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What I particularly like about the team at Pattaya Food Bank Program is how they target their aid. Check them out on Facebook. Or alternatively distract and disrupt a thread about helping those less fortunate and in need.

These guys are doing some great work right now. They are only one of many groups trying to help those less fortunate in Pattaya. If you are so inclined, reach out to Pattaya Food Bank Program on Facebook and make a difference to those who really need it.

Some classic views of Pattaya condos and the type of furniture you see in them in this thread 😬

I hired one of these during my last quarantine in June and was so impressed that I will be buying one when the new farang escape pod is finished. Yeah I know it's an exercise bike as apposed to a treadmill 👏just putting another option out there. Around 7,000 baht from BigC.

When I had to stop playing rugby a drinking buddy asked a mate and me to crew on his racing yacht. TBH I was a bit sceptical at first (thought we would just be ballast 🙄which I guess we were to start with) it was a month or so till we clicked as a team but it has to be said, I never knew you could have so much fun going so slowly without any bodily contact. Used to sail out of Lymington a couple or 3 times a week, I was the kite man and occasionally on the bow, panicking 😁. Man a lot of people took it very seriously, the Tuesday evening series from RLYC in particular. The finish line was opposite the club which meant white knuckle racing up the river sometimes, dealing with moored boats, pleasure boaters and the IOW passenger ferry. Not for the faint hearted 🤪 ironically the most nail bitingly close finish we had was kedging over the line at Yarmouth. Good times 😊😃

Er maybe a rework of the product name before it's introduced to the west?

And just to highlight the injustices even further........ One of the nephews is well connected in certain aspects due to his job. 3 weeks ago he organised it for 2 of his cousins and a wife to get their first AZ jab. Yesterday another 4 cousins traveled to Bangkok and got theirs. No payment. Of the 7 who had vaccinations the eldest is 34, the youngest is my girl, she's 20.

Moonshine Joint in Cowboy was a favourite afternoon drinking place early 90s. One of the girls who worked there ended up a boss at Pretty Lady in Nana years later. When that place was rocking, for me it was the best gogo in town. One of the Thai managers opened his own bar - The Bancockney on the same soi as the Dynasty Grand. Had some crazy times with Gop and his mrs over the years. He used to take us on bar and club crawls, amazing host and great company.

I flew up from swampy to Udon yesterday after my ASQ. Check-in was a whole different ball game this time compared to December. All paperwork double checked - COE, 4 PCR test results over the last 17 days, Insurance, letter from hotel, original boarding pass from LHR and Thailand Plus app installed on my phone. Then have to scan a QR code and enter travel, personal and onward address details. This was arse ache as the app kept on crashing. At Udon baggage reclaim again another check point where yet again all paperwork was asked for but in my case only the COE was scrutinized for vaccination details. Also passport checked and matched to the QR code details I filled in at swampy. TBH aside from the hassle factor I was quite impressed with the level of control the authorities were attempting. There were Covid tests being carried out on other passengers but I didn't hang around to watch any outcomes. Apparently on arrival at Ampoe Phen yesterday, all the passengers on the bus from Bangkok were tested and 8 positives were detected. Gossip from those in the know say the quarantine facility in Udon is full. Our village headman has been setting up a another facility at the new Udon uni campus near us (well about 5kms away) today.

Packing my bags for a 9:00 checkout from quarantine tomorrow morning. Back home to the village in the afternoon 😀👍🍻🍻

About 20 mins before yesterday evening's downpour in Bangkok

It will be on True and if previous games are anything to go by, with English commentary. Really looking forward to the match and just to add that extra bit of pressure for me - the guy next door to me in my quarantine hotel is German 👀😬

Waiting for payment on contract completion day. Hoping for a nice little bonus that will pay my quarantine hotel bill 😬

I know quite a few people, myself included, who have to do the flow test on a weekly basis for compliance at work. Yes it's a pain in the arse but no big deal to be honest. That said my current contract ends at the end of the month and I won't miss doing them. Have 4 boxes with 7 tests in each right now, no doubt will receive at least another couple more before EOC. Maybe I should bring them with me to Thailand in July...

Agreed regarding BPH. I used Dr Donna in February, can't say the experience was a total success as I had to chase them for my results but TIT and all that.🙄 Her place is around Soi 39 about a 15 min walk from the nearest sky train.

I plan to return to Thailand late June early July, not even thinking about booking flights yet. Too many ifs, buts and maybes. That said it could of course be that the uncertain situation we are in now, remains the same in 5 or 6 weeks time. 😷 Doing quarantine in Thailand is bad enough but I am f***d if I will do it in a Travelodge near Heathrow. That is my main criteria for the next trip home - avoid quarantine at all costs when I return to UK.

My first time in Samui would have been 1993 or maybe 94. Wasn't interested in Thai girls back then so much, it was more the eurosnatch I was after.😏 Took the night train from Bangkok to Surat Thani and it was party time all the way🎈🎉 On the ferry over to Samui there were Thais trying to sell rooms for rent or beach bungalows. I chose the 1 offering free weed👀 First thing I did when I got to this "resort" was to dump my stuff and run into the sea. Didn't hang around long enough to hear the warnings about the coral reef....... so I cut my foot to ribbons.👋👋 Spent the next 5 days with my foot bandaged up sat on my balcony. Every hour or so an old man would yell our "you want one bong?". Couldn't really do anything else...... The only tarmac on the island back then was the airport runway. Not sure if the full moon parties were even going at that time. It was a chilled out place for sure. If I remember correctly I spent a few nights with a girl from Belgium called Sara, oh and more than a few with a bar girl from Chaewang 😃.

I was really impressed with the whole operation when I had my jab on Monday. This is the NHS at its absolute best. You could almost feel the good will and community spirit around the place which is making the UK vaccination roll out such a success. As for the total bollocks that is Boris and his mates spending literally billions on track and trace.....