Farewell Pattaya

[Khon Kaen Dave]

7 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'll be back!

 

 

I think it's "i'll be beck" it took me ages to work that out. I was always looking for him to return as someone called 'Beck'

[ThailandLOS]

3 hours ago, Wake Up said:

You must be kidding. LMAO. 55555

Oh yes it stings, even so much that you took the time to snoop around in my profile :)

 

Be sure to test yourself regularly after your 'daily sex' with bar hookers

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, ThailandLOS said:

Oh yes it stings, even so much that you took the time to snoop around in my profile :)

 

Be sure to test yourself regularly after your 'daily sex' with bar hookers

ever heard of condoms? They really work.

[JSixpack]

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Unfortunately the night scene is a joke for anyone been in Pattaya. Loi Kroh Rd- a sad almost dead version of a Pattaya barbeer area. I went into the boxing ring complex and many barbeers were shuttered, and hardly any bars had customers.

The road itself has a few barbeers, but with few customers, and many massage places also very quiet.

 

But . . . but this sounds like Chiang Mai is in a DEATH SPIRAL like Pattaya with a critical shortage of Golden Egg Layers.

 

When's The Chiang Mai Pavements Rant, or had that better go into the Chiang Mai forum?

 

Edited June 3, 2017 by JSixpack

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, JSixpack said:

 

But . . . but this sounds like Chiang Mai is in a DEATH SPIRAL like Pattaya with a critical shortage of Golden Egg Layers.

 

When's The Chiang Mai Pavements Report, or had that better go into the Chiang Mai forum?

 

I see you are also posting on the C M forum. I guess I'd better be prepared for more of your little "quips" about whatever I write.

 

BTW, C M is hardly in a death spiral, but the night scene is pretty dead in comparison to Pattaya.

 

Pavements are much like in Pattaya, a bit rubbish, if there are any.

Edited June 3, 2017 by thaibeachlovers

[GaryB1263]

On 6/1/2017 at 11:36 AM, balo said:

 

Nope, plenty of offers around , and the best of them all is Deli Diner opposite Tukcom 

 

99 baht for this British breakfast , with 2 toasts, bacon, sausages, eggs, beans, tomato, fried potato. Coffee and juice included. 

 

 

Having said that , I also prefer to cook at home , but this breakfast at Deli Diner is real value for money, coffee is good too.  

Let's face it , Chiang Mai can't compete at all , yes they do have some good restaurants if you don't care about your budget .  

 

There is no way he is making money selling that breakfast for 99THB.

 

 

[balo]

6 hours ago, GaryB1263 said:

There is no way he is making money selling that breakfast for 99THB

They have been in business for 2 years now and their othern dishes are also cheap , around 150-200 baht.  Lots of customers, central location .   Great staff, clean .  Can't ask for more. 

 

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Edited June 4, 2017 by balo

[thaibeachlovers]

3 hours ago, balo said:

They have been in business for 2 years now and their othern dishes are also cheap , around 150-200 baht.  Lots of customers, central location .   Great staff, clean .  Can't ask for more. 

 

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Hmmmm. I don't consider 200 baht to be "cheap". Cheap is a 35 baht instant meal from 7 11.

However, I liked Pitini's full English at around 150 as a treat.

[Rimmer]

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[anto]

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Hmmmm. I don't consider 200 baht to be "cheap". Cheap is a 35 baht instant meal from 7 11.

However, I liked Pitini's full English at around 150 as a treat.

I got a ready meal take away from the local market in my Suburb of Chiang mai today for B20  ,with plenty of meat and veg .That i call cheap .

[balo]

I am 

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Hmmmm. I don't consider 200 baht to be "cheap". Cheap is a 35 baht instant meal from 7 11.

 

I am talking about western dishes as cheap , I'm sure you understand that , 

 

150-200 baht for a western dish prepared in a kitchen where they know how to cook is rare in Thailand. 

 

Edited June 4, 2017 by balo

[thaibeachlovers]

39 minutes ago, balo said:

I am 

 

I am talking about western dishes as cheap , I'm sure you understand that , 

 

150-200 baht for a western dish prepared in a kitchen where they know how to cook is rare in Thailand. 

 

Have you tried many? I have found several that do a really nice western meal for under 200.

Depends what one wants I suppose. If it's a popular meal it would be easy to find, but something unusual not so much.

 

I assume that you are not including Pizza Hut, and Sizzler etc.

[AlexRich]

On 5/31/2017 at 2:27 PM, simoh1490 said:

I recall many years on this forum espousing the virtues of life in Chiang Mai, only to be ridiculed by the Pattaya set. Too quiet and too boring they said, no bars they cried, few girls they yelled, I'd never visit there let alone live there they screamed....now, many years later Chiang Mai has grown up and has much to offer, many many of the old naysayers are now firmly in residence here, far too funny.

