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Hello you closet homosexuals. I have decided that we are having an ANTI-2600 meeting in Pattaya, which of course you are not invited to attend as you have clearly been swallowing too much of Emmanual's protien shakes. The date is TBC and will be an invition e-mail only event requring the use of a unique cryptographic pub-key to enter the super-secret go-go establishment where the only "penetration testing" jokes that will be tolerated will involve your upper torsos and a screw driver (you like math right?). We hope that you (never) attend our event mostly because we would require the door frame to be widened significantly and an increase in our overheads as we would require the entire venue to be incinerated after you leave.

Has anyone had much experience with the Garmin gpsmap 62s and south east asia maps? I have read mixed responses from web-sites many indicating that the maps were inaccurate, dated and of little use to someone traveling. I am debating as to even take my gps on a back-packing trip based on the poor quality of the maps according to internet reviews and wondered if anyone has any experience with the Garmin device as a whole in Thailand or will a local A-Z fare me better?

Thank you.

Hi, just wanted to drop a line to ask any of you on the forum with experience of traveling in Thailand what advice you could give to a first time traveler due to arrive in Thailand (next week!! eep!). I have basically spent the last few months daydreaming at my rather mundane office job and saving to travel to Thailand. I have scanned the obvious travel guides (lonely planet, brochures at the local travel agents, google & more) which led me onto this forum and I thought I would ask the question.

My plans are as follows, arrive into bangkok (my ticket is open so I may return from bangkok at any time over a 6month period) and I have 3 x 60 day multi-entry tourist visas and around 1/2million baht to spend during my stay. I don't like girls(guys) or drugs and would rather not go to pattaya and blow it all on a drink fueled suntan, shocking! I am however interested in understanding foreign culture and had considered offering a week or two of my trip as a volunteer to teach English (unpaid) to get a better understanding of Thai life. So my question is this, what advice would you recommended to a back packing first timer that is beyond the plain and obvious? I am traveling alone not through choice but as I couldn't find anyone barking enough to go with me.

Thank you in advance and hope you are all having/had a wonderful time on your adventures!