This month, it's all about relaxing. Even I'm planning on taking a bit of a holiday! Having read our special Koh Chang section, it seems like an especially appealing destination. We take a closer look at the beaches, places to stay and some of the surprising history of this rocky little island off Trat Province. Our cover story, this month, is more for the active types and looks at the rapid growth of Seara Sports, who have been bringing sporting facilities in the kingdom up to international standards. Those who use exercise to relax will be interested in their shop at the Chaiyapruek Road/Sukhumvit Road junction and maybe also in Chanta Ten Waterfalls, the subject of this month's Pattaya Attractions feature. You'll doubtless have noticed the torrential rainfall which has been hitting Pattaya recently (our exclusive cartoonist Peeb certainly has!), which marks the beginning of low season. Flip the Book and read our feature on how to improve your chances of renting out property during the coming damp months. We value your feedback and we take notice of what you are saying. The Trader has been the cause of some comment on a local web forum and we have listened to what has been said. Responding to reader demand, we have brought back the short stories. Please get in touch if there is anything else you would like to see more of!
CONTENTS 46 COVER STORY
8 Seara Sports Planning, Supplying and Building Asia's Recreational Infrastructure
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
7 Hand to Hand Foundation Update 7 MISSING Have You Seen These Girls? 10 What’s On In Thailand in association with Inspire 11 What’s On In Thailand July 2014 12 Venue Listings 14 Day-by-Day Events Guide
KOH CHANG
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45 Arrive as a Guest, Leave as a Friend 46 Koh Chang 48 The Battle of Koh Chang
TRAVEL & ATTRACTIONS
50 Pattaya Attractions Rewarding Adventure 52 Travel Thailand And Beyond Palawan's Nest of Dreams 54 Bangkok's Third Airport
FOOD & DRINK
58 Unravelling Street Food Thai Breakfast or Aa Haan Cháo 60 Dinner in Detail Escape to the Country 62 The Health Benefits of Thai Herbs
EXPAT LIVING
64 Make a Game of It 66 Up Your Soi Soi Yamato 68 Health Chat Light Up Your Life 71 Pattaya Bargain Hunter 91 Trader Giant X Word 93 Sudoku 96 Star Books Quiz 98 Short Story Uncle Edward 99 Puzzle Solutions 100 A Fool in Paradise Chasing Balloons
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CONTRIBUTORS Ben Reeves Duncan Stearn Jack Brian S. Mike Bell Edd Ellison Neil Hutchison Christa Romano John Borthwick Danny Speight Mark Beales Roger Belinda Wilson Ruby Sace David Thrifty Jan Nuyten TookTa Pakdee Andy McKay Chris Davison Dan Cheeseman
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SPORT & LEISURE
72 Going Fishing with Roger Catches in Cambodia 73 Motor & Marine Trader
USEFUL INFORMATION
84 CLASSIFIED ADS 92 Travel Information and Social Clubs 94 Embassy and Consulate Listings 97 Get it Here! and Important Phone Numbers
BUSINESS
101 Business News 102 The Pensions Revolution 104 Could Events-Based Marketing Become a Force in Pattaya? 106 BizPaye Members 108 Magna Carta Law Office Buying an Existing Business in Thailand
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Although they usually handle children old enough to start school, the volunteers at Hand to Hand Foundation have found themselves looking after four babies. Amongst the children is one whose mother has tuberculosis and therefore cannot care for him until she recovers. Another is the child of a single mother who is unable to afford childcare. Hand to Hand's objective is to do what they can to prevent any child being put up for adoption. A third is the child of a young teen mother who just got into university. Rather than the child preventing her from getting an education, Hand to Hand are looking after it while she attends classes. Hand to Hand are currently seeking any baby supplies they can get, including nappies, clothes, toys, food, etc. For more information, visit: www.handtohandpattaya.com
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MISSING
Have you seen these girls?
WHAT’S HAPPENING
HAND TO HAND FOUNDATION
Annie and Aleena Day were reported missing on 1st June and are believed to have been abducted by their mother. They may have been taken to Phuket or Ayutthaya. The father, who was awarded full custody of the children by a Thai court at the time of his divorce from 33-year-old Noklek four years ago, had brought the girls to see their mother in Pattaya. Noklek was allowed to take the children for several days. However, the children were not returned to their father once the arranged date was reached. A search of Noklek's Pattaya home found it abandoned, with phone and tablet SIM cards left behind to make tracing her whereabouts more difficult. Noklek is believed to be driving a white Toyota Vios with red registration plates numbered 2995. The children are aged six and 10 and are described as being of average height for Thais and able to speak English fluently with no accent. If you have any information about the location of these girls, please contact Pattaya Police or the British Embassy.
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Planning, Supplying and Building Asia’s Recreational Infrastructure
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port’s Engineering And Recreation Asia Ltd (Seara) changed its name and restructured its operations in 1999, near the end of the Asian financial crises. Starting from its new offices and showroom on Bangkok’s Thonglor Road, Sukhumvit Soi 55, Seara’s previous decade concentrated on commercial fitness installations in hotels and resorts as well as building hard court tennis courts for those clients. Today, Seara has offices in Pattaya, Phuket, Samui, Ho Chi Minh City, Yangon, and Dhaka. Multiple logistics warehouses east of Bangkok have the company poised to position itself for the advent of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), particularly in the Indochina or Mekong sub-region area. Seara also owns and operates the Cascade Club, Green Leaf Spa, Aldo’s Mediterranean Bistro and Wine Bar in Bangkok, and the RPM Health Club, Phuket.
Developing with Recreation Amenities
The Pattaya office and retail showroom of Sports Engineering And Recreation Asia Ltd services the industrial, residential and hospitality developments of the Eastern Seaboard, which stretches from Sri Racha to the Koh Chang archipelago. What unites these commercial markets is that they are all forms of real estate development. Sooner or later, all developers are faced with decisions relating to adding recreational amenities to their developments. Sometimes these facilities are part of the core concept of the project such as a golf course, marina, sports club, tennis centre or fitness and health facility, and sometimes recreation facilities are minor amenities to dress up the project for the sales effort. Regardless of whether large or small, the primary reason that developers add recreational amenities is to 1) add value to improved land, or 2) gain marketing leverage for sales. A well-planned amenity package can establish a project’s credibility, market attractiveness,
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and image. In larger developments, recreational amenities often become the social focal point of the development and serve a value well beyond adding value to the land or selling units faster. Developing with recreational amenities also present the developer with some risks pertaining to market acceptance, conflict between users, purchasers, and developers, and the phasing of the project. Major conflicts between the developer and the purchaser or the end user tend to occur over promises (phasing), project quality, poor disclosure of the operational and maintenance plan and control of the amenity.
Providing Services to Developers
Sports Engineering and Recreation Asia Ltd is more than a trading and construction company. Seara likes to work with developers and home owners during the planning and design stage to provide both design and operational planning to their recreational project. Normal contribution is to provide conceptual and functional designs to the space or property in accordance to how it will be positioned and operated once opened. Seara can produce both 2D functional drawings and 3D views and recommend specialised flooring or sports surfacing products from international suppliers. For fitness projects, in addition to designing the functional operating plan, Seara will incorporate the full operating equipment into the drawing plan in accordance with the quality position of the project and the operational plan post-opening. For these types of services to clients and their architects, Seara normally does not charge as it is seen as being part of the total client relationship that is Planning, Supplying and Building their client’s recreational projects.
For more information on Seara and its services visit the Pattaya showroom or go to www.searasports.com.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
What's On in
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Pattaya Trader have teamed up with the guys from Inspire to share with you a selection of events, offers and suggestions for different things you could be doing outside of Pattaya, throughout Thailand. Our showcase activity this month is snorkelling in Phuket.
Canada vs USA Bowling
Friendly match-up organised by the Thai-Canadian Chamber of Commerce and American Chamber of Commerce. Enter your teams and for more information, email: info@tccc.or.th before 14th July Where: Blu o Rhythm & Bowl, Siam Paragon When: Wednesday 16th July, 6:30pm
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Thailands most influential music event held annually and is free for all lovers of international and local Jazz. Where: Suan Luang Rachinee When: Saturday 26th July, 5pm-11pm
The Columbia Trail Masters
This is the first Thailand trail running championship open to all the family. Ideal for those who love being in beautiful outdoor settings whilst also its great for your fitness. Where: Kaeng Krachan Resort and Country Club, Petchaburi When: Sunday 6th July
Derrek Wayne, the Piano Man
Derrek, all the way from San Francisco USA, will be playing throughout July at the trend-setting beach hotel Twin Palms. Where: Twin Palms Hotel, Thalang District When: Throughout July from 8pm. Every evening except Sunday and Monday
T E K PHU KRABI
Showcase Activity in Thailand Take a deep breath and lazily dive down into this magical kingdom and you’ll come as close to aquatic paradise as you’ll ever get. Phuket is a wonderful snorkelling destination.
Top 3 Snorkelling Destinations in Phuket Ao Sane Beach
A 200-metre-long beach next to Nai Harn Beach in the south of the island, Ao Sane has huge granite boulders and two distinct snorkelling areas; one is a sharp dropoff out into deeper waters populated by parrot fish, clown fish and even the odd eel or two.
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Laem Singh Beach
This 150-metre beach is located under a steep promontory, in a restaurant-lined bay surrounded by palm trees and dotted with giant boulders. This beach is between Kamala and Surin beaches and, from the main Beach Road, two pathways lead down from two separate car parks located just to the north and to the south of the beach.
Kata Noi Beach
This cosy little bay is found at the end of a beach-side cul-de-sac, just a few minutes’ drive over the hill from Kata beach. There’s not much to do in Kata Noi apart from admiring the wonderful scenery, which is precisely the point of coming here.
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karkata. The very first day, there is something to remark on—Mid-Year Bank Holiday. Yes, that’s right! The banks reward themselves for staying solvent for six months by having a day off. This at least means the baht cannot get any stronger against the US dollar or UK pound for 24 hours. Undoubtedly the high spot of the month is 11th July. Asarnha Bucha Day is yet another public holiday. It commemorates the day on which Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon called “the Dhammachakapavattana Sutta”. On this holy day, Buddhists all over the country observe the day by presenting offerings to the monks (to make merit), listening to the sermons, and performing ritual prayers. In addition, there are many activities in the family during this holiday, such as cleaning the house and setting up an altar for religious ceremonies. Family members sometimes discuss problems in the family by taking the middle way as a guiding principle to abstain from sin and reduce the way of ruin. Soi 6 and the Immigration office will not be open for business.
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Many people go to nearby temples bringing candles, flowers, and joss sticks, completing three trips walking around the temple area sacred grounds. Some farangs have been seen doing this about Pattaya, but people put it down to heat-stroke and an overdose of Chang rather than any religious fervour. Just when you thought the month could not get any more holy, the very next day—12th—is Wan Khao Pansa or Buddhist Lent Day. As the seasonal monsoon rains descend over the kingdom, it marks the beginning of the Buddhist "rain retreat" or Phansa, during which all Buddhist monks retreat to the temples and refrain from flying in private jets. TukCom / Pantip Plaza will be deserted. This is also an auspicious time for Buddhist ordinations as it marks a period of spiritual renewal, when young novices enter the monkhood. Villagers also actively engage in merit-making during this period. Offerings consisting of an assortment of savoury dishes and sweets while items for daily use are also offered to monks. Items that provide light such as candles, lanterns, lamp oil and old Galaxy tablets are all deemed to be particularly important offerings as it is believed that they provide monks with physical and spiritual illumination.
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arakadakhom, as the name clearly suggests, is the C-word month: Cancer. Despite Thai for crab being bu as in Kao Phad Bu, the Sanskrit alternative is
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Many of these traditions have evolved into full-scale festivals featured in the Buddhist calendar and the kingdom's official calendar of festivals and events, such as "The Candle Festival" of Ubon Ratchathani province, which features a procession of ornately-carved beeswax candles of various shapes and sizes, and the Tak Bat Dok Mai floral offering meritmaking ritual that is unique to Saraburi province. As in Christian countries, Lent is a period for giving up certain luxuries like sugar or smoking. I prophesise that many Pattaya folk will also be forsaking their little purple pill, at least for 48 hours—all bars will be shut.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
Alangkarn Theatre (variety show), Sukhumvit Road (at 155km marker), Na Jomtien. Open 6pm onwards Thursday-Tuesday. Tel: 038 256 000 or 038 825 6007, www.alangkarnthailand.com Alcazar Show (cabaret), Second Road, North Pattaya. Open 6pm onwards. Tel: 038 410 2247 Ankor Night Club & Lounge (nightclub), Walking Street Soi 16 Aqua Bar (nightclub), Mercure Hotel, Soi 16, behind The Avenue, South Pattaya Bamboo Bar (live band), South Pattaya Road (20m to the left of Walking Street sign) Blues Factory (live blues band), Soi Lucky Star, off Walking Street. Open 8.30pm. www.thebluesfactorypattaya.com Colosseum Show Pattaya (cabaret), Thepprasit Road. Open 6pm. Tel: 038 906 530, email: rsvn@ColosseumShowPattaya.com, www.ColosseumShowPattaya.com Differ Pub (nightclub), North Pattaya. www.differ-pub.com Dusit D2 Baraquda Pattaya (live band), Second Road, South Pattaya. Tel: 038 769 999, email: d2pa@dusit.com FLB (live band), Walking Street Flexx Club (nightclub), behind McDonald’s, southern end of Walking Street Hopf House (house band & Italian tenor), Beach Road (cnr Soi 13/1) Insomnia (nightclub), Walking Street. www.clubinsomniapattaya.com Jazz Pit (jazz music), Soi 5, off Second Road, North Pattaya. www.pic-kitchen.com Lima Lima (nightclub), Bali-Hai Pier end of Walking Street. Tel: 089 990 2447 Lucifer’s Disko (live band), Walking Street Malibu (cabaret), Second Road, cnr Soi 13/2 (Soi Post Office) Mixx Discotheque (nightclub), Bali-Hai Pier end of Walking Street. www.mixx-discotheque.com Moon River Pub (live band), North Pattaya Road (front of Thai Garden Resort). Cross Colours Band starts 9pm. Tel: 038 370 616, email: reservation@thaigarden.com Play Club (nightclub), Soi Lucky Star, Walking Street. Open 10pm-6am every day Roija Gentleman’s Club (live music, soul), Thepprasit Soi 7, South Pattaya Rolling Stone 2 Bar (live rock n roll band), Walking Street, cnr Soi 16
The Pier (nightclub), Walking Street. Tel: 080 480 6661. Open 7:30pm to late The Rendezvous Resort, Lake Mabprachan Tiffany’s Show (cabaret), Second Road, North Pattaya. Open 6pm onwards. Tel: 038 421 700, www.tiffany-show.co.th Tony’s Entertainment Complex (live band), Walking Street. Tel: 038 425 795, www.tonydisco.com Utopia (live band), Soho Square, Walking Street
THE BIG GAME I-Rovers, Soi LK Metro, South Pattaya. Tel: 038 489 494, www.i-rovers.com. Jameson’s Irish Pub, Soi AR (Soi Sukrudee), Central Pattaya. Tel: 038 361 873, email: info@jamesons-pattaya.com, www.jamesons-pattaya.com Kilkenny Bar, Soi LK Metro, South Pattaya. Email: info@ kilkennypattaya.com, www.kilkennypataya.com Legends Pool & Sports Bar, Pattaya Klang (nr Third Road). www.legendspoolpattaya.com The Players Lounge, East Pattaya. www.theplayerslounge.asia Witherspoons, Soi Buakhow (nr Soi Lengkee), South Pattaya. Tel: 038 721 121, www.witherspoonspattaya.com
FOOD & DRINK Access Inn, Third Road, nr Soi Lengkee, www.accessinnpattaya.com Akvavit Grill & Bar, Jomtien Beach Road. Open 9:30pm to midnight. Tel: 038 233 672, www.akvavitjomtien.com Bruno’s Restaurant & Lounge Bar, Thappraya Road, Pattaya. Tel: 038 364 600, www.brunos-pattaya.com Dicey Reilly’s, Second Road, next to Royal Garden Plaza News Steaks & Grill, Thappraya Road, South Pattaya. Tel: 038 267 174, www.newssteaks.com Robin’s Nest Restaurant & Guesthouse, Soi Diana Inn. Tel: 038 720 194, www.robinsnestpattaya.com Tavern by the Sea, Beach Rd, North Pattaya Tel: 038 418 418 Wine Cellar, Naklua Soi 12, North Pattaya Tel: 038 226 054 or 080 204 5551
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Big C Cinema, Big C Shopping Mall, Second Road, North Pattaya Major Cineplex, The Avenue Mall, Second Road, South Pattaya. www.majorcineplex.com SF Cinema (6th Floor CentralFestival Shopping Mall), Central Pattaya. www.sfcinemacity.com
SOCIAL SCENE Anchor Coworking Space, Chaiyapruek Road. Tel: 038 231 540, www.anchorcoworking.com CouchSurfing, Triangle Bar, Soi Chaiyapoon, South Pattaya. www.couchsurfing.org Havana Bar, Hilton Hotel, Beach Road, South Pattaya Lions Club, Jomtien Branch, www.jomtienlions.org, email: jomtienlions@hotmail.com Momento Beach Club, Theprasit Soi 8, South Pattaya. Tel: 038 422 114, www.momentobeach.com Pattaya Expats Club, www.pattayaexpatsclub.info Pattaya City Expats Club, www.pattayacityexpatsclub.com Planet Earth Beach Club, Jomtien. www.planetearth.in.th Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard, Siam Bayshore Hotel, South Pattaya. www.rotary-es.org Rotary Club, Jomtien-Pattaya, Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Pratamnak Road. www.rotaryjomtienpattaya.org Royal British Legion, Tropical Bert’s Bar, Soi 6/1, Central Pattaya. Tel: 089 807 2335 or 038 361 887. Veterans of Foreign Wars, Soi Diana Inn, South Pattaya. www.vfwpost9876.com
SPORTS & LEISURE Archery Club, Pattaya Shooting Park, Huay Yai. www.pattayaarcheryclub.com Backgammon, B.G. House & Restaurant, Thepprasit Road, South Pattaya. Tel: 081 664 9085, www.blot.asia Bira Circuit, www.bira.co.th Bridge Club, Altos Restaurant, Thappraya Road (nr overpass) Cheers Bar, Pattayaland Soi 2 (Soi 13/4), South Pattaya. Monday Quiz League and Wednesday League, pattayaquizleague@hotmail.com Chess Club, Brauhaus Restaurant, Second Road between Soi 7 & 8 Cricket Club, Horseshoe Point. Email: pattayacricketclub@gmail.com Darts, www.pattayadarts.com Hash House Harriers, PH3 www.pattayah3.com
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AT THE MOVIES
Hash House Harriers, PBH3 Bush Hash House Harriers www.pattayahash.com/pattayabush.html Hash House Harriers, PJMH3 Jungle Monkey Hash House Harriers www.pattayahash.com/monkey.html Hash House Harriers, PJH3 www.pattayajungle.com Lawn Bowls (indoor; for school-age and college children), Coco Club, behind Phoenix Golf, Baan Amphur. Sue: 087 1358357 Megabreak Pool, Soi Diana Inn, South Pattaya. Tel: 086 033 6617 Muay Thai, Pattaya Boxing World, Sukhumvit Road, North Pattaya. Tel: 038 726 203, www.pattayaboxingworld.com Nervous Wreck Bar, Soi Yamato (Soi 13/1), South Pattaya. Monday Quiz League and Wednesday League, pattayaquizleague@ hotmail.com Ocean Marina Yacht Club, Sukhumvit Hwy (km 157), Jomtien. Tel: 038 237 310, www.oceanmarinayachtclub.com Palmers Bar, Pattayaland Soi 2 (Soi 13/4), South Pattaya. Monday Quiz League, pattayaquizleague@hotmail.com Petanque, email: petanque.Th@gmail.com Planet Football, Soi Siam Country Club, Eastern Pattaya Tel: 038 248 212, www.pattayafootball.com Pole Dancing Classes, Tony’s Fitness Wong Amat Gym, Naklua Soi 16 Polo, Horsehoe Point, end of Soi Siam Country Club, East Pattaya. Tel: 081 835 2419, email: santithaipoloclub@yahoo.com Polo, Huay Yai. Tel: 02 663 045; 02 258 0194. www.poloescape.com Pool www.pattaya-funtown.com/pattaya_pool_league QueenVictoriaInn,Soi6,CentralPattaya.www.queenvicpattaya.com. Wednesday League, pattayaquizleague@hotmail.com Rest Stop, Soi Chaiyapoon, South Pattaya. Monday Quiz League and Wednesday League, pattayaquizleague@hotmail.com Royal Varuna Yacht Club, Pratamnak Rd, South Pattaya. Tel: 038 250 116, www.varuna.org Rugby (Touch), Horseshoe Point, next to Siam Country Club. Email: pjcrouch@hotmail.com Seafari Dive Center, Soi 12, South Pattaya. www.seafari.co.th Shenanigans, Jomtien Complex, Thappraya Road, Jomtien. Open 11:00am until late every day. Tel: 038 303 490, www.shenanigansthailand.com Softball, pickup games at Thai Polo Club. Email: scrabbleking@ yahoo.com Tennis, (for children and teenagers 10-16 only) Ambassador City Tennis Courts, Jomtien The Londoner, Soi Post Office (soi 13/2), South Pattaya. Monday Quiz League and Wednesday League, pattayaquizleague@ hotmail.com The Ranch, Third Road (opp. The Village), South Pattaya. Monday Quiz League, pattayaquizleague@hotmail.com The Sportsman Pub, Beach Road Soi 13, South Pattaya. www.sportsmanpub.com, Tel: 038 710 609 Yoga, Balaji Studio, Soi South Pattaya 24. Tel: 089 748 6204, www.balajiyoga.com
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Thailand Super Series 2014 Where: Bira Circuit
Double Top Darkside League 10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
4pm Safecracker
Where: Shenanigans Chance to win a 10,000THB voucher.
7pm Pattaya Panthers and Panties (mixed) Touch Rugby Where: Horseshoe Point
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
7pm Pool Tournament Where: Megabreak Pool
8pm Pub Quiz
Where: The Red Lion, Soi Khao Noi
9pm Pub Quiz
Where: The Sportsman Open to anyone.
THE BIG GAME
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GOLF
Alstom Open de France
FOOD & DRINK Free-flow beer with Currascaria buffet
Where: Zico's Grill & Bar, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
From 999THB per person. Tex Mex Thursday
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub Mexican menu. All dishes 199THB, Margarita cocktail 99THB.
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
5pm Sangria Night
Where: Aqua Bar Sangria only 150THB per glass. Buy one, get one free.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Prices start from 690THB.
6pm German Buffet with Roasted Pig
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6.30pm Themed Buffet
9pm Buy 2 get 1 free on Cocktails Where: News Steak & Grill
AT THE MOVIES NEW RELEASES: The Wind Rises The Last Executioner Begin Again The Rover Million Dollar Arm
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 10pm Mixx Discotheque 7.30pm The Pier
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
SOCIAL SCENE 6pm Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard meeting
Where: Siam Bayshore Pattaya Hotel
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
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2pm Draft Beer Promotion
SPORTS & LEISURE
Where: Bira Circuit
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
Buffalo Jack’s Darts League
Where: Aqua Bar Mojitos only 150THB.
1pm Pattaya Bridge Club
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Thailand Super Series 2014
5pm Mojito Night
Where: Altos Restaurant
3pm Zumba Session
Where: Planet Earth Beach Club 200THB entrance fee. Features professional Zumba instructor.
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football Where: Planet Football
6.45pm Yoga Training Workshop
Where: Balaji Yoga Workshop by Ravinder Jangra from India. Second session begins at 8pm.
8pm Fight Night
Where: Pattaya Boxing World
THE BIG GAME
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FOOD & DRINK
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
6pm Thai Buffet
8pm Romance Jazz on the Roof
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
Where: Hard Rock Café
SOCIAL SCENE Irish Party
Where: Murphy’s Law Pattaya United Football supporters meet.
7pm William Strattan Touricks plays ‘60s/’70s music Where: Shenanigans
Where: Dusit D2 Baraquda
6pm Indian Buffet
Where: The Players Lounge
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
Live Band
Thai Food Festival 2014
Where: CentralFestival Pattaya Beach Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub Fresh and tender tenderloin steak all day only 299THB.
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant
Where: Moonlight Pattaya Fine Dining, View Talay 7 Featuring Yves Baron and JC Thomas.
Christina Aguilar LIVE!
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Widnes Vikings v Castleford Tigers
10am International Variety Breakfast
7pm Crooners Night
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SUPER LEAGUE RUGBY
Steak Night
8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
WHAT’S HAPPENING
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8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
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Thailand Super Series 2014 Where: Bira Circuit
Summer Series Part 2
Where: Royal Varuna Yacht Club
Pattaya Bush Hash
Pattaya Bush Hash House Harriers
8.30am International Tennis Players Academy Where: Ambassador City Tennis Courts For children and teenagers aged from 10-16 of intermediate level skill.
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
11am Indoor Lawn Bowls
Where: Coco Club Free for school or college-aged children.
3pm Pattaya Cricket Club Practice Where: Horseshoe Point
4pm Club Petanque Thailand
Where: Soi Nernpleubwan
6.45pm Yoga Training Workshop
Where: Balaji Yoga Workshop by Ravinder Jangra.
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
THE BIG GAME
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FORMULA 1
British Grand Prix Qualifying
FOOD & DRINK Thai Food Festival 2014
Where: CentralFestival Pattaya Beach
12noon International Buffet (with a Scandinavian touch)
Where: Akvavit Grill & Bar
Saturday Steak & Wine
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Get a free glass of wine or beer with a rib-eye or t-bone steak.
Super Saturday Specials Where: Robin’s Nest Heineken 89THB, Guinness 160THB, Tiger Light 59THB.
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
6pm International Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
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6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
8pm Romance Jazz on the Roof Where: Dusit D2 Baraquda By Aht Gunlayanukupt.
SOCIAL SCENE 11am General Auction Where: Collingbourne Auctioneers
2pm Balearica
Where: Momento Beach Club
8pm Pattaya Soul Club presents "Souled Out" Where: Access Inn
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9pm Mixx Discotheque 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
12noon Sunday Cavery Buffet
6.30pm Acoustic by Yves Baron
Where: Akvavit Grill & Bar
Thailand Super Series 2014 Where: Bira Circuit
Summer Series Part 2
Where: Royal Varuna Yacht Club
Darkside Fun Pool League
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub
Where: Centara Grand Resort
2pm Sunday Calling
7pm William Strattan Touricks plays ‘60s/’70s music
Where: Momento Beach Club Barbecue at the swimming pool. 290THB each.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Pattaya Jungle Hash
Pattaya Jungle Hash House Harriers
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park
12noon Pattaya Sports Club Softball Recreational pick-up games Where: Thai Polo Club
Where: Shenanigans
7pm We Love Sunday, We Love Johnnie Walker
Where: Witherspoons Pub
Where: Club Insomnia
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
8pm Differ Sunday Night
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Prices start from 690THB.
Where: Differ Night Club
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SOCIAL SCENE 10.30am Pattaya City Expats Club
Where: Tavern By The Sea
11.30am Pattaya Expats Club
Where: Mercure Hotel
2pm Royal British Legion Thailand meeting Where: Tropical Bert’s Bar
7pm Sunday Salsa Social Venue
Where: Le Saint-Régis Pattaya
7pm Werewolves Game Where: Anchor Coworking
6pm Steak & Skewers Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort
2pm Pattaya Backgammon League
Where: B.G. House & Restaurant
6pm 9-ball handicap
6.30pm Themed Buffet Where: Tavern By The Sea
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
Where: Megabreak Pool
THE BIG GAME
Cabaret
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6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
FORMULA 1
British Grand Prix
FOOD & DRINK
Live Band
Thai Food Festival 2014
Where: CentralFestival Pattaya Beach
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant
12noon Classic Sunday Lunches
12noon International Buffet (with a Scandinavian touch)
Where: Coco's Bistro & Coffee Lounge Prices from 295 THB.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
SUN
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 9pm LimaLima
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SPORTS & LEISURE
AsiaBackpackers Darts SuperLeague Bira Bike Day
Where: Bira Circuit Motorbike practice.
East Pattaya Pool League 1pm Pattaya Bridge Club Where: Altos Restaurant
2.45pm Pattaya Hash House Harriers Where: Lek Hotel
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football Where: Planet Football
5pm Game Night
Where: Aqua Bar Buy one beer, get one free.
8pm Pub Quiz
Where: Shenanigans Anyone welcome to create a team of one to six players.
FOOD & DRINK 10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
8.30pm 8-ball Pool League
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
8.30pm Monday Quiz League
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
The Ranch v Rest Stop Nervous Wreck v The Londoner Solo v Palmers Mai's Bar v Cheers
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm Happy Mondays
Where: News Steaks & Grill Buy one meal from the regular menu, get another of equal or lesser value free of charge.
6pm Pizza & Pasta Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
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6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
8pm iBar Hip Hop Party Where: Insomnia
8pm Monday Night Party Where: Mixx Discotheque
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2pm Draft Beer Promotion
SPORTS & LEISURE
Where: Witherspoons Pub
Crumpton Oaks Darts League
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
Double Top Darts Double-In Darkside League Bira Car & Truck Day Where: Bira Circuit Car and truck practice.
6pm BBQ Buffet
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
6.30pm Pattaya Chess Club
Where: Brau Haus Everybody welcome. Lessons available. Boards and clocks provided.
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
8pm iBar Killer Pool Where: Insomnia
8.30pm Ladies 9-ball handicap
THE BIG GAME
SOCIAL SCENE Russian Night
Where: Ankor Night Club & Lounge Free special vodka shots for girls.
