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Hopefully an Aussie heading over will bring some for you in return for compensation of some kind

Agree with what you say, many great compensations of Thailand, Think what they would have charged in the UK for doing the stone removal

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Is that Peppermint a go go too ??? I got a text Saturday from a girl i know who works in Peppermint who said that there was a fire in there ???

Rarely use IE and have updated to Firefox4 this morning, however, Google Chrome is my default browser. Thanks for posting the above

Good stuff Dontcha, keep me updated in about 9 months time and i will be happy

Good to see you back and posting again Dontcha

90000 baht and expensive watches, insurance claim coming

Agreed CCleaner is great, i run my computer on Windows 7 operating and have had it for about 4 months, it was running slow the other day so i ran CCCleaner and it deleted 4811 MB of crap and its back to full speed now(ish) Always remember it will remove password cookies so make sure you know your passwords or have done the "Remember me"

I get to Pattaya once per year at Xmas, last couple of years i have stayed at the Sandy Spring and loved it, nice hotel and perfect location. For this Xmas (2011) i decided a change would be in order, did research and always found problems with hotels i liked, too expensive, xmas/new year special dinner costs etc. Then i thought about the Residence Garden offer from this website http://www.pattayapages.com/residence/ and decided to look at where it is and how far from certain places it can be, tried google maps but not a lot of good, however Photoguide was brilliant. This link

Thanks for that, never been there and never given thought to staying overnight, appreciate your posting this

Santander pissed me off so i ditched their Zero card. I now use a Halifax Clarity card which is fine but for my last trip i took lots of Travellers cheques which i brought for no commission from my bank which is LloydsTSB Martins money tips tell you which is best for overseas card use and here is the page, go down and read and make your own mind up http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/ch...l-money#halifax Not sure which Santander card your intending on using but one of santanders debit cards is listed in the cards from hell page http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/ch

with the way things are going in the arab countries i am not sure a stop over there is a good idea

sounds good, thanks for the info, just doing a google search

I have been looking at Etihad for my next flight to bangkok for heathrow but what worries me is the 1hour 40 minutes at Abu Dhabi, i don't think thats enough time in case a plane is late, they do say that 2hours 30 is what should be the minimum.

Will keep an eye on these hotels for my next Xmas trip http://seamespringhotel.com/ Tripadvisor have no reviews yet, just a few photos http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-...el-Pattaya.html

So, may i ask why you post here ???

I wonder if his insurance will cover such a large amount of cash,

Thanks for the info Frogster, appreciate it. Looks good

I did a couple of full english breakfasts there at Xmas and thought it was very good.

I took T/c's this year for the first time, got them from LloysTSB at no commision costs etc Just found a copy of one of my transactions in my passport, i used Bank of Ayudha mostly, tried kasikorn once and she said my 9 year old signature in my passport didn't match that on the T/c's so she refused me. I took 200 pounds amercian express cheques and cashed them 2 at a time, this transaction was at a baht low to the pound if i can get T/c's from Lloyds at zero interest again then that's the way i will go and they can stick the 150 baht atm charge where the sun don't shine

i have just come back and i was getting 46 baht to the pound in Pattaya, not good.

crazy stuff,

got one from Emirates yesterday, Bangkok economy from the UK is starting from £544 http://www.emirates.com/uk/english/destina...t/from_539.aspx

great stuff, thanks for that MM