With the price of petrol the way it is it is cheaper to go on an orgainised visa run to Cambodia, I think using my car an all in cost would be just under 4,000baht
Pattaya has many visa run companies with starting prices of around 1,800baht all in, well, sort of all in anyway, Witherspoons Pub and Restaurant charges 2,400baht, this place is a right pig to park at even if you go by bike and is quite hard to find due to lack of noticeable signage, it is on Soi Bua Khao opposite Soi Diana Inn, next door to Oasis agogo, so why do they charge so much?
It is actually a pretty good deal, they call themselves 1st class visa run service, the initial good bit about it is their minibuses only have 6 seats, yep a nice big seat with loads of leg room, most mini buses seat 9 in the back, one time is enough if you have ever been on a full bus
The bad point about all these visa run services is the no smoking and the ridiculous hour you have to get up, yes, there are two 5 oclocks every 24 hours and one of them it is still dark, so it's a difficult decision whether to stay up all night, or, get pissed up the previous afternoon and pass out about 8pm, I went for the passing out at 8pm.
Another way of recognising the restaurant is by the 2 English style telephone boxes outside.
The bar inside Witherspoons Restaurant.
This 2,400baht fee includes a full English Breakfast, I just had bacon and beans though as by rights people shouldn't even be awake at that time of morning let alone eating.
And the VIP mini bus, nice and clean, leaves at 6.45am sharp, has remote headphones if you want to watch the movies, the first movie was Hitman, got to admit I preferred the game myself, although I did watch the James Bond movie Casino Royal, as you get on the bus you also get a free bottle of water which was a nice gesture.
3 and a 1/2 hours later you are at the Ban Laem Daung border crossing point, they did do a stop half way so desperate smokers could have a smoke.