Where: Diana Inn
6.30pm Open Audition Call
Where: Eastern Grand Palace Hotel Pattaya Players will be holding auditions for their upcoming production Magical Music Hall Memories. To confirm your attendance at the auditions, please contact: pattayaplayersstake2@gmail. com
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
8pm Wine Night Promotion
Where: Access Inn All bottles 999THB, all glasses 99THB. Buy one bottle and gent terrine, cheese or French Fries for free! Thai DJ.
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
CRICKET
Cabaret
Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
FOOD & DRINK Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant
Where: Witch's Oyster Bar & Restaurant, Soi Ruamrudee
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 8pm Mixx Discotheque 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
1pm Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States meeting
Where: News Steak & Grill
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10am International Variety Breakfast
6pm Wine & Tapas Evening
Live DJ
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9pm Buy 2 get 1 free on Cocktails
Where: Megabreak Pool
Pizza and Pasta
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
WHAT’S HAPPENING
TUE
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit
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SPORTS & LEISURE
1pm Pattaya Bridge Club Where: Altos Restaurant
3pm Pattaya Cricket Club Practice Where: Horseshoe Point All welcome.
4pm 10-ball handicap Where: Megabreak Pool
4pm Club Petanque Thailand
Where: Soi Nernpleubwan
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football Where: Planet Football
8pm Fight Night
Where: Pattaya Boxing World
8.30pm Wednesday Quiz League Rest Stop v Nervous Wreck Palmers v The Ranch Queen Victoria v Cheers Shagwell v The Londoner
THE BIG GAME
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CRICKET
England v India, 1st Test
FOOD & DRINK Free-flow beer with Currascaria buffet
Where: Zico's Grill & Bar, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort From 999THB per person.
Men’s Night
Where: Ankor Night Club & Lounge Free Tequila with any drink.
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Witherspoons Pub
5pm Ladies Night
Where: Aqua Bar Ladies get two free drinks.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Prices start from 690THB.
6pm Thai Contemporary Night
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 10pm Mixx Discotheque 7.30pm The Pier
8pm Charity Concert for Banglamung Elderly Home
Where: Da Claudio Restuarant Featuring Dutch Baritone Ronald Willemsen.
Where: Oceana Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
SOCIAL SCENE
6pm Wednesday Carvery
4pm Motor Auction
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub 350THB per person.
Where: Collingbourne Auctioneers
6pm Multi-cuisine Buffet
6.45pm Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya meeting
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
8pm Ladies Night
Where: Royal Cliff Beach Resort
7pm Polyglot Club
Where: Anchor Coworking Space Language exchange club. Free and open to all.
Where: Access Inn Free cocktail for ladies.
7.30pm Toss the Boss
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
7.30pm CouchSurfers meeting
Cabaret
6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu
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6pm Tiffany’s Show
Where: Shenanigans
Where: Triangle Bar
9pm Bingo Night
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SPORTS & LEISURE Double Top Darkside League
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
10am Pattaya Archery Club
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
4pm Safecracker
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
5pm Sangria Night
Where: Shenanigans Chance to win a 10,000THB voucher.
Where: Aqua Bar Sangria only 150THB per glass. Buy one, get one free.
7pm Pattaya Panthers and Panties (mixed) Touch Rugby
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Horseshoe Point
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
7pm Pool Tournament
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 10pm Mixx Discotheque
7.30pm The Pier
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
SOCIAL SCENE 6pm Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard meeting
Where: Siam Bayshore Pattaya Hotel
10pm Ladies Night
Where: Ankor Night Club
6pm German Buffet with Roasted Pig
Where: Megabreak Pool
8pm Pub Quiz
Where: The Red Lion, Soi Khao Noi
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
9pm Pub Quiz
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: The Sportsman Open to anyone.
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
THE BIG GAME
9pm Buy 2 get 1 free on Cocktails
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Where: News Steak & Grill
GOLF
AT THE MOVIES
Scottish Open
FOOD & DRINK
NEW RELEASES: Tas-Rak-Asoon A Million Ways to Die in the West Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Free-flow beer with Currascaria buffet
Where: Zico's Grill & Bar, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
Tex Mex Thursday
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6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub All dishes 199THB.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
THU
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show
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SPORTS & LEISURE
Buffalo Jack’s Darts League 1pm Pattaya Bridge Club Where: Altos Restaurant
3pm Zumba Session
Where: Planet Earth Beach Club 200THB entrance fee. Features professional Zumba instructor.
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football Where: Planet Football
6.45pm Yoga Training Workshop
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Live DJ
8pm Fight Night
5pm Mojito Night
6.30pm Acoustic by Yves Baron
Where: Balaji Yoga Workshop by Ravinder Jangra from India. Second session begins at 8pm. Where: Pattaya Boxing World
FOOD & DRINK Steak Night
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub Fresh and tender tenderloin steak all day only 299THB.
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB. Where: Aqua Bar Mojitos only 150THB.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm Thai Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6pm Indian Buffet
Where: The Players Lounge
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
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9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
Where: Centara Grand Resort
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
7pm William Strattan Touricks plays ‘60s/’70s music Where: Shenanigans
8pm Romance Jazz on the Roof Where: Dusit D2 Baraquda
9pm Mix Tape
Where: Hard Rock Café Four guest DJs playing deep house, techno and other groovy tunes laced with rock ‘n‘ roll.
SOCIAL SCENE Irish Party
Where: Murphy’s Law Pattaya United Football supporters meet.
8pm Independence Booze Cruise Where: The Booze Lounge Free-flowing drinks, Americanstyle BBQ and more. Tickets available for 2,500THB per person from most tour agents, The Booze Lounge, Oscars A Go Go and other bars and clubs.
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Club Races
Where: Royal Varuna Yacht Club
El Coyote Cup / Weekend Regatta 7 Where: Ocean Marina Yacht Club
RUGBY LEAGUE
Catalan Dragons v Wigan Warriors
FOOD & DRINK 12noon International Buffet (with a Scandinavian touch)
Pattaya Bush Hash
Pattaya Bush Hash House Harriers
Where: Akvavit Grill & Bar
8.30am International Tennis Players Academy Where: Ambassador City Tennis Courts For children and teenagers aged from 10-16 of intermediate level skill.
Saturday Steak & Wine
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Get a free glass of wine or beer with a rib-eye or t-bone steak.
Super Saturday Specials Where: Robin’s Nest Heineken 89THB, Guinness 160THB, Tiger Light 59THB.
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
11am Indoor Lawn Bowls
Where: Coco Club Free for school or college-aged children.
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
4pm Club Petanque Thailand
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
6pm International Buffet
Where: Centara Grand Resort
7pm DJ Diva
8pm Romance Jazz on the Roof Where: Dusit D2 Baraquda By Aht Gunlayanukupt.
SOCIAL SCENE
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
11am General Auction
6.30pm Themed Buffet
2pm Balearica
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night
Where: Ocean Marina Yacht Club The best music and lots of booze. Light food will be served. 1,500THB per person. Maximum 50 people, so book now at facebook.com/ events/1444748205780300
Where: Siam Bayshore Hotel Tickets: 500THB.
Where: Horseshoe Point
Where: Balaji Yoga Workshop by Ravinder Jangra.
6pm Satin Thailand Sunset Cruise
5pm All-Mozart Concert
6.30pm Acoustic by Yves Baron
6.45pm Yoga Training Workshop
Where: Naklua Pier Visit: michelthaimichel.wix. com/mg-event-productions for more information.
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
4pm Ibiza Sunset Cruise Party
Live DJ
3pm Pattaya Cricket Club Practice
Where: Soi Nernpleubwan
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
SAT
Where: Collingbourne Auctioneers
Where: Momento Beach Club Free entrance.
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SPORTS & LEISURE Club Races
2pm Pattaya Backgammon League
12noon Sunday Cavery Buffet
6pm 9-ball handicap
2pm Sunday Calling
Where: B.G. House & Restaurant Where: Megabreak Pool
Where: Royal Varuna Yacht Club
FOOD & DRINK
El Coyote Cup / Weekend Regatta 7
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Ocean Marina Yacht Club
Darkside Fun Pool League Pattaya Jungle Hash
Pattaya Jungle Hash House Harriers
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park
12noon Pattaya Sports Club Softball Recreational pick-up games Where: Thai Polo Club
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant
12noon Classic Sunday Lunches
Where: Coco's Bistro & Coffee Lounge Choice of three meats. Prices from 295 THB.
12noon International Buffet (with a Scandinavian touch)
Where: Akvavit Grill & Bar Only 295THB.
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub Where: Momento Beach Club Barbecue at the swimming pool. 290THB each.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Witherspoons Pub
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm Steak & Skewers Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort
6.30pm Themed Buffet Where: Tavern By The Sea
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 9pm LimaLima 9pm Mixx Discotheque 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
6.30pm Acoustic by Yves Baron
Where: Centara Grand Resort
7pm William Strattan Touricks plays ‘60s/’70s music Where: Shenanigans
7pm We Love Sunday, We Love Johnnie Walker Where: Club Insomnia
SOCIAL SCENE 10.30am Pattaya City Expats Club
Where: Tavern By The Sea
11.30am Pattaya Expats Club Where: Mercure Hotel
2pm Royal British Legion Thailand meeting Where: Tropical Bert’s Bar
7pm Sunday Salsa Social Venue
Where: Le Saint-Régis Pattaya
7pm Werewolves Game Where: Anchor Coworking Space
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SPORTS & LEISURE
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
AsiaBackpackers Darts SuperLeague
Where: Insomnia
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Bira Bike Day
Where: Bira Circuit Motorbike practice.
East Pattaya Pool League 1pm Pattaya Bridge Club Where: Altos Restaurant
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm Happy Mondays
2.45pm Pattaya Hash House Harriers Where: Lek Hotel
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football Where: Planet Football
Where: News Steaks & Grill Buy one meal from the regular menu, get another of equal or lesser value free of charge.
6pm Pizza & Pasta Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
5pm Game Night
Where: Aqua Bar Buy one beer, get one free.
6.30pm Themed Buffet Where: Tavern By The Sea
8pm Pub Quiz
Where: Shenanigans Anyone welcome to create a team of one to six players.
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
8.30pm 8-ball Pool League 8.30pm Monday Quiz League
Rest Stop v Mai's Bar The Londoner v Solo Nervous Wrech v The Ranch Palmers v Cheers
THE BIG GAME
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SPEEDWAY
Leicester v Eastbourne
FOOD & DRINK 10am International Variety Breakfast
8pm iBar Hip Hop Party
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
9pm Flexx Club 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
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15
SPORTS & LEISURE
Crumpton Oaks Darts League Double Top Darts Double-In Darkside League Bira Car & Truck Day Where: Bira Circuit Car and truck practice.
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
6.30pm Pattaya Chess Club
FOOD & DRINK
Where: Brau Haus Everybody welcome. Lessons available. Boards and clocks provided.
Pizza and Pasta
7pm Pole Dancing Class
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
8pm iBar Killer Pool Where: Insomnia
8.30pm Ladies 9-ball handicap
Where: Megabreak Pool
THE BIG GAME
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CRICKET
Sussex v Glamorgan
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm BBQ Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6pm Wine & Tapas Evening
Where: Witch's Oyster Bar & Restaurant, Soi Ruamrudee
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 8pm Mixx Discotheque 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
SOCIAL SCENE Russian Night
Where: Ankor Night Club & Lounge Free special vodka shots for girls.
10.30am PILC Coffee Morning
Contact: coffeepilc@gmail.com
8pm Wine Night Promotion
Where: Access Inn All bottles 999THB, all glasses 99THB. Buy one bottle and gent terrine, cheese or French Fries for free! Thai DJ.
9pm Buy 2 get 1 free on Cocktails Where: News Steak & Grill
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Free-flow beer with Currascaria buffet
SPORTS & LEISURE Just Gas It
Where: Enduro Madness Pattaya Dirt Bike Tours http://www.enduro-madness. com/off-road-tours/8-day-7night-tour/
1pm Pattaya Bridge Club Where: Altos Restaurant
3pm Pattaya Cricket Club Practice Where: Horseshoe Point All welcome.
Where: Zico's Grill & Bar, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Two hours of free-flow beer while you enjoy succulent meat and fresh seafood at Pattaya's only Brazilian Churrascaria restaurant, from 999THB per person.
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
4pm 10-ball handicap Where: Megabreak Pool
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
4pm Club Petanque Thailand
Where: Soi Nernpleubwan
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football
5pm Ladies Night
8pm Fight Night
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Planet Football
Where: Pattaya Boxing World
8.30pm Wednesday Quiz League Cheers v Shagwell The Londoner v The Ranch Nervous Wreck v Palmers Rest Stop v Queen Victoria
THE BIG GAME
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CRICKET
Surrey v Somerset
FOOD & DRINK Men’s Night
Where: Ankor Night Club & Lounge Free Tequila with any drink.
Where: Aqua Bar Ladies get two free drinks.
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm Thai Contemporary Night
Where: Oceana Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Enjoy a selection of traditional Thai dishes such as som tum, tom yum goong, choo chee curry, pad Thai and the Essan grilled specialties and Thai contemporary dance. 800THB++ per person. Beverages not included.
6pm Wednesday Carvery
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub 350THB per person.
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6pm Multi-cuisine Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6.30pm Themed Buffet
WHAT’S HAPPENING
WED
6.45pm Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya meeting
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
Where: Royal Cliff Beach Resort
8pm Ladies Night
Where: Anchor Coworking Space Language exchange club. Free and open to all.
Where: Access Inn Free cocktail for ladies.
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
7pm Polyglot Club
7.30pm Toss the Boss Where: Shenanigans
9pm Bingo Night
Where: The Bondi Jomtien Beach Nine prizes of vouchers for the Bondi or local venues, bottles of alcohol and the chance to win the rollover Jackpot!
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 10pm Mixx Discotheque 7.30pm The Pier
8pm Charity Concert for Banglamung Elderly Home
Where: Da Claudio Restuarant Featuring Dutch Baritone Ronald Willemsen.
SOCIAL SCENE 4pm Motor Auction Where: Collingbourne Auctioneers
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THU
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SPORTS & LEISURE Just Gas It
Where: Enduro Madness Pattaya Dirt Bike Tours http://www.enduro-madness. com/off-road-tours/8-day-7night-tour/
Double Top Darkside League 10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
4pm Safecracker
Where: Shenanigans Chance to win a 10,000THB voucher.
7pm Pattaya Panthers and Panties (mixed) Touch Rugby
FOOD & DRINK Free-flow beer with Currascaria buffet
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
Where: Zico's Grill & Bar, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Two hours of free-flow beer while you enjoy succulent meat and fresh seafood at Pattaya's only Brazilian Churrascaria restaurant, from 999THB per person.
7pm Pool Tournament
Tex Mex Thursday
Where: Horseshoe Point
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Megabreak Pool
8pm Pub Quiz
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub Mexican menu. All dishes 199THB, Margarita cocktail 99THB.
9pm Pub Quiz
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: The Red Lion, Soi Khao Noi Where: The Sportsman Open to anyone.
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
5pm Sangria Night
Where: Aqua Bar Sangria only 150THB per glass. Buy one, get one free.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm German Buffet with Roasted Pig
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
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6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
9pm Buy 2 get 1 free on Cocktails Where: News Steak & Grill
AT THE MOVIES NEW RELEASES: Step Up: All In
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 10pm Mixx Discotheque 7.30pm The Pier
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
SOCIAL SCENE 6pm Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard meeting
Where: Siam Bayshore Pattaya Hotel
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2pm Draft Beer Promotion
SPORTS & LEISURE Just Gas It
Where: Enduro Madness Pattaya Dirt Bike Tours http://www.enduro-madness. com/off-road-tours/8-day-7night-tour/
Buffalo Jack’s Darts League
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
5pm Mojito Night
Where: Aqua Bar Mojitos only 150THB.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
1pm Pattaya Bridge Club Where: Altos Restaurant
3pm Zumba Session
Where: Planet Earth Beach Club 200THB entrance fee. Features professional Zumba instructor.
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm Thai Buffet
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6.45pm Yoga Training Workshop
6pm Indian Buffet
Where: Planet Football
6.30pm Acoustic by Yves Baron
Where: Centara Grand Resort
7pm DJ Diva
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9pm Mix Tape
Where: Hard Rock Café Four guest DJs playing deep house, techno and other groovy tunes laced with rock ‘n‘ roll.
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
7pm William Strattan Touricks plays ‘60s/’70s music Where: Shenanigans
SOCIAL SCENE Irish Party
Where: Murphy’s Law Pattaya United Football supporters meet.
8pm Romance Jazz on the Roof Where: Dusit D2 Baraquda
Where: The Players Lounge
Where: Balaji Yoga Workshop by Ravinder Jangra from India. Second session begins at 8pm.
8pm Fight Night
Where: Pattaya Boxing World
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
THE BIG GAME
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FORMULA 1
German Grand Prix Practice
Live Band
FOOD & DRINK Steak Night
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub Fresh and tender tenderloin steak all day only 299THB.
10am International Variety Breakfast
8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
FRI
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club
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SPORTS & LEISURE Just Gas It
Where: Enduro Madness Pattaya Dirt Bike Tours http://www.enduro-madness. com/off-road-tours/8-day-7night-tour/
Summer Regatta
Where: Royal Varuna Yacht Club
Pattaya Bush Hash
Pattaya Bush Hash House Harriers
8.30am International Tennis Players Academy Where: Ambassador City Tennis Courts
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
11am Indoor Lawn Bowls
Where: Coco Club Free for school or college-aged children.
3pm Pattaya Cricket Club Practice Where: Horseshoe Point
4pm Club Petanque Thailand
Where: Soi Nernpleubwan
6.45pm Yoga Training Workshop
Where: Balaji Yoga Workshop by Ravinder Jangra.
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
FOOD & DRINK 12noon International Buffet (with a Scandinavian touch)
Where: Akvavit Grill & Bar
Saturday Steak & Wine
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Get a free glass of wine or beer with a rib-eye or t-bone steak.
Super Saturday Specials Where: Robin’s Nest Heineken 89THB, Guinness 160THB, Tiger Light 59THB.
10am International Variety Breakfast
Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
6.30pm Acoustic by Yves Baron
Where: Witherspoons Pub
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
6pm International Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night
6.30pm Wine Tasting Night
Where: Havana Bar, Holiday Inn A wonderful selection of wines from Wine Dee Dee Company. From 990THB per person.
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LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
Where: Centara Grand Resort
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
8pm Romance Jazz on the Roof Where: Dusit D2 Baraquda By Aht Gunlayanukupt.
SOCIAL SCENE 11am General Auction Where: Collingbourne Auctioneers
2pm Balearica
Where: Momento Beach Club
2pm 1st Anniversary Party
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12noon International Buffet (with a Scandinavian touch)
SPORTS & LEISURE Just Gas It
Where: Enduro Madness Pattaya Dirt Bike Tours http://www.enduro-madness. com/off-road-tours/8-day-7night-tour/
Where: Akvavit Grill & Bar Only 295THB.
12noon Sunday Cavery Buffet
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub
2pm Sunday Calling
Summer Regatta
Where: Royal Varuna Yacht Club
Darkside Fun Pool League
Where: Momento Beach Club Barbecue at the swimming pool. 290THB each.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Pattaya Jungle Hash
Where: Witherspoons Pub
Pattaya Jungle Hash House Harriers
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Thai Polo Club
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
2pm Pattaya Backgammon League
6pm Steak & Skewers Buffet
Where: B.G. House & Restaurant
Where: Thai Garden Resort
6pm 9-ball handicap
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park
12noon Pattaya Sports Club Softball Recreational pick-up games
9pm Flexx Club 9pm LimaLima 9pm Mixx Discotheque 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
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6.30pm Acoustic by Yves Baron
10.30am Pattaya City Expats Club
Where: Centara Grand Resort
Where: Tavern By The Sea
7pm William Strattan Touricks plays ‘60s/’70s music
11.30am Pattaya Expats Club
Where: Shenanigans
7pm We Love Sunday, We Love Johnnie Walker Where: Club Insomnia
Where: Mercure Hotel
2pm Royal British Legion Thailand meeting
Where: Tropical Bert’s Bar
7pm Sunday Salsa Social Venue
Where: Le Saint-Régis Pattaya
Where: Tavern By The Sea
Where: Megabreak Pool
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
THE BIG GAME
@ WITHERSPOONS PUB
Cabaret
CRICKET
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
England v India
FOOD & DRINK 10am International Variety Breakfast
Live Band
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant
12noon Classic Sunday Lunches
Live DJ
Where: Coco's Bistro & Coffee Lounge Choice of three meats. Prices from 295 THB.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
SUN
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
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MON
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SPORTS & LEISURE Just Gas It
Where: Enduro Madness Pattaya Dirt Bike Tours http://www.enduro-madness. com/off-road-tours/8-day-7night-tour/
AsiaBackpackers Darts SuperLeague Bira Bike Day
Where: Bira Circuit Motorbike practice.
East Pattaya Pool League 1pm Pattaya Bridge Club Where: Altos Restaurant
2.45pm Pattaya Hash House Harriers Where: Lek Hotel
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football Where: Planet Football
5pm Game Night
Where: Aqua Bar Buy one beer, get one free.
FOOD & DRINK 10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Shenanigans Teams of one to six players.
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
8.30pm 8-ball Pool League
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
8pm Pub Quiz
8.30pm Monday Quiz League
The Ranch v The Londoner Nervous Wreck v Solo Mai's Bar v Palmers Cheers v Rest Stop
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm Happy Mondays
Where: News Steaks & Grill Buy one meal from the regular menu, get another of equal or lesser value free of charge.
6pm Pizza & Pasta Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
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6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
8pm iBar Hip Hop Party Where: Insomnia
8pm Monday Night Party Where: Mixx Discotheque
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2pm Draft Beer Promotion
SPORTS & LEISURE Just Gas It
Where: Enduro Madness Pattaya Dirt Bike Tours http://www.enduro-madness. com/off-road-tours/8-day-7night-tour/
Crumpton Oaks Darts League Double Top Darts Double-In Darkside League
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm BBQ Buffet
Bira Car & Truck Day
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
Where: Bira Circuit Car and truck practice.
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
6pm Wine & Tapas Evening
Where: Witch's Oyster Bar & Restaurant, Soi Ruamrudee
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Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 8pm Mixx Discotheque 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
SOCIAL SCENE Russian Night
Where: Ankor Night Club & Lounge Free special vodka shots for girls.
6.30pm Themed Buffet
6.30pm Pattaya Chess Club
Where: Brau Haus Everybody welcome. Lessons available. Boards and clocks provided.
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
8pm Wine Night Promotion
Where: Access Inn All bottles 999THB, all glasses 99THB. Buy one bottle and gent terrine, cheese or French Fries for free! Thai DJ.
9pm Buy 2 get 1 free on Cocktails
8pm iBar Killer Pool Where: Insomnia
Where: News Steak & Grill
8.30pm Ladies 9-ball handicap
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
Where: Megabreak Pool
Cabaret
FOOD & DRINK Pizza and Pasta
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
10am International Variety Breakfast
Live Band
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant
FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory Add your event to our listings! Email: pattayatrader@pattayatrader.com
WHAT’S HAPPENING
TUE
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WED
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SPORTS & LEISURE Just Gas It
Where: Enduro Madness Pattaya Dirt Bike Tours http://www.enduro-madness. com/off-road-tours/8-day-7night-tour/
1pm Pattaya Bridge Club Where: Altos Restaurant
3pm Pattaya Cricket Club Practice Where: Horseshoe Point All welcome.
4pm 10-ball handicap Where: Megabreak Pool
4pm Club Petanque Thailand
5pm Ladies Night
Where: Soi Nernpleubwan
Where: Aqua Bar Ladies get two free drinks.
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Planet Football
8pm Fight Night
Where: Pattaya Boxing World
8.30pm Wednesday Quiz League
The Londoner v Nervous Wreck The Ranch v Cheers Queen Victoria v Palmers Shagwell v Rest Stop
THE BIG GAME
@ WITHERSPOONS PUB
HORSE RACING Leicester
FOOD & DRINK Men’s Night
Where: Ankor Night Club & Lounge Free Tequila with any drink.
Free-flow beer with Currascaria buffet
Where: Zico's Grill & Bar, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Two hours of free-flow beer while you enjoy succulent meat and fresh seafood at Pattaya's only Brazilian Churrascaria restaurant, from 999THB per person.
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
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Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm Thai Contemporary Night Where: Oceana Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
6pm Wednesday Carvery
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub 350THB per person.
6pm Multi-cuisine Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
8pm Ladies Night
8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 10pm Mixx Discotheque 7.30pm The Pier
8pm Charity Concert for Banglamung Elderly Home
Where: Da Claudio Restuarant Featuring Dutch Baritone Ronald Willemsen.
SOCIAL SCENE 4pm Motor Auction Where: Collingbourne Auctioneers
6.45pm Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya meeting
Where: Access Inn Free cocktail for ladies.
Where: Royal Cliff Beach Resort
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
Where: Anchor Coworking Space Language exchange club. Free and open to all.
7th Grand Prix Pattaya
Festival and Grand Prix competition featuring 15 categories for all kinds of choirs from around the world. Visit: festamusicale.com for more info.
Cabaret
6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar
7pm Polyglot Club
7.30pm CouchSurfers meeting Where: Triangle Bar
7.30pm Toss the Boss Where: Shenanigans
9pm Bingo Night
Where: The Bondi Jomtien Beach Nine prizes of vouchers for the Bondi or local venues, bottles of alcohol and the chance to win the rollover Jackpot! Issue 165 | JULY 2014
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10am International Variety Breakfast
SPORTS & LEISURE
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant
Double Top Darkside League
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
4pm Safecracker
5pm Sangria Night
Where: Shenanigans Chance to win a 10,000THB voucher.
Where: Aqua Bar Sangria only 150THB per glass. Buy one, get one free.
7pm Pattaya Panthers and Panties (mixed) Touch Rugby
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
Where: Horseshoe Point
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
7pm Pool Tournament Where: Megabreak Pool
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia
9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
10.30pm Plastik Funk Where: Mixx Club
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
SOCIAL SCENE 6pm Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard meeting
Where: Siam Bayshore Pattaya Hotel
6pm German Buffet with Roasted Pig
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6.30pm Themed Buffet
8pm Pub Quiz
Where: The Red Lion, Soi Khao Noi
9pm Pub Quiz
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
9pm Buy 2 get 1 free on Cocktails Where: News Steak & Grill
Where: The Sportsman Open to anyone.
AT THE MOVIES
THE BIG GAME
@ WITHERSPOONS PUB
NEW RELEASES: No Tears for the Dead The Fault in Our Stars Earth to Echo Hercules
FOOTBALL
AC Milan v Olympiacos
FOOD & DRINK
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
Tex Mex Thursday
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub All dishes 199THB
Free-flow beer with Currascaria buffet
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Cabaret
Where: Zico's Grill & Bar, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
WHAT’S HAPPENING
THU
7th Grand Prix Pattaya
Festival and Grand Prix competition featuring 15 categories for all kinds of choirs from around the world. Visit: festamusicale.com for more info.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
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FRI
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SPORTS & LEISURE
Buffalo Jack’s Darts League 1pm Pattaya Bridge Club Where: Altos Restaurant
3pm Zumba Session
Where: Planet Earth Beach Club 200THB entrance fee. Features professional Zumba instructor.
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football Where: Planet Football
6.45pm Yoga Training Workshop
10am International Variety Breakfast
8pm Fight Night
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Balaji Yoga Workshop by Ravinder Jangra from India. Second session begins at 8pm. Where: Pattaya Boxing World
THE BIG GAME
@ WITHERSPOONS PUB
RUGBY LEAGUE
Hull FC v Castleford Tigers
FOOD & DRINK Steak Night
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub Fresh and tender tenderloin steak all day only 299THB.
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
5pm Mojito Night
Where: Aqua Bar Mojitos only 150THB.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6.30pm Acoustic by Yves Baron
6pm Thai Buffet
7pm William Strattan Touricks plays ‘60s/’70s music
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6pm Indian Buffet
Where: The Players Lounge
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS 7th Grand Prix Pattaya
Festival and Grand Prix competition featuring 15 categories for all kinds of choirs from around the world. Visit: festamusicale.com for more info.
Cabaret
Where: Centara Grand Resort
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
Where: Shenanigans
8pm Romance Jazz on the Roof Where: Dusit D2 Baraquda
9pm Mix Tape
Where: Hard Rock Café Four guest DJs playing deep house, techno and other groovy tunes laced with rock ‘n‘ roll.
SOCIAL SCENE Irish Party
Where: Murphy’s Law Pattaya United Football supporters meet.
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
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SPORTS & LEISURE
FOOD & DRINK
Summer Series Final
Where: Royal Varuna Yacht Club
Pro Racing Series Thailand Championship 2014 Where: Bira Circuit
Pattaya Bush Hash
Pattaya Bush Hash House Harriers
Where: Ambassador City Tennis Courts For children and teenagers aged from 10-16 of intermediate level skill.
11am Indoor Lawn Bowls
Where: Coco Club Free for school or college-aged children.
3pm Pattaya Cricket Club Practice Where: Horseshoe Point
4pm Club Petanque Thailand
Where: Robin’s Nest Heineken 89THB, Guinness 160THB, Tiger Light 59THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
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6.30pm Acoustic by Yves Baron
Where: Centara Grand Resort
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
8pm Romance Jazz on the Roof Where: Dusit D2 Baraquda
SOCIAL SCENE
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
11am General Auction Where: Collingbourne Auctioneers
2pm Balearica
Where: Momento Beach Club
Where: Witherspoons Pub
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
6pm International Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night
Where: Soi Nernpleubwan
6.45pm Yoga Training Workshop
Where: Balaji Yoga Workshop by Ravinder Jangra.
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym
Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Get a free glass of wine or beer with a rib-eye or t-bone steak.
