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Party Bar Pattaya Hot Babes

February 1, 2015 by David Herd

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Great night with sexy babes

Party Bar Pattaya

Party Bar Pattaya had a re-opening Monday January 26 2015, a new partner bought into this little business so it was time to sing, dance and celebrate. So that’s what my friend Hamish & I did, minus the singing & dancing, we concentrated on drinking & checking out the pretty ladies.

Just a little corner bar

Located behind the Avenue shopping centre on 2nd road. Nothing too flash just a little corner bar where you can have a beer and watch the passing parade. In many ways people watching is why I also like the Cherry Bar on the corner of Soi 3 and 2nd road North Pattaya.

Party Bar Pattaya Lovely Noi

Noi has just become part owner of the Party bar, drop in sometime and say hello.

Surrounded by gorgeous creatures

What time can I start having fun?

Pretty ladies

Great smiles certainly brighten up the night.

Lovely cowgirl Kung

On this night all the girls wore cowgirl outfits and looked terrific, sadly now however they have reverted to normal clothes. It’s a shame really because any little back street beer bar needs to make sure customers remember them, so a point of difference that separates you from the thousands of similar places in Pattaya can only have a positive effect on the business. Walking street, LK Metro & Soi 6 have the passing traffic but most of the little back street bars don’t, so my message is loud & clear, dress the girls in the western outfits, they look terrific. 🙂

Check out my post on Seven sexy American restaurants and see how they do it, the yanks are masters of promotion.

Party Bar Pattaya & dinner is served

One thing Thai girls like to do is eat. 🙂

Some great looking babes here.

A very happy looking bunch.

A lesson for the Farangs

Not all Thai ladies are available in Pattaya for foreigners like myself merely because you have a few thousand Baht to burn on a night out. I was quite impressed by this gorgeous lady so I gave her my card and later in the week tried to arrange to meet her for a drink. To her credit she had too much style to be seen with a fat old Farang like me, so she made an excuse that she was sick. Good luck to you Yuie, stick with the younger cooler dudes. 🙂

Yuie likes to drink and dance.

More Sexy Thai girls dancing in Pattaya Party Bar

Watch this video on YouTube

Never too young to party at the party bar.

This little guy was happy to be in the action.

Never too old either

Good luck to Party Bar Pattaya, I hope they have success, fun and make a lot of money.

Sabai Wing Soi 1 North Pattaya

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

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

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Show them to me from Marc (MyNutZak) on Vimeo. Thai street food is world famous

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More about Pattaya here

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The one and only Soi 6

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Soapy Massage Pattaya Bangkok

Spectacular Bangkok Sky Bars

Fresh seafood Bangkok

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Hawker Chan Hollys Coffee

Le Bordeaux Pattaya Restaurant

Flashback Sydenham Cellars

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Breakfast Bake n’ Brew

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Best Pattaya short travel guide

January 9, 2015 by David Herd

Best Pattaya travel guide gives you quick access to a number of my most popular travel blogs to help you enjoy the wonderful seaside city of Pattaya in Thailand.

Best Pattaya short travel guide

Food in Pattaya

Pattaya Hotels

Siam @ Siam is one of Pattaya’s most interesting hotels

The Pattaya Hilton is a great location

Pattaya budget hotels

Click here for a great golf venue.

Click here for the Beach Rd ballet.

Pattaya 24/7 webcam

Beaches north & south of Pattaya

Click here to see some of the funny sights in Pattaya.

April Songkran celebrations

Click here for some Russian babes in Pattaya.

Check out Soi 6 on Xmas day 2014

World famous walking Street

Pattaya LadyBoy show

Beer bar locations

Dentist, Doctor, Car rental etc.

Best Pattaya short travel guide is probably an exaggeration, however I do hope you can get some good ideas through it.

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Holiday Inn

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

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

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.

Soi Cowboy Nana Plaza Patpong

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Bangkok canal cruise longtail boat

January 7, 2015 by David Herd

Bangkok canal cruise

Bangkok canal cruise in a long-tail boat, which is known as Ruea Hang Yao, a type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia, which uses a common automotive engine as a readily available and maintainable power-plant.

As you can see many of the waterfront homes resemble shanty towns, unlike other parts of the world including the Gold Coast in Australia and Fort Lauderdale north of Miami,where any home on the waterfront is usually an expensive mansion.

No luxury here

In real estate terms this is what we call the poverty pack.

