time I reached the desk I was told by the check in girl that the flight was overbooked and I couldn’t fly that day! – Charming! It’s now 2.30 am, I am dog tired and no Phuket flights for 3 days! – They transferred about 8 of us to a nice hotel and put us on standby for BA/Quantas. Yes, “standby†at peak holiday season! – no guarantee of getting home for 3 days ... lucky B.A. had a seat the next night, back to Heathrow (not LGW) making my home train ticket invalid to Sheffield. I complained by email to Phuket Airlines (their website is useless). It appears that standby passengers were let onto our flight, whilst valid ticket holders like myself were denied access. No reply by email, but did eventually receive a letter reply 3 months later. A long convoluted generalised statement about overbooking problems and didn’t address the real issues. If you want to save money and take a risk, go ahead and book - but for me Phuket Airlines, nay more! Phuket Airlines - by Dermot Coy 11 January 2005 Just back from Bangkok. Direct flight over was good with good food. Stopover on the way back to London was a real pain! Old jumbo which was quite noisy and made it hard to sleep. Poor choice of movies/tv programmes shown. Passengers had no control over their personal lights on the way back which was quite strange, so unable to read in the dark. Just back from Bangkok. Direct flight over was good with good food. Stopover on the way back to London was a real pain! Old jumbo which was quite noisy and made it hard to sleep. Poor choice of movies/tv programmes shown. Passengers had no control over their personal lights on the way back which was quite strange, so unable to read in the dark. Number5 Phuket Airlines - by Geoff Dale 9 January 2005 LGW-BKK. Old Thai Airways 747, but service and food excellent. Had emergency exit seat but so few people on flight 3 seats were possible for lots of people to stretch out. BKK-LGW Old jumbo, emergency exit seat again but only 120 passengers!! I have never seen so many people sleeping! They can't keep going with this loading. Again staff and food excellent. Fuel stop in Dubai though. Paid £313 all in. Will travel again and hope for same luck. Phuket Airlines - by Peter Birch 3 December 2004 LGW-BKK return - Club Class. Pleased with the service. Aircraft are ex-KLM ,but everything was working, attendants first class and the food good. Had to make a fuel stop on the outbound flight. Old aircraft and fuel stop has to be set against low cost. Its your decision, but I will use again. Phuket Airlines - by Jake Joseph 25 October 2004 London-Bangkok vv Business Class. Check in was great with no queue when we checked in for our flight 90 mins prior to departure. As a small airline they use the Aviance Lounge at Gatwick which although fine was being used by some grotty Easyjet passengers who had obviously paid to access the lounge. On the flight out the 747 300 business class seats left a lot to be desired with very little recline. However, the cabin crew made up for this with an exemplary service. Food was superb, and again made even better by the wonderful cabin crew. On the return, the business class cabin was a newly refurbished one with the best seats I have ever experienced in c class. Although cradle rather than lie flat I had the best nights sleep of the whole holiday. All in all, as they are upgrade their cabin interiors I think Phuket Air are fabulous and would fly with them again. Phuket Airlines - by Irene Murphy 21 October 2004 LGW-BKK-HKT return. As you can see we had two internal flights - to Phuket and back. Firstly I must agree with all other comments, food good, quick check in, offered exit seats with legroom, staff friendly, but not very professional. Thai greeting, towels ok toilets very clean , and not very good in flight entertainment. Then it comes to the 8 hour delay at Bangkok( after a 12 hour flight) on our domestic flight to phuket. We roamed the airport aimlessly for 8 hours - not good. we were promised a transfer to Thai Airways, which was not going to happen as the plane was full - bad news. Then they kept our cases at the desk and said they would be checked in for us ( along with seven other passengers cases) but when we got to Phuket we had no cases ( the other seven did) We waited until the next afternoon before they arrived at our hotel - which really meant we lost a whole day of doing nothing. It gets worse. We had to rearrange our Pick Ups at the airport. Then all this happened on the return flight from Phuket to Bankgkok. 4 hours delay. Also the food was cold on both domestic flights. The flight to LGW via Dubai was long and hot - we didn't just refuel - but off and onloaded cargo which took nearly two hours I'm sure. I timed the return flight - 15 hours 1am to 4pm. I would never use them for domestic flight ever again, and only if I couldn't get another flight would I use them for international flight. Would not recommend. Phuket Airlines - by Steven Mathers 1 October 2004 I just completed an LGHW-BKK-LGW roundtrip on Phuket air and my feelings are mixed for sure - checkin was swift and I was immediately offered and exit seat - empty flight out so I actually had that exit row to myself - food delicious but quantities somewhat meagre and left me ravenous in midflight - I must echo the others by saying that the aircraft are not the most comfy and are really showing their age - the IFE is a mess. Staff not to be faulted. The check in agent at BKK lied to me for some reason, telling me that I would certainly have 3 seats to myself as the flight was half empty [it was about 95% full in reality!] - the stop in Dubai makes the flight home almost intolerable as we cannot get off [that is at least 15 or 16 hours in that thing!] Phuket Airlines - by Gareth Duhig 12 September 2004 Gatwick - Bangkok return.Check in & boarding at Gatwick was a breeze no one waiting for either. On entering the 747-300 & all the way to the rear each cabin crew member gives the traditional Thai greeting. A bit late leaving due to a few missing passengers, these prehistoric aircraft are not comfortable when stationary. There is no individual air con & no air moves around the cabin until the aircraft is in flight. Quite a few of the pax were fanning themselves with the inflight leaflet. Hot cloth towels were offered but were strangely dry. Drinks/peanuts & dinner of green chicken curry or salmon fillet with rice - a chickpea salad & strawberry tart. Plenty of offers of wine & tea/coffee. Flight both ways were not full so had a 3 seat row going & the last econ middle row on return. Legroom varies on the way I had about 32" pitch. Entertainment is via overhead screens. Drinks available throughout the flight & all service calls answered straight away. The crew, very friendly taking time to talk to pax & to answer any questions. Coming back check in at BKK a nightmare 4 desks open 60% full flight but still took over an hour. Took off straight into a very bad thunderstorm. The plane rattled, rolled, dipped, upped & went all over the place for about an hour. The crew sitting either side of me looked very nervous! Once everything was stable, the same good service. Slept most of the way back. The plane refuels in DXB but no major hassles - front & rear door open so air moves through cabin, no problem if pax wish to stand by doors, again crew happy to chat one was even helping a pax with stretching exercises. More drinks & sandwiches after takeoff & breakfast before landing at LGW. Luggage took usual time for to come through. Not a bad airline - staff great but some of their inexperience shows & they need to upgrade the aircraft. Phuket Airlines - by R Taylor 30 August 2004 Flew London to Bangkok return , arriving back on 28 August. The plus point was the courtesy of their cabin staff, very polite and helpful. There were three major minus points. Old planes, lights not working so you coudn't read, small TV screens shared by many passengers. Refuelling at Dubai on the way back. Never mentioned when I booked. The flight back took a total of over 13 hours. When I reconfirmed, more than 72 hours of departure, I was told the flight was full. They sorted it out after an hour and I was OK but not what you need. I won't be using them again. Phuket Airlines - by Chris Clarke 5 August 2004 I recently flew Air Phuket from Gatwick to Bangkok and return. I found the staff to be very efficient and helpful. However the planes they are using (old planes from KLM) are well past their sell by date. The noise was terrible and half of the planes audio system's didn't work so it was a long flight without any films etc. The drinks service left a lot to be desired - one drink after take off and one drink with your meal was the only alcohol allowed. On the return flight we had to stop at Dubai for refuelling - had to stop on the plane for over an hour in a great deal of heat. I for one (and a lot of other passengers) will not be using them again. Phuket Airlines - by Graeme Mounsey 4 June 2004 My wife is Thai and her home town is near Buriram in NE Thailand we have to fly Bangkok-Buriram when we go there. Phuket Air recently took over the route from Air Andaman. We were very impressed for a small airline much better than Air Andaman Very smart cabin crew - good service. Served a small snack which was quite tasty for only a 45 minute flight. They have recently started flying Bangkok to London Gatwick so would be interested to find out what they are like long haul.

