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Espanol

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  1. Espanol posted a topic in Pattaya
    I'm looking for a professional knife sharpener in Pattaya. I don't mean a knife sharpening device, but a person who can sharpen knives professionally. Yes, I know Lazada sells many different knife sharpening gadgets, of all types and prices, but they can never compete with the results you get from a skilled professional.
  2. Espanol replied to Larkin's topic in Pattaya
    https://maps.app.goo.gl/tVVB5BGkEoKzrNot5
  3. Espanol replied to Larkin's topic in Pattaya
    https://maps.app.goo.gl/1ifN4tRErxdPmaLE6 Thip Clock & Watch
  4. You can help even more by also leaving a review on TripAdvisor.
  5. Be careful with that. Sometimes the opposite happens: the competition floods the site with negative reviews to try to get rid of them. But in that case, those are usually comments from people who haven't reviewed any other place before, and that's their first review.
  6. Yes, I have to go try it. I'm not familiar with Burmese food, and from what you've said, that place is definitely worth a visit. Thanks as always for the information.
  7. If you look at the review history of the people who wrote the review, almost all of them have no other reviews than that one for that restaurant. They probably forced all the staff to sign up to review the restaurant and give it 5 stars. I no longer read reviews from people who don't have more than 100 reviews published on different sites.
  8. If you look at the review history of the people who wrote the review, almost all of them have no other reviews than that one for that restaurant. They probably forced all the staff and their families to sign up to review the restaurant and give it 5 stars. I no longer read reviews from people who don't have more than 100 reviews published on different sites.
  9. And unfortunately, Burger King is adjusting its quality to that of McDonald's: before they were good burgers, now it's the same thin, plastic garbage as McD.
  10. Espanol replied to TaaSaparot's topic in Pattaya
    T.T. Currency Exchange - Central Branch https://maps.app.goo.gl/N1nwgdxRvekSs1ey5
  11. Many people are finally seeing the light, as the results of the last elections demonstrate. The problem is that the party that won was dissolved, and its leader disqualified, by those who truly hold power in the country.
  12. He was Black, a second-generation immigrant. Although some media outlets only highlight that he had British nationality.
  13. Espanol replied to TaaSaparot's topic in Pattaya
    It's on the street level, regardless of what you call that in each country (ground floor, first floor, or whatever). Right next to the entrance to the Hilton Hotel. As for the exchange rate, which is the important thing, it's nothing like the great rate at SuperRich at the airport and it's even worse than TT's.
  14. They look more Europeans every year. Unfortunally, not in many things, like security, traffic,...
  15. In Spain we do. Plus Christmas, plus Eastern, plus Halloween, plus some bank holidays,... and public servants even more. Plus 1 day increased holydays every 5 years at work. When I retired I already had 2'5 months holidays.
  16. Actually 3: they also celebrate Chinese New Year.
  17. Well, the truth is, it's working: cars, motorcycles, and food carts must park outside the white line, and the area between the white and yellow lines is reserved for vehicle traffic, which is now barely interrupted, except for brief stops by songtaews to load and unload passengers. I was there last night, and traffic was much more fluid, and curiously, everyone was respecting the rule of parking outside the white lines, and almost no one was overtaking across the yellow lines.
  18. Actually I'm in Indonesia now and prices are about 50% of Thailand. Hotels, restaurants, shopping, souvenirs, taxis,... Do they expect tourist going to Pattaya or Phuket when they can go to Bali at half the price? And everyone is nice, respectful and smiley as in Thailand before.
  19. It is. I'm not going to pay 25% tax on my pension. For that, I'd be better off moving back to Spain: I'd pay less tax and be eligible for Social Security. There are many equally good places in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Latin America where I'd pay much less or nothing at all. And on top of that, most of those places speak my language or English.
  20. Go to another country and never look back.
  21. We're assuming they're suicides, but what percentage of these flights into the void are actually suicides? Aren't some/many of them "Putin-style" suicides? Is the suicide rate in Pattaya really that high? And they always do it by jumping into the void. In the rest of the world, it's rare for people to jump into the void, even in much larger cities, but here it seems to happen almost daily. News reports about these suicides always end with "the police will investigate the cause of the crash," but then nothing more is heard about it.
  22. It is the typical retirement visa
  23. What do I need to do to get a 5-year license instead of a 2-year one?

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