On 9/25/2017 at 12:51 AM, gk10002000 said:

While Pattaya has many things I love; the baht bus system is fantastic and convenient, I love the farang food especially german, full english breakfast, some decently priced hotels with pools, some good nightlife, etc.  I really like to swim in a clean ocean so over the years, as even Jomtien became to me unswimmable, I have split my time more to other parts of Thailand, Koh Samui was OK, Phuket Karon and Kata beaches, and a smattering of Patong.  If Pattaya actually had clean water, gosh the place would totally rock

 

Pattaya has changed a LOT. Beach has always been horrible, since I can remember from 1999, but the population has exploded, with zero thought on how to cope with it. Ko Larn was cool back then...still a paradise.

 

Now it's a dump within less than 2 decades.

 

Silly me! Thinking/dreaming about logic in Thailand!

Now this WILL Surprise YOU..................When I First landed in Pattaya The beach was Silver Sands & The Gulf was actually Clear / Blue Water, Even had small fish swimming around my feet,No Sewerage or rubbish on the beach !!!..............................Mind You it WAS 1976 !!!

Edited September 27, 20178 yr by Nong Khai Man
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