Pattaya Reports

[MonkeyPaw]

Or as you know it, and here I am trapped in Pattaya with a bunch of party girls during an alcohol ban. Now it's time they took care of me, but of course I can take care of my self. All those who are stuck here should throw a house party.

By the way. Beach Road girls 800-1000 (grab them around 8:30 and you will get a discounted LT rate because of curfew). ThaiFriendly 1000-1500. Go go bar girls I know have reduced themselves to 1500-2000,3000 for LT. And the ones I like also know how to party and play. No where else in the world I'the rather be.

[LittleBigMan]

I went riding around about 5:15 pm. Picked up a couple of things from Foodland then checked Welcome Town to see if The Reef was doing business. There were people inside eating. Maybe they are connected to the owner. I may go get lunch from there tomorrow.

At the football field by Regional Land they were giving out free food. The line was wrapped around the block. Went down Soi Yensabai and a chick flagged me down and asked for a ride to Soi Skaw Beach. She said she has been doing massage in Korea for the last couple years and was supposed to be in Pattaya to work on Soi 6. When I dropped her off she kept trying to get me to come in with her but no thanks. I headed down Soi 7 to Beach Road.

There were plenty of people around and plenty of cars parked at the beach. The police were walking and riding down the foot path shooing people away. On the other side of the street there were plenty of chicks looking for customers. I continued down Walking Street where I saw my ex girlfriend and her friend out walking getting some exercise. She was a long way from Arunotai, but I guess that was the point.

I went down Soi Buakhao and there were many women walking looking for customers. This must be something new because I have not seen it before. I stopped at Hungry Hippo to get something to eat. It is one of the very few places still open that serve Western food. Matter of fact only other places I can think of are pizza/Italian joints and The Reef as mentioned above. While I was waiting for my food, I got the Line of a couple of passing chicks.

A free chick stayed with me the last 4 days without even going home to get a change of clothes. This morning she had to go to her room because she said her friend sent a message that she is moving to a new place. Don't know if her and the friend were living together or what. But she was there waiting when we pulled up. I am about to go pick a Tinder chick up now. 1200 LT.

P.S. Today I talked to a chick whose place I stayed at a couple weeks ago. The hotel/apartments is owned by some Indian people. She said they are no longer letting people come in who are not staying there because of Covid. I told her next time she could come to my place then.

If you haven't tried it just around the corner from Hungry Hippo, right behind the TT exchange booth is a small outdoor Thai restaurant it is called Surprise, it use to be cheaper but still good as far as I'm concern they are usually close on Sunday's but they serve Thai baby back ribs (small bones) for 220 Baht, you can get half order and a half size roasted chicken also for 220 baht never tried any of the other dishes.

Also if you want take out also on Pattaya Klang inside Soi 9, is a place called Taco Taco, not cheap I've never tried it but they look like open for take out. As you go into the Soi it is on the right.

I think Tequila Reef, their clientele is different now but you can eat inside as long as you keep the distant I recently ate outside. I've found since they moved their quality has improved. There is also Sam's not sure they are opened now but they are located just off Beach road, 13/4 as soon as you enter it is a bit down on the left a small shop house might be opened for take out. I know 13/4 is Boy's town.

[LittleBigMan]

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/04/1...the-afternoon/

If I read the map right it looks like the plan is for any through traffic approaching from the south (Na Jomtien / Sattahip) to be forced inland to the roads by the railway. Through traffic from the north (Laem Chabang / Muang Chonburi) stays on Sukhumvit. These are the purple arrows.

Pattaya City bound traffic from the south gets checked at Checkpoint 8 (Public Prosecutors Office junction). City bound traffic from the north gets checked at the turning they will take to get across Sukhumvit.

All checkpoints seem to be planned for Sukhumvit Rd itself, so Welcome Town will still be accessible from the City centre.

This is what I'm hearing too Wednesday sometime between 2-3 pm they will start? When it comes to all the checkpoints from 1-8, they are as you noted on Sukhumvit, the set up are large tents in theory 3-4 lanes on the right which all leads into main Pattaya.

