dcfc2007 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, Blue Streak said: Yes I've heard until the 15th or August, something to do with the owners of the complex, so I'm led to belive.. Anyway a few lighting up on the Skaw Beach side of ''Tree Town'' didn't see anyone drinking......... Onto Soi Buakhao........ No sign of tourists coming for the next 3 months at the very least. It's going to be dog eat dog. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc2007 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 https://www.bahtsold.com/view/pattaya-sports-bar-restaurant-guesthouse-396851#images-5 Robins nest also advertised for sale. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 I walked the length of Buakhao earlier this morning so too early to see much difference in the bars since yesterday's posts, but the tape across the entry to The Beer Hubb is gone and the chairs and tables at Piss Stop look to have been moved around. A noticeable increase in girls on the streets both yesterday and today - mostly new arrivals I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayray Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, KWA said: I walked the length of Buakhao earlier this morning so too early to see much difference in the bars since yesterday's posts, but the tape across the entry to The Beer Hubb is gone and the chairs and tables at Piss Stop look to have been moved around. A noticeable increase in girls on the streets both yesterday and today - mostly new arrivals I think. reckon there would have been some great bargins in Pattaya last few weeks,see on different youtube videos plenty of good looking ladies around the beach and soi Buakhao regards grayray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) I am kinda starting to think it is gonna take a long time ( mass carnage to bars ) before anything that resembles normal starts to appear again in Patts ... Edited July 1, 2020 by code_slayer_bkk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Stopped for a bit at Nikom last night while they were sticking social distancing marks on the tables. Also noteworthy were the new no smoking signs. It remains to be seen where the smokers will be relegated to, but if the no smoking areas are enforced, that'll be a big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 A mate was half an hour or so after me on Buakhao and said the shutters into Scooters Bar were part way up, so that looks promising too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Just back from a shopping run and noticed Triangle, bars in New Plaza and a few others along Buakhao are already open for business. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 I'll slip down to Walking Street later...about 18.00 hrs and see who's being busy........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) I would reckon about 50% open on Buakhao, and that was around 1:00pm so still a few later openers to show. Crazy 80s, Fubar 2 and the others in that small strip all open but up past the S bend there's a row of another 5 on the other side of the road all closed. Similar down towards the Tuesday/Friday market end. Marquee open, Piss Stop open, Trench Town open, Sports Town (name?) open. Katesiree House closed which surprised me. Edited July 1, 2020 by KWA 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 I would imagine the smaller bars with lower overheads are most likely to open and, more particularly, stay open. There are just not enough expats to go round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jambo said: I would imagine the smaller bars with lower overheads are most likely to open and, more particularly, stay open. There are just not enough expats to go round. Or holiday or fun gal seeking travelers .... Then if the wuhan virus " scare " number 2 rolls around .. jeez .. hate to think what the place will become Plus, this is the perfect opportunity for the "powers that be " to radically fulfill their vision of what Patts is to become Edited July 1, 2020 by code_slayer_bkk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc2007 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Jambo said: I would imagine the smaller bars with lower overheads are most likely to open and, more particularly, stay open. There are just not enough expats to go round. I personally think there will be a rush to the bars over the first few weeks as expats who have been under night curfew for months rush to spend their baht. However, with the baht strong against most Western currencies I don't think expats are going to be running up 10k baht bar bins. I think the real pain will come in September/October when the initial rush fades away, and if there are no tourists allowed, a lot of bars are going to struggle. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 41 minutes ago, code_slayer_bkk said: Plus, this is the perfect opportunity for the "powers that be " to radically fulfill their vision of what Patts is to become What I have been saying since day 1. Never let a good crisis go to waste. Use it. A basic rule of politics (and management). And generally you can even "give it a hand" for it to go the way you want... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Had a whizz round tonight between 18.00-19.30hrs..... Lots open by the every day market on Soi Buakhao but not the R-con ones on the bend...... Main part of New Plaza and the fish shop open....... About 50% of Soi 7 open but not very well attended... Beach Rd..... ''Five Star'' by Mikes Shopping Mall'' was open as well.....onto Walking Street... No attempt at all here..... A maybe later on....... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Blue Streak Posted July 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2020 A couple of maybe for later on... I would say a big no, which is a shame..... But again in LOS not all doom and gloom providing I don't have to get my canoe out later I'll pop in here..... Not a thing going on here in Soi 15...... 7 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Blue Streak Posted July 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2020 Back to W/S... Soi 14, not a sausage........ The ''Night Bazaar'' has reopened up by MIT....... MIT in total darkness....... Behind the Kasikorn bank on Soi Buakhao those complex's have quite a few open..... Doesn't look like a lot going on at the rear of ''Tree Town''..... But the side and front looks open..... Unfortunately rain stopped play before I could venture south down Soi Buakhao, as this which I saw on the beach caught up with me.......lol... 14 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Thai Spice said: What I have been saying since day 1. Never let a good crisis go to waste. Use it. A basic rule of politics (and management). And generally you can even "give it a hand" for it to go the way you want... Plenty of times they have planned for changes and never carried them through but this time with the pandemic they may find that large areas of the city will start to look very sorry for themselves by forced closure and a lack of money being generated in certain market segments. Not to do anything will be seen as poor management so maybe the pandemic is a perfect time to do what they have not had the will or interest in doing in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey_omelette Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Great pics, thanks for updating us all. Edited July 1, 2020 by monkey_omelette 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Looks very ominous does it not? Expats will mostly use their favorite couple of bars and if they are anything like me they are not going to go out drinking every night. Are there any GoGo's open? If so, I would be very interested to know what the new "normal" is like in practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 29 minutes ago, Jambo said: Looks very ominous does it not? Expats will mostly use their favorite couple of bars and if they are anything like me they are not going to go out drinking every night. Are there any GoGo's open? If so, I would be very interested to know what the new "normal" is like in practice. I didn't see any and lads popping into ''Le Pub'' were saying none were open..... ''Scooters'' and ''Coyotes'' and ''Q'' bar were open on Soi Buakhao....On Beach Rd there was a banner out the front of TQ2 saying opening Tuesday 7th ...........The ''Wonderful bar'' and ''Bodega'' were open on Sai2 as was ''Smile Avenue'' beer bar complex by '' Mikes Shopping Mall''....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Blue Streak said: I didn't see any and lads popping into ''Le Pub'' were saying none were open..... ''Scooters'' and ''Coyotes'' and ''Q'' bar were open on Soi Buakhao....On Beach Rd there was a banner out the front of TQ2 saying opening Tuesday 7th ...........The ''Wonderful bar'' and ''Bodega'' were open on Sai2 as was ''Smile Avenue'' beer bar complex by '' Mikes Shopping Mall''....... Have to have girls to reopen a GoGo. If you have girls you have to pay them generally funded by the customers that come through the doors and buy drinks. I cannot see how it would make economic sense for them to reopen until unrestricted tourism returns. Edited July 2, 2020 by Jambo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 With the government's continuing insistence on arrivals having appropriate insurance for C19 and a 'fit to fly' certificate with several conditions attached, there's not going to be a stampede of tourists any time soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 5 months a year for the last 7 years and a permanent rental for 10 but at almost 75 it rules me out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayray Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 minute ago, biggles said: 5 months a year for the last 7 years and a permanent rental for 10 but at almost 75 it rules me out! shit! I will be 76 before I can get back,hopefully,will self funded insurance be ok?,cause with some of the health problems I've had the last few years I want get in Insurance cover had to pay 460AUD back in 2016 for 16days regards grayray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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