5 days in Pattaya....

[Yessongs]

     First let me say, that I realize that looking at pics of Pattaya, can be redundant. We have all seen alot of these same pics over and over again for many years. I tried to think “outside the box” a bit here, got to go on an ATV adventure, so hopefully that should mix it up a bit. I am sure many of you also know, that alot of the pics I would like to take, you just can’t do sadly these days, security will not let you at all, like at Insomnia. Did some wifey things, like Nong Nooch Gardens and visited a few temples to see the monks and she brought them gift baskets etc. Won’t bore you with those pics.

With that said, I took her for her B-Day here for 5 nights. Usually I would just book a trip for us and surprise her you know? Decided to get her input back in Feb. I asked her “So, for your B-Day how about we go to Koh Lipe, Ko Phi Phi/Phuket, Ko Chang, Krabi”?  She looks at me and says “Why don’t we just go to Pattaya”?  Whoa…was not expecting that, after being in Hua Hin in Feb. I practically broke my ankle getting up to my “man cave” to look at hotels LOL!  She saved me 10k baht on airfare you know? So, looked at Dusit Thani, Avani, Centara Grand Mirage, Hilton etc. Found this hotel that was relatively new called “Arbour Residence” looked at alot of reviews on various web-sites, seems to be getting great reviews and took a chance and booked it. Nice place on 3rd road, 15 minute walk to the beach, 20 minute taxi to Walking Street at night. Breakfast buffet is included in the price and on the 24th floor a rooftop pool, bar and very nice view of Pattaya. Got a standard King Room, very comfortable bed. 

So we hit a few places over our time there. B-Day night we went to “King Seafood” was very good eating right on the water in the back. After, we hit “I Bar” where we got there after dinner about 8:30pm. Well….alot of complaints these days about “prices” I have to say I Bar happy hour from 8:00pm-10:00pm is not to be missed. 49 baht for my favorite, Sangsom and Coke, and wifey is throwing down Heinekens. Again, out back by the water was nice. Not too crowded yet as it was Monday night. About 10:00pm, it is picking up and these drunk Aussies come in with their Thai Birds right? One guy accidentally bumps into me, says “Oh sorry mate” I tell him “No problem” he smiles and sits down next to us. Next round comes, and the waitress tells us he bought these for us. OK cool…..he leans over and asks me “Mate, just have to ask you, anyone ever tell you, you look like Joe Biden”? I told him “No, but my wife has told me after she is pissed off at me, that I look like Charlie Manson” LOL! Cool guys and the girls they were with, were quite fine. 

Next stop, Insomnia. So up the stairs there, security tells me “No pictures with the camera OK”? I told him “Kao Jai Krap” All good.  Get in there towards the back and man this place is “heaving” with women….I mean alot. Got a table next to where the Insomnia dancer girls are taking rotations, some nice looking women dancing there. I had not been here for at least 7 years I am pretty sure. The lasers, thumping music, the vibe pretty good for a Monday night. So…at this point wifey is felling pretty good I can tell. She is NOT a drinker by any means, even beer. But this night, she is Courtney Love LOL!  She asks me “Can I hab Corona now”?  I told her you should not start mixing beers together, you should stick with Heineken.

 Well…..you know how that goes right? Ok..so this place is in full swing now. A quick trip to the bathroom, stop by the DJ booth, he comes down, I tell him it is wifey’s B-day and could he give her a shout out and perhaps play some “80’s funk music” He was totally cool, spoke perfect English and understood everything. I gave him a 200 baht tip. 10 minutes later his voice comes on and says “Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a birthday girl in the house tonite, give it up for Rachanee” and one of his associates brings over this huge flashlight and shines it on us….cool. Several Thai Birds come over to her, you know the gig, all hugs and love!  He then launches into “Love Roller Coaster” by The Ohio Players. She looks at me and says “Can I go up dere”?  Jesus Christ, I didn’t even get a chance to answer and she is on this small stage with 2 other Thai Birds letting it fly….I didn't know she could dance like that……good lord!  Next up is “No Parking On The Dance Floor” and “Play That Funky Music White Boy” 

