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Hooters Pattaya opening night

January 4, 2016 by David Herd

Very sexy Thai & Russian babes

Hooters Pattaya opening night

Hooters Pattaya opening night

Hooters Pattaya opening night was on New Years Eve 2015 so we decided to make it our first stop when seeing off the old and welcoming the new year.   

Check out those gorgeous eyes

Hooters Pattaya opening night

 It’s probably lucky we don’t know what she is thinking. 🙂

From another perspective

Hooters Pattaya opening night

Here is a test can you see the very large bottle of Absolut Vodka? Vodka, what Vodka? I don’t see any vodka.

Great room with an upstairs sports bar

Hooters Pattaya opening night

 The are lots of seating alternatives here including outside overlooking Pattaya Bay.

Ride the wild bull at Hooters Pattaya opening night

Hooters Pattaya opening night

 

Call me old fashioned but I prefer to sit quietly at the bar with a cold Asahi draught and take in the eye candy.

Girls were busy at Hooters Pattaya opening night

Hooters Pattaya opening night

The girls all looked great in there Hooters outfits, there seemed to be an even mix of Russian & Thai girls.

If I had to pick a favourite

Hooters Pattaya opening night

It would probably be this beautiful lady.

Booze delivery

Hooters Pattaya opening night

I don’t think we will run out of booze ant time soon at Hooters Pattaya opening night.

Forget the booze, show us the girls.

Hooters Pattaya opening night

Ok, I know where your preference Lies.

 And the beat goes on

Hooters Pattaya opening night

Pour me a drink & I’ll tell you some lies. 🙂

Main bar downstairs

Hooters Pattaya opening night

The décor is excellent, my only complaint is the food is rather expensive. I’m guessing management will soon discover this and make adjustments.

Hooters Pattaya opening night band

Hooters Pattaya opening night

The band and the selection of live & recorded music was excellent.

Did I mention the girls?

Hooters Pattaya opening night

Well my friends as you can clearly see the girls were excellent as well at Hooters Pattaya opening night. 🙂


September 12 2015

Hooters Pattaya opening night

Works begins on the building.

December 12 2015

Hooters Pattaya opening night

Within three months they had made great progress.

December 31 2015

Hooters Pattaya opening night

I’m sure you agree the end result is excellent.

Culminating in this

Hooters Pattaya opening night

Well here is what we have been waiting for.

We really liked Hooters

Hooters Pattaya opening night

My friend Larry & I came away with a very good first impression of Pattaya’s latest addition to the the cities fabulous entertainment venues.

Sadly on October 29th 2016 Larry suffered a major stroke, he was in hospital until December before they flew him home to Australia. Then late January they took him off life support and he passed away, RIP old buddy.

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Here is the big charity bike wash January 30th.

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Fun city Pattaya Thailand resort

September 3, 2013 by David Herd

I love living in Pattaya

Fun city Pattaya Thailand 

Fun city Pattaya ThailandFun city Pattaya Thailand resort with my English friend Bill Austin, where else in the world are you going to find these terrific VW cocktail cars? Pattaya is a city of extremes, anything your heart desires is available here, from fabulous five star hotels & restaurants to down & dirty backstreet beer bars offering sex drugs & rock & roll. OK, so we admit there is sex in the city but there is so much more to this wonderful seaside resort, four million tourists each year can’t be wrong. Only 90 minutes south of Bangkok airport and thousands of miles from stress. Just ask this guy in the photo below. 

No stress on Pattaya beach

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

This guy really does not look comfortable.

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Looking north toward Wongamat

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

Pattaya beach leaves a lot to be desired, too many umbrellas & deck chairs cover most of the sand, very cheap to hire them, only 30 Baht or $1 each. They cost 3 times more in Phuket. At least there is sand on the beach unlike Europe where they prefer pebbles. 😆  Just remember what you have probably already read in the press, hiring a jet ski is flirting with danger, 80% of the operators are running scams, when you return the ski they will claim you have damaged it and try to extort huge sums of money from you. Sadly many police are part of these scams as well, they will pretend they are on your side and negotiate the asking price down from say 60,000 Baht ($2,000) to 20,000 Baht, in Thailand unfortunately they have turned corruption into an art form. However it is no worse than Indonesia, India or Brazil, so just be careful.

Life really is a beach

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

It is low tide and the Thai lad is chatting up the Russian babe, sorry pal I really don’t like your chances of success, but give it your best shot.

Here is my live webcam from my balcony overlooking Pattaya beach in Thailand.

Super low tide in Pattaya  Pattaya beach

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

The beach looks great at low tide.

Thousand of people flock to the boatsFun city Pattaya Thailand resort 

  Every day thousands of tourists prove this really is fun city Pattaya, para sailing and trips to the nearby islands are bar far the most popular tourist activities. Sadly in 2013 4 people have died para sailing, due to irresponsible boat drivers, many of whom are unlicensed.  

Para Sailing in Pattaya.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand 

They buzz around like mosquitoes. 

Great vision of Parasailing in Pattaya, Thailand

Motorised kite

Flying high in Pattaya

Beautiful Pattaya sunset

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

The view of Pattaya bay from my balcony.

Amazing sunset

Fun city Pattaya Thailand  Another amazing sunset from the balcony of my Markland condo, it is almost like the photo is split in two parts.  

