Blogs from Pattaya, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 2

When I was living in Thailand, I would receive friends from abroad from time to time who came to visit the 'Land of Smiles.' Some were close friends, and some were friends of friends. Whenever I had time off from work I would go meet them, and take them around the city for sightseeing. One such instance was when a couple from Hungary came to Thailand and I took them to Pattaya a well known beach resort (read infamous). It was the middle of January. Classes were in full swing at the school where I worked at that time. The weather was not so hot as it was still supposed to be the 'cool' season in Thailand. One evening I got a phone call from an unfamiliar voice of a woman saying that she and her ... read more

Today I did my first scubadive, on the bay off Pattaya. It wasn't very well organised. The diving school picked me up an hour late, once we finally got out to sea the water was really choppy (both there and back.) We spent an extra hour at sea looking for the diving spot as apparently somebody had removed the buoys and we needed to find another spot. I was sea sick three times as were other people as the water was a lot rougher than the water was when I went whale-watching in Iceland. The boat ride was really quite a frightening experience. This was my first experience of sea sickness. The scuba-diving itself was very interesting and I'm really glad I tried it. I learned how to use the equipment quickly and didn't panic. However, ... read more

Today I travelled to Pattaya by bus from Bangkok and settled into a hostel there. It was a pleasant journey on a government air-conditioned bus and I slept nearly the whole way. The humidity has increased and I am having to take things a lot slower now. I changed some more money at the bank in Bangkok and stopped by Ekkamai and ate a Japanese dish of pork and bean sprouts in soy sauce (there is a photo of the menu), a green tea and for dessert I had almond jelly. They kept giving me free refills of green tea. That is the best Christmas present anybody could ask for. Tonight I ate chicken and rice in a street café with a Russian person I met in the hostel. The meals here are so good that ... read more

Pattaya, a popular beach resort, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, is at a distance of about 130 km southeast of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. I visited this city on 22nd October 2012 and stayed there for two nights. Thailand , was a part of the ten days trip that we were taking in October-November 2012. I was accompanied by my parents and my younger sister during the trip. We left NSCB International Airport, Kolkata, on 21st aboard Jet Airways flight 9W66 at around 1:30 in the morning and landed in Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok two and a half hours later. The flight was dull as usual with no turbulence or anything else worth mentioning except that the dinner provided by the flight crew was delicious. After completing our immigration formalities ... read more

Our minibus to Pattaya had a grand total of four passengers on board. The driver took us straight to our destination, the Peace Hotel. We were very impressed because it was cheap, the swimming pool was lovely and the room was quite spacious and quiet. If you go to Pattaya and want to avoid the hotels in the thick of the nightlife, we highly recommend this one. Pattaya wasn't really our thing. We had seen it on a TV programme about tourists getting into trouble on Walking Street and how the special tourist police unit deal with them. That alone should have put us off. Still, we had to go and have a look. We only saw Walking Street during the day and it had a bit of a sleazy air to it even without neon ... read more