Neo Pattaya: The manicured shape of things to come? - as huge tree is ripped out

[Gold Star]

Nice new palm trees, but what about the stench of the raw sewage flooding into Pattaya Beach during rains?

[Gandtee]

7 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Possibly ruined his view, had to go.

Or maybe the ever spreading root system would be /is interfering with underground infrastructure

Maybe the person from Nong nooch Gardens supervising the destruction is the same person who has the contract to supply 'foreign' trees?????

[A1Str8]

Humanity is going through mass extinction and they are still busy cutting down trees.. One of the main things that keep us alive ????????????????.

 

I wonder if the Chinese p***y understands that it's a two way street. What you kill kills you. 

Edited August 18, 2021 by A1Str8

[kickstart]

That tree was a Burmese Rose Wood ,probably 70-80 years old ,from the days when Pattaya was just a sleepy fishing village .

The Jao Sua will be even richer now he more than likely sold that tree, the  wood is highly sort for making furniture ,if you see these furniture stalls selling big tables and what Thai's call sofa's ,big long seats with high backs ,they will be probably made from this wood .

What a waste of a nice tree.

 

[Espanol]

3 hours ago, Gandtee said:

Maybe the person from Nong nooch Gardens supervising the destruction is the same person who has the contract to supply 'foreign' trees?????

Yes. Actually, he is.

[supersomchai]

Clueless vandalism ,it wasnt broke and didnt need fixing.

just look at jomtien,many of these palms have died and not been replaced.

instead more trees cut down in dong tan beach .
Another nail in the pattaya coffin

 

 

 

[jacko45k]

12 hours ago, Gold Star said:

Nice new palm trees, but what about the stench of the raw sewage flooding into Pattaya Beach during rains?

That isn't raw sewage, but rainwater from the storm drains... as we keep being told. 

[Gandtee]

8 hours ago, Espanol said:

Yes. Actually, he is.

I am surprised! ????

Edited August 18, 2021 by Gandtee
punctuation

[Henryford]

I had a look yesterday at the destruction wrought by the vandals at City Hall. They are determined to destroy Pattaya.

[Ralf001]

Wonder were the remains ended up as I could make some awesome coffee tables from that slab !!

[Damrongsak]

10 hours ago, kickstart said:

That tree was a Burmese Rose Wood ,probably 70-80 years old ,from the days when Pattaya was just a sleepy fishing village .

The Jao Sua will be even richer now he more than likely sold that tree, the  wood is highly sort for making furniture ,if you see these furniture stalls selling big tables and what Thai's call sofa's ,big long seats with high backs ,they will be probably made from this wood .

What a waste of a nice tree.

 

From wood-database.com:  Burmese Rosewood is one of the lesser-known rosewoods, though it’s a well-known tonewood within its natural range. The wood is used for the bars of the ranad ek, a traditional Thai xylophone. 

[mikebell]

18 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

NEO beach Pattaya: No Trees, No umbrellas, No Benches, No Beds, No Foods, No Toilets, No Nothing.

 

 

No tourists - just dogs who need these trees.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

Wonder were the remains ended up as I could make some awesome coffee tables from that slab !!

If it's any good it will be used to make furniture. See posts above yours.

[Lucky Bones]

Thankfully I live off Soi Khaotalo East Pattaya, away from the rainwater channels.

Everything already concreted over so no more damage can be done.

Total schemozzzle in the sake of money.

[bluemoonpattaya]

So it will be no big trees to shade under = Less tourist's

No big tree root system to retain the sand = More of the beach to migrate to the sea

No big trees for the rats to live in = will be looking for new accommodations

 

[johng]

15 minutes ago, bluemoonpattaya said:

No big trees for the rats

Squirrel's and birds where evicted too.

Edited August 19, 2021 by johng

[Ralf001]

27 minutes ago, bluemoonpattaya said:

So it will be no big trees to shade under = Less tourist's

 

 

What tourists ?

[bluemoonpattaya]

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

What tourists ?

Sorry, i was referring to when Pattaya resort opens again. "Operation dirt box"  ???? 

[Ralf001]

7 minutes ago, bluemoonpattaya said:

Sorry, i was referring to when Pattaya resort opens again. "Operation dirt box"  ???? 

Had some dirtbox action with a Pattaya lass last night, was fun !!

 

[Gold Star]

9 hours ago, jacko45k said:

That isn't raw sewage, but rainwater from the storm drains... as we keep being told. 

Of course it is, rainwater mixed with sewage.

 

This is the main pumping station, used to pump the water uphill through a very long undersized small pipe built many years ago that goes to the treatment plant.

 

When it rains, it is similar to stuffing an elephant through a keyhole.

