Pattaya Reports

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I live in hotels, no rental. I begin to see restaurants and malls shuttering down or closing early, buffet breakfasts in hotels getting thinner. Does this only reflect a lack of business or is it a prelude to a generalised shortage?

I'm in two minds as to whether to wait this out in Pat or to head for the beaches by bus (Ko Chang, Ko Kood). The risk of getting infected should be less on a remote island but will the food supply chain be maintained that far?

Health care is available in Pattaya but I'm not counting on that to save my ass if I get seriously ill. If people start dropping like flies the locals will be prioritised. It is more food and shelter I'm worried about.

Would heading for the beaches be foolish at this juncture?

[TurdyCurdyOne]

Breadman is exactly right. I just went over this with Brother Dg in the Philippines thread yesterday. Worried about some hookers? Shit. The big question is how long can we and our friends and families support ourselves with no income. There are millions of people from our own countries that are sitting home right now and will not have jobs after this is over. This is the wrong time to be worrying about or sponsoring a hooker. This is the time to concentrate on looking out for you and yours. We do not know how this thing is going to play out.

They didn't always work in Pattaya.. They are going right back to what they did before they had jobs here. One of my massage chicks spent the night the night before last and her sister made the 6 hour drive to pick her up yesterday. She said she was going to go back to milking the cows for a few months. Said they have 10 of them. These chicks are from farms. They will be able to survive much longer than our city asses that have to depend on grocery stores for our food.

Honestly, I don't think so. They will realize right quickly that it is better to EAT than to maintain "social distance" and will do whatever it takes to do what they have always done. Look for old foreigners to pay them to UK. Even if it means lowering their standards.

[Arn Poddict]

By the time this is all over with it might be summer, who goes to the tropics in summer?

I assume you mean summer in northern hemisphere, so June-August. Many punters travel to Thailand in those months:

1. Those who have winter at that time in their home country.

2. Those who want to fuck Thai pussy regardless of the time of the year and don't mind hot and humid weather with occasional rain showers.

[Arn Poddict]

I only ever could get dammaged goods from Beach Road. Girls worth way less than the 800 Baht they were asking for. Bad caesarian scars, botched up tit jobs, assholes with big visible haemorrhoids, grossly asymmetrical labia etc.

Caesarian scars does not bother me. Most of my best sessions in soi 6 have been with bar girls having that scar.

But the other stuff you mentioned is not appetizing.

[Horatio]

One of the bars on naklua has bar covered over with a sign that says restaurant. Two girls in hot pants were standing out front and waved me to go in. I might go back later and have a beer.

I've been in thailand 3 months but just got to pattaya on Tuesday. It was terrible timing on my part. .

[Mr Enternational]

Depending on one's individual circumstances I would suggest we try to help girls we have gotten to know over the years and who are in serious need. A few hundred baht here and there goes a long way in a village in Essan. Just my two cents.

I have 375 people in my Line app. Probably 15 or so are guys. So with 360 females in my contact list, since this pandemic started I have not received 1 request of a person saying they are in dire need of money. In fact, there have been a couple of chicks that have said the 1200 that I pay for LT is only enough for ST so they did not accept.

Dare I go on to say that in 15 years I have had only 3 chicks ask me for a contribution or a loan. 1. A few months ago this chick said she was in dire straits. She was willing to work the money off but I was not in town. I told her no. 2. A friend of mine was having a baby last May when I advised her against it (of course the American dude was going to run off before the baby came) and she asked for money to move into a bigger place before the baby came and I said no. 3. Last year another friend asked for 6000 baht to rent floor space for 1 day at Royal Garden Mall to sell clothes and I told her no. And to this day all 3 of those chicks are doing just fine and we are still in touch.

So guess what? Nobody is starving and in dire need around here. If somebody tells you that they are in desperate need of YOUR money right now then they are full of shit and just looking for something for nothing; ain't no "in serious need, life or death" situations going on around here man. Stop being blinded by the pussy.

[Bdonkadonk]

Whatever that place is beside Panda, notice they are all Farang and none of them appear to be wearing a mask or practicing Social Distancing.

Was at a supermarket today loading up on my toilet paper. 2 security guards lined up too close for me. Store manager quickly ran up to them to tell them to stand behind the line taped on the floor. The 2 security guards told the manager they are mall security so these rules didn't apply to them. Manager booted them from the store for not practicing Social Distancing. Is Social distancing being enforced in Pattaya yet? How do they enforce it on baht buses?.

Like Mr E said everything is pretty much as normal here and I there hasn't been any talk about social distancing, at least not what I heard of. People are going on baht buses and sit in restaurants that are open, like you could see in my photo. It seems like Thailand is a couple of steps behind the countries where the virus is more spread, and last time I checked there is only one death related to Corona in Thailand and relatively few cases. However, I am sure the situation will change here when more people die and numbers of cases goes up. People will panic more and the government will make more restrictions affecting everyday life here.