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
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Saturday Steak & Wine
10am International Variety Breakfast
10am Pattaya Archery Club
THE BIG GAME
Where: Akvavit Grill & Bar
Super Saturday Specials
8.30am International Tennis Players Academy
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12noon International Buffet (with a Scandinavian touch)
6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
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LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS 7th Grand Prix Pattaya
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Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show Add your event to our listings! Email: pattayatrader@pattayatrader.com
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Pattaya Marathon
Where: PattayaBeach Road www.pattaya-marathon.net
Summer Series Final
Where: Royal Varuna Yacht Club
Pro Racing Series Thailand Championship 2014 Where: Bira Circuit
Darkside Fun Pool League Pattaya Jungle Hash
Pattaya Jungle Hash House Harriers
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park
12noon Pattaya Sports Club Softball Recreational pick-up games Where: Thai Polo Club
2pm Pattaya Backgammon League
Where: B.G. House & Restaurant
6pm 9-ball handicap Where: Megabreak Pool
FOOD & DRINK 10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant
12noon Classic Sunday Lunches
Where: Coco's Bistro & Coffee Lounge Choice of three meats. Prices from 295 THB.
12noon International Buffet (with a Scandinavian touch)
Where: Akvavit Grill & Bar Only 295THB.
12noon Sunday Cavery Buffet
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub
2pm Sunday Calling
Where: Momento Beach Club Barbecue at the swimming pool. 290THB each.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Witherspoons Pub
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Prices start from 690THB.
6pm Steak & Skewers Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort
6.30pm Themed Buffet Where: Tavern By The Sea
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS 7th Grand Prix Pattaya
Festival and Grand Prix competition featuring 15 categories for all kinds of choirs from around the world. Visit: festamusicale.com for more info.
Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu
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Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 9pm LimaLima 9pm Mixx Discotheque 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
6.30pm Acoustic by Yves Baron
Where: Centara Grand Resort
7pm William Strattan Touricks plays ‘60s/’70s music Where: Shenanigans
7pm We Love Sunday, We Love Johnnie Walker Where: Club Insomnia
SOCIAL SCENE 10.30am Pattaya City Expats Club
Where: Tavern By The Sea
11.30am Pattaya Expats Club Where: Mercure Hotel
2pm Royal British Legion Thailand meeting Where: Tropical Bert’s Bar
7pm Sunday Salsa Social Venue
Where: Le Saint-Régis Pattaya
7pm Werewolves Game Where: Anchor Coworking Space
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SPORTS & LEISURE
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
AsiaBackpackers Darts SuperLeague Bira Bike Day
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Bira Circuit Motorbike practice.
East Pattaya Pool League 1pm Pattaya Bridge Club Where: Altos Restaurant
2.45pm Pattaya Hash House Harriers Where: Lek Hotel
9pm Flexx Club 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier Where: Insomnia
8pm Monday Night Party
6pm Happy Mondays
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6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football Where: Planet Football
5pm Game Night
6pm Pizza & Pasta Buffet
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8pm iBar Hip Hop Party
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB. Where: News Steaks & Grill Buy one meal from the regular menu, get another of equal or lesser value free of charge.
Where: Mixx Discotheque
SOCIAL SCENE 11.30am PILC Newcomers' Coffee Morning
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
Where: Aqua Bar Buy one beer, get one free.
8pm Pub Quiz
Where: Shenanigans Anyone welcome to create a team of one to six players.
8.30pm 8-ball Pool League
6.30pm Themed Buffet Where: Tavern By The Sea
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
8.30pm Monday Quiz League
The Ranch v Palmers The Londoner v Cheers Nervous Wreck v Rest Stop Solo v Mai's Bar
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
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CRICKET
England v India
FOOD & DRINK 10am International Variety Breakfast
Live DJ
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB. Add your event to our listings! Email: pattayatrader@pattayatrader.com
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Crumpton Oaks Darts League
Double Top Darts Double-In Darkside League Bira Car & Truck Day Where: Bira Circuit Car and truck practice.
10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
6.30pm Pattaya Chess Club
8pm iBar Killer Pool Where: Insomnia
8.30pm Ladies 9-ball handicap
Where: Megabreak Pool
THE BIG GAME
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FOOTBALL
Real Madrid v Roma
FOOD & DRINK
Where: Brau Haus Everybody welcome. Lessons available. Boards and clocks provided.
Pizza and Pasta
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub
10am International Variety Breakfast
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm BBQ Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6pm Wine & Tapas Evening
Where: Witch's Oyster Bar & Restaurant, Soi Ruamrudee
8pm Wine Night Promotion
Where: Access Inn All bottles 999THB, all glasses 99THB. Buy one bottle and gent terrine, cheese or French Fries for free! Thai DJ.
9pm Buy 2 get 1 free on Cocktails Where: News Steak & Grill
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 8pm Mixx Discotheque 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 7.30pm The Pier
SOCIAL SCENE Russian Night
Where: Ankor Night Club & Lounge Free special vodka shots for girls.
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
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SPORTS & LEISURE 1pm Pattaya Bridge Club
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
3pm Pattaya Cricket Club Practice
5pm Ladies Night
Where: Horseshoe Point All welcome.
Where: Aqua Bar Ladies get two free drinks.
4pm 10-ball handicap
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Altos Restaurant
Where: Megabreak Pool
4pm Club Petanque Thailand
Where: Soi Nernpleubwan
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Prices start from 690THB.
6.30pm Expats Six-a-Side Football
6pm Thai Contemporary Night
Where: Planet Football
8pm Fight Night
Where: Pattaya Boxing World
8.30pm Wednesday Quiz League
Cheers v Nervous Wreck Shagwell v The Ranch Palmers v Rest Stop Queen Victoria v The Londoner
THE BIG GAME
Manchester City v Liverpool
8pm Charity Concert for Banglamung Elderly Home
Where: Da Claudio Restuarant Featuring Dutch Baritone Ronald Willemsen.
4pm Motor Auction Where: Collingbourne Auctioneers
6.45pm Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya meeting Where: Royal Cliff Beach Resort
7pm Polyglot Club
Where: Anchor Coworking Space
7.30pm Toss the Boss Where: Shenanigans
6pm Wednesday Carvery
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub 350THB per person.
6pm Multi-cuisine Buffet
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
8pm Ladies Night
Where: Access Inn Free cocktail for ladies.
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LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS
Men’s Night
Where: Ankor Night Club & Lounge Free Tequila with any drink.
Cabaret
Where: Zico's Grill & Bar, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 10pm Mixx Discotheque 7.30pm The Pier
SOCIAL SCENE
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
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10am International Variety Breakfast
Live DJ
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Free-flow beer with Currascaria buffet
Where: Oceana Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
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6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit
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Double Top Darkside League 10am Pattaya Archery Club
Where: Pattaya Shooting Park All welcome; equipment and coaching provided.
4pm Safecracker
Where: Shenanigans Chance to win a 10,000THB voucher.
7pm Pattaya Panthers and Panties (mixed) Touch Rugby Where: Horseshoe Point
7pm Pole Dancing Class
Where: Tony’s Wongamat Gym Free for members. 99 THB per class for non-members.
7pm Pool Tournament Where: Megabreak Pool
8pm Pub Quiz
Where: The Red Lion, Soi Khao Noi
9pm Pub Quiz
Where: The Sportsman Open to anyone.
FOOD & DRINK Free-flow beer with Currascaria buffet
Where: Zico's Grill & Bar, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort
Tex Mex Thursday
Where: Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub Mexican menu. All dishes 199THB, Margarita cocktail 99THB.
10am International Variety Breakfast
Where: Cucumber Pub & Restaurant Start from 150THB to 230THB.
2pm Draft Beer Promotion
Where: Witherspoons Pub Magners 160THB, Heineken 95THB, Guinness 150THB, Old Speckled Hen 155THB.
5pm Sangria Night
Where: Aqua Bar Sangria only 150THB per glass. Buy one, get one free.
6pm Gourmet White Asparagus
Where: Acqua Restaurant, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Chef Alberto Bruni is proud to present a delicious new menu featuring white asparagus. Prices start from 690THB.
6pm German Buffet with Roasted Pig
Where: Thai Garden Resort 399THB per adult. 199 per child under 12. Free for under 4s.
6.30pm Themed Buffet
Where: Tavern By The Sea Different theme every night.
9pm Buy 2 get 1 free on Cocktails Where: News Steak & Grill
AT THE MOVIES NEW RELEASES: Kristy Third Person Guardians of the Galaxy
LIVE MUSIC AND SHOWS Cabaret
6pm Alangkarn Theatre 6pm Alcazar Show 6pm Colosseum Show Malibu 6pm Tiffany’s Show
Live Band
8pm Bamboo Bar 8.30pm Blues Factory FLB 8.45pm Hopf House 7pm Jazz Pit 9pm Moon River Pub 8pm Rolling Stone 2 8pm Tony’s Entertainment Complex 9pm Utopia
Live DJ
9pm Flexx Club 8pm Insomnia 9pm LimaLima 10pm Play Club 10pm Mixx Discotheque 7.30pm The Pier
7pm DJ Diva
Where: Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge, Centara Grand Resort
SOCIAL SCENE Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark Soft Opening
Where: Cartoon Network Amazone For the best value, buy your annual pass now. Membership starts from 4,000THB for a Silver Pass and includes several VIP benefits. Tel: 038 237 707 or email: welcome@ cartoonnetworkamazone.com
6pm Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard meeting
Where: Siam Bayshore Pattaya Hotel
10pm Ladies Night
Where: Ankor Night Club
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visit to Koh Chang is all about enjoying the natural beauty of the island, especially the clear, warm water and sandy beaches. It’s all about taking it easy, leaving your worries at the ferry port and relaxing. Getting a good night’s rest between partying at night and chilling during the day is an important part of that. For a backpacker (or anyone, for that matter) on a budget, you need a place which is comfortable and affordable. You need Asia BackPackers’ Koh Chang Resort and Hostel. Situated towards the southern end of the island in tranquil settings only 200 metres from the idyllic Khong Koi Beach and close to the stited fishing village and pier of Bang Bao Bay, the resort boasts individually-styled bungalows and boutique dormitories, a trendy bar, free WiFi throughout, secure lockers and friendly staff. The clean accommodation is allergy and environmentally friendly with free medical assistance available. Every effort is made to make your stay a safe, enjoyable and relaxing one. The seven bungalows at the resort are set in 2 rai (3,200 square metres) of land and offer vistas over unspoilt jungle to the mountains of Koh Chang.
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Each has a 32-inch flat-screen TV, WiFi, an en suite bathroom with hot and cold water, air conditioners, a private safe, a large refrigerator, tea and coffee-making facilities, a comfortable double bed and an amazing low price. Prices start from 700THB per night. If you prefer the communal atmosphere and want to make some new friends, mixed or female-only dormitories are available from 280THB per night. They sleep between four and 10 guests, each with an individually-designed bunk bed, personal reading light, power socket and backpack-sized locker. The rooms also have a shared bathroom and air conditioning. All guests, be they in the bungalows or dorms, get bedding and towels at no extra cost. To reach the resort, take a songthaew from the main Koh Chang ferry piers. It should cost about 150 baht and will follow the rural roads. Asia BackPackers also have hostels in other parts of Thailand and nearby countries, including in Pattaya. If you are interested in opening your own franchise, call Simon on 08 7440 6060.
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by Brian S.
hen it comes to the tropical island that’s named after one of Thailand’s most beloved icons…the pachyderm, as in ‘elephant’, not the beer whose logo is an elephant!…this is a place that must be visited if you live or are traveling in Thailand. If you haven’t already guessed, I’m referring to Koh Chang, which is Thai for “Elephant Island”. The island is situated on Thailand’s eastern seaboard, just off the coast of the province of Trat, near Thailand’s border with Cambodia. As the nation’s third largest island, Koh Chang is so named because its headland is shaped like the head of an elephant. Geographically speaking, the island’s topography is somewhat mountainous and composed primarily of rainforest, punctuated with several breathtaking waterfalls. Be that as it may, the star attraction of Elephant Island is its relaxing atmosphere, white sandy beaches, turquoise seas and the surrounding islands and coral reefs. Getting there is best accomplished by way of a motorised vehicle, such as a car, taxi or bus, because the island has no airport. What I mean by ‘there’ is actually the pier at Laem Ngob on the mainland in Trat City, from which a ferry will see you safely across the channel to one of the three ferry piers on the island. The ferry will deposit you near to one of the two main roads that circumnavigate Koh Chang. The ubiquitous Songthaews, which ply the roads on a regular basis, offer both public transport and taxi services to the beach of your choice. Speaking of beaches, Elephant Island has more than a few. However, the four major beaches are:
White Sands Beach, which lies some 15 minutes from the ferry pier, on the western side of the island, near the southern tip of Koh Chang. As the island’s most popular coastal destination, it is considered to be the nicest and the most developed. As such, it offers higher-end accommodation and tends to attract larger crowds of sun-worshipers, depending on the season. Stretching for approximately 2.5 kilometres, the wide beach features white powdery sand for roughly the first two thirds of its length. Along the southern third of the beach, the white sand begins to turn to brown sand and then to coarse sand mixed with small stones. White Sand Beach is wide enough to accommodate any beachfront activity, especially when the tide is low. If you’re worried about being swamped by parasailing boats, speedboats, jet skis and banana boats while snorkeling, don’t be. Koh Chang’s status as a National Park prohibits these types of noisy ocean-going conveyances. The beach is encompassed by accommodation of every description, ranging from modest huts to five-star resorts. Restaurants and bars are plentiful and most are situated right on the beach, so your next meal or cold beverage is never more than a few steps away. Most of the better resorts provide deck chairs for their guests or they can be rented for a modest fee. Public toilets, most of which you’ll have to pay a few baht to use, are conveniently located along the beach.
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Khlong Prao Beach is 30 minutes by taxi from the ferry pier, and four kilometres south of White Sands Beach. It’s also the longest beach on the island. The main advantages of Khlong Prao Beach are that it is much quieter, less crowded and less developed than its northern neighbor. It also has the unusual distinction of being bisected by the Khlong Plu waterfall’s river estuary, which provides sunbathers with spectacular views of craggy cliffs above the mangroves bordering the estuary, and the sparkling azure seas facing the Gulf of Thailand. Despite being overshadowed by White Sands Beach, Khlong Prao still offers a wide range of accommodation possibilities. Like White Sands, the ocean adjacent to the beautiful wide beach is devoid of noisy, fastmoving ocean-going transport. That’s why this beach is an ideal choice for those who seek tranquil surroundings. However, canoeing, kayaking and great snorkeling can be enjoyed. As far as facilities, such as public restrooms and internet cafés go, most are situated on both sides of the main road, not too far from the beach. If you’re not staying at one of the resorts, a beach towel rather than a deck chair, will have to do. Food-wise, in addition to the food vendors that ply the beach, the restaurants that dot the main road serve up all sorts of Thai specialties and popular Western fare.
Kai Bae Beach, which is 45 minutes by taxi from the ferry pier, is thought to combine
the best features of the busier beaches to the north and the more serene beaches to the south. Granted, Kai Bae is only just, less appealing than its cousins to the north. Nevertheless, it still attracts more than its fair share of visitors. South of White Sands and Khlong Prao, the 2.5-kilometre beach, which is split into three sections, is partially shrouded by overhanging palms and broad-leaved trees. One of Kai Bae’s most unique features is that, at low tide, one can walk into the ocean for up to 100 metres before reaching waters deep enough to swim in! Like the other beaches, Kai Bae is dotted with accommodation of all types, many of which offer beach towels, chairs, hammocks, footballs, volleyballs and snorkeling equipment free to their guests and for a small fee to others. Light meals, snacks and cold drinks can be had from the usual array of facilities that can be found in the hotels and restaurants that line the beach and the main road.
Lonely Beach, at 1 hour by taxi from the ferry pier, is situated at the southern tip of the island. The one-kilometre long beach is surrounded by rocky landscape that is overgrown with lush tropical jungle. The northern beach is carpeted with a bed of fine white sand, while the sand on the southern beach tends to be coarser. Regardless, the entire length of Lonely Beach is fringed with swaying palm trees and offers spectacular views of the surrounding picture postcard scenery. For this reason, Lonely Beach is a terrific location for working on your tan, swimming, picnicking or enjoying the latest bestselling novel. Formerly a backpacker’s haven, Lonely Beach has recently been transformed into another beachfront resort location, albeit on a much smaller scale. As such, one can expect the usual amenities and facilities in respect to accommodation, restaurants and conveniences like ATMs and cellphone signal.
It should be said that all four of the beaches mentioned are considered to be most beautiful between October and early-May. All of them are all haunted, some more so than others, by roving beach vendors hawking everything from light snacks to copies of designer wristwatches. In most cases, the vendors can easily be dismissed with a polite “no, thank you” or by uttering the Thai words, “Mai ow, krap/kha”, which means “I don’t want”. Each beach also features an abundance of massage huts offering traditional Thai and foot massages to make your visit that much more relaxing.
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The Battle of Koh Chang
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n late 1940 Thailand and France fought a brief border war. It is beyond the scope of this article to go into depth about the causes of the conflict, but suffice to say that it was precipitated by Thailand’s desire to regain territory lost to France over the previous half century. It may come as no surprise the Thai and French accounts of the brief undeclared border war, which had escalated into a fullscale conflict by November 1940, tend to differ. This is particularly the case with the naval battle of Koh Chang. It began when a small naval squadron commanded by Captain de Vaisseau Berenger, consisting of the light cruiser Lamotte-Picquet (the flagship) and four sloops, two of them quite ancient sailed into the Gulf of Thailand on 13 January 1941 to seek out their Thai counterparts. It appeared a David and Goliath contest as the Thai navy had been upgraded with ships purchased from Italy and Japan. On 17 January, battle was joined near dawn when a French seaplane found a section of the Thai fleet, consisting of the coast defence ship HTMS Thonburi, two sloops, four torpedo boats (including HTMS Trat, HTMS Songkhla, and HTMS Chonburi), two minesweepers and a patrol boat, anchored off Koh Chang.
It attacked them, but the Thais claimed to have shot it down. Berenger then attacked with his ships. The battle lasted over an hour before the French withdrew—according to them— unscathed. The French claimed the Lamotte-Picquet struck the coast defence ship HTMS Ayutthaya with a torpedo and, heavily damaged by gunfire, she was beached by her crew on the mainland. In fact, the Ayutthaya was not at the battle, arriving much later. The Lamotte-Picquet did severely damage the Songkhla, which later sank, before claiming to sink the Trat and Chonburi. The squadron then turned all their guns against the Thonburi and claimed to sink it as well. Mission accomplished the French began sailing back towards southern Vietnam but came under aerial attack, which they managed to beat off with anti-aircraft fire. The Thai version of events is somewhat different. The action opened with the French concentrating their initial salvoes on the two Thai torpedo boats anchored near the approach to Koh Chang. These two vessels (Songkhla and Chonburi) were overwhelmed by gunfire and sank. So, the Thais agree with the French on this. The Thonburi began returning fire but was struck by the Lamotte-Picquet and began to burn. Suffering from serious flooding as well, she was beached. The Thonburi had fired on the Lamotte-Picquet while two Thai torpedo boats engaged two of the French sloops. The Thonburi claimed to have Fire suppression on HTMS Thonburi scored a direct hit on the French flagship. The UPI America correspondent later examined the Lamotte-Picquet in Saigon but found no damage. Overall, the French claimed to have sunk or destroyed five Thai warships; the Thais allege they lost just two. The Thais lost 36 men killed in the action, 20 on Thonburi, 14 on Songkhla, and two on Chonburi. French losses are unknown. In reality, the Thonburi was towed back to Bangkok where she entered dry dock for repairs, eventually becoming an accommodation hulk before being scrapped in 1956. So, in that sense, the French did knock this vessel out. The Ayutthaya was sunk during the abortive coup of 1951. Soon after the battle, both sides accepted Japanese mediation and a ceasefire was arranged for 28 January. An armistice was signed three days later, on board the Japanese cruiser Natori in Saigon harbour. On 9 May, the Treaty of Tokyo officially ended the war. France ceded the Cambodian provinces of Siem Reap and Battambang to Thailand, as well as Sayaboury in Laos. Thailand agreed these areas would be turned into demilitarised zones. In return, Thailand agreed to pay the Vichy government the equivalent of 10 million baht compensation. To celebrate their success, prime minister Pibul Songgram erected the Victory Monument in Bangkok in late 1941. Comemorative plaques on Koh Chang
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ficionados of waterfalls—assuming that there are such people—will tell you that what is described as a waterfall in Thailand is quite unlike anything else it the world. It conforms to the requirements of being a waterfall in so far as there is water and it is falling. However, the source of that water is often little more than a stream and the fall is often less than a metre. The result is something which, while technically a waterfall, is monumentally underwhelming. Chanta Ten Waterfall, near to Bang Phra Reservoir, is not exactly an exception, but it is a significant improvement over the norm. It is, however, one of those improvements which focusses more on quantity than quality. There is still limited water and it is still making very small reductions in altitude, but it does it lots of times over a span of a kilometre. The result here is actually something which is worth going out of your way to see. Rather than trekking for a kilometre through humid jungle on questionable paths just to see gravity at work on a scale which the average garden pond could shame, a visit to Chanta Ten is a little bit of an adventure. Fortunately, one does not need to be Bear Grylls to enjoy this particular adventure. Tarmac roads can carry you to within metres of the stream at the base of the falls. Here, you will often find numerous Thai families enjoying a picnic in pleasant surroundings. The large boulders provide impromptu seating, so that those who wish to can remain dry, while the shallow water can provide safe and refreshing fun to those who don’t. From this point, there is a gently rising scale of adventurousness required as you progress up the gorge. Those with even an easily satisfied curiosity are quickly rewarded with slightly higher falls and
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Rewarding Adventure tame terrain. Those who enjoy a simple challenge will soon find some small rocks which need scrambling up in order to make progress and further enjoy the scenery. Those with more bravery than sense can find their rewards in the shape of the somewhat taller falls with adequately deep plunge pools at the bottom to be able to survive jumping off them. There is no need for any degree of specialised training or fitness as there seems to be a clear and walkable route much of the way. The ability to swim would make the experience significantly safer, but that is about as complex as it gets. Knowing and understanding your limits is also a major help because it would not be advisable to injure yourself by going further than you really can. Suffice it to say that there are no easy access routes up the gorge, so rescue would be slow in coming. That assumes that you can even raise the alarm which would be difficult given the narrowness and depth of much of the gorge. It is probably not worth taking your phone with you as it will only get wet or smashed and there is virtually no signal. The scenery to be enjoyed is very close-up. The gorge is enclosed and twists back and forth while the jungle on either side is tall and dense. You won’t be able to enjoy any breathtaking panoramic vistas, but the quaint falls and babbling water are still worth the effort. Even the sense of enclosure created by the walls of forestry on either side provide, if not enjoyable scenery, at least a sense of detachment from the rest of the world. Stopping your walk for a moment’s rest, with only the sound of running water and your own breath to be heard, is extremely relaxing. Chanta Ten Waterfall is a specific type of geographical point-of-interest. It is the type which will attract those who like to ‘do’ much more than those who like to ‘see’. Aesthetically, it is pretty, but certainly not on a par with more internationally-renowned falls in other parts of the world, especially not at the point which is easily accessible. It rewards its adventurous visitors with more impressive demonstrations of descending liquids and with a sense of achievement, but without penalising those whose ambition is greater than their ability.
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Palawan's Nest of Dreams
n reality, no lagoon in Palawan is as intensely turquoise as the souvenir T-shirt I once brought back from there. Yet every time I pull on that old thing it's like slipping into a memory—Palawan floods my recall. I see its upstart isles that rise like an anarchist's wedding cake, all mad marble pinnacles and wild jungle tiers. Next comes the image of a Palawan dusk, when a million bats burst from the caves high on an El Nido cliff—a huge dark wave washing across the sky, seemingly heading for the moon (but in fact for dinner). In all, it’s a pretty intense T-shirt experience. For a cluster of 1,770 islands, Palawan is still a wellkept South-East Asian secret. This slender Philippines archipelago stretches some 650 km down the South China Sea, running southwest towards Borneo, and is a world apart even from the Philippines. Northern Palawan’s celebrated region known as El Nido ("The Nest") offers scuba diving sites, a trove of lagoons, limestone cliffs and a handful of good resorts. The El Nido Marine Reserve and its adjacent mainland are an encouraging example of how responsible tourism can preserve rather than trash its own nest. By using local staff and services as often as possible, small luxury resorts like Miniloc Island, Pangulasian Island and Lagen Island have brought a sustainable, alternative
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income to many villagers and preserved El Nido from dynamite and cyanide fishing, and indiscriminate logging. The islands of El Nido can seem like a chain of dreams. Miss Aleen, the enthusiastic co-coordinator of guest activities at my resort, shows me her domain of limestone isles, ancient burial caves, tiny half-moon beaches and those vertical, namesake cliffs. Local spider-men still scale the latter for their swallows' nests—a precious though ecologically indefensible gourmet indulgence. For two days, we explore by banca boat and kayak a world of jungle-clad islets crowned by an untamed topiary of witch's hats and mitre caps. Amid the architecture of some prehistoric Gaudi, we snorkel where piers of coral, undercut by the tide, balance like ballerinas on a jade sea. Later, as we swim, Aleen scatters some bread and soon a whirlpool of thousands of jackfish obscures the water around us. El Nido Marine Reserve and its uninhabited islands are home to a score of scuba diving sites, most with 20–30 metre visibility. Wherever our boat wanders, there seems to be a diver’s, or snorkeler's playground with some 200 species of fish and 100 species of coral down there for our delight. Swapping our outrigger MANILA boat for kayaks, Aleen points the way beneath a low coral archway that is passable only at mid-tide. We glide into a hidden lagoon walled by pandanus- Calauit Island topped cliffs. Within this silent grotto El Nido there is little that moves but our paddles. Then a black heron drops from the treetops, swoops across the water and arcs up to perch on a limestone crag. A stingray mirrors the bird's trail, scudding rhythmically across the lagoon floor.
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At dusk each day, we return to the resort. There’s a terrace overlooking the ocean where I relax with a beer, but even by night the gods of El Nido seem incapable of calming their profligate palette. By full moon, the shallows still glow as green as old jade. Lagen Island Resort sits in Bacuit Bay, surrounded by a lei of some 45 limestone isles that hide tiny beaches and soaring cliffs. The 310-hectare island takes its name from the local word for "stone stove" because its shape resembles a primitive stove with funnels. My fellow guests at the resort are a mix of tourists, Filipinos and expats from Manila, plus honeymooning Korean couples. You know you’re getting old when the honeymooners look too young to even vote, not to mention take marriage vows. One evening, as I survey the resort’s lush buffet—will I have a veritable reef-ful of seafood, or sashimi, chicken adobo or beef satay?—I notice a young Korean man looking quite perplexed. He can’t spot anything he wants. Spoiled for choice by the gourmet overload, perhaps? He has a worried word with the headwaiter. A chef soon hurries from the kitchen to present him and his blushing bride with their heart’s desire—instant noodles-in-a-cup. The far northern isles of Palawan, the Calamian Group, are home to another story and a truly strange phenomenon—a piece of Africa in Asia. In the beginning the President said, "Let there be zebra." And there GETTING THERE were zebra—plus giraffe, gazelle, Fly from Manila (MNL) to El Nido (ENI), then waterbuck and it's a 45-minute boat ride to your island resort. many more. Calauit www.elnidoresorts.com Island might sound like a Creation Joke, For Calauit, fly to Busuanga (USU), then but there is no joke jeepney to Decalasiao Wharf and pumpboat about it. This remote to Calauit. island is "home" www.calauitisland.com to eight species of animals that, by rights, should roam wild only in Africa. Their story, as with many connected to the name Ferdinand Marcos, is an essay in imperial hubris. In 1976, Philippine President Marcos thought he'd like to go biggame hunting without ever needing his passport. Having selected Calauit Island, his people chased off its people and stocked their island with 104 animals from non-predatory African species. Marcos is long gone, but his former playpen remains. On slim resources, the Calauit Island Wildlife Sanctuary now operates as a reserve for endangered Philippine species, as well as its exotic African exiles. You’ll still see “girafees”, bushbuck, waterbuck and other displaced beasts of the veld but, gracias a dios, no longer the predatory Ferdy fastbuck.
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Bangkok's Third Airport
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angkok's third airport? Well, maybe a slight exaggeration. In reality, more of an airstrip than an airport. Hidden away just off a major road in Bangkok's northern suburbs is a very special airstrip. It belongs to the Royal Thai Police Aviation Division and it is the main base for the police air wing. Although now mainly using helicopters, in the past the division has also used many fixed-wing aircraft. A word of warning before we continue: I don't think the base is officially open to the public but, with luck, and possibly showing some identification, you may be able to visit this rather interesting site. The police department has operated aircraft since 1950. In the most recent report I can find, it now has in excess of 70 helicopters in their fleet including VIP models for transporting members of the Royal Family. Most likely, many of these helicopters are now retired from active service. The Bangkok base has a large headquarters building, three hangars for aircraft storage and maintenance, various ancillary buildings
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and an airstrip. At the Ram Intra Road end of the base, some other police departments have their offices. So, now directions to the base. It is situated on the northern side of Ram Intra Road about five and half a kilometers after turning left off the Bangkok Ring Road, Route 9. Coming from Pattaya, access to the ring road is possible via either the toll road or the motorway before reaching Bangkok itself. Ram Intra Road is a left turn about 11 kilometers north on Route 9 after the Chonburi Motorway, Route 7, intersection. For GPS users, the entrance on Ram Intra is at 13.8538°N, 100.6346°E.
