Giving up on Pattaya

[Mike Teavee]

14 hours ago, Chivas said:

I haven't given up on Pattaya but have red carded it for 2 years with a hopeful return in the Autumn of 2022 by which time I'd "expect" to have seen a vaccine up and running with a high take up

No vaccine becoming available in general then frankly Thailand is over

They certainly dont need the Tourist Dollar to balance the books what with the huge (massive in fact) increase in FGR since the Pandemic started and borders closed

You confused me with FGR - I tried to Google but it came back with Forest Green Rovers (Who apparently beat Bristol Rovers 4:3) & Fetal Growth Restriction, neither seem to be in context... 

 

So I'm assuming you meant Foreign Currency/Exchange Reserves which are (surprisingly) doing very well at the moment, hitting an all time high in July & seemingly on a rising path ... https://tradingeconomics.com/thailand/foreign-exchange-reserves#:~:text=Foreign Exchange Reserves in Thailand averaged 47345.35 USD Million from,Million in January of 1960.

Edited August 27, 2020 by Mike Teavee

[Rimmer]

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[Pattaya Spotter]

You're mad at Thailand because Australia won't let you go back there?

[samtab]

Thank you to all people who are leaving, we are ready to buy your property as cheap as possible !

 

 

[CygnusX1]

52 minutes ago, mrwebb8825 said:

12 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

the time will go fast, and heaps of TV and computer games to catch up on.

Do you work in a prison chapel? ????

Well, with no access to the Thai ladies for the next few years, playing computer games IS about the most exciting thing I can do.

[Pattaya Spotter]

19 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

I gave up on Pattaya in 1994, could not wait to leave it

And yet 25 years on, you're still following and posting about the place online...it seems to have gotten into your blood.

[Pattaya Spotter]

9 hours ago, shdmn said:

Now is probably a good time for bargain hunters.

No doubt...units that sold for 5+ M a few years ago are lucky to get 2.5-3M today.

[NoshowJones]

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I can answer your loaded question about so called trannies.

Assuming you're talking mostly about "ladyboy" sex workers, the audience for them is overwhelmingly hetero identified men.

Gay men are (in general) not sexually attracted to women or men presenting as women.

Got it now dude?

I could not see myself shagging a ladyboy pre opp or not. I find it hard to believe any completely heterosexual guy would knowingly <deleted> a ladyboy.

[moontang]

22 minutes ago, steven100 said:

many on TV post fake and try to make out they are in Thailand when they are actually not. I've caught out a few TV members .... they know who they are.   

Especially true of some of the very old bunch...they speak of things like they are current or at least recent, but you come to find out they may not have been in the country for decades.  Add them to the know it all younger ones, whose expertise is based on their single 9 day drinking binge tour, and it can seem difficult to get accurate information.

[bbabythai]

2 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I could not see myself shagging a ladyboy pre opp or not. I find it hard to believe any completely heterosexual guy would knowingly <deleted> a ladyboy.

Im the same as you pal. Ladyboys freak me out. I hate it when I walk past one and they grab my arm

[NanLaew]

19 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

Despite owning a Condo in central Pattaya and living there for 6 months per year pre-covid, I now give up on jumping through all the hoops Thailand and Australia are putting up to get back there.

 

I will return at some point to sell my condo once communist Australia let's their citizens leave again, however I think I'm done with Thailand.

 

Anyone else giving up due to the barriers to get back?

Aussie mate of mine burned out on Bangkok, Pattaya and finally Phuket over that last 15 years or so so sold up about 2 months ago and booked a flight back to Sydney.

 

He's been bounced from at least two repatriation flights due to the 350 pax/day arrivals cap at SYD and is still here.

[Grumpy one]

13 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

I’m in the same situation as you, bought my condo a year before the China virus, now stuck in Australia. No sense in giving up on Thailand though, as Thai border will be open long before we’re allowed to leave our Australian prison, so it’s not as if we can go anywhere else in the world either. I’ve been predicting 2023 Oz border opening ever since the insanity started in March, the time will go fast, and heaps of TV and computer games to catch up on.

