Phuket Reports

[ThaiGoodTimes]

"The Rawai Condotel for one at 500 be, and what I call the Chalong Love Hotel, near Chalong Circle, for 400 be. For this one, think circular bed, mood coloured lighting, and mirrors on every wall and above the bed!

I'm very curious about the latter, with its circular bed, lighting & mirrors combination. But I can't seem to find on Google Maps or anywhere, this Chalong Love Hotel. Could you let me know where exactly this is? Or what's its name? Any links to their site, address or some more info?
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I'm too very curious about that "pool party at Patong Bay Hill". And about the secret hidden bars. If you have any more details about these, I'd love to visit them.

The Chalong Love Hotel is next to the Chalong Inn on Google Maps.

It's sign is Big Red Lips and 24 hours.

It's on Soi Haryak just near the Chalong Circle.

And for you CIMguy, it was just about opposite your condo, down the Soi where the 7 Eleven is on the corner, opposite the fried chicken shop.

Google Maps has it here.

https://goo.gl/maps/9eozx6vYzKtBJQPp6

The pool parties at Patong Bay Hill Resort are ones you should ring them about or check their website or Facebook pages.

They also have a bar / nightclub open which has plenty of freelancers in it called KingKong.

[Mlang]

But as of today, October 1st, restaurants across Phuket can serve alcohol again, and are allowed live music / bands until 10 pm at night.

BTW, most Bangla Road bars reinvented themselves as restaurants already.

Patong vs Rawai.

No easy answer, as they are quite different.

Patong is alive, electric, hard core and in your face sex availability.

The Rawai Condotel for one at 500 B, and what I call the Chalong Love Hotel, near Chalong Circle, for 400 B.

For this one, think circular bed, mood coloured lighting, and mirrors on every wall and above the bed!

Thank you that's actually very helpful ThaiGoodTimes. It does indeed look like Patong is much more open and alive now since Oct 1st. I've watched a few YouTube videos where most bars seem to be open around Bangla Rd.

CIMguy Austrian Garden seems like a very good choice, the more I read about them and about how relaxed they are about rules, the more I'm confident I made a good choice. I will try to report here about the experience with them.

About Patong vs. Rawai: I've decided to stay in Patong initially. It's my first time in Thailand and I've read that Patong it's a good choice to get familiar with things. But I will definitely take a Grab or rent a car to check out Rawai. When I do, I will certainly visit the short time rooms you've mentioned ThaiGoodTimes: "The Rawai Condotel for one at 500 be, and what I call the Chalong Love Hotel, near Chalong Circle, for 400 be. For this one, think circular bed, mood coloured lighting, and mirrors on every wall and above the bed!

I'm very curious about the latter, with its circular bed, lighting & mirrors combination. But I can't seem to find on Google Maps or anywhere, this Chalong Love Hotel. Could you let me know where exactly this is? Or what's its name? Any links to their site, address or some more info?

About nuru & happy ending massage parlors: I have noticed many massage shops display the "no sex" sign right outside as well as inside. So I know I don't need to bother with those. The question is, for those massage shops where there's no sign, how do I know if they offer sex with the massage / happy ending / nuru massage? I've never been to Thailand so perhaps it's a silly question, but from the videos I've watched I don't see any significant differences between the massage shops that do offer sex, and the ones that don't. Do I just go and ask?

I'm too very curious about that "pool party at Patong Bay Hill". And about the secret hidden bars. If you have any more details about these, I'd love to visit them.

[CIMguy]

OK, you've been here a few more days now.

Have you changed your opinion about Patong yet?

As there's far more happening there than you've seen.

Yes, it's not 24 hours at the moment as they have to close by 10 pm.

But they go hard until then, and the massage doesn't have to close at 10 pm.

Have you been along Ratuthit Road, south near Christins, and north near Soi Saynamyen to see massage?

Have you been along Nanai Road for restaurant / bars?

Have you been to a pool party at Patong Bay Hill?

Have you found the secret hidden bars?

Have you bean to Kudo Beach Club and Baan Lamai restaurant on Beach Road?.

I'm curious about the pool party at Patong Bay Hill and the Kudo Beach Club and Baan Lamai restaurant on Beach Road?

I assume the latter two are just places where girls hang out. What is the pool party?

[ThaiGoodTimes]

That would be true in a different year, but not right now. Other than bangla and the beach road near and south of bangla there isn't much happening in Patong, P4P or otherwise.

