Tag: Pattaya
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Songkran 2016 Pattaya
Depending upon your age and inclination, the Thai New Year Songkran water festival is either your worst nightmare, or a lot of wet fun! Personally, I do enjoy it in moderation, but eventually get fed up of being continually doused in water and need to retreat to my hotel. Officially, Songkran only lasts three days…
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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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