People supporting the Thai military and wearing yellow, pink or ordinairy clothes organized their happening on April 28th in front of City Hall on Pattaya North Road - and as last time, when wearing yellow clothes, the group installed an ear-shattering loud speaker system drowning out every other kind of noise.

Many, if not most Bars at the Bar Complex on 2nd Road / Soi 9 closed. Rumors tell that a new Hotel will overtake the place.

Since a few days the door to Soi 7 Fun Bar, a few meters only from Beach Road, are closed too.

Since a few years a rumor tells that all the bars on Soi 8, between Central Station (Soi 8) and We are the World (Beach Road) have to make space for another new hotel project...

Serving mostly tourists and expats from Germany, Austria and Russia, Naklua's Bars seem to be unaffected from the current problems.

All the bars on Pattaya's Beach Road, from the entry of Soi 8 to Pattaya's Police Station on Soi 9, closed. They have to make space for a new hotel of Pattaya's Eastiny Group. It will be built in front of the well-known Flipper Hotel on Soi 8. It seems some people believe Thailand will recover from its current turmoil...

After the street exhibition ends, the elephants will be sold in a headline grabbing charity auction at Sotheby's to raise money to protect India's elephants. Elephant parades have already been held in Antwerp and Rotterdam, and after London it will move to New York and Milan. It follows the format of the Cow Parade, which began in Zürich (Switzerland) in 1998 to raise money for charity.

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Background information: In just 100 years the elephant population has shrunk by more than 90 per cent, dropping from 250'000 to an estimated 25'000. If current trends continue the Asian elephant will cease to exist in the wild by 2050.

Yamaha, one of the main sponsors, used the catwalk to presents its latest versions of Fino motorcycles. If the attempt gets recognized, it is anticipated that City Hall will change the term Beach Promenade to the more international term Pattaya Catwalk. According to our information, City Hall already asked the press - as well as the police - not to use the term prostitutes anymore for the ladies and ladyboys working on Pattaya's new Catwalk, but the more expressive word models. It is said that City Hall will also pay the monthly fees to the police for all the ladies and ladyboys working on Pattaya's Catwalk. They are our best-known ambassadors, NightWalker cited Pattaya's Mayor IItthiphol Kunplome.

The running of a tailor shop has became a huge industry generating large profits. That's the reason why there are so many tailor shops at almost all tourist destinations in Thailand. But be careful, according an investigation conducted by Bangkok Post's Spectrum only 5% of these shops are honest. You can be shure that shops on Pattaya's Beach Road employing toots trying to catch your hands or arms are out to make quick money only and do not deliver quality clothes.

A few weeks ago I followed a TV show. An expert explained that it isn't important to count the calories. The problem with todays population is the absence of physical exercise(s), he said. About 40 years ago every single person walked about 24 kilometers a day. The latest survey shows that the average American walks about 400 meters, the average European about 600 meters a day, the expert explained. Because I couldn't find find any surveys about Thai people I decided to fellow some of my neighbours during their days. The result of my survey is shattering. Thai people park their motorcycle or car just in front of the entry to their house. The distance between their living room and their vehicle is about 5 meters only. Arriving at their working place they park their vehicle in front of the building, the bar or the Go-Go club. If there is a prohibition for parking the businesses usually have their own drivers, parking the vehicle at a nearby parking area. Walking distance to the working place never was more than about 10 meters. My survey showed me, that the average Thai is walking between 20 to 40 meters only a day. Thais really face a big problem: The complete absence of any physical exercise. I had a look at my lady. She does excatly the same as my neighbours. Her motorcycle parks about 2 meters in front of the entry. For shopping she never goes to a shopping center. She drives her bike to the market and parks it in front of the stall and drives it to next booth if she needs something else. Visiting her girlfriends, she parks the motorcycle just at their front doors. I try to be a shining example not only for my lady and her daughter but also for all my neighbours. I am walking a few hours every single day and ride my bicycle at least 2 hours a day. Nevertheless, I can not impress that lazy Thai people with my daily exercises. All my neighbours are slim, without the slightest sign of some overweight. The only one on my location that has too many kilos on his body is a farang: Me! Never believe in experts and their statistics. They are talking rubbish only! Update: An expert on Thai TV just claimed "all editors of Websites are overweighted". "We don't know the real reason yet, but it's a known problem of the World Wide Web. The cause is probably introduced by a virus. If you want stay healthy and in good shape, never run a Website!", the professor from a well-known Thai University said - and my lady applauded.

Henry J. Bean, the pub and restaurant in front of the Amari Hotel on Beach Road closed. Its management decided that the beautiful old building needs a facelift. It will be transformed into an 'old English Pub' with traditional English food, a Pizza oven (to prepare that food?), large LCD / TV screens & video projectors for viewing world sports events and - a new name of course: The Tavern! A tavern with Beer Chang instead of some good old French and Italian wine? Amari Tutti Frutti would be a more suitable name...

Ouane, a 30-year old Thai woman is working for a Pizza company in Pattaya. Her husband is working in Chiang Mai to make his living and to support his wife and his 1-year old son. Ouane has a supplementary income: During a few nights every month she is chasing Farangs on Pattaya's Walking Street. Why I tell you this story? Ouane's son didn't got the face of her mother or his father, but the one from his father's best friend which is living just around the corner from Ouane's appartment... If you like stories like this, PattayaSweethearts.com published some more...

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Preparing the car for the Songkran Mania.

Songkran Mania in front of the new Right Spot Bar on Pattaya's Beach Road.