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Clearly someone who brings NTSC equipment to Thailand will have a leg up in the common sense dept. Surely they will make that 440v work for them even if they have to write multiple dissertations and visit every industrial park in Thailand scavenging equipment in order to do it.

Bicycle lanes , there will be stalls and motor bikes parked on them within a couple of weeks hours minutes seconds.

Fixed and fixed.

I could write a dissertation on 440v 3phases systems and the difference between 240v 3 phase Delta and Y systems with one of them having a high (208v) leg

Please don't....

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Never heard of a 440v system before.. whats that bad boy used to run?

440 very common in indiustrial buildings and applications

And with guys who can write dissertations but have never wired a house.

Buy a good fan, The noise from the fan and your ac running will drowned out enough so you can sleep.

You mean go buy a bad fan. Good fans are too quiet.

La Boulange hands down! I agree it is very difficult to get a proper croissant outside France but he is a professional French baker.

All others including la baguette are poor comparison.

Available from Friendship and Villa or their bakery on 3rd Road.

I took the recommendation and tried Boulange Bakery. I was hoping the croissants were better than the Boulange croissants you see around town at the markets.

I sensed there was a problem when the coffee was served with powder milk. Yuk.

The croissants?

Somebody is cutting corners. Not so good.

I would grade them 5 out of ten.

It's a bakery first and foremost. Not a coffee shop. My guess is the walk in's are a very small part of their business. They probably do a lot more by supplying the grocery stores. Not sure how you are able to find a reason to complain about their croissants vs....ah their croissants bought somewhere else. However you have managed to do that. Congratulations.

You could try a white noise generator app for your smartphone. You can get them on your PC as well.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmsoft.whitenoise.lite&hl=en

I actually bought a standalone white noise generator. Has other sounds like ocean and rain but I always just use the white noise.

http://www.nosleeplessnights.com/best-white-noise-machine-reviews/

I use industrial 40db ear muffs or whatever they call it. The things that cover your whole ear. Can sleep with them on although not the greatest solution for that when you want to sleep on your side.

I've tried earplugs but after awhile I was getting ear infections. When you use them all the time they prevent earwax from building up and that is what protects you from infection.

I've used multiple brands of noise cancelling headsets and they are almost useless except on a plane because they reduce the low freq engine noise. You still hear most of the higher frequency noise. In an apartment with other types of noises they aren't going to work very well.

If you decide to go to Thai Immigration wearing respectable clothing, take a bath, shower, comb your hair, wear a collared shirt and have all your necessary documents with the required copies completed and correctly filled out you have a very good chance of obtaining the Thai priviledge that you are requesting.

So I take a bath and then a shower or just one of those?

Good point about having necessary documents. I'm sure that will help a lot of people who don't realize that having the necessary documents is necessary. I always just take blank documents so your advice to fill them out is very helpful.

What if I don't have hair? Do I still use a comb? Please clarify.

the parts on electrics and TV standards are just hilarious!

Just why would anyone want to have 110V or NTSC inside their Thai home is beyond me...

Maybe you should ask the OP to write a dissertation on it .

The kid was probably on yaba.

blame the foreigner game has started

even foreign DNA of mongolian men were found inside the poor victim....

everybody should BAN this ban island

Yes please do. Might make it worth a trip once again. Used to be a nice place before it was overrun by backpackers.

Btw, friendship does not just have La Boulange bakery products. They have stuff from a place called Mikes Bakery and a few other places. It's usually labelled. So one could probably go there, write down the names on the labels, and check those places out.

Tried that "Pizza and Pasta" place on soi arunothai. It's that road that goes past Nurun Condo. It's an open air thai place. That can only mean one thing. Yup, flavorless cheese. I asked them where they got it and the guy said he got it from an Italian food distributor on the other side of sukhumvit. I asked if it's imported cheese and he said yes. So I suspect just being imported is not good enough. It needs to be the right type and the right quality. That must be why a lot of places like the good italian restaurants import their own cheese.