I just got here and haven't checked out rawai so can't say what its like there at the moment.

OK, you've been here a few more days now.

Have you changed your opinion about Patong yet?

As there's far more happening there than you've seen.

Yes, it's not 24 hours at the moment as they have to close by 10 pm.

But they go hard until then, and the massage doesn't have to close at 10 pm.

Have you been along Ratuthit Road, south near Christins, and north near Soi Saynamyen to see massage?

Have you been along Nanai Road for restaurant / bars?

Have you been to a pool party at Patong Bay Hill?

Have you found the secret hidden bars?

Have you bean to Kudo Beach Club and Baan Lamai restaurant on Beach Road?

Have you tried Tinder, TF, and even asking likely girls on the street for their LINE IDs?

And have you gone done it Rawai yet to see what is there?

[CIMguy]

Where is this nursing place?. What's the name of the girl you took? In Phuket now. Most places are still closed. Cheers.

I assume you meant nuru place and not nursing place. LOL.

If you can find the Makro food market on Nanai Road, it is just 100 meters north on that road. Coming from the Makro, it is on the right. There is a sign that says nuru. The girl I saw was named May. I plan to have her outcall when I get back to Patong.

[Boobs786]

OK, given last night's debacle, I went to the nuru place today with the idea that I was assured to have a lady on top of me at some point.

I got there and there were only 3 girls available. Two were in their early 40's I imagine, and the 3rd came in at the last second looking annoyed and like she hated the look of me. But she had a pretty face. I generally feel like I don't want to pay for a girl that I might be able to hook up with in a bar, so I went with the late 20's girl even though I had concerns about her attitude.

We got upstairs and it started out a little uncomfortable as she was showering and cleaning me, but she slowly warmed up and started smiling a lot. I just tried to be nice and make little jokes with her. The shower part was fine but nothing special. We went to the bed and she did the back massage first with the towel on, then removed the towel and squirted on the warm nuru and started massaging my legs, working her way up. Then she did my back and did the body to body sliding. She turned me over and did the same for the front of my legs, but never made it to my chest. She pretty much went straight to BJ with decent action. The experience was definitely helped by her eyes looking at me the whole time -- really beautiful eyes and face. I started touching her and she was really wet so I asked about sex. She said 1000 more, which I would have payed, but she asked if I had a condom. I didn't so that nixed that whole thing. Maybe she didn't want to do it, who knows. She finished the BJ well, except she kept jerking the tip after I finished, which was a bit sensitive..

"Where is this nuru place?

[Boobs786]

OK, given last night's debacle, I went to the nuru place today with the idea that I was assured to have a lady on top of me at some point.

I got there and there were only 3 girls available. Two were in their early 40's I imagine, and the 3rd came in at the last second looking annoyed and like she hated the look of me. But she had a pretty face. I generally feel like I don't want to pay for a girl that I might be able to hook up with in a bar, so I went with the late 20's girl even though I had concerns about her attitude.

We got upstairs and it started out a little uncomfortable as she was showering and cleaning me, but she slowly warmed up and started smiling a lot. I just tried to be nice and make little jokes with her. The shower part was fine but nothing special. We went to the bed and she did the back massage first with the towel on, then removed the towel and squirted on the warm nuru and started massaging my legs, working her way up. Then she did my back and did the body to body sliding. She turned me over and did the same for the front of my legs, but never made it to my chest. She pretty much went straight to BJ with decent action. The experience was definitely helped by her eyes looking at me the whole time -- really beautiful eyes and face. I started touching her and she was really wet so I asked about sex. She said 1000 more, which I would have payed, but she asked if I had a condom. I didn't so that nixed that whole thing. Maybe she didn't want to do it, who knows. She finished the BJ well, except she kept jerking the tip after I finished, which was a bit sensitive..

Where is this nursing place?. What's the name of the girl you took? In Phuket now. Most places are still closed. Cheers.

[Wimble]

I am much more likely to want to get in the pool at 1 am than at 1 pm. And if you have a girl LT and you arrange it ahead of time, you could ask her to bring her bathing suit
There's no sneaking around needed.

You lost me. Why would she need a swimming suit at 1 am?

There's a long deck / porch that runs the length of the room area and each room has a table and two chairs outside the room. T.

Great! They don't put their towels over the pool chairs.

