irishman

Just a quick word about orientation first. The old town is surrounded by a moat . The moat on the eastern side has a street called Moon Muang on the inside of the moat (really just a water filled ditch) and Kotcasaran on the outside of the moat. The main road bisecting the old town into north and south sections is called Ratchadamnern inside the city and after going through the main eastern gate, called the Tha Phae Gate, becomes Tha Phae road going east. The next road running east and west, located south of Ratchamnern/Tha Phae road is called Ratchamanka inside the old town and Loi Kroh on the outside of the moated portion. Having said all that, I found the greatest concentration of women at the junction of Ratchamanka / Loi Kroh and the two streets on either side of the eastern moat. I stayed at the Smile house which had a clean air conditioned room for 400baht /night but offered much cheaper dorm rooms or rooms without aircon. Their email address is and I didn’t have any guest problems there. Their food was really bland though and a bit overpriced but there are lots of restaurants in the area. They are located on Ratchamanka Soi 2 and are very close to the intersection mentioned above. The nightlife consists mainly of beer bars although I did see a Go-Go called the Spotlight (actually spent a bit of time enjoying it’s attractions ;D) that was just north of the intersection on Kotcasaran. Some very tasty morsels there IMHO and I was not disappointed when taking them out for the evening. ;D ;D ;D There are a number of other Guest Houses and Hotels in the area and a quick search will give you lots of possibles. The Night Market is located about 3 blocks east of the intersection named above if you want to spend your money in other ways.

The CD/DVD store on second road just north of Pattaya South had a software disk for learning Thai script that also has a number of interactive tests and games on it with sound for 180 baht. The Bookazine store in Royal Garden Plaza sells an English - Thai software dictionary which also vocalizes the words in Thai but that was more expensive at about 690 baht. I didn't manage to find anything else, software-wise, in Pattaya but then again, looking for software wasn't my main objective for being there ;D