I will just mention the checkpoint at the top of Pattaya Klang and Sukhumvit, forgot who ask about Welcome Town, if one is coming from inside they shouldn't have a problem getting up to it. It is people like me from the Darkside who will have a problem getting across since I have no real business like working. But I do like going into Town to eat even if it is takeout I like the variety. But if I need to get to Tequila Reef, I will just park my bike just off Sukhumvit and cross the bridge and if block off I
can easily just run across Sukhumvit Welcome Town is just behind Index.

I'm a bit torn about all this stuff today since everything is so inconsistent in application. The Virus seems to be a case of life and death, yet there are days they check your temperature and then the next no one is around or even care. I went to a number of DIY stores to try to pick up a sink fixture yet the ones in town are all closed now but the two over here on the Darkside are opened. What is really considered Essentials? Places like DIY aren't open but HomePro all opened selling mops, broom, garbage cans which one can't at Big see or Lotus.

Sad part the Thais in general, the majority are poor working their ass off doing odd jobs like cleaning rooms all these people are out of jobs prior many are already hanging on. Today a number of places handing free food out on the Darkside off Soi Khao Noi, a long line people, kids butted up all against each other it is really sad and dishearting! This is what my biggest complaint about this place especially when you have something a stake, the size of this country the amount of money it has yet the people suffer so much while the government leaders get richer there is really no excuse and when something like this happens it really shows!

I understand the serious nature of the Virus but I also see the need to open the place back up.

[Banana Boi]

1200 LT, that is half-free pussy. That amount used to fell out of my pockets on any given night when I went partying in Pattaya in the past.

Why I liked going out with you. It was profitable for me picking up your loose change.

[Finnish Fucker]

I am about to go pick a Tinder chick up now. 1200 LT.

1200 LT, that is half-free pussy. That amount used to fell out of my pockets on any given night when I went partying in Pattaya in the past.

[Mr Enternational]

I went riding around about 5:15 pm. Picked up a couple of things from Foodland then checked Welcome Town to see if The Reef was doing business. There were people inside eating. Maybe they are connected to the owner. I may go get lunch from there tomorrow.

At the football field by Regional Land they were giving out free food. The line was wrapped around the block. Went down Soi Yensabai and a chick flagged me down and asked for a ride to Soi Skaw Beach. She said she has been doing massage in Korea for the last couple years and was supposed to be in Pattaya to work on Soi 6. When I dropped her off she kept trying to get me to come in with her but no thanks. I headed down Soi 7 to Beach Road.

There were plenty of people around and plenty of cars parked at the beach. The police were walking and riding down the foot path shooing people away. On the other side of the street there were plenty of chicks looking for customers. I continued down Walking Street where I saw my ex girlfriend and her friend out walking getting some exercise. She was a long way from Arunotai, but I guess that was the point.

I went down Soi Buakhao and there were many women walking looking for customers. This must be something new because I have not seen it before. I stopped at Hungry Hippo to get something to eat. It is one of the very few places still open that serve Western food. Matter of fact only other places I can think of are pizza/Italian joints and The Reef as mentioned above. While I was waiting for my food, I got the Line of a couple of passing chicks.

A free chick stayed with me the last 4 days without even going home to get a change of clothes. This morning she had to go to her room because she said her friend sent a message that she is moving to a new place. Don't know if her and the friend were living together or what. But she was there waiting when we pulled up. I am about to go pick a Tinder chick up now. 1200 LT.

P.S. Today I talked to a chick whose place I stayed at a couple weeks ago. The hotel/apartments is owned by some Indian people. She said they are no longer letting people come in who are not staying there because of Covid. I told her next time she could come to my place then.

[GettingFedUp]

Will it happen it is anyone guesses but to make it so they will have to work quickly in the middle of the night!

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/04/1...the-afternoon/

If I read the map right it looks like the plan is for any through traffic approaching from the south (Na Jomtien / Sattahip) to be forced inland to the roads by the railway. Through traffic from the north (Laem Chabang / Muang Chonburi) stays on Sukhumvit. These are the purple arrows.

Pattaya City bound traffic from the south gets checked at Checkpoint 8 (Public Prosecutors Office junction). City bound traffic from the north gets checked at the turning they will take to get across Sukhumvit.

All checkpoints seem to be planned for Sukhumvit Rd itself, so Welcome Town will still be accessible from the City centre.

