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[Mark17]

i will be traveling to pattaya for a couple of weeks at the beginning of october this year. since i heard that pattaya's beaches are not something to die for, i want to stay in jomtien, where i hear the beaches are swimmer-friendly.

all i ask of the hotel i'll be staying at is easy access (by whatever means of transportation, since i'll be going to pattaya a lot, and return at odd hours of the night), air-con, warm water, and a clean, large bed. a hotel pool is nice-to-have.

which hotel would you recommend?

thanks a lot for the help,

s.

just a suggestion:

yes the beaches there are not too great. but you can rent a driver with a speed boat and take a 40 min ride out to an island. just tell the driver you want to go to the island. it cost about 1000 baht. he stays all day with you. cyrstal clear water, smooth white sand. you can rent jst skis, motor bikes. etc beer foor is cheap. then come back.

take your girl with you. or if you hook up with another guy and his friend you split the cost of the boat.

recommend you stay at the penthouse hotel. see their website. basically a sex hotel with dance poles, jacuzzis, mirrors, swings in the rooms. they wil lchange the sheets as many times as you need them changed each day.

indoor pool you can swim nude with the girls. the kitten club is connected to the hotel. walk to the end of the street in the morning and catch the boat to the island.

[Steroidu]

I will be traveling to Pattaya for a couple of weeks at the beginning of October this year. Since I heard that Pattaya's beaches are not something to die for, I want to stay in JomTIen, where I hear the beaches are swimmer-friendly.

All I ask of the hotel I'll be staying at is easy access (by whatever means of transportation, since I'll be going to Pattaya a lot, and return at odd hours of the night), air-con, warm water, and a clean, large bed. A hotel pool is nice-to-have.

Which hotel would you recommend?

Thanks a lot for the help,

S.

[Skeeter]

I have 3 weeks to travel thailand this coming Jan Feb. which would be the best time to travel I don't wish to get caught up with festivals that shut everything fown.

Thanks ,

CC

Any time Jan / Feb should be ok
. Songkran in mid april is the only festival that makes a big difference.

Holidays in Jan:
1- New Years Day
26 - Chinese New Year

Feb:
9 - Macha Bucha Day

The weather will be a little cooler (ie - hot, rather than very hot!)

Enjoy

[Canadian Cowboy]

I have 3 weeks to travel thailand this coming Jan Feb. which would be the best time to travel I don't wish to get caught up with festivals that shut everything fown.

Thanks ,

CC

[Fivebahtwiz]

Mad Harry, you are landing at pretty much the WORST time of the day, traffic wise. gridlock will be everywhere up and down Suk, and getting off the freeway could take an hour. ".

I find that the best way to avoid the afternoon Sukhumvit slog is as follows:

Take the AE3 bus from the airport (150 baht, door #8 lower level) and get off at On Nut. Then hop on the BTS and cruise over the gridlock to your desired location ("next station. Nana").

[1Ball]

Mad Harry, you are landing at pretty much the WORST time of the day, traffic wise. gridlock will be everywhere up and down Suk, and getting off the freeway could take an hour. If you are lucky, you will get a driver who knows the back sois, and can get off the freeway earlier than most, and find his way to the Sheraton in under 2 hours. During non busy times, it is a 30 minute drive from "so-you-wanna-boom".

[Mad Harry]

My package includes private transfer, i was wondering if one lands at 3.30pm BKK time, how long it would take to get to the Grand Sherton Shukumwit. Allowing for immigration customs and the heavy BKK trafic would a 2-2.5 hrs be enough?

[Nvslim]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents have been given new powers to seize travelers' laptops and other electronic devices at the border and hold then for unspecified periods the Washington Post reported on Friday.

Under recently disclosed Department of Homeland Security policies, such seizures may be carried out without suspicion of wrongdoing, the newspaper said, quoting policies issued on July 16 by two DHS agencies.

Agents are empowered to share the contents of seized computers with other agencies and private entities for data decryption and other reasons, the newspaper said.

