Zikomat Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Pattaya is worse than ever. The problem is the whole world is worse than ever too. That is why Walking street is fully crowded in the middle of September. Thai government is doing what they can to prevent those farangs staying in Thailand. But they keep coming, avoiding any obstacles, paying lots of money. Give us some more Thailand, we hate it but still it is much better than all other places that we supposedly love. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sunnyboy2018 Posted September 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2019 3 hours ago, ylmiri said: Why do some people keep harping on this Pattaya as if it is some big deal? Pattaya is nothing ok? I restrain myself from criticizing because of TV forum rules. Pattaya is the last great cosmopolitan, truly international cities in Thailand. It is very popular with Thais of all classes as well as foreign visitors. Since the shut down of CM and the social destruction and cleansing of Bangkok more and more Thais, especially Bangkokians visit Pattaya. Great hotels and restaurants, country side nearby, good liberal nightlife clubs for young people cafes, rock clubs jazz bars, ice cream parlours, burlesque, adult entertainment, massive family attractions such as water parks, significant cultural attractions including terracotta warriors etc etc. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhickson Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 46 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said: Pattaya is the last great cosmopolitan, truly international cities in Thailand. It is very popular with Thais of all classes as well as foreign visitors. Since the shut down of CM and the social destruction and cleansing of Bangkok more and more Thais, especially Bangkokians visit Pattaya. Great hotels and restaurants, country side nearby, good liberal nightlife clubs for young people cafes, rock clubs jazz bars, ice cream parlours, burlesque, adult entertainment, massive family attractions such as water parks, significant cultural attractions including terracotta warriors etc etc. felt like just a big clusterfuk when i was there. people, bars and people yelling from the sidewalk to buy <deleted> or come into bars. but all i pretty much did was walk around aimlessly going into places to eat and drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulthailand99 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 50 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said: Pattaya is the last great cosmopolitan, truly international cities in Thailand. It is very popular with Thais of all classes as well as foreign visitors. Since the shut down of CM and the social destruction and cleansing of Bangkok more and more Thais, especially Bangkokians visit Pattaya. Great hotels and restaurants, country side nearby, good liberal nightlife clubs for young people cafes, rock clubs jazz bars, ice cream parlours, burlesque, adult entertainment, massive family attractions such as water parks, significant cultural attractions including terracotta warriors etc etc. That's a great spin and a lot of truth.???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyboy2018 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 6:06 AM, PingRoundTheWorld said: What cheap prices? Bar fines at gogo's 1500 - insane. Most overpriced drinks (170-200 baht for Smirnoff?!). Not surprising they were all mostly empty, and the only gogos full (of Chinese, mostly) were the ones with 100 baht happy hour. Quite a few people though, I haven't been this time last year but seemed busy everywhere. The best go gos have 900 baht bar fines or 1000k. The girls are happy they get more customers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sunnyboy2018 Posted September 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 5:08 AM, NCC1701A said: white people numbers might be down, and businesses setup to cater to them might be suffering, but Chinese and Indians are still coming. #2 does not apply to real tourists. first time visitors or once every few years with a very long return to home country not affected. there is a a lot of buzz right now about a global recession. people don't go on vacation. UK is on a war footing with fear and paranoia about shortages and civil unrest. The UK IS NOT on a war footing. There is NO civil unrest. People are irritated at the politicians. Please do not believe what you read in the newspapers. I was in london last week...it was kicking and wealthy. I was in Brighton, Manchester and York...ditto. Employment is high, wages are rising. The stoical sang froid of the majority of British people is in evidence. Its a shame the political classes are arrogant, deluded weasel and cads. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyboy2018 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 7:06 AM, petermik said: I,ve been coming for 12 years (last 5 resident) and I have never seen it so quiet....where do you see the "lots of beach goers" I do not know....but certainly not here in Pattaya Cozy beach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/11/2019 at 5:08 PM, NCC1701A said: UK is on a war footing with fear and paranoia about shortages and civil unrest. Completely untrue , people are concerned about the beast from the east , the cold weather snap coming in from Russia and England being not too good at cricket or football......................and thats about it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyboy2018 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Someone Earlier in June started a similar thread. Pattaya is dead! Only indians and chinese! Its a sad ghost town! ALL Nonesense. My friend shot a video in responses showing such threads are usually innacurate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogi100 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Chivas said: You and emptypockets must be living in a parallel universe. Someone for god alone knows what reason reads from the profile