Good crust and sauce, flavorless cheese. So just like every other Thai pizza place in town I've tried. My advice is stick with Pizza Company or go to a good Italian restaurant if you want good cheese like I do. Thais don't seem to know what good cheese is supposed to taste like. Maybe that's one of the reasons they like to put that chili powder and ketchup and that chili oil on their pizzas. I find I like to do that too but only in Thailand and only because it helps to compensate for the missing flavor in the cheese.

Other than the dust, it's an improvement from what it was before. You would literallly be bouncing along in a baht bus almost hitting your head on the roof if they were going fast enough. It was really bad. Don't ever remember 2nd road being this bad.

They have almost ground down all of 2nd road now. They may be all the way to N. Pattaya road by now. So I imagine the resurfacing will be happening soon.

La Boulange hands down! I agree it is very difficult to get a proper croissant outside France but he is a professional French baker.

All others including la baguette are poor comparison.

Available from Friendship and Villa or their bakery on 3rd Road.

Yes they are good. You will be sitting in an actual bakery smelling the fresh baked goods while eating fresh Croissants. The owner (presumably) was walking around speaking french on the phone so yes, it all checks out.

Sandwiches were 85baht, American breakfast was 150baht and includes a couple eggs, hash browns, toast, bacon, and ham I believe. Never had it but looked good when they brought it out for someone else. Omelets are 85baht as well. Also Espresso type coffee's. They open at 8am.

It's about a 5minute walk from the corner of Klang/3rd road headed north on 3rd road towards N Pattaya rd. Maybe 10-15minute walk from Big C Extra.

I was thinking of the wrong place regarding "Pizza Italy". The place I was thinking of is on Buakow, Pizza Italy is a little hole in the wall place tucked in off Soi15ish off Buakow on a dead end Soi. Actually kind of hard to find. There are no signs on Buakow directing you into the Soi and you cannot see it from Buakow. Will give it a try. Will also try "Pizza and Pasta" on soi arunothai.

Lots and lots? I don't think so.

To expand on that, these are the local places I know about that have wood fire pizza ovens:

Forno Pizza (at Dicey Reilley's 2nd road)

La Bocca Jomtien

Pizza Big Naklua

Pizza Italy

Hopf Brew House, Pattaya Beach Road

Please list others. Thank you.

I'm not going to walk around making notes of wood fired ovens...lol

All I know is in my travels walking around i see them all over the place. Must be some guy who goes around to all the pizza places selling them. I think Pizza Big was the first but everyone seems to have them now.

Just like the chicken shwarma places. First one popped on 2nd road near Pattaya Tai a few years back and now they are all over the place.

Getting pretty fast speeds with AIS 3g 2100. Tried in several different places around Pattaya at different times of day and night. 5-20Mb/s down and 1.5-7Mb/s up. You need a phone that works with 2100Mhz to get the faster speeds otherwise it uses 3g 900Mhz which is much slower or EDGE which is slower still.

Their FAQ explains quite well including how to test if your phone and AIS SIM are compatible.

http://www.ais.co.th/3g/faq.aspx?language=en

This is a pretty good list of all the plans from all the providers and what the phone codes are to get them.

http://thaiprepaidcard.com/3g-data-plans-for-12call-dtac-and-true/

Lots and lots and lots of places with wood fire oven. It's not essential to good pizza but it is the best for italian style.

Here is a novel idea. Maybe it's time they should consider that it was a Thai or Thai's that did it. Now that they have wasted the first few precious days focusing solely only on foreigners...unbelievable.

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It's true that they tend not to want to blame their own but I seriously doubt it's a Thai. It's a very small island but lots of tourists coming and going. The odds are it's some foreigner that came in on a boat. If a Thai wanted to murder and rape tourists they could do that on the mainland just as easy with much less chance of getting caught. Seriously doubt some Thai living on the island would do that for the first time or that a Thai would go there to do that. Doesn't make any sense. Also, the incidence of Thais raping and killing tourists in general is extremely rare.

It does happen on the mainland and its not extremely rare, not at all. Foreigners dying via window suicide is a complete joke... only this week in BKK yet another. You would be horrified at the amount of assaults logged and reported in tourist areas they just dont get any further and the victims go home and its just another statistic.

