Low Season

[Gaybutton]

It's low tourist season in Thailand now. It's a wonderful time to be here. There are no crowds at the beach. On most days, if you drive, parking is readily available at the beach just about any time you get there. Baht buses are far less crowded. Restaurants and hotels that are usually packed and require reservations are mostly easy to simply walk in and be accommodated. Domestic flights and traveling by bus or train is much easier now - easy to get tickets and good seats.

 

More and more boys are showing up at the beach, looking for farang. Many boys go home for Songkran and decide not to return. That's when many have had enough and decide to remain at home with their mothers and do whatever it is they do there. That means this is a time of year when many new boys start showing up, seeking their fortune.

 

There never really was much in the way of crowds at many of the bars even during high season, but now there is even less. Less farang and more boys. Not bad at all . . .

 

The traffic problems do not seem to be any better now than they were during high season, but that makes sense in that those who drive probably live here year-round anyway.

 

Fortunately for those who reside in Pattaya, a couple days after Songkran ended we started getting heavy rain showers daily. That means Mother Nature is filling the reservoirs and there is a very good chance there will be no water shortages this year. On another thread I pointed out that the only thing necessary to bring on the rain is for me to have my car washed. I had my car washed the third morning after Songkran and by the same afternoon the rains came and they haven't stopped since!

 

It really is low season now and it will remain that way for the next several months. If you can get to Thailand, this is a great time to come. You have a good chance of finding lower airfares now too. I know two gentlemen who just arrived from the east coast of the USA. They got round-trip airfare that cost them just above US $900.

[PattayaMale]

For those that have not been here (Pattaya) in the rainy or low season...the rain we have had usually starts at 2pm and is over by 4pm. Then maybe another hard rain around 2am. I guess the rain god knows that Pattaya is a tourist destination and is trying to accomodate.

 

With more and more expats moving to Pattaya some places seem almost as full. Cherry's and Ole had very large crowds last night. Not packed, but not empty either. Googies had a good crowd for breakfast when I was their around 10:30 am. All of theses are restaurants.

 

Come-In bar in Sunee has had good crowds as well as Oscar's in Boyztown. Birdcage was very full for Kevin's and Mark's Birthday with vey handsome boys....though this was a promotional night.

 

I agree with GayButton that this is a good time of year to be in Pattaya and want to point out that many places are operating at good capacity. You won't feel lonely...just have a little more room to spread out.