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Is it officially 10baht on the white Sukhumvit baht buses?  Had a driver yell at me the other day demanding 20 baht.  I just said sip baht and walked away but he made a big stink about it.  I didn't go too far.  From Chaiyuaphruek 2 to Pattaya Klang.

Not happy about the service at Taco Taco just off Klang near Buakao.  I ordered the chips and salsa appetizer to snack on with my margarita.  She asked if I wanted a chip refill (there was still plenty of sauce).  I said sure.  What she didn't tell me was that she was going to charge me for a whole other chips and salsa. 

There was no indication whatsoever there would be a second charge for another chips and salsa.  I had actually been there a few days before and they did the same thing and there was no charge.  It was exactly the same waitress too.  Not cool. 

No matter what it is, they will find a reason to sell you a bunch of pills.  I think that's a clinics main objective.

On 10/28/2019 at 2:30 AM, fhickson said:

your right. just ordering beers there and getting wasted feels a bit off. cant really figure out why though.

 

its just a bunch of tables. the streetside tables may be an option if you just want to drink, since you are removed from the interior area and are not just staring at other diners there for the food. could also be the lighting  the bright light does not feel conductive to a bar area or what most are used to for that.

Maybe it's the lighting.  Bright cool white flourescent office lighting (not sure, just remember it being really bright in there) isn't exactly pleasing drinking lighting.  Should be warm white and not flourescent and not so bright.  Should really be that way for a restaurant too if you want it to feel a little more relaxing.

14 hours ago, wasabi said:

I know full well the official N95 masks are the only ones that offer full protection from small particles but I found if those aren't available the surgical masks offer some benefit. Probably 30% as effective as the rigid masks but better than nothing. If I at least wear one of those I don't wake up with a sore throat with one I am at least spared that.

From what I have read, surgical masks are designed for keeping your mouth-borne germs from getting onto other people, not the other way around.  They are not designed for filtering incoming air.  If not for any other reason than the fact they do not seal over your face.  So the air just comes in around the edges. At the very least, you need a hard shell mask that seals around your face, even if it is no N95 certified.

On 10/16/2019 at 11:52 PM, gaviny said:

As of only late August I had signed up for 1mbps unlimited data and it is truly unlimited , before that I had the 6mbps unlimited also.

Truly unlimited only because there is only so much data you can use at 1Mbps vs 6Mbps.  

On 10/26/2019 at 11:31 PM, JHolmesJr said:

Try not to send any dick pics using LINE...at least with ur face in them...u never know.

Any free service is making money by collecting all ur data and selling it to someone.

Line is encrypted end to end.  No middlemen, not even someone at LINE, can see your conversations and media content.

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When Letter Sealing is enabled, messages are encrypted on the client side before they are sent, and the content cannot be decrypted, even on LINE's servers.

https://linecorp.com/en/security/encryption_report

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

Had 33 AQI inside this morning, when the Xiaomi Pro I ordered came. At 11 now. I can feel my throat stopped itching. There's something in the air, not sure what.

Consider getting a HEPA filter (air purifier) for your condo/apartment. 

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-indoor-hepa-filters-significantly-pollution.html

13 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Quite lame. Nearly every time I see someone complaining, or observing a shortfall about the policies here, or the culture, some guy who has not taken the time to think things through, nor to devote any time, study, or focus on the issue at hand, says something like "Perhaps Thailand is not for you", or "maybe you should leave", or "it's not fair", or the top prize, "if you do not like it here, go back to your own country". 

 

Why? Because I have some issues with the place, I am not entitled to complain, or voice my opinions? Half of the posts on this forum are complaints. What is wrong with that? Don't we need someplace to vent? Why the sensitivity? Why such thin skin? Though absolute contentment must be a beautiful thing to be blessed with, it is not something most of us enjoy. The fact that I complain does not mean I do not love Thailand, my lifestyle, and most of the Thai people. I have a good life here. But, I do have some issues with the place, as most do, and I do not like the government, and there are some things I would like to see improved. Do you not see any room for improvement? I should leave because I complain? 