The daily catch

Lunch is ready. 🙂

Bangkok canal cruise in a longtail boat

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.

What a huge engine

And bloody noisy as you can imagine.

Waiting in the lock for the water to rise.

Until recently, the canals of Bangkok accommodated many social, cultural, and commercial activities, functioning as important public places for residents of Thailand’s capital city. Dating from the founding of the city in 1782, the canals in Bangkok are of cultural importance to the Thai people, having originated as a means of providing security against attack, as a source of sustenance (food and water), as the focus of religious ceremonies and celebrations such as the Loy Kratong Festival, and as a site for recreational activities such as swimming and boating activities and competitions.

Luxury waterfront home, I don’t think so.

Faced with the combined threats of land subsidence and rising temperatures and sea levels, the World Bank has predicted that Bangkok’s flood risk will increase four-fold from now by 2050. Bangkok is among the top 10 cities in the world facing the biggest potential impact from coastal flooding by 2070. The Thai capital, built on swampland, is slowly sinking and the floods currently besieging Bangkok could be merely a foretaste of a grim future as climate change makes its impact felt, experts say.

She does not instill confidence

The river and canals are very busy with water craft buzzing past at a rapid rate, on this day out driver was not at all concerned, but I can assure you we were. 🙂 Not everything goes to plan when you take a Bangkok canal cruise, here is a story from a Thai lady who works for the Bangkok Post. So my advice is if an operator seems angry of unfriendly simply try another one until you are comfortable with your choice.

Bangkok canal cruise Wat Khun Chan

From the Phasricharoen canal

Wat Khun Chan Buddha

Lots to see on a Bangkok canal cruise.

Genuine Louis Vuitton copies?

A little river shopping for a bargain.

Waiting for a customer

In the distance is Iconsiam shopping mall.

That’s all folks.

Many thanks for joining me on my Bangkok canal cruise photo blog.

Not everybody is happy on the river

A Vietnamese cargo ship ploughed into riverside houses along the Chao Phraya River in Phra Pradaeng district yesterday April 5t 2017, damaging three homes.

Residents fled to the streets in panic as the cargo ship loomed over them. Three houses were damaged, one badly, but nobody was injured.

iCheck Inn Soi 11

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Holiday Inn

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

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

Soi Cowboy Nana Plaza Patpong

Here is an excellent upmarket Bangkok shopping mall

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Walk on the wild side in Soi Cowboy

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Hilton Pattaya five star hotel

January 6, 2015 by David Herd

Pattaya Hilton

Hilton Pattaya five star hotel

Hilton Pattaya five star hotel dominates the skyline in central Pattaya. Perched above Central festival shopping mall the location is perfect.

Even better at sunset

Certainly one of the best locations in Thailand to watch the magnificent sunsets while enjoying a cocktail.

Captured the flash

What a fluke, I managed to take this photos just as the flash activated. 🙂

Hilton Pattaya Spectacular decor

The modern architecture is absolutely stunning.

Lounge near reception

Hilton Pattaya five star hotel is as modern as any hotel I have ever been in.

Cocktail bar and lounge

The Hilton Pattaya is in a perfect location opposite the beach and above Pattaya’s best shopping malls. Central Festival has a huge amount of restaurants and shops so you never really have to leave the building.

Check out this link to see some of the very humorous sights you see every day on Beach road.

Horizon’s on the top floor.

There is a happy hour here every night between 5 & 7 pm.

Horizon’s on the top floor.

As you can imagine it is a great place to watch the sunset.

Looking south from Horizon’s.

Looking toward Walking Street.

Looking north from Horizon’s.

The building with the green neon sign is the Holiday Inn.

Entree at Horizon’s.

The food is exceptional as you would expect, however take plenty of money because it is priced accordingly.

Far better value at the Edge restaurant

The buffet here is available for lunch or dinner 7 days a week.

The Edge buffet

An excellent choice of food as you would expect.

Hilton Pattaya five star hotel

Hilton Pattaya five star hotel is perched above Central Festival shopping mall.

With friends at the Edge buffet

A mix of American, Australian, English & Thai.

Desert at the Edge

Hilton Hotel Pattaya Thailand chocolate masterpiece. Part one.

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Making desert part 2.

Hilton chocolate creation by beautiful Thai lady. Part two.

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Every morning opposite the Hilton the Para-sailors fly around like mosquitoes

Chaotic & crazy Parasailing in Pattaya

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Here are some great views of Pattaya

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Another interesting hotel Siam @ Siam

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Another option is the Holiday Inn.

