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Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

June 19, 2015 by David Herd

Sirocco Bangkok

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008 as well as Bangkok and Krabi. Throw in Sydney, Singapore, Bali, New York, Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, Curitiba, Florianopolis and Balneario Camboriu. Certainly one of my greatest years for travel.

Please note, this is not part of my Travel Blog. It’s part of my personal history, check it out if you wish.

Sirocco Bangkok

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

My brother Warren & Yvonne Collier at Sirocco.

Centrepoint Hotel

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A nice hotel in a great location, close to the sky train and the Chao Phraya river.


Phung aka Cleopatra at Nana Plaza.

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

My favourite Bangkok girl since 2001.

Big Dog Bar at Nana Plaza

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

  Nic, Sharon and Rod Perin, (RIP).    

Nana Plaza  

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

John Sinclair getting up close and personal. 🙂  

Elephant at Dynasty Hotel Soi 4 Nana

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

You really don’t see the elephants in the street anymore.

Honey Pot Pattaya with number 99

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

Sadly the Honey Pot closed around 2012.

Cherry Bar Pattaya

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

   Rod, Nick and I with our new watches. Sadly Ron on the left, passed away in 2011.  

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

One thing that has not changed are the boats waiting for the Chinese tourists.

Sabai Resort next to Big C in 2nd Rd.

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

I stayed at the Sabai Resort for about 7 years until I moved to Pattaya in October 2011. It was and still is a great location.

On of my favourite girls visits me at the Sabai

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

  Jan was absolutely gorgeous, she worked at the Cherry Bar from 2003 to around 2010.  

Here is Ice at the Sabai Resort  

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  I often wonder where she is now.

Notice the Holiday Inn being built in 2008.

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

The Holiday Inn opened in 2009.

 Bernard’s

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

One of my favourite restaurants, for many years it was in Soi 3 before moving to Soi 1 opposite Markland. Sadly it closed in 2014.

Honey Pot in Soi 2

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Great times at the Honey Pot with Dennis and Nick, sadly in 2012 the club closed.

Beautiful Thai

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Did you pick it? The best looking ladyBoy I have ever seen, the guys just had to get a photo taken.

Pretty face in Pattaya

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There are not as many pretty faces now in 2016.

Seafood at the Mantra

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Located at the Amari hotel is my favourite restaurant, every Sunday they have a fantastic brunch.

Walking St in daylight

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Such a difference during the day.

A little different at night

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Lots of neon lights in Walking Street at night.

My favourite girl

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Jan has been my favourite Cherry Bar girl your quite a few years, what a beautiful face she has.

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A year or so later Jan found a sponsor and is now the mother of three.

Pattaya street kitchen.

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

Thai people have taken street food to an art form.

Cute Russian at Cosy Beach

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The water looks nice. Water, what water? I don’t see any water. 🙂

Nick & Sharon

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My friends from the Gold Coast who love Thailand.

Nook at U Too Bar

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The U Too bar moved up the road to Drinking Street. Thanks for visiting my Four Pattaya trips photo blog.

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Bangkok Samui sexy babes

May 3, 2015 by David Herd

This is not a travel blog just a personal photo collection from 2000.

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Bangkok Samui sexy babes in the year 2000. I spent New Years Eve two years in a row, 1999 in Samui for the millennium & in Pattaya NYE 2000. The millennium was special for me due to a brief romance with the Italian princess pictured above. He name in Barbara Manelli and she was hot, hot, hot. 🙂

This it not part of my travel blog, just part of my personal photo & travel history from 2000.

Thailand New Years Eve

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Thailand New Years Eve This is how Chaweng beach looked early New Years Eve 1999, in fact my friends and I had dinner right there on the beach. The photo quality is terrible due to the early days of digital cameras.

New Years Eve 1999

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It was a terrific night on the beach even though my whirlwind romance with Barbara aka Gypsy was over by then.

Barbara Manelli aka Gypsy.

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Oh my! She was one of the sexiest most gorgeous ladies I have ever had the pleasure to be with. The affair didn’t last much more than a week but the memories will stay with me forever.

Be patient we will move on shortly. 🙂

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The romance was short but sweet. 🙂

Even now in 2015 I still occasionally think of her with affection.

The Relax Resort Chaweng Beach Samui

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I stayed at the Relax Bungalows a few times and found them very comfortable on a quiet section of the beach. Still very cheap if you book through Agoda, between $50 and $60 per night.

Chaweng Beach Koh Samui

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Sadly that beach hut is no longer there.

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

 Dr Evil and his two favourite ladies, Jane & Gypsy. In fact Jane was with me in Koh Samui in August 1999 when I first met Barbara.

My special three pack.

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

This is a special photo, only 6 or 7 times in my life have I been able to get 3 girlfriends in the one photo, priceless.

Bangkok Koh Samui sexy babes

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So many girls and such little time.

One girl and two boys.

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

That’s Thailand for you, sometimes things can be very confusing.  Of course one of the boys is Pothole aka John Martin, and he doesn’t care which one he winds up with. 🙂  

 Girls from Soi 33 Santana Bar

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Soi 33 was one of the best areas for bars and restaurants.

