Unthinkable a year ago! Video shows how COVID-19 has turned Walking Street in to a ghost town

[ronnie round head]

7 hours ago, Rockhound said:

It's not the virus that did it:  It's the extreme paranoical reaction to the virus that did it.

no it the chinese that did it

[olfu]

Walking street?

My last hope is soi6.

[RobU]

4 hours ago, elliss said:

 

   Absolutely Correet .

    The World's largest brothel , has had its day ..

     Hopefully , the stigma of prostitution ,  in the Kingdom ,is finished ...

I was in Pattaya at Christmas Yes there were girls on the street advertising clubs but there was no overt prostitution. Go to Soy 6 if you want that kind of thing

[Stargeezr]

I wonder what walking street will look like in the Winter of 2021? I doubt that there

will be enough tourists this coming Winter to worry too much about the street 

plugging up.

Geezer

[ezzra]

Reminiscing of similar happening in the Philippines back in the mid 80' when the newly elected Aquino with the help of cardinal Sin has in one swoop cleaned up all the vice and night entertainment in Makati, Mabini and Del Pillar streets that until than they were heaven for men with hundreds of bars and sex outlets galore...

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, Darksidedude said:

This was a normal street back in the early 90's driving anytime day or night

Yes and 2nd Rd used to be 2 way with sewage flowing down it in a channel. What was the point again?

[J Town]

17 hours ago, scammed said:

yeah, its shocking.

on another note, allowing cars on WS is the dumbest thing this city could have ever come up with,

i truly hope the guilty will burn in hell.

why not rename it driving street while you are at it destroying this iconic street

More than once I've enjoyed myself to a staggering jag, always booking a room at P72 so temp home was always close by. Having to dodge cars in that condition is not a welcome thought. I'm going to stay there this coming Tuesday night, I'll take video and post after. And drink a whole lot less.

[David Garden]

It s time to rethink a more sustainable model of business and forget the ugly bars and reputation of Pattaya a former prostitution heaven. Covid is actually an opportunity to erase this hell that was the bars and so on. 

[J Town]

4 minutes ago, David Garden said:

It s time to rethink a more sustainable model of business and forget the ugly bars and reputation of Pattaya a former prostitution heaven. Covid is actually an opportunity to erase this hell that was the bars and so on. 

Uh, no. You are never forced to go to Pattaya, and there are plenty who enjoy this lifestyle. There are no other opportunities for these girls to earn this kind of money and many of them are the main breadwinners for their families. Maybe it's time to rethink prudish attitudes towards the sex industry as so many other countries have and legalize it altogether.

[Rimmer]

A couple of troll posts have been removed

[maxcorrigan]

2 hours ago, J Town said:

Uh, no. You are never forced to go to Pattaya, and there are plenty who enjoy this lifestyle. There are no other opportunities for these girls to earn this kind of money and many of them are the main breadwinners for their families. Maybe it's time to rethink prudish attitudes towards the sex industry as so many other countries have and legalize it altogether.

True i enjoyed WS many times in the long gone past, drove down there last night (29th) it was even deader than the video clips shows kind of sad really, but i think this is the way Uncle Cha Cha wanted it be, it seems he does'nt really like to see foreigners enjoying themselves so his wish has now come true, he must be really happy!

Edited September 30, 2020 by maxcorrigan

[Cod Face]

19 hours ago, Ombra said:

How many people do you need before they are 'milling about'?

No idea, that's why I didn't comment on the 'milling about' part.

Edited September 30, 2020 by Cod Face

[CLW]

Once tourism resumes, walking street with outdoor dining and drinking is the way to go.

Examples can be found in many, also asian countries.

[jacko45k]

26 minutes ago, CLW said:

Once tourism resumes, walking street with outdoor dining and drinking is the way to go.

Examples can be found in many, also asian countries.

They got that already, outside over the sea.... very pleasant,,,, bit pricey.

[SupermarineS6B]

My rear end !  The place was on its knees way before cov turned up, courtesy of the shiny button boys in immigration making Thailand a no go zone ........ "You reap what you sow eh"....... In spades by the looks of it....    

