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Yeah and as you walk onto beach from Chaweng there are ladies doing the massage under the palm trees, try not to have one! feel free to PM and send me your email and I will flood you with pics. (If you like!) I think Chaweng Gardens is a bit of a Thai Thai place so not so advertised, I believe email address is chawenggarden@yahoo.com (no 's' on garden) It is true Lamai has a big impressive beach but it is as dead as a dodo, whatever turns you on! Spacey,

I love Samui, I stayed there for a couple of months last year and have returned for a short visit from Pattaya via U-Tapao, no problems, you could go by road via bangkok which is very cheap but the journey is a total nightmare because it is so long. I stayed on the beach in Chaweng Gardens Beach Hotel I stayed in a traditional fan hut for 400 bht per night but on my second visit stayed in an air con room for 800 bht for your budget they have big air con rooms with fridge and Cable a couple of beds for 1000bht if you stay a few days you can get a 10% discount. I would look at the room be

Trvlr, sennd me your email and I'll send you some pics, of some nice accommodation meeting your requirements in Jomtien, spacebass@lycos.co.uk cheers

Elbow sorry for the delay in sending you info on apartments because my telephone line has been down since Friday, will email when it comes back, (just spent 10 mins writing long PM but still no go!!) Asfar as baht buses go it is still basically 10 baht aride to anywhere, just get out the bus and hand the guy 10 baht, no problem, start asking about it and maybe a different story.

Dear elbow, How about getting yourself signed up for Personal messages and send me an email spacebass@lycos.co.uk and I'll send you what I've got to offer. Spacebass

Majestic condos are on the face of it OK, I nearly bought a place in there but the reasonable price turned out to be the wrong price. Generally considered to be a little too far out and a little too far from the beach road (transport) but nothing that couldn't be a lived with with a motorbike or car. The opinion you express regarding the many units here for sale is also commonly regarded as suspicious, but asking questions I cannot justify this. The fact is they not new and not new things do not seem to turn on the Thais so its left to farangs to tosh them up.

The best way to draw sterling in Thailand is via Nationwide flexaccount, Atms everywhere no withdrawal fee and as good a mid market rate as you are going to get , plus security as above, so if you don't have a Nationwide Flex account get one!

Tea bags and disposable or otherwise razors.

There seems to be a bit of a misconception of the game being played here. You can never be advised that you will be allowed to take more than whatever the cabin baggage limit is say 8kgs, because it is possible that an agent will enforce this rule strictly and even make you put your bag in that metal contraption that indicates its physical size and shape. So the worst case answer is no you cannot rely on taking more than 8 kilos that will fit in that thing. But on the day anything can happen, even to two different people on the same flight checked by two different agents can get a differen

Take a sleeping pill and suffer it, in the end better than hanging about in airports for 4 hours, just done it Bkk-BAH-LHR no good.

I flew Gulf Air to UK return , cheapest fare, joined frequent flyers club on net and got 10kgs extra straight off, when I returned from Uk I had one suitcase 32kgs one nike bag size hand baggage must have beem at least 10kgs, ( by the time they made me take some out of my case and put it in there as it was over 32 kgs) and a canon video camera shoulder bag crammed full of power supplies as well as camera and battery etc. Seemed to me frequent flyers membership helped a lot as there were big signs around saying overweight passengers would be charged excess baggage. Downside 4 hr layover i

Anyone been involved with Plastic Surgery in Pattaya ( Breast augmentation) , any feedback on Pattaya International Hospital Soi4 Beach road or Pattaya Bangkok? Thanks in advance.

View Talay2 has only 2 lifts makes life a bit slow and difficult especially if one is out, VT 1 has 3.

Yep, Nationwide , no charge for withdrawels(?) mid market exchange rate and total security cannot be beat, also has the lowest overdraft rate on the High Street, plus complete internet account management from any internet cafe of whch there are plenty, might be time to review your banking habits, (no I don't have any commercial connection with Nationwide) it just works!

I do not think the Thai air bus service is currently running.

From Bkk airport I go upstairs to departures , negotiate with taxi driver dropping off passengers and on August 22nd got 1000 bht, I pay tolls, from first try, who needs dicking about having just done a 12hr minimumflight?

Teelack, I posted before on the subject of the funny little man and return cabs to Pattaya, I just came back from UK and alas number defunct, sorry guys if anyone tried it without success. So I just went up to Departures and my lady asked taxi driver for 800bht plus we pay tolls he came back with 1000 we pay tolls, job done. Can't be bothered with too much detail when jet lagged out of skull.

Just flown bkk/ lon with gulf air, not particularly good, not particularly bad, 4 hour layover in Bahrain makes life difficult, but overall good value.

When you get to Bangkok airport call 097500947 , this guy organises fares for cabs returning to Pattaya, I met him outside domestic terminal on return from Chiang Mai, he takes you 3 km off airport to where cabs wait, very professional, fare 900 baht cabby pays tolls , he started with 1000 but I talked him down no problem.

6 hour layover in Kuwait, Lon/Bkk, Bkk/Lon. Not funny.

I recently spent a few nights in Chiang Mai and stayed in a Guest house not really in the centre of things , though they said easy walk to night bazzaar, not so easy in reality! Too far to walk. I resolved then that when I visit Chiang Mai again I will stay in the Royal Lanna, here: http://www.chiangmai.thaihoteldiscount.com/roylanna.html Being slap in the middle of the night bazaar, and with other night type entertainment close by. Because it includes breakfast it ends up swings and roundabouts with the cheaper places you may book yourdelf, and I don't want to stay in some tre

I did read that the Moscow bangkok leg is flown with a turbo prop! Not really on I'd say!

I am flying to LHR from BKK with Gulf Air via Bahrain on 19th July will post experience, stopover about 4 hrs in each direction, better then Kuwait air which was cheaper, 6 hours stopover and no alcohol on plane or at airport. Paid GBP377 ex BKK for 6month ticket, no fees to change.

I recently learnt how to get the Pattaya/Airport price for the Airport/ Pattaya ride. I just got back from Chiang Mai and a little Munchikin like man started hustling me for a taxi, I decided to give it a try and he took me to his bona fide taxi in the domestic terminal car park, and drove me to a place about 3 kms away where he put me in a returning Pattaya taxi, He first asked for 1000bht, he pays tolls I said 900 bht he said deal , I am sure the tolls come to more than 100 bht so it is in fact slighty better than the Pattaya / airport deal which is 800 bht you pay tolls. All the tim

Pattaya airport is called U-Tapeo it is about a one hour drive from Pattaya it is a military airport and has only a couple of Bangkokair flights to Samui and Phuket (same flight), not even Bangkok which gives you and idea of the service it provides. It will cost you about 500 baht up for taxi to get there , who knows to get back from there.