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The Tarntawan was tired when i first stayed there in 2000. they have changed the mattresses and replaced the carpet in the bedrooms since, but everything else (even the condoms in the basket) are still from the last millennium. it is only fit for knocking at this stage

where is the trip report! (and you never DM'ed me to be your tour guide!)

I'm sure others could do it more elegantly, but assuming i was going from Jomtien to BT and was in the front seat i would indicate using my hand showing a right turn and saying "Bpai Tlad Sophon" followed by a left hand movement stating Pattaya Tai / Wat Chai. I think most would get it (assuming the driver actually knows pattaya in the first place!)

Sure, but if you make any money by extorting the scammers...you owe me half!

For the last few years I get these almost every day when home in Ireland on Hornet/Jack'd Fit Asian guy in early thirties, that is visiting for his business, always moves straight to conversation about what i do for work and him explaining that he is in investments/property/crypto and wants to exchange WhatsApp. I usually tell them that i work in computer crime and fraud detection for Europol... for some unknown reason they suddenly lose interest!

Suggest you stay elsewhere. The building site on old Soi Twilight is working noisily from 07.00 to 19.00 so if you are unlucky enough to get a room on that side of the building (60% chance from memory) then you will not be getting much sleep

Your driver should have taken a right at the overpass intersection and taken Third road all the way to Naklua, driving the same route the pattaya mayor does (his offices are next to Terminal 21)

Pattaya traffic is only a problem if you are on a songtaew, it turns left at the Bali Hai Overpass and gets stuck in traffic at the lead up to marine hotel If you are in a bolt tell them to turn right at the overpass and then get to Pattaya Tai by Sophon market intersection or through soi yensabai, soi day night or soi Holywood. Takes no more than 10 mins Jomtien to Boystown

We did this during Songkran, rented our usual condo near Sinlapin Issan, but also booked a room in the agate for 7 nights, we could then choose where we would sleep depending on where the night took us. In the end, we only slept in Agate 1 of the 7 nights, but did use it plenty of times as a staging area for clean toilets, hot showers and wardrobe changes! I would not really consider the HI Express on Soi Buakow to be near BT, it is in the middle of the straight district and the roads from there (Soi 15 or the one that is like the surface of the moon) are not pedestrian friendly so i would recommend finding somewhere else to stay

Even more confusing is that there is also a harborland on the top floor of Terminal 21!

There is also a Harbor Mall in Pattaya , it is on Pattaya Klang (Central Road) past Big C Extra and next to Foodland

It was so much better fun there when Balcony bar closed for Songkran and the water play went on without the fun police

Pattaya will likely start on the 12th and finish late on the 19th, 13 & 14 will be busy, there will be a little lull around 16& 17 before things kick off again on 18th and the main day of the 19th. If last year is anything to go by water play will not stop at 19.00 and will continue in selected pockets all night long or water/powder fights will break out spontaneously in venues as the night progresses. I have already seen pics on FB of powder play starting in Jomtien Soi 12 late at night. Bkk will likely start on the 12th and finish late on the 15th, Songkran lovers will move to Pattaya for a continuation of the fun

Even worse is when they grab your bottle by the mouth piece and pull it out of the cooler sleeve to see what you have left!

Seems you are limiting your potential friend circle to a group of people that may be quite jaded and cynical about life in Thailand. Remember today's tourists are tomorrow's residents and potentially know more about what is going on than the expats that live sheltered lives. Us temporary tourists are human too!

Depends on what you are into... BKK will be filled with the "white party" crowd, younger white ravers that think they are gods gift to mankind and their admirers, along with Chinese/Taiwan panda types doing their conga trains. Clubs will be mobbed and dangerously overcrowded, long queues will ensue. No taxi will want to take you anywhere when you are dripping wet. Pattaya will be filled with the Songkran "terrorists" that some of our members seem to be so scared of. Unlike Bkk, the water play is probably going to go from April 12th straight through April 20th, based on recent years, nightfall is no longer the guaranteed ending time (especially in Soi 6/7/Buakow/Beach Road and Jomtien Complex)....It will be mayhem, but at least you can get transported on a Songtaew. Whichever location, as long as you are willing to go with the flow, smile and be happy, you will have a ball! Just booked my flights and cant wait for it!

assuming you mean Na Jomtien, then its 3-4 miles, and not convenient for north bound traffic back to Jomtien itself. Not recommended unless you want a beach and sea food holiday

The full name of the hotel is "Pullman Bangkok Hotel G" where G is for Gays I assume its popular as it is the closest affordable but upscale hotel to Silom for the twenty something Taiwan or Singaporean tourist

Pullman all the way for me! Excellent hotel and mostly gay Asian clientele

Hugz bar upstairs over Balcony Bar on Silom Soi 4 attracts a lot of Asian bears. Unfortunately they all congregate at the bottom of the stairs on the Balcony terrace smoking their fouls smelling cigarettes and stinking those sitting nearby out of it

Jay has been back in Cambodia since just after Songkran. According to his cousin, he's supposed to be coming back late August

since when is a s-expat a higher position in life than a sex-tourist? Neither is in a position to judge the other?

3500 for a bottle of JWR seems pretty acceptable to me. Assume it was 1L and all mixers were included?

Wasnt it "Holiday 2"? was run by the old Butts boys crowd

Errm that's exactly what the subforum that I linked to above is for!