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Yes, I do although I`m generally a quiet person.

Met some decent people to have a chat with from time to time.

I`d always acknowledge someone saying Hi or nodding a Hello.

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I`ve noticed for sale some mini ovens, anywhere from sub 1000 Baht upwards.

Are they any good?

A little tired of fried food.

Would they effectively bake/roast a piece or 2 of raw chicken to make a healthier change from frying?

Could they also be used for heating food up?

If so, any specific recommendations or things to look for?

Thanks

Nice story.

At that young age must seem almost magical to have something, ATM card where one can get some money when you want.

Direct: 22.00

http://www.airportpattayabus.com/2012/

Could be very useful but seems to link to the Bell service, showing last airport departure time of 18.00.

http://www.belltravelservice.com/routes_rates.php#

Maybe they`ve changed their schedule recently, later bus could be of use.

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Hope OK in here as it is Pattaya specific.

I have internet provided in the apartment I live in but sometimes it is very poor.

I want to get a 3 G air card as back up.

I`m slightly favouring AIS.

Any thoughts/opinions appreciated, not unduly worried about the cheapest price as long as it works.

Narrowing it down, I`m in naklua, Wong Amat area

Thanks.

5k baht taken out of the budget for sending home to her family as her contributions when working was in the 2-5k range. I told her she doesn't need to work as I don't see 10k baht a month worth working longer hours than I have to work to get 15 times that. I'm supplying her with that now.

She's not really a little girl at 31 any more and I have met her parents and they don't have a problem with her being with me.

The laptop is so that we will have a better way to communicate than just through phone when I inevitably have to leave again. Last time I checked in the IT mall in Bangkok they sold laptops as cheap as 12k baht.

Is the east really that much cheaper? How about some average rental price figures for a 1 bedroom condo for the various places mentioned?

Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai is even cheaper?

Apart from rental prices and prices in bars and nightclubs (which I won't frequent too often) I guess the prices won't be different on anything that is standard retail goods in supermarkets. Of course, cheaper rent gives me more money to spend on other things.

Too bad you can't really eat seafood in any of these places and I have to eat malaria pills.

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yes - it is cheaper.

http://tinyurl.com/6mfnrr6 as an example.

Farang food gets expensive quickly. She will most likely be quite happy eating somtam and street food for 30 baht a meal, so her side will be cheap as long as you do not make the mistake of feeling bad about tucking into a fat steak and chips at the same time. Food can be cheap. Outside of the hubs like BK, CM, HH, Pattaya, the types of bars and clubs you have experienced are very hard to find if they exist at all; the similar places are cheaper and priced towards people earning 10k a month for a family.

I've never taken malaria pills up there but might be different living there (jump onto the specific boards and ask the people that do live there what the score is). But seafood, well that's expensive, and you won't be eating it every night regardless of where you live but most places in Thailand you can get it (might not be that fresh though) and Makro will sort you out anyway.

You can get cheap places to live in Pattaya, but nothing else is cheap.

She does not even like western food so I won't feel too bad. I like Thai food too but I won't be eating it more than half the time, I need some variation. I do really like the shrimps and squids, maybe they have frozen ones in the supermarkets. It would be nice to have an oven capable of making a pizza in a couple of times a month. That is one thing I start to crave after a while abroad but I never found a pizza restaurant outside of Europe that makes edible pizza.

Pizza is one thing I enjoy as well, with some searching decent pizza can be found,depending of course on where you end up being based.

By the sound of it I think your Mum would like Pattaya.

I was in a bar one night with my gf and next to us was an older lady from the UK, enjoying her beer and the music that was playing.

We both chatted to her, she was on a 3 month visit and enjoying it.

Turns out she was over 80 years old.

Treated well and with respect.

Thanks

The over use of butter and richness would put me off.

No

I don`t think so.

I use bahtbuses a fair bit, usually from naklua to Pattaya( central and sometimes south) plus back again.

Always pay 10 baht, and for me it is a convenient and economical way of getting around.

Pattaya Beer Garden would be good.

Plenty of room, not too noisy and easy to get to.

Nice and quiet in naklua.

I was thinking of moving to central Pattaya but decided against it.

Hope the noise abates soon.

I heard the same.

Could it be city council elections this coming week end?

Not sure.

I rarely drink milk but actually found Dutch Mill OK, consumed on day of purchase.

Yes

Visited 4 different countries last year as well as 3 different cities in Thailand for short breaks, enjoyed them all.

I`m slacking this year though, nothing so far.

Thinking of heading somewhere next month for a few days, undecided where.

Yes, AIS charge 30 baht to extend validity for 1 month,a nuisance for an infrequent mobile phone user.

Some do, some don`t.

It would seem that some of those that work for themselves will put some real effort in.

A Thai lady living in a large house near me has an outdoor kitchen, commercial.

She appears to start work early, 6.00 AM preparing food which I guess she later goes out to sell or deliver to other places.

Often still working at midnight cleaning up etc.

I don`t know about flight prices but it is one of my favourite times of the year here.

Probably worth paying a little extra for, if necessary.

British weather can be depressing.

I don`t know if the shrimps are fresh caught or farmed but the last lot that came from there tasted OK.

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Pattaya Park and Buddha Hill

Pattaya seems open for business , not expecting any closures this week end.

Plenty of well managed bars in Pattaya, amongst some poorly managed ones.

Not sure the nationality of the owner/manager has much to do with it

Brave post and decision.

I can only add to the wishes of Good Luck and hope that the future works out for you.

I have a feeling it will, you`ve seen a potential future and taken action before it`s too late.

Best of Luck.

I've been living the Thailand now full time for 3 years and i have no wish to return to the UK. My parents are dead, my one son is grown up and married, and i wouldn't see much of him anyway. There is nothing in the UK for me now and i am sad to see the way it has declined. One of the biggest draws for me is the weather here. I love to get up to blue skies and hot temps every day. If i want i can swim (outside) 365 days of the year. It's still quite cheap to live here, despite the drop in the Pound, and you aren't taxed to death or hassled by the Government. I suppose the only worry is if i had a serious illness but, touch wood, health is good so far at 59.

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Virtually the same as that except never had kids and a bit younger.

Happy here, not prefect but no place is going to be.

The weather a big draw for me too, hated the cold in the UK.