Apologies for a lack of posts, jokes and so on.
It took a while to recover from the party on 16th and I know, I'm useless, I still haven't got around to uploading some of the photos. I will try and do that in the next couple of days.
Generally, Pattaya is quiet. As I mentioned elsewhere there are lots of ads of businesses for sale. The local Thai press is reporting poor tourist figures but what's new about that?
In the street, Lida Bar seems to be winding down after a few months in operation. The Blue Moon closes early most evenings and FCUK Inn hasn't opened for the last few nights. I believe a sale is imminent.
Bulldogs around the corner from us as you go towards Champagne hasn't opened up again, having closed down a couple of months ago. REDZ and The Haven trickle along as does 3-Som which is next to the RockHouse. There does seem to be a bit of activity now and then around the bottom corner where MaiLuSi, Irish Rovers, Kilkenny and Billabong are, but not to the extent where people are elbowing their way around!
For the most part the places that always seem to get punters are still doing so but numbers reflect the season. On the night of the party we had a good crowd in and everybody enjoyed the food and music. It was a bit of a highlight in an otherwise ordinary month. As usual, I got the food from Juice in Soi Lengkee and it was good as usual.
Since the last post about the street, bookings for August have increased and while we are down on last year still, the gap has narrowed significantly. September and October are also filling up nicely - let's see what happens.
In the press there has been chatter about scams at the airport, trouble with tourist visas in Penang and just this week the local constabulary have unearthed a couple more pedophiles.
Around the corner the interior of the former Diana Millennium has been completely gutted. No news yet on who is doing it and to what end.
On a trawl of numerous venues the other night which included 3-Som, Rockhouse, Sweethearts, Paradise, Mirage, Gentleman's Club, Goodfellas, Mixx, Peaches, and several others the names of which I don't / didn't know, there were not all that many guests except in Mixx which seemed to be full of M.E. customers.
Current guests in Metro Apartments tell me that Big C and Central Festival are quite empty and that you'd miss people even if you had a blunderbuss.
The wife and kids are currently visiting her village and family while I toil away here in Pattaya - but then again somebody's got to do it!!
On a personal matter and as there are a few people who read this who will want to know - I went to get my back sorted with Nigel. A nice bloke who poked and prodded me several times, he obviously knows what he's doing. After a few visits the backache has improved a bit but not been fixed completely. I need a couple of more sessions but can't seem to find the time. I do nonetheless recommend him to people who ask. There!
That's all for now - except for a few jokes.
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