2007 Pattaya Reports

[ThaiLearner]

Hotel prices up,

For the first time in many moons, Pattaya's hotel prices have gone up.
Rooms that were B350 last July are B400-450 now.
B400 then is B450 now.
Sawasdee Group hotels advertise B499(Soi honey Inn), B599, B699, B899(Soi Bokaw- corner Soi Honey Inn)

Beach gals prices steady,

ST still B300 for the nice, the Thai speaking and the persistant. No need to take any B500 offer at all.

Pattaya traffic plan,

In his wisdom, the Chonburi Governor, agreed on a plan to turn Beach Road into a walking street during:
Fridays 9am-2pm
Saturdays 9am-2pm
Sundays 9am-2pm
During said times Second Road is a two way street.
This bullshit starts January 1 and I wish I was there to see it all go desperately wrong. Just imagine the change over TWICE a day, THREE days a week, every week.

Bars closed,

Bars are closed from 6 PM this Saturday (today) until Monday 9AM. However, there will be exceptions as always!

Are you sure on the times I thought it would be 9ptm to 2am.

Also its bad enought trying to cross 2nd road even with it being one way let alone two way.

[Member #2041]

Beach gals prices steady,

ST still B300 for the nice, the Thai speaking and the persistant. No need to take any B500 offer at all.

FYI Freeler, the less attractive beach road girls will take 300, but the really cute ones will not be found at that price, as they will have already accepted another monger's 500 offer. The two really hot ones that I ended up repeating with several times last week started out asking for 700, but took 500.

As for the traffic plan, what a mess that will be. I am glad I was there LAST week, and will not be back until the failure of this new plan has been proven and it's back to the way it's always been.

[LookingToSwing4]

Bars closed,

Bars are closed from 6 PM this Saturday (today) until Monday 9AM. However, there will be exceptions as always!

What is forcing the bar closure? I hope it doesn't happen on Dec 29 as I am due to arrive for some FUN! I thought the elections were over!

[Fast Eddie 48]

Hotel prices up,

For the first time in many moons, Pattaya's hotel prices have gone up.
Rooms that were B350 last July are B400-450 now.
B400 then is B450 now.
Sawasdee Group hotels advertise B499(Soi honey Inn), B599, B699, B899(Soi Bokaw- corner Soi Honey Inn)

Beach gals prices steady,

ST still B300 for the nice, the Thai speaking and the persistant. No need to take any B500 offer at all.

Pattaya traffic plan,

In his wisdom, the Chonburi Governor, agreed on a plan to turn Beach Road into a walking street during:
Fridays 9am-2pm
Saturdays 9am-2pm
Sundays 9am-2pm
During said times Second Road is a two way street.
This bullshit starts January 1 and I wish I was there to see it all go desperately wrong. Just imagine the change over TWICE a day, THREE days a week, every week.

Bars closed,

Bars are closed from 6 PM this Saturday (today) until Monday 9AM. However, there will be exceptions as always!

Freeler,

Not true price of hotel have been going up every year ,10 yr ago room at flipper lodge is 700 bht now is 1100 bht but the last few yr go up the most and the us dollar is weak but still a bargin to Bangkok .

Fast eddie 48

[Freeler]

Hotel prices up,

For the first time in many moons, Pattaya's hotel prices have gone up.
Rooms that were B350 last July are B400-450 now.
B400 then is B450 now.
Sawasdee Group hotels advertise B499(Soi honey Inn), B599, B699, B899(Soi Bokaw- corner Soi Honey Inn)

Beach gals prices steady,

ST still B300 for the nice, the Thai speaking and the persistant. No need to take any B500 offer at all.

Pattaya traffic plan,

In his wisdom, the Chonburi Governor, agreed on a plan to turn Beach Road into a walking street during:
Fridays 9am-2pm
Saturdays 9am-2pm
Sundays 9am-2pm
During said times Second Road is a two way street.
This bullshit starts January 1 and I wish I was there to see it all go desperately wrong. Just imagine the change over TWICE a day, THREE days a week, every week.

Bars closed,

Bars are closed from 6 PM this Saturday (today) until Monday 9AM. However, there will be exceptions as always!

[Freeler]

Dickhead,

Check your pm,

Freeler

[Veterano]

The presence of the Russian Mafia is a pretty good reason to avoid arguing over a $2 tip!

[Dinghy]

Panther - MANDATORY TIP?

Tell them to blow it out their ass. I just walk out - but I'm no "khon lek" (small person) either - what would they do stand in the doorway?

Of course, Galaxy was off my list anyway because it's "Russian" (not that I mind Russ Dyevs - the ones in Mockova were "nice" - just that I'm not partial to eastern european rip off tourist trap bar artists (and a large number of the Russ mafia seem to have settled in Pattaya))

For beer drink CHANG (the one with the 2 elephants on the label) chang means "elephant" in Thai)

[L A Guy]

For what it is worth.