 So after she comes down, I can really tell she is buzzed now, she asks me “Can I hab anudder Ka Rona”? Ok…this is not going to end well, but it is her night. So, one of the Insomnia dancers come over to her, who knows what they were saying to each other. She was fine looking, it was OK by me, but I suspect something is in the works right? I was right, she asks me “Can you buy her dlink”?  Yeah Ok…200 baht for the LD. So this girl tells me her name is “Pim/Pom” or something like that. Speaks good English, thanks me for the “dlink” and tells me she gets 75 baht for this. Wifey heads over to the bathroom, so I am feeling pretty good myself, so I ask her “Are you able to bar fine from here and can you go with customers”? She said “Yes, but I cannot go until at least 12:30am” Ok so I asked her “How much for ST/LT”?  She tells me “3k ST, 6k LT” Ok…So wifey comes back, we stay another hour and get out of there at 1:00am. Get the taxi back to the hotel, shower up and time for bed. 6:00am she is poking me in the side and tells me “I hab headache” Well, well, well, what a shocker huh?  I told her "That is why I am the husband, and you are the wife” LOL! They never listen…do they? Two 500MG Tylenol and a glass of water and 4 hours later she is better. 

So over the next few days, did all the basic things. Hit the beach, stayed at the hotel by the pool, had dinner at Hard Rock Cafe, that was interesting. Got a table right next to the railing, where we heard this commotion and leaned over and saw a guy puking right there on the sidewalk….nice. Stayed at Hard Rock the entire night and drank in the bar. 

  Decided to take a flyer and take an ATV adventure. That was good, this company picks you up at your hotel. 2 hour ride, lot’s of choices. Had 3 really cute Thai girls with us in the van. They had game, each one took the 2 wheel ATV. We took the 2 seat dune buggy. So…after an hour out in the mountains, and god knows where else, the 2 guides tell us that we can now branch out and for those that want to, we can “upgrade” for the last hour and take it up a notch. We did that and that was a blast! Full pedal to the medal and the girls went on the cruiser route with the other guide. Wifey was screaming, her head was bouncing around….felt like our wedding night LOL! 

She wanted to hit one of the “Go Go’s” one night after dinner on Walking Street.I know no one is going to believe this, she has NEVER been in a Go Go here in Thailand.  We did, hit Baccara. God I love this woman to death, but she is so naive at times. Get in there, we get seated, they’re just changing girls and 12-15 new ones come on right? Few minutes later, about 4 of them right in front of us drop their tops…..it was quite nice.  She looks over at me and says “Oh my god, they let the girls do like this”?  I was hoping one would come over to us and sit next to me topless and ask me to buy her an LD??  Didn’t happen……as Metallica once said “Sad……………………..But True” 

Pattaya still fun after all these years. 

[Pumpuynarak]

Great pics and report Mike TFP, good to see wifey in her ACDC T shirt 👍

[biggles]

I would often relate stories of my Pattaya night life experiences to my rather naive Filipina partner. She never said it, but obviously didn't totally believe me. 

On our first trip there I took her to a regular 'topless' gogo, and she was quite shocked. When we walked into Windmill she couldn't believe what she was seeing and covered her eyes. After a while curiosity got to her and she peeped.... it wasn't long before the eyes were wide open. Eventually she admitted that she always thought I had been making it up. 

[Derek Dangleberries]

My God man !!!

Those bikini pics had me out in the street looking for somebody to spray me down with ice cold water !!!

[forcebwithu]

Great pics @Yessongs. Your four wheeling was in an area that has some great hash trails. The waterfall is a popular spot to refresh when it's running. You'd have to look hard, but there's a hash trail I cut through the jungle up the hill to the right of the falls in your picture. 👣

Edited April 18, 2023 by forcebwithu

[boydeste]

Great pics and story Mike, Pattaya has alot to offer everyone, glad you both had a great time.

[Yessongs]

21 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Great pics and report Mike TFP, good to see wifey in her ACDC T shirt 👍

Thanks Cliff....just glad that the Cigarette dude did not burn a hole in that shirt. He would not want to deal with her afterwards believe me. That cost me 150 baht at the open market here in Minburi LOL! 

20 hours ago, biggles said:

I would often relate stories of my Pattaya night life experiences to my rather naive Filipina partner. She never said it, but obviously didn't totally believe me. 