 

Only because the Viagra doesn't work any more!

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

5 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

Only because the Viagra doesn't work any more!

 

 

I walked down Loi Kroh Rd this evening about dusk. Seems half the shops/ bars/ whatever are closed. Only about 2 massage places open where I went. It was like a post apocalyptic movie for lack of life. 

Pattaya may be quiet, but this was almost dead in comparison. Perhaps all the tourists were in their rooms preparing for a shopping trip to the night market.

Just as well I didn't come up here for the night life.

[AlexRich]

31 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I walked down Loi Kroh Rd this evening about dusk. Seems half the shops/ bars/ whatever are closed. Only about 2 massage places open where I went. It was like a post apocalyptic movie for lack of life. 

Pattaya may be quiet, but this was almost dead in comparison. Perhaps all the tourists were in their rooms preparing for a shopping trip to the night market.

Just as well I didn't come up here for the night life.

 

Correct. It's certainly not like Bangkok or Pattaya ... but it is a lovely chilled place with great shopping and eating, as well as amazing countryside.

 

But be careful down that road ... one of the bars serves "meat and two veg" ... if you get my meaning! 

 

[balo]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I assume that you are not including Pizza Hut, and Sizzler etc.

That's not western is it ? Ok maybe it is but it tastes so so .

 

Scandinavian, German , British, Italian and French cuisine  can be found all over Pattaya/Jomtien/Naklua. Not in Bangkok or Chiang Mai.  That's the advantage of living in a tourist area with a good mix of people. 

 

 

 

Edited June 4, 2017 by balo

[anto]

>>one of the bars serves "meat and two veg" <<

 

Is that the bar with the good looking ones ?

[piersbeckett]

On 6/1/2017 at 8:47 AM, Kabula said:

Your observations and report were excellent.

 

We all need a reset from time to tim; especially for the new arrivals.

 

When the negative thoughts overpower the positive thoughts about any country, go back to your home country and chances are you will want to leave within a week; especially if you are a senior, if not sooner, and when you get back you will appreciate what you left a lot more.

As a senior I agree but it can work both ways; I found on a recent trip back home things, to my mind, had improved in some ways there so although I'm not going back for good, my plan is to go back for two or three months every year now.

[Kabula]

1 hour ago, piersbeckett said:

As a senior I agree but it can work both ways; I found on a recent trip back home things, to my mind, had improved in some ways there so although I'm not going back for good, my plan is to go back for two or three months every year now.

You must have been disgusted with murder rates doubling in many areas, violent, bloody protests, TSA nonsense, feeling invisible by the opposite sex or same sex, and public, political and financial fear of currency devaluations. Along with stock market, currency retreats and the future threat of Marshall Law and border shutdowns that are happening in many countries now. How was the weather?  Any flooding, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, range fires, tornados, and hail. Did any militarized Police drag you off the plane or pull you over while driving?  Did a nurse offer you a free flu shot? Then there is the threat of N. Korea  nuking you or eventually radiating you.

Watching the reality show news there must have been entertaining.

If any big event/s happens in the world, (World War, Worldwide Financial collapses),most borders will shut down and you will stay where you are when it happens.

Currently, countries under seige have had civilian airlines cancel all flights in and out. 

Edited June 6, 2017 by Kabula

[Havrum]

Chiang Mai is the <deleted> of Thailand. There are some pretty nice provinces a hundred miles to the south of Chiang Mai like Khampeng Phet, Lopburi etc in Centrail Thailand, but Chiang Mai is a shithole exacerbated by the tourist boom in recent years.

 

Pattaya is and will remain the best city in Thailand.

Edited June 6, 2017 by Havrum

[Havrum]

On 6/4/2017 at 11:24 PM, balo said:

I am 

 

I am talking about western dishes as cheap , I'm sure you understand that , 

 

150-200 baht for a western dish prepared in a kitchen where they know how to cook is rare in Thailand. 

 

 

Either cook your own, go Thai or go vegetarian. You can make your own rice meal with pickled condiments and vegetables for under 10 baht..... Eat fruit for breakfast and lunch. Thailand has some of the best fruit in the world and fruit is nature's perfect food for humans, full vitamins, minerals, enzymes that nourishes pro-biotics in the digestive tract, anti-oxidants, full of energy providing carbs and glucose. It requires no cooking and is ready to eat in it's raw form. When you eat 1 orange instead eat 5 of them, 1 banana eat 3. It might seem weird at first but very soon your body will start craving the good stuff and will no longer desire that putrid, rancid, cancer causing piece of meat. Eat as much fruit as you like and desire, fructose is simply converted to energy, it is impossible to get fat off of fruit.