In fact, even without GPS, the base entrance is fairly obvious as there is a C-47—the military version of the Douglas DC-3 aircraft—on a pedestal above the gatehouse. I have noticed this plane many times before without realising that there was a small airstrip a few hundred metres down from the entranceway. We visited on a wet and windy Sunday in May to discover the base
MAIN: Damaged Sikorsky S-62A helicopter ABOVE (from left): C-47 Dakota (behind all the power cables); Damaged Cessna 310F; Damaged NZAI T6/24 Airtourer
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personnel taking part in a massive cleanup operation after being hit by a major storm squall a few days before. Everybody from the base commander and his assistant to police privates were taking part. The damage done to the six retired aircraft that were part of a static display would bring tears to the eyes of any aircraft enthusiast. An extremely large tree next to the display had toppled in the storm and damaged all six of the planes, some of them severely. Directly under the tree's trunk must have been the very squashed Cessna 310F twin engine aircraft while the rather rare German Dornier Do-28D transport plane had its wings ripped off the fuselage. Also damaged were a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter, a small Hiller UH-12E helicopter, and a Sikorsky S-62A helicopter plus a New Zealand manufactured NZAI T6/24 Airtourer fixed-wing trainer. We have to hope that funds will be available to repair
these aircraft for display purposes. They of the two-bladed Bell 212, the Twin must surely be worth saving. Huey, of which many are also stored in the While talking about aircraft on display, hangars. There were also examples of the we have to mention that the C-47 isn't the Bell 205 and 206 to be seen. only one on a pedestal of sorts. Above the If you wanted to see some of the door of the canteen building is a Japanese stored retired fixed-wing aircraft belonging Kawasaki KH-4 helicopter while mounted to the Police Aviation Division, they are over the entrance to the headquarters not that far away in a yard at Don Muang building is an ex-Border Patrol Police Airport, just past the guardhouse on the British-made Beagle D5/180 Husky from road that leads to the airport golf course. the 1960s. In front of this building is a statue Last time I passed it, I saw a Belfast-made commemorating the police personnel who Short Skyvan transport aircraft. It is said lost their lives while on duty with the police that there are one or two retired Pilatus air wing. Under the statue are Turbo Porters in the yard. A Swiss-designed, listed the names of these lost in manufactured in both Switzerland and action policemen, starting from the US, STOL (short takeoff and landing) the period of the communist aircraft, it is probably best known for the insurgency in the 1960s and part it played in the Air America movie and 70s. it was also used by the real Air America in Behind this headquarters Laos during the Vietnam War. building is where the latest I would like to end this article by aircraft are stored in hangars thanking the base commander and the small airstrip is and his assistant and all the located. It's here that other personnel who made you will find a large part us feel so welcome while of the Police Aviation they were involved in such Division's helicopter fleet. a big clean-up job. We I guess the stars must be were invited to share their the Eurocopter EC155 VIP lunch. I should also stress POLICE transport helicopters often that much of the base is AVIATION used by the Thai Royal off-limits to the public, so Family. The work horses you may not be able to see DEPT of the helicopter fleet are the operational aircraft. 13.8538°N the various Bell models, Again, let's hope that the 100.6346°E although the older ones damaged display aircraft seem to be relegated to are able to be repaired and storage now. The Bell be displayed again. 412 is the newest of this manufacturer’s range at the base. It is a fourbladed development TOP LEFT: Eurocopter EC155 VIP transport helicopter TOP RIGHT: Bell 206B Jet Ranger helicopters ABOVE (from left): Damaged Sikorsky S-55, Hiller UH-12E and Sikorsky S-62A; Damaged Dornier Do-28D; Beagle D5/180 Husky LEFT: Statue commemorating those lost in the service
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Thai Breakfast or
s a Westerner, when the word ‘breakfast’ surfaces in a conversation, a bowl of cornflakes with milk, a full English fry-up or steak and eggs with hash brown potatoes, doughnuts and coffee or even an Egg McMuffin, if you’re in a rush, all spring to mind. However, if you’re Thai, then a whole different menu that’s totally unfamiliar to us farangs fills their imagination. Dishes like Jauk, Patong Goh, Khao Niew Moo Ping and Khanom Krauk washed down with Nam Tau Hu, either alone or combined are arguably, some of Thailand’s most popular breakfast dishes. Jauk or Thai rice porridge is a nutritious and filling breakfast staple for many inhabitants of the Land of Smiles. The primary difference between a Westernstyle porridge and Thai jauk is that Thai rice porridge is savory as opposed to sweet. Think garlic, chillies, limes, herbs, chicken and pork. Jauk is made from short grain or broken rice that is boiled in water or broth until it turns into a thick gruel with a consistency akin to oatmeal. The rice, like gruel, is then combined with boiled pork (moo) balls or chopped bits of pork or chunks of chicken (gai) boiled in chicken broth or poached shrimp (gung). Other options include pig and chicken entrails that are cooked separately and a raw or soft boiled egg cracked in the middle which, of course, finishes cooking in the boiling hot porridge. Thai rice porridge can also be ordered plain without any meat or egg. The porridge includes a number of garnishes, which will vary from vendor to vendor. These include finely-chopped spring onion, shredded ginger, crispy noodles, Chinese parsley, cilantro leaves and deep-fried garlic, all of which can be added to enhance the
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Aa Haan Cháo taste of the jauk. The dish is further flavoured to taste by an array of condiments. These are usually comprised of soy sauce, fish sauce, vinegar laced with diced fresh chillies, sugar, dried chilli flakes and ground pepper. Many shops and street stalls that specialise in jauk remain open all night long to serve homeward-bound late night revelers because, according to Thai lore, rice porridge has a reputation for being the best remedy for curing and avoiding a hangover. The distinctively X-shaped patong goh or Thai donut is made from a less heavy dough than a Western-style donut. The dough is made of wheat flour, water, salt, sugar and a rising agent such as ammonia bicarbonate, soda bicarbonate, baking soda or yeast. The ingredients are all hand-kneaded into a fat roll of dough, which is then cut into small strips and twisted together to form the letter ‘X’, as well as a few other shapes. Afterwards, the slightly sweet, bite-sized donuts are deep-fried until they are golden brown and crunchy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside. Patong goh are tasty when eaten plain. The Thais, however, love to dip the donuts into their breakfast porridge, into sweet condensed milk, and into a green or orange custard known as sang khaya. Khao niew moo ping or sticky rice and grilled pork on a skewer is the Thai equivalent to fried potatoes and bacon. It’s also a perennial favourite breakfast food for Thais on the go. It’s comprised of a few sticks of fatty pork and a plastic bag full of sticky rice. The pork is so tasty because it’s been marinated overnight in a concoction made up from cilantro root, garlic, white pepper, honey, condensed milk and oyster sauce and then it’s basted with coconut milk while sizzling away on a charcoal barbeque. Moo ping vendors quite often sell this delicacy throughout the day. If not, look for them from early to
mid-morning and when they re-emerge late in the afternoon. Another common Siamese breakfast food is the tiny Thai treat called khanom khrauk or mini-pancakes. At roughly two or so inches in diameter, the mini-pancakes cooked on an open-faced grill with numerous shallow depressions are short on size but long on flavor. The pancakes, which are mostly sweet but can be savory, are comprised of two separate pieces: a top and a bottom. The upper portion is made of coconut milk and sugar, while the bottom half is cooked from a batter made up of cooked fresh rice that has been ground and blended with coconut milk. Once grilled over a mixture of butter and vegetable oil, the mini-pancakes forms a thin crust on the outside that’s ever so crispy while the inside remains soft and tender. Most vendors offer a wide variety of finely-chopped vegetable toppings, such as spring onion, pumpkin, sweetcorn and taro, which can be sprinkled onto the pancakes as they cook to give them a sweet and savory flavor. Khanom khrauk can be eaten as a between-meals snack on their own, with tea or coffee. They can be consumed with breakfast, and they can be enjoyed as a dessert when dipped in sugar, custard or coconut milk. Made from soy beans that have been soaked, ground and then boiled, nam tao hoo or fresh soy bean tofu milk is often preferred over coffee, sweet Thai tea (cha yen) or sweetened ginger tea as the breakfast beverage of many Thais. Freshly made soy milk can be ordered either plain or sweetened with sugar syrup. Most sellers of nam tao hoo offer a variety of condiments to jazz up this beverage commonly associated with mornings. Depending on the vendor, the selection of condiments could be boiled kidney beans, soaked sweet basil seeds, boiled job tears, boiled tapioca beads, shredded jelly and ground black sesame seeds. All of these Thai breakfast favorites are made fresh daily. You can find them on almost every busy soi and at all of the early morning outdoor markets or any other location where food vendors tend to gather. In most instances, the vendors who specialise in breakfast foods are out at around 5:30am. They usually pack up as soon as they sell out, which can be anywhere from 7:30am to 10:30am. While some shops and roving food carts will peddle their breakfast fare all day long. It’s also not uncommon for many of the breakfast food venders to reappear late in the afternoon in order to cater to the Thais who work late into the night.
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t is difficult to believe that it would be possible to escape the sights, sounds and smells of Pattaya without trekking deep into East Pattaya. There are various lounges and bars in the city which sell themselves as enclaves of peace, but these generally depend on thick walls to insulate their patrons from the madness outside. They are not so much oases of calm as reinforced bunkers; not so much an escape as a refuge. In order to reach the Sugar Hut Restaurant (and the resort it belongs to), you must first travel off Thappraya Road, down a long and slightly winding road with dense woodland on either side. This natural sound insulation means that, once you have reached the traditionallystyled wooden structure at its heart, it would not be a huge stretch of the imagination to believe that you had somehow found your way to a distant Issan village; one with the added bonus of a swimming pool. Just because the architectural style is that of rural Thailand does not mean that diners are obliged to rough it, though. Indeed the level of luxury available is comparable to the finest restaurants in Pattaya. The first decision to make is how you would like to sit. The majority of the dining area is set up with tables and chairs, but a small area allows for a more immersive Thai experience, with low tables and cushions on the floor. A note of caution, though: only those confident in their ability to sit cross-legged for a few hours or happy for their entire leg to go completely numb should attempt this. Physical discomfort could potentially ruin an otherwise exceptional dining experience. From here, the choices get a lot harder. The menu has a broad range of Thai and Oriental dishes, including a good range of vegetarian options. The choice of Western dishes is quite limited, but why would you escape to this enclave of rural Thailand if you want a steak-andkidney pie? The choice is a difficult one because the temptation to order the whole menu is a strong one. Starting with the fresh Chinese spring rolls topped with ‘special sauce’ and spicy winged bean salad with shrimps and pork provided a good balance of textures and tastes. Both were quite crisp, especially as the rolls had not been deep-fried. They were more akin to Vietnamese rice paper rolls, but only if the chef had used stone tablets instead of paper. The thick, soft pancake around the crisp vegetables with the sweet sauce made of an entertaining blend. by Ben Reeves
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As for the bean salad, skillful preparation prevented what could have easily been a mushy mess. Instead, a subtle blend of tamarind and tomato and a manageable kick of spice (the sort that just tickles your tongue instead of stamping on it) gave the dish a bit of bite, in more ways than one. For main courses, the cooked mixed seafood with coconut milk and chilli paste in a coconut shell takes some beating. Again, the application of spices shows remarkable restraint, which means that the heat does not overpower the flavours. Even in what looks for all the world like a pinky-red mush, specific flavours like mussels and squid can be clearly identified while the fish provides a meaty base. If anything is going to beat it, the Penang curry comes very close. Prepared in the North Thailand-style (with huge amounts of fat left on the meat), the stew-like concoction is left to bubble away in its sublime juices for some considerable time, making the meat extremely tender and flavourful. The gravy, too is rich and continues the theme of providing a kick of spice without it kicking your head clean off your shoulders. The almost obscenely friendly staff were proud to say that the Bou Loy is their most popular dessert, and it is not difficult to believe when you try it. Eating the warm rice dumpling with sweet coconut milk, served in a coconut shell, is roughly akin to giving your tonsils a comforting hug. The warmth, the softness and the sweetness makes eating it feel like snuggling up in a cosy blanket. The theme throughout this review, as you may have noticed, has been the fact that the spice level is manageable. Even though the dishes are basically Thai in their ingredients and preparation, that degree of restraint in the use of chillies does show that the recipes have been tempered for the benefit of foreign visitors. This is also demonstrated in the prices which, while far from prohibitively expensive, are obviously higher than could be found on street stalls. The spring rolls were 165 baht, the salad was 180 baht, the seafood was 280 baht, the curry was 180 baht and the coconut-flavoured cuddle was 120 baht. However, for the exceptional quality and the environment it is served in—for Sugar Hut the sheer delight of temporarily Thappraya Road escaping from the sensory assault South Pattaya that is Pattaya—it would be cheap at Reservations: 038 251 686 twice the price. sugarhut@sugar-hut.com
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The Health Benefits of Thai Herbs
It’s a well-known fact that Thailand is the place to go for some of the most fantastic food on this planet. What isn’t such a well-known fact is that the food that hails from the Land of Smiles is amongst the richest in terms of vitamins, minerals and health benefits. In fact, a scientific study is currently trying to get to the bottom of exactly how something that tastes so good, can be so good for you. Many of the reasons why are contained in the exotic assortment of herbs, which include the following:
Coriander or Phak Chi is an aromatic herb that is used to season food all over the world, where it is sometimes called cilantro or Chinese parsley. In Thai cooking, the whole plant is valued. Coriander’s sweetly scented leaves are tossed into stir fries at the last minute, used as a garnish in a
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number of soups, curries and rice dishes, and they are eaten raw in salads. The earthy flavour of the Coriander Root or Rahk Phak Chi is often pounded into a mush along with other essential Thai herbs and used as a base for soups, stews and curries. High in iron and both vitamin A and C, the coriander seed, root, and leaves have been used for centuries to relieve digestive and gastrointestinal ailments and to fight bacterial and fungal infections. The Galanga Root or Kha, the cousin of ginger, is known in the west as galangal or Lao root. Because it’s so vital to Thai cooking, the galanga root has earned the nickname of “Thai Ginger”. Prized in Thai cuisine for its spicy, citrus flavour, kha is a staple in Thai salads, soups and curries because it masks the fishy taste of seafood and tempers the heaviness of red meat, giving every dish a cleaner and more delicate flavour. In terms of its ability to remedy gastrointestinal problems, such as nausea, bloating, and flatulence, galangal is considered a superfood. Besides having
a very calming effect on the digestive tract, galangal is highly anti-bacterial and its high iron content makes it the perfect choice for anyone who suffers from anemia. It’s also been said that it will cure hiccups and, in medieval times, it was said that the root offered protection from evil and enhanced one’s virility. Garlic or Kratiem is a member of the onion family that has managed to find its way into just about every Thai savory dish one can imagine. It doesn’t matter if it’s a mild or spicy dish, you can bet that garlic—whether chopped, minced, mashed, pounded into a paste, pickled or roasted—is present in virtually every Thai salad, soup, stir-fry, curry, seafood and meat dish. Garlic has been widely recognised for its beneficial effect on the heart and circulatory system and for its ability to prevent a number of different types of cancer. Ginger or Khing, is not as widely used as the galanga root in Thai cooking. Nevertheless, it still turns up in a number
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and Tom Kha varieties of soups, as well as a number of other salads and stir-fries. For soups, kaffir lime leaves are bruised and added whole, while in stir-fries they are cut into very fine slivers. Healthwise, bai makrut is an effective digestive aid and helps to maintain healthy teeth and gums. Oil derived from the leaves is also added to shampoos in Thailand, as it is said to prevent hair loss. In Thai culture, it’s also claimed that planting a kaffir lime tree in the garden will protect the home from evil spirits, and that consuming the leaves will cleanse both the mind and body. Lemongrass or Dtakrai is native to Southeast Asia and widely used in Thai cooking. Its delightful lemony essence is commonly used to balance out and tone down stronger flavours found in Thai soups, salads and curries. As far as health goes, dtakrai is an excellent choice, as it has been used for centuries to treat colds, the flu, stomach cramps, indigestion and urinary infections. In addition, it has powerful pain-relieving properties and can help alleviate all types of pain including cramps and muscle spasms, abdominal pain, headaches and joint pain to name but a few. In some cultures, lemongrass is known as “fevergrass”, due to its excellent anti-pyretic qualities when its vapour is inhaled. Lemongrass also inhibits bacteria and yeast growth, making it an excellent remedy for gastrointestinal infections. Because of this, it may also be applied
externally to fight infections in wounds. Pandanus (Pandan) Leaves or Bai Dteuy is a long, slender herb that grows throughout most of Thailand. It’s the Thai equivalent to vanilla. It’s also the source of the earthy fragrance and flavouring that’s incorporated into a wide variety of Thai desserts and sweets, especially those having anything to do with coconut. Bai dtuey leaves are packed full of tannins, antioxidants and alkaloids, all of which boost the immune system. This makes the leaf good for anyone with bladder or urinary issues or suffering from any sort of internal inflammation. Chewing bai dteuy is also an excellent way to soothe a toothache and to mend bleeding gums. Turmeric or Khamin, another member of the ginger family, has a peppery, warm and slightly bitter flavour and a fragrance that reminds one of oranges combined with ginger. Khamin is especially beloved in Thailand’s southern provinces, where it is extensively added to curries, soups and stir-fries. Curcuman, which is the active ingredient in turmeric, is known as a great anti-inflammatory agent. Therefore, turmeric is a valuable asset in treating bacterial infections, allergies, arthritis and blood poisoning. It’s also a valuable digestive aid and protects the cardiovascular system. Dried turmeric, ground and mixed with coconut oil, is said to speed up the healing process of damaged skin and minimise scarring.
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of Thai soups and curries. In terms of health, the warm and delicate taste of khing has a well-deserved reputation as a mild anti-depressant. When the root is steeped in boiling water, along with lemon and honey, it becomes an excellent tonic that can calm the nerves and relieve the effects of a cold or sore throat. Ginger is also widely used throughout the world for treating loss of appetite and nausea induced by surgery or chemotherapy. It’s also said to be an excellent remedy for both morning and motion sickness. Thai Holy Basil or Bai Kaphrao is an aromatic herb that belongs to the mint family. It has a distinctly spicy flavour as opposed to the sweeter taste of other varieties of basil. Rich in antioxidants, Thai holy basil has been found useful in treating arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases. Studies have also shown that this herb can reduce swelling by up to 73 per cent in as little as 24 hours, and that it has properties that slow down the harmful effects of aging. Kaffir Lime Leaves or Bai Makrut is a type of lime tree that is native to Thailand. The leaves and the rind of the fruit (zest) however, are considered to be the most valuable parts of this fragrant, tropical plant. Kaffir lime leaves are crucial to Thai cuisine and cannot be substituted with any other type of citrus. Bai makrut lends a sweet lemony scent and zesty flavour to such Thai dishes as the Tom Yum
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Make a Game of It
We’re looking at what life is like for an English teacher in Pattaya, with help from the author of a top-selling ebook, Mark Beales.
How to make it interesting
Knowing what you need to teach is one thing; knowing how to teach it is something else. A good teacher is like a magician, capable of randomly producing things from up their sleeve to keep their audience attentive. Always be conscious of how you could lift a lesson with one of these games or tasks. Sometimes students need to get away from their books and just use English for a specific purpose, and games such as some of these below add a competitive edge.
Warmers
Warmers are an important part of a lesson. They aren’t just there to fill time while you figure out what page they’re on today. A simple warmer should be either used to review the previous lesson or set the scene for the day’s class. If done well, students become interested and are then easily led into the main task. Memory game: The teacher says: “I went to the market and bought a pig.” The first student repeats and adds another object, and so on until someone forgets the order. Choose students at random to ensure they all have to memorise the list, and make sure they don’t write anything down. It’s impressive how far the list can go before someone trips up. A good way to remember is to link the different items through visual images, so if an elephant, car and apple are mentioned you think of an elephant squeezed into a car munching on an apple. As the teacher, it’s wise to write down the list so you don’t forget! Verbs and adverb: Give students coloured paper strips. On one colour they write a verb and on the other an adverb. Put students in pairs or teams. Student A picks a verb and an adverb and acts it out. Student B guesses which of the words the student has chosen and is awarded a point for each correct one. Examples could include ‘walks nervously’, ‘swims crazily’, ‘talks quietly’, ‘brushes his teeth carefully’. The teacher should model this first so students are clear what is required.
Colours: Give students a colour and tell them to write down as many objects that are this colour (blue hat, blue table, blue book don’t count). Quick on the draw: Two teams. Show one student a word and tell him/her to draw it on the board. First team to guess the word gets a point. Examples: food, household objects, office objects, animals, verbs. Snake game: Give students a word and tell them to make a new word that starts with the last letter of the first word. Students continue to write as many as they can within a time limit. Example: egg, goose, elephant, teapot. For more action, use a small ball to throw between students and make this a speaking game. This ensures everyone is awake or they run the risk of a ball landing on their head. For advanced students limit the words to certain groups, such as sport or food.
Teaching English: How to Teach English as a Second Language is written by award-winning writer Mark Beales (Lonely Planet, Insight Guides, Bangkok Post). It is available to download on Amazon, iTunes, Lulu and Kobo. Or you could have a look at Mark’s other ebook: The Ultimate Guide to Pattaya 2014.
Initial letters: Give students a letter and tell them to write as many words starting with that letter. For higher level groups, make it verbs/adjectives/food/animals, etc. starting with that letter.
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ast time I wrote about Soi 13/1 (aka Soi Yamato), the southern corner with Second Road was a construction site with a rusting corrugated iron fence, creating an eyesore. Now it is home to the wellventilated Privi Hotel. I am not sure how to pronounce the name. Unfortunately, the obvious pronunciation is also an English slang term for ‘toilet’, so I am guessing the owners give the word a more European slant. Opposite The Privi Hotel is Wonderful Bar which, like its sister Wonderful 2 Bar nearby, is popular with expats from early afternoon onwards. The reasons (as always) are cheap booze, pleasant ladies, relative quiet and a convenient location. Heading towards the beach, I passed Las Vegas Go Go II and Tuk Beer Bar along the right-hand side of the street. Opposite is a swathe of English-sounding beer bars beginning with the overtly English The Swan
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Soi Yamato Pub & Grub. Next is the well-named Nervous Wreck and then The Jolly Roger, complete with skull and crossbones for effect. The Westerly Hill House Hotel separates The Jolly Roger and arguably the most (in) famous bar in Pattaya, the Dog’s Bollocks which gained an international reputation several years ago during the World Cup hosted jointly by South Korea and Japan. It was the target of a smear campaign by the foreign media claiming, among other things, that customers not only had to be English soccer fans but Chelsea supporters as well. What a load of bollocks! Stringfellows A Go Go on the right deserves special mention because, if my information proves to be correct, all or most of the ‘ladies’ strutting their stuff are katoeys (transsexuals). Anyone even slightly curious about katoeys should pay this bar a visit. Dominique Bar and Guesthouse appears to be still doing well, as does The Rising Star Guesthouse, Pub and Sports Bar. Another chrome pole palace has sprung up next door, going by the name Las Vegas III A Go Go. If my old notes are accurate, these used to be the premises of Hot & Cold A Go Go. I sincerely hope Las Vegas III is an improvement on its predecessor as there was no love lost between me and that place. On the left, opposite S.A. Apartments and Café, is yet another English establishment, George + Dragon Bar &
Rooms, followed by The Clinic Sports Bar devoted to the armchair sports fan. With a growing number of ‘sports bars’ around town and the World Cup once again in progress, it must be bewildering for the Thai hostesses to observe foreign punters more interested in watching a group of men groping each other on some farflung field than they are in chatting with a charming Isaan farmer’s daughter about buffalo maintenance. No wonder they think we’re stupid. The ladies in attendance at The Office Girls Beer Bar did not look like any office girls I’ve ever seen. Next is a relatively new bar with a great name: Wanky Tankies Bar & Guesthouse. I have got to find out how they came up with that name. Across the street is Boomerang Twin Beer Bar and the famous Yamato Japanese Restaurant, after which this soi is named. After Curry House Indian Restaurant (left) and P.S. Guesthouse (right), there is not much to report before reaching Beach Road marked by Hopf Lodge on one corner and Starbucks Coffee on the other. I am a coffeelover but, at the time, I was not suitably dressed nor were my pockets suitably brimming to sip with the ‘Lar-tay Set’. So, that’s Soi Yamato. There have been quite a few changes in the last eight years and a few names have gone missing. I like to think they have just moved on to a better world. Join me next time Up Your Soi!
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here’s a common phenomenon called “white coat syndrome” that most of us have experienced. It’s when you go through daily life with normal blood pressure, but then watch it spike at the doctor’s office when he attaches the sphygmomanometer (the fancy word for blood pressure meter). The opposite happens during an eye exam—particularly among more mature adults. You see just fine when reading an eye chart or undergoing other tests performed by the ophthalmologist or optometrist, but when you return home your sight seems to be poor.
This article is for informational purposes only; it does not replace professional medical advice
Light Up Your Life Well, researchers finally looked into that phenomenon and came up with a plausible explanation. Experts at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, tested 175 older people—55 to 90 years old—both at home and at the school’s eye clinic. Most previously had been diagnosed with glaucoma, but the rest had no eye problems. The study found that 30 per cent of the subjects were able to read more lines on an eye chart at the clinic than at home. Both near and far vision was better at the clinic. So was their contrast and glare sensitivity.
Why do we see better when being tested at an eye clinic than we do at home? Simply put, clinics provide better lighting. The researchers discovered that 85 per cent of the participants did not turn on enough lights at home. Light levels were far below those recommended for aging eyes, and about four times darker than in the clinic, even during the daytime. Everyone, and particularly older folk, would be well served to use stronger lighting around the house. Not only will it improve your ability to read and perform tasks more efficiently, it also could help reduce the risk of falls and simply provide a better quality of life for a growing population of older adults. Beyond improved lighting, there are many steps you can take to keep your sight sharp. But do begin by turning up your lights! Increase the amount of general or ambient lighting throughout your home and use task lights for specific jobs like reading, sewing, washing dishes or doing jigsaw puzzles. Studies show a 60-year-old needs three times the amount of light to see as well as a 20-year-old. It also is important to ensure that your diet supports your vision. Eat foods that are rich in vitamin C and contain carotenoids, which can protect the lens of the eye and reduce the risk of cataracts (Yes, mother was right; carrots can help you see better; dark leafy greens are even better). If you feel you need eyewear, have your eyes tested by a competent eye specialist who will prescribe appropriate glasses, bifocals or contact lenses. Don’t rely on those 99-baht reading glasses sold at the Soi Buakhao market. You should have your eyes as well as your prescription checked every two to three years. Finally, give some thought to using an ebook reader if reading is a challenge. One study found that people with poor vision can read much faster and more comfortably using a digital device such as an iPad or Kindle—both of which allow you to adjust font sizes as well as light sightings.
Reading with inadequate lighting is difficult and could cause further damage
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DRINKING That occasional social gathering when you enjoy four or five cocktails, or a night out entertaining out-of-town visitors and downing half a dozen beers, or that pub crawl when you stop counting drinks after a couple hours—all are ideal settings that pose immediate and long-term threats to your health. Enjoying an occasional drink is just fine for most people. In fact, a daily beer or a couple glasses of wine (one a day for the distaff side) offer distinct heart benefits. If you do not imbibe, don’t start now. But, more to the point, if you usually don’t drink except for an occasional binge, you are putting your health at severe risk. Beyond potential liver damage and metabolic disorders, an alcohol binge— even just one—elevates blood toxins to levels that may destroy tissue, produce inflammation and fever, and more—much more, according to a study conducted at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. Calling such drinking sprees “more dangerous than previously thought," study leader Dr Gyongyi Szabo noted, “We found that a single alcohol binge can elicit an immune response potentially impacting the health of an otherwise healthy individual." Analyzing blood samples of binge drinkers, Dr Szabo and his team found signs of rapid increases in endotoxins and evidence of bacterial DNA, indicating that the bacteria had moved from the gut to the bloodstream. That, in turn, not only may produce inflammation, cause fever, and destroy tissue, it also can slow the healing process for wounds, and is linked to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, stroke, sudden cardiac death and heart attack. What is binge drinking? It’s as few as four drinks—wine, beer or spirits— for women, five for men, in a two-hour period. That alone raises blood alcohol to 0.08g/dL or higher, thereby releasing endotoxins into the bloodstream, and you probably don’t want endotoxins in your bloodstream.
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The Kiwi
Don’t be fooled by the innocent appearance of the cute little kiwi. Inside that brown, furry exterior lurks an emerald green wallop of hearty tang as well as a powerhouse of nutrition. The quaint-looking fruit provides more than twice your daily vitamin C requirements, more potassium than a banana and more fiber than a bowl of bran. It also offers a healthy dose of a variety of antioxidants, a complex of nutrients—including flavonoids and carotenoids—that have been shown to support the immune system, vision and cardiovascular health. And the kiwi is so versatile! Scoop out its creamy flesh with a spoon or wash the exterior and eat it whole—peel and all. Add it to fruit salads or put it in your smoothies. Start your day by topping your cereal with a kiwi, or end your day with kiwi pie.
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Hi and welcome to Pattaya Bargain Hunter. My name is Belinda and I used to be a buyer in London’s West End. An important part of my job was to keep an eye out for quality products offering great value.
Now I look out for bargains in and around Pattaya to share with you. I am not affiliated or sponsored by any company, the following are simply my very personal recommendations.
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808 Nightclub
808 Nightclub, Walking Street
With a substantial amount of wellestablished beer bars and nightclubs on Pattaya’s Walking Street, a new addition needs to go out of its way to stand out from the crowd. 808, the newest nightclub to open on this world-renowned party street, does just that. 808 is located above the everpopular Candy Shop and is decked out in the usual Pattaya splendour. It’s a onefloor nightclub with luxurious couches, brilliant staff, great DJs and, perhaps most importantly of all, a well-stocked bar. 808 is currently coming in as the cheapest club on Walking Street with an array of fantastic deals. My personal favourite is ‘three bottles for 3,000 baht’ available every Friday! Any three bottles can be chosen in this deal, which includes: Absolut Vodka, Jack Daniels and Chivas Regal whiskey. Considering that a bottle of Chivas is normally 2,100 baht, this is something not to be missed.
Miss New Nail Varnish @ Tesco
A great little bargain for all you girls who like to regularly change the colour of your nail varnish: Tesco are selling a 10ml bottle of Miss New Extra Shine Nail colour for the ridiculously low price of just 14 baht! At this price, you can mix and match your colours as often as you like.