[Franciscass]

Whether its a pandemic, a financial crisis, a political crisis / war zone that turns people's lives upside down its always the less fortunate that suffer the most. It's human nature to think of ourselves and families first but I feel it need not stop there. I feel those of us who live in Thailand and have made it our home have a responsibility to help where we can. If I had a relative back home that was in need of money I would of course help them first but the safety net in the west now more now ever will in the majority of situations be sufficient to see them through this. Not so here. Depending on one's individual circumstances I would suggest we try to help girls we have gotten to know over the years and who are in serious need. A few hundred baht here and there goes a long way in a village in Essan. Just my two cents.

[Mr Enternational]

This may be the case for the next month or two but the big question is how long can most of these girls support their family and Thai boyfriend with no income? Only a few lucky ones will have a Sponsor or 3. They will eventually return to P4 P action in one of the sex markets.

Breadman is exactly right. I just went over this with Brother Dg in the Philippines thread yesterday. Worried about some hookers? Shit. The big question is how long can we and our friends and families support ourselves with no income. There are millions of people from our own countries that are sitting home right now and will not have jobs after this is over. This is the wrong time to be worrying about or sponsoring a hooker. This is the time to concentrate on looking out for you and yours. We do not know how this thing is going to play out.

They didn't always work in Pattaya.. They are going right back to what they did before they had jobs here. One of my massage chicks spent the night the night before last and her sister made the 6 hour drive to pick her up yesterday. She said she was going to go back to milking the cows for a few months. Said they have 10 of them. These chicks are from farms. They will be able to survive much longer than our city asses that have to depend on grocery stores for our food.

[Mr Enternational]

Is Social distancing being enforced in Pattaya yet? How do they enforce it on baht buses?

Who is the they that would enforce such a thing? Everything is pretty much usual here on that front except for most people wearing dust masks. No ethyl alcohol to be found at any stores or pharmacies. MF! I ran around looking for some yesterday and just now see I have an unopened bottle on my shelf.

I went to this chick's condo in Jomtien last night. Got in the elevator and they had markings on the floor of how everyone is supposed to stand. She was reading something about malls would close. I said not in Pattaya. She said but Pattaya would be next. So she wants me to take her around and buy some things today.

She also talked about almost going to Korat with a friend. While we were together the friend sent her a message that she better be glad she did not go. They are putting people who are arriving into other cities in 14-day quarantine and that is what happened to the friend.

[Banana Boi]

Whatever that place is beside Panda, notice they are all Farang and none of them appear to be wearing a mask or practicing Social Distancing.

Was at a supermarket today loading up on my toilet paper. 2 security guards lined up too close for me. Store manager quickly ran up to them to tell them to stand behind the line taped on the floor. The 2 security guards told the manager they are mall security so these rules didn't apply to them. Manager booted them from the store for not practicing Social Distancing. Is Social distancing being enforced in Pattaya yet? How do they enforce it on baht buses?

Word will get back to them that there's no money in Pattaya right now.

Why I specifically said they will return to one of the sex markets and not Pattaya in particular.

I predict over half the bars in Pattaya where the bar owner does not own the land the bar is on will be closed if this pandemic runs over 6 months. So many were already hanging by a thread before the pandemic started. I doubt the land owners will reduce rent for their tenants until this blows over. That isn't the Thai way.

[Breadman]

This may be the case for the next month or two but the big question is how long can most of these girls support their family and Thai boyfriend with no income? Only a few lucky ones will have a Sponsor or 3. They will eventually return to P4 P action in one of the sex markets.

There are no tourists to give them money, they know the borders are closed and the airport is pretty much a ghost town. They can go home and not have to pay rent for a room, high prices for food. They have sold their jewelry that so many guys buy them, they'll have enough to live on for many months. Not enough to buy what they desire but they won't be going hungry. Word will get back to them that there's no money in Pattaya right now. They'll stay home until the tourists come back. And the tourists won't be back for some time. By the time this is all over with it might be summer, who goes to the tropics in summer? And so many have lost their jobs or have had their hours cut so that extra spending money is no more. So many budget airlines are out for the count as well. Thailand might see the lowest tourism numbers on record this year. Maybe next year things will rebound.

[Bdonkadonk]

Made a walk in Walking Street tonight, just to see what it was like. So empty and deserted with only a few restaurants open. There is a place selling ice cream (to the left in one of my photos below) and they had enough customers but that was the only place that looked kind of normal. I saw a group of police on motorbikes going through to check that the rules were obeyed. I also saw two white pick up cars driving and I didn't know what their mission was. I had a girl coming over to my room tonight, that normally works in a massage parlor, and I showed the photo to her and she said that is police ready to pick up and arrest hookers working illegally.

[Banana Boi]

Most of my favorite girls from Soi 6 and other places has left Pattaya and gone home.

This may be the case for the next month or two but the big question is how long can most of these girls support their family and Thai boyfriend with no income? Only a few lucky ones will have a Sponsor or 3. They will eventually return to P4 P action in one of the sex markets.

[Bdonkadonk]

P.S. The go-go girls who were to fall back on Beach Road following the closures are not materializing. Same old bottom of the barrel crowd.

My observation is about the same. Beach Road looks the same as before and I didn't see more girls there than usual. I think most bar girls etc has gone home to their villages. At least that's my observation when it comes to girls that I have contact with in Line. Most of my favorite girls from Soi 6 and other places has left Pattaya and gone home.