Regyai

Sounds like a PITA for such small amounts

Dont you know a UK person with Thai interests and a Thai bank account? You deposit THB in his /He puts GBP in yours...no fuss/no muss/no fees

.

Fees are only one aspect

The different conversion THB/£ exchange rates used (depending on the magnitude of the transfer) may well dwarf the fees

Before you set sail in a rental see if it has full rental insurance (many 'smaller' renters just use normal insurance which doesnt actually cover anything if a rental situation)

Thepprasit is an evening market...go any other time and its shut.

Soi Buakhao is a daytime (rolled up n gone by 6pm) Tuesdays & Fridays at the SouthvPattaya Rd end of Soi Buakhao (no hospital in proximity)

Sent from my GT-I9152 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Worse still those gumps in fancy dress

Stopped in a mass docs check on Sukhumvit

A par broiled farang in a dayglo nylon suit with more badges than a boy scout convention proceeds to give me the gogo gaga baby bar speak - for christ's sake we are both ENGLISH!! I appreciate that these useless clowns cant utter a syllable of Thai language (thereby wholly negating their raison d'etre) but why the self enforced inability with their native language? Could it be that once divested of the 'bat suit' they are straight back to their natural habitat cooing 'me pay bar you' etc

.

I was not aware Paypal gave you an option not to cover it first.

When I do a Paypal withdrawal is only gives me the option to convert it to THB.

This

When I try to withdraw in GBP to my linked Thai Bank account...no way Jose - its THB or the money goes nowhere

Thepprasit as I said dwarfs Buakhaow (if you think otherwise refer to google maps or walk both of them)

Thepprasit is though teeming with Russians who descend there in force from all those way south of Pattaya hotels that package tour them in. Parking can be daunting there to the uninitiated (but at least it has extensive car parks if you know where to look - unlike Buakhaow where you will be hard pressed). If on two wheel take the center entrance go past the condo building and park in on the right hand side, on four wheels (anticipating loads of bags of buys) take the last entrance (towards the beach from Suk) use the condo buildings as your marker - youre turning in left just after the last one - straight in and park left or right at the end or onwards into the big car park further on.

OP - there are many markets all over the city as others have said. However, I find they all stock the same/similar items at the same/similar price. Seen one, seen them all.

The biggest one is arguably the Soi Buakhaow market or the Thepprasit weekend market.

True, but it depends how you like your Russians, tolerable or invasion strength

Thepprasit dwarfs Buakhaow market and offers many options to eat there as well in the quite extensive food section

Homepro 'hab promoshun' on Yale at the moment

But agree security can get very disproportionate here in Thailand when you can mount a 'bank safe' style multi point locking door unit into a wall made from single course cinder blocks - 10 minutes /two men/hammer could probably steal the door Then as said above - the windows, or the seldom overlooked lift to enter roof tiles.

.

In the countless times I've done this never once was the express really a valid option (due to timing) wait around some crazy length of time for the next express or just get on the next 'normal' one

Sit in it till the end o' the line (Phaya Tai) down the stairs & across to BTS

no problemo

In reality it probably does make perfect sense

It's just that as usual the interjection of what passes for journalism out here soon cures that

.

Plus the concept that 'speaking English with a British accent' is nowadays a litmus test of UK citizenship

there's a laugh in itself

Seriously

Holding up China or the torture chambers of 'uncle Bob' as the yardstick for police powers

Fortunately in the rest of the free world 'not doing a public service' isn't something that gets you locked up (lets be honest, if it were there wouldn't be enough jail space here to incarcerate every Thai public servant would there )

Non cooperation with the police.

Refusing to give evidence.

First one (even with the missing 'h') is again a crime where, and even if it was how is it enforced when a simple 'mai roo' would absolve you

Second one, ok if we accept 'perhaps' to mean stretching things to the edge of reason

Think you've answered your own question

Airport carpark, walk into terminal, lift to basement, down to train

Probably the most painless and with the least driver/Bangkok traffic interface

Just add this to the reasons I will NEVER go to Pattaya. Never been, never want to go, and I have lived in Thailand 2 years.

But yet you have taken the time post on a Pattaya forum

So it begs the question if you find the place so repulsive why are you reading and posting on a Pattaya forum then ?

