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You're right. Doing the Beach Road/Second Road circular is pretty much no hassle. 👌 One extra stop, though. Soi Buakaeo might be as well.

There has been a recent Baht Bus thread, bus this is regarding a more general issue. Years ago, you could grab a Baht bus at the southern parts of Jomtien Beach Road and go all the way to Walking Street in one stop. At 10 Baht (allthough 20 Baht was appreciated). Or you could go from Pattaya Second Road all the way to Jomtien at 10 Baht (again, 20 Baht was appreciated). Nowadays, you might want to go to Pattaya from, say, Soi White House in Jomtien, and you'll have to take a Baht Bus going south (and feel lucky) or walk through Soi 7 to Jomtien Second Road and pray that a Baht Bus will come (and stop), and then the Baht Bus might turn right and stop at the Pattaya Second Road/South Road crossing. Then you'll cross the road and enter a Baht Bus going north nearby the Turkish kebab shop. It will get you as far as Terminal 21. There you'll have to switch to another Baht Bus that will take you to Beach Road/Walking Street. Your journey the opposite way from, say, the Second Road side of The Royal Garden Plaza will take you to Terminal 21, then another Baht Bus to the Pattaya South Road/Second Road intersection, and then a third Baht Bus from the Baht Bus waiting point to somewhere along Jomtien Beach Road. If there are few passengers, the driver might choose to turn left as early as Soi 5 or 7. And there is tour fourth Baht Bus adventure of the night. And this driver might want to charge you a Baht Bus taxi fee to drive you further down south of Jomtien Beach Road. I have been a proponent for the Baht Busses for a long time, and I have usually booked hotels along the Baht Bus routes for the convenience. However, nowadays I'll book accomodation whereever and book a Grab/Bolt taxi and get from A to B in a no hassle, air conditioned environment for a few Baht more. I love the Baht Busses, and I've never had any problems as such, but the conveniency has gone imo. Raise the price a bit, and let's get the convenience back. What are your thoughts?

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Hello there Have any of you Jomtien regulars been frequenting Soi Welcome in Jomtien in the 00's? If so, would you care to share your thoughts/experiences? At my first visit to the soi, in 2002, I remember an almost dead soi with a few cement floored and tile walled restaurants, a couple of massage places, an Indian tailor, the Swedish owned Avenue Inn, Sirikan's and Noi's (?) convenient stores and a German travel agent. Apart from that, most units had closed shutters. At my subsequent visits in 2005-06 and onwards the soi had developed into a vibrant soi with plenty of bars and restaurants. From memory: Welai Beer Bar maybe 100 meters down the soi on the left hand side. Frequented by a bunch of Geordies (Robert (Lobert), John and Michael), (electrical pole cable workers?) Further down the soi on the right hand side was a two unit bar: Popeye Bar/Popeye Inn owned by Khun John (a merry Liverpudlian chap) and his lovely wife, Thuk. They had run an upscale bar in Bangkok years before, and Khun John and Mae Thuk were so likeable that quite a few of their beautiful, former employees hung around the bar frequently. Further down on the left was Boss Beer Bar, run by the sweetheart Khun Bpoo, who I believe, has now married well in Eastern Europe, and her great Irish boyfriend (his name eludes me at the moment). There was a big Finnish bar at the right hand side further east. I never went there, but it was well visited - especially at F1 races. Almost at the end on the left side of the soi was San Snack Bar. Khun San was the matron, and her very well English speaking husband, Andreas/Andy hailed from Köln (Cologne). They won the Jomtien pool league for a number of years. There was a very pleasant Buriram staff for many years. The soi catered to Scandinavian guests at some point because the Welcome Jomtien Beach Hotel (from which the soi was named) was patroned by Scandinavian tourists back then. I remember restaurants such as: Ettan's, Sjöboa, No Name and Our Place. There were many great massage places in the soi. The parallel/backside soi was next to empty if I recall correctly. Now at Soi Welcome 2 there are some very good massage places, guest houses etc. Kind Regards A.