 

I do not live in Pattaya. But, I do live in Thailand. Why such thin skin? Where is your self esteem?

Today I learned that people who incessantly complain and blame Thai's for everything, including their current situation in life, without contributing to the discussion whatsoever, are not the ones with issues.  It's the people who point that out to them.  Rrrright.  ????

Here are a couple things I have learned from years of having this problem every time I come to Pattaya.  The most effective is to reduce the amount of outdoor walking.  When you walk you breath at least 10x more air and therefore 10x more air pollution.  For me, not walking outdoors is not really an option because I like to walk everywhere instead of renting a bike.  So I try walk along the beach as much as possible.  The air tends to be cleaner there because of offshore breezes.

Most of the problem (at least for me) seems to come from walking along busy traffic roads near all the exhaust fumes and the PM2.5 particles they emit.  I have found that one of the worst areas for developing that dry hack is from walking along 3rd road. So I avoid walking along that road as much as possible.  I have also noticed I get that problem when walking along the busier areas on Soi Buakao.  So now I avoid walking on that road as much as possible and take a baht bus instead.

The other thing you can do is get one those N95 masks from a hardware store like the Home Pro in Big C Extra. They are not the same as surgical masks. They are more of a rigid shell that covers your face. You need the mask to fit tight for it to be effective.  Don't waste your time with the surgical masks all the Thais wear.  They are not designed for that and completely useless.

On 10/21/2019 at 6:22 AM, spidermike007 said:

A world class beach resort? Why on earth would you even consider saying that?

 

You want a world class beach?

 

Tikehau Island, French Polynesia. Can't decide whether you want white- or pink-sand beaches? ... 

Dreamland Beach, Bali. ... 

Bathsheba Beach, Barbados. ... 

Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. ... 

Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda. ... 

Harbour Island, Bahamas. ... 

Blue Beach (La Chiva), Vieques, Puerto Rico. ... 

Trunk Bay, St. John, USVI.

Maipio Valley Beach, Big Island, Hawaii

Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos

Lindquist Beach, St. Thomas

Palm Beach, Aruba

Honopu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

 

Any mention of any beach on the Gulf Coast of Thailand, within the same sentence as paradise, is mere hyperbole, and an outright lie. Total fabrication. Fiction. Political and tourism nonsense. Let's get real. 

 

Granted there are some very nice beaches between Pranburi and Ban Saphan Noi, with very few people on them during the week. But world class? Hardly.

 

 

Why are you here then?  I'm sure those places have their own forums somewhere.

I have looked around a lot and it's pretty hard to find the combination of things Pattaya has to offer.   It's not just about white sand beaches but it all depends what you are looking for.  Sounds like Pattaya is not your kind of place.  So maybe you should leave and stop posting here.

10 hours ago, car720 said:

Am I the only one seeing this.  He was to be impeached for his goings on in the Ukraine but now he has done a deal?

These announcements he likes to make trying to show what a great businessman he is don't mean much.  And he tends to make them when he is trying to distract from other things.  It's either this "look at me I'm a stable genius" kind of stuff or hating on immigrants and talking about his stupid wall that will never be built.  He's traitorous human scum and will hopefully be removed soon, one way or another.

On 10/5/2019 at 12:52 AM, Nyezhov said:

I would just like to ask the more sophisticated  expats here if they have ever heard of a farang getting busted with weed and being put on  "probabation".

 

Dude, if you are telling us all this bull*** about how you get legal weed here in Thailand, do me a favour...walk to the Police Box in Thong Lo with your marijuana card on a lanyard around your neck and fire up a fat doobster right in front. Dont bogart it, maybe the cops want a toke. Let me know how it goes.

 

Oh Im sorry, only oils are legal. Thats OK, stop by Nana and buy a dab rig and wack down some oil instead of a doobie. 

You are confusing smokable oils with oral oils.  They are not the same thing.   You cannot smoke/vape oral oils because they have additives that are not designed to be burned.  Most legal oils are oral oils.  Especially if it's for medical use because it has a much longer lasting effect.

