salavan Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 hi im just curious many people in pattaya refer to "the dark side" where is this place, im not a resident of pattaya not yet anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upnotover Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 East of Sukhumvit, the place to be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneyboy Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Ah the bi monthly what and where is the dark side thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaPhom Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Yep, other side of Suk....not for some as the mental barrier of 6 lanes kicks in but nevertheless is an affordable place to be with restaurants, bars, cheaper than beachside. The past few years seen many Lotus Express and BigC open. Relaxed and can be fun. No doubt the locals will name a few places worth seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted January 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2014 No... the dark side is horrible, dark and dangerous. Even the locals try to avoid it. Please stay on the beach side. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post giddyup Posted January 15, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2014 No... the dark side is horrible, dark and dangerous. Even the locals try to avoid it. Please stay on the beach side. By all means stay on the vastly overcrowded and overpriced beach side. We want to keep the dark side underpopulated and underdeveloped and keep the riffraff out. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Who said the OP is riffraff ? Most likely most of us were "riffraff" when we first came to Pattatya and the many who found wifes and lives here and became non-riffraff moved to the dark side or other surrounding areas. Seeing as the OP's next question will be "Why do they call it the dark side"? I will give my true theory; In 2005 when they were cutting power off at first the "Cock Inn" and "Noi's" and a few other bars for not paying copyright fines week after week it became knows as The Dark Side. I'm sure many will disagree but ...... Edited January 15, 2014 by Gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackman Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Who said the OP is riffraff ? Most likely most of us were "riffraff" when we first came to Pattatya and the many who found wifes and lives here and became non-riffraff moved to the dark side or other surrounding areas. Seeing as the OP's next question will be "Why do they call it the dark side"? I will give my true theory; In 2005 when they were cutting power off at first the "Cock Inn" and "Noi's" and a few other bars for not paying copyright fines week after week it became knows as The Dark Side. I'm sure many will disagree but ...... i don't disagree with your ''true theory'' (whatever that is) its just complete and utter nonsense 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaoboi Bebobp Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) I am not running down the Darkside. I really liked it there. But I just moved back to the bright lights. After two months of running the Soi Nern Plub Waan (Soi 53, Soi Muslim) death gauntlet, I had enough. Ducking and weaving across the (uncontrolled) railway track bridge was also a challenge. Motoring across the Mad Max zone of Sukhumvit took its toll too. The red baht bus ran only every 20-30 minutes so I walked a lot. If you don't get your moto across Klang and Sukhumvit by 3 on the way home, you might as well walk. OK, bit of an exaggeration. Had a wonderful, quiet, cheap apartment on the Darkside, good cheap food and seemingly a friendlier local vibe. But most of my shopping and night life was on the beach side of Suk. So I walked out early on my paid up apartment. My particular circumstance was fear of a moto accident or getting run over along NPW or Suk. Sad to leave, but relieved to have left. Edited January 15, 2014 by Kaoboi Bebobp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Who said the OP is riffraff ? Most likely most of us were "riffraff" when we first came to Pattatya and the many who found wifes and lives here and became non-riffraff moved to the dark side or other surrounding areas. Seeing as the OP's next question will be "Why do they call it the dark side"? I will give my true theory; In 2005 when they were cutting power off at first the "Cock Inn" and "Noi's" and a few other bars for not paying copyright fines week after week it became knows as The Dark Side. I'm sure many will disagree but ...... i don't disagree with your ''true theory'' (whatever that is) its just complete and utter nonsense And your theory is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post juliusk Posted January 16, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2014 Who said the OP is riffraff ? Most likely most of us were "riffraff" when we first came to Pattatya and the many who found wifes and lives here and became non-riffraff moved to the dark side or other surrounding areas. Seeing as the OP's next question will be "Why do they call it the dark side"? I will give my true theory; In 2005 when they were cutting power off at first the "Cock Inn" and "Noi's" and a few other bars for not paying copyright fines week after week it became knows as The Dark Side. I'm sure many will disagree but ...... Come on Gone, you always have many sensible posts inhere but now your theory sounds like a bar theory :-) Anyways, the reason imo why they call it the Darkside goes back a few years when there were hardly any lights at the roads and just a few moo baans and thats it. Thats why it was called the Darkside. Nothing like it is now at Khao Noi,NPW,SSCC and Khao Talo. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Who said the OP is riffraff ? Most likely most of us were "riffraff" when we first came to Pattatya and the many who found wifes and lives here and became non-riffraff moved to the dark side or other surrounding areas. Seeing as the OP's next question will be "Why do they call it the dark side"? I will give my true theory; In 2005 when they were cutting power off at first the "Cock Inn" and "Noi's" and a few other bars for not paying copyright fines week after week it became knows as The Dark Side. I'm sure many will disagree but ...... Come on Gone, you always have many sensible posts inhere but now your theory sounds like a bar theory :-) Anyways, the reason imo why they call it the Darkside goes back a few years when there were hardly any lights at the roads and just a few moo baans and thats it. Thats why it was called the Darkside. Nothing like it is now at Khao Noi,NPW,SSCC and Khao Talo. Sorry to disagree but I was one of the patrons sitting in those bars in 2005 when we were drinking in the "dark" and I had never heard it called the dark side until during those times. People never called it the dark side when there were less lights and less developed.There was a certain spree of bars having their electric meters taken away until they paid the 25 to 50,000 baht fines wich back then took some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Who said the OP is riffraff ? Most likely most of us were "riffraff" when we first came to Pattatya and the many who found wifes and lives here and became non-riffraff moved to the dark side or other surrounding areas. Seeing as the OP's next question will be "Why do they call it the dark side"? I will give my true theory; In 2005 when they were cutting power off at first the "Cock Inn" and "Noi's" and a few other bars for not paying copyright fines week after week it became knows as The Dark Side. I'm sure many will disagree but ...... Come on Gone, you always have many sensible posts inhere but now your theory sounds like a bar theory :-) Anyways, the reason imo why they call it the Darkside goes back a few years when there were hardly any lights at the roads and just a few moo baans and thats it. Thats why it was called the Darkside. Nothing like it is now at Khao Noi,NPW,SSCC and Khao Talo. Sorry to disagree but I was one of the patrons sitting in those bars in 2005 when we were drinking in the "dark" and I had never heard it called the dark side until during those times. People never called it the dark side when there were less lights and less developed.There was a certain spree of bars having their electric meters taken away until they paid the 25 to 50,000 baht fines wich back then took some time. How parochial. I called it the dark side in 1998 but then again, I wasn't sitting in a bar without electricity on Khao Noi, Khao Talo, Nernplubwan or anywhere else in (what is now) the Pattaya ghetto. Anyone remember Mick's little country pub 'The Cherry Tree' way out on Siam CC road? Now THAT was truly the dark side. It is still there btw, all broken and overgrown with 'beware of the dogs' signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomcondo Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I remember in 2002 it being called the darkside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Bickering posts removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Well I guess we all have our own opinions and I will stick with mine. I think the OP's questions have been answered and then some so I'm off topic. Either way I like the dark side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudRight Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Even the moon has a dark side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recycler Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I'm still looking for the light side of Pattaya... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostmebike Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I like a bit of the dark stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucjoker Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 please don't reveal this location to the tourists! Tell them to stay away,stay in lovely Pattaya! It's really not safe here! We don't want to spoil our side with low lives and sex tourists, Keep away ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcoml Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I lived there off Khao Talo for about 4 years. I have now left and I'm pretty happy to be away as parts of it are trully becoming a ghetto. The usual bars and generally low quality restaurants with more than average gossip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Torrens54 Posted January 17, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2014 Why do you want to know, sounds like you are trying to get directions so you can explore it. As far as I'm concerned, 95% of Pattaya IS THE DARK SIDE, 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggusoil Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 No... the dark side is horrible, dark and dangerous. Even the locals try to avoid it. Please stay on the beach side. Well that's a dead giveaway now. The dark "secret's" out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggusoil Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Even the moon has a dark side. . . . too f . . .'n cold mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 East of Sukhumvit, the place to be. Or the penultimate place where you will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wat dee Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Soi Yodsak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptile91602 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Pretty much every thing about it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n210mp Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 The dark side got its name from those UK Ex pats from the NW of the UK who compared Pattaya and the front, Beach toad area to Blackpool, using Sukhumavit road as the divider. For those in the know there certainly was a similarity in that on the Bright side of Pattaya and like Blackpool you could expect to be relieved of your coppers very quickly and efficiently by the sand hoppers who waited like preying mantis for their next punter. The dark side of Pattaya, namely those streets from Soi Siam Country club up to Soi Khaotalo, all just off the railway road were where the workers from Issan and the bar ladies usually had rooms long ago. It wasn't long before the area developed its own style and infrastructure which attracted those people who wanted both a cheaper and shall we say less stressful place to reside whilst enjoying the delights of Pattaya At this time in my opinion the dark side is becoming darker, too busy, too stressful as other posters have mentioned and suffering from the loss of money spending tourists which results in increasing crime levels not just on Ex pats but on Thais themselves. In other words the Thai on Thai crime seems to be increasing at the same time that the Tourists are disapearing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabphil Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) Theres some good things goin on the Darkside ..well worth the tour of duty once a week... oh yeh !!! Edited January 17, 2014 by fabphil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 beats me why anyone would want to live in pattaya at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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