Loy Krathong at Jomtian Beach : a rather wet affair.
It started raining heavily after 5pm. Now the sky is clear for a celebration by the beach.
The corner in front of the police kiosk is flooded, just the usual inconvenience.
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Loy Krathong at Jomtian Beach : a rather wet affair.
It started raining heavily after 5pm. Now the sky is clear for a celebration by the beach.
The corner in front of the police kiosk is flooded, just the usual inconvenience.
I am happy I slept through it.
Thanks for the pics, dinagam.
Those are some of the ugliest kratongs that I've ever seen. Well, one thing about Pattaya is that it's consistent.
A lot of Tartan on the stage!
Lately the sea water at Dongtan Beach has been crystal clear. I witnessed the greatest concentration of falang tourists together with Asians and local Thais.
I hope the following pics will entice SG to come out of hibernation. We miss you.
Thanks for that dinagram. Fear not, P. and I will be walking those beaches a fortnight from now...and you're correct, I've never seen the water so clear.
I guess as members are reporting that Pattaya is quieter than usual that might make sense as less visitors so less piss, shit and condoms all being dumped and pumped into the sea !
I highly doubt that it's any new special treatments or laws that the Pattaya authorities have implemented in terms of new environmental clean up rules that have helped with that.
Dont worry I'm sure as visitor numbers go up again the amount of used condoms floating past ones face as you go for a dip will rise in an exponential manner again.
The municipal contractors do come over on a regular basis to clean up the beach, especially after a severe storm. The chair consessioners only mind their little plots, but rubbish in general and those brought in by the storm are cleared by the workers coming with their trucks and tractors. The next day all will be fine again.
Looking at the sea in September one could not imagine how clear the water is in December.
Have a good swim.
A rare sight indeed...
Have the sewage pipes been relocated now? Or is it just a temporary improvement?
https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...s-to-continue/
Exacctly Brad - it's not the beach that needs cleaned ( so much) perhaps but the actual water itself from all the shit (quite literally) and used condoms etc that is pumped into it.
There should be public health notices posted along the beach to advise you that you're talking your life in your hands swimming in it based on wat I used to see floating past me when I was foolish enough to enter the water there!
When exactly was that?
It was certainly true when I last swam at Jomtien.....in 1999. I can't pretend that I'm persuaded to do so even now but can't we celebrate obvious improvements in water quality? Is good news from Pattaya so unwelcome?
Sadly Pattaya has not been spared the haze and aerial contamination affecting Thailand of late. From my favourite perch at Dongtan Beach I despair at the sights in the horizon, no more blue skies of Christmas and the new year. The sea water is no longer crystal clear but the hordes of tourists are just as content.
Never before had I noted so many sagging and very hairy man boobs. And the gay falang of all ages from athletic couples to octogenarians shuffling around are out and about. The gay flags at Dongtan Beach are really flying proud.
Although the water in the sea is not as good as a couple of months ago, I am yet to come across a floating condom or anything similar, and I have to state that I have my swimming goggles all the time.
Maybe this has been mentioned before, the Elysium bar next to the Sun bar is closed. The RR bar has a few shirtless and fun guys on duty. This time I notice a lot of falang sitting in groups of three or more with wife or female friends in the gay bars.
There is an old falang with a metal detector doing the rounds of the beach.
And there is also a practically naked geriatric sunning himself every day.
Enjoy the pics in no particular order.
After blues skies for days, our last few days saw gey(ish) ones. Flying to Laos a couple of weeks previously , we had an unrivalled view of the haze that disfigures Bangkok- and of the clear skies once we'd climbed above it.
Thanks dinagam for your pictures. I’m hoping to be back in about a month for a 3 week visit. I’m looking forward to leaving the gloom wet and cold of February in England for the blue sea and sky of Jomtien, even though I’m told that the air quality there is not good, although far better than in BKK.
Over the years I’ve swam in the sea at Jomtien, usually from the gay beach and have not so far come to harm. I take the precaution of using goggles and avoiding putting my head under water, but that does not lead to a good swimming stroke. Maybe Koh Larn is cleaner but maybe not, in view of the substantial development and influx of visitors which I have seen since I started coming to Pats nearly 20 years ago. I try to make one visit to Koh Larn each trip with my boyfriend du jour and make for the Monkey Beach about a mile from the village where the boats arrive.
I can feel the chill in the stillness of the night that the weather has taken a sudden change with cloudy skies and steady wind blowing from the sea, a welcoming change from the hot days in Bangkok these last few days. Perhaps a sign of a good future for Thailand after the recent elections. Hopefully the value of the baht will make visiting the country a joyous occasion for the tourists.