DHS officials said the policies applied to anyone entering the country, including U.S. citizens, and were needed to prevent terrorism.

The measures have long been in place but were only disclosed in July, under pressure from civil liberties and business travel groups acting on reports that increasing numbers of international travelers had had their laptops, cellphones and other digital devices removed and examined.

The policies cover hard drives, flash drives, cell phones, iPods, pagers, beepers, and video and audio tapes -- as well as books, pamphlets and other written materials, the report said.

The policies require federal agents to take measures to protect business information and attorney-client privileged material. They stipulate that any copies of the data must be destroyed when a review is completed and no probable cause exists to keep the information.

(Reporting by Paul Eckert, editing by Alan Elsner)

Thought this may be of interest.

Slim

[Garson]

I will be in BKK from 18th to 22nd August.

Anyone available for a beer and hunt.

[El Greco]

Does anybody have any experience of traveling from India to Bangkok?
I will be visiting India on business in August/September and would like to finish with a few days' break in LOS. I will probably be able to organise my itinerary to finish at any city.
The cheapest flight I have found is Jet Air at about £300 for Mumbai to BKK. Does anybody know of anything cheaper? I have heard enough horror stories about Air India to put me off flying with them.
All suggestions gratefully received.

http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch

Log on as a guest and tick month long search for best results.

It seems that Air India flights to BKK are operated by Thai International so no problem. You can check that if you go into the details of the flight.

[TripleX]

I will be arriving in BKK on the 12th August for two days before heading down to Pattaya for a week.

I am travelling on my own, so if anyone is short of a wingman PM me and we can meet up for a beer or two!

BF

Just put a note in Travel Plans and Announcements when you get to Pattaya and I'll meet up with ya unless I wind up in Cambodia, haven't decided yet.

[Bold Focker]

I will be arriving in BKK on the 12th August for two days before heading down to Pattaya for a week.

I am travelling on my own, so if anyone is short of a wingman PM me and we can meet up for a beer or two!

BF

[Dinghy]

Who cares what fuckstick wanted in NI - just be glad he didn't cost YOU money while he was there except for the security fiasco. he's CERTAINLY wrecked the value of the US dollar because of IRAQ (1.5 trillion pounded down a RATHOLE)

I better shut up before someone encourages me to move it to "Thai Politics" ( I absolutely DISPISE that Tex COCKSUCKER (yeah, it's TEX - they sent the ASS to Washington)

[Mouse1]

He totally screwed up Heathrow for 2 days when he visited the UK in June. Refused to fly into a military air base or alternate civil airfield. Would not fly standard approach patterns. Arrival or departure time not passed to airlines so they could adjust. Non-standard approach and not advertising schedules are fair enough for security reasons but why insist on Heathrow? Arrogance springs to mind but that's just my opinion.

Traffic (air) halted for 2 hours on arrival and departure, knock on disruption for two days. Heathrow air traffic is a nightmare at the best of times but his schedule was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Good luck if he visits BKK.

I happened to be going to Northern Ireland the same day as the Dear Leader, and as you can imagine security was very tight... The security forces closed the motorway so that he and his motorcade would have sole use, which meant (amongst many other problems) that taxis couldn't get to the airport easily, resulting in a massive queue of disgruntled salarymen, including myself. Luckily the worst was over by the time I arrived.

(Not really sure why he was going there - did he have anything to do with NI whilst in office?)

[Sonic Bam]

Look for GRIDLOCK between the airport and where ever that cocksucker goes. (hopefully he will go in/out of DonMuang)

He totally screwed up Heathrow for 2 days when he visited the UK in June. Refused to fly into a military air base or alternate civil airfield. Would not fly standard approach patterns. Arrival or departure time not passed to airlines so they could adjust. Non-standard approach and not advertising schedules are fair enough for security reasons but why insist on Heathrow? Arrogance springs to mind but that's just my opinion.

Traffic (air) halted for 2 hours on arrival and departure, knock on disruption for two days. Heathrow air traffic is a nightmare at the best of times but his schedule was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Good luck if he visits BKK.