Which sites are best for searching for apartments in Pattaya?

I know of these three:
http://pattayacondoguide.com
http://www.property-pattaya.com
http://classifieds.thaivisa.com

no trolling please

Pattaya/Phuket/Samui/Chiangmai subsection of prakard - http://www.prakard.com/default.aspx?g=topics&f=176

mostly in thai but usually has the most stuff + fairest prices, can read place names/prices/contact details/some links to english websites

i think they changed the policy, it was free a week ago when i went. anyway there are def lots of hotels to choose from

def looks better than what i recommended you. enjoy your stay!

post feedback once you check out

Most of the bigger bars and clubs are in Chaweng, and there are 2 gogo bars too. Lamai is the 2nd biggest bar area, but they are mostly beer bars/sports bars.

For regular girls I'd try Ark Bar, Sound Club or Solo rather than Green Mango. Mostly western tourists and freelancers in the Green Mango. It's one of the better places to find white chicks though.

Freelancers can be found anywhere, but usually not until pretty late (i.e. after 1am).

does anyone know whats the longest period a falang can stay in Thailand? A normal visa usually lasts 60 days and you can get another 30 days extension if I understood right. what happens after those 90 days? do I need to travel back home and reapply for a visa?

It is kind of uncertain right now. But if it is your first time in Thailand you can just fly to a neighboring country and go to a Thai embassy. There you apply for and likely receive a new tourist visa. But if you're a guy who has been living out here a long time on tourist visas there is supposed to be trouble now... I haven't had to personally deal with that yet, though. Have any of you guys?

ive been here around 3½ years now and apart from one year all on tourist visas

last time i entered immigration lady officer just mentioned "you stay thailand long time na". i didnt say anything and thats the biggest "trouble" i have had so far

if you are getting problems with tourist visas then look into educational visas for example.

Regis, like Kardnel said if you are new to thailand without many visas in your passport yet just go to Vientiane. last i read clean passports get a double entry tourist visa from there (one tourist visa can have 1-3 entries(2 max from vientiane though), check the sticky for more info about visas. just pointing out that visa doesnt have to be only 60+30 days)

looks like Savannakhet in Laos is issuing double entry tourist visas aswell even if you got many visas in your passport (according to few reports on thaivisa)

but if you want to stay longterm ED visa seems a better choice nowadays. especially if leaving the country seems like big trouble for you

hey
where to party for NYE in bkk??

KSR might be pretty crowded. what about narz?

just curious.. do thais also celebrate?

it is very relaxed and chill, you forget that you are in bangkok. very modern with tons of full frame glass doors that open automagically and duck pillows etc. internet has been stable but other reviews have said that they have had problems. food and laundry is really expensive. they have some problems with smells from the bathroom but when i covered the drainage with the trashbin and keep a window open i dont notice it but it definatly lowers the hotel from a 5* to a 4*. they have tuktukservice from/to sukhumvit road, getting from hotel to Nana BTS is like 5minutes 0baht. they have some middle eastern/indian/pakistani presence, not like the soi 11 hotels but you notice them and some japanese. not seen any bargirls yet, seen some emporium type girls with farang boyfriends. pool doesnt taste chlorine but is a bit chilly now in december, about 30m long but you have to swim a bit diagonally and tons of bubbles at reclining seats in the pool.

i give it

Lessu is that information current? I heard the rules are supposed to have gotten much tighter in October or maybe November... but I haven't had to secure a new tourist visa for a long time now.

so what is your source for your news?

yes the info from thaivisa is current. reports are from mid-november

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/...in-the-region/

I just heard about it both on that stickmanbangkok site and from the chiang mai thaivisa forum. I guess I haven't heard of any horror stories, but both of these places said the rules changed.

so what rules changed and how ?

just because a rule changes doesnt mean it makes it a big trouble to get a visa

Here is the specific quote from the stickman site - from mid October:

I cannot find the post on the Chiang Mai forum but I believe it came out a couple weeks later. The person in that post claimed that if you were on 2 visas back to back a third would not be issued or something. Obviously not reliable but considering similar claims were being made in two different places I thought it was a cause for concern. I guess if nobody is actually reporting troubles yet, though, that should indicate that there are still no problems?

Also thanks for posting that thread. That is gold.

i didnt like nars that much..what about bed or q bar?i ve read they organize a nye party

thanks for posting that stickman report, i am not surprised when i read that through but it really isnt news anymore if you have been around here with tourist visas the past couple of years

and the bolded part has been true for a while at least in vientiane but savannakhet (according to those thaivisa reports) seems to be ok at the moment

the thai solution to crack down illegal workers by making it difficult for everyone to get visas is obviously absurd (especially when they mention certain nationalities as the main problem)

anyway the main point is that tourist visas are just one way of staying here, not the most flexible one and not the most hassle free.

i am myself probably signing up to a thai language course when my current visa runs out. no border runs and maybe i will finally learn to speak some more thai

I'm very interested to hear of anyone's experience with Thai language schools for visa purposes.

Specifically:

What school, where is it and how much was the course?
Did you have to attend a physical classroom or was it online/skype or they didn't care if you showed up at all?
Did you have any issues when applying for your extension of stay at immigration?

I also plan on doing this but I want to wait until I am 100% certain I will be staying out here another year. My time line is such that I fly home to visit in May and will return to Thailand in June - I'll get another 3 entry visa back home just in case but I intend on signing up for courses. In the mean time I need to do one more tourist visa run in January. I really hope it goes smoothly - and then I am pretty sure I'll be set for the next few years at least. Worst case scenario I guess I can fly in and out of the country every month for a few months... but obviously that is quite lousy.

im sure most of these questions have been asked and answered in this thread 100 times but u cant really blame me for not wanting to sift through 1500 pages of threads so....

i was thinking about moving to manilla but a couple of people have said i may like thailand better, but in reading this thread it sounds like thailand isnt very cheap and thats one of the things i like about manilla, how much can u get an apt for a month (us$) in a big city in a safe area? ive found some in manilla in supposedly the nicest area in the city for like $250

also can u find high quality w33d in thailand? im assuming yes on this

is it safer than manilla?

what would be the pros and cons to living in thailand?

Manilla was the most shady place I have ever seen in my life, so yeah I would say almost a nywhere is safer. You can get an apartment in the best location in the ***** world on Niman in Chiang Mai for $120/month, clean, very basic with solid internet.


Really dont like Manilla, stepping over homeless people in the nicer areas at every step and getting the hawk eye from shotgun wielding guys in KFC not my cup of tea

change posts/page = 100, use 'search this thread' function for 'manila' and 'manilla', and go repeat process in the 'anyone to ask about the philipines' thread

ignore the thailand = not cheap comments
weed - gonna be a lot of risk and hassle attached
safe - yes it's safe here