huh?

BA skytraveller plus (or whatever its calleed) is not good value. For the same money u can fly Kuwait airways in proper business claSS.

Its a nice lounge and u would spend more than $17 in a bar. I alleways use it.

I always fly first from the Uk and sometimes business, so I can help maybe. Lufthansa new business class is very good, but you must fly via Munich to ensure the correct seat type. I am using them again in February for £1400 rtn LHR-BKK. BA Excellent in First and business but you pay a lot £2500- £3500 depending on dates- use there own website to look for best dates/deals then book via lastminute.com Swiss- Excellent in First to BKK, business good on new aircraft expect to pay about 1500 rtn KLM, via BKK, cheap as chips but not yet fully flat on the 747. OK if you get the 777 in Business but the bed ahas a 9 degree slope. SAS Seat very comfy but not fully flat. Emirates, USE TG flites more often than not from Dubai to BKK sector but still a good alternative if you have no other choice. Seat not flat in Business but comfy if ur not over 6 ft tall. Thai, excellent in most classes but Firsts is a bit hit and miss. They are currently,upgrading across the fleet. Business is sometimes first if you get the older planes and seats- worth checking but often very expensive. Qatar Airlines- superb in all respects in all classes. New planes via Doha,and one of the finest 1st calss products available today- £2000-3500 rtn. Hope this helps.