Dragon Beach Resort Pattaya

... on the beach and there were virtually no Thais, one or two Americans and the rest huge Russians. The men all have big bellies hanging over their tiny revealing speedos, and the women are postitively gragantuan. I thought I was fat until I saw them.

The ocean is right outside our building with a great beach, parasailing, kite surfing, wind surfing, jet skis, banana boats, and three huge pools. We bought these honkin ...

... less than a dollar; plus lots of cheap seafood.

So I stay there for 5 days: spent the better part of the day on the beach, swimming or reading or writing my blog with my netbook until I dozed off; or just stared at the horizon, enjoying a beer or drinking the juice of a young coconut.

Finally. I could relax and be lazy and not feel guilty about it.

And that’s why this entry is a short one.

We flew to Bangkok & were picked up by pastors of a church from there. They drove us to Pattaya a few hours away & we met up that night with a church that works in this town. The sexual exploitation here is more than unbelievable. I felt quite sickened by it all.



Pattaya, Thailand hilaryramsey

... Winslet-esk fashion! We got up to 85k on the highway which was a real rush. My first of many firsts on this trip I'm sure. I met Don's friend Leslie Dowd (a 'Liverpolitan') who used to work for Reuters and covered the Falklands. Very interesting man. He's 70 and married to a 50 year old Thai woman. They live in Bangkok and he has a condo in Pattaya. We then went to smoke a shisha... this was another first! I didn't get my own but I did try it (apple flavour) and ...

Journey to Pattaya

After forgetting the tickets in the back of the scooter (pregnant lady’s fault!) and successfully making a U Turn to pick them up, the long journey to Pattaya was ahead of us. The bus journey, which I was actually looking forward to, turned out to be a complete nightmare second time round. It was freezing cold and I could not get comfortable – travel ...

... Like it or hate it, it was THE industry down here. We went to bed digesting this info, mostly in awe and disbelief, but happy to experience such a wild place in this world. I tell you my friends, Pattaya - Ping Tang - Ping Tang Jet-ski - Ping Tang - Dirt M'girt Town - Buck Wild - Buck Nasty trumps a concoction of Las Vegas , Amsterdam , Bangkok, and any other number of crazy destinations you could possibly think of, and it is open all day, every day. -Adam and Paul

... I haven't done much but walk and walk and walk. I'm not so sure why I'm so stupid to walk when it only costs 15-20 baht on the baht bus. The baht bus is a pick-up truck with bench seats in the back that cruises up and down the street. You hop on and off when u feel like it. I have very sore feet right now from walking too much. Enough foot massage places around but you think i would take advantage of ...

... under the brollie. It's a simple lifestyle really. Sit at the beach, move to the restuarant 10 metres away for lunch... yada yada yada. In the evening we were a little more adventurous, hiring a motorbike for the trip back to Hat Seikiew and the beachside barbeque restaurants. The giant fresh prawns are too good to pass up again. At the first sight of the evening rain we scampered back to the motorbike and putt-putt-putted back to Hat Noi.

... the same old **** in every night. Gonna go back to Bangkok in the next couple of days cause i enjoyed my two days there and wanna see a bit more of it. Im sleeping on my mate Chris sofa in his hotel room which is saving me a bit of much needed cash. Anthony lost his camera the other day aswell so thats three cameras out of the three of us gone. Gonna buy a disposibal when i get to Bangkok so i can upload some memorys of Thailand. Laters!!!!

... Gearge (nan + grandad) who were holidaying in Pattaya. The surprise worked, but only just. After checking into, by far and away, the nicest hotel I ever set foot into we missed them both by 5 minutes. We spent a frantic hour searching for them, dreading that they had left for Pattaya town, finally finding them sitting in a cafe outside the hotel. What a shock, my Nain jumped to her feet and, promptly, steadied herself and sat back down with a thud ...