Pattaya 1st week of July 08

[IRISH JONNY]

Originally Posted by Talbotman

DURING MY NEXT TRIP I WILL ALSO BE STAYING AT THE ROCKHOUSE on soi lk metro again no swim pool but is only a couple of mins away from ARECA LODGE/LK HOTEL/AND SIAM SAWASDEE HOTELS i have always found that you can use any swim pool especially if you are buying food or drinks and knowing tim as i do he sure likes his beer.

finishing off my trip with 5 nights at sabai inn hotel on soi 2 north [pattaya the sister hotel next door sabai lodge has 4 swimming pools so ne probs there sabai lodge is too pricey better to stay at sabai inn for half the money and use the pools at sabai lodge.

FCUK ME TOMMY....HOW YOU GONNA GET TO THE SECOND ROAD???????

[Datsun]

Originally Posted by Talbotman

DATSUN i just caught up with this thread and as someone who needs a swim pool and also loves staying at secrets i can tell you that their is no problem a short walk along walking street brings you to the windy inn/clair de lune hotel which has a fantastic pool looking right onto the beach and pier i go there most days when i am at secrets great cheap food and beer as well agree with IJ the best beaches are at jomtien and wongomat /naklua

secrets guests are welcome at the pool i mentioned !

i am also staying at rockhouse bar on soi lk metro during my next trip again no swim pool but there pools close by at areca lodge/lk hotel and also siam saswadee hotel on soi honey (where my current girl works as a receptioniost. i have always found you can use any swim pool you want providing you buy some food/drinks and knowing tim as i do he sure likes his beer 555555

Talked with Tim a few days ago and it seems like we are going for Areca Lodge, but not sure yet. We are so lazy so we prefer to have the pool outside our hotel door Then we don't have to crawl so far for the morning swim

[Datsun]

Originally Posted by Andymon

Stayed at Secrets for 5 days last week with Iltis and Likeitalot. Great hotel for the money simular to Summerbreeze in Patong , but larger and newer rooms. The best part is the restuarant/hostess bar downstairs with some great looking girls working during the day and night shifts. The hotel and bar staff are great, and it's located right near all the best gogo's in walking street.

One day we took a short baht bus ride to Mikes Mall (around Soi 8 or 9)and used the pool located on the roof (only way up there is to take the elevator to the 10th floor). Large pool and snack bar with a great view of the entire city.

The view looks very nice

[Andymon]

Originally Posted by Datsun

The view looks very nice

The pool or my new Avatar 55555

[Andymon]

Originally Posted by Datsun

Talked with Tim a few days ago and it seems like we are going for Areca Lodge, but not sure yet. We are so lazy so we prefer to have the pool outside our hotel door Then we don't have to crawl so far for the morning swim

Went by the Areca Lodge as Iltis's friend Eric stayed there. The pools look great but apparantly you have to get down early to "stake out" a chair. We were there around noon and all chairs had towels on them but there was nobody sitting in them (didn't check out the rear pool).

[marc26]

Originally Posted by Andymon

Went by the Areca Lodge as Iltis's friend Eric stayed there. The pools look great but apparantly you have to get down early to "stake out" a chair. We were there around noon and all chairs had towels on them but there was nobody sitting in them (didn't check out the rear pool).

the rear pool is the one i always use
hardly anyone out there, and very nice

[Datsun]

Originally Posted by Andymon

The pool or my new Avatar 55555

Do you really have to ask? 5555555
Well, as you probably presumed I was refering to the pool pics,
but hey got to hand it to you, nice piece of ASS

[dan boy]

Originally Posted by Andymon

Went by the Areca Lodge as Iltis's friend Eric stayed there. The pools look great but apparantly you have to get down early to "stake out" a chair. We were there around noon and all chairs had towels on them but there was nobody sitting in them (didn't check out the rear pool).

They do have signs up saying something like if any towels are left on sunloungers for more than 30 mins unattended ,that they will be removed .....

