pattayadude

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Pattaya and Jomtien beaches ranked among best on eastern seaboard

perfect for R&R

rats&roaches that is...

On 2/18/2021 at 11:23 AM, Pilotman said:

They should check out the word 'gravity' and 'flow dynamics' in Google. Apparently the Pattaya authorities are not acquainted with the concepts. 

the 'flow dynamics' is the force which enables the corruption money flow into the pockets of some politicians. The 'gravity' on the other hand is the force which pulls the money down to the base of the pocket..

just sayin'...????

On 2/18/2021 at 10:22 AM, webfact said:

World Class Resort?

A world class river..maybe!

On 2/10/2021 at 10:24 AM, webfact said:

Many said that Walking Street was lacking in customers but it had been going downhill anyway before the pandemic.

Pattaya isn't dead.It's only in the ER. so please don't report fake news!! Pattaya is lacking customers now and was going downhill even before the virus but it's not dead yet????

17 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

LOL. Walking street didn't exist as it is till the 90s, NOT the 70s. I was at the opening.

 

Doesn't matter if they tart it up or not. The destruction tarting up of Khao San Rd has been a failure, from what I've read.

 

 

LOL more..I was there Feb 1990 for my 21st bday. the street was booming with bars named "baby  go go". It didn't look like it just opened. No idea what  you're talking about?

I don't get it..an expat couple who tested positive somehow becomes a breaking news in Pattaya's social media.

If Covid cases are so extremely rare in the region, then what's the reason for some of these extreme measures???

Or...is it not so?!

28 minutes ago, elgenon said:

I apologize for this post from the outset.

What the Thais in power need need to do is to do a serious study and figure out what will attract tourists and, in particular, the kind of tourists they want to attract. 

 

Do they know why they are cleaning up the walking street other than that they think it is a good idea? What exactly will be the distinctive features of Walking Street that will cause the influx of big buck tourists? I believe they haven't a clue. 

they are "cleaning-up=modernizing" the 80s look of it.burying cables and maybe mandating bars to modernize, refurbish their interiors. I'm in my 50s and I naturally want things to stay the same as they were in 70s and 80s, it's nostalgic for me but the world moves on, changes. The likes and demands of the new generation are different than ours. they watch their phone more than they watch the street or passers-by.Maybe they drink less, don't smoke as much, don't talk to each other for hours like we do and don't necessarily enjoy pole dancing as they are used to meeting women on their phone and there are more women online now than ever to meet this demand. The street really needs a face lift. its dirty, uneven and messy.It's a disaster from 70s. If this works, fine.if it doesn't, the street will get older and eventually will go in the "garbage heap of history" at the end of this decade

19 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

I think that they are planning a Fremont Street experience on a smaller scale

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put a roof over the WS and you block the air flow for sure, causing temps to rise and causing the sounds bounce off of the roof, echo and amplify to intolerable levels ..it is so damn hot and humid many nights as it is, open air..can you imagine it covered?? what are they gonna do, put a giant air-con to cool it? gimme a break!

4 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

I cant think of a single positive thing that would come from putting a roof over walking street....If anyone can think of one I would sure like to hear it.....

All the world famous Mausoleums that I know of have a roof over them..It's not that unusual

16 hours ago, rooster59 said:

                                         Walking Street

13 hours ago, sweatalot said:

Walking street without bars and girls and music will be dead.

 

They know why people came to Pats. They don't know who will be interested to come Pas without Walking street as it was known in happy days.

 

They killed the golden goose - may be in future they will have a meager sparrow

it lasted as long as it did.We all had fun and good times for several decades. I for one did starting 90s in my 20s. Nothing lasts forever

On 2/9/2021 at 1:27 PM, rumak said:

My god !    They just opened it up !   

 

UPDATE:   Long lines of traffic making there  way down for the R and R  !   Many Thaivisa shirts

spotted amongst the crowd.     

 

they arrived!

6 hours ago, BigStar said:

Pattaya's growing economy (and helping keep  Thai and Thai-foreign places afloat now). Traffic jams every weekend from BKK tourists

6 minutes ago, Ireland32 said:

I will go back to Phils when Durty Duterte is booted out 

Manila is still more fun than some other spots in the world.yes, even during lockdown..restaurants are now open and dating sites are booming.Unlike Pattaya where most girls moved back to their provinces far away, girls here live in and around Manila and most of them didn't have to go back to far lands.Glad to have been "stuck" here since March 2019, instead of elsewhere..who cares who's running the office..I for one, don't...

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

 

Mirror balls. Don't forget the mirror balls.

 

...and the black lights.

Connect-four. the sales of the bar game skyrocketed along with mirror balls and stripper poles!

On 2/7/2021 at 11:34 AM, shackleton said:

It seems we are reading every week about the Doom and Gloom reality 

In Pattaya

Then the Tourist board comes up with ideas to say the foreign tourist will return  soon 

exaggerated breaking news.

On 2/7/2021 at 10:17 AM, ChakaKhan said:

I must be the exception! Im just sitting here waiting to get vaccine so I can travel! ????

you may have to wait a long time..Some western countries still have no plan to provide vaccination to their citizens living or stuck abroad.  Unless the last Thai citizen in Thailand is vaccinated(which makes sense), Thai govt probably wont vaccinate any farang tourist, legal or illegally staying

On 2/7/2021 at 9:01 AM, mikebell said:

Agreed.  I am looking to rent (a house) long-term.  It should be a buyers' market but daily I see ludicrous prices being asked. Rather than suffer a loss of 'face', landlords would suffer months of no income.

thai way! perfect analogy. losing face vs losing income

On 2/7/2021 at 1:33 AM, john davis said:

very sad days ahead  first time in 17 years i have missed coming tourist wont return till the baht rate improves

????

On 2/7/2021 at 7:54 AM, PatOngo said:

How many did you buy? ????

good one!

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The question is what normal. Before the latest lockdown Pattaya was a shadow of its former self after the first wave of the pandemic. 

There is NOTHING normal with people dying by the thousands a day. people all over the world are falling ill, losing their jobs, losing loved ones,spending their life savings and going broke, getting petrified to be outside, scared to travel, airlines now requiring PCR test before boarding, virus keeps getting mutated, vaccines  may not be able to fight these mutations, there's uncertainty in the air..

THIS is the "normal" now!

So who the hell is going to travel half way around the world to sit in a red-light street bar with a drunk, loud, needy  middle aged  sex worker if there is a deadly virus and death in the air???

On 2/2/2021 at 11:13 AM, bluesofa said:

It still would be good to know what these 'boxes every sixteen metres' are needed for. No answers so far.

the explosives have to be spaced no more than 16meters apart to have a successful and a controlled demolition of the 101 restaurants located on the seaside!

7 hours ago, webfact said:

With pandemic under control, officials press ahead with Pattaya rebrand

WHICH?

11 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

When all this is over the recriminations and legal suits against all the governments of the world, care homes, hospitals, employers, tenants, travel companies, universities, etc  will fill the courts to 2050 !

if we are still alive to sue them...