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Yes. I checked Retro 90s and Space Bar, both on the entertainment strip and with heavy-handed pop-rock live music that the millenials seem to prefer.

Hello, in case you're interested, at least for this Saturday, Jan 7, it seems that Sukothai Historical Park is open till 8:00 p.m. and that in the evening there is a market, but no light show. At the Historical Park's ticket center I first talked to a man behind the sign "Information". He seemed to speak neither Thai nor English, just pointed to one or other leaflets. The actual ticket vendor lady was much more lively and with our combined languages the above mentioned schedule was confirmed. No light show, but a market. How creative, how interesting ching-ching.

Hi, thanks again for the links, i posted free ads with pics on both these sites. Bahtsold has free ads that seem good enough, paid ads have extras. I didn't really know about these sites before.

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Thanks for good info! What I still need is a car wash, for inside + outside, that sticks to the times it promised, to return the rental in decent shape. Of course they are on GMaps. If you have personal good experience (New Sukothai), I'd be interested. Also thanks for mentioning a one-man band and canned western music in the chopper bar. Both are not interesting, but maybe the bar should be visited anyway, if not for the music.

Thanks. But I only do day trips by bicycle and carry the bicycle from town to town every 6 days or so by rental car. Not the most sustainable. 0ne thing is sure. From the lofty heights of their SUV cockpits, through tinted windows, Thais and expats alike look down aloof on dirty foreigners labouring in dust and heat on a, what, a bicycle. At least if you don't have shiny well polished race gear.

I'd certainly be interested in Thai style live music, but only styles for oldies: Luukthung/morlam pleua-chiwit (Carabao, songs for life) Not hip places with millennial music or folk songs. I might even trek to Pizzanoluck for live music (have car). 8 years ago I visited the Tawan Daeng there and was underwhelmed. Chopper Bar in New Sukothai is said to have live music - don't know which styles, days and quality?

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Hello, i read contradicting info on Sukothai Historical Park: - it's lit up EACH Saturday of the year and open till 9 pm - it's only lit up on special occasions (not this month) and closes at 5.30 pm each day I know there is/was special light at Loy Krathong and for the celebrations in July 2022. But right now? Do you have definite info about it? For that matter, if you know of other remarkable events this week or next week, i'd be interested. Carabao are touring N Thailand these days, maybe they play at the temples? Would be very fitting for some of their songs.

Hi all, thanks for some suggestions! In this post i didn't want to offer the bike and even tried to NOT sound like an advertisement, that's why i didn't include price, bike details, pics etc. I just asked about how to advertise/sell the thing. Been accused of "guerilla marketing" before on another forum when mentioning of brand had been unavoidable, so try to be more cautious now. As long as mod doesn't explicitly ok it, i would NOT make this thread a sale thread. I was asking for how to advertise it, and i wasn't aware of the Facebook groups.

Hello, after 6 weeks of bicycling in northern Thailand, i want to sell the mountain bike i bought at the beginning in TH, for around 40% of the price paid new*, in New Sukothai. The bicycle is fully functional and does have practical and commercial value. I still have the bill for that bicycle and the add-ons bought, or at least I have a photo of it. If I can’t sell the bicycle, I won’t despair, but the bicycle then should go to a good cause, not just to my hotel owner’s kids. Do you have any tips on how to sell the bicycle or – if I must – how to donate it? From my search I think there is no selling forum here on this site, except for motor vehicles? There is a selling-forum on pattaya addicts, but it seems not the market for my product and location. The guidebook says Sukothai has an expat bar, and maybe they have a bulletin board for private sales. Any other ideas? Are there bulletin boards in Tescos or Big Cs? Is Ebay worth the effort? I still have to check into my last hotel and will of course also ask the hotel staff/owner for advice and maybe for a Thai script ad. I am far from where I bought the bicycle and can’t ask the bicycle shop to buy it back. I speak basic Thai (including numbers and dates), but can’t read or write Thai. Thanks for your ideas! *trying hard to avoid sounding like a hidden advertisement.

Hello, about PT Taxi or Pattaya Taxi: There are two different web sites: - pttaxi - pttaxiservice Could you tell me which one you had the good experiences with? I don't want to appear as a guerilla marketeer (been blamed before), so you could send me the info as private message. Thanks!

Condo 1 owner requested me again to cancel the booking. I find it rather odd to let me book a thing (which was 1 hour of hard work on a wobbly phone, fighting 10000 popups and credit card requirements), have it confirmed and then insisting twice i cancel it.

Do you mean pttaxiservice dot etc? Thanks.

Hello all, thanks for your recommendations! I have a total Facebook aversion, but should be able to find Bella Taxi elsewhere also, or i take PattayaTaxi. Thanks again!

