Tag Archives: Pattaya

Olympic Voyeurism

Last Saturday the Old Roue visited Pattaya for a break from Bangkok. I hadn’t visited Walking Street for ages and told Mam that we would only be out for a few hours. She said fine, since my libido shut down after three drinks. My son’s mother kissed me in the cheek and returned to watching […]

Dildo Bank Robbery

Pattaya attracted all kinds in the 20th Century. While managing my clothing website, I ran into a German running the same internet business. Ralf and I became friends. We drank together at bars catering to Thais. Neither of us had many farang friends. One night he confided to me that as a teenager he had […]

Spotting a Conman in Pattaya

Pattaya has attracted all sorts of farangs and Thais. Most are upstanding citizens, however there is a small percentage of miscreants to avoid and be seen avoiding, which unfortunately excludes your Thai in-laws. Farangs are stuck with them and they with you, but a westerner can’t live in a Thai vacuum, especially without any ability […]

86ed from the Buffalo Bar

I first walked into the Buffalo Bar in 1997. It became my local after I moved to Soi BongKoch. The beer was cold, the open-air atmosphere was a welcome change from the go-go bars’ tobacco-reek, and more than a few of the hostesses were desirable. My ex-wife understandably hated the place and didn’t buy my excuse for frequenting the bar.  ”I […]

My Little Champoo

My little dog passed away three days ago. She was a good little thing. Everyone in Pattaya knew her name in the early 00s. None of them knew mine. I was the farang with “Champoo’. She was a good little dog.