John Sinclair loves Bangkok

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My friend John in a familiar pose.

Bangkok girl called Dow.

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What a gorgeous face.

 Another Bangkok girl who’s name I forget

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

I do remember however that she was a very sweet lady.

Great shape in Bangkok

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I am fairly sure she hits the gym. 🙂

Cold beers in Pattaya

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  Tony Murphy, Michael Dowd, John Sinclair, Rush and David Herd.  

One final look at Gypsy

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Barbara will always be one of the most exciting ladies I have ever known’ Many thanks for visiting my Bangkok Samui sexy babes photo blog.

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Two Thailand trips 2002

May 1, 2015 by David Herd

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Two Thailand trips

Two Thailand trips

Two Thailand trips in 2002, by my standards it was a very quiet year for travel. Shanghai & Beijing however gave me a great introduction to China. Digital cameras were in their early stages so the photo quality is very average indeed.

The photo above shows the team in Bangkok celebrating John Sinclair turning 60. From the left is John Martin aka Pothole, Michael Dowd, John Sinclair, Apple Pie, David Herd and Tony Murphy.

Happy birthday John

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Birthdays seem to roll around so fast the older you get.

Christy’s in Soi 33 Bangkok

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Soi 33 Sukhumvit in Bangkok.

Here was my choice.

Two Thailand trips

That is a super smile.


 

This really needs no caption.

  Two Thailand trips

You gotta love Thailand.

Hit the road Jack

Two Thailand trips

    John Sinclair and Bruce Donnachie outside the Office in Soi 33, it is a terrific sports bar with lots of TVs and good looking staff.

Phung, aka Cleopatra

Two Thailand trips

My favourite Nana Plaza girl, we met last year in 2001 and hooked up with each other for quite a few years until about 2009. I believe she found a sponsor and is living in Europe now.  

The Bus Stop in Soi 4 Nana

Two Thailand trips

Mike Dowd, David Herd, Pothole Martin and John Sinclair. Once again I’m so disappointed with the photo quality, early days of digital cameras. This was actually AFL grand final day 2002 when Brisbane Lions beat Collingwood.

The Office in Soi 33.

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Even now in 2015 the Office sports bar in Soi 33 is still open.

Pothole Bin Ladin and Apple Pie.

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Our regular village idiot with his new girl. When things became serious we were not allowed to call her Apple anymore, Champen was her name. 🙂   I really have to relay this funny story, Pothole took Apple to Australia a couple of times and they planned to marry. At that time in 2003 little did he realize she was actively managing 4 or 5 other suitors from Europe and America. He only discovered the truth much later after cracking into her Hotmail account.

  Anyhow Pothole actually used some common sense (most unusual for him) and presented Apple with a pre nuptial agreement for her signature. Her assets were about $16,000 worth of jewellery that he had given her, his were way in excess of $1,000,000. This all happened on a Thursday night, then Friday he came home early from work to discover her jewellery laid out on the bed alongside a suicide note.   I think I already mentioned that he was known as the village idiot, and in keeping with this image he raced up to North Sydney police station distraught and weeping, and pleaded with the local cops to help him find her. They came to his apartment, took photographs and asked many questions.  

He called me during the day totally distressed and I gave him the following advice, I said “pack all her clothes etc in her suitcase, leave it outside the door and get your locks changed. Naturally my advice didn’t go down all that well. Much later that evening who should turn up all bright and bubbly, you guessed it, Apple Pie, aka Champen. 🙂   He of course forgave her and took her back, even after finding out she was in fact having a long lunch (and who knows what else?) with a friend of his.  

Two things about Apple however, she was the best Thai cook I have ever seen, secondly she finally moved to England, married an ex cop and had a lovely daughter. The husband was awarded an MBE or similar around 2013 and Apple rolled up at the Palace with him when he received his award. Not a bad ending for a chick from Nana Plaza. 🙂  

As I said previously, Pothole is known by many as “the village idiot”, but he is our village idiot and he has provided us with a huge amount of entertainment over the years. His final piece of stupidity in the above “Apple Pie” saga was showing her my texts and relaying the advice I gave him to her, consequently I had abusive phone calls from Apple indicating I was the villain in the whole fiasco. That’s our Pothole for you. 🙂

 Master chef 2003

Two Thailand trips

  This girl could really cook Thai food. What a difference in photo quality in just one year.  

From 2003

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Sue on the right was one of my girlfriends from Shanghai, I took her to Sydney for a weekend. The other girl is Apple.  

Bee from Bangkok on her 21st birthday.

Two Thailand trips

Another funny story, I was drinking in the Big Dog bar in Nana plaza when this gorgeous little girl rolled up about 8pm to the hamburger stand in her pyjamas and slippers. She looked so cute I went and spoke to her, well to cut a long story short the next night we got together for her 21st birthday, you gotta love Thailand.

You saw Bee, well here is Beer. 🙂

  Two Thailand trips

Beer was a dancer at Rainbow 3 in Nana Plaza and a girl with a terrific personality.  

Na was one of my favourite girls.

