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Username: ppsallyslid
Post Number: 10
Registered: 7-2002
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 2:10 pm: | |
allasia,
Since you have been there then you know the deal! A great attitude anf knowing how to have fun with the ladies means a lot. If you spend a little and buy some lady drinks for the girls goes a long way... It will make you a superstar.
The Bigger bars had by far the best girls, these were usually the hostesses, front door girls and waitresses.
The best were Volcano, Blue Nile, Neros Forum and Cambodia. Then Came Illusions and Brown Sugar. Stay away from Santos Street, Yuck......
It seemed that the smaller bars had the ugliest women, but everyones taste is different.
Hotels: We were going to stay at the Orchid, but it was full. We stayed at the Oasis, which is about a mile and a half from the bar district. It is a great hotel and the girls love it. They think you are a rock star for staying there. Prices were US $30-$50 for rooms. I thought the Orchid was a dump and everyone we talked to there said it was very loud. The Oasis also had the best restaurant in Town. We checked out the Clarkton, it was less expensive and not too bad either.
Money: The peso trades for the US dollar at $1 equalling 51.9 pesos, a great rate. Girls Bar fines were around 1000 pesos. After the night was over we tipped 500 to 1000 pesos and they loved us for it. I guess a lot of guys do not tip.
Shopping: Almost none. If you are a pool player there are a couple of great pool stick stores available. For around $50 US you can buy a stick that is worth over $1000 here in the states. Go to Ralphs, it is one block past Kokomos on the Right. The lady that owns it is a Harvard Grad Dentist (funny). Her little dentist shop is in the back.
Food: The Oasis was like eating in a five star restaurant, everything was awesome. Breakfast Buffet 220 pesos ($4.50), lunch was around the same. Dinners were never more than $6-8, and that was for Filet Mignon. Salvatores was good for Italian, it was accross from the Volcano Club. Kokomos and Margarita Station had passable Burgers and fries.
Transportation: The Jeepnies were the best deal, but they cannot get all the way into town, due to major road construction right in front of Margarita Station. They cost 4 pesos to take you anywhere. The Trike guys are a bunch of pirates, but you are stuck using them sometimes. They jack you for 40 - 50 pesos, although it is still only a buck.
We had no trouble with the locals, but it is very much a "wild west" kind of town with the dirty streets and half tumbled down structures. It makes Thailand seem like a paradise. That and the fact that there is not a whole lot to do but eat, sleep, drink and f...!
We also bought almost all the Mamasan's drinks when we walked into a bar. This always worked out as they would buy us 2-3 more. Then all the girls would come around and you know the rest......
Bring some decent clothes, take a shower and put on some cologne. They will love you for this. There are a ton of old, fat stinky pigs there. If you are remotely well dressed, smell good and look at least ok, you will be a GOD! I know we were, and they will never forget us.
One night at Blue Nile we had a drinking contest with one Mamasan, then two Mamasan's then all three Mamasan's, throw in five dancers and ten waitresses, then they all started doing blow job shots off our crotches. We did this for about two hours and the whole bar stood still and watched the show. They all wanted us to take them home. Only problem was we had drank with them all and could barely walk.
Bottom Line: I liked AC, but it appeared that the town was slolwly going down hill. A lot of bars were closed. If you bar hop, they all know you and are shouting your name (they never forget) from the doorway as you walk by. There were maybe 1000 Bar girls in all. It waqs hard to find anything above a 7. In Pattaya there are so many bars that this almost never occurs. It is a small town and you have to follow the rule "One Bar--One Girl". They are very possesive once they get you. I had a great time, but would probably choose Pattaya over AC. |