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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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Sabai Wing North Pattaya

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

Soi Cowboy Nana Plaza Patpong

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David Herd Thailand 2014

December 29, 2014 by David Herd

Looking north at Pattaya beach

David Herd Thailand 2014

David Herd Thailand 2014 was another eventful year. Starting with a wonderful trip to Hong Kong, Tokyo, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Cape Town & Sydney. I have called this 5 week adventure my seven super cities trip.

I flew to Adelaide in October then drove to Philip Island along the Great Ocean Road before staying with friends at the winery in Dromana. A couple of days wandering around Melbourne I flew to the Gold Coast for a week to catch up with friends.

This is not part of my travel blog, just lots of photos from 2014 featuring friends, family & trips.

Drinks at Cherry bar

My brother Warren and his good friend Lenny at the Cherry bar.

Sadly we lost Lenny early 2016 after losing a battle with cancer, RIP.

Here is my webcam

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Para sailing

They buzz around like little mosquitoes.

My condo building is 3rd from the left

This photo was taken from the Dusit Tani.

Golf at Kabinburi

This was my only game of golf in 2014 at Kabinburi, I just find it too hot to play regularly in Thailand.

Lunch with Macca and Herbie

John MacDonald hails from Melbourne and Herb Pastor come from Las Vegas.

Friends at Gullivers

Brad Robbins, Roland Bonicci and Por.

Mata Hari with Irina and Roland

Another terrific night at Mata Hari.

My friend from Ukraine Irina.

Here we are enjoying a cold beer on Koh Larn in November.

Koh Larn ferry with Irina

The ferry takes 40 minutes and costs B30.

Foot massage

One of the joys of living in Thailand, I probably average five each week, one hour just under $10.

Margaritas at the Beach Club

This great song by Glen Frey sums up where I am right now.

Pumps to clear storm water

Beach road pumps really did not make any difference trying to clear the storm water.

Friends drop in

Gordon Shanks from New York and Jonathan Whiting from Brisbane.

David Herd Thailand 2014 having morning coffee

Au Bon Pain at the Avenue with Gordon Shanks from New York.

Doug & Geoff from Australia

These guys really push the envelope when they hit Pattaya several times a year. Their favourite street is Soi 6. 🙂

Talking about Soi 6, here we are

A great bunch of guys, and can they drink.

David Herd Thailand, face under repair

Using Efudix to repair damage from skin cancer.

Crane mishap in Soi 3

I took this photo from the roof of Markland where I live.

Photo shoot in Soi 6

I can spot at least 2 LadyBoys here.

David Herd and Hamish Elton

Here we are in Soi 6 on Xmas day after lunch at the Mantra.

Xmas day at the Mantra with Benjamina

Another great Xmas lunch with Benjamina our beautiful hostess.

Relaxing at Koh Larn

I have to tell you, life is very good in Thailand.

Drinks with Barrie Comfort

A nice Pommie guy who also lives in Markland. I have given him the nickname “Butterfly Dundee”, because he is always photographing butterflies. 🙂

Kayo flew over from Tokyo for a visit.

I have known kayo for around 10 years, we met in Australia when she and I were living on the Gold Coast. I caught up with her in Tokyo in February and she flew to Thailand for a few days in August.

Welcome Inn Soi 3 North Pattaya

One of my favourite places to eat in Pattaya, close to where I live and the food is terrific and very cheap. Sadly it was demolished June 2015.

Greg’s Kitchen

My brother Warren and Lenny Schorsy at Gregs Kitchen. Sadly we lost Lenny in April 2016 to a brief illness, RIP.

Mike Beard the cartoon man.

Mike has lived in Pattaya for 20 years and produces some of my favourite cartoons.

Siam @ Siam with Oy

A gorgeous girl who used to work at the Cherry bar.

Phad Thai at Siam @ Siam

Very good food at this unique hotel.

Bill Edge, Wayne Dent and Greg Clee

Three happy guys who love Pattaya.

The new Holiday Inn

A world class hotel opposite Pattaya beach.

Roland Bonicci and I at Drinking St

Roland is a very happy Sydney barrister who often visits Thailand for business reasons.

Ooa a gorgeous girl at Drinking St

Sadly this gorgeous babe went back home to the country about a month later.

David Herd Thailand 2014 at Drinking St

A week or two after this photo was taken sadly this beautiful young girl decided to leave Pattaya and go back to her home in the country.