[IHeartIpa]

Patong is alive, electric, hard core and in your face sex availability.

If you want that 24 hour feeling, go there..

That would be true in a different year, but not right now. Other than bangla and the beach road near and south of bangla there isn't much happening in Patong, P4P or otherwise.

I just got here and haven't checked out rawai so can't say what its like there at the moment.

[CIMguy]

Thank you guys for your hotel recommendations CIMguy, Steve 9696 and HorseTrader. I checked Austrian Garden, are-Mar Hotel and some others, and I ended up booking Austrian Garden for my stay, will be there mid October. I emailed them and they confirmed no joiner fees, they just need to check girls' card to check they're fully vaccinated. I assume most girls in Puket are vaccinated at the moment?

I was lucky enough to get my COE just on time for the reduced 7 days Sandbox, but I might end up extending my stay in Phuket beyond those 7 days anyway.

Where's more action at the moment, is it better in Patong or Rawai? I mean in terms of street freelancers, massage places, TF girls, bars open, etc? I've heard people saying Bangla Road bars will be back opened on Oct 1, after the police raid last week, anyone heard anything about this? Either way I'm thinking to rent a car or take a Grab to Rawai to checkout the area.

Also, anyone knows if short time rooms are still running in Patong and Rawai? If I go down to Rawai, I'd rather use a short time room instead of taking the girl all the way up to Patong with me in a taxi.

I think you made a good choice with the Austrian Gardens. I'm sure the others are good, but I think the AG was just so ridiculously relaxed about things that I can't imagine any place would be better. One thing I forgot to mention is the use of the pool after hours. I came home one night really late and I was just hot and I wished I could get in the pool. When I walked past the guy who's on "duty" out in the restaurant / reception area, I asked him if I was quiet could I use the pool. He said no problem. When I walked past the pool on the way to my room, I saw the German guys next door were also in the pool with some ladies. So I think as long as you ask nicely and respect the noise thing, you can probably use the pool whenever you want. I think that's a huge bonus because I am much more likely to want to get in the pool at 1 am than at 1 pm. And if you have a girl LT and you arrange it ahead of time, you could ask her to bring her bathing suit. A post-sex swim to cool off is pretty awesome.

And just to further illustrate how open the joiner thing is, the German guys had girls in their room or visiting almost every night. They would spend most of the evening "partying" with them outside their rooms. There's a long deck / porch that runs the length of the room area and each room has a table and two chairs outside the room. They would sit there with some music on and drink with the girls. There's no sneaking around needed.

[ThaiGoodTimes]

Thank you guys for your hotel recommendations CIMguy, Steve 9696 and HorseTrader. I checked Austrian Garden, are-Mar Hotel and some others, and I ended up booking Austrian Garden for my stay, will be there mid October. I emailed them and they confirmed no joiner fees, they just need to check girls' card to check they're fully vaccinated. I assume most girls in Puket are vaccinated at the moment?

I was lucky enough to get my COE just on time for the reduced 7 days Sandbox, but I might end up extending my stay in Phuket beyond those 7 days anyway.

Where's more action at the moment, is it better in Patong or Rawai? I mean in terms of street freelancers, massage places, TF girls, bars open, etc? I've heard people saying Bangla Road bars will be back opened on Oct 1, after the police raid last week, anyone heard anything about this? Either way I'm thinking to rent a car or take a Grab to Rawai to checkout the area.

Also, anyone knows if short time rooms are still running in Patong and Rawai? If I go down to Rawai, I'd rather use a short time room instead of taking the girl all the way up to Patong with me in a taxi.

Bangla Road bars and entertainment venues are not allowed to open yet.

But as of today, October 1st, restaurants across Phuket can serve alcohol again, and are allowed live music / bands until 10 pm at night.

BTW, most Bangla Road bars reinvented themselves as restaurants already.

Next question is harder.

Patong vs Rawai.

No easy answer, as they are quite different.

Patong is alive, electric, hard core and in your face sex availability.

If you want that 24 hour feeling, go there.

Rawai, is just as alive, with just as good quality and quantity of gilrs and bars to meet them at.

But, its more laidback and subtle still for the most part, which means quite often you will meet shyer, less experienced girls, and younger girls there (late teens).

Its also spread out more, but still easy to get around by bike / car.

It doesn't have that in your face 24 hour feel.

And generally, the girls are a cheaper price in Rawai than Patong.