Two Thailand trips

Another funny story, as you can see I met Na in a beauty salon in Soi 22 when she was giving me a pedicure. For a couple of years every time I came to Bangkok we would get together. Mostly she would arrive at my hotel around midnight after she finished work.

Lovely Na

    Two Thailand trips

Things were fine for a long time until one day she said to me “I can’t see you any more David”. I was very surprised and asked her “why not, have you found another boyfriend”? She said “no, I have found a girlfriend”. Looking back I guess this was a “George Costanza” moment, I had driven a girl to lesbianism. 🙂  

John settles Murphy’s debt

Two Thailand trips

Luk closed her shop for 10 days to look after one of our friends. When he left to go back to Australia he completely forgot to leave her any money (on purpose I might add). John Sinclair being the gentleman he is made sure she had enough to cover her expenses.

The result

Two Thailand trips

Luk is a lot happier now.  

Two Thailand trips 2006.

Two Thailand trips

As I am so disappointed in the photo quality I have jumped forward to 2006 to show better shots of my favourite Bangkok girl Cleo.

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Three Fabulous Thailand trips 2003

April 29, 2015 by David Herd

Atlantic Bar Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Three Fabulous Thailand trips 2003, in fact the whole year was frantic, not sure how I survived, it was one of the busiest & best years for travel that I have ever experienced. I went to Vietnam twice in January & April, Thailand in April & July, then around the world in November starting in Chile, then on to Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, Barcelona & Bangkok on the way home to Australia.

Low tide at Pattaya beach

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

The skyline has changed a lot since 2003, now in 2015 there is a building boom in condominiums and hotels.

Golf at Phoenix with John and Andy

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Andy got tied up with a Thai girl who relieved him of his one million GBP inheritance.

Surrounded by caddies at Phoenix.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Now this is the way to play golf. 🙂

Marta was a pole dancer from Prague

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Marta was quite a wild Russian girl, I chatted to her on Walking St and invited her to join us at Cosy Beach. We had a great day culminating in an even better night. 🙂

The rear view

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Here is Marta again at my hotel, the Sunshine Vista in Soi 3. There are more photos in the slide show at the end, I can’t show them in this part of the post as Photobucket censor any bare boobs. 🙂


John Martin aka Pothole at the Sunshine Vista

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Certainly one of the craziest people I know. He moved to Pattaya a year or two after this, grabbed a girl off the pole and produced two children with her.

John Sinclair, Sinclair Waters (RIP) and Bob Dark.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Sinclair is famous for adding people to his “black list”, after a couple years of being in favor in 2016 he put me back on it. 🙂

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

We are just a bunch of naughty little boys. 🙂

Thai music on Beach Rd Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Traditional Thai music.

Here are some gorgeous Thai girls from 2003  

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How sweet they were. 🙂

Oysters

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  At the Lobster Pot in Walking Street, there are many seafood restaurants where you overlook the bay.  

Lunch at Fuji

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Here is a typical Thai story, I invited Ja in the yellow to lunch, she worked in the phone section of Big C. However unbeknownst to me she then invited 4 of her friends to come and enjoy a free lunch at my expense. 🙂 This is quite normal in Thailand and it’s not the first, and won’t be the last time I have been caught.

Soi 4 hotel Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

   New hotel Soi 4, + North Shore in the background.  

Fresh food in Soi 3

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Thai people have taken street food to an art form.

Still same price in 12 years later in 2015

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Foot massage still same price 12 years later in 2015, however the Thai massage is now 200. I still have 4 or 5 foot massages every week.  

Songkran in Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

This is one of my all time favourite photos. Songkran is a week of madness in Pattaya to celebrate the Thai New Year.

Songkran Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

  Another tradition is plastering the face with white powder.  

Pothole, prince of fashion.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

  Here is another weird sight around Songkran, John Martin aka Pothole Bin Ladin and his wonderful Thai style shirt.  

Chinatown Bangkok

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Always lots to see in Chinatown.

Chinatown Bangkok

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Chinatown is a “must see” part of Bangkok, another good look into the past is “Jim Thompson” house. I also love taking a cruise on a long tail boat along the mighty Chao Phraya river. Make sure to stop off at Wat Arun, “The Temple of Dawn”.  

Here is an amazing sight in Chinatown.

 

Fresh fish in Bangkok Thailand

Bangkok babe

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Some of the most beautiful babes in the world.

Lovely Jane from Bangkok  

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

This is my friend Jane, we first met in 1999 at Nana Plaza. I took her to Koh Samui for a holiday.  

John Sinclair and David Herd

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

It’s 2017 & John still lives in Soi 4 Nana.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

  Elephants have now been banned from the city streets.

I remember this happening

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It is now 2016 and they are still prosecuting the criminals.

Atlantic Bar Princesses

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

On the left is Nok in 2003, the next photo shows her in January 2011. A couple of years later she quit Pattaya to live in the country with her new baby.  

Here is Nok in 2011.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

    Here is a coincidence for you, I published this post two days ago on April 30 2015, then last night on May 1st I ran into Nok who is back working at the Atlantic. Her theme song should really be “All my life’s a circle”.:)

Harry Chapin - All My Life's a Circle

Mable from Beijing

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

 I met Mable online in a chat room, she was one of my excellent guides when I went to Beijing where she lives. In 2003 I flew her to Thailand to meet me for a holiday. We visited Bangkok, Pattaya and Koh Chang.

