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Hotel at night
I was staying in another hotel, located along the bay from the Hilton, which I could see from my hotel balcony. The Hilton sits atop a shopping mall in Pattaya, called Central Mall. There is not a lot going on – but it reminds me a bit of that film Rear Window, with James Stewart!…
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Boats in the bay
Every morning – throughout the year I think – motor boats criss-cross Pattaya bay bringing tourists out to floating pontoons from which they get a short paraglide. There are larger boats taking people out to the floating platforms, and smaller speed boats taking them for short rides dangling from a parachute behind the boat. I…
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Rainbows on the Ria
Galicia, in north-western Spain is a beautiful part of the world. It is much greener than most of the rest of Spain and is sometimes called the Scotland of Spain! It certainly has the celtic roots to go with this appellation. One of the reasons it is so green is that it often rains! weather…