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Totally understand the drive along Beach Road on arrival. Done it many a-time! So Beach road..3rd road and straight up Lenkee and Dianna it is then mate !! Or 2nd Road, Soi 15, Buakhao, Dianna depending on road works of course !

Yep thats what i'm currently doing and have been doing since my arrival here in 2007. My age at 73yo and pre-existing conditions of Type 2 Diabetes and stroke sufferer effectively make me uninsurable. I took the decision rightly or wrongly to ditch my brilliant top line Bupa insurance cover i had in the UK when they quoted me £300 per month (January 2007) to continue with my cover in Thailand but convert to their International policy, i was at the time paying £80 per month at age 56 yo. I took into account what my premium would likely be at age 70 yo if i was paying £300 in January 2007, i'm thinking perhaps it would at least reach £500 per month over the 14 years. Time and my future health will tell if i made the right decision, i've got a deal with god to ensure that i don't suffer any long term health problems, i'm just going to die lol I think i've probaly paid out of my pocket 500K baht in hospital fees in the 17 years i've been here.

Yep but its the best solution i can think of at the mo as i always like to do Beach Road when visiting Patts and then up 2nd Road to the LKM hotel.

At age 67 my insurance with IMG is still affordable. Last renewal was $2,300 USD (84,000 THB) for the year. I expect that will change when I hit 70 as from what I've heard that's when premiums really go up. My plan then is to self-insure. Regrading eyeglasses. I used to purchase them when back in the US, but some years back switched to using Euro Optic as Dr. Maria does a decent job on the eye exam and the glasses are about half what I was paying in the US. Last year purchased new frames and lenses (reading and computer Rx's) at a cost of 10,000B for the two pairs.

Those staying at the Edge will have the same problem. I was standing at the entrance to the Edge when I snapped this pic. Can you imagine the frustration it will cause when you're in sight of the entrance and you get waved past and have to go around the block to enter where you're staying. I see Google Maps has already been updated to reflect the change to one way on Diana and Honey.

Pattaya Mayor promises end to road digging by year-end - Pattaya Mail

Yep but two minor niggles would be driving down Honey then pulling out and across the two way traffic on Buakhao then pulling across the oncoming traffic again to turn up Dianna. Plenty of better solutions once everybody gets used to it though..

And getting tightly wrapped around the roller on the vacuum cleaner too.....

It's the mostly dirt track that can be used as a shortcut between Buakhao and Soi 15. Informally named after the illegal casino that used to be halfway up and on the north side of the track.

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It's parallel

Yes, next soi north of Soi Diana.

Where exactly is this Soi Casino? I don't believe I have heard that name before and I don't recognize this lane.

Is Honey the soi next to Diana ? I think Stillearly's post is Diana and Honey but its not in English so i'm guessing. Reason for asking is my go to hotel the LK Metropole in Diana i always access from 2nd road, well i won't be able to do that now but if Honey is the next soi i can do that and do the loop.

I can relate - when I was working for the phone company our service headquarters and yard was (and still is) located not even a kilometre north of the end of our airport runway, and this in a valley with a prevailing south wind - I used to dread going to work on cold, dark winter mornings with a strong south wind blowing, it was like bloody Siberia out there while we were firing up the trucks and getting geared up for the day's work...

One of the gals back in the day from Bangkok, she ranked high in the smile factor. My buddy Jim and I took these gals up to Cloud 47 rooftop bar on Silom Rd. This other gal had a nice smile too from Phuket.....seems like yesterday.

and you know why it was huge ehh ?

Here ya go..................

Magnificent !!!!