My two Pattayas

[Londoner]

I love two very different Pattayas; the one I visited from 1995 until- 2006 the one which persuaded me to take early retirement and the consequent financial "hit"- and the one I shall be returning to shortly, yet again. And they are very different.

Pattaya #1 was all about go go bars, enjoying evenings with numerous guys, some of them spectacularly handsome, watching the late show at Throb (even Cockpit back in the day) and having a drink in Panorama or Corner  Bar with my now sadly- deceased American expat buddy. Plenty of laughs, many of them resulting from his irrepressibly salacious anecdotes, some of which were true. And sometimes his behaviour. My day began at 10.00am  and ended at 0200 as the lights in Boyztown or Sunee were being turned-off.

Daytime in Pattaya #2 begins at 0800 with a leisurely breakfast, continuing with a swim in the hotel's pool and a walk along Jomtien beach.  Bars have been replaced on our to-do list by restaurants. Questions about which  go go bar has the cutest twinks are now replaced by discussions as to whether Central's MK is better than the one in Terminus 21, and where the best papaya salad is to be found. Evening drinks are on the room's balcony overlooking the waterfall at Agate, not in  a bar.  And bed is at 2200.

And here's the thing. The experiences of my two Pattayas are  different and yet each gives, or once gave me, exactly what is needed - socially, emotionally and, yes, sexually. There can be few resorts in the world that can offer so much  to people like us and continue to do so as we age and our desires and needs change.

A guy in Amsterdam's Blue Boy Bar (a place many will recall) told me about Pattaya in 1995 after an £80 encounter, when I had just come out. I shall always be grateful to him, as well as to the denizens of Pattaya and its guys (not all of them cute, but enough), my old friend , and of course my partner, whom I miss desperately when I'm not in Thailand.

[kokopelli3]

Nice post, Londoner.

[Lucky]

Having known the Pattaya of days past, I wonder what the value of a current visit would be. (Not monetarily.)

It used to be quite fun.

Chaing Mai may be a better side trip these days. But that's just a guess.

[vinapu]

5 minutes ago, Lucky said:

Having known the Pattaya of days past, I wonder what the value of a current visit would be. (Not monetarily.)

 

best way is to go and check yourself. One thing is for sure - you can't visit Pattaya of days past anymore so rather focus on what's there now. And there's plenty 

[Olddaddy]

" overlooking the waterfall at Agate, not in  a bar.  And bed is at 2200"

 

😂I too was also in bed most times around 11pm , I remember 20 years ago how I used to hit the Hollywood disco with the boys ,not anymore.

I envy you guys who can still drink alcohol and party all night !

I stopped drinking years ago and feel much better for it , I doubt I could cope with all night drinking again 

how do you guys  do it😳

[gerefan]

13 hours ago, Londoner said:

A guy in Amsterdam's Blue Boy Bar (a place many will recall) told me about Pattaya in 1995

Haha the same thing happened to me, except it was the bar tender at the Club 21 next door!

He suggested I try Thailand even if I wasn’t attracted to Asian guys. So I booked a two week trip and spent half of it in Bangkok and the second half in Pattaya. When the two weeks were up I returned to the UK.

A week later I was back in Pattaya, got a condo, and stayed 3 months!  

I have now been doing so for just under 20 years.