3. Do not let tuk tuk over charge. 10B to walking Street. Just tell them 10B before get on. When go to leave Walking they try to charge 100B. Go to 2nd wait for tuk tuk driving by (not one parked). Flag one down tell 10B he may say no but back off and suddenly 10B okay.

I just wanted to add to this, if a "tuktuk" (actually it is a songthew) is obviously doing the beach road/2nd road loop and is picking and dropping people as it goes, there is no need to negotiate the 10B fee. Just get on and when you get off hand the guy 10B (or 20B if there are 2 of you etc) and walk off. It is a known fixed charge, there is no need to debate it or the driver will sense an oppurtunity to rip you off if he thinks you dont know better.

One obvious piece of advice that all newbies shoud have in Thailand, is to not come accross as a newbie or they will try and fleece you. If you dont ask they assume you know and dont pursue the hard sell. The same advice can arguably be used when it comes to paying the girls also.

[Tiger 888]

Dickhead,

Here is what you need to do to get to the Bangkok Airport bus terminal.

At the Airport go to the top floor. That is the 4th floor. Walk outside to the road, and you will see some blue coloured SHUTTLE BUS signs. Wait here until the free and aircon Shuttle bus arrives. It will take you to the public airport bus terminal, about a 4 minute ride. At the bus terminal search out the large booth that sells tickets to Pattaya. The first bus may be at 8am, but I'm not sure about that. The bus company is Roong Reung, and the fare is 106Baht. And yes it is in my opinion better than a taxi on pricing and safety. There is a 7/11 shop at the bus terminal if you need some food.

At the Pattaya bus station, there are waiting songthaews (baht buses) that charge 20baht to take you to Beach road. Tell the driver in advance which Soi you want to get off at.

There are 2 bus companies starting from there, and the first bus starts from there at 6:30, heads back to the airport and you can board there at 6:45. So what's the point? Of course if you want to take the 8:00 bus you would need to go there.

[Franga]

Dickhead,

Here is what you need to do to get to the Bangkok Airport bus terminal.

At the Airport go to the top floor. That is the 4th floor. Walk outside to the road, and you will see some blue coloured SHUTTLE BUS signs. Wait here until the free and aircon Shuttle bus arrives. It will take you to the public airport bus terminal, about a 4 minute ride. At the bus terminal search out the large booth that sells tickets to Pattaya. The first bus may be at 8am, but I'm not sure about that. The bus company is Roong Reung, and the fare is 106Baht. And yes it is in my opinion better than a taxi on pricing and safety. There is a 7/11 shop at the bus terminal if you need some food.

At the Pattaya bus station, there are waiting songthaews (baht buses) that charge 20baht to take you to Beach road. Tell the driver in advance which Soi you want to get off at.

[G 2007]

Hi,

Can anybody recommend two nice girls with big boobs and who like a threesome. Not just "fake show". Does anybody have pictures of those, idea about where to find them. Or even a contact number/mail or so.

[BlkPanther]

Just got back last week from a two week monger holiday in Pattaya. Had a bit of an advantage as my wingman is half Thai and speaks the language. Add the fact that the Thai ladies think he's hot didn't hurt us one bit! Everything was mostly positive except for one chick in a Body Massage parlor at 'Pattaya Neur (sp? ) Big-C'. We visited all four in the immediate area during our stay and this one brunette even though she was very cute and good at her craft thought that she was going to dictate what her tip should be, and got indignant when I let her know that she was misinformed. All other ladies were grateful for whatever tip was offered. I think her name was Su or Lu.

The only other downer was the Galaxy Cabaret on Walking St. This place advertises that they have European dancers and IMHO they have a 'better than the locals' attitude. As soon as we entered and ordered a drink a dancer comes off the stage, over to us and asks for a tip for her dance which she did in a bikini. We said, 'maybe later' as we'd just arrived and she shows us a sign saying that a tip is mandatory for each 'dance'. And she had a little attitude when she pointed it out. Well, we could stay & get ripped off to watch them in bikinis or we could go nearby and see chicks dance nude for free (and a cheap beer). So you can guess what we did. The 'tip' was only about $2 US, but it was the principle.

The 'soapies' were great. The bar girls were fun. With my wingman's help we had private dates with a few of them where they bought the booze and took us to a locals bar. I only spent half of the money that I took to spend.

So, this being my 1st trip and positive overall, I'll be looking to book again for this time next year. Just stay away from that Tiger beer. It's more like Tiger p***!

Peace

[LittleBigMan]

Veterano, you got it wrong! he said no sleeping! no sleeping!

[Veterano]

Here is what I do when I take that late arriving flight (I assume it is NW lax-bkk) ~ take a cab to the JW Marriott (no traffic 10 min drive), sleep until noon, take the Marriott Mercedes Limo to the Marriott Resort in Pat,
check in at 3pm, grab a free lancer from the Royal Garden Plaza Mall, sack out, head for Happy a go go about 9pm, take 2 showgirls back to the Marriott about 11, don't worry, be happy!

BTW thanx for all your good posts on the AP board

Veterano