After landing at Bangkok airport I had two options to get to Pattaya. Either take a private taxi for 1,300 B or a bus for 190 B which is what I took. It was a nice comfortable coach bus which took me to North Pattaya bus station in about two hours. I tried to get a Grab from there but it must have been rush hour so I wasn’t able to but a baht bus was moonlighting as a transfer for 50 B to central Pattaya quite close to where I was staying at The Base condos. The Base which I booked through Airbnb was great as it was modern, great uniformed security out front, pool/gym and located within easy walking distance to many places.
For food, my favourite place was minutes away at Tree Town food court where I ate most of the time with excellent Thai cuisine for 150-200 B per meal. Although there were lots of western cuisine and other ethnic restaurants like Indian, middle eastern and other Asian around, I tend to eat mostly local fare wherever I go. I didn’t fly across to the other side of the world to eat at McDonalds. Other services like pharmacies and currency exchanges were plentiful.
One thing about Pattaya and Thailand in general is that it is very busy as I’m here at the beginning of high season. Not only did I see many fellow mongers, there were lots of tour groups, seniors and even families travelling. I’m not sure why they would go to Pattaya but the mix of tourists plus locals filled the streets each night. The town’s infrastructure meanwhile is not great for pedestrians as there really is a lack of sidewalks so walking around is always within inches of traffic which in itself is crazy. This I was already expecting after my trips to Vietnam and Cambodia just before arriving to Thailand (I already posted reports on them). It is also damn hot during the daytime so I mainly went out during mornings and evenings choosing to stay indoors at my condo during afternoons.
Before we get to mongering, I’ll mention that I took in a few touristy attractions that were excellent and totally worthwhile during the mornings. I went to Sanctuary Of Truth which is an incredible wooden temple like structure by the sea and also visited Pattaya Elephant Sanctuary which gave me unforgettable moments with their elephants. Both are highly recommended.
Now to the mongering. Overall I was a bit overwhelmed by the almost unlimited choices here. Seems like each street has numerous bars and massage shops along with go go clubs and gents clubs at many streets. Then each neighborhood has multiple such streets. Then there are multiple neighborhoods like LK Metro, Soi 6 area, Beach road and Walking Street. I’ll give an overview of what I saw.
After all those online videos I had to go to Soi 6 and as expected there were lots of girls on the street. Many were aggressive and tried to pull me inside their bars. Big problem was that quite often it’s not the ones that ambush me are the ones that I want to session with. But there was one who was acceptable in looks so I gave in and went along to buy her a drink but confirmed that she was available for short time upstairs. I forgot the name of her bar but I did end up sessioning with her but don’t know if I overpaid. I was expecting 1500 B plus room charge of 500. My drink which was only juice and her lady drink came out to be just under 300 B I think. The room upstairs was crap, sort of like a cheap Latin American brothel room and shower was outside it in a utility room. She wanted 2000 B which I paid since this was my first session in Pattaya and she let me take a photo of us together.
I did do another session on Soi 6 two nights later and it was a similar experience with same pricing with another girl at another small bar and except this time at least the shower was inside the bar’s only two rooms they had upstairs. So even though these were much better prices than what would get in Canada, I did pay a bit more than I thought I would on Soi 6. Although the two girls I had were nice and I got full gfe with both, I considered the whole Soi 6 scene to be too loud with high volume music blasting from each bar. This made the upstairs rooms loud too and any conversations with girls downstairs were not that easy as volumes were like at nightclub levels. Still a visit to Soi 6 is a must here but I would not limit my time here on future trips.
After Soi 6 I walked along Beach road to check out the freelancers and most were not attractive to me. There were a few gems especially closer towards Walking Street but I didn’t talk to anybody there on this trip since I was limited to just four nights and knew other options were priority. Walking street was also a must see but I was not going to pull from there knowing that prices would be high here. There were many nice looking girls in front of go go clubs but in all honesty I think there were even more hot ladies at Japan Town in Ho Chi Minh City. Although there was plenty of eye candy to see here on Walking Street, it was jammed full of people. Not only mongers but clearly tons of tourists just checking the scene out. The loudness and crowds of this area made it just a one time walk through for me.