I'm from Rochester someone then links that to Chonburi and now we got reference to gypsies in Maidstone and Chatham. I give up what are you two barking about lol There are gypsies from Kent and Essex who come to Pattaya on a regular basis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleFesterNightmare Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, champers said: Which one are you? Neither, I don't live in Pattaya. Edited September 13, 2019 by UncleFesterNightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahboo11 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 3:23 AM, DannyCarlton said: Could be Indians, could be Arabs. Could be Chinese, could be Koreans. I can't tell the difference. Off topic. I was in a bar the other day when a girl came up to me and started talking as if she knew me. When I pointed out that I'd definately never met her before she replied, "Sorry, all farangs look the same to me". I see the girl's point esp reading your response. Some people think they r reminded of dumb n dumber re farangs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 1 hour ago, UncleFesterNightmare said: Neither, I don't live in Pattaya. Don't even live here, do you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted September 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2019 4 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said: Someone Earlier in June started a similar thread. Pattaya is dead! Only indians and chinese! Its a sad ghost town! ALL Nonesense. My friend shot a video in responses showing such threads are usually innacurate. Interesting video, streets are busy, bars are completely empty (except for staff). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted September 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2019 8 hours ago, ylmiri said: Why do some people keep harping on this Pattaya as if it is some big deal? Pattaya is nothing ok? I restrain myself from criticizing because of TV forum rules. Because this is a Thailand centric forum and we are in the Pattaya section. If Pattaya means nothing to you, why are you here wasting your time reading all about the place? And then making off topic posts! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 7 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said: And so are we...happy where you are! Is that an attempt to be funny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 One thing I do notice in all areas of the City be it Central Pattaya, Jomtien, Naklua or across the Sukhumvit is the number of empty premises with For Sale/Rent signs up. I've lived here a long time and it's not something that's been particularly visible in the past. I think it's as good an indication as any of a slowdown in business generally not just tourist centric. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMuhammad Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 One thing that many propel don’t mention is the influx of Thai tourists. Many more seem to be spending weekends and national holidays here than ever before. Their money is as good as anyone’s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondoe18 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 3 hours ago, kinyara said: One thing I do notice in all areas of the City be it Central Pattaya, Jomtien, Naklua or across the Sukhumvit is the number of empty premises with For Sale/Rent signs up. I've lived here a long time and it's not something that's been particularly visible in the past. I think it's as good an indication as any of a slowdown in business generally not just tourist centric. Half of southern Phuket is for sale / rent it is a low season ... but it has never been so much, Whereas in District 1 HCMC I haven't seen a single premises for rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PingRoundTheWorld Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 21 hours ago, Leaver said: Choice and variety will decrease for western tourists and expats, and prices will increase. It's already happening. We were in Pattaya last week and went to a gogo bar that's always full of Chinese, my friend saw a girl there who was gorgeous (according to him - I didn't find her attractive), but she was busy with Chinese customers every single time we went there. Eventually one night we stayed for a long time and she freed up to come have a drink with him. She wasn't friendly and you could tell she doesn't like him, and when he said he wanted to bar fine her she said she doesn't do bar fines! Complete <deleted> as ANY girl who works in a gogo does it, she just didn't like him and/or thought he'd pay less money than an Asian guy would. I should mention that he is a white American guy in his 30's and quite attractive - she didn't like him simply because he wasn't Asian. And in general it seems girls want higher "tips" than before. Quite a bit more demanding. Bangkok rates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Some posts have been removed 17) You will not discuss the specifics of prostitution. Though Thailand has a visible sex industry, and acknowledgement of that fact is not forbidden, ThaiVisa is not the place to seek or give information on this topic, regardless of your sexual habits, preferences or orientation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyCarlton Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 58 minutes ago, PingRoundTheWorld said: It's already happening. We were in Pattaya last week and went to a gogo bar that's always full of Chinese, my friend saw a girl there who was gorgeous (according to him - I didn't find her attractive), but she was busy with Chinese customers every single time we went there. Eventually one night we stayed for a long time and she freed up to come have a drink with him. She wasn't friendly and you could tell she doesn't like him, and when he said he wanted to bar fine her she said she doesn't do bar fines! Complete <deleted> as ANY girl who works in a gogo does it, she just didn't like him and/or thought he'd pay less money than an Asian guy would. I should mention that he is a white American guy in his 30's and quite attractive - she didn't like him simply because he wasn't Asian. And in general it seems girls want higher "tips" than before. Quite a bit more demanding. Bangkok rates. Two points about this. 1. Are you sure that they weren't Koreans? Much more likely to be packing a gogo than Chinese. 