You have saved up your money. You may have even worked some overtime to get some extra cash for your holiday. You have done all of your online research. Flight is booked and so is the hotel. You are ready to go.
Now, what do you do on the first night of your 2-week vacation?
Do you pace yourself or go hog wild? Does it matter that you arrived at 3 AM or noon or midnight? Do you take a shower or just go out? Decisions, decisions, decisions.
After your long flight to Bangkok and then the 1 hour ride to Pattaya what the heck do you do.
I can tell you what I do.
I schedule my flight to arrive at 4 PM. My other choice is to arrive at midnight. This is a no-brainer. Arriving in Bangkok at 4 PM gets me to Pattaya by 7 PM.
I usually just toss my bags in the room, secure my valuables and maybe change my T-shirt. I am then ready to head out.
First stop will be to have a beer or two with the owner of the guest house. We will catch up with each other and what has happened over the past few months.
Then it is time to head out. I prefer the beer bars over the go-go bars, so I will walk down Soi Buakhao, heading north, and...