- Insomnia Club claim they are open tonight, (May 19). If they are then they will pretty much have a monopoly on freelancers.
- Accor has confidence in the long term prospects for Pattaya and Thailand - Accor, which currently operates 36 hotels in Thailand, is planning to add another 12 hotels to its portfolio by early 2010. By early 2009, Accor (which opened its first hotel in Thailand in 1988) will add at least 4 more Ibis hotels in key destinations such as Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket and Samui. [via ehotelier.com]
- My comments in Saturday's post about being short changed in Heaven's Above has led to a bit of a "he said, she said" dust up on Pattaya Secrets. People who weren't even there have posted with such conviction that I'm starting to get confused and I was there.
- Just when other nationalities were starting to get the bad press a couple of Englanders have jumped in to tarnish our and Pattaya's reputation again:
- Human Zoo - Thai provincial officials have allowed a new "human zoo" featuring "long-necked" or "giraffe" women to open in Sattahip despite mounting international criticism of the exploitative tourism practice, media reports said Monday. The residents are part of an ethnic group whose women wear brass rings around their necks as status symbols and beauty enhancements. They are called the Padung or long-necked Karen in Thailand, but they consider those terms denigrating and call themselves Kayan.
For the first time, a new "village" of Kayans was established in Sattahip, a few kilometres from the Pattaya beach resort, the Daily XPress newspaper said. It charges and entrance fee of 25 baht (80 cents) for Thai visitors and 250 baht for foreigners, the newspaper said.
- Stumbled across the Pattaya News web site this week and I think you'll agree it has a very clean and modern look to it. I've added it to the Useful Links in the right margin.
- The heavy road construction and traffic woes now besetting Sukhumvit highway, from central to north road, looks like being with us past the original August 2008 prediction. The whole project has been plagued with delays and arguments over ownership of land. The project will eventually become a bridge connecting to the Pattaya to Chonburi highway seven and a budget of two billion baht was set in 2006 for the several stages of construction. Also uncompleted is the widening of the current motorway from the International School of the Regents to the existing highway seven at Naklua by adding two further lanes. [via Pattaya Today]
Ed. I can't believe they started such a major project without first securing rights to all the necessary land. During rush hour it can take 30mins to the Regent's and I reckon it will be more like 5mins when this road opens. Probably make the airport an easy 1 hour journey. Hopefully, the new mayor will get involved and clear the road block.
- Thousands of women have had at least four abortions, and scores of teenagers have notched up their third, official figures show. Nearly 4,000 women have had four or more terminations - and dozens have had eight or more. [via Daily Mail] Ed. I find this staggering. Are condoms so expensive? In future, when they reach their 4th abortion they should get a frontal lobotomy thrown in for free.
- British Embassy confirms Consulate for Pattaya
Following acceptance of the case for commercial expansion by the foreign office in London, the British Embassy in Bangkok has confirmed it has secured the lease on a small office in Jomtien for the use of its consulate in the Pattaya area. The 20 sqm room in Jomtien Soi 5 is very close to the Pattaya Immigration Bureau. The consulate office will be the unit adjacent to the money changer. [via Pattaya Today]
- Condominium buyers are to get better legal protection thanks to the amended Condominium Act, under which developers who do not deliver facilities as advertised will be penalised. The amendment will become effective on July 4. Surasith Sahasthamrangsi of the real estate business promotion bureau of the Land Department said at a seminar yesterday that the new Act would punish de velopers who used misleading advertising to boost sales. "If they can't deliver what they advertise, the Land Department is empowered to charge them with giving false information," Surasith said. [via Thai Visa]
- When I got home from work last night, my wife demanded that I take her out to some place expensive............... So I took her to a gas station!!!!!!!
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