Pattaya busy

[Olddaddy]

Well I must say first day arriving Pattaya seems very busy 👥👥

The Zing Resort 🏨at the Jomtien complex is booked out all weekend no idea why 😮busy busy busy 

Usually when I come in June July no one around,this time I have to walk on the road as the footpaths are crowded even in Jomtien 

My first night arriving early hours I fell asleep in the room ,not like me ,but the soft bed was amazing and I thought just a one hour nap and then 6 hours later I wake up 🤣feel much better though 

Well one would think being my first night I would head out to the bars immediately and that was my intention,I walked past the M Bar ,mmmmmm amazing boys 😘😍(this bar is next door to Zing hotel)

I thought I will just go to get a light snack and come back 

But my big greedy belly🫃spoke and  was so hungry and I headed to Tinnies the Aussie 🇦🇺🦘pie 🥧 shop ,where there I ate 3 pies 🥧🥧🥧and 2 beers 🍻 🍻 and 2 🧀 cheese cakes 🍰🍰

By the time I was finished I was so full all I wanted to do was go back to the room and sleep ,I could hardly walk 🚶‍♂️

Serves me right for being a Glutton 🐷🐷🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐷🐷

, I'm getting old now after a 16 hour business class ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ hate to see what I would of been like if it was economy flight ,might have had to get a stretcher to take me off😂

But yes not sure why it's so busy ,but I'm happy 😊 

🎵🎵Happy little Vegemite as happy as can be 🎶🎶

 

 

[vinapu]

Glad to hear you arrived in one piece and are happy from the start.

Have fun, no  doubt you will

[vaughn]

The busier than usual hotels might have something to do with Pattaya Music Festival, I think it starts this weekend and runs for 3 weekends.

[Travellerdave]

Your description of busy Pattaya and Jomtien was what I found during my 3 weeks the end of January / early February. Then the explanation was the Chinese New Year with hotels full of families celebrating their principle festival. I had assumed that I could find a room in either of the two most popular Complex gay orientated hotels Zing or Agate . That assumption proved wrong and I had to take one or the 500 rooms for a week in the huge Jomtien Resort, which despite whilst being excellent with impressive facilities is not the sort of lodging I gravitate to, before I was able to move to the Agate. It would seem that in high season there is always some sort of festival in progress crowding out us gay visitors from our 9 months a year favourite Oasis’. I suppose the obvious answer is to book well ahead . 

[Olddaddy]

Yes the Zing Resort is booked out 

I'm may have to go to the Jomtien resort as well tommrrw night 😂

Bangkok seems to be ok though with plenty of rooms available must be just Pattaya with the festivals 

[Olddaddy]

Couldn't get into the M2M bar last night to watch the show , people had to stand outside to watch

Who said it's a ghost 👻 👻 town

Remind me next time not to come in high season 

Zing Resort fully booked out again tonight 

Usually March is quiet ,anyway I'm getting bored with the bars ,farang sit ,buy drink ,watch people etc,not exciting to me anymore !!

 

[bkkmfj2648]

1 hour ago, Olddaddy said:

Couldn't get into the M2M bar last night to watch the show , people had to stand outside to watch

The secret with getting a good viewing seat to see any of the 3 Cabaret Shows, is to:

1.) Go the day before and book a good seat for tomorrow,

2.) Go the same day of the day that you want to see a show in the late afternoon --> after 4pm --> and do your booking then.

 

Option 2 has worked the best for me because:

1.) The bar is empty,

2.) The manager can let you pick your table from those that are not already pre-reserved.

I personally love the tables that are directly in front of the stage, because you will become actively involved with the performers (as they tend to interact more with those sitting in the first row) during the show - thus rendering your experience to be more exciting.

If you go at the last minute then you might not even get a seat, or if you do, the seat may not give you an optimal view of the show.

Also note that if you don't have 100 baht bank notes the bars can change your 1.000 baht bank note for smaller denominated 100 baht notes which are perfect if you want to get up close and personal with the performers.  They love it!!

[bkkmfj2648]

1 hour ago, Olddaddy said:

I'm getting bored with the bars ,farang sit ,buy drink ,watch people etc,not exciting to me anymore !!

Hmm

I have heard this before from you....

And usually you try to resolve this "boredom" by transferring yourself to Bangkok....

Then you can dance the night away at DJ Station in BKK.

Before you headoff to BKK did you try dancing at The Sun Bar? -> inside behind the smoked glass....

[Olddaddy]

1 minute ago, bkkmfj2648 said:

usually you try to resolve this "boredom" by transferring yourself to Bangkok

😂😂😂🟡Omg you know me too well 

[Olddaddy]

1 minute ago, bkkmfj2648 said:

Hmm

I have heard this before from you....

And usually you try to resolve this "boredom" by transferring yourself to Bangkok....

Then you can dance the night away at DJ Station in BKK.

Before you headoff to BKK did you try dancing at The Sun Bar? -> inside behind the smoked glass....

No 😲I didn't see that 

I noticed that Candy Bar was closed last night though,I thought it just opened ?

I will check out that Sun bar ☀️☀️☀️🍺🍷

[bkkmfj2648]

7 minutes ago, Olddaddy said:

I noticed that Candy Bar was closed last night though,I thought it just opened ?

On Mondays and Tuesdays, it is closed, because the boys are rehearsing for your eventual entertainment pleasure.