I just ordered a double Jack Daniels.

I leave a bottle or two at the Cherry bar then pour my own at my leisure. The charge s only $10 and the girls provide me with ice & soda. Life is good for David Herd Thailand. 🙂

Roasting pigs in Soi 3

Street cooking in Thailand is legendary, this guy charges 100 Baht for roast pork and crackling.

David Herd and Brad Robins.

Brad is a Townsville solicitor who loves Thailand, in 2016 he bought on of the best condos in Markland.

Looking north to Wongamat

North Pattaya and Wongamat.

Young girl at Cherry bar

Just under 17 and learning the ropes at the Cherry Bar.

Big storm coming

I love too see the storms roll in over Pattaya bay.

It’s now 2017 and here is Glenn Frey to tell you exactly how I feel today.

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Holiday Inn

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

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

Soi Cowboy Nana Plaza Patpong

Please check out these fabulous posts

Gold Coast Pattaya Cinque Terre

Rio de Janeiro Singapore Eastern Europe

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Great hotel room rates anywhere in the world if you book

through these links below. Book now & pay later.

Free Cancellation.

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Brazil Hotels

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Pattaya live webcam

Some nice views in Pattaya

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Soi 6 is famous in Pattaya

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Holiday Inn is in a great location

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Terrific shopping mall in Bangkok

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Holiday Inn Beach Road

December 16, 2014 by David Herd

Holiday Inn Beach Road

Holiday Inn Pattaya Beach Road, opposite the Beach in North Pattaya. Consisting of two huge towers, several swimming pools and all the usual five star facilities. The tower on the left opened in October 2009 and the one on the right in August 2014.

Click on the photo below for a terrific room rate, you can book now & pay later, plus enjoy free cancellation if you change your mind. Pattaya is a great seaside city, come & enjoy the fun. 🙂

Great location

Away from the crowds and madness of south Pattaya the location is more peaceful and quiet yet only a 10 Baht bus ride to get to the action.

Looking north to Wongamat

Just north of Pattaya is Wongamat where there are some nice bars and restaurants.

November 2007 Holiday Inn Pattaya

There are 367 rooms in this tower.

Here is what you will see from your hotel window every morning.

Great vision of Parasailing in Pattaya, Thailand

Holiday Inn beach Road

There is another on the terrace as you enter from the street. A 4th pool is in the executive tower in the new building.

Flow Coffee shop

This is one of my favourite places in Pattaya for coffee and cake. At 7pm they offer sandwiches, cakes & pies at 1/2 price.

Delicious cakes & good coffee

Here is an example of the terrific Holiday Inn cakes.

Sunset at the Holiday Inn

They make the best pizzas in Pattaya here.

Assorted cold cuts

If you don’t want a pizza there are lots of alternatives.

Terrazzo

Great pizzas here, half price if you order before 5 pm, and half price all night on Tuesdays.

Havana bar at Pattaya Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn Pattaya Beach Road

What a fantastic looking building.

Room with a view

As you would expect the rooms at the front have an amazing view.

The executive tower September 2013

Construction begins on a new tower.

Executive tower opened August 2014

The finished product really doubles the size of the Holiday Inn.

Holiday Inn Pattaya

Great outlook by the pool and across the road from the beach.

Executive club on top floor

Happy hour from 5 to 7pm.

Executive club on top floor

Great facilities for hotel guests.

Executive tower restaurant

Here is my live webcam overlooking Pattaya beach in Thailand.

Wonderful view to Koh Larn Island.

The wonderful view from the Holiday Inn.

From 2nd Rd May 6th 2014

Holiday Inn twin towers on Beach Road Pattaya.

Amari hotel, Holiday Inn and Markland Condo.

The building in the middle is the Holiday Inn.

There is no doubt Agoda has the best deals for Holiday Inn Pattaya

Saturday night seafood buffet.

Good value at B999 or $40 AUD.

Holiday Inn Beach Road

Thanks for visiting my Holiday Inn Beach Road photo blog, as you can see it’s an excellent hotel in a great location.

Click on the photo below for a terrific room rate, you can book now & pay later, plus enjoy free cancellation if you change your mind. Pattaya is a great seaside city, come & enjoy the fun. 🙂

Krabi is one of my favourite places in Thailand

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Here are some interesting sights on Beach Road

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While you are in Pattaya check out the LadyBoy show

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Chaing Mai is one of Thailand’s most popular cities.

