pattayadude

6 hours ago, Pattaya28 said:

I've  noticed if a bag of garbage is dumped at the road-side,  soon this sole bag of garbage is added to. 24 hours later, this bag of garbage has multiplied 50 fold.

 

All down to "social-awareness", or lack of it.

Maybe proper education might help.

herd mentality?

18 hours ago, Chivas said:

lol day in day out sunshine throughout january 1st till february 6th and march 6th till april 6th when i was in pattaya and identical when the sun was blazing.....virtually deserted day after day soi 3,4,5,6 at the beach, I in 25 years plus never seen anything like it before

edited.........and that was high season place is dying simple as

I believe nowadays expats aren't retiring in pattaya the way they did in the 90s and 2000s for various economic and social reasons.and many of those who did, got old and  are gone.

Once a popular destination, it got overbuilt, overcrowded, congested, dirty, smelly, greedy, unfriendly, unsafe and dangerous during the past 7-8 years and especially with demographic changes, it's just not as attractive as it once was.

By the way, here I have to admit, many cities around the world are suffering from the same "chronic illness".

My gut feeling is, it's in a downward spiral and unfortunately will be getting worse.

13 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

 

I clearly said "near Walking Street entrance"! It's the South beginning of the beach, and this part is nearly always empty, even in high season. Only exception are special holidays like Loy Kratong.

Just go take a pic of the beach near Central Festival or North of Central Road and you will see that the beach is still very frequented!

Chivas has a good point.Not even dying, they already killed that spot.

I used to live right across the street, above the Mcdo in a small condo(hotel).

I used to spend almost all day right there.There would  be lots of people swimming, renting jetski, on-off load Kog Larn mafia boats on that very spot and this was only 9 years ago, not some 30 plus years ago.

18 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

When was that photo taken? 

I'd say 90s however the Holiday Inn in the background ruins my analogy

1 hour ago, mok199 said:

thankfull no children around ,as it seems they get the brunt of the fragile male ego anger in Thailand...carry on

no children? she is a teen fgs

10 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Will this topic ever get settled ?

I doubt it as it's bleeding

10 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

 

 

You call that "2 meters" wide ??

back in 2007..maybe

21 hours ago, JimCrane said:

they will need to be honest

not in a million year..this is the wild east.

they come from all over the country to make a few bucks.

There is just too many

bars

eateries

taxis

beach chairs etc.

and not enough customers...

guess what happens next.

many(not all) become more dishonest, more aggressive,more greedy,more violent

human nature

GO UBER!!!!

On 5/3/2017 at 9:26 PM, snoop1130 said:

Pattaya beach

what beach???

2 meter of?

5 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Easy, dude.

Range of 86 to 105 regular rates.

Surge pricing (times when demand is high) would raise that. 

 

http://uberestimate.com/

cool

4 hours ago, Lumbini said:

Use every day no problem in fact one of the best services ever added in this area . How many who actually post here about Uber / Taxi mafia drama have ever used the service ? I would say NONE

sounds like you use the service often.I am curious how much Uber would charge from..let's say....Bali Hai pier to Central mall where Hilton is

29 minutes ago, JSixpack said:

 

Fact as stated. I don't spread nonsense here. I could relate the details of the incident but not really necessary. If you happen to catch a Bangkok taxi, try to be somewhat discreet or go through an insider.

I'm not too familiar with the legality of taxi services such as Uber or Grab.

I always use same private  Toyota Camry taxi(pattaya plate) for the last 6 years to go to Bkk or airport and back.

I am now a little concerned if this could happen to anyone some day.

6 minutes ago, JSixpack said:

They'll stop a Bangkok taxi attempting to take a passenger from Pattaya to Bangkok

opinion or fact?

2 minutes ago, hobz said:

To begin with, a citizen's arrest can be undertaken by Thai citizens or foreigners and is covered by sections 79 through 84 of Thailand's Criminal Procedure Code. It only applies to offences listed in a schedule to the code. Several of these are political and related to international affairs. Those that are common crimes are:

Escapes by prisoners.

Rioting.

Injuring public security, communications or health.

Counterfeiting.

Rape.

Causing death (for example, murder).

Causing bodily harm.

Kidnapping.

Theft, snatching (theft by quickly grabbing something), robbery and extortion.

You can't execute a citizen's arrest if the crime isn't on the above list.

 

 

clearly the taxis were either trying to kidnap (i think restricting somebody to a certain space without consent is some form of kidnapping) the lady. or extort her. Or maybe they were going to cause bodily harm to her. 

either way, it is YOUR right, ney, DUTY to make a citizens arrest. Arrest the taxi drivers! :)

and turn into a bloody pulp by these 20?

