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What I'm calling the Nirun food court has a new addition that is getting built quickly by Thai standards. Last Saturday the new place looked like this. This morning the place has a roof and landscaping. And opposite a new place looks like they're getting ready to open. Wonder if this vacant land is next for development.

^^^ Definitely not a good day here.

The 90 day report is pointless since the same info is reported on the TM30, but as they say, their country their hoops to jump through to stay here. I recommend setting up an account on their online reporting system and then do future 90 day reports online. It now takes me only seconds to do the report, so quite a time savings from reporting in person. Plus you don't have to deal with IO's IRL. https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

And the suspension stressed to the max below.

They do a great job of stacking the bags of ice for their morning deliveries. Never seen any bags ever topple off.

Someone should teach city govt how to use Google Translate. If they had used GT it would have produced something that made sense in English. The Thai script translated by GT. "Do not light fireworks and release fireworks or sky lanterns. Violators are punishable by imprisonment not exceeding 3 years and a fine not exceeding 60,000 baht."

I think if you check your photo archives for past events with fireworks you'll see the same barges used to launch them.

Pictures of the redo work after the bad publicity of the last couple of days. Wonder why they didn't plan and construct the conduits to come out on the beach side of the footpath. One of the things that makes it interesting to live here. There's never a shortage of stupid things to take pictures of and comment on.

Vacant, unused land behind Max Muay Thai that looks like the owner is going for the agricultural use tax discount.

Shame it takes is bad publicity for shoddy project planning of the footpath to get corrected. The problem they're facing is trees need a certain amount of open surface area for the tree to survive. The boxes that are now around the tree are probably the minimum required. So the contractor talking about making them smaller will only result in the trees dying off in a year or two.

I was having a look at Google Earth satellite image history to see how much Pattaya has developed over the last couple of decades and noticed what looked to be an irrigated field behind Nirun. Something I hadn't noticed before. Curious what they were growing back there I decided to have a look this morning. The entrance is off of Aurontai 4. Looks like they're growing bamboo trees. Whatever kind of tree it is, the geese appreciate the shade.

Amazing Thailand! How to fck up something as simple as rebuilding a footpath. I'd like to meet the genius that thought it was a good idea to place the concrete block for the underground conduit smack dab in the middle of what little space remained on the footpath. I'm wondering why the project plan, if one exists, called for skipping the section in front of Mike's mall. Once they put the pavers in we'll have a flat surface to walk on, even around the trees. But motorbikes and trucks rolling over the unsupported bricks around the trees will make short work of the flat wa

I found a post from earlier in the year with pictures of us on a hash trail making our way through area still burning. What's disturbing about these fires, besides the pollution they generate, is someone sets them and then disappears from the scene. So they burn unchecked.

There's a lot of burning of the fields east of Pattaya. We see it all to often on hash runs out there. One occasion sticks out in my mind was a few years ago during a period the govt was pushing hard via news reports they were working hard to stop the illegal burning. I was on a bike ride around Mabprachan when I saw a govt worker at the water plant stoking a burn pile right next to the bike path. As long as the govt continues to pay lip service to the problem, nothing will change and it'll only get worse.

This guy is a creative genius. Had me laughing out loud.

Ongoing development of the vacant land next to Nirun. Some swank looking new bathrooms next to the new food place.

The guy that started the Organic Farm has done well for himself.

This is what an AQI of 145 looks like.

I hated that aspect of living in the village. Neighbors burning their rubbish and the smoke and stink wafting into our house. Thais can be so generous on some things, and extremely inconsiderate and selfish in other areas.

While walking the dogs before sunup this morning I noticed a heavy "mist" under the street lamps. Almost like a foggy London day. Not being in London, and realizing that was no mist I figured we're in for another bad smog day. No surprise then reading this Bangkok Post headline. Govt sends out alert on PM2.5 risk We're also at #1 for most polluted air in Thailand.

^^^ Reminds me of some of the times I've come home after a night on the prowl and am grateful my lady doesn't have the nose of our dogs. It's not the crotch they pick up a foreign scent on, it's my fingers. Kind of hilarious watching three noses crowding each other out to get a good sniff of my fingertips. Note, I make sure my lady isn't around when this is happening.

Good morning Pattaya A crew was busy this morning reminding motorists which way to drive on Beach Rd. Curiously, those reminders are missing from 2nd Rd. Sad to see some can't be bothered to carry their garbage out with them. I watched a group that was sitting on the beach pick up their matts, garbage tumbling to the ground, and then walk off leaving the pile you see to the left in the picture below. All to common an occurrence here I'm afraid.