2. As handsome as your friend was, was he wearing a MAGA hat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 ^ Luckily we're not at the stage of wearing MPGA hats just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 1 hour ago, PingRoundTheWorld said: It's already happening. We were in Pattaya last week and went to a gogo bar that's always full of Chinese, my friend saw a girl there who was gorgeous (according to him - I didn't find her attractive), but she was busy with Chinese customers every single time we went there. Eventually one night we stayed for a long time and she freed up to come have a drink with him. She wasn't friendly and you could tell she doesn't like him, and when he said he wanted to bar fine her she said she doesn't do bar fines! Complete <deleted> as ANY girl who works in a gogo does it, she just didn't like him and/or thought he'd pay less money than an Asian guy would. I should mention that he is a white American guy in his 30's and quite attractive - she didn't like him simply because he wasn't Asian. And in general it seems girls want higher "tips" than before. Quite a bit more demanding. Bangkok rates. Possible Korean or Japanese. Common knowledge the GoGo Girls know them as "3 x 3 x 3's." (3 inches - 3 minutes - 3000 baht) ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 1 hour ago, PingRoundTheWorld said: she didn't like him simply because he wasn't Asian. A lot of Western guys here don't like some ladies because they aren't Asian too... you didn't think she was attractive, she didn't think he was attractive, but you thought he was attractive??? She wasn't friendly... sounds like a lot of fun that I am missing out on in Pattaya... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogi100 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 15 hours ago, Chivas said: You and emptypockets must be living in a parallel universe. Someone for god alone knows what reason reads from the profile I'm from Rochester someone then links that to Chonburi and now we got reference to gypsies in Maidstone and Chatham. I give up what are you two barking about lol We are discussing foreign visitors to Pattaya. We've mentioned Falangs, Chinese, Russians and Indians. The referral to gypsies is entirely relevant because gypsies are a nomadic people who originated from the the Punjab area of India. Many of their descendants are likely to be seen today not just in Pattaya but also in Europe. Rochester and the neighbouring towns in Northern Kent are a part of the UK that over time seems to have attracted these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdmn Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, kinyara said: One thing I do notice in all areas of the City be it Central Pattaya, Jomtien, Naklua or across the Sukhumvit is the number of empty premises with For Sale/Rent signs up. I've lived here a long time and it's not something that's been particularly visible in the past. I think it's as good an indication as any of a slowdown in business generally not just tourist centric. ??? There have always been For Sale/Rent signs up all over the place in the decades I have been coming. I guess you just haven't noticed. Edited September 14, 2019 by shdmn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdmn Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 4 hours ago, MadMuhammad said: One thing that many propel don’t mention is the influx of Thai tourists. Many more seem to be spending weekends and national holidays here than ever before. Their money is as good as anyone’s Bangkok Thais have always been buying condos and coming to Pattaya on weekends. There are more of them with money now so there is more of that going on. But this is nothing new. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sametboy2019 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 11:33 AM, Lone Ranger said: Beware of Koh Samat! Huge "Hen" mosquitos plague the island from sunset to first light & then the sand fleas bite your feet to pieces...rip off locals-island from hell from personal experience. Not true! Mossies come out sunset and sunrise. None in the day unless your in the jungle and very few after sunset. Only sand flies on the north part of the island. How were you ripped off? Let us know so other people can avoid your mistakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdmn Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 2 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said: It's already happening. We were in Pattaya last week and went to a gogo bar that's always full of Chinese, my friend saw a girl there who was gorgeous (according to him - I didn't find her attractive), but she was busy with Chinese customers every single time we went there. Eventually one night we stayed for a long time and she freed up to come have a drink with him. She wasn't friendly and you could tell she doesn't like him, and when he said he wanted to bar fine her she said she doesn't do bar fines! Complete <deleted> as ANY girl who works in a gogo does it, she just didn't like him and/or thought he'd pay less money than an Asian guy would. I should mention that he is a white American guy in his 30's and quite attractive - she didn't like him simply because he wasn't Asian. And in general it seems girls want higher "tips" than before. Quite a bit more demanding. Bangkok rates. Not sure what your point is. There have always been girls that specialize in Asians/Chinese that do not go with foreigners. Especially Chinese Thais. Farangs are considered lower class than Chinese Thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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