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Are you sure about that? I thought I read that some were still in action. Anyway, I’m going tomorrow so I will find out!

I always use a taxi to travel to/from the airport. It’s quicker, it’s more comfortable, you don’t have to walk/ travel extra miles to your accommodation, reliable and waiting for you, no queueing, and it runs on time. OK it costs 7 times as much (about 1300 baht) but that’s only 3/4 of the cost of short time off! After 5,500 miles travelling I’m not going to pinch pennies on 1300 baht. By the way the same distance in the UK would cost you about 7000 baht, so it’s no contest!

Can anyone recommend an Audiologist in Pattaya or Jomtien? I need to have some wax removed but cannot get it done here before I leave for Thailand next week. Many thanks.

I usually stay 3 months December - March and one month in July. No problem renting a room for those periods in VT 2.

I rent a condo in VT 2 opposite Jomtien Complex. Inside the condo there are three agencies which rent out rooms. I use one of them which was recommended to me I assume other condos have similar arrangements. Problem would be finding out their contact details….maybe a lot of googling will do it.

If he application forms are anything like the existing visa applications it will be terrible. The visa applications are sometimes virtually impossible to complete and the instructions are written in appalling English. It has certainly put me off applying and I now visit Cambodia for a few days instead. If as it says it is to be used to trace foreigners then there will probably be a requirement to advise where you intend to stay complete with confirmation from the hotels or condo renters. More buarocracy. No doubt they will want copies of passports flight tickets and probably bank accounts as they did for 60 or 90 day visas. I am dreading the whole thing.

I use this company. Cannot fault them. https://www.thelimopattaya.com/

So nothing has changed??

How long are they issuing these 60 day visas for, or is it going to be permanent?

The simple rule is: You either keep it and it goes grey, or you lose it!!

Yes I have walked from near Boyztown to my condo in Jomtien. I did it after a haircut in Soi Hollywood and went past Sansuk sauna so was able to keep off the main roads. Also love walking along the whole length of Dongtan Beach and do it late at night (if I’m not in the bars). Safe and smooth pavements after the rebuild a few years ago. Very pleasant after temps have dropped especially if there is a wind off the sea. No crowds of tourists late on👍

I’m actually in Pattaya now and we have had one day of slight rain in the last 10 days. Some days have had cloud cover which actually makes the temperatures more pleasant. No complaints! Some of the bars in Jomtien are very busy… you wouldn’t think it’s the low season at all.

Hadn’t it been like that for ages? Same for its sister club at the other end of the street near Toyboys (can’t remember it’s name).

I sent a reservation the other day and got the standard reply the next day confirming it. So no problem here. Used their normal website.

The other place you need to consider visiting is Pattaya. I go there for 3 months in the winter and six weeks in the summer. I know you haven’t the time available at the moment. Pattaya has much to offer, a huge gay scene, beaches (or a sort) and is not as busy a city as Bangkok. You will find you have done the gay scene in Bangkok soon and Pattaya is well worth a weeks visit (or more).

Yes very very bad. The Hanoi bar was jammed full. You had to stand tight against all the other people and could hardly drink your beer let alone get served at the bar. Had there been an emergency you would have been in a massive crush. I left. As regards the taxi. The fare should have been about $1. 50 each time. He was charged about $15. (whatever that is in ding dong money). Came back and said taxis are expensive here…almost the same cost as the UK. Then realised he had been done. Imagine if he was going all the way to the Airport…. Later read that most (all?) taxi drivers are dishonest.

I remember reading a book about Sunee Plaze written by Micheal (forget his surname) who was the owner of Top Man Bar at the entrance to the Plaza. It was directly opposite Forest House. In it he describes how he went away for a week or two and left his bar in the hands of some of the staff. When he returned he found similar things had happened and had to get rid of the stuff too. Sorry cannot remember the title or the Authors surname

Why not stay in a condo if you are there for 2 months? Not a problem in high season and even less of a problem in low season if only staying for a month. All the condos have a balcony.

Actually closed on Tuesdays.

I frequently take my evening walk along the length of Dongtan Beach and back. I used to pass numerous other Brits (you could tell by the language) but this time, in the last 2 1/2 months, I haven’t heard any. Same in Jomtien generally and in Pattaya. I do pass numerous farangs but unfortunately don’t recognise their language. So not Western European (German French Dutch etc) as I would recognise them.

A little bit of basic maths… 350000/2 = 175000 fucks each. 50 years is 50X365 = 18250 days So 175000 fucks divided by 18250 days = 9.5 fucks per day EVERY day. No rest days or holidays. Typical press nonsense.

Certainly a regular thing in Pattaya. No one wants to walk anywhere….except Falangs!

Ive always known it as Swampy. It’s a common nickname, even if you’ve never heard it before!

I guess you haven’t heard the expression about going on holiday? ” I should have taken half as many clothes and twice as much money!”