Despite the incident occurring in Jomtien

Two whole years on the ground bygod he'll need somewhere to expound the expert aloofness n'est pas?

.

Indeed

or ask for French Mustard and they bring that yellow stuff

reason enough for anyone to open a vein

Holy kamoley

Farangs starting to discharge firearms at each other over 'business loans' not forthcoming

This could herald the golden days of investing in ammunition stocks and Pattaya funerary equipment

Anyone dined there?

Are the steaks really that bad?

Cant you just stay here and become a real estate agent or a financial advisor like all the others?

or some quality time on a sex offenders register then he could teach

Best for looks at the moment , without doubt Nissan Juke

Same thing here at supermarket

Cos you peel off from a stack of 1000's do these fools assume that somehow you cant add and subtract?

100 short changed & when challenged immediately handed over the shortfall without a murmur which equals an obvious tacit admission of guilt... so why the sour face when you call them a thief is beyond me

.

Im using W7 64 and all mine are OK and latest refreshes today

Have you tried a system restore to pre the problem?

Well you could be hard nosed, theyve brought the cash....answer is simple

I read this with great amusement from all responders.

There are two types of testing equipment used used by the majority of Police Jurisidictions worldwide including Asia.

Firstly the Lion Breath Testing Instrument - a positive reading (over the prescribed limit - usually a greater concentration of alcohol in the blood and essentially for the layman over 0.05%) advances you to an official test using more accurate instrument usually being the Draeger Alcotest Analysis Instrument. The difference is one costs about $5k the other $15k..

Equally, both are accurate as long as calibrated annually which is pretty much a legal requirement in any Policing jurisdiction with a calibration certificate to be produced in any court.

As their names indicate one is a testing instrument the other an analysing instrument.

The 2nd instrument is the only Instrument that is accepted by any court - world wide as it provides the following:

1. a self testing component that automatically tests that Instruments accuracy before the caught/responsible driver must blow into the instrument - if it is not accurate it will not proceed.

2. The details of the Operator (Police Officer), details of the caught responsible driver, and location, time and date of the test/analysis is captured ensuring - essentially points of proof pertaining to the offence.

3. A final self test of the instrument after the caught responsible driver has blown into the instrument to verify the instruments accuracy or not.

4. A print out of the above information herein, that can not be changed or altered after input.

The amount of blood alcohol concentration is individual to every person. Meaning that it depends on your size; how often you drink; what you drink; how well you dispell/disperse that alcohol naturally. NO calculator will provide this information and should be used as a general guide only. A blood test is the only way to accurately capture your blood alcohol concentration withing 12 hours of that session.

There is NO way to beat a breath testing instrument using straws, holding ones breath; breathing lightly or heavily; drinking water before hand - laughable.. The only way is by instrument failure or by another person providing a sample of breath for the caught responsible driver..

I recall only 1 responder to this topic and a follower providing an appropriate response. Regardless where you come from or where you now call home, if you plan to drink DON'T drive. I highlighted this topic with "responsible" driver but those that do drink and drive are anything other than responsible. Your putting your life, and those around you at risk for your choices being wrong.

There are defenses that allow for excuse provisions relating to driving whilst over the limit and usually in defense of a life or a life threatening situation but the process remains the same if caught and should only be raised in court with supporting evidence.

BY seasoned posters within this site making suggestion and condone the behaviours of both the responsible driver and some Thai Police I say this, anyone that equally as much offers a bribe or agrees to pay a bribe to ANY Police Officer for their wrong doing in the first instance deserves Gaol/Jail. You are also advocating and promoting corrupt behaviour that can be stamped out or minimized.. You being caught for drink driving is a blessing to get you off the streets.. As if there are not enough bad drivers in Thailand. You don't deserve to hold a licence if you drink and drive.

I have visited and lived in numerous Asian countries; stopped many times whilst driving merely for being foreign but have never been asked to pay anything, nor given a reason to be subject of a traffic infringement (fine) for any offence. After checking vehicle registrations and licence I was always allowed to go freely. On principle I would never pay any person and would challenge their system every time but thats me..

Spoken like a true conformaton (I suspect you actually stand by all that twaddle)

trust you checked that there where sufficient rules for you to adhere to before posting

.