Cosy Beach Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

  The elevator to the beach is the Royal Cliff Hotel.  

Notice how the sand enhances the colour of the towel.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Towel, what towel? I don’t see a towel. 🙂

John Sinclair at Cosy Beach

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

In 2015 the Navy removed all the food vendors from Cosy Beach, such a shame.

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Three Fabulous Thailand trips, Citadines in Soi 11

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

The rooms are compact and nicely laid out including a kitchen if you like to prepare some food. This is now my hotel of choice, plus Soi 11 is a great street for bars and restaurants.

Excellent pool & Gym at the Dynasty Grande

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

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Samui Bangkok Pattaya 2004

April 26, 2015 by David Herd

 This it not part of my travel blog, just my personal photo & travel history from 2003.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya 2004

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

 Samui Bangkok Pattaya, another three trips in 2004. It was a quieter year for travel after my amazing busy year of travel in 2003.

One of my favourite pastimes

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

I have to maintain my 110 kilo weight. 🙂

Another favourite pastime.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Her name is Jan and she soon became my favourite Pattaya princess.

Another Cherry Bar princess

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

A beautiful smile & a very sweet lady.

Aussies out of control

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Richard Blair aka Mr Stingy out of control in a Soi 8 beer bar. He only recently discovered Pattaya and was carrying on like most newbies.


Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Another two Aussies, John “Pothole” Martin and Ken Shelly have discovered their nirvana.

Pothole & friend

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Here is Pothole with what seems to be an attractive Thai lady that he had just negotiated a short time liaison in his hotel room. Of course she turned out to be a LadyBoy which made absolutely no difference to him, in fact he happily described the whole event in great detail to the rest of us sitting around the pool. My only comment is “too much information”.

Happy street vendor

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Thai people have taken street food to an art form, however care should be taken when choosing what to eat.

Gorgeous Thai girl at Sabai Lodge

  Samui Bangkok Pattaya

As they say in the classics, if you have got it, flaunt it. 🙂

Sabai Lodge Soi 2 was our favoured hotel

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

   Pothole from Sydney and hypo-active Dan from Airlie Beach     

Cold beers in Soi 8

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Ken and “Stingy” just before we flew to Koh Samui to continue their indoctrination.

Beach Rd bar with Greg Clee.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Greg & I live in Markland on Beach Rd, he is on 17th floor & I’m on 20th.

Koh Samui

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

The flight to Samui was very tiring for Stingy, on another note Thailand is the only country in the world he is considered a “handsome man. 🙂

  “Stingy” Blair and Ken.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

It was around this time I gave Richard the nickname Stingy. It came about when he and Ken were on the beach and a Thai lady was reading his palm. She looked at him and said “you are a very wealthy man, but Stingy”. Of course she was spot on, so many times Richard would be drinking with Ken and showing off by buying lots of drinks for the girls behind the bar knowing that Ken would have to pay half the bill, but the girls would think he was the hero. As soon as I heard what the girl on the beach had said I gave him the label “Stingy” which has stuck with him until today in 2015. I also taught Ken to always have separate “bins”, meaning Bills, when drinking with Richard so he couldn’t pull his usual bill splitting stunt.

Koh Samui sunset

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

  Taken at Chaweng beach from my preferred beachside hotel, the Baan Chaweng hotel.  

Chaweng Beach Koh Samui

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

There are a number of reasons I prefer Samui to Phuket, first they restrict building to not exceed the height of the palm trees. Secondly there are not as many noisy Australian tourists which suits me fine. Like most places however progress has not been kind, to me Samui was more enjoyably in the late 90s and early 2000s. Many of the older charming buildings in Chaweng have been replaced by gold shops etc, such is life.

Ken Shelly and a BBQ prawn

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

I used to see a lot of Ken in these early days, however in the last couple of years when he comes to Thailand he does his best to avoid me, (he is not alone) c’est la vie. 🙂 

Big Dog at Nana Plaza Bangkok

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Nana Plaza Bangkok sex sin sleaze it’s all there. I have been a frequent visitor for 20 years & have seen the LadyBoy population rise from 10% to around 40% today. This does not suit me at all, give me the sexy young girls any day.

Sadly Richard passed away aged 76 on October 15 2022.
 

Phung aka Cleopatra

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

My favourite Bangkok girl, we met in 2001 at Nana Plaza and got together every time I was in town until about 2009 when she left the business. It’s now 2015 and I hear she is living with a guy in Europe.

Cleo with the huge smile

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Without a doubt one of the most terrific Thai ladies I have ever met.

John Sinclair and Rod Perrin, RIP.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Rod was an ex Sydney cop who retired and moved to Forster on the NSW coast. These days he spends most of his time in Thailand. John was originally from Adelaide and after 3 or 4 failed marriages moved to the Gold Coast. He spent around 10 years there before moving to Thailand around 2002.

