This is just a brief trip report of my Pattaya to Cambodia visa run on 20th March 2018. This time I decided to do the visa run with 1st Class visa service, based at the Queen Victoria pub on Soi 6. I took a few notes of the schedule along the way, and it went […]
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Pattaya Elephant Jungle Sanctuary
The Elephant Jungle Sanctuary experience, for me, is one the very best things to do in Pattaya. In fact, so far, I rate it the 2nd best thing to do in Pattaya, only bettered by Flight of The Gibbon, and here’s why (in my opinion) the Elephant Jungle is one the best experiences you can […]
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My first taste of durian happened on a day of firsts. Despite her passion for Thailand’s king of fruits it was the first time my wife had actually opened a durian herself, it was the first time I ever saw a durian which did not smell, and obviously it was the first time I ever […]
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In Thai language ทำบุญกระดูกบรรพบุรุษ translates to Make Ancestral Bones. Personally, I would be inclined to call it ‘Ancestral Bones Ceremony’ but I’m not going to make any bones about that, lol. Not surprisingly, this somewhat bizarre event took place during a visit to Buriram. I have to admit that before, during and after the occasion […]
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Homemade Thai Ya Dong My earliest memory of Ya Dong (also spelled yadong, and yaa dong) dates back to my first visit to Pattaya. A bar crawl around Pattaya was coming to an end on Soi 7. Now, I honestly can’t remember if it was ya dong or not, but the idea was to finish […]
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