Hi, I'm a regular visitor to Thailand and I know BKK and Phuket quite well but have nevre been to Pattaya. I am thinking of going there this June and would like some advice on where to cruise, stay, etc.
I'll be going from BKK by bus as I have heard that its a good way to meet nice Thai boys. Izzat true?
If anybody is interested to meet me or to show me around, you can look at my picture from my profile.

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For lots-o-info check out:
www.pattayagay.com/

There are more gay venues per square foot (or metre) in Pattaya than anywhere in Thailand - or maybe the world. It can be paradise or hell, depending on your perspective. For me, a day or two is more than enough and I'm ready to haul ass back to the relative normalcy of Bangkok. But hey, others fall in love with Pattaya and only go there when they visit Thailand (and even move there permanently). If you're looking for sex and are willing to pay for it, you'll find what you want in Pattaya. One warning: if you're tempted by boys under the age of 18, be very careful in Pattaya. It's a VERY dangerous place to mess with jailbait. Don't even risk it.

Hard to find any FREE sex with cute guys. Lots of CUTE go-go boys who will cost you Bt1000 for the night. The free sex is generally below standard and not worth it.
I have taken the BKK to Pattaya bus several times and (so far) have never had any interesting experiences. You just may be the lucky one.

I have to agree with the previous postings.
Pattaya is NOT the place for free sex. I suppose on the odd occasion you might strike lucky but it is doubtful.
If you want to cruise then go to the Royal Garden Resort shopping mall and wander around the 2nd & 3rd levels, or Beach road opposite Royal Garden and sometimes on the jetty at the start of Walking Street.
If you have a penchant for under age Boys, then forget about it. In Pattaya there is a big crackdown going on right now to 'clean up' the resort. There are a lot of CCTV installations around Pattaya and the boys in brown are really going for anything suspicious.
As far as taking the bus is concerned- get a taxi and travel in comfort. I suppose you might click on a bus once or twice but I think that is pretty remote as most Thais tend to fall asleep on the journey.

Thanks for all your helpful advice, guys. I really appreciate it....actually, though, I was hoping to find out about the swimming as well. I understand that you can't go swimming anywhere near the centre of the action cuz the beach there is soooo dirty. Is that right?
If that's the case, I might as well go to Phuket since I really do need a break at the beach and not just for sex. For that I can just hop over to Hat Yai. Its nearer to me.
Or if tis the sex I really ned...then I'll just stay in BKK and check out all the interesting cruising areas mentione in this forum. Would you believe I've never gone cruising anywhere but Lumphini Park?

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swiiming = Phuket no contest.
Whilst Pattaya water has improved a little you need to go to Jomtien for even half decent swimming and even that is a bit dodgy at times. If it's swimming that is the main thing then head for Phuket my friend.

The beaches in Phuket, especially in the south, are great for swimming, though, you should be warned that the rip tides take lives regularly, every year; Thais and westerns. You can still go swimming. But, if you find, upon entering the water, that the sand drops off rapidly, then you're in a possibly hazardous area for swimming.

As far as the sex goes in Phuket (Patong Beach), you'll get all that you want while you're there. And the place isn't nearly as busy as Pattaya.

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Thanks for all this advice, Guys.
I'll probably drop by Phuket after going to pray in BKK after all.
I mean what's the point of going to pray if you don't have any fresh sins to ask forgiveness for, right?
LOL

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hiya having just returned back to england after a 15 day vacation in both bangkok and pattaya i feel im qualified to answer ur question

i booked for 8 nights in pattaya out at the roayl cliff resort supposedly 5* but really id class as a good 3*.

i found the centre of pattaya intimidating and found that there was very little free sex around, and even the paid sex was nothing to write home about. i used a massage service called smartbank (who ive used in bangkok many times and found them very very good) and the i stressed i wanted a passive guy, when he arrived he didnt want to be fucked as he had a bf already so i didnt tip him as much as i normally would and he turned round and told me he wanted more! i thought thai guys were shy!

i cruised royal garden but it was mainly older european tourists and very few thai guys. in the end i got into the internet cafe at the beach end of the royal garden on got onto trusted gay.com and managed to score on two occaisions some free sex

after 5 days decided to cut my beach part of the vacation short and return to bangkok and cruised the shopping centre attached to the bts station on silom and couldnt fail on every occaision returned to my hotel with a cute thai guy

i can also recomend smartbank in bangkok as very efficient and if you can get a guy called DOME he is very very sexual and exciting btm to be in bed with

Have fun guys and stay safe

I am curious as to what you pay for a massage at Smart Bank in Bangkok.

I went in there once and was told by a snotty maitre d' that you couldn't have "just a massage", that it had to be coupled with one or another of their "beauty treatments". The simplest thing he could offer me was a massage and "milk bath" -- for something like 900 baht.

I thought this was a bit silly (not to mention expensive) and was so turned off by the maitre d's attitude that I left and have never been back.

Is this standard, or have things changed?

Dear Guys
Thanks once again for all this good advce
As you can see from this board, I have decided to go to Phuket...but a bit of a work assignment really as I have to check out the smaller hotels operations as i also moonlight doing pr consultancy work. Still, I don't doubt that I'll have a good time in Phuket...maybe I'll go to Pattaya when I am next in BKK and can spare a day or so.
It is the swimming and beaches I am more interested in after all....well that during the day time anyway.

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in reply to ur post i used smartbank mainly because they came recomended on ur board, im non scene and not out and didnt want the hassle of going to the off abrs so one phone call to smartbank and a guy was at ur hotel room within 30 mins, yes it cost 1200 plus the usual tip at end but on every occaision i used them the massage annd the mineral bath were excellent and all the guys in bkk gave great bj's and all of them let me top them

the one in pattaya was a bad experience and tried to rip me off!

if you can suggest a better idea for a shy guy then please let me know as im returning to bkk on business later this year

cheers

You need advice about Pattaya! I can tell you in 2 words. STAY AWAY. Need a reason? It's full of money grabbing rent boys, who lie and cheat and if they have to, steal from you. The others if they are not liars, cheats and robbers are prissy campy girly lady boys! Reasons enough?