Pattaya Reports

[Houston Player]

Most newer condos have small drying areas in Bangkok. Kind of like a tiny enclosed balcony where clothes are not visible from the outside. Works great even when it is raining clothes still dry in about 24 hours. In our building, even the big 3 bedroom sub penthouses don't have dryers as standard and those rent for close to 100,000 per month.

Bangkok / Pattaya are always hot and even in the rainy season, which is now, is usually comes down hard for an hour or 2 then is mostly dry.

All the units in my new condo building have washer and dryer combinations. They are a dual unit wash and then dry. I have a standalone dryer that I use so I don't have to wash and wait to dry before starting another load. My original condo was completely remodeled but was in an older building with a great location. I moved to a new building so I could get all the amenities of home plus new gym and pool. My unit even has a dishwasher this I find to be uncommon in Bangkok.

[Dg8787]

Hey I'm not criticizing but when do you wear a dinner jacket in Pattaya? Maybe I'm a heathen!

Probably at an upper class air con dinner social.

[NewImage]

I can never travel light I must bring lots of clothes, in addition to underwear, shorts and t-shirts I bring along trousers, polo shirts and normal shirts for day time wear. I wear different clothes at night and must travel with at least one dinner jacket.

Hey I'm not criticizing but when do you wear a dinner jacket in Pattaya? Maybe I'm a heathen!

[Explorer8939]

I had a tag team over to service me tonight, two ladies who showered with me and then double team me in bed.

Before then, there was drinking, but most of the conversation was about how nobody had any customers and any money. One lady got by cleaning restaurants for 6,000 baht a month, the other had 2 regular customers, but one was so broke she had to lend him money.

Meanwhile, I am taking a holiday from my holiday tomorrow and will be staying at Wongamat beach. Since I am getting vaccinated on Wednesday, my drinking will be greatly reduced, and only one lady at a time at the hotel. I have not scheduled anyone for the days after vaccination because I don't know how I will feel. Maybe I should barfine a nurse.

[Mr Enternational]

My apartment has common washers and a dryer. 3 different sized washers 30, 40, 50 baht. Dryer 10 baht per 10 minutes. My rent is 4,500.

[Turgid]

I have seen the videos showing condos with a washer, but the prices are a tad higher; 15,000 - 16,000 Baht or so. I have not seen any units with a dryer; that's what they use balconies for, LOL. I only travel with light clothing (dri-fit); shorts, t-shirts and underwear. Very easy to wash in the shower and air dry.

I can never travel light I must bring lots of clothes, in addition to underwear, shorts and t-shirts I bring along trousers, polo shirts and normal shirts for day time wear. I wear different clothes at night and must travel with at least one dinner jacket.

[Member #4753]

Is it rare to find a condo with a clothes washer or do occupants normally outsource? I routinely consume 3 sets of clothes a day if walking around in the tropics then go out at night..

Most newer condos have small drying areas in Bangkok. Kind of like a tiny enclosed balcony where clothes are not visible from the outside. Works great even when it is raining clothes still dry in about 24 hours. In our building, even the big 3 bedroom sub penthouses don't have dryers as standard and those rent for close to 100,000 per month.

Bangkok / Pattaya are always hot and even in the rainy season, which is now, is usually comes down hard for an hour or 2 then is mostly dry.

[Nixonbd]

Is it rare to find a condo with a clothes washer or do occupants normally outsource? I routinely consume 3 sets of clothes a day if walking around in the tropics then go out at night. 😁.

I have seen the videos showing condos with a washer, but the prices are a tad higher; 15,000 - 16,000 Baht or so. I have not seen any units with a dryer; that's what they use balconies for, LOL. I only travel with light clothing (dri-fit); shorts, t-shirts and underwear. Very easy to wash in the shower and air dry.

[LittleBigMan]

Only in cheap places my unit has a washer and dryer but then again I'm in Bangkok not Pattaya, but I'm sure there are high end places in Pattaya also.

Yes dryers are rare I happen to have one got it 15 years ago but it is only used like times like this when it rains almost every day even then my wife and I still don't use it but my daughter-in-law lazy found out what it was all about the past few weeks and now she is spoiled even when it is just overcast. Not sure about Bangkok or even in Pattaya in town but here in the Darkside there are these new franchise Japanese washing outlets, large top-end washers, dryers, change machines, detergents, even with the option of hot water wash, they are also managed with a person during the day places are open 24/7 with camera's they are everywhere now like the 7/11.

[Houston Player]

Washers are common, dryers are rare.

It's a bit of a challenge drying clothes during rainy season.

Only in cheap places my unit has a washer and dryer but then again I'm in Bangkok not Pattaya, but I'm sure there are high end places in Pattaya also.

[Explorer8939]

Is it rare to find a condo with a clothes washer or do occupants normally outsource? I routinely consume 3 sets of clothes a day if walking around in the tropics then go out at night. 😁.

Washers are common, dryers are rare.

It's a bit of a challenge drying clothes during rainy season.

[Explorer8939]

Come on dude that's just because you see these girls as your friends and you let them talk about whatever they want to talk about. You're paying you can set the conversation and get them to talk about what you want to talk about. Obviously you let them talk about what they want and you enjoy it. You probably even encourage it. That's fine as long as your happy but don't try to tell us that we have to talk about that with them.

You don’t seem to grasp that things are a bit different in Pattaya these days. The bars are closed, so interactions with the ladies are different. There is some worry among them that conditions will not change for the better for a long time, so current customers are Golden.

But ……..

These ladies are not my friends, and once customers come back, they will disappear.

But, at the moment, they have few customers, little money, and nothing to do. I guess I could talk with the ladies about international politics or rocket science, but they seem to want to talk about stuff that matters to them, like having a sore pussy, or how their ex-boyfriends cost them too much money.

Meanwhile, one of the ladies who comes over is Black. She never quite explained why, but she doesn't look Thai. She said when she worked in a gogo, she got a lot of Black customers. Of course, culturally, she is Thai. I don't recall seeing that many Black Thai ladies.

[Houston Player]

It's a little different if you live here. Bargirls come over to my place to cry about fighting with their Thai boyfriend, or getting dropped by a sponsor. And if 2 come over together, they will talk about their boyfriends or customers, or their families, etc.

Come on dude that's just because you see these girls as your friends and you let them talk about whatever they want to talk about. You're paying you can set the conversation and get them to talk about what you want to talk about. Obviously you let them talk about what they want and you enjoy it. You probably even encourage it. That's fine as long as your happy but don't try to tell us that we have to talk about that with them.

[Goferring]

That guy has fantastic content- great general advice / mongering stories and his delivery is witty and intelligent without bing arcane or snobbish. Many of the boots on the ground guys have really detestable personalities or are otherwise strange. Also worthwhile is Ed Sweeney although he hasn't been in Thailand for a while.

Is it rare to find a condo with a clothes washer or do occupants normally outsource? I routinely consume 3 sets of clothes a day if walking around in the tropics then go out at night. 😁.

[Explorer8939]

I visit once in a while. For a few years pre covid I spent more visits in the Philippines. I prefer the Philippines as they speak English. But Pattaya has it own alluring flame for me.

It's a little different if you live here. Bargirls come over to my place to cry about fighting with their Thai boyfriend, or getting dropped by a sponsor. And if 2 come over together, they will talk about their boyfriends or customers, or their families, etc.