On June 8. a new A Go-Go opened its doors on Soi 7, citing to have Pattaya's most beautiful ladies on its stage. Let's have a look! At least I know one really beautiful lady and she is very excited to got the chance to work at the new club.

Scores of passengers unaware of the carry-on liquid ban that took effect at all Thai airports for the first time yesterday (June 1st. 2007) had to dump oceans of liquid products, chocolate and soaps before boarding their flights.

The ban is in line with a safety directive of the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

According to the director of the Suvarnabhumi airport, the restriction is not applied to liquid products that passengers buy from duty-free shops at Thai airports, as long as they are placed in sealed and transparent plastic bags tagged with notices specifying clearly the sources and the purchase date of the products.

Here are the new rules:

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Check-in:

Liquids, aerosols and gels including drinks, creams, perfumes, sprays, gels, toothpaste, lipstick, lip balm and similar substances in containers with a capacity over 100ml must be placed in check-in luggage(s).

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Carry-on Luggage:

Each item is 100ml or less.

All items must fit in a transparent and re-sealable plastic bag. Maximum capacity not exeeding one litre.

Only one bag per person.

Exeptions: Description medications, baby food, special dietary items

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Duty-free items:

These should not be taken out of the sealed bag. Passenger must be ready to show receipts for the purchases.

Be advised that each passenger must check with their destination airport regarding their policy.

For example: If catching a connecting flight within EU, your in-cabin duty-free items will be confiscated.

Each passenger must be ready to present plastic bags, personal computers and jackets at the security screening point.

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Chocolate and soaps are strictly banned by some destination countries like Israel. Therefore they where also banned from being carried on flights at Thai airports too.

Under the current framework, passenger cars with engines of no more than 2'000cc carry an excise tax of 30%. Cars with larger engines burden a tax of 40%. Pickup trucks on the other hand, pay an excise tax of just 5%. For the popular double-cab trucks the government asks 12%.

This tax structure explaines why the more economically cars with smaller engines do not have any chance in the Thai market. Under the current tax structure a Smart gets simply too expensive.

AIS, Thailands mobile phone giant, acted fast after its officers found that a large number of calls were being made using unregistered 'prepaid' cards. According to AIS, the transaction went undetected for about 3 month.

After looking for similar cases at the police station, an arrest warant was sought for a 34 year old Thai. He was on bail for allegedly hacking into the computer system of another mobile phone provider in 2005. TA Orange (now True Move) incurred a loss of 105 million baht.

Police said, the hacker has a degree in political science from an university in Bangkok and can hack into a computer system in less than 10 minutes. The hacker was arrested on May 15 in Bangkok in an apartment in Lat Phrao.

He posted popup advertisements on popular websites offering 100 baht and 1'000 baht cards. The cheaper cards could make phone calls up to 1'000 baht, the more expensive ones up to 10'000 baht.

The survey, conducted by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, interviewed 1'189 households nationwide and showed that the imbalance between income and expenses is on the rise.

The survey also showed a rising number of people earning between 10'000 to 20'000 Baht a month has sought loans and more and more people have obtained undocumented loans - money by loan sharks.

79% (!) of the interviewed workers admitted they where in deep debts...

They blamed higher consumer prices, interest rates and oil prices for their debts.

Pattaya's designer of crosswalks must be very funny (or drunken) people.

This one on Pattaya's Beachroad, near Royal Garden Plaza, isn't an accident.

In front of Pattaya's Police Station they did it the same way...

Don't overlook the blue sign at the end of the crosswalk: It's just another joke from Pattaya's street designers!

Pattaya can change its face very fast.

A few weeks ago I was walking in Soi 7 and saw DiDi's Bar and the other four or five bars at this place in full action.

Today my camera had to take this picture.

Very sad...

Even the dog had a sorrowful face and left the place very fast. No more fun...

Didi run the Bar on Soi 7 for more than 9 years. Taxi drivers told me, that DiDi will temporary run a bar in front of the Brauhaus on Pattaya's Second Road, but I couldn't meet him there. DiDi's new Bar is on Central Road about 150 meters only from the Beach and it's running hot.

The Flipper Group bought the ground and will open another new hotel in Pattaya.

Situated on the main road from Saraburi to Nakhon Ratchasima, about 35 km in front of Nakhon Ratchasima is Sung Noen.

The new Resort with beautiful Bungalows and a nice Fishingpark is about 1 km outsite of the busy town and can be easily reached by Bus or Railway. The trains usually stop at Sung Noen.
Each Bungalow has its airconditioner, fridge, balcony and TV as well as its own shower room. Price for a night starts at about 600 Baht.

The Sawadee Resort runs its own Restaurant and the Sunset Music Bar.
For more information please contact the Sawadee Resort by phone (in Thailand: 083-3672839, international: +66-83-3672839)
or visit its website: Sawadee Resort Korat.

Nightwalker's News Flash April / May 2007
Nightwalker's News Flash March 2007