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I occasionally enjoy lady boys. If you are looking for bar workers, most of the gay bars have a few lady boys. In Pattaya, if you are looking for a lady-boy go-go bar, I think the best is Stringfellows. Drink prices are 100 baht for most drinks. Their off fee is rather high, though. 500 baht to take one of the dancers off. There are also lady boy personals web sites.

Look at the following if you are interested:

http://www.mythailadyboy.com/index.php

http://www.pattayashemales.com/bars.htm

http://www.pattayaphotoguide.com/stringfellows-go-go

http://www.pattayagogos.com/gogopl.asp

I occasionally enjoy lady boys. If you are looking for bar workers, most of the gay bars have a few lady boys. In Pattaya, if you are looking for a lady-boy go-go bar, I think the best is Stringfellows. Drink prices are 100 baht for most drinks. Their off fee is rather high, though. 500 baht to take one of the dancers off. There are also lady boy personals web sites.

Look at the following if you are interested:

http://www.mythailadyboy.com/index.php

http://www.pattayashemales.com/bars.htm

http://www.pattayaphotoguide.com/stringfellows-go-go

http://www.pattayaladyboys.net/forum/index.php?topic=166.0'>http://www.pattayaladyboys.net/forum/index.php?topic=166.0

http://www.pattayagogos.com/gogopl.asp

http://www.pattayaladyboys.net/forum/index.php

I do not think you would have any problem staying within a $5,000 a month budget.

It all depends on the manner by which you wish to stay. You can find decent rooms for as little as 300 baht per day. I would say the average price for hotels, other than luxury hotels, is between 1000 to 1500 baht per night. Food can cost whatever you want. If you want to stick to Thai street food, you can easily eat for 100 to 200 baht per day. Public transportation is relatively inexpensive. Entertainment depends on what interests you and how much you are willing to spend.

If, as WannaGo said, you want to stay for more of a long term, then if you are going to stay in the same city mot of the time you can rent a condo for about half the price, often less, than you would pay in a hotel. Most condo holiday rentals charge a minimum of a one month stay, but if you do the math you might discover that paying for a month at a condo, even if you are not going to stay for a full month, may still be much less expensive than staying in hotels.

There is a certain percentage of foreign-owners and a percentage of Thai-owners the law allows in a condominium complex.

49% of the condo units can be foreign owned.

Step Four: Make sure your stove is plugged in and turn it on. This is a crucial step.

I tried plugging in my stove. I tried for a half hour. I just couldn't do it.

Then I realized I have a gas stove.

This is a link to the website of the Lao embassy in Bkk.

Maybe I misunderstood. I thought you wanted visa information for living in Laos. If that is not what you wanted, please clarify what information you are seeking and I will try to help you.

I sincerely doubt that Thai is a language that can be learned only from a book and CDs. You will do far better simply being in Thailand and listening carefully to what people say and how they say it. If you are seriously interested in learning Thai I urge you to take classes or even better, hire a tutor. Then practice with Thai people.

Thai is a tonal language. Getting the tones correct seems to be the most difficult part for many foreigners. But you do have to try. All too often the Thai person you are speaking to will not understand unless you get the tones correct.

"Meatload from Lvdkeyes." That has to be the greatest Freudian slip I've ever seen!

Your recipe looks wonderful. I will soon try it.

Rye Bread

This is my favorite Rye Bread recipe:

Ingredients:

1 cup water

½ cup milk or buttermilk

2¾ cups bread flour

1 cup Rye flour

2 tablespoons butter

1/3 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons Caraway seed

1½ teaspoons salt

1½ teaspoons yeast

1½ cups chopped onion

If you bake it in an oven, glaze it with raw egg white before you bake it.

This also works well in a bread machine. Select BASIC setting and LIGHT CRUST. Add the Caraway seed and the onions after the first kneading cycle is complete or according to your machine's manual.

If there is something that anyone wants to know how to make, just ask me.