The Irish Wolfhound
The Irish Wolfhound has had a little bit of a refurb. Nothing major, but the previous stone furniture outside has been replaced by proper chairs with comfy cushions and tables at a reasonable height for eating. The owners have decided to offer their customers a selection of great value for money low season deals. I tried the breakfast special at just 60 baht—ideal when you don't fancy the whole "gut-buster thing". It consisted of one sausage, one egg, bacon, beans, fried tomato, fried potato, tea and toast. Although the butter could be better, everything else was very tasty and well cooked, accompanied by Heinz and HP condiments. For just 40 baht, you might also choose beans on toast or two scrambled eggs on toast, either with tea or coffee. The Irish Wolfhound can be found in Pratumnak Soi 4, a few metres down on the left-hand side as you turn down the hill from Pratumnak Road. While you're there, look out for the daily meals, usually available for 140 baht and beers at just 50 baht.
Finally, I should like to sign off by thanking another two readers for taking the time to write in. Mr Edmonds saw the feature on the opticians in Soi 4 Pratumnak (April’s Bargain Hunter) and purchased two pairs of glasses (complete with eye test and prescription lenses) for just 22,750 baht—go you, Mr Edmonds! Also, Rick in Jomtien. He was thrown a little by my directions to The Curry Hut, believing it to be next door to the Aussie Bar. Sorry Rick, that is how I refer to the large square area home to many bars, but always remembered from my earliest days visiting Jomtien as the “Aussie Bar Complex”. For anyone else, as Rick points out, look for the gym at the side road and you will find the Curry Hut just a little further along on the right. Hope you have now had the chance to try it, Rick, and enjoyed the special!
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It used to be that this popular quarterly event only featured Northern Soul music. However, the DJs have now extended their offerings under the wider category of “Soul” and, if you don’t recognise every tune, there are sure to be some classic Motown and Soul hits that will get you moving on the talcum powdered floor. Due to the generosity of its many sponsors, the 400 baht you pay at the door goes directly to a local charity—this time it is the turn of “Take Care Kids”. So, its great to know that, while you’re making the most of the two hours of freeflow San Miguel, cider punch, red and white wine or soft drinks, your bargain evening is all for a good cause. Like their Facebook page and get regular updates of future events.
NOTE: All prices and offers were correct at the time of going to press. No responsibility can be taken for any offers being withdrawn or out of stock.
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ust for a change, my fishing buddy and I went for a two-week fishing holiday in Sihanoukville in Cambodia. We have been here before and the only rule there is that everything changes quickly. We started off with a morning trip at 8am with a local owner of two longtail boats. The price for the boat is about 60 dollars for a seven-hour run out. We get a better price as we know him and we get our own squid from the market. This time I had high hopes of some better fishing as I brought along a depth finder as well as GPS, just to find those drop-offs and put the marks into the GPS for future reference. So, I was a bit disappointed that we caught less fish than normal—about 50 small reef fish. However, a second trip produced less fish but two takes on the big rigs; a short run with mangled—now dead—live bait and a clean bite off above the 20 lb wire on the 25 lb fluorocarbon line. I like a short wire trace, hoping that it will be less visible to the fish, but the trade off is the chance of
Catches in Cambodia BACKGROUND: Tim with a 5 kg queen fish
being chewed off on the fluorocarbon four foot leader. Our third trip out sums up Cambodia. The owner called me two hours before our later start of 11 o'clock to say our captain was sick and did we mind a replacement. Unfortunately, it was a different boat as well. We have trained our usual captain to drop the anchor slowly and from the back of the boat. This is so we do not scare the fish away and if we get something big on, the deck is clear, no engine or woodwork to snag the lines. The new captain spoke limited English, he fished, drank beer, made a BBQ next to the container of diesel and, when he ran out of cigarettes, wanted to go back. Needless to say, he threw the anchor from the front of the boat. We found out later that our usual boat and captain had another booking. This trip was a disaster with even less fish and our blood pressure soaring. We had a four-hour late evening trip, from 4pm until 8pm, with another operator. After getting 10 live bait fish, we went close to the bridge between Sihanoukville and Snake Island and anchored up. Frank had a couple of takes when he was casting lures and we could only guess what was making the big swirls behind his lure, but that was our lot, no takes on the live bait suspended six feet above the bottom by a weighted float some 20 yards away from the boat. A 5am to 9am trolling trip close to
shore between Ocheteal and the bridge linking Sihanoukville to Snake Island produced three barracuda: 2.3 kg, 1.6 kg and a 0.9kg, all on my 6 lb to 15 lb ugly stick loaded with 300 yds of 20 lb braid and a back up of 20 lb monofilment. The 2.3 kg fought the best, with some surface lunges, before finally coming to the boat. I had to play the fish well out as muggins me had left the landing net at the hotel! A 4am start will do that. Isn't it always the way--a new approach or a different tactic gets you fish straight away and then zip! We did another 5am start and a 4pm until 8pm trolling trip in the same area and we got a couple of hits but no more fish. The fishing gods just love to mess you about. We cancelled a trip out to the Far Islands when we saw the boat was only eight metres long and had nine people booked on it. When you are fishing very close to other people like that, you all have to know what you are doing. Lost fish and tangled lines due to inexperienced people will drive you crazy when all you had planned was a good day out. Scott's guys had a bumper day with Captain Deang, with some 212 fish being caught ranging from 1 lb to 11 lb, with a real selection of fish, horse mackerel, bat fish, striped trevally and Tim's 5 kg queen fish. A nice run out for the guys after a quiet couple of run outs.
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Rolls-Royce unveils Waterspeed Coupe
SAIC Motor-CP expands plants Chinese-Thai auto maker, SAIC Motor-CP Co—a joint-venture between Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) and CP Group—is expected to invest up to 40 billion baht in a second car manufacturing plant in Thailand after the new Thai-made MG6 1.8-litre saloon rolled out of its existing manufacturing facility recently. The company has already bought land for the new plant, which covers 500 rai in Chonburi province. President Wu Huan said that, after the second plant is up and running, the first facility will be used to manufacture engines, transmissions and other auto parts. Production capacity will be for up to 50,000 vehicles per year, mainly for MG cars, with the second plant expected to treble or quadruple that rate. SAIC Motor-CP is looking to export finished vehicles from Thailand to righthand-drive countries such as Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Great Britain and Indonesia. SAIC Motor-CP board chairman Thanakorn Seribur said: “The MG6 is just our beginning". He added: "Our automotive business aims to expand production in the future to cover MG’s sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks and Maxus Datong’s commercial vans.”
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In order to celebrate the world waterspeed record set by Sir Malcolm Campbell, Rolls-Royce has created a special edition Phantom Drophead Coupe called the Waterspeed that features a Maggiore Blue colour scheme both inside and out. Rolls-Royce developed the car after the world water-speed record was broken using Rolls-Royce's R Engine in the famous Bluebird hydroplane speedboat. The bespoke car features the Bluebird's logo and has lines to match the exterior of the water-craft. The new model features a 6.75 liter V12 engine, and even this features blue-painted parts such as the rocker cover and inlet pipes in the car’s signature blue color, mirroring the same colour scheme used on the powerboat's 36.5-litre 2,300hp, V12 Rolls-Royce R aero engine. The car’s engine provides 453hp, capable of propelling it from 0 to 100 kph in under six seconds. Over three quarters
of the engine’s power is available at the 1,000 rpm mark and the powerplant gives the car a top speed of 240 kph. The interior of the Waterspeeed model also has Maggiore blue tints, including a two-tone steering wheel featuring blue leather as well as separating lines around the cup holder, centre console, door padding and dashboard. The reserve power gauge is also in blue, reminding the driver at all times of the immense power available from the engine. Torsten Muller-Otvos, Chief Executive Officer of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, said: “With Waterspeed, we have a beautiful design aesthetic combined with engineering excellence and innovation as well as the craftsmanship so associated with Rolls-Royce. Those things together have created this wonderful car and this wonderful story."
Used car numbers increase at auctions
As a sign of the times, it would appear that many first-time car buyers under the government’s scheme are unable to pay for the monthly finance amounts and are having their cars seized by financial institutions and put up for auction. Union Auction suggested that there was more than a 10 per cent rise in used cars up on the block over 2013, increasing from 180,000 to over 200,000 this year. Buranit Yuktanan, chief of the managing director's office, commented that the excess showed how the slow economic situation along with rising household debt was taking hold. Apparently, some owners handed in the keys to their cars after failing to make three or four month's car payments. Mr Buranit added that he expects new supply in the used car market to be more than three million units by the end of the year. The ratio of used cars to new ones is usually one to 1.5 times. The news comes as a slump in new car sales continues to take hold after stellar numbers last year. The expectation is for sales in FY 2014 to be less than one million vehicles, down from 1.32 million in 2013. In the first five months of 2014, sales were already down by more than 40 per cent to
just 360,000 units. There was a silver lining and that is that auction firms are now doing well in the down market, increasing their commissions to boot. Mr Buranit said: “In gloomy economic times, it's our opportunity to make money.” Union Auction said that, on the back of the rising number of cars and motorcycles being auctioned off on behalf of financial institutions, their first quarter revenue came in at 162 million baht, up 64 per cent, and profit rose by 453 per cent to 46.5 million baht. The company is listed on the MAI exchange. There was also the expectation that buyers this year will get some bargains due to the glut of cars on the secondhand market. Union Auction increased the frequency of auctions from two days per week in 2013 to four days a week currently. Fees were also increased for auctioning a car from 7,000 baht to 8,999 baht. The company said it had auctioned off 23,103 vehicles in Q1 2014, up 41 per cent from 16,399 units in the same period last year. On the flip side, used car retailers, who still rely on purchasers gaining credit, are reporting sluggish sales as the appetite for lending for auto loans has diminished.
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Ocean Marina Yacht Club in Na Jomtien has extended and enhanced its harbour facilities with the addition of a new travelift with a 75-tonne carrying capacity. The new 75BFM Marine Travelift was designed and built in the US and shipped to Thailand in two 40 ft open-topped containers last November. Costing 20 million baht, it required the construction of a dedicated 15 million baht pier with extra strengthening to support as much as 110 tonnes—the 75-tonne capacity of the lifter plus the 25-tonne weight of the machine, with a 10-tonne safety margin. “The weather and sea conditions in this part of the Gulf of Thailand are ideal for catamarans, so we get a lot of them around here,” said Scott Finsten, harbour master at the marina. “The new travelift has an 8.7m clear inside width and is designed to be able lift catamarans. It’s the biggest in the Gulf, so we’re expecting to see boats coming from Koh Samui and Koh Chang to use it.” In order to cope with the anticipated extra demand for harbour services, Ocean Marina Yacht Club has also doubled its dry-storage space. The old lift, capable of lifting up to 25 tonnes, is still in operation for getting smaller craft out of the water for storage or cleaning.
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attaya's Bira Circuit hosted the first round of the RAAT Thailand Endurance Championship 2014, the gruelling six-hour race going from green lights at 10am and running without any interruption until the checkered flag waved at 4pm. A hot and dry day greeted the competitors, with blue skies and just a few wisps of clouds overhead. Twenty-three cars lined up on the grid with a smattering of international competitors drawn by a format that offers low-cost endurance racing thrills along with driver changes, refueling and the need for ultra-slick teamwork. A decisive victory went to two local brothers, Kantasak and Kantadhee Kusiri, after they turned in a faultless drive in their K45supported Suzuki Swift. The youngsters, who are based locally and have a deep family connection with the circuit, are very popular with the Pattaya race fans. Both are expected to go on to much greater things in the future and they could potentially make their mark racing internationally. They started from the front row of the grid and took the lead at the beginning of the second lap. However, it wasn’t all plain sailing for the brothers and they were pushed back from the lead early on by their main class rivals as well as the larger 2,000cc-class-running factory-entered Toyota 86 of Nattavude Charoensukhawatana and Suttipong Smittachartch. However, following some real nose-to-tail action over the opening part of the race, by mid-distance Kantasak and Kantadhee had pulled out a healthy advantage and extended that to two laps. The main rival for Kantasak and Kantadhee was the Honda City of two more talented young brothers; this time Tin and Vasin Sritrai. They have made the RAAT Endurance something of their own preserve and set out their stall in qualifying by planting the white PTT-backed car on pole position and then leading the race into the first turn. However, they dropped down to P2 after a lap but then clawed the lead back following a real tussle only to lose it again. As the race settled down, they were looking comfortable in P2. However, they dropped out in the closing stages and that will prove costly in championship points terms, especially with their main title rivals bagging maximum points for the win. In the end,
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it was very comfortable for Kantasak and Kantadhee, who were 11 laps clear of their closest rival after six hours. Although the factory run Toyota 86 took the overall lead early on it, dropped away as the race progressed. However, Nattavude, the reigning Thailand Super Series Super Car Class Two champion, and team manager Suttipong would still go on to win the 2,000cc class. The other two factory Toyotas—a pair of new-generation Altis racecars running in the 1,600cc class—fared less well and, despite a competitive showing, they didn't make it onto the final classification. They also had a top driver line up and included Toyota's Thailand Super Series stars Manat Kulapalanont and Taiwan’s Chen Jian Hong in their lineup. With close, evenly-matched racing and a mix of talented youngsters and experienced, proven drivers, the RAAT Thailand Endurance Championship has earned its place on the motorsport scene. Although not the most well-promoted of series here, its format of six hours of non-stop racing, coupled with the action of pit stops to change drivers and refuel, means it's popular with Pattaya race fans who make the 15 km journey inland to see the action unfold. New for this year's championship is the addition of a 2,000cc class to join the well-established 1,500cc and 1,600cc categories. That will help give the championship wider appeal and improve the entry list’s diversity. There was even an 'Eco Car' in the race: a Honda Brio squeezed into the 1,500cc class. Despite only having its stock 1.2-litre engine to push it along, the little car ran faultlessly and made it to the finish in seventh, plodding in 40 laps down on the winners of this attrition-hit race that, in the end, saw just 10 cars make the final classification.
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Audi’s dramatic racing R8 set to stun at Bira this month
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ne of the new machines set to take part in Thailand Super Series this year and one that has enjoyed a lot of pre-season chatter was the dramatic Audi R8 LMS Cup, which made its debut at the season opener in Malaysia thanks to B-Quik Racing. Next stop for this exciting new racecar will be Pattaya’s Bira Circuit this month when the second round of the series arrives here. The new Audi was drafted in to replace the Porsche 997 GT3 Cup that B-Quik Racing team leader Henk Kiks has used over the past couple of seasons— the rapidly rising standards in this highly competitive class deeming an upgrade from the ageing ‘Cup’ car was a necessity for the 2014 season. Already it is clear that the slippery R8 LMS Cup has a lot of potential to extract from it—and certainly it will be a big step forward from the 997 GT3 Cup. The Audi, though, is a totally different machine to the Porsche and requires a fundamentally new learning process for the driver. “This [is] especially noticeable on fast-flowing tracks like Sepang and probably Buriram, where the difference in aero makes the R8 a different animal compared with the 997,” the Dutchman says. “From a driver's perspective, one has to relearn how to drive. The 997 follows the old adage, ‘slow—relatively—in, fast out’ and relies on its unsurpassed traction under acceleration. “The Audi is offsetting that with higher corner entry and mid-corner speeds, but you have to wait a bit longer before stepping on it coming out of the corner,” he continues. “This, of course, has an effect on racing lines, braking points and everything involved. It’s a fantastic process to go through as a driver, as long as you understand what the different cars are doing under you.” Henk admits that the gap between the Audi and Porsche will be much closer at Bira Circuit next
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month. “For Bira and Bangsaen, however, the 997s are a major force; the short, tight turns and relatively low speeds benefit the agile 997s, so there won't be much difference, if any, between the modern cars and the slightly-aged 997 platform. That will keep the balance for TSS Class Two very exciting.” After a qualifying session engine failure in Sepang for the team’s regular 997, which was in the experienced hands of Thomas Raldorf that weekend, the car will be back in action for Race Three and Four, with the rapid Dane getting a second shot behind the wheel. The Audi doesn’t just throw up a fresh challenge for the driver to relearn the ‘basics’, it’s posing an equally fresh and exciting challenge for the B-Quik Racing technicians who now have to adapt to running a completely different The Audi is offsetting car. “B-Quik Racing that with higher is adapting to the corner entry and R8 rapidly, although we don’t have the mid-corner speeds, universally available but you have to wait set-up knowledge as a bit longer before there is for the various 911s. We're coming to stepping on it coming grips nicely,” says Henk. out of the corner. “With the support of Absolute Racing [Audi Sport agent for Asia], we have come to know the R8's requirements and sensitivities in a short time. We are now familiarising ourselves more and more and one of the reasons why the car is stripped and put together a few times in our workshop is just to make sure we can deliver the speed of work required when we're on track.” Certainly, a brief visit to the team’s spotless raceshop, tacked onto the end of the B-Quik garage on Nawamin Road in Bangkok, shows professional team methodologies in practice with attired mechanics calmly going about the business of understanding and preparing their new frontline racecar. In fact, they are evolving into a very self-sufficient team, able to manage more and more aspects of preparation and maintenance under their own roof. Being able to innovate and
become more self-reliant will be vital for B-Quik Racing, not only in TSS, but even more so when they tackle the Sepang 12-Hours. “The R8 requires its own set of tools and equipment to allow quick and easy setup work. We've procured some of that and are in the process of making tools ourselves also,” says Henk. “That’s one of the big changes in our team; we're partly moving from replacing things to making them ourselves and replace or improve. This gives us a better understanding of everything we do.” Alongside all these changes, B-Quik Racing has become a physically bigger operation this year. As well as a doubling of the line-up to two in-house car as the 997 GT3 Cup is available to be run directly for customers, they will also be supporting external customer-owned Porsches—and will even run a pair of Honda Brios in the popular Super Eco category, which will support the Super Cars at Bira this month.
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he new Honda CB650F certainly isn’t a rehash of the already established CB600F, otherwise known as the Honda Hornet. It is a new motorbike that has been completely redesigned by a new team. There are some design elements of the CB600F to be found in the new bike, but these are subtle. Even some traits of the CB500 can be found if you look closely enough. Thus a new bike is born with still a familiar feel to it. It features a light clutch, a reassuring throttle control and smooth handling. The stability is superb at low speeds even though the bike has a high rear and forward seating. For suspension, the bike uses nonadjustable front forks and a linkage-free rear shock absorber. Honda remain masters of ride quality and the choice of suspension elements on the CB650F certainly allows them to keep their spot. Indeed, Honda’s lower end bikes have always been superior in terms of suspension choices and so it was not unreasonable for Honda to maintain its high quality design in this department. The bike provides a good blend of control and comfort at all riding speeds. The engine is mounted forward but still at a low centre of gravity. It is a DOHC four-cylinder engine with 649cc capacity delivering 87 hp and a torque of 46.4 lbft. It is a small engine and, at a recent show, Honda made a point of showcasing the engine out of the bike so as to show its true size. Below 4,000 rpm, the engine is punchy and produces a responsiveness that is impressive. It means that riders can enjoy strong acceleration from a standing start and good economy at highway cruising speeds. There is good pick-up above 6,000 rpm and it appears that the low- and midgear range was targeted to have your attention. In third gear, it is well-poised to
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take on twisty roads without any grumbling and you can feel the four-cylinder engine kick in as you come out of corners. The engine certainly likes to be revved up a bit to go and this suits touring conditions as well as mid-gear riding. The bike is very adept at handling all road conditions and the engine choice has been a big part of that equation. The engine features long intake tracts and almost no valve overlap. The oil filter is positioned to be beneath the main block instead of at the front of the engine, allowing the exhaust outlets to get closer to the unit. Its power may be less punchy than a two cylinder or a triple, and indeed provides 14hp less than the hornets 600 cc engine, but it makes up for this by attending to all rpm ranges with flair and attitude. There are both some good and bad practical design traits to be found on the Honda CB650F. The steel tubular frame is narrowed towards its centre point, courtesy of the squashed oval-style main tubes, and the seat is also narrowed and molded to the fit with the frame. The seat is comfortable and well padded, though it could be a bit longer. Still, it does mean that you can have good seating angle and not have to straddle a wide seat. The seat height at 810mm and the seating position are such that the rider is at the bike's centre of gravity, even though the bike has ample road clearance. Unfortunately, the seat does pick up the vibration of the engine at cruising speeds to some extent and so this may require some extra padding in later models. The handle bars are swept back and are at a good height, but again do pick up some vibration at cruising speeds, as do the wing mirrors, which show more of a blur at high speeds. Other vibration points are the footpegs and levers, which means that some discomfort at cruising speed
due to high frequency vibration may be unavoidable. That said, the feeling is slight and maybe not so noticeable on short and medium length journeys. For a pillion passenger, there is a good-sized grab rail that enables a good feeling of safety to be imparted. The dash carries fuel data including average and current mpg, but does not have a gear change indicator on it, so here the bike scores an even on information transmission. The bike seems to be aimed, in part, to lure non motorcyclists into Honda’s fray. This can be seen in Honda’s NC750 range, where the bikes have plenty of car-like features including luggage space and familiar power transmission. For the CB650F, much of this has been foregone, but some remains. The bike will sit well with old hands and beginners alike. Even though there is some feeling that certain aspects of the bike are aimed at newcomers, the bike maintains a good deal of attitude. The Honda CB650F has a wheelbase of 1,450 mm, slightly longer than Yamahas XJ6, but the bike still feels small; almost more akin to a 400cc machine than a 650cc beast. Small extras, such as a tank protector, come as standard. Four bungee cord points are available for strapping luggage to the bike with ease. Two of the hooks are by the pillion grab rail and two others are fold away affairs that are tucked into the underside of the seat. For economy the bike performs well with 60 miles per gallon, attainable at cruising speeds. Colour schemes that will be available include white, black, silver, tricolor and yellow. The CB650F is expected to be priced around 345,000 baht based on European pricing levels already released.
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he Volvo S60 model has been around for a while, but the all new 2014 model looks enticing due to a large number of design changes. From the exterior, the changes are quite easy to spot. These include a wider grill and new panels from the front pillars forward. The bonnet has been redesigned, as have the front wings and accompanying fascia. New headlights have been designed and incorporated on the updated model to include daytime LED running lights that are horizontally mounted. Active Bending Lights (ABL) with Dual Xenon Technology come as standard. Also at the front there are new lower and wider intakes. At the rear, new exhaust pipes can be seen. These are dual integrated sport tailpipes with a silk metal finished design. The wheelbase remains at 2,776 mm (109.3 in) and overall body length of the S60 is 4,628 mm (182.2 in). The car has a height of 1,484 mm (58.4 in) and a width of 1,865 mm (73.4 in) at its widest point. Inside a new instrument cluster featuring a TFT display is evident. The new S60 features an Interior Air Quality System (IAQS) for a pristine clean air environment. A lightweight T5 2.0-litre four-cylinder Drive-E turbocharged petrol engine provides as much power as a heavier sixcylinder affair. Rated at 180kW/350 Nm, the unit is fuel efficient and has extremely low CO2 emission ratings. An eightspeed geartronic automatic transmission provides a smooth ride and, in conjunction with the engine, boosts economy even further. An intelligent ECO function can be selected to optimise the engine and transmission, reducing fuel consumption by an extra five per cent. New paddle shifters have been incorporated on some variants. Other engines available include a four-cylinder Drive-E supercharger/ turbocharged petrol engine (T6) and a four-cylinder direct injection turbo petrol engine (T4).
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Volvo have always been safety conscious and so the new S60 incorporates a host of safety features, both from the point of view of protective and preventative safety as well as driver safety aids. Among the aids are parking assist sensors at the rear and a lane departure warning system (LDW), which works by creating a vibration in the steering wheel when the car veers out of its lane boundaries. A camera keeps track of the lane markings and alerts the driver if there are any changes to the norm. Also included is a road sign information system (RSI) which projects street sign information onto a heads up display and a Pedestrian and Cyclist Detection system with full auto brake as well as a Blind Spot Information System (BLIS). The latter works not only with cameras embedded into rear view mirrors as per the previous versions, but also with new radar sensors installed at the rear and side of the car that cover a larger area than the cameras can. Radar also works in all weather conditions and is an invaluable extra to the BLIS system. Cameras are still used with ultra-wide-angle lenses and the system alerts you if a lane change is not feasible by way of warning lights intuitively built into both of the front door posts. Using this combination of radar and cameras, the system can detect all types of vehicles in a blind spot area during both day and night, including motorcycles and small vehicles. The radar system is also used in another feature called Cross Traffic Alert, which alerts a driver about traffic coming into the sides of a vehicle when, for example, reversing out of a parking space. This is an invaluable aid when the view to the rear and sides may be limited by other vehicles. Driver Alert Control (DAC) is another feature designed to alert a driver that is distracted. Given that distractions and over-tiredness cause the bulk of all
traffic accidents, this system could prove invaluable. A camera is mounted to look ahead at the road and this is compared with steering inputs to see if there is any deviation from the drivers normal style of driving. If there are erratic movements, or lack of steering movement when there should be some, an audible warning will sound to suggest a break from driving be taken as soon as possible. Anti-locking brakes with emergency brake assistance and an emergency brake light comes with all models as well as corner traction control (CTC), dynamic stability and traction control with advanced stability. For protective safety, the S60 offers a reinforced passenger compartment, an energy-absorbing frontal structure and safety belts with pre-tensioners and load limiters. Also on offer is a side impact protection system (SIPS), dualstage airbags for both the driver and front passenger, a collapsible steering column, side airbags and a whiplash protection system. With driver and car security in mind, the S60 comes equipped with a remotecontrolled central locking system, a remote controlled panic alarm, an Immobilizer, theft-protected locks, approach and home safe lighting and laminated side door windows. There are plenty of colour schemes to choose from for the external finish including crystal white pearl metallic, ice white, bright silver metallic, seashell metallic, power blue metallic and several others. Vibrant colours, such as passion red, flamenco red metallic, rebel blue, Caspian blue metallic and Savile grey metallic, are also available. Ten wheel variants include the Bor 8x19" Diamond Cut/Iron Stone Matt, Titania 8x18" Diamond Cut/Black or the Pandora 7x17" Silver versions. Overall this is a solid car with plenty of upgraded features, worthy of the Volvo name.