[Arn Poddict]

The hard lockdown in Jomtien would be because of the strong Russian presence there and the many cases among them. Russians were the very last tourist wave to swoop down on Pattaya.

I was travelling in a baht bus with a group of Russians in the beginning of March 2020. They were drinking and having fun. One of them sneezed openly so the others laughed and said "Corona" I was not smiling at that moment.

[LittleBigMan]

April 13th, Based on the new directive and map I started my journey today just before 12 Noon, from the Darkside I went by the old 1st checkpoint north the tent was still there with one BIB (no longer Army) the guy is basically there to help local fill out the form needed to cross the restricted areas to be enforced. FYI, the tent at old checkpoint #2 Siam Country was just in the process of being removed while I finished my morning coffee at 10 am.

From North Hwy 36, I came up Sukhumvit, as I near the Marivit School I noticed a large tent on the right far two lanes it was set up like a toll booth, above the tent there were signs if you need to go West into Banglamung (Naklau) you enter these lanes based on vehicles motorbike cars if one stays left that is for thru traffic not going into Naklau and traveling South. As for the tent, there was no one in sight!

The next two / three lights thereafter there is right turns into Naklau as of this time there was no cement blockade preventing vehicles from entering, basically, right turns leads to the Naklau seafood market and the road south leads to the Dolphin Circle. Made my left up Pattaya Nau all the way to Sukhumvit at the intersection made an illegal you-turn no set up checkpoint in sight made a left up this Soi, forgot Soi name but it leads straight up South to Big see Extra, I didn't notice any cement blockade on any of the small Soi's that lead from Sukhumvit into this road. All the way up until I got to Big see Extra, there weren't any checkpoints nor any cement blockade.

Drove down 3rd road, to Pattaya Tai, no checkpoint made an illegal you-turn at KhaoPai up the Soi to Theppassit left towards Sukhumvit no checkpoint. Right at Sukhumvit down to Soi Boom / Soi Chayaiphrek the final two checkpoint areas nothing insight. By now it was getting dark the wind was picking up was already surprised it hasn't started to rain. I headed back north to Khao Talo to head home just as I got to the top of Khao Talo the rain came.

Will it happen it is anyone guesses but to make it so they will have to work quickly in the middle of the night!

[Mr Enternational]

A restaurant owner told me the latest plan was to partition Pattaya in 3 zones, Naklua, Pattaya proper and Jomtien. In Jomtien restaurants would be totally shut, with only 7/11 allowed to open, otherwise home delivery only, no take-away. The hard lockdown in Jomtien would be because of the strong Russian presence there and the many cases among them.

Russians were the very last tourist wave to swoop down on Pattaya.

So what division would Pratumnak be in? There are nothing but Russians there, but it is located way before Jomtien.

[XXL]

A restaurant owner told me the latest plan was to partition Pattaya in 3 zones, Naklua, Pattaya proper and Jomtien. In Jomtien restaurants would be totally shut, with only 7/11 allowed to open, otherwise home delivery only, no take-away. The hard lockdown in Jomtien would be because of the strong Russian presence there and the many cases among them.

Russians were the very last tourist wave to swoop down on Pattaya.

[LittleBigMan]

I did a short run today but will do the complete run tomorrow since the projected new checkpoints are to start 14th? Today there was no change whatsoever unless the plan is to do things at the last minute and place all the barriers after midnight.

Today, I came down from the Darkside the back way coming down Soi Chaiyaiphrek the original checkpoint still in place with one soldier sitting playing with his phone. I went to Thai Watsudu to buy some home fixing items then a stop at Makro. The place was surprising empty for a Sunday grab my items at check out no customer but me.

One thing about the last of vehicles on the road always felt the police at the lights added to the problem by holding the lights too long. Now they seem to have set them at 30 seconds or less so now it is a short wait hope they learn something from it if they are inside those A / see booths?

Will report back tomorrow if I see any changes to the setup, particularly the Welcome Town area it is of interest to me since I like to eat at Tequila Reef.

[XXL]

Yes Welcome Town would be beyond the restricted area but what shop is still open in Welcome Town that would need to get to?

