Blogs from Pattaya, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia
January 30th 2012
We have just spent two days in Pattaya, a resort on the mainland renowned for Lady Boys and the sex industry. We would never have come here but for the fact that Billy and Ann from the velocette owners club are here on a long vacation and we’d arranged to meet up as it’s kind of on the way back from Ko Samet to Bangkok. We had to change buses at Chonburi and get the public bus the rest of the way to Pattaya. That proved to be a long slow journey stopping every few minutes. We were dropped off the public bus at the terminal and stood around in a daze. The place was huge, busy traffic and noise everywhere. We had chosen a guesthouse from the Lonely Planet. Guide to head for but which ... read more
Never forget this trip :: Koh Larn ^^
Published: January 29th 2012Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya
January 29th 2012
It's a long time since I have been there, Koh Larn. Have you ever heard Koh Larn before? How do you imagine about it? Is it beautiful place? Is there friendly people with welcoming smile? THE ANSWER Is YES!!! On summer- March in Thailand, we decided to relax at Koh Larn, Pattaya.Our met point is Victory Monument around 8 am. Hooleyyyy!! I'm the first to reach there. We left Bangkok around 11 am. (waited one friend who didn't hear her alarming clock!!! :( )..OTW OTW Wooo!!! we reached Pattaya around 2 pm. then hurry up to take Ferrari to Koh Larn. 30 minutes after that we were in Koh Larn. Took our stuff off, Bathing and it's a eating time butttttttt......in this night we got power failure!!! Boooo!! :( .. we had a dinner in a ... read more
(RATED NC-17) Pattaya - Number 1 Sin City in the world
Published: January 17th 2012Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya
January 16th 2012
My experiences in Thailand have so far been mainly culture shock in terms of the way life is. How the Thai people live. When you travel unless you have money you are expected to immerse yourself in that countries customs and way of life. As for what I experienced this past weekend in Pattaya was definitely some culture shock but in a different way. First we left the house and went to a small pavilion on the side of the road. Public transportation is great here. You can flag a Bus down just like a taxi here. We waited about 20 mins for a bus that took us to Pattaya and that was 100 Baht or 3 dollars (he ripped us off). We arrived in Pattaya at about 8ish, thankfully Mary and Galen had a friend ... read more
Pattaya - Seasons Greetings - Happy New Year
Published: December 30th 2011Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya
December 28th 2011
Every night is a party night in Pattaya for the Countdown to 2012. In the daytime I go for long walks to keep my fitness at some reasonable level. At night I like to go to Bali Hai Pier for the fireworks and Countdown events leading up to New Year's Eve. Wednesday night I attended the Bodyslam and So Cool concert with 10000 other fans. These are world class acts in performance quality and it was a great night with five of my friends. The entertainment is free and the hangover a bit costlier but a very enjoyable night out in perfect weather. Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year "Sawatdee Bpee Mai" to everyone. There are 39 photos, click on them for a larger view.... read more
Pattaya, the ugly little human zoo....
Published: December 5th 2011Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya
December 4th 2011
I've now been living 15 years in Asia and I never made it to Pattaya. I have always call the place the "s**t hole" of Asia, and after the week-end we just spent here, I can confirm that the name make sense! So why going to Pattaya, why going now? Well, the kids are in Vietnam for a long week-end due to the King's birthday holiday in Thailand. So they are enjoying a little bit of tourism on their own. I'm also short of few stays to keep my nice level as a frequent guest with the SPG group (You know, the one which giving me all this lovely little room upgrades). Pattaya does have a new Sheraton, and the hotel has a pretty nice reputation. We took the bus from Ekamai station in Bangkok on ... read more
October 8th 2011
It's wet in Thailand. And in Cambodia. And in Laos. In fact, just about everywhere we turn the storm clouds are gathering and the flood waters are rising. We're still in Pattaya, paralysed by indecision. The locals say it never rains here and, to be fair, it hasn't much. There have been a couple of spectacular thunderstorms, which are brilliant, actually. One minute the sun is shining and the streets are bone-dry. The next, everything is drenched and you're ankle deep in rainwater. I've never seen anything quite like it. I'll tell you what else I've never seen anything quite like - the back streets of Pattaya. I mean the real back streets, away from the tourists. Away from anything much at all. A few extra days here was like a green light for M to ... read more
October 5th 2011
First, some cultural learnings. If you ever want to catch a bus in Bangkok, don't do what we did: go to the bus station, buy a ticket, get on a bus and wait. That's the fool's way. Fools wait for hours on hot buses - on the road to nowhere. No, the very best way to go about things is to simply mind your own business. Try to look as if catching a bus is absolutely the last thing on your mind. You love Bangkok. You couldn't care less about leaving. You won't hear of it. Give a little whistle, if you can. Look nonchalant. If you make a good enough show of it, you won't have to wait long. A small Thai man will jump off the very bus you were secretly hoping to catch ... read more
August 21st 2011
On a first day of rain in a long time, we decided that it was time to use the weather as a travel day from Lonely Beach to Pattaya City. We arrived in Pattaya early evening and checked into a very posh hotel on the beach and close to the world famous "Walking Street". To know what Pattaya is world famous for one only needs to understand that Sex is to Pattaya as Gambling is to Vegas. It is an international sin city known for one thing only: Sex Tourism. It is not known for the beaches as we were very disapointed that the beaches were dirty and unkept and the water at times black with diesel oil from all the boats. The whole sex theme is at most entertaining and often amusing but that wears ... read more
August 14th 2011
August 11, 2011: I am headed south on a bus going from Bangkok to Pattaya. The taxi quoted 2500 baht ($80 US) and the air conditioned bus is only 125 baht ($4). I hear a decent room in Pattaya is 900 baht ($30) so taking the bus for the 1.5 hour journey instead of a taxi will pay for the first two nights in Pattaya. I left Delhi today expecting to spend the next 10 days in Vietnam, but here I am on a bus on my way to a beach in Thailand. That is sort of how life is in Asia. You can get upset or roll with the punches. Simply choose the actual manifestation of the present instead of your preferred not presently existing wishes. There are roses all around you so start smelling. ... read more
August 12th 2011
On Irene’s one day in Singapore we spent hours traversing the winding trails of the McCruchie reservoir all for a few sweet moments up on a bridge through the canopy. It had been raining heavily before reaching the bridge, but as we stepped out into the tree tops the rain slowed to a trickle. I got tunnel vision watching as individual raindrops, seeming to slow, suspended in mid air like diamonds as they neared their destination, catapulted single mindedly below us, making a barely perceptible *plip* as they intersected with the leaves beneath us. We stood alone in silence, suspended dizzyingly far from the ground; the only sound the winds through the palms, the horizon stretched out into an oversized circle around us. The paths themselves seemed to drag on endlessly, and by the time we ... read more