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Sell Second Hand Car Urgent Sell Toyota Camry 2008 LPG (Second Hand), Cruise Control, Lather Car Seat. More info please contact directly 0844668491 650,000 THB Sell By Owner Volvo S60 Sell by owner Volvo S60 2.3 litres, Color silver, year 2005, 112820 km No accident 21ft Speedboat For Sale Car in BKK. Please contact 0818189214 21FT Fiberglass speed boat with 70HP 490,000 THB Yamaha and new trailer, undercover parking next to beautifull Bang Saray Wanted To Sell Volvo S40 beach with sea launching service. Tel Good engine & perfect to drive For 089-4001317 or 085-0864173 Email more information please contact sunsnow53@Yahoo.com 0819858005, 0868958125, 021291373 250,000 THB 150,000 THB Beautiful Crownline 315 Sport Water Pickup Truck For Sale In Cruiser For Sale Pattaya CROWNLINE 315 SPORT CRUISER Water Pickup Truck with water pressure Length: 32 ft Beam: 9 ft Draft : 1 ft pump for sale in PattayaBrand: Launch: 2008 Engine: 2x260 Mercruiser NissanSale price: 89,000 baht.Call me 5.0L MPI Seacore Bravo3 Cruising Kh.Wivat 086-1541859 speed: 30 Maximum speed: 40 Hull: GRP 89,000 THB Asking: 3,600,000 THB or On nearest Phone: 0861541859 offer 6ft 4in of headroom as you step Email: adam_1970@hotmail.com into the cabin, there is a surprising amount of room for a 32 ft sport cruiser. For Sale Toyota Fortuner 2006 4wd Full air conditioning inside powered Benzene 2.7l Automatic by the generator AVAILABLE 2 DAYS For Sale: Toyota Fortuner 2006, 4x4, COURSE SMALL POWERBOAT & RIB Benzene, 2.7L Automatic • 83,000 KM MASTER (MCA APPROVED) World Wild Only – Private use. • Full Service history Covers vessels up to 15m 45 ft at Toyota. • Excellent overall condition. 3,600,000 THB Price – 650,000 THB Call to Koby Email: fern@marine-certification.com 0829719954
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Mercedes Benz 230e For Sale 1985 light metallic blue, Toyota 2500cc engine fitted 3 years ago and LPG, Ex Pat owner past 12 years. Reliable,very economical, good air con, nice drive. Mechanically A1, Body good B Interior C, 0858853625 120,000 ONO 120,000 THB Email: ppmacready@gmail.com 1995 Hyundai Sonata Gls Auto/air-conditioning, am/fm. Farang owned and maintained since new. This is an excellent running vehicle. Only 112,000km. Recently added new LPG. 80,000 Baht. 80,000 THB Phone: 0885069566 Email: chodi25@hotmail.com Nissan Navara Le 2.5 Diesel Nissan Navara LE 2,5 Diesel Automatic gearbox Double Cab with Carryboy top, 115,000km, Excellent condition Scandinavian owner.Full option 420,000 BahtABSLeather interiorKenwood DDX6023BT - Double DIN DVD CD Car Stereo Bluetooth 7 Screen USB 420,000 THB Email: hakan@fresh-thailand.com Cheap Manual Ford Laser Cheap 1996 MANUAL Blue 3D FordLaser hatchback 132k kms with books, A/c electric windows etc, 2 owners, drives well, selling ASAP @ 79,000 baht ono contact David 0810013044 or david@ focussafety.com 79,000 THB Email: david@focussafety.com Honda Civic 2003 1 Owner From New Selling my 2.0 Litre VTEC 2003 One hand from new and in very looked after condition. Bills and history available. Also fiited with LPG and can change between Petrol and LPG at any time on the fly. LPG 1 Baht >> 1 Kilometer Leather interior, aircon, central locking, Tinted windows, Sony Head unit, Alarm. Very clean car! 230,000 THB Email: johnnymoo11@gmail.com Sale Toyta Vios Toyota Vios City: Pattaya Year of release: 2009 of century. Run: 70,000 km. State: Excellent Color: gray metallic. AT, electro window regulators, parktronik. all documents as it should be, comprehensive insurance. the car didn’t happen in accidents, defects of a body aren’t present. I sell because money is urgently necessary. Price: 380,000 THB. The reasonable bargaining is pertinent. Phone: 088 208 62 45 Zhanna 380,000 THB Honda Crv 2,4 For Sale. HONDA CRV 2008 model 2.4, Black color, Beige seats,2.4 liter engine, parking camera, full option, 33500 km mileage. regularly serviced, full service history, Insurance 1st. Class for 1 year included. Price. 700.000,- (negotiable) Car is in perfect condition. Call owner 0985809323 (Ying) or 0879880711 (Waree) if you have any question or want to see the car. 700,000 THB
Mini Cooper 1994 FOR SALE -->> ROVER MINI COOPER 1994 - 1.350.000 THB GREAT CONDITION - ONLY 10.500 Km real !!! Manual gear Year 1994 Thai ultimate car All book manual Original radio with manual The owner of this car is a collector cars, he take care of his cars same as a kid... FindYourCarInBangkok Chris : (English/ french) 087.829.6680 - EID (Thai) 082 704.2599 E-mail : findyourcarinbkk@ gmail.com ID Line : jcb130965 *all pictures are posted with the autorisation of the seller* Facebook : https://www. facebook.com/findyourcarinbkk 1,350,000 THB For Sale Toyota Camry 2.0g 2012 Year 50 000km For sale Toyota Camry 2.0G 2012 year, 50000 km, farang owned.Excelent condition. Leather cabin ( no smoking ), automatic transmission, 2 litres engine, JBL sound with CD changer, parking sensors. The car is still on the warranty. Can see anytime, I am the owner. 950,000 THB Phone: 0836830699 Email: sanet33@gmail.com Pajero2012 For Quick Sale Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 2012 2.500cc, 178hp, 25.000km, white color, Top LCD, DVD, IPhone / IPod connection, cruise control, park sensor, rear view cam, rain and light sensor, Xenon, daylight running lights, alarm, LED taillights (original on hand), 20’ inch matt black rims with 265 tires (6 month old), black sticker can be removed, no accidents, service book. Car is located in Pattaya. For more information please call 0812665000, 0846250849 820,000 THB Nissan Navara King Cab Se 6 Mt Special Offer 5 Days Only! Finance Available. Nissan Navara King Cab is one of the most popular pickup trucks available in Thailand. 6 Gear manual transmission, 2.5 Commonrail VNT intercooler, 144 BHP. Tiltable/power assist steering, CD/ MP3 player, remote controlled power door locks, power adjusted door mirrors, digital trip meter. Available colors: Metallic silver, metallic grey, metallic black.price THB 610,000; SPECIAL OFFER: THB 570,000 ! ONLY AVAILABLE TILL THE END OF MAY. Call now and reserve a car while our awesome special offer lasts! 610,000 THB Email: dmitrynissan@gmail.com Selling My 2012 Toyota Highlander Selling my 2012 Toyota Highlander at a very affordable price in perfect condition, no mechanical problem, No physical problem, no dents and it has never been in an accident. For any inquiry, please contact 2012 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER SE 4WD (White) Mileage: 11.795 miles Transmission: Automatic Drivetrain: 4WD Exterior Color: White Interior Color: Black Gas Mileage: 15 MPG City 22 MPG Highway Engine: 4cyl VIN: 5TDZA3EH3CS021947 Price: $ 12,000 Usd 12,000 THB Email: nickolasmorgan@outlook.com
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Cars and trucks Nissan Almera Vl Cvt Thb 6,144 Per Month Brand new most spacious and slick eco mini sedan in Thailand. 1.2L 3 Cylinder DOHC 12V CVTC (Continuously Variable-valve Timing Control) Engine with Electronic Multipoint (ECCS) injection system produces 79 BHP. Almera VL is a top spec which includes: 15 alloy wheels, chrome decorated door handles, central lock, push start button, Intellegent key with immobilizer and panic alarm, multi information meter, 2 DIN 6 1 touch screen DVD AM/FM, MP3, AUX, steering wheel audio control, bluetooth, navigation system, dual SRS airbags, ABS + EBD + BA, rear view camera. Normally THB 602,000 now 542,000 or from 6,144 per month. (offer lasts till the end of June, stock is limited) Available in 2 colors: Greyish bronze or Brilliant silver. 3 years warranty, 1 year premium insurance included.Call/email us, come in for a test drive and book your car while stock lasts! We speak English, Russian and Thai 542,000 THB Email: dmitrynissan@gmail.com Toyota Fortuner 2012 , 3.0 Disel 4x4 For Sale. Toyota Fortuner 2012 , 3.0 V Disel , 4x4 2012 , 3.0L Diesel engine, 4WD Full Time 5 AT . only 28,000 Km . HID Projector Headlamp Auto Leveling Headlight Folding Headlight Cleaner Leather with Wood Grain and Metallic Steering Wheel with Audio, MID , Telephone Switch and Voice Recognition AM/FM, 1 DVD with 6.1” Touchscreen In-Car Navigator Voice Recognition Cruise Control EBD / BA / VSC / TRC Back Camera Leather & Artificial Leather Seat with Power (Driver only) Tel. 026301200 K. Kik 1,150,000 THB Isuzu Mu7 For Sale 20 month old Isuzu Mu7 for sale or part exchange with a small car Very good condition, many extras, 7 seater, diesel, very economical, for a 1000 Baht diesel will do 450 kilometers Price 890,000 Baht There are 28 more monthly payment of 17,300 Baht per month is left on the finance which can be transferred to the new buyer if you wish. Please call 0822238450. English is spoken. 890,000 THB Email: justinkeeson@voovagroup.com
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Yamaha Tzm 150 2stroke Beautiful 2 stroke. Fast.New paint, tires, ect. 32,500 THB Email: c.kennedy0929@gmail.com Ducati Headlights Projectors Ducati 749r 749s 999 headlights bucket projectors with mirrors for sale. 5,500 THB Phone: 0925157355 Email: klmok@freemail.hu
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2005 Honda Vtx 1800 Honda vtx 1800 for sale 350000baht 350,000 THB Phone: 0925157355 Email: klmok@freemail.hu Suzuki Intruder Custom Bike 1400cc with 240 back tire year 1994 (with legal green book, New custom made swing arm to fit the 240 back tire, New paint job, new chromium & new polished aluminium. New built custom bike. Engine, gear box & clutch very good. 250,000 THB Email: hakan@fresh-thailand.com Storage For Motorbikes Storage available for 1,000THB per month for motorbikes or articles of a similar size. 1,000 THB Phone: 0895442963 Email: johnhofsiam@hotmail.com Ktm 150 2012 For Sale KTM 150 SX 2012 FOR SALE Price: 195 000 THB New piston (Original KTM) New front/rear tires (Dunlop) FMF pipes/silencer Set including KTM Manual, spare piston, front/rear brake pads, O Ring/seal kit, seat cover, Spare clutch disks, spare air filter and original KTM exhaust pipe/silencer CALL Yvan (english) or Tik (thaï) 0861332310 195,000 THB 2013 Ducati Multistrada 1200s Touring Sale Down Payment: 250,000 Mileage: 4,XXX Monthly: 16,600.00 X 39 Already Paid: 16,600 X 9 Accesorries: Hella Fog lights: Catalytic replace with MIVV exhaust. never accident. Great bike very fast. Call for more information 0819709948, 076239113 250,000 THB For Sale Scooters 18,000-28,000 Baht For Sale Scooters 18,000-28,000 Baht 4 sale All bikes are legal with updated tax registration and green book. No work permit needed, any one can get 1 for you. Requirements passport or any documents For more information pls sent u a PM. Or contact my # 0823243565 LINE ID : Mark266 Our location - kaset nawamin bangkok Price list Suzuki jelato jack 110 - 25,000 baht 2,798/km Yamaha fino 110 - 21,000baht - 11,716/km Yamaha Mio RR 125 i 27,000 baht 1300/km Yamaha mio soul 125 - 18,000 baht 30,000/km Yamaha nouvo elegance 135 - 23,000 Fix price. 18,000 THB Email: jhiero26@gmail.com
Nice Restaurant In Jomtien At Big Discount Modern Restaurant in Jomtien. Sales 350-500K+ mo., low rent. Invested 5 mil. baht. Co. has all licenses, 2 wrk permits, exper. staff. Expat owner leaving due to losing Thai health insurance. Want quick sale at 1.9 mil. Contact: Barry 081-9416769. 1,900,000 THB Phone: 0819416769 Email: philby702@yahoo.com Sale Resort At Samoeng Near City Of Chiang Mai Sale resort &spa 24 rai from main road to Samorng Mountain 3.5 km. near city of Chiang Mai & near Airport with in 17 resorts build in and Organic Farm healthy menu ready to Manage. Any question please call 0816454455, 0819006297 150,000,000 THB Hotel For Sale 1.76 Rai Building : 1. Building A ; 3 storey 18 rooms (32 m2) with deck 2. Building B ; 3 storey 18 rooms (32 m2) with deck 3. Fitness Room 6 x 8 m. above a water tank 4. Swimming Pool; 6 x 15 m. 5. House; 265 m2 - 2 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms - 1 Kitchen, 1 Living room, 1 multipurpose room - Relaxing Area with fish’s pool 6. Car parking for 25 units For more information please contact 0899461741 82,000,000 THB 15 Percent Shares Sale Bangkok Sports/beer Bar This is a great opportunity to own 15% in a profitable Sports/Beer Bar in the Nana area. The owner of the 15% is relocating and is selling all of his businesses and investments in Bangkok. The majority shareholder of this bar has been in this industry for many years and has established many successful businesses. The new partner can expect return on investment in approximately 3 years. Potential buyers will need to complete a standard confidentiality agreement prior to meeting the owner of the business. Sale Price: 5,500,000 THB Please reply via email or call 080 016 4116. 5,500,000 THB Email: peter@tsba.info
Chiang Mai Resort For Sale With Good Income And Potential Growth In Capital Investment Opportunity Attractive boutique resort set in more than 2 rai of land in the Sansai area of Chiang Mai available for sale with long term lease from Chinese operator . Return 4.5% per year Hidden not far from the city and shopping vicinity,this property is located in a convenient location with many coffee shops and restaurants for local dining. The resort offers luxury Thai accommodation with all modern amenities with 2 swimming pools, set in secluded and peaceful tropical gardens. The compound comprises accommodation in two traditional wooden houses and eight bangalows, offering 12 rooms with ensuite bathrooms. The bathrooms have a choice of shower, large spa bath or whirlpool Jacuzzis. There is a reception area, a large kitchen in a separate building and a large covered terrace for dining Contact owner 091 302 8520 30,000,000 THB Bar Route 69 Located in Pattaya’s famous Soi 6, this unique themed bar offers a fun and quirky night out for patrons. Turn-Key renovated by a very experienced owner with multiple bars, each of the 4 upstairs modern-designed rooms for visiting guests have all ensuite bathrooms to provide maximum privacy. Up to 10 of your lively staff members can be accomodated in the upper 4th floor. With intimate inside seating areas as well as a lofty outside seating this bar hits all the highlights for a night out. E-Mail: thom@loxinfo.co.th 2,400,000 THB Factory For Sale In Chonburi New electronic factory ready to use, it is located among Lamchabang and Suwannaphumi airport. - 25 km to Lamchabang port and 70 km to Suwannaphumi airport (around). The land space is 8 rai , the usage space of the building is 1800 sqm. Interested please call Ms.Ann Tell. 089 828 2020 or email annkimjor@gmail.com 48,000,000 THB
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Hotel For Sell Urgent! hotel for sell in Cambodia. Own by French man. 18 rooms with private swimming pool inside, restaurant and spa include. For more information please contact 0811675599, 0964919690 60,000,000 THB
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Electronics Sale Ibm Server X346 (8840-21m) 2cpu,ram 4 Gb sale IBM Server x346 (8840-21M) 2CPU,ram 4 GB .disk 300GB. RACK Server Tel. 0899397111 Email: yaowaluck@ compresso.co.th 6,000 THB
Mobile Phones
Iphone 4 16 Gb Sell I-Phone 4 16 GB. 0805959761 7,500 THB
Notebooks and Netbooks
Macbook Pro 17-inch Surplus to requirements, this 17 MacBook Pro is in excellent working order and offers great savings against a new laptop. With an almost impossible to find 17 screen and a dual language (Thai and English) keyboard, this MacBook is priced to sell. 17,500 THB Email: bayliss.leonard@gmail.com Acer Aspire 4750zg For Sale ACER ASPIRE 4750ZG for sale 2GB DDR3 Memory 640GB HDD 6 cell Li-ion battery Plus a free Acer Laptop Bag Any question please call 0924418757 7,500 THB
Home Entertainment
Professional Power Speaker System. Dj/band/home Bought about 1 year ago hardly ever used. Ideal for Club/Bar/Disco etc. PROEURO TECH PS-15 Professional Speaker system. 2 Way 15 + 3 RATED POWER : 500 W. RMS Frequency Respond : 50 Hz - 20 KHz IMPEDANCE : 8 OHM SENSITIVITY : 102 dB Cost 24000bht the pair sell for 9000bht Have the Original Receipt. Also have a professional LED lighting system 4 spots on a large Adjustable Tripod. Cost 12000bht sell for 6000bht. Moving out sale everything must go within the next 6 months. Please call, Email or hit reply button if interested NO Text Messages Thank You. 9,000 THB
Employment Offering work
Full Time Copywriter/digital Marketing Trainee Full time copywriter/Digital Marketing trainee needed to work with Voova Group in Pattaya, Thailand. Requirements: native English speaker with great flair for creative writing, currently living in Thailand, over 25 years old. Send your CV to gemmapurnell@voovagroup.com
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Paid Internship The Voova Group are looking to expand their digital marketing team with an intern who will carry out daily tasks for our customers which include: creating unique and interesting content for clients websites, building relationships with webmasters and business owners to grow our network of industry partners, implementing marketing plans under the guidance of the management team. The position may also include taking an active teaching role in our English development programme for Thai employees. The position is a full time paid internship at our Pattaya office. In order to apply, send your CV and a covering letter to gemmapurnell@voovagroup.com Email: gemmapurnell@voovagroup. com Driver Required Driver required for Oilfield Service Company. Must have own vehicle, please call Noy on 0871409959 for more information Email: alan.munroe@isthesolution.com
Hobby and Sport Home Trainer Marathon B660. As new. 15,000 THB Email: G.Govaerts@gmail.com
Gym and Fitness
Exercise Bicycle For Sale New, top model. Unused. Cost 25,000 Baht.Asking 15,000 Baht ono. Buyer collects from East Pattaya area.Tel. 088 183 5956 15,000 THB Email: notnatd@gmail.com Bowflex Adjustable Dumbbel For Sale Nearly new, used few times, 1 pair Bowflex adjustable (2-21kg) dumbbel with portable stand. New price 20,000 THB, asking 11,900 THB. Please contact Hal 0860 315 245. 11,900 THB Phone: 0860315245 Email: haraldholter@yahoo.com Treadmill For Sale At Phuket NordicTrack c4000 Excellent condition For more information please contact K. Max 0887536897 70,000 THB Elliptical For Sale At Phuket Vision Fitness x1500 Elliptical Trainer Deluxe in a excellent condition. For more information please contact K. Max 0887536897 45,000 THB
Bicycles
Sale Khs Dh300 khs dh300 size s/ five ten size 44 eur / mixxis minion 26 x 2.5 /pocketshock dxg cover 60,000 thb.can show pictures more you contact aklinkulab@yahoo. com tel 0858202513 60,000 THB
Games and Toys
Rc-airplane Piper J3 Cub Fir Sale RC-Airplane Piper J3 Cub fir sale Tailwheeler, Electric engine Wingspan: 110 cm Fuselage: 82 cm Weight: 805 grams with electronic and Battery (Take Off Weight) RC: Futaba 6 Radio Control incl. LiPo Charger 12V Price: THB 2,800 not include shipping Contact: (English only) 091 902 1686 or Messages Contact: (Thai) 090 916 1523 2,800 THB Sell Excalibur Prime Id Account Warframe Sell Excalibur prime Account ID (ALL Unrank) Bought long ago but have not played yet. have : Excalibur prime, Loki , 1270 Platinum , Unrank Other weapon sell it on PAYPAL : start at 150usd Can Meet in the game PM me. Thanks (sell this ID + This ID Email) Line: Napapol.A Email : hunter_cilluo@hotmail.com 4,800 THB
Home and Garden Theroom 1bed For Sell The Room Ratchada-Ladprao for sell 2 bedroom 61 sqm. Face: North-east (no hot sun) Fl. 12A Tower: D Pool view Fully Furnish Ready to move in For more information please contact 0917393171 3,650,000 THB Land For Sell the land for sell, 2 rai 2 ngarn 97 tarangwha located at Borsang- doi saket Rd. Chiang Mai 5 minutes from maekue market. the land already filled and ready for construction. for more information contact 083 945 2346, 082 383 1982 6,580,000 THB Condo For Sell Supalai Park Asokeratchada Studio Condo for sell @ Supalai Park AsokeRatchada Size : 34.5 sqm. Type : Studio Price : 2,400,000 baht Fully furnished with all furniture If you want for more information please contact Mix 088757-0894 Line ID : mixthaihome 2,400,000 THB Seaview Condo For Rent At Axis This new condominium project is located in the heart of Pattaya city, where you can feel the heavenly touch of life in a unique style. With a great SEAVIEW from your condo. It is BAHT bus on the line just infront of your condo. Facilities : Cable TV, Communal Swimming Pool, Restaurant, Fitness, Gym, CCTV Security, Parking - Covered, Mini-Mart Shop, Key Card Security, Laundry Services, Cleaning Services, Wi-Fi Internet, Security Guards. A great seaview 43sqm condo with 1 bedroom, 1bahtroom. European kitchen, air condition, tiling floor, internet, cable TV. Fully furnished. For more information please contact 038 252 456 22,000 THB
View Talay Condo 2 A View Talay Condominium Project 2 located near Thappraya road, at the beginning of Jomtien. This room Facing Jomtien SIDE. This project was built in 2004 to continue the success of the first project, and continues to be one of the most popular complexes in the Pattaya real estate market. There are 2 buildings, A & B, Only minutes away from, supermarket, nightlife and beaches. Facilities: Communal swimming pool and with a nice pool side restaurant. There are a 24hrs gated, key card entry and full CCTV security system. On the ground floor you will find services such as, mini-mart, laundry & cleaning, internet cafes, salons & massage, travel agents etc. 41 sqm with 1 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom, Internet, Cable TV, European kitchen, Fully Furnished, Ready to move in. Rental Price 15,000 Baht for 1 year. 16,000 Baht for 6 months. 18,000 Baht for 1 up to 5 months. Sales Price: THB 2,500,000 Rent Price: THB 15,000/Month For more information please contact 038 252 456 2,500,000 THB Affordable Studio For Sale Only 200 meters to Cosy Beach!! Casa Espana Condo provides some spectacular sea-views as well as some of the best spots to view Pattaya, itself. A low rise building with only 8 floors serviced by a lift and built on 1.2 Rai of land. To get there do down Rajchawaroon Road heading towards the sea and turn right into Kaselsin Soi 7. Casa Espana can be found on the left and is the only major building in the soi. Located just 200 meters from Cosy Beach the building houses a total of 108 units of which 58 are studios and 50 are 1 bedroom units. Facilities at the condo include a swimming pool, gym, spa, meeting rooms, restaurant, car parking and 24-hour security with key card/biometric access and CCTV Garden & Sea View 26 sqm of studio room, 1 bathrooms, air condition, washing machine, cable TV. fully furnished !! SALE PRICE WILL INCLUDE TRANSFER FEE For any information please contact 038 252 456 1,200,000 THB Executive Corner Room For Sale/rent Ideal for long holidays, investment, holiday rental. This spacious and bright 137 sqm of living space with an fantastic layout is for both sale and rent. This room is facing Jomtien Side on 19th floor in View Talay Condo 3. The two 20 story buildings are right in front of the beautiful call Dongtan beach offering beach front and direct sea views. Facilities: Beautiful sea view swimming pool and the poolside restaurant, full CCTV security system, mini marts, laundry & cleaning services etc. Corner 137 sqm of living space, 1 large bedroom, 2 bathrooms, open plan European kitchen, air conditions, alarm system, cable TV, WiFi internet. Fully furnished !! Sales Price: THB 12,000,000 Rent Price: THB 45,000/Month For more information please contact 038 252 456 12,000,000 THB
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2 Br Condo For Sell Or Rent In Sukhumvit 24 300 M To Bts Prompong Siri residence , 32 storeys building , Located in sukhumvit 24 , just 300m five minutes walk to BTS Prompong. One of the best location in Bangkok which would provide easy access onto sukhumvit road or rama 4 within 10 minutes. The unit is in 12th floor , Corridoor facing East and is fully furnished with equipment for living and electric appliance Detail Size : 91 sqm. Bedroom : 2 Toilet : 2 Floor : 12 View : City Facility - Fitness center , sauna , swimming pool , recreation area and luxurious lobby and reception area - 24 hours security , CCTV , keycard accessed elevator Nearby Landmark - 300 m from BTS Prompong - Emporium department store , fuji market , villa market , K village , A sqaure , benjasiri park - Trinity international school - Smithivej hospital - Phillipine embassy for rent : 70,000 baht for sale : 14,000,000 bath More properties for sell and rent For more information please contact 0924969525 70,000 THB Private Beach Selling Very Cheap Panga Province Correctedly Registered Land Selling land (beach) located in Kaoluk, Punga province. 28 rai- 1 gnan – 26.3 sq.w. Beach front is 160 m. wide and 350 m deep into the main land Public Street connects with the land. It’s just 3 km far from Kaoluk-Takuapa main road The beach is wide and long… very good for resort or hotel project. The land is owned legally. Regular price is around 12-15 MB/rai …. Selling for 5 MB/rai Please contact Tom@ 080-5686767 5,000,000 THB Sell 3 Acres Sell 3 acres in Chiang Mai. Near three separate entrance to Doi Inthanon. Near Chiang Mai - Hod road,just is 500 meters. have access to electricity there is a farmland and orchard Abundant water throughout the year Sell : 6 million baht Please contact: 095-452-3133 jay Email: jayshops7@gmail.com
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Sell Or Rent Supalai Premier Narathivas-sathorn 1 bedroom fully furnished : 52 qm are avilable for rent, the room is located at 12A floor. I would preferred long contact at least 12 months or 2 years contract at the rate 18,000/month. Plase feel free to contact me if you are interesting at 0894742285 Noppasorn. or email for enquiry at siripakde@hotmail.com 18,000 THB Baan Klang Kung Urbanion Ratchavipa For Sell Only 6.3 Mb Baan Klang Kung Urbanion @ Ratchavipa For Sell TownHome 22 sq.wa. Sell only 6,300,000 Baht This is fully furnished townhome 3 story, • Kitchen Build-in, • Refrigerator 2 piece, • Air condition 2 piece, • Hot water 1 piece, • Washing machine 1 piece. Facilities: • Fitness, • Swimming Pool, • Parking 2 cars • Club house • Garden • 24-hour security Near by places: • SCB PARK Head Office SCB Bank, Chevron, Unilever • Hospital ; Kasemrad, Vibhavadi Hospital • Shopping Mall; Central Plaza, Lardprao; The mall Ngamwongwan • Major Cineplex Ratchayothin • MRT Bang Sue and Grand Station of High speed Train (Future) Kasetsart University khun Kitti 081-7322-223 or 081-4599-066 kkitti. jew@gmail.com 6,300,000 THB Brand New Condo At Lumpini Park Jomtien Lumpini Park Jomtien Building B Condo renovation is brand new, except for a few designated items, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, everything in the condo goes with the condo—all the new furniture, appliances, electronics, artwork, curtains and blinds, linens, kitchenware, microwave cabinet houses, a large 2 door refrigerator and microwave that grills. Big storage cabinet above. Fully Furnished. Ready To Move In. For more information please contact 038 252 456 5,350,000 THB
Town For Rent And Sell Plus City Park Townhome for rent and sell at Plus City Park Haumark23, size 30 square yard Type : three bedrooms, four bathrooms, three for cars parking Fully furnished with TV, Refrigerator, Washing Machine, 6 Air Condition, Rent: 25,000 Baht per month fully furnished with appliance Sell : 6,900,000 ฿ Contact : 088 7570894 Line : mixthaihome 25,000 THB Home Office 4 Floors With A Business In The Central Of Nakhornratchasima Province, Thailand For Sale. (selling By Owner) - Home office 4 Floors, 865 sqm for using on the land area 440 sqm. - Have a onsen, spa, and food business, now is working: https://www.facebook. com/senyuri.onsen.9?ref=tn_tnmn - Have a car park area 440 sqm. - It’s a doorway of new Golf Course in the central of Nakhornratchasima Province, Thailand. - For sale 9,500,000 baht. - The land position: 125,247 Soi Yusuk1, Moo.10, Tambol Phoklang, Amphur Muangnakhornratchasima, Nakhornratchasima Province, Thailand. 30000 Position link by Google map: https://maps.google.co.th/maps?q=14. 931583%2C+102.108733&ie=UTF-8&hq &hnear=0x31194d1aab7e3aed%3A0x 1b0bf49d12d18a08%2C14.931583%2 C+102.108733&gl=th&ei=kAzIUpiTOYf KrAeiIQ&ved=0CC4Q8gEwAA For more information: Please contact 089-107 0765, 083-992 6160 or email: envirproof@hotmail.com or line ID: senyuri 9,500,000 THB Condo For Sell Lumpini Place Narathiwat Chaopraya 1bedroom Condo for sell at Lumpini Place Narathiwat-Chaopraya Size : 30sqm. Type : one bedroom Fully furnished with TV, Microwave, Refrigerator, Washing Machine, 2 Air Condition, Sell : 2,369,000 baht Contact : 088 7570894 Line : mixthaihome 2,369,000 THB
Unixx Condominium UNIXX South Pattaya offers extensive lush gardens and beautiful views of Pattaya and Jomtien beaches from its studio one and two bedroom units. Launched in 2011 and scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2015. UNIXX is set to revolutionize the Pattaya condominium market with is “resort-style” offerings at affordable prices. Facilities :Swimming pool,Inpool jacuzzi, Kid’s play garden, sports area, Outdoor BBQ zones ,Landscaped tropical gardens,Yoga area, Meditation pavilions ,Fitness center. Outdoor exercise area, Sauna, 24 hours security with cctv, Reception,Visitor parking 27 sqm living spaces, studio, 1 bathroom, Complete in Year 2015 !! For more information please contact 038 252 456 2,150,000 THB
Antiques and Art
Late 1920s Capercailie Pair Capercailie Pair mounted by John Findlay of Ballater, Scotland who was a Taxidermist that held a royal warranty under King George V. Case dimensions:1m (W) X 0.65m (H) x 0.38 (D)Specimens and case in excellent condition! 45,000 THB Email: wgrg73@hotmail.co.uk
Miscellaneous Dress A Pet In Thai Style Dress Up Your Pet in Thai style size : 1-8 or make by order Call : 09 9349 7922 ID Line : meaw4534 180 THB Like New Rolex Lady Date For Sale: Like New Rolex Lady Datejust 69174 26mm. Stainless Steel case w/ White Gold bezel, Silver face set w/ diamonds, Jubilee bracelet No box or papers. Please contact: 0863404361, 0849799930 130,000 THB
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Flora-flower Delivery As Your Order Free delivery service of flora and flower in Bangkok. Call us to order 0895271155, 028768259 1,000 THB Invicta Men ‘s 14812 Specialty Analog Display Japanese Quartz Black Watch MSRP $395Watch InformationBrand, Seller, or Collection Name InvictaModel number 14812Model Year 2011Dial window material type MineralDisplay AnalogClasp Fold-Over Clasp with SafetyCase material Stainless steelCase diameter 45 millimetersCase Thickness 13 millimetersBand Material Stainless steelBand length Men’s StandardBand width 20 millimetersBezel material Stainless steelBezel function UnidirectionalMovement Japanese quartz.Price:4,750 THB 4,750 THB Phone: 038406492 Phone: 0897539751 Email: asianglory@gmx.com Shark Analog Digital Date Dispaly Mens Sport Quartz Rubber Military Watch + Box -Double movement with Chronograph is leading over other same level products.-Digital and Analog can be display in same time.Main Features:Designed by renowned Japanese Watch Designer “Mr. Hito Imachi”-DOUBLE Movement with the latest breakthrough Japan Quartz Technology-Enable with LED date, day, time Display Chronograph, and alarm functions -Water resistant up to 3 ATM (Not suitable for swimming, deep diving, shower etc.)-New with 12 months International Guarantee.Specification (approximate)-Case diameter: 4.7cm approx (1 cm=10 mm≈0.394 inch)Case thickness: 1.6cm approx (1 cm=10 mm≈0.394 inch)-Band Length: 19cm approx (1 cm=10 mm≈0.394 inch)-Band Material: Rubber-Band Adjustable: Yes. Package Included:-1 x Genuine Shark Watch-1 x Gift Box with Guarantee Card-1 x Users’ ManualPlease Note:...I do NOT reply to Cell Phone Text Messages, either call or Email Thanks. Call 038406492...0897539751 1,750 THB Phone: 038406492 Phone: 0897539751 Email: asianglory@gmx.com
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0.30 Carat Real Diamond Stud Earrings 14k Yellow Gold Stunning! new genuine 0.30 carat diamond studs earrings in 14k yellow gold !!! sparkling !!!diamond setting: 4-prong set0.30ctw; approximately 0.15 carat each diamonddiamond clarity: i, inclusions visiblediamond colour: h/i, nice colourdiamond shape: round brilliant cutthese have push-on/ backsthese are a big bold beautiful pair of natural diamonds earrings, at a very affordable low price. these gorgeous diamond studs would make a perfect gift for yourself or for that special someone!! please note:...i do not reply to cell phone text messages, either call or email thanks.call 038406492...0897539751 4,900 THB Phone: 038406492 Phone: 0897539751 Email: asianglory@gmx.com 9k White Gold, Genuine Topaz & Diamond Pendant & Chain. 9k White Gold, Genuine GemstonesThis lovely pendant features a genuine blue topaz that is securely mounted in 14k white gold set each side are 3 Diamonds.Topaz Oval cut and set with 4 Prongs setting.Don’t let this lovely solitaire piece pass you by! This pendant measures 4cm Wide Height hard to say because of its shape. Pendant & Chain Length 44cm.This beautiful Chain & Pendant makes a great gift and is the perfect accent for all occasions.Please Note:...I do NOT reply to Cell Phone Text Messages, either call or Email Thanks. Call 038406492...0897539751 7,900 THB Phone: 038406492 Phone: 0897539751 Email: asianglory@gmx.com Darts Teams...pool Teams Looking for a New Home? Then come and check out the BOXING ROO BAR! (Third Road, opposite Soi Lengkee & next to New York Pizza). We have two (2) giant pool tables (well maintained & challenging). Come and have a no-obligation look anytime between 1:00pm and 2:00am, 7 days a week.