[Caerphilly]

Originally Posted by marc26

the rear pool is the one i always use
hardly anyone out there, and very nice

more sun at the rear too if i'm correct with my north south east and west!!

[Dupree00]

Originally Posted by dan boy

They do have signs up saying something like if any towels are left on sunloungers for more than 30 mins unattended ,that they will be removed .....

Wont work unless they're in German.

[Talbotman]

Originally Posted by IRISH JONNY

FCUK ME TOMMY....HOW YOU GONNA GET TO THE SECOND ROAD???????

SIMPLE JONNY when i am at secrets i wont be leaving walking street area when i hit the rockhouse i will be in lk metro/soi diana /soi bhuakow/and 3rd road bars all 5 nights apart from one night when i might take a little stroll down central road to ali baba indian restaurant then have a few with adam at cherry bar before hitting my fav bar TIMS BEER BAR

then again during my 5 day stay at sabai inn will spend all my time at soi 1/2/3 apart from a daytime manouver in club nevada on soi post office

i can walk just dont want to 555555555 if i can help it

even you in a previous post in this thread stated that areca lodge hotel was not idealy situated for walking street its ok for going north to soi 2 area as thats the direction of the taxi traffic on second road but going to walking street means a trip off taxi fare .

anyway i just spent 5 days without my car (burnt out clutch) it f ucking killed me having to walk that 200 metres to tghe local co-op for my newspapers every morning 555555555

[Tim26swe]

Originally Posted by Talbotman

SIMPLE JONNY when i am at secrets i wont be leaving walking street area when i hit the rockhouse i will be in lk metro/soi diana /soi bhuakow/and 3rd road bars all 5 nights apart from one night when i might take a little stroll down central road to ali baba indian restaurant then have a few with adam at cherry bar before hitting my fav bar TIMS BEER BAR

then again during my 5 day stay at sabai inn will spend all my time at soi 1/2/3 apart from a daytime manouver in club nevada on soi post office

i can walk just dont want to 555555555 if i can help it

even you in a previous post in this thread stated that areca lodge hotel was not idealy situated for walking street its ok for going north to soi 2 area as thats the direction of the taxi traffic on second road but going to walking street means a trip off taxi fare .

anyway i just spent 5 days without my car (burnt out clutch) it f ucking killed me having to walk that 200 metres to tghe local co-op for my newspapers every morning 555555555

Now that seems like a place for me

well this Areca Lodge seems like a good place to stay. Gonna try it out there for a week to start with.

How big is pattaya really? is it like double of patong or 10x ?

Little difficult to imagine from a map but it looks like a main beachroad and second and third road onto that.

my guessin that there is sois all over the beachroad sort like bangla roads up to the 2nd road but instead of 1 in patong there is. .god now how many there.

Last time when had 1 night in bkk before travel home i was little suprised that the bar areas wasnt that big and many as i expected.

/ Tim

[marc26]

Originally Posted by Tim26swe

Now that seems like a place for me

well this Areca Lodge seems like a good place to stay. Gonna try it out there for a week to start with.

How big is pattaya really? is it like double of patong or 10x ?

Little difficult to imagine from a map but it looks like a main beachroad and second and third road onto that.

my guessin that there is sois all over the beachroad sort like bangla roads up to the 2nd road but instead of 1 in patong there is. .god now how many there.

Last time when had 1 night in bkk before travel home i was little suprised that the bar areas wasnt that big and many as i expected.

/ Tim

i think you and Datsun will love Areca Lodge and even the location
for me, it is right in the middle of pretty much anywhere i want to go
you can walk to Walking St(about 15 minutes) or walk 5 minutes to beach rd and jump on a baht bus
if you want to go down to Soi2 or the shopping mall theatres, just hop on a baht bus on 2nd road
Soi Diana, which is the soi Areca is on, has a cluster of beer bars, plus some good restaurants
you are also near Wonderful Bar on 2nd road that is fun

[nelsonone]

It's easily 4-5 times bigger than Patong Tim.....and about 100 times as many gals...so your odds are definitely increased

I agree that Areca is all you want at a great price and just nearby is Pattaya Bay Resort which also has good rooms at good prices....