Gorgeous Eve likes her pepper hot.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

The biggest pepper grinder I have ever seen. Eve has a German sponsor from Airlie Beach, a very odd type of man who regularly travels to Thailand. I am on his black list, then again I am on quite a few blacklists. 🙂

Atlantic Bar Pattaya

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

 Another gorgeous girl in Pattaya.

One more to finish

Samui Bangkok Pattaya   Samui Bangkok Pattaya

So many girls & such little time. 🙂

You too can have a body like this if you abuse it.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

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One night Bangkok, never enough

April 1, 2015 by David Herd

The boys in Bangkok

One night Bangkok, never enough

One night Bangkok, never enough

One night Bangkok, never enough, plus one night Bangkok makes a hard man humble, Not much between despair and ecstasy, One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble, Can’t be too careful with your company, I can feel the devil walking next to me.

We have all heard the song and some of us have been lucky enough to live the dream. 🙂

The photo above is at Nana Plaza with Greg Clee, John Sinclair and Sean Fenton, all Aussies who love Thailand.

This it not part of my travel blog, just part of my personal history from 2007.

One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head (HQ Audio)

“One night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster
The bars are temples but their pearls ain’t free
You’ll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you’re lucky, then the god’s a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me”

One night Bangkok, never enough

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

Say no more…….

Khaosan Road

One night Bangkok, never enough

“Khaosan” translates as “milled rice”, a reminder that in former times the street was a major Bangkok rice market. In the last 20 years, however, Khaosan Road has developed into a world famous “backpacker ghetto”. It offers cheap accommodation, ranging from “mattress in a box” style hotels to reasonably priced 3-star hotels. In an essay on the backpacker culture of Khaosan Road,

Khaosan Road cafe

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

There are several pubs and bars where backpackers meet to discuss their travels. The area is internationally known as a centre of dancing, partying, and just prior to the traditional Thai New Year (Songkran festival) of 13-15 April, water splashing that usually turns into a huge water fight. One Thai writer has described Khaosan as “…a short road that has the longest dream in the world”.

 What a beautiful face.

One night Bangkok, never enough

A pedicure in Bangkok is an absolute please when done by such a beautiful girl.

Long tail boat

One night Bangkok, never enough

The craft is designed to carry passengers on a river & may include a lightweight long canoe hull, up to 30 meters long, and a canopy. There is a great variation among these boats, some have evolved from traditional craft types, while others have a more improvised look, the sole defining characteristic is a second-hand car or truck engine.

Ok, lets go yo Pattaya

One night Bangkok, never enough

  Another beautiful face is Dah who was working at the Honey Pot in Soi 2 when I met her last year.  

Dah in 2006, 15 kilo lighter

One night Bangkok, never enough

    Same pretty face however she was 15 kilo lighter when I met her last year.  

 Sabai Resort

One night Bangkok, never enough

This is where I stayed for 7 years each time I would visit Pattaya until I moved to Thailand from Australia in October 2011. A great location with a reasonable price, I preferred room number 311.

Sabai Resort

One night Bangkok, never enough

  Catie Rizzo from the Gold Coast with John Sinclair at the Sabai Resort.  

Cate showing off her assets

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

Atlantic Bar 2nd Rd Pattaya

One night Bangkok, never enough

  Ian Finlay (RIP March 2009) Ooy, Cate and John Sinclair enjoying a good night at the Atlantic bar.  

Sean gets engaged.

One night Bangkok, never enough

Sean Fenton and Ann get engaged, it is now 2015 and they are living happily in Townsville with a number of children. On the left is Brad Robbins also from Townsville and on The right Greg Clee who is my neighbour in Pattaya.

Sean’s bucks party

One night Bangkok, never enough

Hamish Elton, Greg Clee and Sean winding up for a huge night.  

Attitude

One night Bangkok, never enough

    Hello sexy man, where you go?

Tiny girl at the Honey Pot

One night Bangkok, never enough

  Rod is a fairly big guy, in fact he used to be a Sydney cop, he towers over the little waitress.  

Honey Pot Soi 2

One night Bangkok, never enough

It was my favourite bar for 2 or 3 years, sadly the original Honey Pot is now closed. Typical Pattaya, nothing stays the same for too long.

Honey Pot

One night Bangkok, never enough

One of my favourite Honey Pot girls, I love the sexy glasses, and if you look through the slideshow you will notice one night she was wearing red & white socks, the Sydney Swans colours. 🙂

I’m in heaven

One night Bangkok, never enough

Savannah in Soi 3

Pretty face at Atlantic Bar

One night Bangkok, never enough

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Not just a pretty face

One night Bangkok, never enough

    An incredible body as well. 🙂

Sabai Wing Soi 1 North Pattaya

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

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.

U Too bar

One night Bangkok, never enough

    Moved several years ago to Drinking St 2nd Rd north Pattaya.

Gold Coast girls

 One night Bangkok, never enough

Cate and Tammy.

Koh Samui

One night Bangkok, never enough

 Cate, Tammy and I decided to spend a few days in Koh Samui.

One night Bangkok, never enough, thanks for visiting.

