-- My Enthusiastic & Am. Friend and I ret'd. to BKK. today, (
05 nov. - 'Remember, remember the fifth of november ... .'), forenoon; from PATTAYA to EKKAMI 'bus.-stn.
no problems, 'buses. dep. PATTAYA for BKK's. other 'bus.-stns, and also MUKDAHAN in NE.I-SAN;
- On
DONGTAN BEACH many chatty & loud-voiced Germans, who otherwise appeared to be harmless. V. few Russians seen near the AVALON HTL'S. end, prefering to gather at the farther end and nearer to the tall twr. with its cable-cars;
- A fair number of the usual and poor but honest beach vendors hawking their wares, wch. incl. porno. DVDs. of young persons of questionable ages;
- Our htl. - MIKE'S HTL., nr. to
'Walking St.' - full of Russians on package tours: commandeered the swimming-pool from
opening to
closing times, and later ran up-and-down the corridors hallooing & shouting until the wee small hrs..
- My E&AF. told me that he encountered a gp. of
four & youngish males in a 7/11. store: all wanted the same & small product - LESS than
20.Bh. - and all paid individually with
1K.BH. notes, after wch. they remained at the till until requested to move, wch. they did with ill-grace and then gathered outside the shop's door stopping all INgress & Egress until after they'd finished their conversation: '
Nekulturni-i mujiki-i.' as they say in Mother Russia!
- While the Russians might be welcomed for the income that they bring they are far from welcome by the mild-mannered Thais for their boorish behaviour:
