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Pattaya Finally A Pleasure to Visit


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2 minutes ago, Patts said:

So long as you are happy never mind the tens of thousands of workers struggling to survive. If you don't enjoy Pattaya, don't go there.....simples

I said that I sympathise with those that have lost their jobs, but it doesn't change the fact that, at least to me, it is a more pleasant place to visit.  Normally, I don't go there, that was the point of my post, which clearly went over your head. Simples 

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32 minutes ago, Patts said:

So long as you are happy never mind the tens of thousands of workers struggling to survive. If you don't enjoy Pattaya, don't go there.....simples

Even when Pattaya was at its busiest there was always “workers” struggling to survive. 

Its overpopulated period.

Girl from the village gets a job in a bar, the boyfriend arrives, then the brother, younger sisters etc looking for easy money without working for it.

Perhaps now an equilibrium can be achieved but many of the “struggling” workers need to return to mamas house if they already haven’t.

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@Pilotman I dont think it ever will return to what we've known in the past anyway.

I genuinely think the vast majority have no real imagination as to what the future will be in Pattaya.

 

I'd imagine Bars will be just in the two main areas LK Metro and Walking St with the rest gone completely

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20 hours ago, Pilotman said:

but even you must find it better right now?   

Yes I do, riding around and getting between places is a breeze. A seat at a place to eat usually available and less pestered by honking baht buses and other hawkers. Bad at weekends though as the Bangkok drivers are rather self centered. 

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Whats not seen in Pats, is the reaction up North when the Mama-sans and Bar girls return. Mama is selling her SUV cheap, and the Girls are selling Gold in full view of the Towns folk who know who they are. Locals have no sympathy what so ever.

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16 hours ago, Patts said:

Your comment is so nonchanlant about it, making it sound like it's just a few affected when it is virtually everyone who works in Pattaya who has had no job or income for months. Those who have still managed to work are taking a fraction of their normal income. I know of some food vendors working all day and taking home 100 baht to support there whole family. 

That's the reality of life in LOS. It's not our job to save them. If they want socialism they should have voted for a socialist government.

If someone likes Pattaya without the horde, good for them. If someone wants it to go back to being a congested dirty overcrowded hole, that's not the choice of many of us.

Pattaya was just fine 30 years ago at less than half the population, and if loads of people went there because they thought they'd make more money than planting rice, that was their right, but they don't have the right to expect nothing to change.

Life doesn't come with a guarantee of happiness.

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1 minute ago, Pilotman said:

your comment doesn't make any sense. How can a City be there just for me, nobody to serve me, deserted streets, no services,  Its not the Day of the Triffids you know. Did I say I don't want others to enjoy the place, I said the opposite ?  You are clearly making it up as you go along.  Not an uncommon feature on TVF. 

 

Your post history doesn't lie about how much you like the other people visiting Pattaya during normal times

 

 

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4 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

See the source image

 

Was the waterfall open?  is it still double price for tourists?  Welcome to the Selfie Zone! Sanook Mak!

That is great photo.

 

I have never seen it in operation but know it pumps often as the erosion is evident along the shore.

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7 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

See the source image

 

Was the waterfall open?  is it still double price for tourists?  Welcome to the Selfie Zone! Sanook Mak!

Ok... And now be a little honest and tell us how many times a year this is happening... :dry:

And second, tell us if you ever saw that not-after a strong rain who caused overflow in many rain collectors.

 

Sure it's a bad thing than need to be fixed. But that only happen a few times a year after an exceptional deluge. It's certainly not a frequent "waterfall"

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5 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

That's the understatement of the day/month/year. 

Reports suggest that some 300 million jobs, Worldwide, will be lost in the next 12 months, as a direct result of the Covid Pandemic and as a result of the various defensive measures taken by Governments' the World over.  Perhaps a bit of perspective is needed for Pattaya's situation? 

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On 7/15/2020 at 2:29 PM, Pilotman said:

Do you know, if it stayed like this I could certainly learn to like it much more, again, as I used to do.  Yesterday's experience was so pleasant that Mrs P and I actually went back today. How about that for a turn around? 

If it stayed like this the places you enjoy visiting would possibly go out of business. 

Also, it is neither squalid, polluted nor unpleasant. Occasionally noisy in parts and too often congested. 

I am sure you would be happier elsewhere. 

 

I am not particularly a Pattaya lover though I have lived here off and on for over twenty years, but it is what it is. Has good and bad points but no reason to exaggerate either. 

 

But looks like you will be able to enjoy it for a while longer. 

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WE just spent 3 nights down at the Saisawan Beach end of Jomtien. Very enjoyable. Not many people. The water was reasonably clean. The beach was clean. Plenty of restaurants open. A good little break from Isan.

 

The local Thai restaurants were very cheap. It always surprises me all the little nooks and crannies you can find around Pattaya/Jomtien.

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