You seriously doubt its a Thai why ? the vast majority of murders are done by Thai in Thailand just like all other nations murders are in the majority perpetrated by their own population.

Now you are trying to mix in foreigners joining the Thai diving club. Sometimes pushed but there is often very different motive there. Not at all the same as raping someone then hacking them up with a garden hoe. Selective ignorance?

You seem to really want to use this to make Thais look bad for some reason. Not even any suspects yet. If there is a DNA test to determine the ethnicity that would help.

I agree all those toppings isn't really traditional for Italian pizza.

The crust on the other hand had good char and excellent flavor.

It was indeed a European style crust that an American could love ... not a cracker.

BTW, it is low season. I have seen it rather crowded before. I wouldn't judge by the crowd.

Crust is the easy part. Most pizza places in Pattaya can do good crust. It's all about the cheese and tomato sauce. You gotta import that stuff if you want to make good pizza and most places don't. This place is an italian restaurant so maybe they do import it. I've never tried the place because it's always empty so there must be some reason for that.

Pizza Italy Pattaya!

https://www.google.it/maps/place/PIZZA+ITALY+RESTAURANT+AND+GUEST+HOUSE/@12.92823,100.88343,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x335a3a5257fa758c

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Crust was delicious.

OK ... this version probably too many toppings.

Once cut the crust got soggy of course.

So order a more basic topping to fully experience the excellent crust.

That's not italian style so why are they calling themselves pizza italy? Already false advertising. Also everytime I walk by that place it's always empty. Doesn't look like they are doing any delivery service either. At least I never see any delivery guys coming and going. Surprised they are still in business.

Here is a novel idea. Maybe it's time they should consider that it was a Thai or Thai's that did it. Now that they have wasted the first few precious days focusing solely only on foreigners...unbelievable.

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It's true that they tend not to want to blame their own but I seriously doubt it's a Thai. It's a very small island but lots of tourists coming and going. The odds are it's some foreigner that came in on a boat. If a Thai wanted to murder and rape tourists they could do that on the mainland just as easy with much less chance of getting caught. Seriously doubt some Thai living on the island would do that for the first time or that a Thai would go there to do that. Doesn't make any sense. Also, the incidence of Thais raping and killing tourists in general is extremely rare.

Tried Pizza Big in Naklua the other day. Was pretty good italian style imho. Reasonable prices. Opens at noon with other italian things on the menu including pastas etc. I would say it was as good with similar pricing to La Bocca in Jomtien for pizza (never tried anything else at either place). So either place would do depending on your location. Ambiance is similar but La Bocca may be a bit nicer fine dining type feel if that is of importance to you. Marinara was about 200baht and Ham and Pineapple was around 250baht as I recall. That seems to be what you will pay for italian style with good imported cheese pretty much anywhere around town.

Most if not all of the Thai pizza places such as Loaf Bakery use the cheaper local cheese which has almost no flavor. Cheese makes the pizza. Unless a place specializes in pizza or uses a lot of cheese such as an italian restaurant my advice is to avoid it because it is almost certain they use the local cheese.

If you don't want italian style then Pizza Company is the no brainer can't go wrong consistently good go to place if in doubt and of course they have their own reliable delivery service. They do use good cheese which is the most important thing. Don't like dining in with them. Often crying babies or kids running around. Service from poorly paid and trained Thai staff often lacking.

I don't do NY Pizza anymore. They seem to have changed their ingredients to save money and it's like eating sawdust now. Not sure what they did. Some speculation they use different flour and water down their pizza sauce. I think they still use good cheese but the other things are enough to stop me from going there anymore. Used to be my favorite.

I am not sure I have read whether the dna identified from the semen found in the female victim and/or on the cigarette butt was that of her boyfriend.

Now that the d.n.a. testing has supposedly eliminated all the "foreign" suspects the police should now start testing locals, including identifying and locating all those that have left since the incident. I doubt this will ever happen as it may unearth the real perpetrator and we all know that locals are never guilty of crimes against foreigners.

Odds of it being a 'local' as you call them are slim to none.