Pictures from around Pattaya

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I was thinking that as I rode into town and back on my little motorcycle yesterday... not only the damaged and bumpy road surface caused by previous burying of drainage and subsequent flooding... but all the damned drain covers which give you a good bump and are impossible to get around. I came home via Sukhumvit for a change, but that has other issues, too much reckless traffic. Damned tourists are coming!

I hate to admit defeat but I am getting traffic horrors in Pattaya. Thank Buddha for Bolt and an easy to use app.

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13 hours ago, jacko said:

I was thinking that as I rode into town and back on my little motorcycle yesterday... not only the damaged and bumpy road surface caused by previous burying of drainage and subsequent flooding... but all the damned drain covers which give you a good bump and are impossible to get around. I came home via Sukhumvit for a change, but that has other issues, too much reckless traffic. Damned tourists are coming!

I cringe thinking about needing to use 2 wheels as transport in Pattaya.  Have lost 2 friends over the years.  Between horrible roads and unskilled or drunk drivers I find myself acting like a WWI pilot when I WALK near a road with my head on a swivel. 

I guess at least moving with traffic is something.  Baffles me when I watch people walk side by side in groups on Soi Buakao or other narrow busy roads.  They must think angels watch over them.

Bolt is the greatest addition to Pattaya since the 90s.

 

 

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On 11/4/2024 at 1:21 PM, forcebwithu said:

If you're on two wheels, keep an eye out on Soi 15 for the major cracks and holes in the concrete that was put down only a few months ago.

Another comment relating to this. I recall someone posting an AI pic of soi 15 back during the time of the great dig, when it looked more like Flanders. Fancy and perfect Tarmac, and a long way from where we are now. I know the broken bits you mean!

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15 hours ago, teelack said:

I hate to admit defeat but I am getting traffic horrors in Pattaya. Thank Buddha for Bolt and an easy to use app.

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You perhaps  got used to a bit of low season and now here comes the max!

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10 hours ago, Shooter said:

I cringe thinking about needing to use 2 wheels as transport in Pattaya.  Have lost 2 friends over the years.  Between horrible roads and unskilled or drunk drivers I find myself acting like a WWI pilot when I WALK near a road with my head on a swivel. 

I guess at least moving with traffic is something.  Baffles me when I watch people walk side by side in groups on Soi Buakao or other narrow busy roads.  They must think angels watch over them.

Bolt is the greatest addition to Pattaya since the 90s.

 

 

I think slow moving around central Pattaya is okay and quite safe... when I have to share a bigger road with coaches, trucks and cement mixers I get fearful. 

The Indian pedestrians seem to be completely without fear as they walk in the roads!

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12 hours ago, Shooter said:

Between horrible roads and unskilled or drunk drivers I find myself acting like a WWI pilot when I WALK near a road with my head on a swivel. 

I came home yesterday , should not have drank at Swampy knowing I only have a 45 min flight. I make it home and the wife opens the security gate and I drop the CBR. Wife is gentle and suggests my motorcycle days are waning. I agree and tell her I still want to go to Pattaya so maybe I'll buy an airplane. The look on her face. "You know I was a Pilot when I was young?" The look on her face.  Maybe a single engine Piston?

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A selection from this morning's walk.

 

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Two mini car shows on the ground floor of Central Festival.

 

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Taken this afternoon, before the rain.

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I'm thinking the structure they're building at the pump house will be used for removing and reinstalling pumps for maintenance.

Probably took a fair bit of work and time to put up this bamboo scaffolding.

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A visit to Naklua Bay and Sea Food Market this morning.

 

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The outside balcony at Royal Gardens Plaza is open with a bar and a couple of restaurants/cafes having access.  There are also some public table tennis tables, if anyone is interested. 

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I love the group of people in the centre of the last group of photos.

A group of authentic Pattaya residents in their diverse glory.

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This place used to have a white Jaguar and other white top-end vehicles. They appear to have changed to mustard-coloured now. Photographs were not easy, they were overexposed at the front due to sunlight and underexposed at the back due to that area being in shadow.

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2 hours ago, awesum4 said:

I love the group of people in the centre of the last group of photos.

A group of authentic Pattaya residents in their diverse glory.

l took this with a 300 ml lens from quite a distance.  I thought very carefully about posting it:  the group are so chaotic and disorganised that I thought it was worth posting.

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54 minutes ago, blue_flag said:

l took this with a 300 ml lens from quite a distance.  I thought very carefully about posting it:  the group are so chaotic and disorganised that I thought it was worth posting.

Members of the third sex, I think. 

[Bruce Mangosteen 489]

12 hours ago, Bazle said:

Members of the third sex, I think. 

On the far-right maybe 2.5th.

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Events coming up soon.

 

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Prep for the next concert and a selection from today's morning walk.

Edited Tuesday at 05:32 AM by blue_flag

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The lack of subtlety appealed to my sense of humour.