A new bar is opening tonight 27 March 2019 in Sunee Plaza. Not the official opening, but the Thai owner(manager) Mr Guy, who was doing some finishing touches to the bright interior was keen to start off on Wednesday evening.
It's going to be a drinking bar with Thai music playing from a music machine, with opening hours from 10pm to 5am. Employees are not going to be offable, perhaps for the time being. It's location is next to Diamond bar, which was quite busy yesterday evening.
Interesting concept, I wonder who they expect their customers will be.
I dont understand....no offable types at all??????????
Hot Tuna Bar in Walking Street is a welcoming change from the hot twinks and ruffians in Sunee Plaza.
Good loud music and cheap drinks in an atmosphere filled with pussy aromas and cigarette smoke.
Quite a talented five piece band with a pair of strong vocalists.
Take a nostalgic route to a Highway to heaven, Hotel California and other rock ballads such as You want to take me home tonight?
Update on enjoy bar Sunee Plaza :
Yesterday evening I entered through the glass door to an empty room. Everything was there except for staff. The 35 year old owner will be getting Isaan boys as waiters, and there will also be a dj to spin popular music. The bar is trying to draw customers from immediate neighbourhood, meaning after work bar boys who don't have to go far to enjoy themselves in an enclosed bar.
Not able to upload photos.
I frequently post pictures in my stories as you can see in post #20. The top pic says it all in bright colours.
sglay,
If you are referring to post #16,the top pic is the RR bar located between the Venue and @Home bar, and the second pic is the Sun bar, viewed from Your bar . Alas the boys at RR bar had their shirts on when I passed by a few days ago.
Les petits moineaux de Pattaya.
The Good Boudha has blessed us with a stretch of three days of splendid weather at Dongtan Beach since last Friday, with generally clear skies and gentle breeze coming from the sea. The tourist number is down unlike earlier this year, and I am not missing the constant chattering of the French and Italians, or squaks from the numerous old German Gays by the beach.
The 10:30pm show at Dreamboy was simply about big cocks, about a dozen of men making the excuse to display their distended organs in various guises. I found the Japanese onsen scene where half a dozen men washing up in wooden tubs to a sexy Japanese male voice ballade, to be most alluring. The house Boys were just ordinary and the running of the bar went smoothly. Soft drinks at 220b.
As is customery on every visit to Pattaya, I caught up with the shows at Castro and The Venue show bars, enjoying the cosy set up, as well as the music, choreography and costumes. The stages at both bars were big enough to accommodate leader and about four to six dancers, enough space for them to do smooth soutenu turns, small pas de chats, to finish in attitude poses or full arabesque. The dancers can be considered to be talented and agile. However a few of them were simply scrawny, the skin on bone variety. And one male lipsync lead had two missing upper premolars that caused his smile to disappear into the face. Both places were half full and the patrons were less generous with the tips as in December / January last.
Yesterday evening I spent about an hour at Power Boys, five customers and no off. There were about eight scrawny lads, and with the bar being devoid of the wall mirrors, it posed a disadvantage to both boys and customers. How do they survive? I could throw scraps of food the birds at Dongtan Beach and watch the pigeons scrambling first before the sparrows. At the end of the day somehow all will be fed. But the sparrow-chested boys of Pattaya will need a comprehensive rehabilitation.
Dinagam I agree that Power Boys is awful but having said that how could you spend an hour there?
Down to Alexa Beach Club for a strawberry fruitshake. A stunning place with an infinity pool. Fruitshake was 150 baht. Use of the pool and one of the day beds requires a spend of 2000 baht. This is actually quite easy looking at the menu and considering the standard of this place, not unreasonable.
NB. All prices have vat and service charge added so the actual price I paid was 200 baht.
MFAS, it was #12 that made it quite enjoyable for me. A small but healthy with lively eyes of a sparrow just out of school. The love of playing football bestowed him with a lovely pair of strong legs, almost twice the size of his emaciated contemporaries on stage . Still new to Pattaya (one week) and yet to have his first off, still the shy type. It was good company in a bar setting, but I felt uncomfortable to take someone half my size home. Since the taking for the boys was practically zero, I sent out a staff to fetch a few big bottles of beer to quench their thirst, calling them over for a quick look and a 20b tip.
During a previous visit to Nice Boys, I also met with a small guy who actively played football, hence the strong legs and tight small muscles.
Such classy pics arsenal.
I've hit the limit of the quota for posting pics for a senior member.
Arsenal
Am I right in believing you are saying a minimum spend 2000 Bt if you want to swim, or you can just visit and have a few drinks for 200 Bt each?
That's correct gerefan2. It was however made clear to me that as it's low season the pool and day bed are mine for 1000 baht spend if I asked for it. A couple of drinks and a decent meal and you're there.
I’m in Patts in a few weeks so I may give it a go. Thanks