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Atlantic Bar Pattaya

Atlantic Bar North Pattaya

Atlantic Bar North Pattaya

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Atlantic Bar North Pattaya for last 18 years has been one of my regular watering holes. Here are many of the interesting people & staff who have enjoyed it with me. The photo above is 2003 with the lovely Aew.

This is not a travel blog just a personal photo collection of 18 years at the Atlantic bar.

July 2003 Aew

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It’s hard to believe that was 18 years ago.

Triple treat in 2003

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On the left is my friend Nok in November 2003, we finally got together in January 2011.

Here is Nok in 2011

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Funnily enough Nok left the bar had a little baby and in early 2016 was back there working again.

Atlantic Bar North Pattaya in July 2003

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The bar has been extended, it is now 50% larger.

Atlantic Bar North Pattaya June 2005

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There have been many beautiful girls working at Atlantic over the years.

John Sinclair, aka Secrets in June 2005

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  John wants to know what time can he start having fun?

Her name is Mint

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What about those rosy cheeks?

December 2005

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All that money around her neck means she is having a birthday.

December 2005

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    Her name is Dah, a silly mate of ours Pothole, aka John Martin bought her a new nose & boobs & fathered 2 children with her, now in 2022 they are 14 and 12 years old. Naturally the liaison failed after several years of mayhem & war, and now he pays a fortune to educate and look after them. Is it any wonder we call him Pothole?

John  Sinclair aka Secrets & Joergen Ulitzer

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December 2005 and the boys are having fun, now in 2015 John is living happily in Bangkok while Joerg languishes in a Hong Kong prison on a drug smuggling charge. November 2015 and charges against Joerg have been dropped.

Atlantic Bar North Pattaya September 2006

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  What a gorgeous young girl Ying is, a smile to die for. 🙂

Just pop out on the street if you are hungry

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Thai people have taken street food to an art form.

And the beat goes on.

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  This is September 2006, check out another Thai post here.

Sept 2006, Stollies for me please

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Most of the time I drink Jack Daniel’s however now & then I go for Stollies.

February 2007

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 Ian Pinniger, Ooy, John Sinclair and Cate, sadly Ian passed away in March 2009 after losing a long fight against cancer.

Sean Fenton and Anne February 2007

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  Sean Fenton hails from Townsville and married this lovely lady who now lives like a queen with Sean a a tribe of children.

This is Ooy in February 2007.

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    Check out the rest of my 2007 Thai trip here.

June 2007

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  Here are my friends Hamish Elton and John Sinclair at the Atlantic in 2007.

Atlantic sharpshooters 2007

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Most of these girls are very good pool players.

August 2007 Trevor and Paul

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  With the iconic neon palm in the background that sadly now in 2015 it’s not there any more.

Sabai Wing Soi 1 North Pattaya

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Sabai Wing Soi 1, 3 swimming pools and nice rooms, 100 meters from BigC, great value at only $23 usd per night as of August 15. I live in the high-rise in the background, Markland. For a great room rate book here.

For a more upmarket hotel on Beach Rd

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Just use THIS LINK for a terrific rate at the Wave Hotel.

Two friendly lads from Hawaii November 2011

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    Happy guys loving their time in Pattaya.

August 2007

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   Trevor, Jeff Gill and John Sinclair aka”Secrets” .

August 2007

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  August 2007, Dennis aka the Hyena, John Sinclair and Jeff Gill.  More from 2007 here.

Atlantic Bar North Pattaya April 2008

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My good friends from the Gold Coast Nick and Sharon in April 2008.   I had four trips to Thailand in 2008.

May 2010 a gathering of golfers

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This bunch of guys used to regularly drink at the Atlantic bar every Friday night. The could tell you (and did) in detail about every shot they hit that day. 🙂 I spent a fascinating week in Yangon with them in 2013, they played golf every day, I played once & explored the city every day. 🙂

May 2010 with Nok

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  More photos and information on 2010 here.

A proposal December 2011

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In December 2011 with Jom I made the following proposal.

The proposal

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Sabai Resort

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For eight years from 2004 the Sabai Resort was my hotel of choice, even now I book most of my friends in as it is such great value, especially if you book through this Agoda link.

 Bill Austin, Don Wenham & Porn in January 2011

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Bill from Wiltshire  has visited Pattaya 3 times however Don from Australia was not too impressed. Sadly Don passed away in 2016 after a long battle with cancer, RIP old buddy.

 January 2011, more happy customers.