Many areas like Tree Town, Soi Bukao and Las Vegas had lots of beer bars. Many were full what looked to me as older expats while others were almost empty. These venues were staffed with older unattractive women in my view. I don’t have any issues with hot milfs but most of these ladies were not worth looking at for me.
The other main option I wanted to check out after reading many reports and watching videos on YouTube was the gents club scene. I did check out some big names that were suggested including Maggie May’s, Buzzing and Club Fate. At all of these gents clubs I pretty well walked in and right out again as I thought the women were similar to those at beer bars. The one exception was Heaven Above that had a nice mix of girls. Gents Clubs are suppose to be more laid back than Soi 6 bars but Heaven Above was not laid back. It is a hybrid gents club and go go bar playing music but not at high levels like Soi 6. Girls took turns dancing on tables so we could scope them out. This turned out well for me as I spotted a beautiful girl I liked and invited her for a drink. We did session upstairs not once but two different nights since I liked her as well as the rooms they had which were almost like hotel rooms and much less noisy. My girl was not a clock watcher and was total gfe.
Only thing to warn about Heaven Above is that prices were slightly higher than average gents clubs. My juice and her lady drink came out to be about 300 while room rate was 550 B. She wanted 2500 but accepted 2000 B. This is a venue I would return to again
One thing I also wanted to do on this trip was a soapy. I had one many years ago in Bangkok before Pattaya became a monger destination. I heard that soapies in Pattaya were vastly inferior to Bangkok but I was walking distance to Honey 1 and PP Body Massage. Both had four different rate levels of girls with the first two at 2200 and 2700. I walked into both places and at these two lower price levels, all the girls were thicker than I would like. The odd slim lady which I would have accepted were at the higher price rates I was not willing to pay for. So walked out of both venues pretty fast.
For times when places were too far to walk, I took the cheap baht bus as well as Grab motorbikes. Grab is very efficient and cheap but I was hanging on for dear life each time they go over bumps and speed up. Drivers in general both guys and girls drive like maniacs. Be aware that safety standards are quite different from the west. We see entire families on single bikes some without wearing helmets zipping in and out of traffic. This is Asia I suppose.
Overall I had a great time in Pattaya but four nights is much too little. I would suggest at least a full week to check out all venues I would have liked to check out. So next stop is Bangkok which I’ll write a separate report on. Hope this report is useful.
For food, my favourite place was minutes away at Tree Town food court where I ate most of the time with excellent Thai cuisine for 150-200 B per meal. Although there were lots of western cuisine and other ethnic restaurants like Indian, middle eastern and other Asian around, I tend to eat mostly local fare wherever I go. I didn’t fly across to the other side of the world to eat at McDonalds. Other services like pharmacies and currency exchanges were plentiful.
One thing about Pattaya and Thailand in general is that it is very busy as I’m here at the beginning of high season. Not only did I see many fellow mongers, there were lots of tour groups, seniors and even families travelling. I’m not sure why they would go to Pattaya but the mix of tourists plus locals filled the streets each night. The town’s infrastructure meanwhile is not great for pedestrians as there really is a lack of sidewalks so walking around is always within inches of traffic which in itself is crazy. This I was already expecting after my trips to Vietnam and Cambodia just before arriving to Thailand (I already posted reports on them). It is also damn hot during the daytime so I mainly went out during mornings and evenings choosing to stay indoors at my condo during afternoons.
Before we get to mongering, I’ll mention that I took in a few touristy attractions that were excellent and totally worthwhile during the mornings. I went to Sanctuary Of Truth which is an incredible wooden temple like structure by the sea and also visited Pattaya Elephant Sanctuary which gave me unforgettable moments with their elephants. Both are highly recommended.
Now to the mongering. Overall I was a bit overwhelmed by the almost unlimited choices here. Seems like each street has numerous bars and massage shops along with go go clubs and gents clubs at many streets. Then each neighborhood has multiple such streets. Then there are multiple neighborhoods like LK Metro, Soi 6 area, Beach road and Walking Street. I’ll give an overview of what I saw.