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

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One night Bangkok, never enough

 

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Three Thailand trips 2009

December 1, 2014 by David Herd

Is Thailand fun? You bet it is. 🙂

Three Thailand trips

Three Thailand trips

 Three Thailand trips in February April and July. The best was certainly in July when my good friend Phil Thomson arrived with his 21 yo son Michael to introduce him to life in Thailand. Michael’s mother is Japanese and he speaks the language fluently. Being a young good looking guy the girls in the bar made quite a fuss of him.

The two girls above are Anne & Jaeb from the Cherry Bar.

This post focuses on the July trip with Phil & Michael Thomson.

Michael, Jan & Phil

Three Thailand trips

I think Dad is having more fun than Michael. 🙂

Yes here is proof Michael’s dad is a party animal

Three Thailand trips

Of course Dad had no fun at all. 🙂

Anne and Michael

Three Thailand trips

Anne was so pleased to find some young fresh meat she latched on for a few days.

Nana Plaza and everyone is happy.

Three Thailand trips

We found Muk in “The Office” off Soi 33.

Pizza in Soi 33

Three Thailand trips

Good Italian food here, about 200 meters along Soi 33 on the right.

I met this lovely lady in Soi 33

Three Thailand trips

Her name is Muk and she now works in the country at a 7 11 shop, we sometimes chat on Facebook.

Nana Plaza, game on.

Three Thailand trips

 

Michael is very happy to be introduced to Nana Plaza.

A rainy night in Soi 33

Three Thailand trips

 

Nice Ferrari outside the Office.

This cheeky lady is named Ice.

Three Thailand trips

I met Ice a couple of years ago when she was dancing in a club  in Nana Plaza, I try to catch up with her each time I come to Thailand.

Herbie and the Thomsons at the Mantra

Three Thailand trips

Herbie Pastor is a very interesting guy from Las Vegas who now lives in Pattaya. He has some terrific stories from his days of owning a casino there as well as a well known New Orleans strip club.

The Honey Pot in Soi 2

Three Thailand trips

This was one of my favorite drinking holes, air conditioned and great music. Sadly now in 2014 along with all the other Soi bars it has closed.

Another reason I liked the Honey Pot.

Three Thailand trips

I rest my case.

 While we are on the subject

Three Thailand trips

  I can never show too much of Jan, in my eyes she was the most gorgeous Thai girl I knew.

Did I hear you say you wanted more of Jan?

Three Thailand trips

Well so did I, more & more. 🙂

Near the Dusit hotel

Three Thailand trips

 

Now in 2016 the footpath around the rock wall has totally collapsed.

Dusit at North Pattaya

Three Thailand trips

  You can see the Cove under construction behind the Dusit Hotel

 The Grand Palace in Bangkok

Three Thailand trips

 

A must for anybody visiting Bangkok.

Manhattan’s steakhouse with Trevor.

Three Thailand trips

This was one of Pattaya’s best restaurants, sadly it closed it’s doors in 2014.

 

Cherry bar with Pothole and Greg Clee

Three Thailand trips

Greg Clee is a partner in a go go bar in Walking St Pattaya, Pothole aka John Martin is I a guy I have know for many years. 🙂 Three Thailand trips in 2009 was a lead up to me moving there from Australia in October 2011.                     

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Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

November 21, 2014 by David Herd

It started in Bangkok

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya 2011 without any doubt was one of the best holidays I have ever had. Good friends & close family made it very special indeed. Here is a whole bunch of Herds plus Bjorn  from Germany who is Michael’s other half, my two lovely nieces Laura & Elyssa and my brother Warren.

Sadly we lost Bjorn early 2016 after he fought a long battle with cancer.

2011  was frantic, two trips to Thailand in January and July before moving there permanently on October 20th. Including visits to Krabi & the River Kwai. A few days in Langkawi Malaysia with my brother Warren. Sydney twice in September and October, then 3 weeks after settling in Thailand I was off to England for 3 weeks which included a road trip from Edinburgh to Glasgow via Fort William in the north of Scotland. All this coupled with clearing out all my worldly possession from my Gold Coast home before settlement on October 11. I am weary just writing about this frantic life changing year.

 

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Nana Plaza Bangkok

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

What sort of uncle would expose his nieces to such a infamous sinful environment? His name is David Herd and I’m guilty as charged. 🙂

Beergarden Soi 7.

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

First night in Bangkok the games begin. 🙂

Massage to star the day

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

One of the great pleasures in Thailand.

MBK shopping mall with Tom.

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

Amazing who you run into in Bangkok. 🙂

LadyBoy delivery

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

We gave this LadyBoy 400 Baht to knock on Don’s hotel room and say “hello baby” when he opened the door. We were all hiding in the hallway trying not to laugh. After I got the photo Don sent her away. 🙂

Don sadly passed away on 30th May, 2016 after a long battle with cancer, RIP buddy.


The gang at the Sabai Resort

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

The girls bought the shirts, they claimed the captions matched our personalities.

Hard Rock hotel

Ten Thailand travellers visit Pattaya

Having fun at Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya.

Don, Nok, David and Bill at Sabai Resort

Ten Thailand travellers visit Pattaya

Don Wenham (RIP) from the Gold Coast, Bill Austin from Wiltshire & Nok from Thailand.

