Haggling, or “bartering” as some people call it, is an essential skill you must use if you want to get the best value for your money in Pattaya. Knowing how, where and when to haggle will not only save you money, it will leave you feeling satisfied, and it’s a very fun way to interact […]
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Thepprasit Weekend Night Market
Thepprasit Market is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 6PM and 10PM. Those times are only approximate, you could easily arrive a 5PM and find most stalls already trading. You can get directions to Thepprasit Night Market by using the map link at the bottom of this page. As you can see from the photos […]
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Find and Buy Thailand Bus and Train Tickets Online Getting around Thailand just got easy. Traveling around Thailand by bus, coach, train/railway, taxi and ferry has always been cheap but many foreigners and tourists simply don’t know where to start. So I’m going to introduce you to some resources which make bus and train ticket […]
Continue ReadingCheap Pattaya Hotels No Credit Card Needed
Booking a cheap hotel without a credit card in Pattaya is easy, quick and safe, and you can do it on-line. In fact it’s so easy, all I need to tell you is where to start looking, so read on and I will. Just for the sake of testing the process of booking a hotel […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s 6 Baht Meal
MAMA instant noodles are so popular they could be considered a national institution in Thailand. They are the cheapest instant meal in Thailand, on their own they might be considered to be more of a snack, but in monetary terms they equate to a 6 baht meal. MAMA noodles are not only the cheapest instant […]
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I was asked a question via my facebook page “I want to rent a motorcycle in Pattaya, where can I buy accident insurance ?”. I did manage to answer his question, and hopefully give him a solution, but that question spurred me to research the subject more seriously. Read on if you’re a tourist in […]
Continue ReadingBackpackers Guide To Pattaya
Pattaya may not boast the full moon parties of Koh Phangan or the backpackers ghetto that is khaosan Road, your backpacker’s bible doesn’t think Pattaya is hip enough to recommended because it’s not on the usual banana pancake trail. Truth is though, whether you’re a backpacker, a flash-packer, taking a gap year or a snap […]
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Through circumstance, appointment or coincidence. Because of passion, lust or money. Surviving on wits, labour or fortune. We all have our own story to tell, however bizarre it might be, why, when and how we came to be here in Pattaya. Below is my story, the story of a failed backpacker, a career changer, a […]
Continue ReadingMosquito Repellents in Thailand
The first time I visited Thailand I was a little concerned about the mosquito problem, I certainly didn’t want to spend any of my holiday laid up in hospital with malaria, dengue fever, or any other mosquito borne diseases. So I did my research, I bought the Thailand travel guides and soaked up all that […]
Continue ReadingThai Squat Toilet – A Crap Dilemma
Us westerners take 2 of the best ever inventions for granted, one of them is the western style toilet famously invented by Thomas Crapper. The other is toilet paper, unfortunately I don’t know who invented toilet paper, but I do know there have been times I wish I could invent some right there and then. […]
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