[Olddaddy]

Maybe it's my perception but I don't find the gay expats to be overly friendly they seem to be in their own "click " , not as friendly as 20 years ago gay expats who couldn't wait to give you advice .different gay generation now I guess 

Another thing I noticed was the "scrufiness" of gay farangs now compared to 20 years ago when most used to dress 👗 🥻 up in collared shirts and ironed trousers , nowadays it's unkempt hair,  singlets dirty armpits , mostly all of them

I watched one old farang coughing up his lungs spitting on the ground in front of him whilst drinking at the bar 

The only one that was dressed nicely was an expat I recognised from 25 years ago skinny old guy with glasses 

The Bangkok bars are much different vibe , friendly customers from all around the world , the farangs are dressed nicely etc ,even the boys are different 

 

 

 

 

[vinapu]

5 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

 

The Bangkok bars are much different vibe , friendly customers from all around the world , the farangs are dressed nicely etc ,even the boys are different 

 

next bus to Bangkok departs from Jomtien bus station in 1 hr

[bkkmfj2648]

2 hours ago, vinapu said:

next bus to Bangkok departs from Jomtien bus station in 1 hr

But he does not like to walk, so he will probably need to take one of the many car services to Bangkok that have been discussed here ad nauseaum.

[vinapu]

3 hours ago, bkkmfj2648 said:

 that have been discussed here ad nauseaum.

there is no such thing

I know farangs living in Jomtien who for good year if not more did not know about airport bus departing from there every hour so there is danger that old news for many may be still eye opener for quite a few

[bkkmfj2648]

8 hours ago, vinapu said:

I know farangs living in Jomtien who for good year if not more did not know about airport bus departing from there every hou

Oops, I apologize.

I was that person that you write about.  I had never taken the Jomtien bus to the airport before your kind bootcamp training adventure. 🙏😇👍

[vinapu]

23 minutes ago, bkkmfj2648 said:

Oops, I apologize.

I was that person that you write about.  I had never taken the Jomtien bus to the airport before your kind bootcamp training adventure. 🙏😇👍

yes and no. I was also thinking about guy on the songtaew   few years earlier  who seeing me with luggage asked me what time is my flight and was shocked when I told him I'm using airport bus just to get to Bangkok and not flying anywhere. He said it never crossed his mind  in so many years living there.

[llz]

20 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

....

The only one that was dressed nicely was an expat I recognised from 25 years ago skinny old guy with glasses 

....

Do you remember the colour of his shirt by chance ?

[Olddaddy]

Can someone tell me if this is popper ?

[10tazione]

12 hours ago, vinapu said:

airport bus departing from there every hour

I took it recently and actually it departed every 20 minutes. But online you can prebook only the full hour busses. 

[Moses]

1 hour ago, Olddaddy said:

Can someone tell me if this is popper ?

With high probability is is fake poppers with high risk of use.

Pentyl is a group of substances. For "recreation use" real poppers normally are labeled as "Pentyl nitrite". 

If bottle isn't used and was sold as it shown on the photo, then it is 95% fake: all poppers are very easy evaporating liquids (that why they are widely in use in dry cleaning) and are destroyable by oxygen. That why all poppers are sealed with plastic over cork and bottle.

Pentyl group is more dangerous and toxic, than most used for "recreation" amyl group. I suggest to avoid pentyl nitrite as it is old and outdated substance (from AI):

And reminder: with quite high probability you will die, if you will inhale poppers at the time of using Viagra, Cialis or any other their generics.

 

[Olddaddy]

Thankyou Moses 🙏

[thaiophilus]

Just whern you thought you knew the answer: according to Wikipedia the terminology has changed over time: "In older literature, the common non-systematic name amyl was often used for the pentyl group".

[Moses]

8 hours ago, thaiophilus said:

ust whern you thought you knew the answer: according to Wikipedia the terminology has changed over time: "In older literature, the common non-systematic name amyl was often used for the pentyl group

As it is often in Wiki, it is not correct. While both substances have the same chemical formula C5H11NO2 , they are different because of different positions of atoms in the molecule.

These substances belong to the alkyl nitrite family, but have different chemical structures and properties.

The main difference is the position of the functional group of the carbon chain.

Pentyl nitrite has a pentyl chain, which is attached to the main molecule at the 1st position.
Amyl nitrite - the amyl group is attached to the main molecule at the 2nd position.

Due to the difference in structure, pentyl nitrite is considered stronger than amyl nitrite, and its effects can last longer.

https://thecontentauthority.com/blog/pentyl-vs-amyl here is simplified summary of science explanation.

 

the same info gives me AI:

[thaiophilus]

15 hours ago, Moses said:

As it is often in Wiki, it is not correct. While both substances have the same chemical formula C5H11NO2 , they are different because of different positions of atoms in the molecule.

 

As the wikipedia article indeed says. Which part of "The term "amyl nitrite" encompasses several isomers" did you not understand?

Tl;dr:

You: amyl and pentyl are different isomers of the C5 alkyl group.

Wikipedia: "amyl" sometimes meant what we now call "pentyl."

Me: caveat emptor.

And I'd add, for a table of all the different names used for pentyl isomers, this (different) wikipedia article is helpful (and, AFAICS, correct):

"In older literature, the common non-systematic name amyl was often used for the pentyl group. Conversely, the name pentyl was used for several five-carbon branched alkyl groups, distinguished by various prefixes. The nomenclature has now reversed, with "amyl" being more often used to refer to the terminally branched group also called isopentyl"