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well this smart ass thread is assuming the guy that crashed a few days ago was drunk, I have yet to see any official statement on this, it is also a cheap idiots jib at me for commenting on the mechanical status of the rented bike and the fact that the road in question is very tricky, a poorly maintained machine would cause big problems...even wrong tyre pressure, so all who have commented here consider 2 things, was the person drunk ? have you ever been on a bike over 150cc, if you cannot give a definetive answer to either question then give your ranting a rest until you are qualified to make a comment

PS, if you are in the habit of riding around pattaya while drunk then you are an extreme danger to everyone including yourself, not very smart at all.

They will never get all his money, I'd be pretty sure a lot of is held in accounts round the world where the Thai government or anyone else for that matter can't touch it, even if in prison unless he is totally isolated by people who cannot be bribed he will still be able to fund his terror campain in Thailand.............evil evil man

I've been round that bend on my 1100 honda many times and it deserves a lot of attention because of the road surface, although very grippy it has a series of bumps due to the concrete surface that could easily cause an issue if taken too fast or the bike wasn't in prime condition with tyres and suspension, hope they both have a full recovery.

i'd love to look into this idiots background and see what else he's be up too both in Thailand and UK, I'm sure there's a sordid history to uncover, hope he gets locked up.....serves him right

since Thailand arrests and deports criminals of EU and USA why is Thaksin not being arrested and deported, he has been convicted lawfully in a Thai court so whats the issue, he should be arrested and deported to Thailand......maybe they don't want him !!

shocking is all I can say, I wonder if he has the sense to leave asap

does anyone here understand the words........law and order......and the right and duty the sitting authorities have to enforce it, if the government had acted sooner many people would still be alive right now.

The whole thing is a disgrace, organised and paid for by a lunatic, don't these people realise that Thaksin took all thier money, now he's using it to lead these people to destruction........what an evil man, hope he gets arested and deported from his hiding place to face the music

Anyone know of a good motor service center that has the ability to clean fuel injectors

anyone have service rooms for rent cental pattaya 9 dec - 25th jan give me a shout or single 2 bedroom condo or house

same story

Returned to pattaya after a long time away and was shocked to see this charge, all it does is encourage/force people to withdraw and carry larger amounts of money around, this must be a greater risk for muggings etc

Tourist trade down and Thailand makes it even more difficult.

I had an experience with Scott

He was doing the Book for my Bike which was to be Fully Authentic (not forgery or false - more expensive)

Half way through the process I found out from a 3rd party he was getting me a forgery and also the price he was charging me even for the authentic document was double what it should have been.

I quietly let him know that I new what an authentic document looked like and also the proper price.

Got there in the end but he did try it on big style

Always had a chat with him now and again, no real issues once you know what you're dealing with

i ride a large bike 1000cc+ and often travel at the same speed as the cars if not "slightly" faster, I have 2 points to make here,

the road quality on parts of the main road in the left lane are downright dangerous for big bikes

overtaking is done on the right of other traffic (same as at home in UK)

Two reasons why I can be found in the right hand lane

Regardless of all the opinions and debates on this thread about numbers and statistics there one simple fact, there are people that we all interact possibly every day that have HIV and are unaware, it is a symptomless illness until the individual has imune problems, this is not only in Thailand but throughout the rest of the world, there are most likely pockets of populations where it is more prevalent, to ignore this is careless and dangerous. What also concerns me in Thailand is the fact that after an individual takes the test as this article is encouraging people to do, what is the level of care for those infected.

Let's face it. Cheap beer and sex isn't likely to attract the gentry of Europe.

well you can drop the "cheap beer" quote for a start, in my experience most of the bars are charging the same as back home "UK" or even more when you consider current exchange rates etc, yes there are a few places that have drinks priced at what they should be here in Thailand but mostly they are taking the piss

Interesting thread, I think that pattaya is a tourist resort of sorts and attracts tourists, they come here on holiday and just like any other tourist resort in the world the locals try to make as much as they can while they are here, now the problem is - the only way to identify a tourist is simply they are not Thai and therein lies the problem, there is no consideration for Farangs that are actually living here but are also not Thai - hence we have some double pricing and mafia style organisations clubing together to maximise the falang rip off, I remember drinking in a bar in walking street which is often frequented by Thais, a bottle of beer for me was 130baht and looking at the bin of one of the Thai guys (which almost got me thrown out even though I new the guy and he freely showed it to me) his beer was 60baht (same beer) the reality is tourist or not we are going to be identified as spend happy falangs and be ripped off at every opportunity, the only place I see a difference is where I'm in a local that I use all the time, then there are perks.

Most large cities do have dangerous areas and most people find out where not to go before or just after they arrive, unfortunatelaty that is the significant difference when it comes to pattaya - there is no such area, you can become a victim almost anywhere even in the busy tourest areas where there are many people around, as advised above - be very carefull especially with the locals and especially at this time when I believe tensions are high due to the lack of money and the seamingly ever increasing drug problem

the 9000baht is the tea money

and they do use the existing line from TOT, TOT owns all the lines, your switch to TT&TEA should be a simple affair, make sure you tell them loudly you already have a TOT line.