Thai street kitchen in Fun city Pattaya Thailand resort

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

  The Thai people are very enterprising, they will set up their little business anywhere, if the police move them on they just set up around the corner.  

 Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

  Pattaya is not just beaches, bars & restaurants, there are lots of great attractions for all the family. Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens is a great day out. You can ride an elephant here and even see them playing football.  

Bath time for the baby elephant.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

He is loving every minute.

Siracha Tiger Zoo

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

Siracha Tiger Zoo is only 30 kilometres north of Pattaya, it is very good value with a 180 Baht entry fee for locals.

 

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Riding on Baht bus in Pattaya.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand 

  Pattaya has a great transport system called Baht busses.  You pay only 10 Baht (40 cents) and press the button when you want to get off.  There are hundreds of them so you never wait any longer than a minute or two.  

Phoenix Golf Club Pattaya.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

A huge disadvantage when playing golf in fun city Pattaya is being guided by beautiful caddies, it is compulsory to have them accompany you, isn’t that a real downer? OK, so they are not all beautiful like these two, however having them with you makes your bad shots seem unimportant.  😛

Ok, lets get back to the beach.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

If you look closely and are not distracted, you will see the great lounges for hire at the beach club which is at the Pullman hotel in Wongamat. If you are anything like me you will say “what lounges”?

Sunset in Pattaya.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

    Pattaya sunsets are quite amazing.

Centara Grand Mirage Hotel Pattaya.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

 One of the many luxury five star hotels in Pattaya, the grounds here are like the lost city of Atlantis.  

Naklua fish market.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

 Here is my friend John “Pothole” Martin buying 4 live fish for $18, they scale & gut them then pack them in ice for the trip home.  

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I do not shop here for my food.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

The photo above is at one of Pattaya’s fresh food markets, be sure about two things, there is no refrigeration here, and the Thai people eat anything and everything. 😆 Now I guarantee the pork knuckle below did not come from this market. It is about to be demolished by Muay Thai World Champion Nathan Corbett, who is here in Pattaya training at Fairtex gym for his next bout in Chicago on October 12th against Tyrone Sprong from the Netherlands.


Nathan Corbett versus Pork Knuckle.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

Nathan was  Muay Thai world champion 11 times in 3 weight divisions.  

My friend Trevor training hard.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

 This is my friend Trevor still training hard at 50 years of age, his passion however is golf & he plays off a handicap of 4.

The famous Thai Lady-Boys

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

 Thailand is famous for Lady-boys, here is my friend Joan Baptiste from England with two of the performers from Alcazar cabaret in 2nd Rd Pattaya.
Lady-Boy, you can’t be serious?

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

 My two friends from Australia had their photo taken with the most beautiful Lady-Boy I have ever seen in the 37 years I have been coming to Pattaya.
                          Beach Road pattaya

  Fun city Pattaya Thailand

 Every morning without fail I walk 25 minutes on Beach Rd, have breakfast & read the Bangkok Post, sometimes I walk back, sometimes I catch the Baht bus. 😎

A beautiful towel draped over the lounge, see more here.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

 What a lovely towel draped over the lounge, I hope I can find the store where she bought it. Sorry folks but this bis a post about Pattaya, so I must promote the mood & pulse of the city.  😆

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Fun city Pattaya Thailand foot massage.

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This lovely girl with the big smile is Jane, she gives me about 4 foot massages every week, $8 per hour, priceless. Sadly she has left & had a baby.

Pedicure from lovely Boom

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

 My pedicure & haircut specialist.

Sabai Wing Soi 1 North Pattaya

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Against the traffic on a busy one way street.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand resort

This is a classic way to travel to work on busy Beach Rd Pattaya. Against the traffic on a one way street, nothing surprises me here.

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Walking St, famous worldwide.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

Here is my latest photo blog on Walking St 2016.

Hooters arrives

Fun city Pattaya Thailand

New Years Eve 2015 and Hooters arrives in Pattaya.

That’s all folks, thanks for visiting, good hotel deals here.

Fun city Pattaya Thailand resort

here we are at Gulliver’s on Beach Rd enjoying a cold beer.

My favourite selfie 

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An overcast Friday morning in Pattaya did not stop this princess from going to the beach to take 100 selfies.

Taken March 24 2017.

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  The above video captures the essence of Pattaya when 4 English guys arrive for a holiday in January 2013, naturally I had to play tour guide.    Well folks, many thanks for visiting my fun city pattaya photo blog, which is now my home town, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoy living here. Please send the link to friends http://fivestarvagabond.com/

As you can see there is a lot more to Fun city Pattaya Thailand than you see in the travel brochures.

               

Pattaya – Hua Hin Mini Van

If you are in Pattaya and want to go to Hua Hin there is now a daily minivan service, they have offices in Pattaya, Hua Hin and Cha Am, for Hua Hin the mini van leaves at 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 and takes 4 hours to get to Hua Hin, priced at only 400baht. The Pattaya office is on South Pattaya Road, if your heading towards Sukhumvit road go over 3rd Road and past Soi Ko Pai/ Soi Bongkot and it’s on the left hand side at soi 10, which is around 300 meters or more from Sukhumvit Road. Pattaya Office 088 709 2365 Hua Hin Office 088 709 2364 Cha Am Office 089 254 1399 Bus leaves Pattaya 8:00, 10:00, 12:00

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Street food in Pattaya

 

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