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Great photos, we stayed dry inside our room till 8pm then out for dinner. Filipina GF looked at your pics and said "glad we stayed inside yesterday...we do the same today"

I bought an ipad2 in australia wifi only and it was almost $400. I would not recommend one, the camera is shit, less than 1megapixel and no flash so photos in low light are terrible. my friends ipad is much better around 5mg I think. also I find ipad is restrictive on what u can download apple seem to be controlling download content. they are easy and convenient to ise but most tablets are the same. I bought my GF an Android tablet for around 3000 baht and she loves it. no problems downloading, she also has wifi only. whatever u buy make sure you can add memory to it as with games and pho

depends on where you,look. Some areas, such as the streets runnung of soi buakaow, have dozens of places for rent and you would have no problem finding a place very quickly.

While I also dont like throwing money away, I would suggest you up the budget to about 7000 a month. In the side streets around the sou buakaow area you will find lots of places in this price range. you will have air con (you dont have to use it excessively). and better facilities. it is close to everything so you save time and transport costs and lots of local,places to eat.

Isn't he just the greatest character on tv?

Lots of copy smartphones available in pattaya, Tukcom probably best place but most of the malls also have stalls selling them. As Kuranda says best to get some idea of quality if you can from someone who has one before you buy as they don't want to know you if you have a problem after. most bg have copy phones so you could ask one or two.

"Havana Bar in Holiday Inn. Can't vouch for the music but the venue is nice." The band is the Filipino group that used to be at Moon river Pub before they changed to their current group. Excellent musically and the girl singers are great. I am also a regular at Heartbeat. Its pretty much the same band as when they opened many years ago. Good musically but the vocals could be better. Rolling Live in Soi8 is great and they have a change of bands after about 10p Another good band is Lucky Star bar, cnr Soi8 and beach road. they alternate singers, some of whom are not so good, but the

I have been having a clean out in my cupboards. I bought an Xbox 360 a while ago and still have some PS2 stuff. I have around 50 copy games, bought in Tukcom for 100 baht, most played only once. They are nearly all shooting/war games, and I would be happy for 50 baht each. I have most of the popular series...call of duty etc. I have a GT4 racing wheel for Ps2 or PC, unfortunately (not an xbox.) I would take 1,000 baht I will also "donate" my slimline PS2 console. it has an intermittent fault that means it doesn't always load games first time. 2 controllers, power pack and all leads.

In the second link, love the camel toe on the girl in the first crash helmet photo!! More russian tourists like these for pattaya, please

I eat there often and enjoy the food, but the staff are very unfriendly. I was in there a couple of nights ago and it was packd. They must be doing something right.

Called in last night as they used to have 3 great girl singers, Filipinas, but the outback bar was closed and the staff said they had no idea where they had moved on to.

GF and I came from Clark yesterday and at the checkin counter there were two guys who had booked return tickets, with a travel agency in Pattaya. When they got an email cancelling their Tuesday flight the agency re-booked for monday, they paid and got a receipt. The Tiger air check in had no record of a booking for them they showed the receipt but it meant nothing as no record on their booking system. the plane was full and the next Tiger flight from Clark is not till Thursday. These guys had a lot of problems. If you have a similar situation perhaps best to double check with Tiger t

You have put in a lot of work and it looks great I am familiar with the model and wouldn't have recognised it without your title

Look at the trip reports by capdagde,he and his good lady are legends on the board. lots of good advice and some pointers to good 3 some girls.

I usually get a metered taxi from DMto MorChot bus station and then bus to Pattaya North bus station. taxi costs about 130 baht

what does a kiwi call his girlfriend? .......Baaaaaarbara. !,

Are the interior photos of a 26 sq mt unit, like is for sale, or one of the bigger 40 sq units in the ten floor block? Also the unit for sale is unrenovated according to the OP and would look nothing like the photo which looks fabulous. Could be a bit misleading.

You dont say when you are planning to go. If you are checking flights then you don't have a ticket yet? If you are not going for a while then I wouldn't do anything rash just yet . Unless they take over the airport again, staying in pattaya will not have much effect on your holiday, going on past disturbances.

"Why reinforce the gate if the Puppy escaped? " Its a bit like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted !! He never liked the puppy so he wants to make sure he can't get back in again, smart thinking

"Do you know that your NCB (No Claims Bonus) is cancelled two years after your last insurance policy expired?" A similar situation in australia as well. I lost my NCB years ago in a similar way

So the REAL question that needs an answer is:- has anyone taken Real Viagara or Cialis, perhaps in the USA or Britain, bought with a prescription from a pharmacy and ALSO taken the copy Kamagara or Apcalis in Thailand . Was there any noticeable difference in the results, and any difference in any side effects?? I have only ever taken the copies, in both Thailand Philippines so would be interested to know is the financial saving really worth it?

Dont rely on an Ipad2.. it has less than 1meg camera in low light mine takes crap pictures. I usually slip my small pocket camera, 12megapixel, into my pocket if I know I will be taking shots.

I wouldn't recommend using the mini-van services. They drive around town picking up other passengers, who are usually late. the only time I used one I was still inpattaya an hour after pickup. its either bell to suvarniboom or the regular bus to Mor Chit and a taxi to don muang for me

I am so sad to hear this Terry, I loved his writing and used to enjoy meeting up with him for a chat.

The swiss german group insurance cost around 4,000 baht, but you can pick your level of cover. mine was around 5 million bHt for other vehicle damage and 2 mill for injuries as I recall, no access to policy at the moment. They are in naklua road heading north from the dolphin they Re on the left side, very large signs, they are around soi 18 as I recall. In philippines for 3 months so no access to pApers but someone here will have their number. I thought the third party cover was upto 50,000 baht, which is not enough. thats why I took the extra cover