Unless things have changed in the past 24 hours all that is required to get past a checkpoint is your Passport and "Receipt of Notification" confirming you are a resident of Pattaya so if you are not a tourist you can move around freely still...

I rent a P. O. Box and a safe with Siam Secure at Wellcome Town. This is not a big problem if it only lasts weeks. What I would be worried about in crossing the checkpoint is not so much getting through one-way as not being allowed back "home" to Central Pattaya.

I've read on Pukhet they're forcing asymptomatic people who test positive into hospitals, something no country has been doing as far as I know. Not only have tests not been around for long enough to be trusted, but a hospital is the last place you want to be to stay healthy if you are healthy.

[LittleBigMan]

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/04/1...ntil-april-30/

It is now. Total ban on alcohol sales ordered by the Governor last night.

I'm not a drinker so I can easily say it. I wish they would do a ban this time of the year every year for Songkran this is what is wrong with Songkran in my opinion. That opinion are Thai have a drinking problem in their culture, in general, compare to how we view drinking in the west. I've seen Thais drinking in gathering, wedding, funerals, Birthdays, store openings just simple gatherings of all shape and size it seems if one doesn't get drunk they aren't having fun. In the beginning, Songkran was fun but something happened one year I will never get that date out of my head 18th of April, thereafter I hated Songkan. Each year celebrating Songkran it was a celebration as to what is wrong with so many things in their country and culture it wasn't until my granddaughter was born that things changed a bit she was born the 18th of April, as I celebrated her birth Bangkok / Pattaya Hospital looking out the window to Sukhumvit I prayed for her when she grows up.

On the Darkside, one rarely can get banned for anything especially if you are Thai, there are so many independent Thai mini-marts and suppliers even on holiday bans can get what you want. If they have seen you before buying the sale is a done deal ban or no ban but you never will know my neighbor prior few doors down operates a mini-mart, his family every day has a small table set up across the Soi in a small dirt area they sit outside and drink all day and all night. Now with the ban they just moved things inside to a small area in the mini-mart. My renter has a small patio each night out there with his buddies from the Nongprue Police station the rules don't apply to them Thais been doing this their whole lives growing up tough to think any Virus is going to stop the drinking.

[LittleBigMan]

Yes Welcome Town would be beyond the restricted area but what shop is still open in Welcome Town that would need to get to?

Unless things have changed in the past 24 hours all that is required to get past a checkpoint is your Passport and "Receipt of Notification" confirming you are a resident of Pattaya so if you are not a tourist you can move around freely still.



How are these checkpoints set up? Are there police at every single alley way off Soi Arunothai / Paniad Chang to prevent people on their motorbikes to turn down one of these alleys or someone walking to cut through one of the bars/restaurants? That's a lot of streets to block!

I actually am in agreement with the Pattaya lockdown to the neighborhood you reside in. Just don't know how it will be effectively enforced. Wish the city where I'm riding out the COVID pandemic would do the same type of lockdown.

I actually missed gauge the first lockdown based on the checkpoint just to show you Thais do have something upstairs. I was thinking manpower but they came up with the cement blockade. That was what I was looking for as I entered the back way off Sukhumvit whether they will put them there as noted this road runs from Pattaya Klang all the way down Pattaya Nua but right now it is too early to tell. For sure the next few days I will make visits and report back.

If the location are right and they put up all the blockade to these small Soi you will not be able to get to Tree town. From what I understand from the soldier I spoke to at the old checkpoint Soi Siam Country, it isn't as easy as just carrying your passport and you reside the authorization must document a reason for you to go into and out of Pattaya. The reason residents must provide proof of working in town or on the Darkside which obtains will allow you to go back and forth. Like myself, I can't go to Big see, Extra because I want to shop there.

It is my opinion consistent with things that come out of their mouth the shutdown is to contain the dirty farangs in town not allowing the clean Thais on the Darkside to venture into town will contain the Virus within which is one of the reasons they are moving the blockade West of Sukhumvit allowing traffic flow up and down Sukhumvit many of the vehicles coming off Hwy 7, which is where the photos were taken of the backup? Right now without the new Hwy open to Sattahip traffic must travel on Sukhumvit.

Projected date is the 14th, I will cruize down to Makro today that will allow me to see if they have Soi Boom and Soi Chaiyaprek block off yet.