 

As building and residential pipes and septic tanks get flooded with rainwater, they overflow, and it all goes into the street runoff. It then flows downhill, and the massive volume is far too great for the system to handle.

 

The excess water and sewage the pumps can't handle has nowhere else to go than overflow onto the beach.

 

On the north end of Pattaya beach, they have placed another large outlet pipe a hundred meters or so under the sand and underwater into the sea so nobody can see or the putrid sewage overflow runoff pass by them on their beach chairs. 

 

 

 

 

 

[johng]

2 hours ago, Gold Star said:

 large outlet pipe a hundred meters or so under the sand and underwater into the sea so nobody can see or the putrid sewage overflow

This is where they often  place the roped off  "swimming" area !!!

[RobU]

I think Thailand has the mentality of the UK in the 60's i.e.if it's old get rid of it. whether it is beautiful or not. I sold a house in the uk with a 60 year 30ft old conker tree in the back garden those trees do not mature until they are at least 80 years old. I went back to collect some post and found that the new occupants had cut it down. They couldn't give any explanation other than, 'it was old'. The established trees should have been incorporated into the new landscaping plan, giving it a head start to the maturity that the plan will show and saving money by not needing to buy mature trees from an arboretum. the landscapers are very amateurish and waste money

[RobU]

On 8/18/2021 at 11:24 AM, Thingamabob said:

There seems to be a tree-hating culture among many Thais.

Maybe because of the risk of pythons dropping from them especially in the south. Mind you they should also hate lampposts for the same reason

Edited August 19, 2021 by RobU

[Espanol]

3 hours ago, RobU said:

The established trees should have been incorporated into the new landscaping plan, giving it a head start to the maturity that the plan will show and saving money by not needing to buy mature trees from an arboretum.

 

Unfortunately, the person in charge of the project is precisely the owner of the arboretum.

 

[supersomchai]

It seems the mayor of pattaya

hasn’t a clue what 

the locals or tourists really want of their seafront.

Did he ever ask them…..does he care 

……from 25 years of looking at pattaya i would say ,it seems the locals and tourists flock to the shade of the trees ….guess he never noticed this

☹️☹️☹️

 

 

[Damrongsak]

14 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Had some dirtbox action with a Pattaya lass last night, was fun !!

 

Mud wrestling?

[Damrongsak]

1 hour ago, supersomchai said:

It seems the mayor of pattaya

hasn’t a clue what 

the locals or tourists really want of their seafront.

Did he ever ask them…..does he care 

……from 25 years of looking at pattaya i would say ,it seems the locals and tourists flock to the shade of the trees ….guess he never noticed this

☹️☹️☹️

 

 

Who needs shade if you're in a Benz with dark window tint and a good aircon system? 

 

As a degreed horticulturist and amateur gardener for over 40 years, I cringe at seeing many Thai gardens and landscaping.  They don't seem to work with nature and assist it, they seem to like to hack it up and make tacky displays. 

 

The English and French and others certainly had some flashy gardens, but I like the understated ones that change with the seasons.  And, of course, Japanese gardens. 

 

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, Gold Star said:

On the north end of Pattaya beach, they have placed another large outlet pipe a hundred meters or so under the sand and underwater into the sea so nobody can see or the putrid sewage overflow runoff pass by them on their beach chairs. 

For many many years there used to be a flow of raw sewage over the beach into the sea on the North end of Pattaya Beach, that you had to jump over... I guess it went into a pipe....second Rd had an open channel stinking in the heat... but that pumping station and the stench has been there many many embarrassing years. Along with the work going on there. 

[JensenZ]

On 8/18/2021 at 11:00 AM, ezzra said:

What a bunch of neanderthals who think that by chopping trees they are beautifying something, that poor tree stood there for at least 30-40 years until a smart ar*se decided that it's time for it to go, what a shame...

I disagree. From a landscaping perspective, the old natural beach trees were ugly. There's plenty of natural coastline in Thailand for ecotourists. People don't come to Pattaya to see natural landscapes. If the new palm fringed walkway looks half as good as it does in the photo, it's a huge improvement.

[JensenZ]

1 hour ago, Damrongsak said:

Who needs shade if you're in a Benz with dark window tint and a good aircon system? 

 

As a degreed horticulturist and amateur gardener for over 40 years, I cringe at seeing many Thai gardens and landscaping.  They don't seem to work with nature and assist it, they seem to like to hack it up and make tacky displays. 

 

The English and French and others certainly had some flashy gardens, but I like the understated ones that change with the seasons.  And, of course, Japanese gardens. 

 

All vegetation in Thailand probably grows at 10x the speed of your English gardens, so hacking it away from time to time doesn't hurt that much.