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seems that some think it is no more than 5 mins in a taxi from central to soi buahkowon a day when 2nd road and side streets around 2nd road were total gridlock....it was tough that day to even walk from central to soi buahkaow due to gridlock...i do it every day and have never seen it so busy or congested....but certainly you could walk faster than a taxi could drive assuming you could even get through which in many places was not easy with cars and motorbikes and peds blocking the roads and sidewalks....and of course the taxi driver likely knows that if you get in and he sits and sits you may well get out and leave him sitting empty in gridlock traffic....so maybe realize you are not talking of "basically five mins in a taxi" ...overall on normal days in pattaya the baht buses and bolt and even most taxis provide fantastic value and will haul you around for dirt cheap prices......

There were literally tens if not a hundred or more thousand extra people in pattaya for the fireworks most of them Thais from bkk or other cities who drove down....traffic and parking was a complete zoo for the weekend and especially bad on second road as well as soi buahkow and beach road was completely closed along with several side streets for much of the time.....it was tough to even walk from hilton to soi buahkow as side streets were often gridlocked and chaotic to say the least....no big surprise that fares for taxis and bolt were through the roof as it was a super busy weekend so taxis reluctant to take any fare except maybe one wanting to go OUT of the city asap as the taxi would have sat in gridlocked traffic .....not sure that you wouldn't run into same gouge pricing at most any city in the world over a major weekend event.

Put all your $$ into pattaya beer bars...make sure title is in Noy's name. What could go wrong?

It never ceases to amaze me how many people will cross a road without even looking to see if cars/bikes are coming, stopping etc....not just in Thailand but cities all over the world. A lot of them seem fixated on looking at a phone, perhaps something very important like looking at a pic of someone's lunch choice. There are lots and lots of drivers who run red lights, ignore crosswalks, turn on no turn signs, drive wrong way on one way streets, etc. Why anyone would just assume that the drivers are paying attention, following common sense laws, not looking at their phone or tuning the radio. doing their makeup, eating lunch etc is truly a death wish mystery. My only surprise is that more people don't get hit, maimed, killed. Moms advice to look twice before crossing a street was and is still very good advice....in Thailand I would suggest look twice or more every direction possible then look again before you step off the curb.

good advice...bolt jomtiem to north bus station..bus to ekamai...bts to destination

They had those for loy kratong but i sure didn't see them or any other portable toilets for fireworks which was a crowd much bigger than loy kratong....depending on the few bars or even malls along beach road to provide necessary toilets for such a large crowd is really pretty pathetic...i felt extra sorry for so many families that had kids who no doubt needed a toilet over a four hour fireworks show....strange that a supposed world class fireworks event would not provide facilities.

Tips on growing outdoors? Have some fun experimenting and reading google but try not to become totally obsessed by so many details and theories that you forget to just be happy that most of what you grow will get you pleasantly high.

so if you live in a big condo does grab bring food to your unit or do you meet them in the lobby or how does it work? what is considered appropriate tip, fixed amount or % of order or?

the main fireworks barge was just across from klang but the food stalls and crowds covered pretty much the entire beach road ...they do it again tonight

What a zoo. Never seen so many people on Pattaya Beach as last night. Place was truly packed. Weird thing to me was lack of porta pottys. I looked but never saw a single one so needless to say there were tons of people who had to go into very crowded bars, malls, etc for a bathroom break . Not really conducive to sitting on the beach in a chair for several hours knowing that a bathroom is not even close to being convenient. Strange as I recall at Loy Kratong they had plenty for a smaller crowd? Did anyone else see any portas that i somehow missed or did the organizers figure everyone could just hold it in?

How were the biblical patriarchs able to live for hundreds of years before the Flood? Do you believe all the fairy tales?

Bozo the clown? Jerry Springer? Mike Pence? Elon Musk? Sarah Palin? Herschel Walker? The clown car is well stocked.

here we go again with the "hoax" crowd...tell that to two of my good friends who were healthy guys...but they bought into the it's all a hoax theories and refused to get vaccinated several years ago....both died horrible deaths from covid with hoses stuck down their throats...their wives got the shots and had no problems....

https://sgp.fas.org/crs/secrecy/LSB10275.pdf specific enough for you?

but but but he told everyone over and over and over that he is very very very rich....then for years he sends out emails to his cult begging for money......and of course he sucks millions upon millions more from his cult members who don't seem to be able to grasp the fact that he is a con man and they are being conned....amazing ignorance.....so now if his returns show he pays no taxes will that even register with the cult or will they claim it's all fake news, witch hunt, political, conspiracy theory, hillary or hunter stole all his money and forged his tax returns?

you need to work on your "recall" if all you saw was a Viking hat guy.....guess u didn't notice breaking windows, beating cops, bear spray, hang mike pence, and on and on all shown to you over and over in HD TV.....sigh.

Two little boys that grew up with a silver shovel in their mouth tweeting together....how cute.

https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/fx/BTCUSD/historical-prices feb 15 bitcoin 44,000 Nov 15....bitcoin 16,000

make a copy and send each separately?

Even fox "news" cut away after 40 minutes......it was same old tired BS, blame game, look at me and how wonderful i am blah blah blah.....hopefully even more Americans will say ENOUGH of all the lies, all the i alone can fix everything, i know more than the generals, i am very very very rich (please send $$ immediately), everyone who dares to disagree with me is an idiot, i only hire the best people and then fire them. every judicial investigation is a witch hunt, on and on ad nauseum....how many people have not heard all of the whining over the past 6 years really want to hear it all again?? If indeed being president is so very easy for a genius like trump why didn't he get the legislation passed and get things like immigration, health care, prescription drug costs, homeless, etc etc all fixed? Easy to sit on the bench and boo the quarterback and not so easy when you are the quarterback.

Don't tell them the truth...it gives them a headache. ... much easier to just blame biden for everything, ignore the fact that the entire world has gone through a horrendous shutdown from covid (remember it was a hoax anyway) and a new war in ukraine (thanks to trumps buddy Putin) has disrupted the entire economy...

When your own daughter refuses to attend your big announcement: Ivanka Trump skips father's 2024 campaign launch: 'I do not plan to be involved in politics'

Dear Trump: Just slink away to mar largo and start a new company to continue sucking money out of the MAGA bunch. Maybe Donnies Cool Kool Aide? Offer special discounts on pillows with every Kool Aide purchase. thank you

Agree. Just saying that I think just maybe more americans are realizing that ole joe is not some evil man and his agenda is to try his best to make america more civil and better for all americans.

I think Americans are finally starting to realize that Biden is a very experienced lifelong politician who has pretty much seen and heard it all and has a very good understanding of how it all works or doesn't work . He is a man who has laid his policies on the table along with plans as to how he thinks they will help everyday Americans. He has made it very clear that many of his policies will not show major results for months and years but of course many voters want instant results on every policy like a 5 year old who wants that ice cream RIGHT NOW. Of course some do not agree with all or any of his policies and proposals which is their right. However can anyone deny that he is a steadying force that says what he means and means what he says? I think Americans are slowly realizing he is a good and decent man that got elected during turbulent times and is trying his best to be a good and decent president. Something that hopefully every American regardless of party would prefer to chaos and constant name calling and lies.