I love a good meatloaf. Thai ground beef always seems to be so dry. I would love to try your meatloaf recipe if you have one.

See the following web sites:

http://www.bkklaoembassy.com/consular%20service/visa%20information.htm

http://books.google.co.th/books?id=A61wRiwTbPgC&pg=PA264&lpg=PA264&dq=laos+non+immigrant+visa&source=bl&ots=zF2bl2ZOvV&sig=x-9Y8K_xpY1g75ITYn-i0axPltk&hl=en&ei=dKO3SvbzPKWK6APVx6TICQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=&f=false

What about simply: RECIPE EXCHANGE?

I like that title. I have a couple recipes to share, but I will wait until the forum is created.

It is NOT their aviator.

Sorry if there was any confusion!

Uhhhhh, Michael, the last time I checked an aviator was a person who flies aircraft. I think you mean avatar.

Nyoen from Indonesia. He's doing the best he can. I doubt I would do much better if I was trying to write in a language not native to me.

I've many heard about Pattaya island...

anyone can explain how about that island ?

Pattaya is not an island. It is a coastal city, but there are islands near Pattaya. The nearest popular island to Pattaya is Ko Larn, which is a tourist island. Boats go back and forth from Pattaya to Ko Larn all day long.

The nearest other two islands that are the most popular are Ko Samet and Ko Chang.

Is anyone interested in starting a recipe exchange?

Certainly. I would be interested in knowing people's favorite recipes. I would also be interested in seeing people help each other in finding where they can get ingredients that may be difficult to find in Thailand.

Not sure I have the time to send emails with 130 gig of attachments.

Yes, 130 gigs might be a bit much, but you could at least send your most vital files, the ones you absolutely cannot lose, unless you have scads of those as well. But if you have that much you have to save, then an external hard drive is probably your best solution.

I have been in Thailand for 7 years and am floored by your post.

If that floors you, maybe this will also floor you. Were you aware of the existence of this place? Have you (or anyone else reading this) ever been there?

http://www.the-castle-pattaya.com

I don't have to worry about paying some website to store the stuff or if that website will always be around.

There is a solution to that. Instead of paying a web site to store your stuff, you could simply create an Email address and send your important files to yourself. I doubt that Hotmail or Gmail are going to go under any time soon.

Relationships sometimes do go sour.

Good point. There is also the issue of something happening to the Thai person. If the house is in a Thai person's name and that person dies, then the ownership of the house goes to the Thai next of kin. Without a lease that next of kin could legally toss you out the door, and horror stories like that are not uncommon.

I'm Catholic and it wouldn't bother me.

Yes, but you're not the only Catholic. I think it's better to come up with a hierarchy list that has no potential to offend anyone. After all, suppose a hierarchy list is put into place and someone, or more than just someone, starts complaining. What happens then? The board would have to either ignore the complaints, tell the complainer 'tough luck,' or would still have to change the list to something else. I don't think any of those would be good options when an totally non-offensive list can be done at the outset.

I'm from the PI and I take no offense because this is unfortunately true.

I hate to admit my ignorance, but what is the PI? Is that the Philippines?

Can a non-Thai buy a house in Thailand?

This is addressed in another thread. See:

http://www.thailandvisa.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39-buying-property-in-thailand

Because I am new in this forum I would like some help about how I can post a blog

You asked this question on another thread too, so I will repeat my answer here for you too:

If you want to start a blog, look at the top of the page. On the right side you will see your user name. To the right of your user name there is a down-facing arrow. Click on that arrow to open the drop-down list. One of the selections is "My Settings." Click on "My Settings."

Now a "Your Options" page will come up. One of the selections is "Blogs." Click on "Blogs" and you will be able to start your own blog.

maybe it's high time to start backing up your files now.

That's right. Unfortunately for me, like just about everything else I learned the hard way. A few years ago I had a hard drive crash and the drive could not be repaired. I lost everything and had to start from scratch. After that experience I bought an external hard drive and everything important gets backed up on it.