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First there were Americans, then the Brits, now its Russians, Indians, and Chinese. Just be patient, and wait ten more years, it will be some other nationality. At least the Russians dont talk Football all day and night!

If you were so impressed about it, why didnt you mention what the hell its all about? Also could say where it is.

Last year, was with some friends at Ban Amphor beach, and there was an elephant begging, or rather its owner was begging. My friends had a baby, and was letting it play with the elephant. I tried to warn them, that elephants are dangerous, but since they were Thai, they didnt worry about it. People think they are helping the elephant, by buying it food, but they are only helping the owner, since he is the one selling the food.

Beach erosion is in many parts of the world, and usually its all man made, but they usually come up with a solution, which usually involves bring in more sand, by truck or dredging, building break waters, but sand bagging seems like something you do after a typhoon, not to make a HUB resort. The new sand at Jomtien is also slowly but surely, moving out to sea, same with Bang Saray. Beaches are natural, and made by nature, something has gone wrong with the planing and so now the sand is moving away. Probably the beach is now too narrow and steep, so no way the sand can stay there, it wants to go down hill! The beach road and buildings have taken up all the beach.

I just cant see people coming to Thailand, to lay on sand bags, or stay in a hotel, and have a sandbag view!

For some strange reason, even newly build buildings, have to be worked on, changing the walls, tiles or whatever. Everywhere you can see newly constructed houses, almost finished, then they demolish them. I have seen concrete slabs demolished, before the cement has had time to dry. Cant figure the economics of this type of work. Is it actually that labor is so cheap, that no one has to plan anything, easier to just change it, after its built?

If you mean the walk way, just north of pattaya beach, I think its been collapsed forever, at least dangerous to walk on. It is strange, that seems no one cares or is responsible for the beaches. The city gives out new umbrellas, but doesnt really do anything about the quality of the beach. There are only two reasons why people come to Pattaya, one is the beach, the other is..............well, we all know what that is. Even the other reason is losing ground, since all the land is bought up to build hotels and condos, so the cheap land that the bars are on, has to give way. If the beach and beach road cannot be fixed, then there is no hope for the rest of the city.

Most countries are taking phone booths out, since everyone has a cell phone now. If some phone booths are still needed, then why do they have to block the sidewalk?

I was on beach road yesterday, first time in months, and couldnt believe the north end of the beach. Is this the solution for the beach erosion, SANDBAGS! This project started months ago, and not much has changed, except getting worse. There are palm trees that are ready to fall on somone, and the concrete wall could fall down any time. One would think that they should block off that section of the beach, so no one would be injured, but then that is normal here. I just cant figure out the sandbag idea, and where they are going with it.

like to know where your wifes bar is, of course outside of pats is always cheaper.

The party is not in my area, so can someone comment on the parking there? I would rather take the truck, but if parking is a problem, then I will take the bike.

There is a shop on Soi Siam, that has a bunch of side cars in the front of the shop. If I remember correctly, it is on the left side of the road, near the market place, (old market). There were about 7 side cars outside today.

Did someone mention something about HUB or rice? A 10m tone of rice would set a world record in "fried rice". China couldnt even break that record.

Probably cannot be charged, since they have a special protection plan.

If the 2000 baht was too small amount to kill someone over, then what would have been enough for him to kill someone?

With the backlog of white plates, it might take forever for every bike and car to have them. I just dont see how police can find stolen vehicles, when all you have to do is remove the plate, and no one cares, unless its a traffic checkpoint.

Red plate log book? Never heard of it. My bike sure doesnt have one.

My proof of address has always been the electric bill or cable bill. No one has ever told me, they "prefer" something else.

I can guarantee you, that 10k wont get what your looking for, and it needs to be hard wired, not just a plug in. Everyone around here has tanks for the water, so if you have a power cut, you will still have water for several days, gravity feed. But why would you worry about having the capacity to keep your pool going? Thats not much of a priority, is it? For the bore hole, a small generator would do, but to power the whole house, then thats a whole different system.<br />By all means, you need a contractor to do this work, not som jai, down the street.

I think going around and "Smacking" people for driving badly, will more than likely, get you a stay in the Hilton.

Well, if half of what she said was true, then the police should have the dealers bank account number and his telephone number. So what is the problem in catching him?

Were you thinking for the power shortage next month? That will be some expensive electricity if that what your thinking. Not sure its even easy to hook up, or rather the problem comes when the power supply comes back on. I heard that it wont even effect Pattaya area. I just try to survive when the power is off here, sometimes for a day, but then I dont open the fridg much then, but just try to live with it.

Im sure you meant mosquito Screens, be easier for someone to reply, if they knew what you meant. Seems to be shops all around that make alu windows and doors, and they should also provide screens, at least on the east side.

Hey, was that some kind of joke, about looking at the Thai passengers, and if they are sleeping, then its a safe driver?? You are certainly in another world. First of all, how many Thai go on visa runs? And did you know, that all Thai sleep as soon as they get in a car, and that sometimes includes the driver!

My gf's brother comes here once a month, gets stinking drunk, then drives 150km back home, with his daughter in the car. No one ever says anything to him about drinking and driving.

Another point, but dont know if its true or not, that Thai traffic fatalities are only counted if the victim dies at the accident, so if that is true, then the total number of fatalities is much higher.

Sorry Marstons, wrong call on my part! Hope we meet at the party!

What happens when two idiots meet?

The thread was about minivans, not other vehicles. If you ask me, there is no Thai that knows how to drive. How could they, there is now real driving test, no real drivers education. But the fact is, a minivan is for paying passengers, so should be subject to a bit more regulation. If someone says minivans are safe, then he truly does live in another world. Having a minivan on your ass, flashing his lights, and passing on a curve, is just normal for them.

Yes, the road surface from Bira towards Bkk, is a piece of shit, and you either have to take the side with the holes, or race to get onto the faster lane.

I have been on a few minibus rides, and they all have the same theme, fast driving and pass everyone on the road. The problem is that its not easy to just jump off and take another vehicle, since visa runs are not that simple, and the driver usually has your papers! When you book the tour, you cannot just say, "I want a good slow driver". They will always tell you they are good drivers, and even if you called the company, they wouldnt do anything. When I go to the airport from Pattaya, I always take the Bell bus. They drive slow and carefully, but they dont always fit my flight time, so have to take something else, but not a minibus!

There seem to be issues with out of province, for some, its a big problem, for others, a small problem. But if your out to save a few thousand baht, then all these small problems may add up to big money. The bikes at the auction cannot be test driven, and no guarantee, so your taking a chance. Unless your an expert on bikes, then I would avoid the auction, just buy from a private person, and test drive it.

Of course now days, you may have to ride around on red plates for half a year, so maybe no big thing, driving at night.