Jomtien Garden Hotel & Resort Chon Buri

Pattaya is a famous resort on the Eastern coast of Gulf of Thailand, known as "travelers paradise" , only 165 kilometers from Bangkok. The city of Pattaya is a self governing special municipal area which covers the whole district of Nong Prue and Na Kluea and parts of Huai Yai and Nong Pla Lai. It is located in the heavily industrial Eastern Seaboard zone, along with Si Racha, Laem Chabang, and Chon Buri. However ...

... we live in B*ngkok *nd for only $3 USD * bus t*kes you right from the termin*l ne*r our house, to Jomtien Be*ch. Sweet de*l for * DDutchmen!

Now to give * little b*ckground *bout P*tt*y*, it *ll st*rted with the f*ct th*t B*ngkok w*s thee destin*tion for US *nd Europe*n soldiers during Vietn*m to go to for * little....*hem...."rel*xing." Well *fter Vietn*m, B*ngkok still kept th*t reput*tion, but st*rted to re*lly develop commerci*lly *nd ...

... br>gotuhorninu stoppadi bilstjorinn rutuna, drap a henni og for ut asamt
adstodarmanni sinum. kippti mer ekkert upp vid tad, voru liklegast ad
saekja meira folk, pakka eda eitthvad. tad vard heitara i rutunni. eg
skrifadi og skrifad i dagbokina mina. tangad til blekid var buid. tad
var ordid svo heitt ad eg for ut. tad voru allir farnir ur rutunni og
bidu a troppum fyrir framan. enginn vissi hvert bilstjorinn hefdi
farid. 2 strakar lobbudu adeins til ad sja hvort teir ...

... teacher and I suppose a commentary on his life - of course, I couldn't read it. Some ladies had a golden bowl and people went up and put money in it to pay for their dinner. Some beautiful young girls danced Thai dances, a young boy sang (badly) and someone from the audience got up on stage and gave each one of them a 100 B note.

Shall I tell you what retirement gifts the gentleman got? Two huge standing electric fans, a picture of the ...

... as we could before ducking under the umbrella for shade or into the water (which was as warm as a bath, beautiful but not ideal for cooling down!). Being stranded on the island for the day forced us to relax properly. Oh it's a hard life! Food and drink was a rip off on the Island. We should of been more savvy by taking plenty of water and food with us but I'm not complaining one little bit. It is the Thai New Year this week which is called "Songkran". It is ...

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We left the next day for 1 night in Bangkok before flying home , When we get home we will sort out what all we have seen & been told the last 2 weeks but feel as a church to look after girls rescued from sexual exploitation & trafficking.

... I had to place the offering on the cloth of the monk in front of me, as they can't take it directly from you, and then bow down to him. It was fantastic to be a part of it all. After the kids all had new years parties in their classroom. Me and Marlie, went around to say happy new year to all the classes. In many of the classes we were given gifts of food and drink, by the children and the teachers.   After school, Marlie, Lisa and I headed into Bangkok. We ...

... stove. I had to heat a pot of water this morning in order to make coffee, and it started boiling remarkably fast. The bathroom' is what I have come to expect in Thailand. At least I can stand up in the shower and flush the toilet. I'll just try to ignore the spiders and mosquitoes crawling and flying every which way.

The teachers here and the staff have definitely made this place worth while. I was a little concerned after the first day when I had no idea what classes I was ...

... to pre-K and if Amex wasn't there, Chong-chong would come racing up to me asking to be picked up.

I don't have any specific stories about the kids, just memories of baby-soft skin, the scent of baby powder and the first time I was peed on. (It was Amex, and since he was my favorite its OK). Here are some of the best photos of my students!

... walked up. This time, in the dark, the road was all lit from the guest house windows with red luminous bulbs and it was full of young Thai girls outside shouting 'Wel-cum', ' halllloooo'. Ahhhh! it suddenly dawned on us that earlier we had asked for a room in a brothel! A little shocked, we found some food in a respectable establishment. Still, though, littered with dirty old men with their 'girlfriends ...