When it comes to weird, wonderful, outrageous, and amusing bar names, Pattaya has to have a more complete and diverse collection than any other place in the world, bar none. Bar names in Pattaya range from hilariously amusing to downright offensive. They are sometimes highly imaginative, very much straight to the point, and suggestive of […]
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The Most Inclined Utility Pole in Pattaya
It’s hardly surprising that Pattaya’s shockingly messy overhead power cables and the poles that support them have generated so much interest from social media networks. I remember one particularly shocking image of a utility pole (and many pointing fingers) on Soi Buakhao that was leaning so severely it looked like it might come crashing to […]
Continue ReadingFirst Bangkok to Pattaya Weekend Train
As you might expect, there was much pomp and ceremony to greet the arrival of the first Bangkok to Pattaya weekend tourist train service as the first train of the new service rolled into Pattaya train station on schedule at 09:15 on Saturday, the 17th March 2018. You can see details of the new Bangkok […]
Continue ReadingPattaya Bay 2017 Photo
After viewing photos of Pattaya Bay in the 1950s through to the 1970s (see image below) and then comparing those images to recent photos of Pattaya Bay, you realize just how quickly Pattaya has and still is developing. These images (below) were taken at the Pattaya Viewing Point in 2017 and 2011. When you compare […]
Continue ReadingSmiley the Pattaya Baht Bus Driver
Baht bus drivers and their familiar blue baht buses provide local Thais and tourists alike with one of the most reliable and best value-for-money services in Pattaya. That’s something to smile about if you happen to use the baht buses to get around Pattaya, but a smiling baht bus driver, like the one pictured below, […]
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