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Siam @ Siam is one of Pattaya’s most unique hotels.

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Any time I write about a hotel I’m reminded of a favourite song from 1979.

Holiday Inn

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

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

Soi Cowboy Nana Plaza Patpong

Please check out these fabulous posts

Gold Coast Pattaya Cinque Terre

Rio de Janeiro Singapore Eastern Europe

Bangkok Bars Tokyo Cape Town Safari

Great hotel room rates anywhere in the world if you book

through these links below. Book now & pay later.

Free Cancellation.

Bangkok Hotels Pattaya Hotels

Brazil Hotels

That’s all folks

Pattaya live webcam

Nana Plaza Bangkok sex sin sleaze

December 15, 2014 by David Herd

Sex in the city

Nana Plaza Bangkok

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. 🙂

Was Lollipop, now Suckers

I prefer the name Lollipop but I guess they are now referring to the people who enter the premises. 🙂

Here is the name a few months ago

This post is going to show you the old and the new Nana Plaza Bangkok

The more things change the more they stay the same. Can you believe it’s 2018 & Lollipop returns. 🙂

Lollipop just refuses to die.

Nana Plaza Bangkok

Nana Plaza Bangkok seems to be forever changing not always for the better. In fact Soi Cowboy is more spectacular and the girls seem friendlier, the downside is that it is more expensive.

December 2014 with friends

I like to stay at the Dynasty Hotel which happens to be only 40 meters from Nana Plaza so it is a very convenient drinking spot for me. In the photo above is Bow, Matt Harkness and Roland Bonnici.

The Plaza comes alive after 9 pm

The later it gets the busier it becomes.

Entrance from Soi 4 to Nana Plaza Bangkok

The plaza does not look too appealing in daylight.

Spellbound

Nana Plaza Bangkok is square-shaped, with a single opening on the west side, and consists of a ground floor and two additional floors. It started as a restaurant area in the late 1970s. During the early 1980s, a few go-go bars appeared and gradually replaced the restaurants.

The composition of the bars has changed over the past few years; the last non-go-go bar, the Woodstock Pub, was sold in 2005 to the Rainbow Group and reopened as “Rainbow 4.” A few bars offer a more pub-like or beer bar format without dancing; as of late-2009 only the Cathouse remained. Three short-time hotels operate on the top floor. Short-time hotels rent out rooms by the hour or more to the NEP patrons to take a bargirl (or kathoey) for commercial sex.

Most bar girls working at bars in Nana Plaza are willing to leave with customers upon payment of a bar fine.

Spellbound is now Bangkok Bunnies

The more things change the more they stay the same. It is a never ending cycle at Nana Plaza, one business goes bust and another steps in. Bangkok Bunnies is one of the largest clubs in the complex. The photo was taken February 20 2016 as was the following YouTube video.

Now in November 2018 there has been a name change.

The more things change the more they stay the same. I first came to Nana Plaza in 1996, & here I am again in October 2018 drinking ice cold Tiger beer & listening to the Eagles sing Hotel California, the perfect song for this incredible venue. “You can check out any time you want but you can never leave.”

Nana Plaza Bangkok at sunset

Watch this video on YouTube

My favourite Nana plaza girl

Her name in Phung but to me she will always be Cleopatra. I met her at the Plaza in 2001 and for the next 7 or 8 years each time I would visit Bangkok I would look her up. She left the Plaza 3 or 4 years ago and I believe she now lives with a guy in Europe.

Kathoeys or LadyBoys

Most bars in Nana Plaza do not employ kathoeys, but several do so exclusively. As of mid-2013, these venues are Obsession, Voodoo (ground floor), Casanova, Temptations (middle floor), Carnival and Cascades (top floor). With the exception of Voodoo which exclusively employs post-op kathoeys, the staff at the remainder are almost all “pre-operation”, in contrast to the kathoey bars in Patpong. A number of post-op kathoeys can be found at other bars managed by the Crown Group, namely Lollipop,Hollywood Rock, Fantasia, and G-Spot as well as the independently run Erotica.

Here is Cleo in June 2006

Hard to believe 15 years has flashed by.

September 2006

Nana Plaza Bangkok with some Australian friends in 2006, from the left is Tony Murphy, David Herd (me) John Sinclair & Brian Rawnsley.

Sinclair has a black list.