On 3/8/2017 at 2:34 PM, flyingdoc said:

Let's wait and see what happens !  I guess the taxi mafia will react with force?

and they are!and  in a mob-style!

1 minute ago, Mickmouse1 said:

However both sides reached a couple promise and no charge was made against either ?part by the police.

 

she was probably so terrorized, she didn't want to press charges because of possible reprisal in future

Just now, rkidlad said:

'While the taxi drivers claimed they thought her car is a Uber taxi and that they considered that she has violated the law for picking up passenger to Pattaya'

 

And the best way to combat people who you think are violating the law - violate the law yourself. 

 

They should all have their licenses and taxi permits suspended for a duration. In future, call the police. 

Agreed.however these or similar situations erupt and get out of hand before the cops arrive.

Furthermore, you are dealing with a mentality that isn't easily intimidated by the law,enforcement,punishment or being jailed.Unfortunately in some societies, losing face or honor is worth going to jail for.

Sad day for Thailand!

2 hours ago, webfact said:

It was later found out that the woman was not a Uber taxi driver, but just the driver of her foreign boss

so what if she/he IS a Uber driver?

and intentionally or unintentionally picked up a passenger?

Does this give these disgraceful hoodlums the right to box-in a vehicle in order to scare,threaten and very possibly assault(track record) and probably beat someone up in mob-style?

Jeez!

On 5/4/2017 at 3:00 PM, steveyinasia said:

These extortionists need to be dealt with however I know nothing will happen.  Its the same here in Chiang mai, Taxi meter sign on the roof however they never turn on the meter and the fare is more than double BKK fares.  Most drive Toyota Fortuners as well, not ver economical, only good to use as a blockade against other services. I hate them with a passion and avoid them whenever I can.

They shot a  cop in Pattaya recently for "crossing" the mob.

You need to understand that pats is being run by the mob.

The ex mayor nicknamed "Godfather of  Chonburi" was one, in jail now.got 25y

And it's only natural if you consider billions are on table... all the sin cities past and present always been run by the mob, Las Vegas(Bugsy), Gold Coast(Italians), Havana(Meyer Lansky)

IMO there are no smiles in Pattaya. as a matter of fact the men(and some women) are unfriendly,aggressive and brutal if you try to resist giving them what they want.

90's are long gone when pattaya was much better

On 5/4/2017 at 2:12 PM, 2008bangkok said:

because they only have half a brain

not even half

On 5/4/2017 at 1:51 PM, Pattaya28 said:

Hilarious """ Misunderstanding""".

"Misunderstanding" is the "Buzz-Word".

Wonder who the numpty is that triggered this off.

Thainess at its' very best.

Hope the "Image of Pattaya" hasn't been tainted by this nonsense.

what image??

2 hours ago, Joebuzz said:

I can speak for Jomtien also.  You wouldn't get me in the water unless I was already dead and you had to drag me into the raw sewage dumped every night, as in 80,000 gallons or more.  A bit of research tells you there is NO SEWAGE TREATMENT.  Need a video of the effluent flow heading north-west from Chaiyaphruek?  What day would you like?  It outfalls about 300 meters out.  Get up high enough and you can see it well up from the outlet.  When you see the water in the afternoon and it looks whiter than the water offshore, it's not the sand, it's what was for dinner last night..  What kills me, besides swimming in sewage, is that the officials never post that it's polluted, sickeningly polluted, and just let the tourists swim in it.  Count the Thai people in the water on a non-Thai holiday week.  You'll find no locals in the water.  The educated one's I know would NEVER swim in it.  Same in Pattaya.  So, considering There are really no beaches here, I see no reason to stay.  Bars & Whores.  Which are ok for a while but they're everywhere in the world.  One visit is enough.  Below is 12-29-16 showing the flow a few hundred meters offshore.

 

 

a picture is worth a thousand words but for those who have their heads buried in sand, these are the turquoise waters of the south east Asia!

On 4/19/2017 at 4:32 AM, Stargrazer9889 said:

There was rockets being shot off from the back of pickups

you sure this wasn't Raqqa?

A tree-lined park is about to be built in front of the huge building all the way to the light house once the state-of-the-art marina is completed within a few months.

Then an underground bus parking and a bus station with a shopping area and restaurants will alleviate 90% of the horde of  Chinese zero-baht-tourists above ground which will be connected to Sukhumwit via tunnel.

Then mafia boat drivers will be required to wear blue&white striped marine outfits just like gondola oarsmen in Venice.

Then an agreement will be reached and the huge building will be completed with 20 floors less than originally planned and the eyesore will be eliminated for good.

All Thais will speak perfect English and start to smile again.

Then I woke up......