Boutique Hotel Pattaya
Travel Blogs from Pattaya
Taxi bikes to Tesco Lotus and truck home
We got Taxi Bikes to Tesco's some 2km away. Taxi bikes are much safer, kids are standing on the footboard of their parents moped since babies. We wove through all the traffic, passing big old coaches spluttering out fumes. Arrived at Tesco Lotus, ...
Bus trip from Bangkok to Pattaya/More Songkran!
... rooms.
Went and investigated the local area and were partially saturated. We are told Pattaya is the only area that holds Songkran at a later date (being 19 April) however as with the rest of the country it starts to get into gear a number of days prior. In summary we get to get soaked all over again. Best news is hat we have a large resort to hide in if we want to.
Dinner next door at an upmarket Italian Restaurant where we all had custom pizzas. After a ...
De koning is jarig
... te koop aangeboden en je kunt voeten en handen laten verzorgen. Voor de rest een beetje hetzelfde als de andere dagen in Patong.
Na het douchen ga ik wat drinken in de hotelbar. De sfeer is zo aangenaam, dat ik dit keer vier pilsjes neem. Rond 20 uur ga ik naar hetzelfde gebied in Pattaya als gisteren. In een leuk klein restaurant eet ik kip met ananas, die heel goed smaakt. Daarna naar de bars, maar ... die zijn dicht in verband met de verjaardag van de koning. ...
Seedy Pattaya
... out help while others are virtually clones selling exactly the same clothing as the previous dozens we had just passed. There's much less negotiation here as starting prices are much more reasonable and final prices still lower than in the Bangkok night market (e.g. two good quality Callaway golf shirts @ $20 total Bangkok could be had for $7 here).
Eventually we found our way to the four story Royal Lawn Mall which is an upscale hybrid version of the ...
We arrive in Sin City
... Thai bus ride-bumpy and uncomfortable with random stops for extended periods of time for no apparent reason.
I knew when we got to Pattaya city, but I wasn’t sure when exactly to get off the bus. Finally, the bus driver looked in the rearview mirror and told the guy who sold the tickets to come ask us where we were going. He realized it was time for us to get off, so he dumped us on the side of the road to fend for ...