14k White Gold Black Onyx Diamond Pendant Chain. Gorgeous 14k White Gold Onyx Diamond Pendant & Chain Stunning. Onyx set in 14k white gold surrounded by 6 white diamonds each side.An elegant deep black genuine onyx stone. Pendant measuring appox 1.1 x 1.3cm and 12 Diamond bezel set into solid 14k White gold. This beautiful Chain & Pendant makes a great gift and is the perfect accent for all occasions.Topaz Oval cut and set with 4 Prongs setting. Please Note:...I do NOT reply to Cell Phone Text Messages, either call or Email Thanks.Call 038406492...0897539751 6,500 THB Phone: 038406492 Phone: 0897539751 Email: asianglory@gmx.com Coffee Machine For Sale Delonghi Icona 310 Coffee machine for sale. Hardly used. Works great, just don’t use it. Has two baskets, foaming nozzle, books and instructions. Retails for 15,000 thb, asking 9,000 thb, but will accept reasonable offers. If you have any questions, please contact me and I will respond. 0876908496 9,000 THB Black Gold Dial Steel Silicone Men Quartz Analog Watch Elegant Big Black Gold Dial Steel Silicone Men Quartz Analog Sports Wrist WatchWatch is Brand New never worn.The case is made by stainless steel the strap is made by high quality silicone. The case mix by black and gold color. Features:Daily water resistant (splashproof )Display Type: AnalogMovement: Quartz (Battery). Case Material: Stainless SteelCase Size: 4.5cm x 4.5cmStrap Material: High Quality Silicone Strap Color: BlackStrap Width: 2.2cmLength of strap: 18.5cm (adjustable)Please Note:...I do NOT reply to Cell Phone Text Messages, either call or Email Thanks.Call 038406492...0897539751 1,500 THB Phone: 038406492 Phone: 0897539751 Email: asianglory@gmx.com
Large Brand New! Sport Mens Watch Gunmetal Tone. Black stainless steel back Leather armband. Screw over crown protection. black dial with bar-shaped Orange hour markers.three sub dials and logo. Case Size: 4.5cm x 4.5cm without the crownPlease Note:...I do NOT reply to Cell Phone Text Messages, either call or Email Thanks.Call 038406492...0897539751 1,500 THB Phone: 038406492 Phone: 0897539751 Email: asianglory@gmx.com
Cosmetics and skincare
Sun Protection Cream For Sale We are selling Sun Protection Cream for all sports or all activities on the beach and others, you can order the sun cream on the website: http://adamsnackbox. weloveshopping.com or calling me Khun Wivat 086-1541859 Phone: 0861541859 Email: adam_1970@hotmail.com
Pets
Cat Pet Persia Chinchila persia kittens, 3 month old, long and soft hair. very lovely (>﹏<), if any one interested pls contact at 0831127555 (Mr. Win) 4,500 THB Pet Long Hair Persia Cat 3 month persia black kitten, soft long hair, supper cute, want find a new home 0831127555( Mr. Win) 7,000 THB Sale Dog Cacasine Mountain Dogs Sale Dog cacasine mountain dogs. Sale because moving overseas. Any details please ask Tel. 08-242424-52 Line: partylabel 75,000 THB Green Wing Macaw For Sale Large full feathered, hand tame, playful, starting to talk. Hatch date of 052013. Bird is now 10 months old. For more information please contact Tel. 023514587 Mail: sandraliela1@gmail. com 250 THB
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Services Editing/proofreading Services editing and proofreading services available for your print content and web pages. magazine and newspaper articles, brochures and adverts all professionally edited in proper standard English by American native writer/educator. appeal to the foreign community and boost your competitive edge. call today. 0845622979 Phone: 0844564080 Email: jsimonst@yahoo.com
Building and decorating
Glassform Pattaya “be different” Are we trust that Phone: 033-674591-2 Email: pattaya@glassform.co.th Roller Sutter Doors SKC Roller shutter doors, has 3 factories located in bangkok, thailand and has been manufacturing Roller Shutter Doors to a high for over 25yrs, and we ensure that each door passes our quality control department. So contact us for more info. 100 THB Email: phil@skcmetal.com Design And Construction Services SMOC studio We are architects and urban designers sharing a passion for excellence. We believe that design solutions must be fitting to the customers’ needs, lifestyle, environment, budget, culture, and place in which they are located. Working with us, you will meet with our unlimited creativity and superb services. 88,888 THB Email: smocstudio@gmail.com Local Cabinet Manufacturer Here at American Craftsman Cabinetry (Jomtien) we manufacture and install premium-quality, frame-less cabinetry for developers and property investors in the Chonburi province at “factory direct prices”. We are a completely CNC (Computer Numeric Controlled) based manufacturer. Our production processes utilize some of the most technologically advanced cabinet design software and manufacturing hardware in Thailand today. With our precision manufacturing process we deliver superior quality cabinetry at great prices, (as low as 10,000 baht a linear meter). www.americancraftsman.net Call us @ 087 940 5782 Like Us on Facebook 10,000 THB Phone: 0879405782 Email: harvey@american-craftsman.net
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Clothing and Fashion
Sale Coach Hand Bags - F23297 Coach - F23297 Park Signature Carrie tote BRASS/KHAKI/BURGUNDY + size 12” (L) x 10” (H) x 5 3/4” (W) + 100% Authentic Handbag. + Included shipping. Please contact: 0814124007 5,800 THB Sell Nike Air Max 90 Sell nike air max lunar 90 contract me ID Line : tanachaiiii or tell : 0876797611 5,700 THB Nike Rosherun Sell Nike rosherun contract me ID Line : tanachaiiii or tell : 0876797611 2,000 THB Sell Nike Bomba Ii Sell Nike BomBa II Size 8.5 Never use. contract me ID Line : tanachaiiii or tell : 0876797611 1,840 THB Sale Kloset kloset sz.speedy30 Line id : moonoy2000 Tel. 0832973558 1,900 THB
Transport
20ft Container For Sale 20ft secondhand container in good condition for sale. 47,000 THB Phone: 0925157355 Email: klmok@freemail.hu
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Persian Kittens For Sale 2 x male silver tabby kittens for sale from CFA parents but not registered they will be ready in 2 weeks will be wormed and inoculated These are real Persian not 50/50 cat. Located in Ratchaburi. Tel. 0859369577 12,000 THB Great Dane Puppies New in Thailand - gentle giants, Great Dane-puppies. Born 1st April. The perfect dogs for family and security. The bigger the dog, the more social it is. Friendly, politely careful. A strong friend. Call to view puppies and parents in Bangsaray, call 090 3969870 or 083 3646975. 25,000 THB Talkative Blue And Gold Macaws For Sale Blue-and-gold macaw are the most talkative parrots that can copy fastand report cases and enjoys plenty of attention, head scratching andcuddling, but also likes to play and chew, so provide it colorful hardwooden blocks to destroy. They need lots of room to stretch theirwings, so the largest possible is ideal. Blue-and-gold macaws aresociable, easy-going birds that are affectionate and tolerantcreatures.Our prices are negotiable . 12,000 THB Email: mustafahuseinagro@gmail.com
Crocs For Sale Crocs size w6 (size 36) Color: sea foam/oyster Line id : moonoy2000 Tel. 0832973558 1,200 THB Sale Kipling Challenger II Backpack Color : Very Berry Dimensions : 10 1/4” W * 14 1/4” H * 8 1/4” D Line id : moonoy2000 Tel. 0832973558 2,800 THB Sale Paul Smith Paul smith size 8.5 Color: Brown used like new. No box. Line id : moonoy2000 Tel. 0832973558 3,900 THB Sale Marc By Marc Jacobs Marc by Marc Jacobs Miss Marc Henry Black Watch Details: - 28mm watch face - Analogue display - Carbon coated stainless steel case & strap Ion plated case - Quartz movement - Water resistant up to 5ATM Line id : moonoy2000 Tel. 0832973558 3,900 THB Sale Coach Peyton Signature East West Swingpack PEYTON SIGNATURE EAST/WEST SWINGPACK STYLE NO. F51065 DETAILS: Signature fabric with leather trimInside multifunction pocketZip-top closure, fabric liningOutside pocketAdjustable strap for shoulder or crossbody wear 10 1/2” (L) x 6 3/4” (H) X 1” (W) This is a signature product For more information please contact 0982710473 3,000 THB Sale-coach Bag Park Signature Carrie Tote Style No. F23297 PARK SIGNATURE CARRIE TOTE STYLE NO. F23297 DETAILS: Signature fabric with leather trimInside zip, cell phone and multifunction pocketsZip-top closure, fabric liningOutside open pocketsHandles with 8 3/4” drop12” (L) x 10” (H) x 5 3/4” (W)This is a signature product line id: radakids Tel: 0982710473 4,000 THB
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Pattaya to Bangkok The Roong Reung Coach Company runs a
regular bus service from the North Pattaya Bus Terminal on North Pattaya Road to the Eastern Bus Terminal at Ekkamai, Northern Bus Terminal at Morchit, and Southern Bus Terminal at Sai Tai Taling Chin. Services begin around 6am. Last buses leave around 9pm. There is one train per day from Pattaya to Bangkok and one back the other way: • Outbound: departs at 12.21pm • Inbound: arrives at 6.25pm
Train Travel in Thailand Bookings: Tickets can be booked up to 60 days in advance in most cases. 1. On-line. www.railway.co.th. Check the site to see what is available and ticket prices. 2. Travel Agents. Usually a booking fee of up to 300 baht per person is levied. 3. At the station. You can book at Pattaya train station 8am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday. Check your tickets after booking. Cancellations: If you need to cancel, it is possible to obtain a refund, from any station, although there is a cancellation fee.
Cha Am, Hua Hin, Koh Samui, SuvarnabhumiFrom International Airport Petchburi, Phuket, Surat Thani Pattaya Thappraya Road, opposite Foodmart Supermarket. Buses depart 1. Second Road heading north just past traffic lights at Pattaya Klang (Central), next to Tops Supermarket minivans leave regularly via Bangkok or directly. 2. Pattaya Tai (South) at the corner of Soi 10 a private minivan travels to Hua Hin every day. 3. The Roong Reung company operate a Yellow Bus that leaves from the North Pattaya Bus Terminal and goes to Cha Am, Hua Hin, Koh Samui, Petchburi, Phang Nga, Phuket, and Surat Thani among other stops.
every hour from 7am until 9pm every day.
From Suvarnabhumi International Airport
Booking counter on Level 1 near Gate 8. Buses to Pattaya depart every hour 7am until 10pm every day. Passengers can alight at the North Pattaya, Pattaya Klang (Central), Pattaya Tai (South) intersections and corner of Sukhumvit Road and Thepprasit Road.
Buriram, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Mukdahan, Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat), Nong Khai, Roi Et, Surin, Sisaket, Ubon Ratchathani, Yasothon
1. Eastern side of Sukhumvit Road, just past the Pattaya Klang (Central) intersection heading south, is the Nakhonchai bus terminal. Buses usually leave afternoons and evenings and can be booked in advance. 2. Western side of Third Road about 80 metres to the north of the Pattaya Klang (Central) Road traffic lights with a booking office. 3. Western side of Sukhumvit Road just before the Pattaya Klang (Central) junction is a bus station designed for travel to parts of north-eastern Thailand. 4. Roong Reung company operate a Yellow Bus that leaves from the North Pattaya Bus Terminal for many places in the north-east. All buses depart initially from Rayong and call in at Pattaya on the way. 5. Take a Roong Reung coach from the North Pattaya Bus Terminal to Morchit in Bangkok and book another bus to Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai.
Pattaya City Expats Club
is a not-for-profit club which meets every Sunday at the Amari Orchid Resort Tavern by the Sea Restaurant at the northern end of Beach Road. Everyone is welcome; you don’t need to be a member to attend. For more information go to the website: www.pattayacityexpatsclub.com
Pattaya Expats Club
meets at the Hotel Mercure, Entry Tickets are sold from 10am–11.30am. If you arrive for Breakfast, your entry fee is 180 baht, if you come after breakfast ends at 11.20am, then the cost is only 80 baht including coffee, tea, water and the excellent support facilities at the hotel. Speakers from 11.30am. The table plan is in a friendly format tables for four— so please allow the ‘gaps’ to be filled by new arrivals at your table. We are friendly Expats helping Expats advice forum. Why not come along next Sunday morning (10am brunch, 11.30am programme start) to the Hotel Mercure, Soi 15 behind The Avenue, 2nd Road and Soi 15. Hotel Mercure address: 484 Moo 10, Pattaya Second Road Soi 15, 20150. The Hotel website has a location map: www.mercurepattaya.com
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SOCIAL CLUBS Rotary Club of Eastern Seaboard
meets at 6pm every Thursday at The Siam Bayshore Resort, between Beach Road and Second Road in South Pattaya. The meetings on 1st and 3rd Thursday in each month will include guest speakers and on the 2nd and 4th Thursday there will be a presentation on club activities. Meetings are always followed by an informal a la carte dinner in the main dining room. Everybody is welcome to join us as guests; please check the website for important dates and information www.rotary-es.org or contact the Rotary Secretary at secretary@rotary-es.org.
Pattaya International Ladies Club (PILC)
meet on the first Tuesday of each month and the third Tuesday of each month for coffee. For more information visit their website: www.pilc-pattaya.com or email: infopilc@gmail.com
Pattaya Sports Club
Promoting sports and supporting local charities. Clubhouse on Third Road, next to the Pattaya Driving Range. For club details call 038 361 167. Full details are posted on the club website: www.pattayasports.org
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Brazil Embassy in Bangkok 34th Floor Lumpini Tower, 1168/101 Rama IV Road, Thungmahamek, Sathorn Phone: 02 679 8567-8 Website: www.brazilembassy.or.th Email: info@brazilembassy.or.th Office Hours: Mon - Thurs: 09.30 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 16.30 (15.00 - 16.30, document collection only) Fri: 09.30 - 13.00
Argentina Embassy in Bangkok 16th Fl., Suite 1601, 1 Sukhumvit 25 Ban Chang Glas Haus Building, Klongton Wattana Phone: 02 259 0401/ 02 279 9198 Email: embtail@mozart.inet.co.th Office Hours: 08.30 - 16.00
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Armenia Consulate in Bangkok 28th Floor, Lake Rajada Office Complex 193/117 Ratchadapisek Road, Klong Toey, Prakanong Phone: 02 661 8477, 02 661 8478 Email: info@thaiconsulate.am Australia Embassy in Bangkok 37 South Sathorn Road Phone: 02 344 6300 Website: www.thailand.embassy.gov.au Email: austembassy.bangkok@dfat.gov.au
Austria Honorary Consulate in Pattaya 504/526 Moo 10, Soi 17, 2nd Road Phone: 03 871 3613 Email: info@pattayarentaroom.com Bahrain Embassy in Bangkok 100/66-67 31st Floor Sathorn Nakorn Tower, North Sathorn Road, Silom Bangrak Phone: 02 636 7892 Email: Bangkok.mission@mofa.gov.bh
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Belgium Embassy in Bangkok 16th floor, Sathorn Square Building, 98 North Sathorn Road Phone: 02 679 5454 Website: www.diplomatie.be/bangkok Email: bangkok@diplobel.fed.be, bangkok.visa@diplobel.org Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 08.00 - 16.00. Visas: 08.15 - 11.30 Belgium Consulate in Rayong Pae Village, 95/2 Moo 3, Tambon Chakapong, Amphur Klang, Rayong 21190 Phone: 03 864 8308, 02 585 3853-4 Email: supong.l@bu.ac.th Office Hours: 10.00 - 12.00 (by appointment only) Belize Embassy in Bangkok 10th Floor, Pilot Pen Building 331, 331/1-3 Silom Road, Bangrak District Phone: 02 636 8377 Email: belize@embelizeth.com Benin Consulate in Bangkok Manorom Bldg., 14th Floor, 3354/46-47 Rama IV Road Phone: 02 249 8633-42 Email: khomanamarin@hotmail.com
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Bulgaria Embassy in Bangkok 83/24 Soi Wireless 1, Wireless Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan Phone: 02 627 3872, 02 627 3873 Website: www.mfa.bg/bangkok/ Email: bulgemth@csloxinfo.com
France Consulate in Bangkok 35 Charoenkrung Road, Soi 36 Phone: 02 657 5151 Website: www.ambafrance-th.org Email: consulat@ambafrance-th.org
Bulgaria Consulate in Bangkok 60 Soi Barbos 2, Sukhumvit 42, Prakanong Klongtoey Phone: 02 661 5669 Office Hours: 09.00 - 16.00
France Visa Services in Bangkok 29 Sathorn Tai Road Phone: 02 627 2150 Website: http://www.ambafrance-th.org Email: visas@ambafrance-th.org
Cambodia Embassy in Bangkok 518/4 Pracha Uthit Rd. (Soi Ramkamhaeng 39), Wangtonglang Phone: 02 957 5851-2 Email: camemb.tha@mfa.gov.kh
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Canada Embassy in Bangkok 15th Floor, Abdulrahim Place, 990 Rama IV Road, Bangrak Phone: 02 646 4300 Website: www.thailand.gc.ca Email: bngkk@international.gc.ca Office Hours: Mon - Thurs: 07.30 - 16.15. Fri: 07.30 - 13.00
China Embassy in Bangkok 57 Rachadapisake Road, Huay Kwang Phone: 02 245 7044 Website: www.chinaembassy.or.th/eng Email: chinaemb_th@mfa.gov.cn
Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok House No. 47/8, Ekamai Soi 30, Sukhumvit 63 Phone: 02 390 5107-8 Website: bdembassybangkok.org/index.html Email: bdootbkk@truemail.co.th Office Hours: 08.30 - 12.30 and 13.30 - 16.30 Visas: 09.00 - 12.30
Bhutan Consulate in Bangkok 919/7-9 Jewelry Trade Centre, 6th Fl., North Office Tower, Siam Road, Bangrak Phone: 02 267 1687-8 Office Hours: 08.30 - 17.30
Brunei Embassy in Bangkok No. 12, Soi 2 Ekmai, 63 Sukhumvit Road, Prakhong Nua Phone: 02 714 7395-99 Email: bangkok.thailand@mfa.gov.bn
Finland Embassy in Bangkok Amarin Tower, 16th floor 500 Ploenchit Rd 10330 Phone: 02 250 8801 Website: www.finland.or.th/fi Email: sanomat.ban@formin.fi Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 08.00 - 11.00
Chile Embassy in Bangkok 83/17 Vitayu Place, Soi Vitayu 1 Wireless Road, Pathumwan Phone: 02 251 9470, 02 251 9471, 02 251 9472 Website: www.chile-thai.com Email: embajada@chile-thai.com
Austria Embassy in Bangkok 14, Soi Nandha, off Soi 1, Sathorn Tai Road Phone: 02 303 6057-8-9 Website: www.aussenministerium.at/bangkok Email: bangkok-ob@bmeia.gv.at Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 07.30 - 15.30 Visas: Mon - Fri: 09.00 - 12.00
Egypt Embassy in Bangkok 23/122-125 Sorachai Building, Sukhumvit 63 Road, Khlong Tan Tuea, Watana Phone: 02 726 9831-3 Email: egyptemb@loxinfo.co.th Office Hours: Visas: 09.00 - 12.00
Croatia Consulate in Bangkok No. 138/51 Jewelry Center, 14th floor, Room No. G-4, Nares Road, Bangruk District Phone: 02 266 6911, 02 848 2209 (press 2) Cuba Embassy in Bangkok Mela Mansion, Apt. 3c, 5 Sukhumvit soi 27, Wattana Phone: 02 665 2803, 02 661 6563 Website: embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/tailandiaing Email: cubaemb1@loxinfo.co.th, cubaemb2@loxinfo.co.th Cyprus Consulate in Bangkok 75/79 Richmond Bldg, Fl.17, Sukhumvit 26, Klongtoey, Prakanong Phone: 02 261 8408, 02 261 8409, 02 997 2012-13 (Res.), 01 632 4888 (Mob.) Email: con_cy.bkk@hotmail.com Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 08.30 - 11.30
Ecuador Consulate in Bangkok Pakpanang Coldstorage Co., Ltd. 103 Soi Ruammitr, Nonsse Road, Yanawa Phone: 02 295 1991 Ext. 343 Email: yongar@loxinfo.co.th
Greece Embassy in Bangkok Unit No. 25/9-5. 9th Fl, BKI/YWCA Bld, No. 25 South Sathorn Rd, 10120 Tung-Mahamek Sub District Phone: 02 679 1462, 02 679 1464 Email: gremb.ban@mfa.gr, bangkok@embgreece.or.th Office Hours: Embassy: 09.00 - 15.30. Consular: 10.00 - 13.00 Hungary Embassy in Bangkok 20th Floor, Oak Tower, Prakanon President Park Condominium, 99 Sukhumvit Soi 24, Prakanong Phone: 02 661 1150-1-2 Email: huembbgk@mozart.inet.co.th Office Hours: 08.00 -14.00
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Indonesia Embassy in Bangkok 600-602 Petchburi Road, Ratchatewi Phone: 02 252 3135-40
Costa Rica Consulate in Bangkok 93/3 Baan Tepalit, Wireless Rd Pathumwan Phone: 02 651 4487 Email: costaricabkk@yahoo.com
Denmark Consulate in Bangkok East Asiatic Company (Thailand) Ltd. Lumpini Tower, 36th Floor, 1168/92-109 Rama 4 Road, Thungmahamek Phone: 02 285 6677 Website: www.ambbangkok.um.dk Email: bkkamb@um.dk
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India Embassy in Bangkok 46, Soi 23 (Prasarn Mitr), Sukhumvit Road Phone: 02 258 0300-05 Website: indianembassy.gov.in/bangkok Email: indiaemb@mozart.inet.co.th
Colombia Embassy in Bangkok 9th Floor, The Park Place, 231, Sarasin Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan Phone: 02 254 5105-6 Email: embcolbk@actions.net
Czech Republic Embassy in Bangkok 71/6 Ruam Rudee Soi 2, Ploenchit Rd. Phone: 02 250 9223, 02 250 9224 Website: www.mzv.cz/bangkok Email: bangkok@embassy.mzv.cz
Germany Embassy in Bangkok 9 South Sathorn Road Phone: 02 287 9000 Website: www.bangkok.diplo.de Email: info@german-embassy.or.th
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Ireland Consulate in Bangkok 28th Floor, Q. House Lumpini Building 1, South Sathorn Road, Tungmahamek, Sathorn Phone: 02 677 7500 Website: www.irelandinthailand.com Email: ireland@loxinfo.co.th Israel Embassy in Bangkok 25th Floor, Ocean Tower II 75 Sukhumvit Soi 19 Phone: 02 204 9200, 02 204 9237, 02 204 9226-7 Website: bangkok.mfa.gov.il Email: info@bangkok.mfa.gov.il Italy Embassy in Bangkok 399, Nang Linchee Road Thungmahamek, Yannawa Phone: 02 285 4090 Email: ambitbkk@loxinfo.co.th
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Jamaica Consulate in Bangkok Loxley Building, 102 Na Ranong Road, Klongtoey Phone: 02 240 3285 Email: jingjai@loxley.co.th Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 09.30 - 11.00 and 14.00 - 16.30
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Japan Embassy in Bangkok 177 Witthayu Road, Lumphini, Pathum Wan Phone: 02 207 8500 Website: www.th.emb-japan.go.jp/en Email: jis@bg.mofa.go.jp Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 08.30 - 12.00 and 13.30 - 17.45 Kenya Embassy in Bangkok 62 So1 5 Thong, Lor, Sukhumrit 55 Road, Klongtan, Wattana Phone: 02 712 5721, 02 391 0906-7
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Kuwait Embassy in Bangkok No. 92/48 Sathorn Thani, Building 2, Sathorn Road, Bangrak District Phone: 02 234 2948, 02 234 2943, 02 235 4222
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Latvia Honorary Consulate in Bangkok 113/13 Suriwong Road Phone: 02 237 3585 Lebanon Embassy in Bangkok CTI Tower, 15th Floor ,Suit 191/ 67- 191, Ratchadapisek Road, Klongtoey Phone: 02 261 1013, 02 261 1015, 02 261 509, 02 261 9858, 02 261 9879 Email: embleb@ksc.th.com Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 09.00 - 12.00 Madagascar Honorary Consulate in Bangkok ITF Palace, 30th Floor, Room 774 Phone: 02 634 5838 Website: www.consulmada-th.org Email: danieldelevaux@gmail.com
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Mexico Embassy in Bangkok 21/60-62 Thai Wah Tower l, 20th. floor South Sathorn Road, Yannawa Phone: 02 285 0995, 02 285 0815 to 18 Website: www.sre.gob.mx/tailandia Email: mexthai@loxinfo.co.th Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 08.00 - 16.00
Morocco Embassy in Bangkok One Pacific Place Bldg., 19th Floor 140 Sukhumvit Road (between Soi 4-6) Klongtoey Phone: 02 653 2444-6 Email: sifambkk@mweb.co.th, sifambkk@samarts.th Office Hours: 09.00 - 16.00
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Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok 15 Soi Tonson, Ploenchit Road, Lumpini, Pathurmwan Phone: 02 309 5200 Website: www.netherlandsembassy.in.th Email: ban@minbuza.nl Office Hours: Mon - Thurs: 08.00 - 16.00. Fri: 08.00 - 12.00 Visas: Mon - Fri: 09.00 - 12.00 New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok M Thai Tower, 14th Floor, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road Phone: 02 254 2530 Website: www.nzembassy.com/home.cfm?c=21 Email: nzembbkk@loxinfo.co.th Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 08.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 16.30 Norway Embassy in Bangkok Office Address: UBC II Building, 18th floor, 591 Sukhumvit Road, Soi 33 Phone: 02 204 6500 Website: www.emb-norway.or.th Email: emb.bangkok@mfa.no Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 09.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 - 16.00 Norway Consulate in Pattaya 384/22 Moo 12, Jomthien Garden #52, Jomthien Beach Road, Nongprue Banglamung, 20260 Phone: 03 823 1630 Email: consul@consulatepattaya.dk Office Hours: Mon: 09.00 - 11.30 and 14.00 - 17.00 Tues: 09.00 - 11.30. Fri: 09.00 - 11.30 Otherwise only by appointment
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Spain Embassy in Bangkok 23 Lake Ratchada Office Complex 193/117 Ratchadaphisek Road Phone: 02 661 8284 Email: embespth@mail.mae.es, spaincom@ksc15.th.com Office Hours: Mon - Thurs: 08.30 - 15.30. Fri: 08.30 - 13.30 Visas: Mon - Fri: 09.00 - 12.00 Sri Lanka Embassy in Bangkok 89 Soi 15, Sukhumvit Road Phone: 02 251 2788-9 Email: slemb@ksc.net.th Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 08.30 - 14.15
Papua New Guinea Consulate in Bangkok Sino-Thai Tower, R Floor, Asoke Road, Sukhumvit 21 Phone: 02 260 2801, 02 260 2803 Email: chavarat@stecon.co.th
Sweden Embassy in Bangkok 20th floor, First Pacific Place 140 Sukhumvit Road Phone: 02 263 7200 Website: www.swedenabroad.se/bangkok Email: ambassaden.bangkok@foreign.ministry.se Office Hours: Mon - Thurs: 07.30 - 12.30 and 13.30 - 16.15 Fri: 07.30 - 13.00
Peru Embassy in Bangkok Glas Haus Bldg., 16th. Flr. No. 1 Soi Sukhumvit 25 Rd. Phone: 02 260 6243 Email: peru@peruthai.or.th Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 09.00 - 17.00
Sweden Honorary Consulate in Pattaya 391/69 Moo 10, Thappraya Road Phone: 03 836 4485 Email: sugarhus@cnet.net.th Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 09.00 - 15.00
Philippines Embassy in Bangkok 760 Sukhumvit Road, cor. Soi Philippines, (Soi 30/1) Phone: 02 259 0139 to 40, 02 258 5401 Website: www.philembassy-bangkok.net Email: bangkokpe@dfa.gov.ph, inquiry@philembassy-bangkok.net Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 08.30 - 17.30
Switzerland Embassy in Bangkok 35 North Wireless Road Phone: 02 253 0156 Email: ban.vertretung@eda.admin.ch, ban.visa@eda.admin.ch Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 09.00 - 11.30
Poland Embassy in Bangkok 100/81-82, Vongvanij Building B, 25th Floor, Rama 9 Road, Huaykwang District, Phone: 02 645 0367-9 Website: www.bangkok.polemb.net Email: bangkok.amb.sekretariat.@msz.gov.pl
Mongolia Embassy in Bangkok 100/3 Soi Ekkamai 22, Sukhumvit 63 Road, Klongton-Nua, Wattana Phone: 02 381 1400, 02 392 1011 Email: mongemb@loxinfo.co.th Office Hours: 09.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 16.00
Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok 132, Sathorn Nua Road Phone: 02 233 2237, 02 234 4698, 02 233 7250, 02 234 0320, 02 637 9406 Email: mebkk@asianet.co.th
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Panama Embassy in Bangkok 7th Floor, Sarasin Bldg., 14 Surasak Road Phone: 02 237 9008-9 Email: ptybkk@ksc.th.com
Malaysia Embassy in Bangkok 33-35 South Sathorn Road, Tungmahamek, Sathorn Phone: 02 629 6800 Website: www.kln.gov.my/perwakilan/bangkok Email: malbangkok@kln.gov.my
Nepal Embassy in Bangkok 189 Soi 71, Sukumvit Road Prakanong Phone: 02 391 7240, 02 390 2280 Email: nepembbk@asiaaccess.net.th
Oman Embassy in Bangkok 82 Swng Thong Thani Tower, 32 Floor, North Sathorn Road Phone: 02 639 9380 Website: www.mbendi.com/orgs/dkkz.htm Office Hours: 08.30 - 15.30
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Portugal Embassy in Bangkok 26, Captain Bush Lane (Soi New Road 30), Bang Rak Phone: 02 234 2123, 02 234 0372, 02 234 7435 Email: portemb@scban.dgaccp.pt Romania Embassy in Bangkok 20/1, Soi Rajakhru, Phaholyothin Soi 5 Phaholyothin Road, Phayathai Phone: 02 617 1551 Email: romembkk@ksc.th.com Russia Embassy in Bangkok 78, Sap Road, Surawongse, Bangrak Phone: 02 234 9824, 02 268 1169 Website: www.thailand.mid.ru Email: rusembbangkok@rambler.ru Saudi Arabia Embassy in Bangkok 82 Saeng Thong Thani Bldg., 23rd & 24th Fl., North Sathorn Rd., Silom Phone: 02 639 2999, 02 639 2960 Email: themb@mofa.gov.sa Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 09.00 - 15.00
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Ukraine Embassy in Bangkok 87 All Seasons Place, CRC Tower, 33rd Floor, Wireless Road, Lumpini, Phatumwan Phone: 02 685 3215 Website: www.ukraineinfo.gov.ua/main United Kingdom Embassy in Bangkok 14 Wireless Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan Phone: 02 305 8333 Website: www.britishembassy.gov.uk/thailand Email: info.bangkok@fco.gov.uk, ConsularEnquiries.Bangkok@fco.gov.uk Office Hours: Mon - Thurs: 08.00 - 12.00 and 12.45 - 16.30 Fri: 08.00 - 13.00 United States Embassy in Bangkok 120 - 122 Wireless Road and 95 Wireless Road Phone: 02 205 4000 Website: bangkok.usembassy.gov/ Email: acsbkk@state.gov, visasbkk@state.gov Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 07.00 - 16.00 United States Wardens in Pattaya Robert K Brooks 084 158 0787 Darrell Brown 082 697 5535 Gary M Hacker 089 803 0388 Pat Koester 087 912 6774 James C Phillips 080 099 0630 Piyawan Phillips 086 155 0506 Donald Ratcliffe 081 291 0535 Thomas Worthley 081 939 9789 Uzbekistan Consulate in Bangkok 138/5 Thoglor Soi 11 Sukhumvit 55, Klongtan Wattana Phone: 02 712 8883, 02 381 6116 Email: ankhor@uzbinbkk.org
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Important Phone Numbers Banglamung Police Station Sukhumvit Rd, Banglamung Tel: 038 222 100 Banglamung Post Office Tel: 038 428 225 Chonburi Immigration Office Soi 5, Jomtien Beach Road Jomtien Post Office Soi 5, Jomtien Beach Road (to 4.30pm Mon-Fri) Tel: 038 231 944 Naklua Fire Brigade Sukhumvit Rd, Banglamung Tel: 038 221 000 Pattaya City Helpline Tel: 1337 Pattaya City Hall North Pattaya Road Tel: 038 253 100 Pattaya City Hospital Soi Buakhow Tel: 038 420 562 Pattaya Electricity Banglamung office Tel: 038 221 007 Hotline: 1129 (for electricity failures) Pattaya Fire Brigade Third Road, South Pattaya Tel: 038 424 678 Pattaya Health Department Tel: 038 429 374 Pattaya Memorial Hospital Tel: 038 429 422 Pattaya City Police Station cnr Beach Rd & Soi 9 Tel: 038 429 325 Pattaya Post Office Sukhumvit Rd (nr Na Jomtien) Tel: 038 429 341 Pattaya Tourist Police Pratamnak Road, nr Fitness Park Tel: 1155 Tel: 038 429 371 Pattaya Water Works Tel: 038 222 462 Sawang Boriboon Rescue Service Hotline: 1669
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NORTH Best Supermarket, North Pattaya Rd Coffee Club, Naklua Rd, opp. Soi 18 Pattaya City Hall, North Pattaya Rd Dusit Thani Hotel, Beach Rd DV Rent A Car, Third Rd, North Pattaya Global-Solidor Insurance, Naklua Rd Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Rd Tavern by the Sea, Amari Orchid Hotel, Beach Rd A Plus Property, Second Rd, nr Burger King Pattaya International Hospital, Soi 4, off Second Rd Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, Sukhumvit Rd CENTRAL Euro PVC, Sukhumvit Rd, nr Soi 34 Foodland Supermarket, Pattaya Klang KTK Service Apartments, Soi AR (Soi Sukrudee) Jamesons Pub & Restaurant, Soi AR (Soi Sukrudee) AMA Fashion, Pattaya Klang, opp. Tops Paradise City Properties, Pattaya Klang, opp. Big C Extra Pattaya Trader main office, Albartec Car Centre, Sukhumvit Rd Queen Victoria Inn, Soi 6, off Beach Rd Tropical Berts, Soi 6/1, off Second Rd Subway, Big C Extra, Pattaya Klang Black Canyon, Big C Extra, Pattaya Klang Universe Gym, Albartec Car Centre, Sukhumvit Rd SOUTH Acorn Pub, The Avenue Shopping Centre, opp. Soi 13 Au Bon Pain, The Avenue Shopping Centre, opp. Soi 13 Dr Olivier Clinic, Soi Day-Night 1 Diamond City Place Coffee Shop, Pattaya Tai Rd, nr Third Rd Door to Door, Third Rd (lane opp. Soi Lengkee) Friendship Supermarket, Pattaya Tai Rd Grottino Bakery, Soi Day-Night 1 LK The Emm Place, Beach Rd, cnr Soi 12 Kilkenny Bar & Guesthouse, Soi LK Metro Key Visa, Soi LK Metro I-Rovers, Soi LK Metro Pattaya Realty, Tipp Plaza, near Soi 10 Punch & Judy Pub & Restaurant, Soi Thepprasit 8 Robin’s Nest Bar & Restaurant, Soi Diana Inn Seafari Dive Center, Soi 12 Siam Properties, Pattaya Tai Rd The Sportsman Pub & Restaurant, Soi 13 The Haven Hotel & Restaurant, Soi 13 Villa Supermarket, The Avenue Shopping Centre, opp. Soi 13
