I believe Pattaya is the best place to live as an ex-pat in Thailand. But to be honest I’m not the best qualified to judge, so I decided to put it to the polls. I know many of you, like me have only lived in Pattaya, some of you left Pattaya for various reasons, some […]
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Escape Pattaya During Songkran
When Songkran comes to Pattaya you have 4 options, stay and enjoy it, hole yourself up for the duration, leave the country, or simply leave Pattaya. If you’re reading this I guess you’ve already made up your mind. You’re out of here, no Songkran madness for you. So where will you go, how far do […]
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Fon tok mahk brought excessive nam, and left Pattaya in a bit of a jam. October certainly went out with a bang in Pattaya, strong winds, black skies, an awesome thunder and lightning show, and a torrential downpour. It was the mother of all storms, the likes of which I’ve never seen in Pattaya before […]
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There is a famous quote “Wherever comes man comes tragedy and comedy also” which, although it’s certainly not funny, seems a very fitting description of modern-era disasters in Pattaya. Since the early 1960s, Pattaya has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame, and fortune. The former sleepy fishing village is now one of the most famous […]
Continue ReadingPattaya Needs Rain
It’s about this time of year (October) that water levels in Pattaya’s main reservoir ‘Mabprachan Lake’ are usually replenished. We are nearly half way through October already, and the water levels are looking ominously low (see photos below). Unless the October rains are abundant and persistent a drought looks pretty imminent.
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