I'm amazed at how many people seem to still be here. The russians have not gone home to the beautiful moscow spring. The bars and walking street still packed. Is it really low season yet? Has your landlord given you a low season discount?

What's your feeling?

No my rent on my house has been the same 10k for 5 years now...but with my home currency depreciation, its still costing me about 25% more.

Edited May 13, 201115 yr by FarangBuddha

when rain season come it's low season

Since one week, most of the Russian/Eastern European Guests in my Condo Building are gone. Its low season again and I am loving it.

Numbers in the past few years have exploded due to Russians, Indians and the Chinese. Do these people tend to prefer the same seasons as the Europeans and other nationalities or do they not care and thus have the old seasonal effects been smoothed out to some extent?

There has been a noticeable drop in Russians since Songkran. Because the roads are so congested all year around you never really feel seasonal change.

Guess what? Most people in Pattaya are Thai. They're not going anywhere.

felt like low season already in feb and march

felt like low season already in feb and march

East Pattaya is low season all year around.

East Pattaya is low season all year around.

yepp, that's why I stay here, and I love like it..

Edited May 14, 201115 yr by vel_tins

trafficwise no low season like last year. bars? i do not know really. the good established ones seem to be ok as usual. but over the yearsnthe bar business is getting boring to me. lucky tourists, they really enjoy it. good thing i drastically reduced alcohol consumption, bad thg...without alsohol you are an alien here.

. good thing i drastically reduced alcohol consumption, bad thg...without alsohol you are an alien here.

That's probably why you drank so much in the first place - an obsessive need to blend in and lack of self confidence. I have no problem living here as a non-drinker. I never give it a second thought.