On our first trip there I took her to a regular 'topless' gogo, and she was quite shocked. When we walked into Windmill she couldn't believe what she was seeing and covered her eyes. After a while curiosity got to her and she peeped.... it wasn't long before the eyes were wide open. Eventually she admitted that she always thought I had been making it up. 

Outstanding, glad to see I am not alone with a "noob wife" Of course, I will now going forward be given the "stink eye" when telling her I will spend 2 nights with friends when they come to Bangkok LOL! 

20 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said:

My God man !!!

Those bikini pics had me out in the street looking for somebody to spray me down with ice cold water !!!

You are much too kind...she works out 6 days per week. Respect for trying to stay in shape right? 

16 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

Great pics @Yessongs. Your four wheeling was in an area that has some great hash trails. The waterfall is a popular spot to refresh when it's running. You'd have to look hard, but there's a hash trail I cut through the jungle up the hill to the right of the falls in your picture. 👣

You know, when you post some pictures of the runs you go on in that area, I was thinking that this might be certainly in the area. Much respect to you and the others who do this. It is dusty and humid beyond belief out there. Yeah the guy told us "Ok I am going to take you to an area where there is a waterfall" We get there and I look up and wonder "Where's the water"?  He then tells wifey in Thai...apparently only during rainy season the waterfall is in full swing. Amazing Thailand huh? LOL! 

16 hours ago, boydeste said:

Great pics and story Mike, Pattaya has alot to offer everyone, glad you both had a great time.

Thanks Stu.....never a dull moment in Pattaya................still. 

[forcebwithu]

Here's a pic from March 2022 with a bit of water trickling down. I have a picture somewhere from another time when the volume of water was much higher, but can't find it now. Looking at your more recent picture it looks like they've done some landscaping by bringing in a couple of large rocks and dumping them at the base of the falls.

For those interested, here's the map location of the waterfalls.

[Yessongs]

23 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

Here's a pic from March 2022 with a bit of water trickling down. I have a picture somewhere from another time when the volume of water was much higher, but can't find it now. Looking at your more recent picture it looks like they've done some landscaping by bringing in a couple of large rocks and dumping them at the base of the falls.

For those interested, here's the map location of the waterfalls.

Thanks alot for that, would love to be there one time when it is REALLY gushing. Waterfalls up close are always cool. 

[Krapow]

Wow!

Sailor Bar still going. I used to walk down past there every day on the daily walkabouts. 

Was described to me on my 1st trip as the cheapest place in Pattaya.

Cheers for posting Mr Yes

[Yessongs]

Ok, decided to upload a video on You Tube taken by the tour guide in front of us on the ATV adventure. He has a Go Pro....it is probably boring to alot of you, it was ALOT more fun then the video shows. How do I know? Wifey told me LOL! Jesus Christ though, it is so dusty and dirty out there in the wilderness. Wifey looked "dirtier" then a Bar Girl on Soi 6 after we were done 😄

I cannot believe how much land there is out there in Chonburi.  I am glad we had a tour guide, no way could I have navigated all that mileage, I would have ended up in Malaysia. 

The seats are leather, but really hard, thus at the end of the video, my butt felt swollen LOL! I needed a massage.

Good experience if you have never done this. 

Be sure to change the settings to 1080 HD for the best viewing. 

 

 

[forcebwithu]

Good video. Enjoy the open land while you can. So much of the land that was once jungle or cassava/pineapple fields is getting paved over and developed.

Another issue I've been hearing through the jungle vine are landowners are increasingly against use of the dirt roads for two and four wheeler off road use. The problem is the amount of dust they raise. The dust coats the plants which results in lower yields of whatever they're growing to sell.

[Yessongs]

22 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

Good video. Enjoy the open land while you can. So much of the land that was once jungle or cassava/pineapple fields is getting paved over and developed.

Another issue I've been hearing through the jungle vine are landowners are increasingly against use of the dirt roads for two and four wheeler off road use. The problem is the amount of dust they raise. The dust coats the plants which results in lower yields of whatever they're growing to sell.

Yeah I was wondering at what point the landowners are going to put their foot down and complain that the ATV's are ruining their crops. I did NOT realize how many Pineapple fields are in Chonburi.