JOMTIEN Baan Suoy Resort, Soi 15, Thappraya Rd Bobby Brooks, Thappraya Rd Continental Café, Thappraya Rd Decorum Furniture, Thepprasit Rd, cnr Soi 15 Foodmart Shopping Centre, Thappraya Rd Chonburi Immigration Office, Soi 5, Jomtien Jones Lang Lasalle Real Estate, Thappraya Rd Linda Seafood, Thappraya Rd Seaboard Properties, Thappraya Rd Shenanigans Bar & Restaurant, Jomtien Rd Simple Simon, Soi 5, Jomtien The Village Shopping Market, cnr Soi Chaiyapreuk & Sukhumvit Rd Trattoria Italiana, Thappraya Rd, nr Foodmart EAST Bangkok Bank, Sukhumvit Rd, opp. Numchai Collingbourne Auctions, Soi Chayapreuk 2 Numchai Coffee Shop, Sukhumvit Rd, opp. Bangkok Bank Star Books, Soi Wat Boonsampan (Soi Khao Noi) Go Rent, Soi Wat Boonsampan (Soi Khao Noi) Beer and Coffee, Soi Wat Boonsampan (Soi Khao Noi) Fisherman Café, Mabprachan Reservoir Khun John’s, Mabprachan Reservoir Layla’s Place, Mabprachan Reservoir Magnolia’s Resort, Mabprachan Reservoir Starlight Bar, Soi Wat Boonsampan (Soi Khao Noi) Pattaya Auction House, Soi 14 Chaiypornvitee Rd Thirata Dental Clinic, Soi Wat Boonsampan (Soi Khao Noi) OUTSIDE PATTAYA Mokador Café, Main Rd, Bang Saray Malee’s Café, Main Rd, Bang Saray The Pantry, Soi 5, Bang Saray The Bakery, Soi 5, Bang Saray Fox and Hounds, Bang Saray Oscars, Ban Amphur Nok’s Pantry, Laem Chabang Balance Service, Ao Udom
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Uncle Edward
Mary was the rock on which Edward Tyson’s marriage was built. When she died, it was assumed he would flounder; his children thought within two years. Mary had taken all the big decisions; when to have children, their names, which schools they would attend, the family holiday destinations. All Edward had to do was provide the money, which he had by his work as a teacher. When his wife became terminally ill, Edward took early retirement to care for her. When she died, he discovered his pension had been severely diminished. It left him precious little to live on; in truth, he had precious little to live for. He could have given up the ghost. He could have resigned himself to a short slide into an early grave. He didn’t do either. Showing a remarkable resilience of character, he decided to emigrate. He could not have said how Thailand popped into his head. He and Mary had once spent a fortnight in the sunshine of Samui. He had never even heard of Pattaya until his decision had been taken and he began to research his possible destinations. He knew he would have to teach again. He had lost his spark in the grey classrooms of a northern Comprehensive. Increasingly, his thoughts turned towards primary education: the students were more easily moved to laughter; more grateful for his efforts. With his academic qualifications and considerable experience, he quickly found his way to the Regent’s School—the premier international school, on the outskirts of Pattaya. Here he re-discovered the zest that had once made him an inspirational teacher. As the years ticked by, he became increasingly altruistic and determined to give more to the underprivileged of Thai society. He gave up teaching the children of wealthy parents and turned to those without wealth or parents. He volunteered his services in local state schools, at orphanages, even in children’s wards in government hospitals. For a while, he felt fulfilled. He had always been quick with languages and quickly learned enough Thai to make his lessons rewarding. The realisation that he was friendless and lonely came to him at lunchtime one Tuesday. He could pinpoint the day exactly. After a working lifetime regimented by lesson bells every 45 minutes, he lived his life by routines. On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, he taught at Father Ray’s Redemptorist school. At lunch time, he would indulge himself with a treat. He would sit and eat a plateful of pastries, sip a nutty coffee and read a Pattaya paper. That Tuesday, no paper had been delivered. He gazed about him. His family rarely communicated with him, as if he had gone into self-imposed exile. He had had friends when he first came, but they died with alarming regularity. After Mary, he had had little interest in women. Only his teaching offered him any consolation. His reverie was interrupted by a movement at the corner of his eye. He became aware that he was being observed— or perhaps it was the two remaining cakes that drew the intent stare from two pairs of brown eyes. Gazing in, their noses literally pressed against the window’s glass, were two little girls about six or seven years old. They were obviously sisters; they had the same severe haircut, the same serious expression, the same hungry gaze. He turned away and finished his coffee. He could not, as was his habit, finish off the cakes. Instead he had them put in a bag, paid his bill and went out into the bright sunshine. As he passed the girls, he shyly offered the bag to the older sister. She hesitated but the decision was made by the smaller girl who snatched the bag and began to devour a cake. The older girl stammered a thanks and gave in to her appetite. They were waiting for him on Thursday. He vaguely wondered if they had observed him before. They stood outside and watched as he ordered his coffee and opened his paper. When he peeped round the corner of the publication, he drew a smile from the younger girl. It became a game of peek-a-boo. When his coffee arrived, he put down his paper and, pointing to the cakes, beckoned them inside. The little one tore herself from her sister’s restraining hand and came in. She took the offered cake and was halfway through it before her sister sidled in next to her. Edward invited them to sit and asked if they would like a drink. Again the young one answered for them both. He ordered two Cokes. Nee was the older; Joy her confident partner. He got their life
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story between mouthfuls of cake. Their mother pushed a food-cart round the sois of Pattaya. They went to school locally, sometimes. There was no father. They ate only if there was any food left when their mother came home. Their eyes darted to the two remaining cakes. He chuckled to himself. “I need to lose some weight anyway.” And he pushed the plate across the table. This pattern was repeated over the following weeks. He varied it by letting them order stuff from the menu. He found himself looking forward to their company. Their shyness was gone and they were totally at ease with him. After eating, Joy would snuggle up to him whilst he talked with Nee. He noticed they wore the same grubby shirts each day. One week he bought them a new yellow dress each and was delighted when they showed up the next week wearing it. He realised the girls filled some long dormant need in him. Only on Tuesdays and Thursdays did he feel truly fulfilled. In the deeper recesses of his mind, he wondered how easy it might be, with their mother’s permission, to formally adopt the whole family. Over the long weekend without them, he began to make tentative inquiries. His condo in Jomtien was far too small and on a high floor: too dangerous for young children. For the same rent, he could have a three-bedroomed bungalow on a nice estate on the east of Sukhumvit. He had an agent show him one on Perfect Homes estate. It had a lovely swimming pool with a children’s safe area. There was a good school close by. He needed to meet their mother soon. He knew something was wrong on the following Tuesday. Ordinarily they would be waiting for him, bubbling with life and excitement. He sat down at their usual table. He put the bag with their new shoes in it on the floor, ordered his coffee and waited. He did not wait long. The two men were unmistakably police. The farang even wore his Tourist Police uniform, together with an expression of undisguised contempt. Without preamble, he blurted out the reason for their visit. “What are you, some kind of pervert? What you doing with them two little girls?” The Thai was more reserved, even shocked at his colleague’s outburst. He explained they were acting on a tip-off that two little girls were in danger of being exploited. He accepted that nothing untoward had happened, yet. He felt it wiser that Edward discontinue his relationship with the girls. Edward’s face burned with shame and his eyes pricked with unshed tears of indignation and loss. In vain, he tried to explain about adoption; the house with a garden close to a school; the joy the girls brought to his empty life. His voice faltered in the face of the farang’s curled lip. He rose abruptly and blundered from the café for the last time. His head reeled at the injustice done to him. In the lift, going up to his condo on a high floor, he tried to cool his fevered brow on the cold metal walls. He knew what he must do now. There was a benefit from having a condo on a high floor. Turning the key, he welcomed the cool rush of air from the permanently opened door to his balcony. Like a sleepwalker, his feet took him across the room towards the edge of mercy. He thought of Mary: she would never have let him come to this. He felt his body falling forward towards oblivion. And then, and then, through eyes blurred with tears of self-pity, he caught a flash of yellow; two tiny figures waving and shouting in the road below, their voices tinkling like cool water on his fevered brow. Within a minute he was down at their side; their arms about him, pulling him towards a third figure who waited in the shadows. Her face was that of her children’s; more careworn, fatigued but somehow composed. “The police came. They wanted my girls to say bad things about you. They would not and they left angry.” She paused as if it was something she had to ask, even though she knew the answer. “Your thoughts about my daughters are entirely pure?” As Edward nodded, hardly daring to speak, she continued in a rush. “The lady in the shop told us where you lived, though I do not think we would have found you if you had not come out when you did.” She stopped and, realising she was babbling, covered her mouth with a hand. He smiled and through dry lips he murmured, “Yes, it was pure luck I came out on to the balcony when I did. Would you and the girls like some cake?” He smiled again when she nodded their assent.
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The Big Question
amlet’s deep and meaningful moment, when he asked himself whether it is better “to be or not to be?” would have been slightly different had the Prince of Denmark paid a visit to Pattaya prior to his famous soliloquy. Instead, he might be found peering deeply into his bottle of Carlsberg asking himself, “Do I want a short-time or a long-time?” In Pattaya today, the question is no less profound than has been for decades, and certainly during the course of the 15 years I have been here. It has perplexed thousands of male visitors to paradise who have found themselves in a bar staring glassy-eyed at the lady of their dreams sitting next to them. But first, a brief explanation. In some parts of the world, but certainly not in Thailand, some ladies (or men) working in bars or discos make themselves available for an off-premises ‘date’ should a customer become particularly enamored with her/him. The customer will first be required to pay a ‘bar fine’ for his date, after which, the happy couple can depart for a period of time—which is completely up to her. An absence of one or two hours is known as a ‘short time’ and the lady will usually return to her place of employment afterwards. A lady opting to stay all night with the customer has chosen a ‘long time’ and she will leave his company the following day, once again at her discretion. From the customer’s viewpoint, given that there is a financial differential between ‘short time’ and ‘long time’, the question is which is the best option for him. It depends, to some extent, upon how infatuated he has become with her and whether he considers she may be the next ‘Miss Right’. Mostly it depends upon his expectations and whether he believes she can fulfill those expectations within a limited timeframe. That is the question. Some ladies will only go for ‘short time’ and are not interested in a longer relationship. This is particularly prevalent in Go Go Bars. Many have done the math and realise that two ‘short times’ during a shift will reap higher financial rewards than one ‘long time’. The old adage about “a bird in the hand” does not apply here. Others may have a boyfriend, husband, a child or other family to return to and will not wish to be out past the normal finishing time of their shift. I have personally witnessed males on motorbikes—almost certainly boyfriends or husbands—waiting inconspicuously near the bar to take their lady home at closing time. Most ladies will inform the customer of their limitation to a ‘short time’—without going into the reasons, of course. That is her decision and you should accept it. If you are in need of something more substantial than she is willing to provide, it would be best to look for another lady. However, some can play it coy and accept any offer even though they know they cannot fulfill a longer obligation. They will
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play the “I love you long time” card but, once the business has been completed back at your hotel, she will come up with any excuse as to why she must leave early. “Have stomach pain”, “Air con too cold”, “you snore”, etc. A friend of mine had a lady complain that she couldn’t sleep because the bed was too soft. She was obviously relying on his compassionate response that she could leave and go home. When it was not forthcoming, she slept on the tiled floor beside the bed. Some will resort to receiving a fictitious text message that a family member desperately needs them urgently while some will simply shower, dress and tell you they have to leave without any explanation. The way to uncover her hidden agenda is found through observation at the bar and reading the early signs. Why bother, you may ask. My personal feeling is that I hate being scammed or not getting what was implicitly or explicitly promised. There must be other men reading this who feel the same way. While still at the bar making up your mind, the first sign to watch out for is her choice of a ‘lady drink’. If she chooses a shot of tequila or whisky, she is not really interested in you. A shot glass can be downed in a couple of seconds, leaving her free to leave in the search of better prey or wait for you to order her another. On the other hand, a lady who chooses a longer drink, with or without alcohol, is letting you know she will sit with you for a while so you can find out more about each other. Of course, that plan comes unstuck if she downs the entire drink in one swallow. Let’s say she doesn’t do that and you move on to the second sign. While becoming better acquainted, a lady may excuse herself by saying she has to use the bathroom or, if at a Go Go Bar, you may have been chatting so long that she is recalled to dance. With her drink unfinished, a positive sign is if she comes back to sit with you. That may sound perfunctory but you would be surprised how many guys have been left sitting by themselves with an unfinished lady drink in front of them (I usually drink it to save the embarrassment). It may sound harsh, but remember she is ‘working’, and that means she is constantly thinking about making money. While she is dancing on stage in a Go Go Bar, her eyes are working the room in search of the easiest money. If she returns from the bathroom or finishes dancing and comes back to your side to continue her drink, then it’s you. And that is not a bad thing. It means she finds you pleasant company and generous enough to have at least bought her one lady drink (No matter what my overall intentions are, I usually reward such loyalty by buying her a second drink). Most importantly, it means that, should you wish to continue the relationship by asking her to accompany you ‘long time’, and she agrees without reservation, the chances are she will keep her word and not disappear into the darkness before the night is done.
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Former THAI boss recommends perks cuts
A former president of Thai Airways International (THAI), Piyasvasti Amranand, is pushing for cuts to perks at the airline in order to improve its competitiveness. Company executives and employees, as well as board members of PTT and its group and their families, get many free trips per year and this is amounting to a large burden for the airline. In addition, the company pays out a great deal in welfare and overtime payments to its staff, including key personnel who already earn between five million and 10 million baht per year. Mr Piyasvasti said: "Should we want THAI to regain its edge against international or even local low-cost airlines, a revamp of welfare, overtime and other benefits is needed before THAI loses
its competitiveness." He urged the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to cut perks that were currently being enjoyed by the national carrier's staff, suggesting that executives and their spouses should have trips limited to 10 per year whilst the children of executives should be allowed a maximum of five round trips per year. This came after the junta already removed privileges for Thai Airways International board members. The airline has been struggling with weak earnings recently and the privileges of executives have, in part, been blamed for the poor performance. In 2013, the airline lost 12.1 billion baht. Losses continued into 2014 with a net loss of 2.63 billion baht for the first three months of the year.
PEA pushes for renewable energy
The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) wants to speed up the development of renewable energy and is urging the National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) to introduce measures to that effect. The governor of the PEA, Numchai Lowattanatakul, said that Thailand relies too much on natural gas, which represented around 70 per cent of capacity. A quarter of the natural gas used comes from Myanmar, with about another 10 per cent coming from the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area (JDA). Natural gas supplies have faced disruptions in the last couple of years. Mr Numchai said: "Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now time for energy policymakers to accelerate the development of renewable energies for the country to be self-reliant." According to the Renewable Energy Development and Efficiency Department, Thailand had the capacity to generate around 11 per cent of its power, this being 3,788 megawatts out of a total of 33,380 megawatts.
Infrastructure projects buoy construction stocks
In response to the three trillion baht infrastructure projects announced by the junta in recent weeks, construction stocks have seen a strong rise on the SET. As an example, the Stock Exchange of Thailand released data showing that Italian-Thai Development shares rose 34 per cent since the announcements. The company is expected to benefit from railway double-tracking schemes and mass transit line extensions, even though other projects, such as the 350 billion baht water management scheme have been shaken up. Included in the infrastructure spending plans are railway improvements to the Map Kabao-Nakhon Ratchasima line worth 29 billion baht and the Lop Buri-Paknampo line worth 24 billion baht. Total spending on double-tracking schemes is expected to be in the order of 116 billion baht. A further 140 billion baht is earmarked for six additional existing lines. Other projects include improvements to roads in the Greater Bangkok area as well as waterways projects including deep sea ports. Improvements to Suvarnabhumi Airport and the procurement of additional aircraft for Thai Airways International are also under consideration. As for the water management schemes, these were discussed with several agencies and the agencies concerned have been instructed to re-prioritise previous plans.
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any readers that get in touch have had a UK pension that they have moved into an offshore plan or still have a pension there and are wondering what to do with it. One of the reasons why expatriates move their pensions offshore is to be better able to control their standard of living in the country they have retired to. Risks such as with currency depreciation are all too real for those of us retired in Thailand. My UK state pension barely buys lunch these days whereas, when I moved out here in the ‘90s, it paid most of the bills! That’s the real impact of inflation, currency depreciation and the downside of state-sponsored pensions that can’t actually be moved. In March this year pensions changed dramatically in the UK. You see, a common feature of a pension fund in the UK is that, at some point, you exchange this for an income for life, called an annuity. This income is guaranteed for life, although you have to pay extra (or have a lower starting income) if you want to include your spouse or have your income going up each year. You might have decided to include your spouse and she then pre-deceases you and the money is wasted. And families lose out because the income then dies with you.
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Most people just hate annuities, yet almost everyone bought one because they were forced to by the government. So, who benefited from these annuities? I think you could make an educated guess from what happened to the share prices of two companies that sold annuities after the UK government announced that no one would be forced to buy an annuity from April 2015. Both companies had lost over 60 per cent of their value within 24 hours. You can imagine there was a collective cheer around the country when the announcement was made as these new pension rules will allow anyone with a UK pension fund to take this entirely as cash. There may be some tax to pay, depending on your circumstances, but this will not be at a punitive rate of maybe 70 per cent. Rather, it will be at the individual’s personal tax rate in the UK, which could be zero. Having dealt with pensions throughout Europe and Asia for almost three decades, I know how much this will mean to so many people. One of the most frequent complaints about pensions was the inflexibility around what could be done with the money. Many clients felt like this was not their own money and, as a result, they invested it as though it belonged to someone else—probably somebody they didn’t like judging by what investments they bought! I know from the emails I receive that quite a lot of you have been advised by brokers to move your UK pension into an offshore pension plan so that you could then invest in all kinds of unregulated exotic investments such as recycling, student accommodation, green oil, legal financing, carbon credits; the list could go on and on. Interestingly, the regulator in the UK had said some time ago that it was highly unlikely these investments could ever be suitable for a retail investor, which is most of us. You would think that the trustees of these offshore pension plans would have exercised some care in what they allowed their pension scheme members to invest in? Well no—as long as your broker got you to sign a form (most of you didn’t even know you were signing) to say that you understood the risks, they allowed these unregulated investments to go ahead. As with the annuity providers above, you might be able make an educated guess as to what happened to the firms selling these unregulated investments after the announcement by the UK regulator? Yep—you guessed right—they have either gone bust or are on the path. Remember, the simple rules to follow: If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. If it’s such a sure thing, why hasn’t the broker kept it to himself and sold his house to make a killing on this investment? If this broker is such a genius, why isn’t he earning US$20m per year working in Goldman Sachs instead of trying to persuade you to invest $100,000 in such a great scheme?
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Could Events-Based Marketing Become a Force in Pattaya? by Dan Cheeseman
My background is marketing and developing business propositions and they are both integral if you are to have a successful business (although sadly, in this town, marketing budgets are somehow overlooked and much smaller than they should be). What I mean by this is, if you have a poor business proposition, then you are making your job very, very difficult to market it successfully. If it’s strong, then the marketing becomes easier. This much is fairly obvious. But deciding how to market your business is not clear-cut and many in Pattaya continue to fail. Consumers are becoming increasingly difficult to influence. I remember it was only around eight to 10 years ago that the emotional position become very important in connecting. How did the brand and product make the customer feel? The image of a cold, iconic glass Coca-Cola bottle being drunk by a sexy person does influence and create value in the brand too. Don’t lose sight of the fact that it’s still a sugary Cola, just the same as on its own label brand, but the perception is that it’s miles apart. Consumers then choose Coca-Cola. Emotion remains important, but things such as recession and social interaction through the huge social networking phenomena has started to change how consumers behave and are influenced. Consumers are making more decisions based on cost and value and also are less impressionable about these messages being forced at them. The likes of Proctor and Gamble and other similar gigantic blue chip companies are now spreading their advertising spends and this includes event-based marketing. The need to take connection to the next level can be delivered through sharing an experience with the consumer. You become part of their lifestyle and association with enjoyment. As the consumer has become increasingly tricky to influence, marketers have had to raise the bar. This is good news for Northern Soul evenings, Movers and Shakers networking and Green Pattaya clean-up projects, as business are waking up to the strength of being associated with such spectacles.
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uying an existing business in Thailand may provide considerable benefits over starting a new business. However, before you take over an existing business or start a new one, you should fully understand all the advantages and disadvantages related to both options. An existing business already has an established customer base, an established location, inventory and suppliers, trained employees and a reputation in the market; you only have to improve or keep up what has already been achieved. When you buy a business, you absorb the people already in place but the new owner may struggle to implement changes because the policies and procedures are already in effect. The financial statement of an existing business somehow helps to establish a value for the company. The company may show significant receivables on the balance sheet, but the question is whether these can actually be collected or will eventually be written-off as bad debts. When you start a company, you will be in full control and will be able to develop the business according to your own specifications. You can gather your own management team as you can have the freedom to select the best people you can find and those who can work well with you and as a team. T h e main disadvantage in starting a business is the risk in dealing with many uncertainties, especially with regards to profitability and customers’ response to the company’s products and/or services. Buying a business involves a huge amount of money, so the legal and financial aspects of buying a business are extremely important. If you decide to buy an existing business, it is recommended to seek legal assistance and have a competent lawyer and accountant perform due diligence on the existing business you plan to take over. Due Diligence is a procedure performed to review and verify all the relevant information about the business you are considering. A competent lawyer will be able to:
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• verify important details regarding the target company, such as its registration details, current directors, current shareholder list, recent financial statements, and any outstanding back taxes; • assist in drafting and preparing the share transfer agreements and a contract detailing any other terms and conditions regarding the sale of the company; • prepare the legal documents and government forms necessary to register the restructuring of the company
Addressing the current business owner, these significant concerns can help you assess the existing business. • It is important to ask for all the documentation that can help you confirm the revenue history of the business. This will give you a clear idea of how the business has been doing over the past years. You may also want to find out how much money has been flowing in and out of the business on a
daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis. Proper accounting of the expenses and revenues will give you a good idea of the potential profitability of the business. • You need to be aware of any impending legal responsibilities associated with the business. Find out whether the existing owner is aware of any past, current or potential legal disputes related to the business operations. Find out if the business has any contract disputes, employment disagreements, leasing issues, or government regulation issues. • The business owner needs to provide a financial record of assets and liabilities of the business. Find out what the business owns, and what the business owes. Do the assets outweigh the liabilities? Is the owner aware of any financial assets or liabilities that do not appear in the company's records? • It is necessary for you to obtain from the business owner a copy of any written contracts entered into by the business so you can be aware of all contractual obligations. • The business owner must be required to produce evidence that the business is properly registered with the government agencies in the district in which it operates. Ask the business owner for copies of all documents related to government taxes which include tax returns, tax ID numbers, and more.
The business alone can be purchased excluding the company running it. This option is beneficial to the buyers because the liabilities involving the first company will not be absorbed by the new business owner. But this option may need to consider such cases where there are business licenses that are difficult or no longer possible to obtain.
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