You dont need to stay in prison

Just ask Morrison for a pass, he gave one to a mate so he could go to Italy to pick up his new boat.

And Abbott just got one to travel to the UK for a new job there

[sungod]

5 minutes ago, moontang said:

Especially true of some of the very old bunch...they speak of things like they are current or at least recent, but you come to find out they may not have been in the country for decades.  Add them to the know it all younger ones, whose expertise is based on their single 9 day drinking binge tour, and it can seem difficult to get accurate information.

My favorites are the guys who live in the middle of nowhere who authoritatively speak about the beach/water conditions in places far away and not visited in years.

[bert bloggs]

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I can answer your loaded question about so called trannies.

Assuming you're talking mostly about "ladyboy" sex workers, the audience for them is overwhelmingly hetero identified men.

Gay men are (in general) not sexually attracted to women or men presenting as women.

Got it now dude?

well i am a guy and love women ,real ones ,why would anyone want one with a d-ck? unless they had gay tendancy's? but each to his own.

[Bender Rodriguez]

20 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

I will return at some point to sell my condo once communist Australia let's their citizens leave again, however I think I'm done with Thailand.

details ? price ? photos ?

[Henryford]

18 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

well i am a guy and love women ,real ones ,why would anyone want one with a d-ck? unless they had gay tendancy's? but each to his own.

I am hetro and am attracted to ladyboys. They are (in general) more attractive than girls, better figures, better dressed, more attentive. I am willing to overlook the odd drawback.

[Jingthing]

17 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

well i am a guy and love women ,real ones ,why would anyone want one with a d-ck? unless they had gay tendancy's? but each to his own.

Dude. 

I never said all straight men are into ladyboys. 

I did say and I know it to be true that the vast majority of the fans of ladyboys identify as straight men. 

You will probably say that their actions make them gay. 

I'm talking about how they identify. 

[bert bloggs]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Dude. 

I never said all straight men are into ladyboys. 

I did say and I know it to be true that the vast majority of the fans of ladyboys identify as straight men. 

You will probably say that their actions make them gay. 

I'm talking about how they identify. 

Dude ????

all i said was "why would anyone want a chick with a dick"? 

i cant understand it ,i know some look very pretty ,but at the end of the day they are a man ,no matter what they think or do . and i dont fancy men . if you do ,i have no problem with that at all.up to you.

 

[Kerryd]

29 minutes ago, Henryford said:

Yes much better in Pattaya now. No coaches and hordes of Chinese. Clean(er) beaches. Enough bars and restaurants/agogos open. Great cheap hotel deals. Wish it would stay like this.

Oddly enough though, it seems there's just as much traffic downtown as there was before, less the double-decker tour buses. Every time I go down South or Central Pattaya or Thepprasit or along Sukhumvit, the traffic seems just as bad as it was at this time last year. 

Even at Immigration. I normally go first thing in the morning on a Tue/Wed/Thu as those are normally the quietest days. Went on Tuesday morning, there was 4 people when I got there. By the time the girl came out to collect the "90 Day" passports, there was probably 3 dozen people there.

Yeah, they've changed how they do 90 Day reports now. Probably to reduce the crowds inside. They collect the passports outside and give you a random number tag with the matching tag clipped to your passport. Then the girl takes them inside to be processed and when the current batch is done she comes back out, hands out the completed passports and collects any from new arrivals. (But they process them in the order collected so even though I had #76, my passport was in the stack before #22 and I got it back before that person got theirs as well. They don't hand out the tags or sort them in numerical order.)

Other business goes in like normal, except they don't even open the doors to let people inside until 8:30 now. Again, probably to reduce the number of people inside. I had to go in to do my "bank book check" as well and when I walked out, the inside was full of people (as full as they allowed).