Hello, after some searching i am still not sure about a recommendable taxi service from Don Meuang airport to Pattaya or Jomtien. There are offers from Don-muang-transfer.com (1500 THB smallest car) Trazy.com (1720 THB smallest car) PTTaxi (1500 THB smallest car) Bosspattayataxi (1400 THB smallest car) Where do you get your DMK-Pattaya service? I fly in around 6 pm on a weekday, probably just in time for rush hour. I want a taxi from airport to my Jomtien location, not looking for advice on bus or skytrain; i have heavy luggage. Obviously, established taxi NamLadyDrivers don't service Don Meuang. PTTaxi worked well for me years ago on a different route, even if their English seems quite funny for a tourist-oriented website. What comes to mind? Thanks!

Hi all, thanks for more input!

I wonder why you all bash ME, the clueless potential renter. Why not bash the condo owners who rent out to holiday makers and know about laws and other condo owners' views onto short-term lets? I have the contacts of the condo owners, and they stay not far from you. You want those contacts and go beat them up? Instead of bashing me who knows nothing and just accepted a seemingly harmless regular offer on a widely used booking site.

Hi all, thanks for your opinions so far! Btw, AirBnB wasn't used, but Agoda and Booking.com. I had one previous rental with the owner of condo 1, which was totally smooth, and the owner was even helpful, allowed early check in, late check out, had a good area map, etc. Also the ground floor security seemed very used to holiday makers arriving with suitcases. Of course I am respectful to long-term renters there and will not make a party there or demand hotel style services. Several long-term renters there tried desperately to get into long talks with me, even though I was just a dreadful holiday maker.

Hello, I wanted to ask your opinion about two weird bookings that I made for condos in Jomtien, both bookings on well known booking sites for one week each, both confirmed by the booking sites with the usual confirmation messages, both still possible to cancel free of charge. I am not much interested in the legal or technical backgrounds. I just want to know how the stress-averse, mindless holiday maker should go about it. No hotel in the area is as interesting as a condo for me. Condo 1: Right after the usual booking confirmation, I got a private message from the condo owner saying the condo was not even available and if I could cancel my booking. I replied I will not cancel it and the condo owner said he would contact the booking platform to cancel it. That's the status quo. The condo owner had my contact from an older booking. What will happen next? Condo 2: After the booking confirmation for 7 days, I got a message on the booking platform from the owner that by law only rentals for 29+ days are acceptable, so I should cancel my booking. Then immediately another message on the booking platform followed, that he will accept my booking anyway. I should send him my passport and my private email address. He also mentioned his private email address in the message on the booking platform, obviously wanting to get away from the booking platform message system. That's the status quo. Could I get into any trouble here? Do you smell any rats here or is it usual? I had another Jomtien holiday condo booking 2 months ago (for 1 week), which was completely smooth and had none of these weird ongoings. Thanks for your real life experience!

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Hello, would you recommend a quiet country lodge on a village-edge somewhere around Lampang, Phayao, Phrae, Uttaradit? I (tourist) have a car + a bicycle and love small town life and bicycling across the countryside. Price best below 1500 THB. I don't need aircon and food on the premises, if outside food is available (esp I don't need breakfast). No hi-end wellness ghetto like north of Chiang Mai. Would love natural air in the room at night and nice bicycling (not next to big highways that act as barriers, not next to barracks or factories). Even better if there is something to do at night (live music for the elderly like luukthung, Carabao; cosy bar; not karaoke). Would love helpful friendly staff (I speak basic tourist Thai, but like anglophone staff). From browsing Google Maps, one option could be De Mala (https://goo.gl/maps/9EycoFWFG5UGBwNz5). I am sure you know some others that are difficult to spot from outside. Can also be an apartment/house without any hotel connection, but must have easy safe parking. Renting would be for a few days between Dec 24 and Jan 12, preferably via Booking.com or Agoda (not by phone). Aware it's the high season. Thanks!

Hi all, thanks again for all good support! We had a smooth meeting between Interchange and Exchange and an ensuing hike down Sukhumvit. Yes traffic was heavy (even on the pedestrian course). Thais didn't request a taxi and it didn't rain (yet), so walking was okay (and would have been a little easier from Phrom Pong, I know). Later we had BTS and SkyTrain to Nonthaburi, changing transport and ticket systems roughly 5 times. Even within the MRT alone there are various multitravel cards. Even locals agreed, as did the MRT staffer, it's not manageble for a mere alone tourist, so on my own I sadly must use taxi/Bolt/Grab on that route. Anyway thanks again for your help, helping to smoothly start a nice evening out with a diverse group.

Thanks again for all the suggestions. I looked at them on Google Maps including the photos and especially Landhaus, Natura Cafe and The Commons look great and atmospheric. Of course Landhaus and even more Natura Cafe are far out and i might go there without the laptop and include them in some kind of excursion. But they would be great for laptopping as well. Thanks again!