Tag Life in Pattaya

Pattaya 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…

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Pattaya bar with a crude and offensive nam

Pattaya Culture Shock

When I first arrived in Pattaya I was a backpacker setting out on my journey of a lifetime. When I left I was a failed backpacker, I was broke, in love, optimistic and hopeful, with a grand plan to return…

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Pattaya Sex Tourist

Pattaya is a popular destination for so-called “sex tourists.” Does that make Pattaya such a bad place, and does it make “sex tourists” seedy or undesirable people? I was reading a somewhat long-winded article discussing the reasons why people are…

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