From Northern Ireland? - A bit of Advice.

I have been meaning to post about this for a while now but it kept slipping my mind. Basically, if you are coming to Thailand from Northern Ireland DON'T bring local banknotes with you. Most banks here do not know what they are and some money changers (legal or otherwise), who do know what they are, will offer you around 35 baht per unit for them. The exchange rate for Bank of England notes is low enough at around 54/55 these days but 35! As of now, I do not know of a bank in Pattaya or Bangkok for that matter that will change them at a fair rate.

Either get your bank to obtain Bank of England notes or buy traveller's cheques. Erroneously, some people have been told that I take them - I don't as I'm not a registered money-changer, I don't travel to N.I. that often and I'm not going to start ripping people off.