barrybike

day light robbers they are at least dick turpin had the decency to wear a mask when robbing people ...........

i think central festival is good for the area and it is a good shopping mall....what are ye all complaining about ...youd swear there wasent enough beer bars in pattaya for you to go to...eventually there wont be any beer bars along beach road ,it will be all developments like this......if you lived in a remote part of thailand you would be greatful to have a place like this on your doorstep to go to shop ,look at movies,eat etc

Thanks for your suggestions... im coming over on a multi visa so will be staying for 15 months and my buedget is 50- 60 thousand baht to rent a condo... i looked at naklua and that seems a really nice place to live.. anybody know any estate agents in pattaya to look at on the net...

I will give you a good tip....don' t do anything til you get here.

Stay in a hotel for a week a take a good look around and you will get a good idea of what is available.

As for View Talay if you like housing commision style places they should suit you fine.

agreed with tolley..take your time ,dont do anything until you get there ..look around and see where is the best situation for you.....if you arev staying there for 15 months you will be better off around the naklua area or jomtien ...

saturday is usually the biggest day at any event..but friday would be good for looking around at everything at ease because the crowds wouldnt be as big...........

the man needs some help..and by the way there was a priest there with him..my sister in law is a reporter with tv5 and she was telling my wife about it,i think they were sending him back to ireland the next day

and if winning the grand slam wasent enough .bernard dunne became the new wba super bantamweight world champion last night too by knocking out ricardo cordoba in the eleventh round........

and to finish off the day ireland have a new wba super bantamweight world champion .bernard dunne....he knocked out ricardo cordoba in the end of the eleventh round.....

hi all ive 150 rai of rubber trees in dan sai ,loei ,little over 12,000 trees sowed , they are going on 2 years old now ........do any of ye have a rough idea what we will get back from them when they are ready to harvest , i suppose another 3 or 4 years time they will be getting ready to take rubber from them .......

any information would be great thanks ,,,,,,,,,barry

From SAP's earlier post: "400 kg/rai is still a conservative yield. 600-800 kg/rai are consistently achieved."

So this is the harvest. Times that with your forecasted price of rubber (crystal ball gazing) and you will have your revenue. Take the expenses from this figure and you should have your gross profit. As others have pointed out the expenses can vary wildly based on many things so difficult for anyone else to advise you on.

Sounds like you have a big project underway. Good luck with it and let us know how things work out. Any photos?

thanks yes i will put some photos here ,my wife took some on her camera..........

Hello Barry

Sounds like you have gotten into rubber in a big way and not done much homework. How much you get depends more on you then the trees. Do you live on or near the plantation.If not you will get what [ whoever is running the show] gives you. Not much I would bet. As I have said before, you can't be an absentee land lord,you can not control anything, money you send for fertiliser etc can just go into someones pocket. Your workers will sit round drinking etc. and you are talking a lot of money to maintain 150 Rai of rubber.

On the bright side when all the trees are up and running and you are getting your true returns, even if it is not run very well, you should get over $50,000 US a year.

The whole rubber game is a mine field for the unwary, thats why you see such big differences in the price of mature plantations, A plantation of 150 Rai of good trees on good land with proper title would be worth [on paper] over 1.5 million US. Bad trees bad land bad title would be worth the lumber value.

Hope thats not too depressing a reply, hope it all goes will, best of luck JIM

hi james ,thanks for the advice ...the land is good ,very good soil ,and we have the proper land title ,so thats not a problem ..we are not there full time yet as me and my wife are still working in ireland to pay for all of this ,im in pub business here in ireland although i do have a diploma in amenity horticulture...ive some experience of what im doing, we are lucky enough because my wifes sister is taking care and overseeing the fertilisering and keeping the ground clean etc...we will move there in a few year ..as we will have to as you say to take care of it......my wifes family are fairly experienced in rubber trees as all of them have rt land in south thailand ,tung song..my wife heard alot of southerners were selling up what they had and buying way more land in loei for smaller money a few year ago..and the climate there too suits them ...chang beer company have 1000 rai of rubber trees sowed there too ,their trees are 3 year old now....im still 35 years old so no rush on me moveing full time for a bit.............you seem to know your stuff on rubber trees .i appreciate the advice...........barry

CONGRATULATIONS TO IRELAND for winning the grand slam and triple crown ..........61 year drought is over..............a great victory over wales ,,right down to the last minute.brilliant

i dont know what sort of harley you have but mine will go off the clock if i want to ...125 mph on clock....1550 cc dyno jetted with vance and hines pipes..........

what a great game between ireland and wales .best game of rugby for a long time .......went right down to the wire.....well done to ireland for coming out on the top...first time for them in 61 years to get the grand slam....stephen jones appeared to have denied ireland the clean sweep when he landed a drop goal ,but ronan o gara struck the decisive blow with 2 minutes remaining........brilliant stuff..............

Thanks for the info.... will try to make it. Good to see The Paddock will have a stand..... need some new gloves!

no problem ace cafe .see you there ...............

BANHKOK BIKE FEST 2009........IN CENTRAL WORLD BANGKOK ........1 - 3 OF MAY , 2009

CHECK OUT THE WEB SITE FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION

http://www.bangkok-bike-fest.com/

this will be one of the best bike shows ever seen in bangkok....everything to do with bikes .............

In the Pattaya area check out VS Motorcycle shop web site is wwwvsmotorpattayacom they do some great work, and cheap.

yes vs motor on theprasit road is the place to go if you want to customise a jap bike ,,those other shops mentioned all deal with harley only ,hot rod ,east coast and wranglers ...call down to lek at vs hes a good friend of mine and member of warriors mc ...he will look after you.........they dont have a web site yet by the looks of it ........then there is jumeens speed shop too if you want to try him ...cheap and good work too ...hope this helps .here is a few examples of the work vs motor do ......check them out, vs motor will do the paint work and everything else

BANHKOK BIKE FEST 2009........IN CENTRAL WORLD BANGKOK ........1 - 3 OF MAY , 2009

CHECK OUT THE WEB SITE FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION

http://www.bangkok-bike-fest.com/

more pics from pattaya burapa bike week 09

very good dentist opposite the alexander hotel ...speaks perfect english

GREEN SHIRT ........come on ireland for the rugby grand slam tomorrow

so how many have we now that plan or are living near around or in loei ????

hi all ive 150 rai of rubber trees in dan sai ,loei ,little over 12,000 trees sowed , they are going on 2 years old now ........do any of ye have a rough idea what we will get back from them when they are ready to harvest , i suppose another 3 or 4 years time they will be getting ready to take rubber from them .......

any information would be great thanks ,,,,,,,,,barry

mostly women caught because theyre young and have feelings too ,theyre probably trying to take the pain out of going home with some fat old 70 year old for the night ...could you blame them really (no offence against any older members reading this) just the harsh reality of what some young bar girls have to go through to get some money

best way to stay away from heavy water in pattaya during songkran in stay off sois between beach road and second road during the day time until 6 pm its not bad after this time ...stay some where like the royal palace on second road ,i stayed in flipper house soi 8 for a songkran 2years ago ,the minute i walked out of hotel i was drounded with water ,that soi is unreal for water during this time...be warned.............

There was a simalar setup on the Rayong road a couple of years ago, a rigged accident which turned out to be a robbery.

Your freind had the right idea, drive on and telephone the police to check it out.

yes ive heard of tactic before ...you have the right idea........

friendliness and that welcome smile i wouldnt like to lose and their polite nature ...........