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya have dinner at Rimpa Lapin

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

Rimpa Lapin is a terrific beach-side Thai restaurant 30 minutes north of Pattaya.

Amari Hotel

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

A great spot to enjoy a cold beer.

Great photo at the Amari hotel

Ten Thailand travellers visit Pattaya

Bill Austin with Warren & his two daughters Elyssa & Laura.

Sunday lunch at the Mantra

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

I have lost count of the great Sunday lunches I have enjoyed with friends and family at the Mantra.

Alaskan crab at the Mantra

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

It does not get any better than this. 🙂

The fabulous Mantra restaurant, Amari hotel in Pattaya Thailand.

 

Coffee with the boys.

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

Bill Austin from Wiltshire, Denis Freemongrell from Oz, Don Wenham & Tony Murphy from The Gold Coast.

Pattaya Hilton

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

Great food and great friends.

Australia day at LK Metro

Ten Thailand travellers visit Pattaya

Bill with the girls at the Billabong Bar in LK Metro. Owned by an old friend of mine Greg Johnston. Greg actually sold the bar in 2014.

Billabong Dundee no doubt.

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

I have known Greg for over 30 years, he is keen to sell the bar/hotel and move to the country for a quieter life.

Exploitation at the Cherry Bar

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

What sort of uncle would encourage his niece to pole dance at a Thai beer bar? You guessed it, David Herd would. 🙂

Off to Rimpa Lapin

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

One of the terrific Pattaya beach-side restaurants.

Tom Yum soup at Rimpa Lapin

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

A big bowl for a little girl. 🙂

My favourite room 311 at the Sabai Resort.

Sabai Resort Pattaya

This is my favourite pool side room.

Don bought 20 watches to sell in Australia

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

Buying watches at Cosy Beach, genuine copies of course.

Don on the right sadly passed away on 30th May, 2016 after a long battle with cancer, RIP buddy.

Forget the watches I prefer this.

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

You gotta love those hot sexy Russian babes.

Even sexier from behind

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

Words fail me.

The beach club at the Pullman Hotel

Ten Thailand travellers Pattaya

Wongamat and Cosy beach are two great places to check out the Russian eye candy.

 

Centara Grand at Wongamat

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Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya 2005

October 13, 2014 by David Herd

Soi 33 Bangkok

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya 2005 starting at  Christies in Soi 33, I’m with Daryl Evans from Airlie Beach another Aussie who has decided to live in Thailand.

This is not part of my travel blog, it’s a photographic record of the people I mixed with in Thailand in 2005.

Hot babe at Nana Plaza in February

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya Her name is Oiy & she is a hot babe & the girlfriend of Ziggy, a German running a bar in Sihanoukville.

Lets check out her tattoo

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

What tattoo? I don’t see a tattoo.

John Sinclair & David Herd

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

John is another Aussie who decided life in Thailand held more appeal than Australia. In my opinion it gets down to three major reasons, in Australia you reach an age where you are too old to attract the younger females, no problems though in Thailand. Secondly you can live in Thailand for about 1/3 of the cost compared to Australia. Finally there really isn’t any stress or endless rules & regulations in Thailand compared to Australia.

Hot babes Atlantic bar Pattaya

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

New years eve & the bar is jumping, the Atlantic is opposite Big C in 2nd Rd North Pattaya.


 Atlantic Bar New Years Eve

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

All the girls are dressed in white tonight.

Atlantic Bar

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

Hot babe at the Atlantic bar.

Ken Lowry at Sabai Resort

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

Ken lives on the Gold Coast and loves holidaying in Pattaya where he spends his time chasing the hot babes.

Wongamat 

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

The next beach north of Pattaya, much quieter & cleaner than Pattaya.

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

Could be trouble brewing. 🙂

Melbourne boys visit Pattaya

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

Joergen Ulitza & Ian Fraser-Smith visit Pattaya and after this trip became addicted to the place, particularly Joerg, he is totally hooked.

Be careful Joergen

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

Mate that’s a LadyBoy, Pothole aka John Martin specializes in  that team.

Brian Rawnsley & John Sinclair at the Cherry Bar

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

Brian is from Brisbane & John from Adelaide, both are now living in Thailand and are well know for being 1st class stirrers. They love planting bullshit about people they know then sitting back & watching the fallout. Luckily after years of this most people are now wise to their antics. 🙂

Tipsy Prawn in Phuket.

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

I caught up with my brother Warren & some of his family in Phuket.

Hot babe Bangkok Pattaya

hot babes bangkokPhung aka Cleopatra is certainly one of the hot babes Bangkok that I have been lucky enough to meet. I have know her since 2001 and try to catch up with her every time I’m in Bangkok.

Here is a great photo of Cleo with John Sinclair

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What a fabulous smile she has.

Cherry bar Pattaya 2nd Rd.

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My local drinking hole for many years, finally sold on August 31 2016 and is being renovated.

Cherry Bar corner Soi 3.

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A great place to watch the passing parade.

