Another Amazing Fireworks Show on Pattaya Beach. I think fireworks displays are irresistible, and you can always guarantee a good show in Pattaya, be it the annual International Fireworks Competition or the New Years Eve fireworks display. Personally I think the New Years Eve displays are much more spectacular, they are more prolonged and they […]
Continue ReadingLoy Krathong on Pattaya Beach 2012
First time I’ve been to Loy Krathong for many a year, these days the hassles of getting in to Pattaya and parking are a deterrent. As if that’s not bad enough then there’s the nightmare of chaperoning 2 children through the traffic, and I mean through the traffic, you often have no choice but to […]
Continue ReadingThailand Land Of Face
There’s a lot of talk about “face” in Thailand, but what is this thing they call a face? Let’s take a look at this strange quirk of Thai culture, let’s “face up to face.” Maintaining face, gaining face, and “saving face” is a bit of an enigma, an unseen but ever-present reality of social life […]
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 ReadingDouble Pricing at Pattaya Tourist Attractions
Double pricing at Pattaya Tourist Attractions, double pricing is not unique to Pattaya, double pricing policies are used throughout Thailand, and actually it is found in numerous places around the world. If you are not familiar with the double pricing policy used by most of the tourist attractions in Pattaya, let me first explain exactly […]
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