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    Pattaya Jomtien & The Russian Influx

    I keep hearing how the Russians are coming in droves to Pattaya and Jomtien, this has been going on for about 5 years now, many of the local restaurants here in Jomtien have Russian menus, but looking at the Sattahip page there is still only one flight per week coming from Russia to Utapao Airport, these mainly stay at the Ambassador Hotel which is like 15km away from Jomtien or Pattaya Park hotel.

    So we got maybe 300 ruskies coming perweek and loads of businesses no where near where they stay targetting them, all seems a waste of time to me.

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    i flew out on wed lunch time mate and the bloody airport check in and imm was chockers full of em , mind you some of the scenery was,nt that bad either i gotta say

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    Loads fly into suvarnibhum though

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    Quote Originally Posted by nedwalk View Post
    i flew out on wed lunch time mate and the bloody airport check in and imm was chockers full of em , mind you some of the scenery was,nt that bad either i gotta say
    Bugger the scenery, standing amongst the myriad of Russian types at Swampy is akin to hanging out at the gym.....they do bathe occasionally, yes?

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    The Russians are a completely different type of tourist in that they usually bring their own women so they do not care about the bars and nightclubs. That only leaves the nice restaurants to carter to them and the shopping centers.

    That Utapao Airport remodeling was another Pattaya waste of money along the lines of the Walking Street sign.

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    Presumably most go down from BKK.

    Heaps all over the tourist spots of Thailand, south of BKK anyway. And who can blame them, if I was from Russia I'd be here too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blake7
    Loads fly into suvarnibhum though
    Which part of Pattaya or Jomtien is that in?

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    Was just down in Koh Chang for a few days, heaps down there, probably 1/3 of all the whiteys.

    Seemed alright, keeps themselves to themselves and none were going around shirtless with football tatts, skulling beer chang by the can outside the 7s, and shouting 'fuck' and 'shit' 5 times in every sentence. Mostly they're well kept, and show basic respect for self and others. Which generally makes them far less embarrassing to be associated with than most other whiteys.

    It's good to have a higher class of farang coming here.

    Presumably they all came down from outside airports too as I don't think Trat has a direct flight to Moscow.

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    Christ, I'm glad I live out bush.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chairman Mao
    It's good to have a higher class of farang coming here.
    Whilst I don't doubt what you say, it's a sad state of affairs when these folk are a higher class...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Chairman Mao
    It's good to have a higher class of farang coming here.
    Whilst I don't doubt what you say, it's a sad state of affairs when these folk are a higher class...
    Russian hooligans just don't have enough money to come. Yet. So it's middle class and - seemingly - gangsters.

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    When I was last at the Royal Cliff resort in Pattaya visiting a mate in the most expensive wing, I was surprised to see that this was comfortably over 50% full of Russki's (or Ukrainians or whatever) too.

    Pattaya has most certainly changed- the traditional beer bar and GoGo tourist that was the old mainstay is a declining slice of the pie these days. Given the rampant oversupply of beer bars everywhere, it seems many business operators are still living in denial about this.

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    some are nice eye candy

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    Loads in Phuket around Karon and Kata and a few around Nai Harn who have bought high end properties

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    they are fucking scums, regardless

    their women are hot, but I guess they have low esteem issue with the baggage they drag behind them

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    The last time I was in Pattaya, Walking Street was full of the ignorant bastards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
    The last time I was in Pattaya, Walking Street was full of the ignorant bastards.
    Hence why you were there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Travelmate View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
    The last time I was in Pattaya, Walking Street was full of the ignorant bastards.
    Hence why you were there.
    Sadly, I was complying to the wishes of a potential client who wanted to go there.

    I should've clarified that it was full of ignorant Russian bastards and a handful of ignorant English bastards with an ignorant bastard Dane and an ignorant Aussie bastard along for good measure.

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    ^Ignorant of what? Fashion sense?

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    Uncouth cvnts.

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    You could do far worse than Russians. If I had a resort I'd much rather have groups of them than any British of any class.

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    I also prefer russians over the english .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
    The last time I was in Pattaya, Walking Street was full of the ignorant bastards.
    Hence why you were there.
    Sadly, I was complying to the wishes of a potential client who wanted to go there.

    I should've clarified that it was full of ignorant Russian bastards and a handful of ignorant English bastards with an ignorant bastard Dane and an ignorant Aussie bastard along for good measure.
    Sounds like Walking Street after the Sun goes down. What about the ignorant Katoeys ?? or have they moved

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