[SupermarineS6B]

6 hours ago, David Garden said:

It s time to rethink a more sustainable model of business and forget the ugly bars and reputation of Pattaya a former prostitution heaven. Covid is actually an opportunity to erase this hell that was the bars and so on. 

Go home, your village is missing you...... 

[J Town]

3 hours ago, CLW said:

Once tourism resumes, walking street with outdoor dining and drinking is the way to go.

Examples can be found in many, also asian countries.

Name ONE Asean country that has anything near to Walking Street.

[elliss]

17 hours ago, RobU said:

I was in Pattaya at Christmas Yes there were girls on the street advertising clubs but there was no overt prostitution. Go to Soy 6 if you want that kind of thing

...

 Soi 8 , better for me , older prostitutes / ladies. 18 - 25, old .. Quite acceptable  ..

  Soi 6 / aka Soi sixteen ,  no thank you , i do have moral codes .?.

 However , that said .  Ladies older , hard times ahead ..

 

Edited September 30, 2020 by elliss

[Jiggo]

On 9/29/2020 at 1:56 PM, Henryford said:

Would make a good set for an apocolpyse zombie movie.

Always was, even before Covid19 lol

[Jiggo]

6 hours ago, J Town said:

Name ONE Asean country that has anything near to Walking Street.

Angeles City PI....

[HashBrownHarry]

9 hours ago, Jiggo said:

Angeles City PI....

Block M - Jakarta

[thaibeachlovers]

On 9/29/2020 at 6:33 PM, webfact said:

Video shows how COVID-19 has turned Walking Street in to a ghost town

Covid did not turn Walking Street into a ghost town. The government did with lockdowns etc.

Same everywhere.

In 1918 to my knowledge more people died and they didn't "lockdown" whole countries.

[thaibeachlovers]

21 hours ago, J Town said:

Name ONE Asean country that has anything near to Walking Street.

Been gone for decades, but in the 70s Singapore had Bugis Street which was way better than Pattaya Walking Street for a fun night out.

They might even have got the idea from Bugis Street.

[holy cow cm]

There is still some real fun to be had in Pattaya. I like the other areas anyway, so they can do what ever the want with the walking street as is inconsequential to me.

[Leaver]

23 hours ago, J Town said:

Name ONE Asean country that has anything near to Walking Street.

Bui Vien Street - Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam. 

 

Edited October 1, 2020 by Leaver

[CLW]

On 9/30/2020 at 4:43 PM, J Town said:

Name ONE Asean country that has anything near to Walking Street.

Maybe misunderstanding, I meant a family-friendly walking street.

 

For example:

 

https://www.chinadiscovery.com/articles/top-10-china-old-streets.html

[Eindhoven]

On 9/29/2020 at 7:28 AM, scammed said:

yeah, its shocking.

on another note, allowing cars on WS is the dumbest thing this city could have ever come up with,

i truly hope the guilty will burn in hell.

why not rename it driving street while you are at it destroying this iconic street

 

Some people live there; I had an apartment there. A few times I had to smack the heads of the useless and drunk Tessakit there(figuratively)....though now they are Special Affairs(ridiculous) 

It's an inconvenience; not being able to get to your home without hassle.

[Damrongsak]

On 9/29/2020 at 2:40 AM, sammieuk1 said:

It looks world class deserted ???? 

You want a world class desert, go to the Atacama Desert in South America.  If you visit the USA, at least Death Valley has a couple gas stations and only gets as hot as 54 degrees C. 

[sezze]

I do find this topic a bit stupid . Pattaya is a tourist area , and Walking Street is a hotspot . There is a rumor that Thailand closed borders a while ago and they supposed to have done that due to some pandemic ( so all tourist places around the world are in very bad shape ) . I don't know if this is true , but that's the rumor i heard somewhere .

What did you expect ? A street full of people , party like it's 1999 ... ??

[fuzzie]

It's not the same everywhere in Thailand,