"Gay adventure Playland" are your words not mine. The reason for picking Pattaya is I have quite a few friends there of the retired chubby kind and local Thai alike, I have gone twice a year for the last 4 years so naturally I have made a few friends along the way. Pattaya will be a base from which I intend to see a lot more of Thailand than a 2 week trip a couple of times a year allow.

I was in Phuket in 2007 and while I enjoyed it I did not find it any more or less enjoyable than Pattaya, each to their own I guess.

Will certainly be looking for the best value I can get, so will be reducing the budget for Condo. I think it is best to stick to the plan of taking my normal condo for a month or so and move on from there.

Thanks for the advice and info so far.

Kevin