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Just what was "bad" ( for farangs ) about Pattaya in early 90s? The great stink was gone, the beach walkway was actually pleasant to walk along, traffic was within reason given size of roads, no wanabe farangs dressed up like cops, though Walking Street had yet to eventuate, and even when it did they didn't for some years, crime against farangs was minimal, baht buses were cheap, I don't recall floods on the scale of now, Buakhao was just a narrow street somewhere, and people were mainly happy, far as I saw. While it was many years ago, my memory isn't so bad that I'd only remember the good bits. If I had any complaint about those times, it was that the bus service from Ekamai took over 4 hours and the buses were apparently rejects from other companies.

Indeed. Does anyone with a life care about her butt? I only came on here to see what the fuss was about.

LOL. I won't watch anything with Roberts in it now, and Clooney fell off my list of actors to watch a while back.

Watched "The good nurse" this morning on Netflix. I was interested because I am one ( retired ), but all I did was pick holes in the nursing practice, so gave up. I know they are actors, but the company could have hired real nurses to advise them.

Oh, so that's why my antivirus has saved me so many times, because I'm less safe! 55555555555555555555555

Surprise, not. It's hardly going to be a big thing in the land of happy endings, and as said, any will probably offer to walk on one's back. I imagine any local would get wife/ daughter/ son/ gf etc to do the job, and I can't imagine many tourists arriving with any more than traditional massage in mind. As said, do it the pre internet way and look around. Good luck.

LOL. Apparently Malaysian men used to come to Hat Yai to party. I wonder if 1 million refers to 1 million different people, or less that visit multiple times.

The land doesn't cost 40 million, and you can get the money back after 3 years, but you knew that, didn't you? However, under rule #1 never buy property in LOS, I won't be rushing out to buy anything, even if I could.

Correct. My sister had to end renting to tenants and move into the house herself as government making it too expensive and rent would have been too high for tenants to pay. She had been renting herself in a more convenient location to work.

Not if it's a Thai passport.

Last time about 4 years ago. Went to Penang. I doubt it's changed much.

Could include a great many countries in that category. Are they all "stone age"?

Patpong became more about bag shops and the horrid night market long ago, but the reputation probably lives on. It used to be great, but I stopped going there because it was just useless for Gogo, and the upstairs places were notorious for rip offs. Nana was waaaaaay better and safer.

What a load of twaddle! Don't want trouble, don't punch other people- simple.

I get the impression his wife is Thai, so when he talks about "taking back" I think he means "back to Thailand". I thought he meant "back to the US" at first too.

How could you put a m'bike in a suitcase? You might be able to put it in a few suitcases, but the excess baggage charge would make buying one in LOS cheaper. Edit. I see that was a joke. I did once take a kitchen sink back home with me from Thailand, so thought it was being serious.

I don't know if YOU have to stay overnight. I didn't one time, and another time I stayed on Penang a couple days. You'll have to find out about how long you have to stay from someone else.

No, I said probably, and they don't have to have wifi. The ones I stayed at had a computer you could use, but no wifi. You could always ask on line if they have wifi. Some places I stayed at only had electricity for a few hours in the evening and no internet. If you want all that, stay on Samui and pay a lot to stay in a flash resort. Places with small huts are nice, but don't always have hot water, tv, AC or even 24 hour electricity. You get what you pay for- want mod cons...... pay more.

???????????????? I'm not saying you need to do anything- that's up to you. Going to Malaysia is easiest from Samui or Phangan. Penang is in Malaysia. Visa exempt to Malaysia is the same as visa exempt to Thailand.

I said probably, and I don't understand what you mean with What is this? An explanation might help.

More small huts on Phangan, nicer island, less expensive. North East has best beaches. Probably all have internet but don't know about wifi. Don't need aircon.

Ferry to mainland, bus to railway station, train to Malaya ( Penang if don't want to stay near border ), return same way. Helps if have visa exempt entry to Malaysia. Do you even need to stay a whole day? I went, crossed border, came back straight away. Was only in Malaysia about 1/2 hour.

IMO China is more important to Thailand than the US.

Ah, so it's all about self interest then? Who cares if an Asian government is killing loads of it's own people so long as it's not affecting us? I have to differ. I do think it's as bad as what Russia is doing, but seems not many others do. Pity none of the contestants in that pageant hadn't said something about Burma when they had the chance, but that wouldn't attract media attention, would it?

Never heard of the cold war then?