 

The Thais have been eating nothing but rice, fruit and  vegetables for 1,000 years, only recently have they had a large amount of meat available ( and it is still expensive). Thais are pretty slender and energetic people.

Edited June 6, 2017 by Havrum

[yardrunner]

3 minutes ago, Havrum said:

Chiang Mai is the <deleted> of Thailand. There are some pretty nice provinces a hundred miles to the south of Chiang Mai like Khampeng Phet, Lopburi etc in Centrail Thailand, but Chiang Mai is a shithole exacerbated by the tourist boom in recent years.

 

Pattaya is and will remain the best city in Thailand.

If Pattaya is the best city in Thailand all i can say is god help Thailand, in my opinion it is a very down market version of Blackpool in the UK and no i am not a big fan of Blackpool either

[champers]

And don't forget, chips count as vegetables....and crisps.

[Havrum]

Just now, yardrunner said:

If Pattaya is the best city in Thailand all i can say is god help Thailand, in my opinion it is a very down market version of Blackpool in the UK and no i am not a big fan of Blackpool either

 

It is for a single man. The whole Thai countryside and smaller cities are all quite nice but it is better for a farang that is integrated with Thailand to an extent, has a girlfriend or wife, friends, family, speaks some Thai etc. For the average bloke farang Pattaya is the best place.

[Havrum]

Just now, champers said:

And don't forget, chips count as vegetables....and crisps.

 

Absolutely.

[champers]

3 minutes ago, yardrunner said:

If Pattaya is the best city in Thailand all i can say is god help Thailand, in my opinion it is a very down market version of Blackpool in the UK and no i am not a big fan of Blackpool either

I miss the fat divorcees from Glasgow.

[JSixpack]

This is completely off topic so we can't discuss it in this thread. You may start a new topic preferably over in the Health forum. I'll throw in this one reply but it may be deleted, esp if you reply to it here.

 

1 hour ago, Havrum said:

You can make your own rice meal with pickled condiments and vegetables for under 10 baht.....

 

Snack, rather, with rice providing useless carbs unless you're starving.

 

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Eat fruit for breakfast and lunch. Thailand has some of the best fruit in the world

 

But not berries, which would be the go-to fruit. Fresh berries are quite expensive, so that leaves frozen, and even the frozen blueberries ain't cheap. I go for frozen strawberries mostly.

 

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and fruit is nature's perfect food for humans

 

No. You a fruitarian?

 

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full of energy providing carbs and glucose

 

and fructose. Now it's time to view Sugar: The Bitter Truth.

 

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very soon your body will start craving the good stuff . . . . Eat as much fruit as you like and desire, fructose is simply converted to energy, it is impossible to get fat off of fruit.

 

Will start craving more sweet stuff and carbs in general. Fruit can--and probably will--given the typical diet & lack of exercise--contribute to metabolic syndrome and obesity. Do consider the glycemic load when choosing fruit:

 

https://adrenalfatiguesolution.com/fruits-lowest-glycemic-load/

 

Found this in my notes: the high carbohydrate content of some fruits can make them raise your blood sugar levels quite rapidly. For example, a large banana has 31 grams of carbohydrates and a mango has 50 grams of carbohydrates. Many large fruits, such as apples and pears, can easily provide between 30 and 36 grams of carbohydrates, which turns into the equivalent of 7 to 9 teaspoons of sugar.

 

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The Thais have been eating nothing but rice, fruit and  vegetables for 1,000 years, only recently have they had a large amount of meat available ( and it is still expensive). Thais are pretty slender and energetic people.

 

It's all a lot more complicated than that. "Are" or just "were" and "look?" . . . comparisons between the weight of Americans / Europeans and Asians using BMI is misleading, it exaggerates the difference. Asians are often “skinny fat” or even get diabetes at BMI levels that are considered normal for Caucasians (e.g BMI 24).

 

Read more here:

 

https://www.dietdoctor.com/why-are-asian-rice-eaters-thin

http://eatingacademy.com/nutrition/how-do-some-cultures-stay-lean-while-still-consuming-high-amounts-of-carbohydrates

 

Edited June 6, 2017 by JSixpack

[JSixpack]

1 hour ago, champers said:

And don't forget, chips count as vegetables....and crisps.

 

No. They count as starches and fat.

Edited June 6, 2017 by JSixpack

[AlexRich]

On 6/5/2017 at 1:46 AM, anto said:

>>one of the bars serves "meat and two veg" <<

 

Is that the bar with the good looking ones ?

 

Not sure ... beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

[thaibeachlovers]

On ‎05‎.‎06‎.‎2017 at 7:46 AM, anto said:

>>one of the bars serves "meat and two veg" <<

 

Is that the bar with the good looking ones ?

Unfortunately not. Often the katoeys look better than the real thing, but haven't seen that up in the north.