Originally Posted by Michael O

3-4 days in Bangkok and then 3 weeks out near Ubon in a house I rented, know a guy that live there and after spending a couple of days there I were hooked and its great! Peace, quiet and everything is so relaxed. GOD I love it there, been stopped by BiB with no Motobike license a couple of times and they told me I should go get one, no fine.
People walking up to me in the street asking me where I am from, what do I think about the town and expressing a genuine interest in why I am there, its so different haven't experienced anyone trying any scams or anything and believe me keep my guard up.
Only down side is no girly bars but it a university town with plenty of schools and the house is on a street that connect a main road to a some sort of college so plenty of 18-20 year old girls going by on their motobikes in those lovely uniforms.
There is a 2 falang bars, a Tesco and a Big C so basically all I need and the weather its A LOT better than Denmark where it have been below freezing for more than month.

I agree with you Pattaya is a arm pit and I doubt I will ever go back or at least not for more than a couple of days. Its something that have to be experienced but I couldn't live there.