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I found the following story in the PATTAYA CITY NEWS to be quite interesting: _____ Local Pub Owner

As relatively new to the bar scene in Pattaya I noticed there is a wide divergence in tipping at the go go bars and clubs. Of course there are the cheapskates who tip nothing even though they fondle the boys but that is not what I write of. At the go go bars I like to give a particular good dancer or cute boy a 20 or maybe 40 Baht tip just because I enjoy his little show. If someone sits with me I believe 100 Baht is a minimum tip. It there is some hands on experience I then tip 200 Baht. Sometimes in someplaces the experience evolves to kissing, chuck wowing and smokeing which may result in a 500 Baht tip depending on the full nature of the experience. For an short t…

For anyone arriving on or after March 25th to Bangkok and who was then planning on flying on the domestic airlines to another Thai city, you need to recheck your schedules and locations. Beginning March 25th, all of Nok Air and One-Two-Go flights and half of Thai Airways flights are moving to Don Muang (DMK). And many or most of Thai Air's flights have changed times at both airports. It appears that half of Thai Air's domestic flights (with changed times) will stay at Suvarnabhumi (BKK) and Air Asia also stays there. Hell if I know where Bangkok Air or others will be. If you arrive or leave after March 25th, you need to stay on top of this. I arrive BKK on A…

Local shopkeepers protest at expansion of Tesco Lotus Ariyawat Nuamsawat - Pattaya Mail?Local business people are vigorously protesting against the decision to allow Tesco Lotus to open a number of its smaller Tesco Lotus Express outlets throughout Pattaya, saying that such an expansion would threaten their livelihoods. More than 100 members of the Pattaya Retail and Wholesale Business Group gathered at Pattaya City Hall on March 6 to file a petition with Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon requesting that permission be withdrawn for the giant retailer to open Tesco Lotus Express outlets in the Soi Nernplabwan and New Naklua Market areas, and at other districts in…

He's Back. The cutie that is gracing the opening page with his perfection. Love that long hair look.

Many people are constantly asking me how they can live in Thailand and make a good living also well I have been telling them happy faces and dance party for years even though i have never gathered up the nerve to do it my self with all the many pit falls maybe i should but i know the secret ands so can you soon. If you want to open a Go Go Bar what are you selling not just sex if it was only down to that you would only sell a drink and a bar fine not you want to sell many drinks this is the secret. And how do you keep the customers long enough to make then drink give them what they have been dreaming on naked sexy boys next door who only want to please you and m…

Reading this and other boards is a good way to take the pulse of how farangs and a sprinkling of others view the problems in Thailand. Here's my two cents worth: (1) The country faces something much more profound than a currency crisis. The article below describes the most recent attacks in the south. The current coup leaders appear no more successful than was the preceding administration in bringing the violence under control. The dissidents are duplicating the success of dissidents in Iraq in hopes that Thailand will relent and give the southern provinces their freedom. (2) Other Asian powers are closely eyeing what's happening and looking for economic wea…

http://www.galleryopium.com/neung/index.html shows many of his recent works. He seems to have left behind his homo-erotic works in favour os exciting new styles. I think he is involved in Happen Bar on Silom Soi 2 and has a Gallery and Bar on Silom Soi 4. I was amused to see a work titled Balcony as his bar is opposite.

There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that the appointed "chiefs" will quickly identify the cause of the deadly effluent: (From the Bangkok Post) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said on Satuday it would seal water gates in Bangkok to prevent contaminated water in the Chao Phraya river that killed thousands of fish in Ang Thong province from entering the city. Bangkok governor Apirak Kosayodhin said the polluted water is expected to flow into Bangkok on Sunday so he has ordered officials to close water gates at the Chao Phraya dam, the Noi River dam, and the Rama VI dam Saturday and Sunday to prevent the water from penetrating into the city. BM…

"More than 100 performers are lined up for the three-day Pattaya International Music Festival this weekend, beginning on Friday March 16. Pattaya Mail Vimolrat Singnikorn Pattaya International Music Festival will be staged over this weekend, beginning on Friday March 16 and ending on Sunday evening, with the Indoor Stadium on Soi Chaiyapruk 2 as the venue. The dates and schedule were announced on March 7 at the Tourism Authority of Thailand Building on New Petchburi Road in Bangkok. Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay and TAT advertising and public relations manager Wansadet Thawornsuk co-presented the briefing, with Smitthi Bhiraleus, general manager of Music Televisi…

(From The Nation) A 25-year-old German student enrolled at Bangkok's Ramkhamheng University was found dead in his rented apartment, police said Thursday. Following a homicide report at 10am yesterday, Hua Mark police rushed to Ritthirat Apartment in Soi Ramkhamhaeng 30 to find German student Ronny Ulbrich, 25, with serious head injuries, lying naked in a poll of blood in his sixth-floor rented room, which showed signs of struggles. Near his body, police found the murder weapon, a bloodstained dumbbell. Police Lieutenant Colonel Sompop Tunpolngam said police suspected that Ulbrich - who had been enrolled in the open university's international programme - wa…

The following appears in the BANGKOK POST: _____ Khalid Admits Bangkok Terrorist Plots (Bankgokpost.com, Agencies) September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said that he had put into action twin plans to blow up Bangkok nightclubs and to take over and destroy an Israeli airliner at Don Muang airport in 2003. Neither plan was achieved, he told the military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay prison, but he had active al-Qaeda agents in place and was near plans for the two terrorist actions when he and Jemaah Islamiyah counterpart Hambali were arrested. At the military hearing in Guantanamo in which he took responsibility "from A to Z" for the 2001 te…