There are quite a few of us on s black lit so I thought I would design a shirt in appreciation. 🙂

More friends at Nana in 2008

Good friends Nick & Sharon from the Gold Coast and Rod Perrin from the NSW central coast who lived in Pattaya. RIP

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Nana Plaza 1999

Poor quality photos from the early digital cameras.

Nana Plaza 1999

Very different now in December 2015.

Nana Plaza 1997

Nineteen years ago and nothing much has changed.

Gorgeous girls in Nana Plaza 1997

Nana Plaza in my opinion was much better in the 90s.

My gorgeous Jane

I met Jane in Nana Plaza Bangkok in 1999 and I took her to Pattaya and Koh Samui.

Here is beautiful Cleo saying goodbye

I have great memories of time spent with Cleo.

Hooters arrives in Nana

Right opposite Nana Plaza Hooters on December 23rd 2015, it may prove to be a little too expensive for the Soi 4 Nana Cheap Charlie’s.

Hooters Bangkok Nana Plaza

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The entrance to Nana Plaza, Hooters and the Hillary bar.

This photo says it all. 🙂

Quintessential Nana Plaza. Here is the my history over the last 20 years.

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Sexy Soi Cowboy Bangkok

December 14, 2014 by David Herd

Soi Cowboy Bangkok

Sexy Soi Cowboy Bangkok

Sexy Soi Cowboy Bangkok playground is in my opinion the best of the red light areas in this great city. Nana Plaza come in 2nd place with Patpong Rd a distance third. Located near Sukhumvit Road, between Sukhumvit Soi 21 (also called Soi Asoke) and Soi 23, within walking distance from the BTS Skytrain’s Asoke Station and the Bangkok Metro’s Sukhumvit Station. The Pullman Grand Sukhumvit Hotel is nearby.

The go-go bars follow the pattern common in Thailand, lots of alcohol is served hundreds of women in bikinis dance on a stage topless or even nude.

Country Road

The soi was given its name by longtime nightlife columnist Bernard Trink, after the late T. G. “Cowboy” Edwards, a retired American airman who opened one of the first bars there in 1977. A tall African-American, Edwards got his nickname because he often wore a cowboy hat.

Sexy Soi Cowboy Bangkok playground Spice Girls

When Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was elected in 2001, his government instituted a “social order” campaign. As part of this, all bars, nightclubs and restaurants had to close by 2am, later changed to 1am for all areas not officially designated as “entertainment zones”. (Unlike Patpong, Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza were not so designated). A mandatory midnight closing time was even discussed.

Over the years this policy has eased, and as of 2012, some Soi Cowboy bars stay open as late as 2:30am.

And here are the Spice girls

Soi Cowboy Bangkok is more expensive than Nana Plaza, it is also more spectacular, a Jack soda is 180 Baht, when you buy a girl a drink it costs 220 baht. These clubs love to rob you, so Roland & I tipped the girls 100 Baht cash instead of giving it to the club. Out of the 220 Baht for a ladies drink the girls get 50 Baht and the club keeps 170.

David Herd and Roland Bonnici

Here I am with my friend Roland who is a Sydney Barrister specializing in criminal law. He has more energy and staying power than I do so I now call in the Bangkok Energiser Bunny. 🙂

Lovely face at Soi Cowboy

A sweet girl who Roland bought a few drinks for, he charges $300 an hour to represent the Sydney criminals so $8 a lady drink is small change. 🙂 She of course spun him the usual line saying ” I have only been here for one month after leaving my home in the country. Roland being such a nice guy believed her, naturally I got into his ear to quickly explain that 80% of the girls use this tried & true line of B…sh…t. 🙂

Move baby move

She could really move, should have taken a movie.

More Spice girls

The girls are patiently waiting for customers.

Sexy Soi Cowboy Bangkok playground

Soi Cowboy Bangkok is really a lot of fun, some of the bars have rock bands playing far too loud for my liking, however most geriatrics like myself usually prefer the volume to be low enough to be able to communicate this those around you.

Hellooooo baby, where you go?

You will probably hear this question 30 times a night if not more. 🙂

Back to Country Road

Bright lights & gorgeous girls.

They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway

But looking at them just gives me the blues. I can handle this bright noisy scene about two times a year, usually when friends come to town and want to see the sights.

It really is deja vu for me

I guess I have just been hitting the night spots in too many cities for too many years. These days I enjoy myself more in a good restaurant with nice people and soft music in the background. One thing is certain in Bangkok there is no shortage of terrific restaurants, and anything else you want for that matter.