Loy Krathong at the Cherry Bar

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According to the Royal Institute Dictionary 1999, loi means ‘to float’, while krathong has various meanings, one of which is “a basket to be floated on water in the Loi Krathong festival”. Several translations of krathongare found, such as floating crown, floating boat, floating decoration. The traditional krathong are made from a slice of the trunk of a banana tree or a spider lily plant. Modern krathongs are more often made of bread or styrofoam. A bread krathong will disintegrate after a few days and can be eaten by fish. Banana stalk krathong are also biodegradable, but styrofoam krathongs are sometimes banned, as they pollute the rivers and may take years to decompose. A krathong is decorated with elaborately-folded banana leaves, incense sticks, and a candle. A small coin is sometimes included as an offering to the river spirits. On the night of the full moon, Thais launch their krathong on a river, canal or a pond, making a wish as they do so. The festival may originate from an ancient ritual paying respect to the water spirits.

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya Loy Krathong

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Sending up the lanterns on the beach.

Atlantic bar cuties

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Lots of lovely smiles here.

Future Atlantic bar girls

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Another few years & they will be working in the bars.

Greg Clee at Heaven Above in Walking St

Heaven Above Walking StGreg is an Aussie who is the major shareholder in Heaven Above, always has a good choice of young go go dancers. Coincidentally when I moved to Thailand in 2011 we lived in adjacent apartments at Markland Condo in Beach Rd.

Fresh from Heaven Above in Walking St

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Tall & skinny & totally gorgeous. No my dear that’s not my car, we are taking the Baht bus. 🙂

From the classroom in Soi 2

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The classroom is no longer there.

Straight to my hotel room

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Say no more. 🙂

John Sinclair & Jock Granger at Cherry bar

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Jock is another Aussie from Mosman in Sydney who loves Pattaya, a few days after this photo was taken he & I flew to Angkor Wat in Cambodia for a few days.

Sinclair’s black list

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For may years John Sinclair has been banishing people to his black list so I thought I would design a shirt for all of us to wear. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Murphy wants some crackling

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Tony Murphy & I often travel together to Thailand & other places around the world, we have had some wonderful trips together.

Thanks for visiting my Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya photo blog.

Sabai Resort is our hotel of choice right opposite the Atlantic & next to Big C shopping mall.

Holiday Inn

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Fabulous views, excellent restaurants & a very good room rate if you book through THIS LINK.

The building in the middle is the Holiday Inn, on the left is the Amari Hotel which is another very good five star hotel. Use THIS LINK to book for a very good room rate.

Sabai Wing North Pattaya

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The best Pattaya budget hotel, 3 pools & opposite Central Marina shopping mall. For a great room rate just book through THIS LINK.

Sutus Court is a great budget hotel right i the heart of one of Pattaya’s main bar areas, just use THIS LINK for a terrific room rate. 420/100 Moo 9 Soi Buakhao.

Pattaya Hilton

Pattaya hotels, Hilton & Holiday Inn

This is the view from Horizons the amazing rooftop bar. A great five star hotel located opposte the beach & above the Central Festival shopping mall. Just book through THIS LINK for an excellent room rate. 

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Bangkok Pattaya Samui 2001

October 9, 2014 by David Herd

The usual suspects + one

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Bangkok Pattaya Samui 2001 combined with an around the world trip including Cuba, Spain, Venezuela, Los Angeles & finally one trip to Sydney. From the left we have Tony Murphy, Mike Dowd, John Sinclair, Rung and yours truly.

Nana Plaza

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Her name is Phung but to me she will always be Cleopatra, after meeting in 2001 I would hook up with her each time I came to Bangkok over the next 6 or 7 years.

Phung aka Cleopatra

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I believe she now lives with a guy in Switzerland, one of the best Thai ladies I ever knew.

Nana Plaza

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Not much has changed in Nana Plaza over the years, except now in 2016 there are a lot more LadyBoys which does not suit me at all. 🙂

Nana Plaza

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John Sinclair aka Secrets & John Martin at Nana Plaza, these days Martin is called Pothole he is such a pest he needs to be avoided at all costs. 🙂

Bangkok Pattaya always a lovely Thai smile.

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Her name is Beer, you gotta love that. 🙂

Girl from the Busstop Soi 4 Nana

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Come to bed eyes, so I did. 🙂

Beautiful Thai smile

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December in Koh Samui, what a pretty lady.

Koh Samui bungalows

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I have fond memories of these bungalows.

Relaxing at Koh Samui

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A very sweet lady with Pothole in the background.

Chaweng beach Koh Samui

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As you can see the photo quality is not so good in the early days of digital cameras. See the difference in the photo below which was scanned from a print.

Dining on Chaweng beach Koh Samui

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One of the great pleasures of staying on Chaweng beach is having dinner on the beach and watching the sunset.

Nice butt in Koh Samui

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Jump forward to 2016 and see how Samui has changed.

Two more nice Thai girls

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Thailand certainly is a paradise for men.

New Years Eve in Pattaya

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We left Koh Samui & headed to Pattaya for some New Years Eve action, here I am with Pothole the village idiot. 🙂 Bangkok Pattaya continued to be a regular destination for me right up until October 2011 when I finally left Australia & retired in Thailand.                           

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Check out Koh Chang which is the 2nd largest Thai island after Phuket.

 

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