Jambo

I invariably found that in Bangsaray the period of extreme rainfall was in October when it could be continuous for 2 - 3 consecutive days which hardly ever happens in any other month of the rainy season. Then, like throwing an "off" switch the rain ceased in the first week of November and out came my golf clubs once again. I was getting feedback from friends that it continued to rain in Pattaya last year well into November.

I wish they would stick to a traditional Thai diet. Whatever happened to the typical Thai girl's description of: Long black shiny hair Five feet 4 inches tall 45 kilo's, wet through. If Soi6 put out a ladies tug of war team they would not have a shortage of prospective anchor women.

Since I was introduced to Morgan Spiced I would rather pay more and drink somewhat less. I used to drink Bacardi/coke as my spirit of choice but that now tastes so bland. A week on Friday I will be drinking Morgan Spiced in Morgan's Tavern! Hopefully I will not go down with Covid after 4 days like last time. 🤣

Same in Mae Sot where the rainy season "usually" starts and ends a month earlier than in Pattaya. It is therefore late and with no sign of rain yet Sai spends most mornings irrigating the farm due to the excessive heat. Fortunately, they have access to an underground source of water and a system for storage and purifying for the house.

I stand to be corrected but isn't Sangsom made from sugar cane and is therefore rum not whiskey. Either way, it tastes like piss!

On and off I have lived in Scotland for some 21 years and for the life of me cannot tell one whisky from another. I occasionally drink it neat but being a Sassenach I proved that by much preferring it with lemonade! 🤣 I used to be a regular visitor to the Cheltenham Races and thoroughly enjoyed hot toddies in the Jameson tent. In fact there was a time when work took me quite regularly to Northern Ireland and found that I much preferred the taste of Irish whisky.

Personally speaking, assuming the band was any good, that would be the only reason that would attract me to a bar complex like this. I used to love The Blues Factory.

I wonder why the girl in the middle is holding Colgate toothpaste in her hand? Maybe the three, top right, have just all used it. 😁

The definition of eccentric is "unconventional and slightly strange." Is that not how the general public as a whole view (at the very least) all expats? 😄 As for solo regular male visitors to Thailand? They think we are all having sex with Thai females half our age. I wish 🤣

Me too with same positive experience.

Personally, I have never liked beer bar complexes. Or maybe, more accurately, I infinitely prefer the ambience of the individual bar/club with a good but not too loud sound system, air con, cold beers and hot slim friendly girls. I mean, whats not to like? Given how it would seem Pattaya already has an over-abundance of existing beer bar complexes mostly devoid of paying customers does anybody think adding new ones to the mix is going to be any more successful?

I took a Tuk Tuk just the once from the airport to street 136 in Phnom Penh and several times thought I was going to end up in hospital. Apart from the terrifying ride breathing in the air pollution was awful. I have only stayed in the Riverside Hotel in street 136 which was fine and right in a busy entertainment area.

I will fly Nok Air to Mae Sot where my car is waiting for me to use during my stay having been basically in storage. Sai and her sister have a Ford truck and some monster Isuzu. I finally changed my flights today. I will fly to Bangkok on the 20th October and then Don Mueang to Mae Sot returning to Edinburgh on the 15th November. On the way back I will give myself a week or so in Pattaya. I picked those dates to hopefully miss the rainy season both "Up North" and in Pattaya. Qatar Airways ripped me off to the tune of four hundred pounds to change my flights. I suppose that reflects how much the fare has increased since I originally booked.

I will be spending the first 19 days of my trip way "Up North" in Mae Sot which is a large town with both a football and separate athletics stadiums. The local football team is not (too) bad and enjoys very enthusiastic and good support from the locals. The climate is somewhat different to Pattaya and usually September is the last month of the rainy season . So if I arrive in October I probably will miss most of the rain but my recollection of mid to late October in Pattaya was often huge thunderstorms and the occasional extended period of several days of non-stop rain which does not usually happen any other month. I think I will change my flight to arrive mid October which means when I get to Pattaya it will be a week or so into November which always used to be dry and was the start of my fair weather golfing season. 😊 Unfortunately, I believe last year was an exception with heavy rain well into November. The worlds weather has gone crazy so why should Thailand be any different.

I have to change my flight back to Thailand and I am trying to decide between September and October. The rainy season usually ends "Up North" by October but in Pattaya (second half of my visit) invariably October is the last and by far the worst month for rain is it not? Decisions, decisions. 🤣 Either way, there are already way too many entertainment venues so maybe it just becomes another white elephant like Tree Town.