rocketdave

I was living on the South coast of England when I came back here to see if could retire here some three years ago. Many people I know asked me to send them a postcard so on my first full day here I sent a bundle of postcards from the Pattaya post office. No one believed I'd sent them until a month after I'd arrived home (I had been in Pattaya for a month) they all turned up on the same day, eight weeks after posting at a main post office. I have lived here on and off for over 30 years and the postal service can no longer surprise me!

I'm in the Arunothai area of central Pattaya, the bars here are all open air with tele sports and a large Chang or Archa ranges 65 to 75 Baht. I'm from London try getting a Pint of bottled premium lager there for that!

A little more than when in UK but as now 70 approaches at great speed with not so many teeth!

I miscalculated a stay in Pattaya some 18 months ago and a one day overstay. I got to the airport at 2ish in the morning, checked in asked where immigration was and was directed to an extremely lovely young lady who was 100% of the immigration at the time. I handed her my passport and had a five hundred note in my hand where upon she said don't bother and gave me a weeks extension!