Nong Nooch Botanical Gardens, did you know they won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show, the gardens are beautiful, but there’s more to Nong Nooch Gardens than pretty flowers and Giant Cactus. Nong Nooch was one of the first tourist attractions in Pattaya, and it is still one of the most popular, but […]
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300 Up – Photo Highlights
This was post number 301 since PattayaUnlimited.com went live on 14 May 2009. It was a time to have a look back at some of the highlights of the blog so far. From then to now, a broad spectrum of subjects have been covered on this blog, including helpful tips for first-time visitors to Pattaya, […]
Continue ReadingThai Characters For Thai Occasions
Where there’s a festival there’s a character, where there’s a character there’s a festival, that seems to be the way in Thailand. Festivals, meets, sporting occasions and shows more than occasionally throw up a colorful character or two. The first two photos were taken at the Pattaya Marathon, these guys get around though, I saw […]
Continue ReadingBuddha’s Head and the Sacred Tree in Ayutthaya
The head of Buddha trapped amidst the roots of a Sacred Fig Tree (ficus religiosa) in the ancient ruins of Wat Mahathat at the Ayutthaya Historical Park is probably the most iconic image associated with Ayutthaya, the former capital of Thailand. If you do a Google image search for Ayutthaya Thailand, the famous image of […]
Continue ReadingThailand Photos – Elephant in a Wagon
You see it all on the highways and byways of Thailand, 6 men on a motorbike, horses in pickup trucks, overloaded pickup trucks, dogs on motorbikes, even dogs wearing clothes, a hat and sunglasses on a motorbike. So I guess it should come as no surprise to see an Elephant in the back of a […]
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