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  Check out this link for one of my 2011 posts on our fantastic holiday in Pattaya.

January 2011.

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  Here is my second post of 2011 in Thailand.

January 2011, Porn.

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I last saw Porn from a distance in 2014 with a young baby and a farang, so obviously she found a way out of the bar. 🙂

February 2012

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  My good friend Dave Wylie who I originally met in Rio de Janeiro. Dave now live in Crescent City California.

Bar gets a face-lift April 2012

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The bar is now 50% larger.

January 2013, the boys from Wiltshire.

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Here is my post covering my life in Pattaya in 2013.

2013 with Trevor and Bobby

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I do miss the regular Friday nights with these fanatical golfers.

 July 10 2015

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Annie has a terrific smile.

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Bar extension July 2015

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Atlantic took over the bar next door and increased their size by 50%.

Kiwi Bill & Aussie Hamish

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Friday night drinks.

August 7 2015 Phil Barkin & Hamish Elton

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Phil was originally from New York and now lives in Manila.

Atlantic Bar North Pattaya September 2nd 2016

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Athos, Porthos and Aramis, no you are mistaken. It’s not the 3 musketeers, it’s Hamish Elton, Mark Yagalla & David Herd at the Atlantic Bar.

Atlantic Bar 2nd Road Pattaya September 2016

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Right opposite Atlantic is a soapy massage if you feel hot & bothered. 🙂

New Years Eve 2016 at Atlantic Bar 2nd Road Pattaya

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Steve “Jumbo” Reade having a ball at the Atlantic Bar.

 Atlantic girls

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They all looked terrific, dressed to kill. 🙂

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The A team January 22 2017.

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From the left we have Joerg UlitzkaSteve Reade aka Jumbo, Pothole aka John Martin, David Herd & Bill Curtis. Sadly Bill passed away, RIP my friend.

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I prefer the bar when it’s quiet. 🙂

Aussie geriatrics

Atlantic Bar 2nd Road Pattaya I’m with Stingy, Hunjadi & Chocs, combined ages of 272 years. 🙂

Mimi & Stefan

Atlantic Bar 2nd Road Pattaya Stefan with his gorgeous gran-daughter Mimi, he believes it’s never too early to train them on the pole. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Finally Stefan married the love of his life in August 2018. 🙂

Atlantic Bar 2nd Road Pattaya What a fabulous photo.

A bunch of Aussies Sept 2018

Atlantic Bar 2nd Road Pattaya David Robertson aka Chocolates, David Herd, Richard Blair aka Stingy, & John Mangan aka Mango.

Drinks with Mark Yagalla

Atlantic Bar 2nd Road Pattaya This young guy has led a very interesting life, hit Google & see for yourself. 🙂

More bloody Aussies. 🙂

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Bill Perry from the Gold Coast, Sean Fenton from Cairns, Greg Clee originally fro Sydney & Neville Groves from Townsville.

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Author: David Herd

My history, particularly over the last 30 years is dominated by overseas travel. I sold my home in Australia October 20th 2011 and have have been living in Thailand since then. I don’t know where the time has gone? It seems like you go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and 20 years have flashed by. Not sure how many years I have left, however I have enjoyed a wonderful charmed life, and if it all ended today I would leave this world with no regrets. I was born in Sydney halfway through the last century, started my travels in the 60s with the usual U.K. Europe adventure at the age of 20, back to Australia and worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide in Sales & Marketing with multinational companies including Sanyo, Canon & Remington. Engaged to be married 3 times and never quite made it to the alter, finally realized by the mid 90s I was not cut out for "long term relationships" so I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland in January 1987, worked for a couple of banks as a Financial Planner, I took a year off work in 1998 to travel and never went back to full time work again, after 25 fun filled years on the Coast I packed up and moved to Thailand. What is the purpose of this blog? Well I really want to use it to record my travel experiences & to display my photographs, give and receive travel tips, comment on places I visit, restaurants I eat in and use it to replace the autobiography I intended to write, apart from all that it helps me fill in my day. :) I moved to Thailand mainly because I wanted to keep travelling while my health allowed me to, there are huge advantages being closer to all the places I want to visit. Cost of living in Thailand is around 35% of the cost in Australia, plus flights are 50% cheaper because you are much closer to everywhere. ???? Consequently I am able to travel to many more places compared to living in Australia. Having said all that, it is & has always been my intention to return to Australia when my travelling is finished, I predict this will happen around 2021.

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