"MSF condemns US drugmaker's ban in Thailand - The Nation Aid charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) has condemned a US drugmaker's decision not to sell new medicines in Thailand, which is at loggerheads with Western pharmaceutical giants over generic drugs. Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories said this week it would not market new drugs in Thailand in protest at the government's decision to override the patent on Abbott's anti-Aids drug Kaletra. The medications withdrawn from the Thai market include a new version of Kaletra, as well as an antibiotic and a painkiller, a senior company official said. MSF (Doctors without Borders) slammed the US giant's decisio…

First, a tip-of-the-hat to Geezer for pointing this out to me. A Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert, special advisor to the Minister for Public Health, has come up with an interesting idea: If Thailand doesn't receive flu vaccines, part of what is likely to happen because of the Thai government's policy on pharmaceutical patent breaking, then just hold foreign nationals hostage until they do receive them. Now that's an idea . . . Hey! I can think of worse things that could happen. If Thailand really decides to do something like that, they don't have to hold me hostage. I volunteer! This is being discussed on Thaivisa.com ( see http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.…

In most of Southeast Asia, the US dollar actually gained some ground. Meanwhile, in Thailand the baht continues to strengthen against the dollar. The following are the opening exchange rates for March 16: US Dollar: 34.79 Euro: 46.12 British Pound: 67.265 Australian Dollar: 27.295 Canadian Dollar: 29.41 The following appears in THE NATION: _____ Dollar Firms after Wall Street Rebound TOKYO - The dollar gained ground against the yen in Asian trade Thursday, supported by a rebound on Wall Street that helped to restore some calm to other global markets, dealers said. They said players remained cautious after recent sig…

I've said it before and I'll say it again . . . I don't make these things up: The following appears in the PATTAYA CITY NEWS: _____ More Details Released for 80 Million Baht Vaseline Event on Jomtien Beach A further preparation meeting now from Pattaya City hall relating to an event which is due to take place on Jomtien Beach on 29th April. The event is called the

I know many farang who have the Western sense that sexual fidelity in a relationship is very important, and I've yet to meet a Thai guy who shares this view. My current BF and I are very much in an open relationship, and this is the only type of relationship that works for either of us. We greatly enjoy taking guys off together, and we have each other's blessing to have sex with others. Our firm spoken rule is that all sex must be safe sex, and the understood rule is that we do not become emotionally involved (this is more important to him than to me--imagine that!). My BF and I will both inquire about our sex lives apart from each other in an attempt to make …

As evidenced from posts here and on other boards, and on a handful of blogs I follow--and from personal experiences of many visits, Thai guys are masters of the timeless art of manipulation. I often marvel at how consistently it's applied by guys who probably never met one another but you'd swear that they're in the same union. And I'm not talking about just MB's here; it appears to be a universal ability to arbitrarily provide and withhold affection and interest in a farang in hopes that it will put the Thai in a more beneficial position. Generally affectionate, Thais generally shower you with various forms on communications during the early stages of a relationsh…

The baht has appreciated once again and as of noon today the exchange rates are as follows: US dollar: 34.91 Euro: 45.925 British Pound: 67.21 Australian dollar: 27.1025 Canadian dollar: 29.5325

Now you can ask Peter of Krazy Dragon yourself about his non detention as some are trying to say, as he has asked me to ask you to come to his Krazy Anniversary on 17th March where you can not only have the best fun in Town with free Food Out side at Crazy Pub but join in with all the excitement inside eyeing up all the handsome hunk there for you to Grope. EuroBoys was reopened last night and I understand the new Korean owner is looking to sell now after boyfriend ran off and several other who he has tried to put in charge have disappeared also knowing the big responsibility to have your name on the paper work and the days of changing the name to avoid closure is lo…

I just loved this one. It's so typical. A problem exists. The problem is fixed. Now the situation is worse than it was in the first place. The following appears in the PATTAYA CITY NEWS: _____ Soi Beokeow Community Complains to City Hall over Persistent Flooding Problems Khun Wirawat, Deputy Mayor of Pattaya received a group of residents and business owners from the Soi Beokeow Community who made a complaint regarding the state of the drainage system in the area and persistent problems with flooding which occur at the conclusion of every major rain storm that hits Pattaya. Recently the entire stretch of the road was resurfaced and new drainage p…

Out of all the times I've been to Thailand I've only been to Pattaya once. I stayed in Boystown and had a good time. I'm back in Thailand and would like to go back to Pattaya again. This time I want to experience Sunee Plaza. Can anyone recommend a good hotel in or around Sunne Plaza? A contact number would also be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi guys How easy is it to book a flight from Bangkok (new airport) to Phuket on day of arrival? and do i have to leave main airport? Many thanks Phil

NEW "PG Weekly Report" of March 14th now available This weeks "NEW PG Weekly Report" is on-line: http://www.pgreport.com/#allen . FOR THE 7 DAYS ENDING MARCH 13TH 2007 Click link below to go to that item or scroll down for full report Quiz Night Fundraiser at The Pub at La Cage report O-Zone

A few guidelines (particularly for newbies) when using taxis in Bangkok: (1) Don't take a taxi (or tuk-tuk) that a "tout" is encouraging you to use (2) Don't take a taxi parked along Silom Rd. or Suriwong Rd., looking for fares (3) Get out of a taxi if the driver refuses to immediately start the meter (4) Whenever possible, know the route (or at least the general direction) to your destination so you'll know if your driver is taking you for a joy ride (a common farang trick) (5) When leaving a hotel, you're better off not taking a taxi from a nearby line of parked cabs because they will invariably try to get you to accept a flat rate that is at least double …