Together with us in this virtual tour is Dreamgirls and Our Bar. This virtual tour is provided by JFK Enterprises Co Ltd.

You can also see this virtual tour in the latest [...]]]> You can now visit us on the internet. See Viking Bar in the Soi Green Mango Virtual Tour.

Together with us in this virtual tour is Dreamgirls and Our Bar. This virtual tour is provided by JFK Enterprises Co Ltd.

You can also see this virtual tour in the latest Koh Samui Tourist Guide website. This site is relatively new but is aimed to showing panoramic views of businesses in Koh Samui.

360 Virtual Tour of Soi Green Mango

There will also be live entertainment followed by karaoke session.

Come with your friends and family and join us to celebrate [...]]]> To celebrate our new name, we are organizing a FREE BBQ including 1 FREE beer or 1 glass of house wine this coming Saturday, 2nd May 2009 from 7pm onwards.

There will also be live entertainment followed by karaoke session.

Come with your friends and family and join us to celebrate this occassion.

The main reason for this name change is to avoid confusion when customers refer to Viking Bar. There is because Viking Bar in Chaweng offers different variety of drinks from that [...]]]> After 13 months of operation, we have decided to rename Viking Bar Choeng Mon to Foxy’s Bar and Grill.

The main reason for this name change is to avoid confusion when customers refer to Viking Bar. There is because Viking Bar in Chaweng offers different variety of drinks from that in Choeng Mon. At the same time, in Choeng Mon, we offer food which is not available in Chaweng.

The name Foxy’s was chosen to reflect our name. And since we are both a bar and grill, we thought it was appropriate to name it as such.

The management and ownership of both bars remain the same.

Watch this space for the announcement of our next BBQ to launch the new name.

On Sunday 12th, eve of Songkran, our regulars from our Choeng Mon branch came down to Viking Bar in Soi Green Mango to celebrate Songkran. [...]]]> While Bangkok was facing demonstrations and unrest, in Samui, everything was very peaceful. Songkran was celebrated in the same style as in previous years.

On Sunday 12th, eve of Songkran, our regulars from our Choeng Mon branch came down to Viking Bar in Soi Green Mango to celebrate Songkran. As early as 8pm, the bars in Soi Green Mango started the tradition set in Samui by splashing everyone with water.

The amusing scene was that guarding Viking Bar front was mainly guys while the bars opposite was mainly girls. It was almost like a ‘war of the sexes’.

We thought we would be kind and not use ice in our water tubs. However, after several attacks of ice cold water, we changed tactics and placed ice into our tubs as well. Everyone was feeling the icy cold shivers when splashed with water.

A few small incidents happen as some passerby did not want to participate but was caught in the water war. But then again, why walk down Soi Green Mango if you do not wish to get wet!

On Songkran day, 13th, traffic was almost at a standstill in Chaweng. But in Bang Rak area, there were only pockets of crowds, hence, traffic was smooth flowing.

The water war ended on the 13th night and everything returned to normal on the 14th. One would never have thought that so much water was used just in 1.5 days. It was also very lucky that both days were hot and sunny.

Sometime between November and December last year, the Thai government decided to change the visa rules again.

As usual, visitors are classified by the 3 categories. The first are those from countries that are given [...]]]> I thought I would share the latest news on the visa rules with my readers.

Sometime between November and December last year, the Thai government decided to change the visa rules again.

As usual, visitors are classified by the 3 categories. The first are those from countries that are given 30 days on arrival, the second are those from countries that are given 15 days on arrival and the final category are those who must apply for a visa before entering. Most of us fall in the first category anyway, so everything that is mentioned here refers to tourists from this category.

Anyone who now comes into Thailand without a Visa will be given the standard 30 day exempt Visa when you arrive at the airport. If you stay more than 30 days, you will be required to do the normal visa run. The catch is in the visa run. Now you are given only 15 days when you do a visa run (previously you get 30 days) via road.

There is no longer any limit to how many 15 day run you can make.

For more information, you can visit ThaiVisa website.
So please make sure you apply for a visa in your own home country before coming here if you intend to stay in Thailand for more than 30 days.

You can rent a book for only 50 baht. A deposit of 150 baht for each book rented is required. The deposit will be refunded when the book is returned.

The cost for renting a movie DVD is also [...]]]> We have started a book and DVD lending library in our Choeng Mon bar.

You can rent a book for only 50 baht. A deposit of 150 baht for each book rented is required. The deposit will be refunded when the book is returned.

The cost for renting a movie DVD is also 50 baht with a refundable deposit of 150 baht.

If you donate a book to our collection, you will be able to rent a book for free.

Our Choeng Mon pub is open from 5pm to midnight daily. We are closed on Sundays.