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Ya Dong

Updated February 23, 2026 By Darren C

Homemade Thai Ya Dong My earliest memory of Ya Dong (also spelled yadong, and yaa dong) dates back to my first visit to Pattaya. A bar crawl around Pattaya was coming to an end on Soi 7. Now, I honestly can’t remember if it was ya dong or not, but the idea was to finish […]

Drunk Driving Penalties

Updated January 18, 2019 By Darren C

Be honest, how many of you drink and drive, I don’t mean just one or 2 drinks, I mean how many of you have drove drunk ?. You know it’s wrong, yet you still do it because it’s easy to get away with in Pattaya, and you don’t have any problem driving under the influence […]

Chang – a Remarkable Beer

Updated December 12, 2018 By Darren C

Chang is Thailand’s favourite beer, not necessarily the best beer in Thailand but it has all the ingredients to make it the most remarkable beer in Thailand. Soon after it’s launch in 1995, Beer Chang (Elephant Beer) had captured the elephant’s lions share of the Thai beer market and overtook Singha beer as Thailand’s best […]