During March, I looked with a colleague at a large number of condominiums, shophouses and one & multi-storey detached houses. We noticed that the stairs in most buildings are much too steep and the steps much too short. In simple words: Too dangerous to use! Sensitized, we also took a closer look at the stairs in the shopping centers - and to our surprise - they were also wrongly dimensioned in most cases. Even in the new Terminal 21, we found completely fatically dimensioned staircases in the entrance areas. Actually completely incomprehensible, since the calculation formula for safe and comfortable staircases was developed and presented by Engineer and Mathematician Francois Blondel as early as 1675. It is still valid all over the world, except in Thailand. Here the formula is obviously ignored both by the architects and by the responsible authorities. A shame! Link: How to Calculate Staircase Dimensions and Designs.

A recent study by a scientists' team led by Junwei Zhu and published in Scientific Reports journal has discovered specific coconut oil fatty acids that contains strong repellency as well as long-lasting effectiveness against several insects like mosquitoes, ticks and bed bugs. DEET (chemical name, N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) is the active liquid ingredient in a variety of bug-repellent sprays, lotions, sticks, roll-ons and other consumer products. DEET works by forming a barrier that masks the human scent from attracting insects. Tests show that the coconut's oil fatty acids' repellency was stronger and had longer residual activity than that of DEET, fending off biting flies and bed bugs for up to two weeks after application, and repelling ticks for up to one week, as compared with DEET's three days of effectiveness.

This traffic light in front of the Hard Rock Hotel on Pattaya Beach Road has been out of service for about 2 months. Nobody is interested in it..... Our Police pass the road a few times a day, but seem to be blind - or simply too lazy to inform the relevant people.

During heavy rains Pattaya City Hall washes up the untreated wastewater directly into the sea So also on April 2nd, 2019, at Pattaya Beach Road at the entrance to Walking Street. The guests of Pattaya Beer Garden were able to follow the events live.

Toxic smog turns thousands of Tourists away from Northen Thailand, Khaosod English reports. In Pattaya heavy rains flood streets since more than 30 years. Our Politicians speaks and promise since 30 years too, but in reality nothing ever changed. In Chiang Mai, Thailand's Dictator General Prayuth Chan-ocha, used his power to order the officials to solve the problem within 7 days. Perhaps he can use the same power to replace Pattaya's officials by capable men - assuming, of course, he can find such people at all in this country...

Pattaya Police and their new Boss, Pol. Col. Prawit Chorsang, enjoy the strolling on Soi 6, Soi Buakhaow and Walking Street. You can do it too! Police report that during their tours in the resort’s red light districts no issues were discovered - no underage personnel, no drugs, no weapons and no prostitution. In the eyes of our Police, Pattaya must be the cleanest city in the world.

An all new Chinese Restaurant called NUMBER 0001 will open soon on Thappraya Road, a few meters only from Jomtien Beach Road. We will keep you up-to-date.

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In the small Soi conneting Soi 7 with Soi 8, the Sunbeam Bar Complex reopened after a complete makeover. A real improvement compared to the past.

In the corner of Pattaya Beach Road and Central Road, just in front of Basaya Hotel, J Boon opened a new Seafood Restaurant.

At CentralFestival, Sony's one and only shop in Pattaya closed down. This is not the only vacant salesroom in this shopping mall. On each floor there are several empty or temporarily used rooms and proof the optimistic economic predictions of Thailand's Military Junta wrong.

The restaurant, previously known as Soi Buakhaow Take Away, is now known as Sarasota Cafe.

This small eatery called Surprise is a real surprise. It just has 3 small tables but is serving tasty foods at very low prices. A complete meal starts at 79 Baht. Surprise is located in a small Soi off Soi Buakhaow, just opposite the newly opened Beer Hubb.

For early birds At All offers an inexpensive breakfast including an excellent Arabica Coffee from 06:00 until 11:00.

The Zip Hotel added the Pizzeria Zip and a Kebab outlet to its lobby.. The restaurant is also open to non-hotel guests.

The Pook Bar, a Ladyboy bar located between the Pook Swan House and the very successful Scooters Bar, closed down at the beginning of this month without giving reasons. We will keep you up-to-date.

The Mini Cafe located at the entrance to LK's Metroploe Hotel on Soi Diana, off Soi Buakhaow, closed down. We will keep you up-to-date.

The Office staged its last shows on April 9th. Since April 10th the venue is closed. At least there is hope for Office fans: Banners at the building promise a reopening on May 3rd under a new management. The Office was opened on August 17th, 2010, and replaced the failed ICE Club.

Both units of the former Kiss Kool Club are now open for thirsty revellers. During the end of March Avarice opened its door, at the beginning of this month its sister bar called Wrath opened too. Both bars have a bunch of lovely Ladies on their payrolls.

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On April 10th, 2019, Rich A Go-Go opened in the rooms of the former Mandarin A Go-Go Bar. The venue has no connection to the well-known Rich Bar, Restaurant and Hotel on Soi Buakhaow. The opening was very unspectacular: The management obviously decided not to hold the otherwise usual opening party. Probably as compensation for this, it let dance a bunch of sexy Ladies.

On March 30th, 2019, Scooters Bar opened a new Branch in Soi 14, off Walking Street, in the rooms of the defunct Secrets A Go-Go Club. Scooters is one of the rare success stories in Pattaya. Obviously the management understands the business much better than most other people in this funny town.

Western Brews is obviously taking shape: The advertising is already mounted and illuminates the night over the entrance to the failed Topaz Night Club. In addition to Beer, the management promises world class Continental Cuisines... The management has not yet announced anything about the prices of drinks and foods. We will keep you up-to-date.

In the rooms of the miserably failed White Bar a Chinese restaurant called Panda is announced to open soon. According to our information, the Panda Restaurant has no connection to the very successful Panda A Go-Go Bar at the entrance to Walking Street. Update: The Restaurant is now open!

In the rooms of the former Mandarin A Go-Go Bar Rich A Go-Go will open soon. The new Rich A Go-Go has no connection to the well-known Rich Bar, Restaurant and Hotel on Soi Buakhaow. We will keep you up-to-date.

Hidden A Go-Go closed down for good. The venue opened on August 5th, 2018, and claimed to have 150 beautiful Girls on its payroll. We will keep you up-to-date.

Bypass A Go-Go closed down for renovation. According to a banner on its door, you can meet its staff at Lighthouse A Go-Go located near the entry to Walking Street. We will keep you up-to-date.

An icon, the Lucky Carousel Bar, located in the centre of Soi Diamond and flanked on both sides by more or less successful A Go-Go bars, was closed down on March 31st. We will keep you up-to-date.

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