Posted 14 October 2009 - 04:33 PM
Conclusion
So, was it a good trip?
Has FatboyUK changed his ways and turned Butterfly, like he set out to do?
What do you think? Please send your answers on a postcard too......
Had some shit from girls in Phuket, and had one or two small issues here, but just put it all down to experience and learning a lesson. Pattaya will certainly see me again, and I think I will now start to visit for a few days instead of Bangkok at the start of my trip. Certainly not a place to go for a "Holiday", or to relax, and it is most definitely not the most beautiful of places, but I knew that already.
I don't like how far apart the venues are, and hate catching Baht Buses. I was also a little dissapointed with alot of the venues themselves. Most seemed to just be like living rooms with a bar in, with no atmosphere, and somewhat run down. I like an open air feel to a bar, and I also like to see whats happening inside before I go in. Other then Pooks Swan and Sally's, Pattaya operates more of a "Behind closed doors" approach.
I was also worried that although Pattaya had the sheer numbers of LB's, that the quality wouldn't match that of Phuket. I was most wrong. Just looking back over my photos, I see a vast array of beauties, and think I haven't done half bad. Phuket will still see me, but perhaps not as much as before, and when I do go back to Patong HQ, my style will certainly be alot different to what the girls there are used too.
Pooks Swan was 100% my favourite bar, and I would say Pattaya HQ, and I hope that the stories and pictures you will have seen has made it a must visit venue on your next trip. The fab selection of LB's, the open air feel, good Mamasan and good atmosphere, all contributed to it being our first, and sometimes only, stop on a night out. I haven't seen alot of what is on offer - didn't do the Soi 6/6.1 gauntlet, Beach Road, or get back to many of the venues we hunted out on the first day, but I'm really not that bothered. I was happy with the routine, and venues we seemed to stick with.
The money does go a hell of alot further - and more still if you, unlike me, are a good negotiator and you aren't afraid to ask for a LB ass at a ridiculously low price. It turns out, that even what I was paying - which I deemed not alot, was seen as overpaying. Perhaps that's why, on the whole, the services I was receiving were fantastic, and why my phone and email hasn't stopped since I got back. Even the simple pleasures of a San Miguel light - 80/90 Baht in Pattaya, 150+ elsewhere. My bar bills were nowhere near the levels I hit elsewhere in Thailand. The girls are nowhere near as pushy for ladydrinks neither. Talking with Mamasan in Pooks Swan, she told us the girls need to hit 60 ladydrinks a month to get paid - in the whole time there, I was never asked for one, and all the drinks I did give were on my terms.
I'm not so sure how the trip would of been without going with Steve, or without meeting up with Jim and BB, as there weren't as many BM's around as I thought there would be, and alone, I'm sure it would of felt alot more daunting. I started to take it for granted perhaps, that we'd all meet up over a beer in the day, and without mates there, it still, like Bangkok, could be a lonely place during the day. However, now I have a rough idea on bearings, venues, and how the girls work, I'll have no problems hitting the town by myself, although, have a feeling I'll be rooted to a bar stool in either Pooks Swan or La Bamba.
Many thanks to Steve, Parada, Jim, and BB for the pictures, and good times, and also to the other BM's I did meet along the way. I do very much hope to catch up with you all again soon - preferably in LOS.
I landed back in blighty on a cold, murky October morning, and the blues immediately kicked in. Sat in the usual traffic jam on the M25, and my heart sank that it could be a bit longer then I hoped to get back. Real world costs like Car Tax, MOT, Credit cards all play on my mind, and are all due soon, and then it just hit me. I have an addiction. I was sat thinking about what I could do without in order to get back there quicker. Do I need a car? Do I need nights out with friends? Or to see my Mum? Do I need food? How expensive would a long weekend there next month really cost me?
How does one combat an addiction - go cold turkey or feed it?
Then I arrive to a cold, heartless house that I share with other crew, sit in my rented room, get on the net and see BB's current Volley Ball pics and think to myself
"I need help........"
FatboyUK
Bangkok and Pattaya Septermber 2009
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