Pattaya Reports

[Redfield10]

I am trying to make a reservation with Mr. T Taxi via email for this coming Saturday for a ride to Pattaya at 10:45. I did receive an email back asking for my last name, but then no real confirmation. Shall I assume I'm confirned? I sent two follow ups but haven't heard back. Any advice? Thanks.

They need to do a better job about returning emails.

[Luvpuss]

1st. So the 1st thing I noticed in Pattaya was the traffic. After an hour drive from Bangkok airport to Pattaya, traffic was pretty awful but I survived. After settling in at my hotel, I took a long walk around Pattaya visiting Hard Rock Hotel, The Hilton as well as checking out the prospects on Soi 6.

2nd. The 2nd thing I noticed was a lot of older men and by a lot, I mean a lot! LOL. Pattaya almost has a senior citizen or retirement home kind of feel to it. Who can blame them though, Pattaya has a lot of girls that would want to take care of them.

3rd. The 3rd thing I noticed was a lot of homeless looking people and I mean a lot! It was pretty bad.

4th. The 4th thing I noticed was the number of European people! Mainly Russians and the British! I'm not saying any of this stuff is bad. Just wanted to set expectations for other first time mongers from the states.

I'll be hitting up Walking Street tonight! Report back later guys!

Seems you are totally dwelling on the negative.

The first thing I noticed when I got to Pattaya was all the girls. Many more girls than the people you are describing. Driving down Soi 6, walking around all the bars off 2nd road, all the girls outside the MP's, all the FL's on Beach Road, etc.

If you are focusing on the homeless, old people, and foreigners, you will probably have a bad time.

[Pagal Chacha]

Arriving at Svarnabhumi Airport at 19:10 hrs on 2nd December anyone intrested in sharing a taxi to Pattaya around that time PM me

[Member #4152]

1st. So the 1st thing I noticed in Pattaya was the traffic. After an hour drive from Bangkok airport to Pattaya, traffic was pretty awful but I survived. After settling in at my hotel, I took a long walk around Pattaya visiting Hard Rock Hotel, The Hilton as well as checking out the prospects on Soi 6.

2nd. The 2nd thing I noticed was a lot of older men and by a lot, I mean a lot! LOL. Pattaya almost has a senior citizen or retirement home kind of feel to it. Who can blame them though, Pattaya has a lot of girls that would want to take care of them.

3rd. The 3rd thing I noticed was a lot of homeless looking people and I mean a lot! It was pretty bad.

4th. The 4th thing I noticed was the number of European people! Mainly Russians and the British! I'm not saying any of this stuff is bad. Just wanted to set expectations for other first time mongers from the states.

I'll be hitting up Walking Street tonight! Report back later guys!

[HangerOne]

Personally I don't see the point of going all the way to Thailand to look for Russian girls. Then again if I ran into the one in the above video I'd probably change my mind very fast. LOL

I don't care where on earth I were, I would pick her up LOL.

[LittleBigMan]

I recommend finding a Mityon shop that sells bikes and ask where their repair shop is. They are the big motorbike shops that usually say Mityon. Ask for a quote first. Feel free to go to a few places for quotes but I doubt you'll need to. Sometimes it's next door, other times it's across the street. You could always wash the bike first at a car wash or gas station so they can see all of the damage. I had a foreigner friend dump his bike and his total was 800 baht to replace the parts and free alignment. Another person got hit by a car, was given false insurance and phone number info, and the total repair on a brand new bike was 2000 baht. I would assume your damage would cost 500-2500 baht.

This is good advice and although it really has to do with who you actually rented the bike from? If it is parts that need to be replaced Mityon can easily do that for you but if the side painted panels are scratch and damage (dented) then it will cost you more because it will have to be painted. Many times they already have the panels available and painted since it is very standard. But first take some water and clean the area off. If you have a sponge and some liquor soap with water just to scrub off some of the scratches if you can? Or take it to one of those car washes, bikes are normally 80 baht to have it washed and armor all and if you wanted it wax 100 baht total.

In the end, you can do as noted already and get a estimate and present it to the rental shop and even negotiate the price down since many if minior doesn't affect the running of the bike wouldn't even fix it. If the shop is very small and the bike doesn't have a lot of miles (KM) it is most likely on a payment plan and will end up a repo that goes back to Mityon and go on sale again?