After all those online videos I had to go to Soi 6 and as expected there were lots of girls on the street. Many were aggressive and tried to pull me inside their bars. Big problem was that quite often it’s not the ones that ambush me are the ones that I want to session with. But there was one who was acceptable in looks so I gave in and went along to buy her a drink but confirmed that she was available for short time upstairs. I forgot the name of her bar but I did end up sessioning with her but don’t know if I overpaid. I was expecting 1500 B plus room charge of 500. My drink which was only juice and her lady drink came out to be just under 300 B I think. The room upstairs was crap, sort of like a cheap Latin American brothel room and shower was outside it in a utility room. She wanted 2000 B which I paid since this was my first session in Pattaya and she let me take a photo of us together.
I did do another session on Soi 6 two nights later and it was a similar experience with same pricing with another girl at another small bar and except this time at least the shower was inside the bar’s only two rooms they had upstairs. So even though these were much better prices than what would get in Canada, I did pay a bit more than I thought I would on Soi 6. Although the two girls I had were nice and I got full gfe with both, I considered the whole Soi 6 scene to be too loud with high volume music blasting from each bar. This made the upstairs rooms loud too and any conversations with girls downstairs were not that easy as volumes were like at nightclub levels. Still a visit to Soi 6 is a must here but I would not limit my time here on future trips.
After Soi 6 I walked along Beach road to check out the freelancers and most were not attractive to me. There were a few gems especially closer towards Walking Street but I didn’t talk to anybody there on this trip since I was limited to just four nights and knew other options were priority. Walking street was also a must see but I was not going to pull from there knowing that prices would be high here. There were many nice looking girls in front of go go clubs but in all honesty I think there were even more hot ladies at Japan Town in Ho Chi Minh City. Although there was plenty of eye candy to see here on Walking Street, it was jammed full of people. Not only mongers but clearly tons of tourists just checking the scene out. The loudness and crowds of this area made it just a one time walk through for me.
Many areas like Tree Town, Soi Bukao and Las Vegas had lots of beer bars. Many were full what looked to me as older expats while others were almost empty. These venues were staffed with older unattractive women in my view. I don’t have any issues with hot milfs but most of these ladies were not worth looking at for me.
The other main option I wanted to check out after reading many reports and watching videos on YouTube was the gents club scene. I did check out some big names that were suggested including Maggie May’s, Buzzing and Club Fate. At all of these gents clubs I pretty well walked in and right out again as I thought the women were similar to those at beer bars. The one exception was Heaven Above that had a nice mix of girls. Gents Clubs are suppose to be more laid back than Soi 6 bars but Heaven Above was not laid back. It is a hybrid gents club and go go bar playing music but not at high levels like Soi 6. Girls took turns dancing on tables so we could scope them out. This turned out well for me as I spotted a beautiful girl I liked and invited her for a drink. We did session upstairs not once but two different nights since I liked her as well as the rooms they had which were almost like hotel rooms and much less noisy. My girl was not a clock watcher and was total gfe.
Only thing to warn about Heaven Above is that prices were slightly higher than average gents clubs. My juice and her lady drink came out to be about 300 while room rate was 550 B. She wanted 2500 but accepted 2000 B. This is a venue I would return to again
One thing I also wanted to do on this trip was a soapy. I had one many years ago in Bangkok before Pattaya became a monger destination. I heard that soapies in Pattaya were vastly inferior to Bangkok but I was walking distance to Honey 1 and PP Body Massage. Both had four different rate levels of girls with the first two at 2200 and 2700. I walked into both places and at these two lower price levels, all the girls were thicker than I would like. The odd slim lady which I would have accepted were at the higher price rates I was not willing to pay for. So walked out of both venues pretty fast.
For times when places were too far to walk, I took the cheap baht bus as well as Grab motorbikes. Grab is very efficient and cheap but I was hanging on for dear life each time they go over bumps and speed up. Drivers in general both guys and girls drive like maniacs. Be aware that safety standards are quite different from the west. We see entire families on single bikes some without wearing helmets zipping in and out of traffic. This is Asia I suppose.
Overall I had a great time in Pattaya but four nights is much too little. I would suggest at least a full week to check out all venues I would have liked to check out. So next stop is Bangkok which I’ll write a separate report on. Hope this report is useful.
