Pattaya Beach

We start the day with a ride down the BKK Highway to Sriracha Tiger Zoo. We purchase the rather pricey tickets ; TB 450 per person for foreign nationals, TB 60~100 for Thai nationals. This system is prevalent in India as well, wonder why. But we would realize that the tickets were definitely worth it, despite the disparity.

The Tigers in …

The last two days were spent in Thailand which was a most enjoyable and enlightening couple days. It started with impressive parking with the Ship. We had been assigned a parking pay at the bottom of a U that pretty much just fit the massive ship. The captain manoeuvred into position using only ship power and no tugs boats.

The first day …

I have just spent my holiday at Pattaya
in Thailand. Pattaya seems to be the place that combine 2 styles of
relaxing in a short break time such as a beautiful beach and lively
shopping centre. Pattaya isn't away from Bangkok it's just 2 hrs by
car. When you arrives there, you can get a chance to laid on the
beach and also having …

Time to move to the coast and the beach---this time southeast of Bangkok and about 2 hours drive by taxi ($50) lies Pattaya. Pattaya in the 1960's was just a little fishing village, but during the Vietnam War saw the start of it's big beginning. The ...

... we went to show, along with the 3 sisters that my mum worked with. The show was called Alangkarn, which was a history of Thailand. We arrived at the place - which is where the previous week Miss Thailand 2006 was staged. As we walked in we were ...

... to yet.  If there's a good reason for a trip to end, it's for a reprieve from the weather. Pattaya is located along the Gulf of Thailand, along the eastern coast.  The area was untouched by the tsunami.  The tides were only a foot tall ...

... I played with a couple of Finnish paedophiles. Golf of course. Day 117 - Saturday 20 December Get Resort's shuttlebus into Pattaya for bit of shopping and paedo spotting. Went to Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum in Garden Plaza which was largely ...

... sexy, wewcome," they repeat in their Thai accents as all the beer bellies, grey hairs and double chins stroll by. Pattaya has a deserved reputation, having cultivated it's formidable sex industry during the Vietnam war era when our boys came to this ...

... of characters I've met in a long time. Let's just say the next day spent nursing our wounds on the beach was a necessary move. Pattaya Take the seedy side of Patong, multiply it by a factor of ten and you pretty much get modern day ...

... and then start asking me questions about myself and THEN keep pestering me. There were also some disturbing things about the beach, and just Pattaya in general. There were about a million motor boats and wave runners coming up to shore, waiting for ...

... nbsp; Apparently my "extra padding" is useless on Vietnamese bike seats. I’m definitely interested to see what the rest of Thailand has in store because right now I am both fascinated and disturbed by the sex trade that is in your face ...

... ! Very much looking forward to that next week in Kanchanaburi. Just to put all your minds at rest we are no where near any flooding in Thailand, not sure if you’ve had that covered on your news at home or not. Miss everyone hugely, Lots of love ...

... basically everyone in Thailand had Monday off. Needing some serious R & Rj, Lauren and I headed to nearby Jomtien Beach in Pattaya, Thailand. Pattaya is about 1 2/3 hour away from where we live in Bangkok and for only $3 USD a bus takes you ...