You'll probably start out around walking st but make sure you spread it a litle wider as your stay goes longer....as M26 says the area arond soi Dian is great and ther are loads of sois runing from 2nd road down to the beach and they are all choca with bas etc....soi 6 is a must see.eye openner

also up on the 3rd road ther are some quitere more expat oriented bars wher the beers are cold and The gals hot....these bars give good value for money

there are some good clubs like Luzifers don on walking street too which play pretty decent music

You guys will have a hoot mate!!!

[ub2yoo]

Originally Posted by nelsonone

there are some good clubs like Luzifers don on walking street too which play pretty decent music

...just be aware that lucifer plays r&b, hip hop and the likes...you could fall in there if there were no girls 5555

[Datsun]

Originally Posted by ub2yoo

...just be aware that lucifer plays r&b, hip hop and the likes...you could fall in there if there were no girls 5555

What? No classical like Mozart or Wagner?

[dbaron]

Originally Posted by dommy6

Areca Hotel is very good value for money. I stayed in an executive room because the suites were booked out. Rate was 1300 per night in the back building. I believe the front building rooms are nicer as they have been re furbished. The room I stayed in was very big and comfortable and overlooks the second pool. Hearty breakfast buffet with quite a few choices. It is quite a large property, not the compound type like the 5 stars.

But be warned. An embarrassed receptionist told me at check in as the room was what I thought I heard she said a single an additional guest i.e. 2 girls in a room would be an additional 500bt. Now I can’t recall if I booked a single or a double. So perhaps check that one out. I would say that 90% of guests were mongers. This observation is based on who was in the breakfast room and around the pool.

It is very close to then new shopping centre on 2nd road. It’s not in the middle of the action but very close to second rd but then the action in Pattaya can be anywhere. And there are bars and venues within the vicinity of Areca. There is a nice little indoor bar from Areca towards 2nd road call I think called pappayo next to a pizza restaurant. Nice decked out bar and some nice looking younger girls. Nice place to start the night with.

If you check the website, it is exactly the way it is.

Stayed at Areca 26 March until 6 April 2008
All good comments are correct about this place.
The pools are great, the rooms are big, the service and breakfasts also great, and it is certainly girl friendly. Would definately stay there again and I had my wife and 2 daughters with me also. Not once did they feel uncomfortable with their surroundings.
Word of warning though.
The second building has 2 construction sites going on.
1 at the back and 1 to the right of the hotel as you look at it from the street.
The one at the back I believe is Areca building 3. This can be very noisy from early in the morning. ( I did not notice myself as too pissed on Sang Som each night )
Also on the left of building 2 there is a vacant block which currently has tin sheds some local Thais live in and they have more than a dozen roosters. These can be heard from around 3am crowing. ( again I did not notice just what the wife and kids said ).
The only other 2 things is the air con on the balcony blows hot air at you so unless you turn it off its not useable and the bath/shower does not have a non slip mat making it very slippery and as a consequence I have 4 broken ribs in my back as I fell and hit the edge of the bath very hard.
Pappayo was closed the whole time I was there. Someone said something about the owner going broke. Don't no if this is true.


Regards

DB

[dbaron]

Originally Posted by Caerphilly

more sun at the rear too if i'm correct with my north south east and west!!

You are 100 percent correct and the pool water is warmer also than the front pool.
Both pools are very busy however and some days I found the back pool to have more people than the front. My kids used to go to and from the pools as we would sit at the back pool but they profferd the cooler water in the front one.

DB

[Datsun]

Good info there dbaron, hope we can get rooms away from the construction or hope it will be finished in july