Blogs from Pattaya, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia

We have been in Thailand for awhile now and while I don't usually do blogs in Thailand as I'm here all the time visiting family. But for the purposes of this big trip I will do a Thailand blog. My mum was already in Thailand visiting her family while we were travelling. After 12 and a half hours of driving and border crossings, the Intrepid crew were finally in Bangkok! Our mini van got there first and while we checked in my mum found us in the lobby! It was great seeing her again. So, after a quick refresh we were all off to the final Intrepid farewell dinner. So as it turns out our German ‘friends' Franca and Fabiana didn't want to join us for dinner. Which wasn't surprising considering they never really joined us ... read more

Das war ein Satz mit X. Wir wollten dem ungeliebten Touri-Ort eine faire Chance einräumen und uns selbst ein Bild machen - und hätten es uns sparen können... Der Pick-Up mit dem Mini-Van geht schon einmal gut los: mit Verspätung. Als wir dann im Van sitzen und in der Khao San Road noch Mitreisende aufnehmen, fängt es an Comedy zu werden: es wurden offensichtlich zu viele Tickets für den Van verkauft. Also kommen alle Reiseleiter im 1 Minuten Takt in den Bus und zählen erneut durch - immer voller Hoffnung, dass sich jemand von uns in Luft aufgelöst haben könnte... Die Fahrt ist dann rasant, was mir natürlich gar nicht gefällt und irgendwann auch ein Opfer fordert: den linken Vorderreifen. Wechselstop also. In Pattaya angekommen bestätigen sich leider alle Vorurteile und so ist für uns klar: ... read more

Rob writes: Today we leave Cambodia and I’m a bit sad. My last and only visit here to Siem Reap left me wanting to see more and I am happy to report that once you have explored the country a little further, outside of the international tourist destination that is Angkor Watt, the country does not disappoint. I have had an excellent time here and I dare say I will visit again in the future. So, what’s the itinerary for today? We have booked a VIP (yeah sure) minibus to the boarder, at which point we will need to switch to another bus once we are on the other (Thai) side. That bus will then take us to Pattaya in Thailand. The chap on the desk in the hotel who we booked the bus through advised ... read more

The third city on my Thailand tour was Pattaya. I had never heard of it, but apparently is a well known area for other Asian countries and especially Russia. Our driver is someone Jamie uses for work and it was a couple of hours spent in a pimped out van (apparently, a usual mode of transportation). With a little difficulty, we reached our hotel, the Rabbit Resort, which is right on the beach. We checked in pretty easily and were given a nice large, private room. After Jamie gave me a few options, I selected this resort as it seemed to have a private, tropical setting where all the rooms have their own entrances with trees all around. The receptionist set us up with our driver for the next day and so we went to our ... read more

After a nice rested night in China Town sampling some delicious street food and a couple of beers , Ollie and I moved on from Bangkok and took the bus to Pattaya. The journey from the centre of Bangkok to the coast took us about 3 hours, thankfully we had air conditioning. Now to our surprise this fairly long bus ride cost around 119bht working out around £2.38, bargain! The sights from the bus window were a mix of, industry, housing and clearly a developing landscape. Once arriving around 3pm we needed a place to stay, as with most places we will be visiting it was a case of looking and seeing what we could fine. As I needed a wee badly the first decent enough accommodation seen was the choice for our first night (a ... read more