I found an impressive amount of info about Pattaya at this site, most of it pretty accurate. I haven't had a chance to check out if it has good info on other cities yet...
[url]http://wikitravel.org/en/Pattaya[/url]
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I found an impressive amount of info about Pattaya at this site, most of it pretty accurate. I haven't had a chance to check out if it has good info on other cities yet...
[url]http://wikitravel.org/en/Pattaya[/url]
As I mentioned earlier I am planning 5 months in Pattaya this winter and am looking for a suitable 1 bedroom or Studio in Soi Dianna/Backow / Lk Metro area. Haven't had any luck but see Dianna Group has a couple of places on Bakow, anyone ever stayed there? Any reports and suggestions appreciated!
Cactus J
[QUOTE=Cactus J]As I mentioned earlier I am planning 5 months in Pattaya this winter and am looking for a suitable 1 bedroom or Studio in Soi Dianna/Backow / Lk Metro area. Haven't had any luck but see Dianna Group has a couple of places on Bakow, anyone ever stayed there? Any reports and suggestions appreciated!
Thanks Gents! I am just an old fart with golf clubs to carry each day and that is the reason for elevator need above 1st floor. I have stayed at the Swasadee Pattaya and it was very noisy with crazy drunk Russians. Last year I stayed at Charlie Place which was good but best rate I got was 800b.
I would certainly consider a decient place at Soi 10 and 2nd Road, just reasonably close to Soi Dianna as that is where I plan to play most of my golf from. Your help is really appreciated!
I am ging to be in Pattaya mid November 08 till mid April 09 and need a 1 bedroom or large Studio in the area, preferably of Soi Dianna. If it is a walkup first floor would be OK but anything higher and I would need an elevator. Clean and serviced, not noisy. I would pay 9000 b month. Is that reasonable for a 5 month contract? I would greatly appreciate your comments and suggestions! Many Thanks!
Cactu J
Cactus J[/QUOTE]
I almost answered your last few post but I was too lazy and figured somebody else would give you some help, but since nobody did, I will.
First you are coming at the high season and looking for a short term rental, therefore anyplace you are able to find that has not been rented far in advance by you will be a dump. Second you can forget about a one bedroom for 9,000 a month, it is not going to happen. And since you’re are coming in the high season and looking for a short term rental prices at that time of the year increase anywhere from a minimum of 25% to 100%.
The location you mentioned does not have very many accommodations and most of them are not in very good condition and you will be paying a premium price due to its location within the city of Pattaya.
If I were you I would look in Jomtien, which is just a ten minute ride by Baht bus into Pattaya. There are 1,000’s of more condos for rent there and the possibility of finding something nice is much greater. A nice studio condo at that time of year will run you around 15,000 a month plus electric and water fees. You can find lower priced condos which will not be in such good shape.
Since you mentioned you are a golfer staying in Jomtien is no problem. Most, if not all of the bars and other establishments that offer golf outings will pick you up right at your condo if you desire. There are also quite a few bars in Jomtien that offer the same golf outings as the bar you listing in your post that are only a few minutes away from any condo in Jomtein.
The following is a web site that lists virtually every real estate agency in Pattaya and Jomtien and just look for their link “Condos for rent.” There you will find an endless supply of condos you can rent, the pictures of the condos and the prices they are asking for. The agencies all have email address and you can make arrangements for your rental before you leave home and they will have somebody meet you at the condo to check you into the condo the day you arrive. I hope this helps.
The link is below.
[url]http://www.jomtien-pattaya-real-estate.com/[/url]
Thanks Bill,
Very helpful! I will persue your suggestion.
Cactus J
No offence Pete but you could have just descibed any of 10,000 girls in Pattaya. Remember the 3 F's - Find her, fuck her and forget her. Eden / HC girls I'm sure are very nice (I've been to Eden Club a few times) but I think they're at the more experienced end of Thai hookers.
[QUOTE=Rambis Youth]No offence Pete but you could have just descibed any of 10,000 girls in Pattaya. Remember the 3 F's - Find her, fuck her and forget her. Eden / HC girls I'm sure are very nice (I've been to Eden Club a few times) but I think they're at the more experienced end of Thai hookers.[/QUOTE]
I guess we have all been sucked in at one time or another by the type that Pete describes, its just a question of how long and how much we get taken for before we catch on to the pretence. Well written story Pete, and good that you had the guts to write it all down....... hope it saves at least one guy from making the same mistake....... all hail to the 3 F's !
[QUOTE=Petemcc] (snip) In between I have told my wife I love Tang, etc, so she now wants a divorce. Excellent, my wife is leaving me, Tang is back being a *****, and I am where?[/QUOTE]
Off the hook and free to play in Thailand to your heart's content! Of course, all you'll have to do is write a big check to make this happen!
Just don't mess things up and get a Thai "girlfriend!"
Chap,
It sounds like you've been through the wars, my sympathies.
I did something similar, but didn't fuck up a marriage or anything - had her on the phone to my parents, sent her a couple of thousand US etc etc.
[QUOTE=Petemcc]
The undying love went on, speak to mother on phone etc, I wait for you in Issan, you come and teach at school we get married, all that shit, and how she hated going with customers, how she cried each time[/QUOTE]
I would strongly urge you (and everyone else) to read Stephen Leather's free ebook 'Private Dancer' (it is also published in bound form, but I just printed out the pdf at work and popped it in a folder). It is an entertaining read, but, more importantly, it drilled into me the (almost) inevitability of outcomes like this one.
A quick google for "stephen leather private dancer free ebook" found me:
[url]http://www.conanstevens.com/temp/private-dancer.pdf[/url]
Whoever reads it, I'd be curious to know what you think...
gee Pete - you ever heard that you can take the girl out of the bar but you CAN'T TAKE THE BAR OUT OF THE GIRL??
Worse yet - From HELL, of course ;)
READ Private Dancer - it may be FICTION, but it's TRUE fiction (just that you didn't get snuffed in the process)
Pete
What were you thinking? Involvement with any P4P girl is a recipe for disaster. Your actions were just plain stupid.
If you want a Thai girlfriend, the only answer is: a decent girl from a decent family, not some Pattaya ho.
Jesus, Pete. What on earth were you thinking??
There really are no adequate words to comment.
[QUOTE=Dinghy]gee Pete - you ever heard that you can take the girl out of the bar but you CAN'T TAKE THE BAR OUT OF THE GIRL??
Worse yet - From HELL, of course ;)
READ Private Dancer - it may be FICTION, but it's TRUE fiction (just that you didn't get snuffed in the process)[/QUOTE]Private Dancer, by Stephen Leather (Borders Books &15.95)
A great read concerning Bargirls and will get you thinking.
[QUOTE=1Ball]Jesus, Pete. What on earth were you thinking??
There really are no adequate words to comment.[/QUOTE]
Come on ... He only spent 77000 baht and he had a wonderful time -- a 2 week holiday he will never forget! :D
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I can't believe people come here for advise. I have not been to Hell Club but I did check out Eden about six years ago and frankly the girls are not much better then what you find on the beach. Granted they do the lesbo thing, and that is fun but you can't walk three blocks in Pattaya without girls offering to go with you short time for 300 baht.