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Another link to the surrounding area

Roland loved Soi Cowboy

Just check out the look on his face to see how much he loves this wild Soi Cowboy Bangkok scene.

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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 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

I think Dad is having more fun than Michael. 🙂

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

Of course Dad had no fun at all. 🙂

Anne and Michael

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

Nana Plaza and everyone is happy.

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

Pizza in Soi 33

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

I met this lovely lady in Soi 33

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.

Michael is very happy to be introduced to Nana Plaza.

A rainy night in Soi 33

Nice Ferrari outside the Office.

This cheeky lady is named Ice.

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

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

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.

I rest my case.

While we are on the subject

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?

Well so did I, more & more. 🙂

Near the Dusit hotel

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

Dusit at North Pattaya

You can see the Cove under construction behind the Dusit Hotel

The Grand Palace in Bangkok

A must for anybody visiting Bangkok.

Manhattan’s steakhouse with Trevor.

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

Cherry bar with Pothole and Greg Clee

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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 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

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

What tattoo? I don’t see a tattoo.

John Sinclair & David Herd

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

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

Atlantic Bar New Years Eve

All the girls are dressed in white tonight.

Atlantic Bar

Hot babe at the Atlantic bar.

Ken Lowry at Sabai Resort

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

Wongamat

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

Hot babes Bangkok Pattaya

Could be trouble brewing. 🙂

Melbourne boys visit 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

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

Brian Rawnsley & John Sinclair at the Cherry Bar

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.

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

Hot babe Bangkok Pattaya

Phung 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

What a fabulous smile she has.

Cherry bar Pattaya 2nd Rd.

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

Cherry Bar corner Soi 3.

A great place to watch the passing parade.

Loy Krathong at the Cherry Bar

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

Sending up the lanterns on the beach.

Atlantic bar cuties

Lots of lovely smiles here.

Future Atlantic bar girls

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

Greg Clee at Heaven Above in Walking St

Greg 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

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

From the classroom in Soi 2

The classroom is no longer there.

Straight to my hotel room

Say no more. 🙂

John Sinclair & Jock Granger at Cherry bar

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

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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Great night with sexy babes

Just a little corner bar

Party Bar Pattaya Lovely Noi

Surrounded by gorgeous creatures

Pretty ladies

Lovely cowgirl Kung

Party Bar Pattaya & dinner is served

Some great looking babes here.

A lesson for the Farangs

Yuie likes to drink and dance.

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No luxury here

The daily catch

Bangkok canal cruise in a longtail boat

What a huge engine

Waiting in the lock for the water to rise.

Luxury waterfront home, I don’t think so.

She does not instill confidence

Bangkok canal cruise Wat Khun Chan

Wat Khun Chan Buddha

Genuine Louis Vuitton copies?

Waiting for a customer

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Not everybody is happy on the river

iCheck Inn Soi 11

Pattaya Hilton

Even better at sunset

Captured the flash

Hilton Pattaya Spectacular decor

Lounge near reception

Cocktail bar and lounge

Horizon’s on the top floor.

Horizon’s on the top floor.

Looking south from Horizon’s.

Looking north from Horizon’s.

Entree at Horizon’s.

Far better value at the Edge restaurant

The Edge buffet

Hilton Pattaya five star hotel

With friends at the Edge buffet

Desert at the Edge

Making desert part 2.

Every morning opposite the Hilton the Para-sailors fly around like mosquitoes

Looking north at Pattaya beach

Para sailing

My condo building is 3rd from the left

Lunch with Macca and Herbie

Friends at Gullivers

Mata Hari with Irina and Roland

My friend from Ukraine Irina.

Koh Larn ferry with Irina

Foot massage

Margaritas at the Beach Club

Pumps to clear storm water

Friends drop in

David Herd Thailand 2014 having morning coffee

Doug & Geoff from Australia

Talking about Soi 6, here we are

David Herd Thailand, face under repair

Crane mishap in Soi 3

Photo shoot in Soi 6

David Herd and Hamish Elton

Xmas day at the Mantra with Benjamina

Relaxing at Koh Larn

Drinks with Barrie Comfort

Kayo flew over from Tokyo for a visit.

Welcome Inn Soi 3 North Pattaya

Greg’s Kitchen

Mike Beard the cartoon man.

Bill Edge, Wayne Dent and Greg Clee

Roland Bonicci and I at Drinking St

Ooa a gorgeous girl at Drinking St