- A new resort Bang Saray Bay will open in the South of Pattaya at the cost of US$640 million. The resort will be completed in 2015 and features 490 rooms and 32 private villas. There will also be an Amazon Falls Water Theme Park and a convention centre that can carry 3,000 delegates. In addition there will be sports and lifestyle facilities as well as a man-made-beach and lagoon. [via Travel Weekly]
- The Moon River Pub, North Pattaya is running an all you can drink promotion between 8.00pm - midnight for a net Bt1,000/-. This promotion is being advertised on the radio so I'm not sure of the dates. Phone 038 370 614-8 for details if you want to fill your boots for Bt1,000
- It is not uncommon for foreigners to buy a condominium in Thailand, but so far it has been quite difficult for them to seek a mortgage. That is set to change. Expats who want to own condominiums in Thailand can now ask for mortgages through Bangkok Bank's Singapore branch, but the initial process can be done at branches in Thailand. Bangkok Bank (BBL) is the only bank offering such a facility to foreigners. [via Thai Visa]
- Roving candid camera snaps Thailand's Sin City [via The Sunday Morning Herald] Ed. You may have a staring role!!
- The Thai Hotels Association (THA) warned that the country would be short of 30,000 hotel staff over the next two years as new hotels continue to open. [via lexisnexis]
- The British Embassy Bangkok encourages British Nationals travelling or living in Thailand to register your details with LOCATE, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office newly improved online registration service. The new service also allows us to locate British Nationals in the event of a crisis abroad.
To register please visit:
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-li...verseas/Locate/
You may email us on locatebangkok@fco.gov.uk should you have difficulties regarding the registration.
Ed. Crisis? Do the British Embassy know something they're not telling us.
- British PM Warns Of Global Oil "Shock" - Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Wednesday that the world faced an era-defining oil "shock" that required urgent action, as European leaders argued how best to contain protests over soaring fuel prices. "It is now understood that a global shock on this scale requires global solutions," Brown wrote in The Guardian newspaper.
- And just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, they did - the slump in Britain's house prices accelerated in May to the fastest level since the Nationwide began records 17 years ago. The price of an average house fell 2.5 per cent in the month, making the seventh consecutive monthly fall in prices, the longest downward slope since the housing recession of 1992. In the year, 4.4 per cent has been wiped off the value of homes, the biggest annual fall since December 1992 when the price fall reached 6.3 per cent. [via Times Online]
- If you are tired of your regular routine of Nana, Soi Cowboy, Patpong and Walking Street then why not give Nakhon Nayok a try. Say where! According to Buzzle.com, Nakhon Nayok is experiencing a tourist boom. Over one million tourist visitors a year.
The area is renowned for its waterfalls, rivers and forest. It sits at the foothills of Khao Yai National Park, which is one of the finest natural attractions in Thailand. The cool mountain water that flows out of this park feeds the rivers and waterfalls of Nakhon Nayok. Every weekend, thousands of Thais flee the heat of the city to play in the refreshing water of Nakhon Nayok's famous waterfalls such as Sarika and Nang Rong. Others picnic by the stream, under the towering trees of Wang Takhrai Botanical Gardens.
No mention of bars but couldn't you live without them for just one weekend. Sort of place to take your favourite bunk-up for a serious weekend workout. For more information try the Nakhon Nayok's Tourist Info site.
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