LennyW

Why waste that ammount of money on a "box within a box" when you could have a huge sprawling estate with lakes, pools, massive house etc. etc.??

Don't have the phone number handy at the moment...

Also, is there really an issue with insurance company for LPG cars? Tks.

AIG does not insure when converted to gas.

I managed to get a letter from them stating that they will cover until my term expires, but after that they will not renew...

There is an article in todays Bangkok post stating that 70 or so insurance companies will now cover gas converted vehicles in a bid to further promote the use of gas.

Most of the well established agents are OK, a little research will let you know which ones have stayed the course, just search for Thai property on google and you will get the idea, the first one to come up is one of the best.

Pratumnak area has just as much crime as the rest of Pattaya city, not exactly the "beverly hills" it was once reported to be, the Thrapaya road widening project causing all sorts of problems in that area.

More and more foreigners, and a lot of long term expats, are preferring to move out of the city to the country areas where value for money in housing is far greater. The 2 main gripes about the city are the Traffic and Street crime - neither of which seem to be showing any signs of improvement.

If you want to PM me Jamie, i can give you more useful information that would otherwise be seen as advertising on this forum!!!

The radio advert says "you just plug it in and wait for your next electric bill to arrive" obviously sounds far too good to be true, if you look at the website they are promoting the product on - it would appear that you need one of these gizmos for every appliance you have in your home, no mention of that on their ad!!!

Forget it!

Only problem is, with all the negative comments about Pattaya on this forum, people might jump on the boat / hovercraft whatever to Hua Hin .. and not come back!!!!!!

ive checked classified and dont really wanna pay 35000 or thereabouts for a secondhand pool table so im after ideas where i can get one cheaper.anyone seen the ones you can put on top of dining table as this i suspect would be a cheaper option......i dont wanna spend too much as probabaly wont play that often but dont want a kids size one either,thanks for any help in this regard.......or maybe you have one for sale

I have one for sale, 8' x 4' good condition, c/w balls, cues, plywood cover, etc. looking for 32000, maybe still out of your range, but if not, PM me for pics/details.

New winery out by Buddha Mountain, Pattaya. I forget the name but are supposed to release their first wine, a new Shiraz, this month. A group of us with Pattaya City Expat Club took a tour last month and got generous large sample glasses and it was excellent.

It is called Silverlake Vinyard.

There is a large shop on the southbound side of Sukhumvit near the highway police, a lot of pumps / lawnmowers etc outside, i bought pumps from there - the lady that owns it is very helpful.

Or, there is a large diy shop on Chaiyapruek 2, more or less opposite silk road place, they have a lot of lawn mowers and strimmers etc.

Western Wholesale food group who have a butchery on soi Chaiyapruek 2, excellent pies, burgers etc, i am led to believe they have a retail outlet in Jomtien somewhere, but you can also buy their stuff at Freindship.

I used to be a Yorkies man until i tried this lot, all pies tend to be 10 Baht cheaper too!!

Enjoy!!

I have always used Home & Pool on 3rd road, reliable and established company, ive never had any problems with them.

Your price will depend on what style and size of pool you want, Overflow, Skimmer etc. and if you want Spa seat / Jacuzzi or not.

Good luck!

Khao Kheow Open Zoo. You'll make your partner happy by taking her back to nature.

This is a good one, but allow for a whole day, it just keeps getting bigger and bigger!

The first set of posts recommended Nong Nuch . Personally, been there several times and hate the place. Chimps locked in tiny cages without water. Tigers with their teeth and claws removed and sat in the sun for hours (I once got into a row with the keepers after I saw one of them hit an old tiger - minus its fight-back equipment and obviously quite old - so hard on the head with a large stone I hears he crack a hundred yards away, he then laughed aloud). The elephant show is expensive, and the so called culture show (dancing and crap sword fighting) is ridiculously priced (the farang prioce being ten times that of the Thai price when I last went).

Much better Elephant shows around.

I enjoyed Mini-Siam, but its only a do once thing and half a day at that.

If you "hate" the place, why have you been "several" times?

Khao Kheow Open Zoo. You'll make your partner happy by taking her back to nature.

Must have improved a lot since I went there. The animals were very difficult to see and the whole place a bit shabby. Mind you that was a LONG time ago.

If you fancy a temple visit try the one off the road to Sattahip (I cannot remember it's name for the life of me but I@m sure someone can help out). There is a Thai wat one side of a lake and a Chinese temple the other. From memory the Chinese one has a large model of the terracotta army plus other exhibits the Thai wat is worth a stroll around and you can go up inside the Chedi (?) and view the various relics. There is also another side lake stocked with catfish that you can feed. You could take this in with a visit to Buddha mountain which is worth a visit but not necessarily a special trip.

I know temple trips are not everybody's cup of tea but you can make merit for yesterday's visit to the soi 6 culture centre.

Wat Yansangarawan, or Wat Yan as it is known locally, easy to find from the signposts on Sukhumvit, and from there why not head to Khow Chee Chan (big Buddah image) and Silverlake vineyard, 5 minute drive from Wat Yan.

From my experience there seem to be a lot of expats moving out of Pattaya city to the country areas, not exactly leaving alltogether. Most of whom are saying the traffic situation inside the city is unbearable.

As far as the town being busy or not - people seem to forget that over the past 5 years or so there has been a dramatic increace in the ammount of hotels, bars, go-go bars, restaruants etc, so the customers/tourists are a lot more spread out around town, not necessarily less.

so where is the best place to buy some steak for a bbq?

Aberdeen!

Everybody keeps reffering to the road by the rail tracks as a "bypass", it was never intended to be a bypass, city hall term it as a "releif road"??? Initially there was also mention of this road being a "toll" road with exemption for locals/residents??, not sure how they would administer that one!

From memory too, the new road number 7 is supposed to have a link to Chaiyapruek 2, that is the reason it was made a lot wider a couple of years ago, there once was a "plan" on display at city hall!, the idea being that all Jomtien beach traffic would come in that way off #7 so as avoiding Sukhumvit - Pattaya.