Pattaya Travel Guide - Contact

Telephone

Most telephone numbers in this article are shown in "international" format. To dial these numbers locally, replace the +66 with a zero, thus:

• international: tel. +66-38428750
• from a Thai 'phone: dial 038428750

Overseas calls can be made from many agencies and Internet shops, as well as guesthouses/hotels and the like - most advertise a rate of 10 baht/minute (or 20 baht/minute to mobile 'phones).

Pattaya Telecommunications Centre (183/44 Soi Post Office - opposite side to the Post Office, about 6 shops east) is open Mon-Sat 10:00-18:00. Outside, in the 24/7 payphones booth, there's an International Operator Direct Connection (IODC / Home Country Direct) service 'phone which provides one button press connections (suitable for making collect calls) to operators in: Australia; Canada; Denmark; France; Germany; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Italy; Japan; Netherlands; New Zealand; Philippines (Philcom + PLDT); Singapore; Sweden; Taiwan; UK; USA (AT&T + MCI + Sprint).

• Chonburi (including Pattaya & Jomtien) area code - from a Thai 'phone: 038 (from abroad: +66-38)
• directory enquiries: dial 183 or 1113 (6 baht/minute)
• overseas operator: dial 100

Internet

Internet access is very widely available, and speed and reliability of connection is generally good; however, as is the case throughout Thailand, some websites are blocked by Thai ISPs - notably gambling sites (as part of the government's tough line on all gambling), pornography portals, and anonymous proxy services.

The majority of Internet shops tend to open late and close late, but many are open 24/7; prices range from 120 baht/hour down to 20 baht/hour. One baht per minute is typical for predominantly tourist-oriented shops, many of which also offer lower rates for pre-paid blocks of time. It's not difficult to find well-equipped, quiet, air-con Internet cafés that charge 30 baht/hour if you shop around a little; likewise shops that can accommodate users who want to hook up their own laptops can easily be found. Printing (black/white) is usually 10 baht/page (30 baht/page for colour).

Many Internet cafés and photo-processing shops have facilities for off-loading digital photos from memory cards and burning them to CD, for which the going rate is 100 baht per CD. As always, carefully verify the integrity of the images on the CD before re-formatting the memory card, and consider having two copies burned to CD - one CD to send home by mail, the other CD to take home in your luggage as a backup.

Magazines

• Der Farang P.O. Box 180, Pattaya Tel: 0 3830 0174, 0 3830 0260 Fax: 0 3830 0261
• L'Echo 183/65 Soi Post Office, Pattaya Tel: 0 3873 0532
• What's On Pattaya-Baan Chang- Mabtaphut-Rayong Pattaya Central Road Tel: 0 3842 1000 Fax: 0 3842 7946
• Pattaya Focus 310/2 Mu 10 Nong Pruea Bang lamung Chonburi 038-488-004
• Pattaya.com 3/255 Pattaya Sai 3 Road, Banglamung, Chonburi 038-371-411-4
• Chonburi 108.con 93 Sukhumvit Road, Sriracha, Chonburi 038-770-700 ต่อ 2412
• Eye : Harman publishing co.,ltd. 194/27 moo 100, sio 15 pattaya 2nd Rd. nongpure,banglamung chonburi  : tel .084-946-5452

Post

Pattaya has several post offices, the most central of which can be found (believe it or not) halfway along Soi Post Office (Soi 13/2). As well as the usual postal services, it handles Western Union transactions and hosts a large number of post/security boxes. On weekdays (except public holidays) it's open 08:30-16:30, and on Saturday and Sunday and public holidays it's open 09:00-12:00; tel. +66-38429340 /1

Jomtien Post Office is at Jomtien Beach Road Soi 5 - tel. +66-38231944

• Thailand Post Co.Ltd [171]
• DHL - locations [172]
• FedEx Express - locations [173]
• UPS - locations [174]

One-stop-shops that handle DHL, EMS, FedEx, TNT, UPS etc are relatively common. Try:

• Pattaya Postal Service, Soi Buakhao (524/26 Moo 10); tel. +66-38720418 - open 10:30-18:00 (closed Sundays).

• PAWS Post Service, Pattaya New Plaza (329/10 Moo 9 - off Second Road); tel. +66-38720957 - open 10:30-18:00 (closed Sundays).

Cable TV

Banglamung Cable TV Address: 102/32 M. 5 Pattaya-Naklua Road Tel: 225-454

STV Sophon Cable TV Address: 410/7 M.9 Third Road Central Pattaya Tel: 410-591/3 Fax: 421-777

Radio

• Sunshine Radio F.M. 107.75MHz, Pattaya, Thailand Addres: VC SPOT PRODUCTION LTD, VC. Hotel Pattaya - Ground Floor 492
• M.10 Pratamnak Rd. Banglamung, Chonburi 20260 Tel:(038)424501-2, (038)411497 Fax: (038)424501-2, (038)411497