Was surprised at the number of people there, considering that there hasn't been any "tourists" allowed in for months, and the "genuine tourists" that can't seem to book a ticket on all the airlines that have been flying everyday, are all still on "Amnesty" so most of them probably don't need to go to Immigration for anything.
(Not sure if they extended the Amnesty for 90 Day reports but they are processing them like normal for those that go there.)

The last 2 times I've been to Immigration, it seems there have been more people there than there were (usually) before the "covid crisis". Things are being processed quickly though. Between the 90 Day report and handing in the paperwork for the "bank book check", I was on my way home by 08:39.

Was still a couple dozen people outside when I left and more arriving every minute. 

Maybe the lines will suddenly get shorter a month from now........ 
 

[Dart12]

Personally loving having a tourist town, with all the amenities and a beach...with no traffic or crowds.

Of course, if no people, these businesses won't last either long term.  I have sympathyl for the owners and workers.

[Surelynot]

20 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Nah, just forget Thailand for this year, all will be better next year second half. Personally I'm loving it here now

Agree......amazing at the moment......air quality has improved......absence of manic tourists.....pool and gym are empty.....bars and restaurants still open (Bangkok)........long may this last...(although I do accept the impact on many, many Thais is horrendous).

[bestie]

21 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

well i am a guy and love women ,real ones ,why would anyone want one with a d-ck? unless they had gay tendancy's? but each to his own.

People love people despite their gender, their external characteristics or their social identity. Some people can't imagine to have sex with the opposite gender, some people can. Who cares? What does it matter? Nothing. BTW I don't think that many people here are interested in your sexual preferences under this topic.

[2 is 1]

Personaly i think , why people even want to live (Thailand's a hole place) Pattaya! Nothing Thailand there, only fake sht! And people who only want get as much as they can! Your money! Real Thailand and real people are elsewhere! 

Edited August 27, 2020 by 2 is 1

[rott]

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I can answer your loaded question about so called trannies.

Assuming you're talking mostly about "ladyboy" sex workers, the audience for them is overwhelmingly hetero identified men.

Gay men are (in general) not sexually attracted to women or men presenting as women.

Got it now dude?

Why do you find trannie offensive but not ladyboy. 

 

It is an abbreviation. 

 

I would have thought ladyboy would be considered offensive/demeaning by the progressive left as an adult male is referred to as a boy. 

[bert bloggs]

3 minutes ago, bestie said:

People love people despite their gender, their external characteristics or their social identity. Some people can't imagine to have sex with the opposite gender, some people can. Who cares? What does it matter? Nothing. BTW I don't think that many people here are interested in your sexual preferences under this topic.

and they are interested in yours more?

[bert bloggs]

4 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

Personaly i think , why people even want to live (Thailand's a hole place) Pattaya! Nothing Thailand there, only fake sht! And people who only want get as much as they can! Your money! Real Thailand and they people are elsewhere! 

so why are you on the Pattaya thread?

[J Town]

20 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

Anyone else giving up due to the barriers to get back?

HELL no! Came here in 2006 and, other than a few speed bumps, it's gotten better and better each year. The less bitter people here, the better it gets.

[Youlike]

14 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

I’ve been predicting 2023 Oz border opening ever since the insanity started in March, the time will go fast, and heaps of TV and computer games to catch up on.

But no girls to catch up on...

[Pilotman]

1 hour ago, Henryford said:

Yes much better in Pattaya now. No coaches and hordes of Chinese. Clean(er) beaches. Enough bars and restaurants/agogos open. Great cheap hotel deals. Wish it would stay like this.

me too, here's hoping.  It not done yet. 

[Jingthing]

26 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

Dude ????

all i said was "why would anyone want a chick with a dick"? 

i cant understand it ,i know some look very pretty ,but at the end of the day they are a man ,no matter what they think or do . and i dont fancy men . if you do ,i have no problem with that at all.up to you.

 

No. Not into ladyboys. They're for straight guys.