LBM

[The Scout]

hello, isg members,

i would really appreciate any words of wisdom you might have to share. i had a minor scooter accident an hour ago in pattaya with my rented motobike. the good news is that no one was injured, it wasn't a collision, i was just stupid and tried to ride in the side drainage area. anyways i walked away with a few scrapes and a bruised ego, but the bike has some damage, scratches on the side. it rides fine though.

i want to pay for it, but i don't want to be extorted for every penny i have. how should i go about dealing with the rental company? can anyone help?

tqq

i recommend finding a mityon shop that sells bikes and ask where their repair shop is. they are the big motorbike shops that usually say mityon. ask for a quote first. feel free to go to a few places for quotes but i doubt you'll need to. sometimes it's next door, other times it's across the street. you could always wash the bike first at a car wash or gas station so they can see all of the damage. i had a foreigner friend dump his bike and his total was 800 baht to replace the parts and free alignment. another person got hit by a car, was given false insurance and phone number info, and the total repair on a brand new bike was 2000 baht. i would assume your damage would cost 500-2500 baht.

[Tqq776]

hello, isg members,

i would really appreciate any words of wisdom you might have to share. i had a minor scooter accident an hour ago in pattaya with my rented motobike. the good news is that no one was injured, it wasn't a collision, i was just stupid and tried to ride in the side drainage area. anyways i walked away with a few scrapes and a bruised ego, but the bike has some damage, scratches on the side. it rides fine though.

i want to pay for it, but i don't want to be extorted for every penny i have. how should i go about dealing with the rental company? can anyone help?

tqq

[Devilspinkick]

DSK, I was scanning the posts and saw your name, initials at the bottom and immediately thought our board had been blessed with France's noble monger, Monsieur Strauss-Kahn.

Nice initials.

Yeh, some folks in the Germany forums mentioned the connection to Dominique as well. Being an American bloke I didn't know what they were talking about at first, LOL. Also, I'm not a powerful politician or anything so I couldn't get away with molesting women (nor would I want to). However, I do have sufficient dough to trot the globe and sample a variety of dames.

La vie est belle, oui?

- DSK

[Wolvenvacht]

Since there is flooding around Bangkok, and Phuket is nearby, it's only 1 hour by flight, Phuket is 3 feet under water.

Believe me, terrible there.

I say, you better bring latex condoms than rubber boots.

[Uncle Volodya]

Places to go and find Euro or Russian pussy:

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Other Russians.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Eed98dh6CuU

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Personally I don't see the point of going all the way to Thailand to look for Russian girls. Then again if I ran into the one in the above video I'd probably change my mind very fast. LOL

[PolyOrchid]

Yeh, I've heard the same thing but there are still flights going to BKK. Just not as many. So I figure at the worst I might get bumped to a different flight for either arrival or departure. Not so bad of a thing as long as I get there. Maybe I'll get a longer layover in Hong Kong and have more time to visit that place also. At this point I prefer not to stress about it and just take things as they come. This will be my fifth trip to the LOS but it's been way too long since my last visit. Look forward to being the "meat" of a Thai hottie sandwich.

- DSK

DSK, I was scanning the posts and saw your name, initials at the bottom and immediately thought our board had been blessed with France's noble monger, Monsieur Strauss-Kahn.

Nice initials.

[StudFarm]

WE are planning a visit to Pattaya in Feb 12. Which are the good hotels very near to Walking street. 4 or 5 star atleast 3. Should be girl friendly also.

Thanks.

Years back Sabailand was the best massage place. Now which is the best?

Thanks in advance

[Showdown]

One of the members of the board mentioned the Pattaya Noble Place chain so I tried out the location at Soi Post office. The rooms were all very new and had nice, large patios. My room faced a back wall but that was nice because it was so quiet. Paid 600 baht and its a short walk to Walking Street and is in the middle of all of the street action on Beach Road. The only drawback is the stairs are a bit of a hike and very steep. No walk of shame as there is a separate door entrance.

Highly recommended. http://www.pattayanobleplace.com/ Noble Place 1 is where I stayed.

[Ekspat]

This is Paresh and Reshma wants to visit phuket and Bangkok, early December, Can somebody help us to know the current situation?

Since there is flooding around Bangkok, and Phuket is nearby, it's only 1 hour by flight, Phuket is 3 feet under water.

Believe me, terrible there.