First-day trip report, Pattaya...

[Jeebbo]

I spent four days here in August last year -- just dipping my toes in the water to speak of it metaphorically -- stayed at the Jasmine Hotel, one of the cheap ones on one of the sois off Walking Street. Visited Lolita's twice and Hell Club once during those four days, don't remember now what other girls I saw, but didn't try to take any of them to my room. I actually rarely do that, feel uncomfortable about it, but not saying I'll never do it. Walked around and gawked a lot during those four days, found a couple of restaurants I REALLY like, visited the Sri Racha Tiger Zoo one day. Yes, I like Pattaya, that's why I'm here again.

This time, I'm here for five days, staying in the Jasmine again. It's cheap, clean, safe, comfortable, well located, has free wi-fi, which is important to me -- I don't understand why people want to spend five times as much for lodging that's only perhaps twice as good. Well, I just realized there's no phone in my room, but I probably wouldn't use it anyway.

Yesterday was my first day of five in Pattaya. Not a full day here, I woke up in the Majestic Grande, checked out and rode a bus down here from Bangkok. That bus ride itself was quite an adventure. Apparently there are some bootleg bus lines in operation here and I think I got one of them. I'll never do that again; from now on I'll ALWAYS make sure to buy a ticket at the ticket window at the bus station and ignore the people who are shouting at me as I approach the bus station, "Hey, where you go?" Experience really is the best teacher. But anyway, they got me here, it took more than three hours with a zillion stops and a roundabout route, but I got a very interesting lesson in Thai culture and a good tour of the real (not touristy) Thai countryside. And that's one of the things I go on trips like this for.

After checking into the Jasmine and resting up for a while, I decided to visit Hell Club. I didn't bother to take a shower because I knew the girls at Hell Club would get me squeaky clean at the start of the session. I got caught in a downpour on the way and ducked into a bar that's called -- no kidding! -- PUSSY Bar & Beer. I don't drink so I just sat there and drank a Coke and tried to wait out the downpour. Finally gave up and walked the last three or four blocks to Hell Club in the rain.

What can I say about Hell Club? Mr. Penevil has said it all already, I can only echo his words. I got a very pretty 21-year-old girl named Nim, I sense that she has not been working there for very long, but because she's so young and so pretty I'm going to go over there and see her once more during this trip. Nim also has a tongue ring; this is the first time in my life I've ever experienced the sensation of being orally pleasured by a girl with a tongue ring without an intervening film of rubber. Several times I've had that pleasure in Amsterdam in the Netherlands by the window girls there, but with a condom on. The window girls in Amsterdam won't even look at you without stretching a film of rubber over their eyes. Okay, that's an exaggeration, but only barely.

I let Nim choose the other girl and she chose an attractive 30-year-old named Troy. Don't know how it's spelled but that's how she pronounced it. That's a boy's first name but she is most assuredly not a boy and she actually looks quite a bit younger than 30. She's more orally skilled than Nim, too, despite the absence of a tongue ring. Those two girls produced two ejaculations in less than an hour. I'm 58 years old and cannot do that any more. Sing some hosannahs, it's a MIRACLE! 15 or 20 years ago, with two pretty girls, one of them only 21 and with a tongue ring, I would have been able to go at least three rounds and perhaps four in 90 minutes, but I can sure tell I'm not 25, or 35, or even 45 any more. As I said, what can I add to what Mr. Penevil says about Hell Club?

After the Hell Club I went to one of my favorite restaurants I remember from seven months ago. It's called Nags Head and is along the way walking from Walking Street to Hell Club. It's on the second road that runs along one block over from the beach road. I had some snow peas and pork in oyster sauce over steamed white rice, with a side order of sauteed mushrooms, and it was heavenly! I will eat at that restaurant at least a couple more times in my four remaining days here.

All in all, Tuesday was a wonderful day. I love Pattaya and I love Thailand. What an amazing place! I keep thinking of the Clint Eastwood movie The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Here there is The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and The Beautiful, and lots of all four. This country is an amazing place. For an American like me it's almost like going to another planet, without having to actually leave this one.

Ron

[Steve German]

Actually; is it true that smoking is also forbidden at open bars, beach/pool ?
Then i cancel my winter flight.

[Leo Monti]

Actually; is it true that smoking is also forbidden at open bars, beach/pool ?
Then i cancel my winter flight.

That's what I' heard too. But be cool and wait... things can change before winter. I don't like they have forbidden to smoke in gogos and discos (as this was the biggest problem Thailand had ), but I can understand that. However to enforce the same in open spaces like beer bars and pools seems to me a little bit extreme.
I hope at least they will allow the girls to "smoke" in the room

[2muchthai]

Actually; is it true that smoking is also forbidden at open bars, beach/pool ?
Then i cancel my winter flight.

That's seems pretty drastic!

If you can spend 10 hours on a plane without lighting up it sure seems like little trouble to step just outside of the bar for a smoke.

[Steve German]

Right Leo; we talk about Thailand; same same the nude shows; if the owner
pay enough, the girls show all; and we can still smoke

We will see

[Leo Monti]

Right Leo; we talk about Thailand; same same the nude shows; if the owner
pay enough, the girls show all; and we can still smoke

We will see

Hopefully....
I was in Germany from the 29.12.2007 to the 3.01.2008 and can you imagine what a bad surprise I had there:
The last day of the year I was enjoing my beer smoking a cigarette and the day after the new no-smoking law was up and I could not smoke in bars or discos.... A lot of people where pissed off there.

[Montydog]

I’ve just quit (again) so for my own selfish reasons I hope they enforce the ban. As last time I started it was a combination of nights out and cheap cig’s in LOS that did for me.

As it’s now easier not to smoke in the UK as it’s now banned in Pub’s work places public buildings etc including your work vehicle (if you are not the sole user) I hope to carry this on through my holiday this time.

[joecoolfrog]

Well smoking has been banned in go go bars for years and I have never seen it enforced yet, they all still have ashtrays !

[caroline]

Well smoking has been banned in go go bars for years and I have never seen it enforced yet, they all still have ashtrays !

Good to hear it..... vive les Thais pragmatique

[Jeebbo]

What does all this talk about smoking have to do with my original post, the one that started this thread?

Incidentally, I was a chimney myself for 24 years, from age 16 to 40. A pack and a half a day of Kools and Marlboro Menthols. I finally quit in 1990.

Ron

[Steve German]

Sorry Jeebo; it was only a question; and if i can´t enjoy my vacation there
in an open bar; i stay at home. Enough is enough; in Thailand and Europe

[koalashit]

Thank you for the report Jeebo!

I hope you had a wonderful trip. You obviously like the Jasmine Hotel enough to visit it again. Are the rooms quiet at night, do they do a good job cleaning them and what is the food like? What are the cons at thios place?

I am visiting Pattaya in June and like you would rather stay at a clean budget hotel as I would rather spend my hard earned on the other delights Patts offers.