Where to go for how long?
[QUOTE=HenryR;1810532]Or you can cut out Pattaya, reduce your days in Bangkok, and spend most of your time in Phuket or Ko Samui, (especially Samui). Not as much girl action as Pattaya, but enough for you. And a much nicer place![/QUOTE]I agree with you 100% that of the three places Phuket is the nicest and the most comfortable place to be. I wish I had spent less time in Pattaya and more in Phuket. In my opinion, Phuket requires a minimum of 3 days for the first time visitor. That said, I have so far found the best talent to be in Bangkok followed by Phuket.
It figures that the place I liked the least as a city (Bangkok) would have the best talent according to my personal tastes. Such is life! But if you're a newbie to Thailand, you can't cut out Bangkok. You have to go to Bangkok. There's just too much to see and do there. On a first trip, I think Bangkok deserves 4 to 5 days minimum.
Pattaya has the most talent in a more compact radius when you add it all up, but I did not find it to be the best talent. For example, I was in Pattaya for four days before I found somebody I wanted to bang!
Now, I have to admit that I'm not attracted to most Asian women, so that's what was going on with me. But if Asian women are your thing, then Pattaya will be like you died and went to Heaven.
Tank, if you only have 9 days, then I would take one away from Pattaya and give it to Phuket, As Breadman noted, it would be better if you could plan a little longer trip so as to give each major Thai mongering destination it's due consideration.