28 Feb

28 Feb - 'Youths hide anti-tank missile launcher near Ambassador Hotel' A recent headline from the Pattaya Mail - no real reason for mentioning it other than it does offer a timely reminder for owners of battlefield munitions. Remember, to lock up your shoulder fired guided missile launchers again after use. I find a length of chain and three-digit combination lock, readily available from your local haberdashery store for around 120 baht, does the job adequately.

More hotel feedback, this time from Val - praise for Tropicana and you're left with the feeling that Grand Lagoona has some room for improvement:

"We were meant to stay at the Amari, but cancelled when they announced a final rate that was doubled compared to our pre-booking rate the day before!

We followed your advice and choose to stay instead at the Tropicana. We completely agree with you, we loved it, thought it was really excellent. We would go back very happily.

One day we stopped at the Grand Lagoona, Bangbao for lunch and it was a complete disaster. The food was so bad that even some drinks had to be sent back. We can take some pretty average food, but that was probably the worse I've had in years, all countries considered. The place in itself was dirty, empty and had an eerie, spooky feel."

Land for Sale on Koh Chang . . . In response to emails I've received recently, I went off on a hunt for land the other day. Not just any land but the aim was to find small plots of 'Chanote' titled land with beach frontage and easy access to the main road i.e. land, suited to building a nice house on. This criteria ruled out the west coast, so we headed east and came back with a handful of places that anyone interested in living on Koh Chang should seriously consider plus a few other interesting bit & pieces.

Here's a taster . . . want to be able to walk out of your house & onto the sand?

A two storey concrete beachfront house, (needs renovation) built right on the shoreline on around 1500sqm of 'Chanote' titled land with private access. And it has about 40 metres of beachfront. Price: 5 million baht.