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Actually, a major mall in JOMTIEN is needed. Much of the congestion going back and forth Jomtien - Pattaya is to and from the Pattaya MALLS!

The new mall is supposedly going to be in the southern district of Pattaya.  But that doesn't really narrow it down much.

3 hours ago, ivor bigun said:

Oh boy another mall ,Pattaya needs it so badly,

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I know, another mall totally kills this TV narrative (obsession) by some that Pattaya and all the malls in it are totally failing.  So yea, sucks to be you.

Has anyone figured out where this is yet?  CP Group definitely bought a huge chunk of land in South Pattaya somewhere and they are apparently planning to build a 480,000 sqm mall that ties in with the new high speed rail link they just won approval for.

Get ready for even more growth folks.

https://insideretail.asia/2019/07/05/charoen-pokphand-group-to-build-pattaya-mall/

It is being built by the Charoen Pokphand Group.  They said that it will be tied in with a huge new mall development they are planning to build.  A 480,000 sqm complex in Pattaya somewhere.  I googled around but have not been able to figure out where that will be.

https://insideretail.asia/2019/07/05/charoen-pokphand-group-to-build-pattaya-mall/

https://www.chiangraitimes.com/thailand-national-news/news-asia-thailand/high-speed-rail-link-from-bangkok-to-pattaya-green-lighted/

If you think Pattaya has grown too big too fast already you haven't seen anything yet.

2 hours ago, brucec64 said:

330 ticket price - the exact amount the Pattaya taxi mafia will charge for the last 2km from the station to home...

 

 

Walk me through that, umm, logic.  Have you heard of Grap App?  There will also probably be a baht bus route depending where the station is.

So you found 'a bar'  somewhere that did this.  Seeing as how you literally have hundreds if not thousands of bars to choose from you could not just, you know, go to another bar?

On 10/19/2019 at 1:55 AM, johng said:

Looks strangely familiar

(here are some from 2005 Déjà vu )\\

They already completed several sections and have poured a lot of the concrete over them.  Why are you just taking pictures of the unfinished sections?  Could it be that you are trying to sell a narrative that this is yet another (imaginary) Thai failure?  Like the imaginary tunnel construction failure this board was obsessed with until that (shockingly) turned out to not be true.  Now I guess you all are going to obsess about this imaginary failure.

BTW, this drain pipe upgrade construction is apparently going the entire length of Beach Road all the way to Dusit Thani.  It is scheduled to go on till at least February so yes, it is scheduled to be going on during high season.  However, it looks like they plan complete the current section around Royal Garden and Walking Street before then because they have done a lot of that already including pouring concrete over the new drain pipe.

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Nah, I buy the same thing from Buakhao market for 180 baht after a good haggle!

Should we tell (^) this guy they are knock offs because apparently he thinks those 180 baht name brand shirts are totally real.  And if it were a "good" haggle you could get them for 150.

I don't know any Farangs who like to stay in Unixx.  Anyone I know on that side of Walking street is usually up on Pratamnuk hill or in Jomtien in one of the ViewTalay condos.  You pretty much need a bike or car on Pratmnuk hill but can easily just use Baht buses if staying in ViewTalay condos in Jomtien.   

I think there are lots of Russians staying in Unixx and it is close to walking street but that's about the only good thing about it as far as I can tell.  You are not going to be spending all your time on Walking Street, especially during the day and it's a ways from any decent beaches and variety of restaurants/grocery stores from there.  Wouldn't be my first choice but up to you. 

For me, I would prefer to be in "Center Condo" or "The Base" or in those general areas if I wanted to be close to walking street and the beach as well as easy walking distance to daytime places like the malls and restaurants and next to baht bus routes.

The ultimate convenience would probably be ViewTalay 6 right next to Center Festival mall and the beach and about a 15 minute walk to walking street but that's probably going to be above your budget.

I need good internet too.  That's not really a problem anymore with 4G mobile data which has good coverage and signal all over Pattaya now.  So as long as you can get good 4G signal in your room that is a good option or backup if the room wifi is not so great or not so realiable for whatever reason.