There are enough short time rooms open in Rawai.

The Rawai Condotel for one at 500 B, and what I call the Chalong Love Hotel, near Chalong Circle, for 400 B.

For this one, think circular bed, mood coloured lighting, and mirrors on every wall and above the bed!

I think there would also be in Patong, and the girls there would know them well.

[Mlang]

Thank you guys for your hotel recommendations CIMguy, Steve 9696 and HorseTrader. I checked Austrian Garden, are-Mar Hotel and some others, and I ended up booking Austrian Garden for my stay, will be there mid October. I emailed them and they confirmed no joiner fees, they just need to check girls' card to check they're fully vaccinated. I assume most girls in Puket are vaccinated at the moment?

I was lucky enough to get my COE just on time for the reduced 7 days Sandbox, but I might end up extending my stay in Phuket beyond those 7 days anyway.

Where's more action at the moment, is it better in Patong or Rawai? I mean in terms of street freelancers, massage places, TF girls, bars open, etc? I've heard people saying Bangla Road bars will be back opened on Oct 1, after the police raid last week, anyone heard anything about this? Either way I'm thinking to rent a car or take a Grab to Rawai to checkout the area.

Also, anyone knows if short time rooms are still running in Patong and Rawai? If I go down to Rawai, I'd rather use a short time room instead of taking the girl all the way up to Patong with me in a taxi.

[ThaiGoodTimes]

So its quite the opposite with us. Usually me an my wife are always on the backpackers trail. Visiting remote areas and living in the most basic accommodations. But this time, we have had a hard past couple of years. And since it seems we are pretty limited to HKT as of now, the Mrs. (and me) would not mind something a little more upmarket. But with the SHA+ requirement, anything that I'm liking is strangely expensive. I mean I can book at the niharn, but I don't see the value at the price.

Do I want to be picky between Niharn and Rawai? Or they are both close enough and equally great? Also, I have 0 experience with condotels or codos of any type? Are they similar to hotels or more like stand alone self service apartments? They advertise pools and all but are they well kept and functional or mostly serve the purpose of landscaping? Do the guests use them regularly?

There is this place called the Title condotel and it seems to be getting decent reviews?

Thanks mate! Appreciating all the help!

If the beach is what you want to get to easy easy easy, then pick Naiharn to stay.

That means morning walks, twilight walks, or daytime swims and lay in the sun.

As its a 5-10 minute travel by car or bike to get to Naihran Beach from Rawai.

But if its more everything else that you want, restaurants, entertainment, then pick Rawai, it is 5 times better for that than Naiharn.

As to Title, its a great beachfront location, and lets you walk to restaurants.

The others around Rawai are also great but they're mostly back away from the water.

[CIMguy]

So its quite the opposite with us. Usually me an my wife are always on the backpackers trail. Visiting remote areas and living in the most basic accommodations. But this time, we have had a hard past couple of years. And since it seems we are pretty limited to HKT as of now, the Mrs. (and me) would not mind something a little more upmarket. But with the SHA+ requirement, anything that I'm liking is strangely expensive. I mean I can book at the niharn, but I don't see the value at the price.

Do I want to be picky between Niharn and Rawai? Or they are both close enough and equally great? Also, I have 0 experience with condotels or codos of any type? Are they similar to hotels or more like stand alone self service apartments? They advertise pools and all but are they well kept and functional or mostly serve the purpose of landscaping? Do the guests use them regularly?

There is this place called the Title condotel and it seems to be getting decent reviews?

Thanks mate! Appreciating all the help!

Sorry, I wish I could help you more, but I don't know the answer to your questions. I can tell you my condo is a stand alone place and there is no maid service. I got it through AirBNB. I suspect there are all kids of places though.

I'm staying in Chalong. In retrospect, I wish I had stayed in Rawai. I like taking walks and it's really not very pleasant here because of the traffic and lack of sidewalks in many places. In Rawai, I could have walked to the beach. Chalong has its advantages, but I would have done Rawai if I could do it again.

[Meisme]

Well, then you won't get to meet my Thai girlfriend. LOL.
That I'd likely guess will be more your loss than mine.
Find a Facebook group called Phuket Sandbox, and put an enquiry on there about scuba diving.
Many businesses will approach you, mine included.

Damn. I would not mind a hot thai girlfriend on the side. LOL. Thank you! Ill keep you posted over pm.