Pattaya Floating Market

[vertigo4u]

i was surprised to see the advertisement of this new attraction in pattaya

http://www.pattayafloatingmarket.com/index_present.html

has anybody visited it yet?

[catwho]

its on skumvit on the left ,just past the waterski park about 2ks past underwater world, on the way to satahip ..not quiet finnished yet

[Meg_2003]

its on skumvit on the left ,just past the waterski park about 2ks past underwater world, on the way to satahip ..not quiet finnished yet

Not quite finished? They are advertising it on TV already.

[BSJ]

Do they supply their own mosquitoes for your use, or do you bring your own?

[thaimate]

i was surprised to see the advertisement of this new attraction in pattaya

http://www.pattayafloatingmarket.com/index_present.html

has anybody visited it yet?

has it got a mcdonalds? so the tourists can get a real taste of Thailand.

[foxxx]

saw them driving cars with loud horns MONTHS ago advertising that place.

dont know why they waste the money advertising to locals when their market is bussed in tourists.

[LennyW]

The advertising is to get people to rent "spaces", opening soon, a lot of money spent there and looks good - good resturaunt too.

[londonthai]

there was a lenghty discussion about this floating market some 2 months ago http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Floating-Mar...&hl=pattaya

[prakhonchai nick]

Will there be dual pricing as at most other tourist attractions?

[plasticpig]

Think it will all end up a Chinese, Japanese, Korean , tourist thing. Coach loads of them

Not much of a westerner attraction.

Dual pricing. for sure.

[LennyW]

No dual pricing in the lovely resturant any ways!!

[Mossfinn]

there was a lenghty discussion about this floating market some 2 months ago http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Floating-Mar...&hl=pattaya

I wouldn't actually call it a discussion, but Weho hurling abuse at his other alter-ego

Quite funny though, I think?

Moss

[LennyW]

Think it will all end up a Chinese, Japanese, Korean , tourist thing. Coach loads of them

Not much of a westerner attraction.

Dual pricing. for sure.

No dual pricing as it is free to get in,(quite something considering it is a 350 million baht investment!!!) and the last two weekends it has been packed, you think it looks busy from Sukhumvit side? - there is also a 5 rai car park at the back access off the new relief road, fairly full this afternoon!

[mark lamai]

not bad actually..

a bit of talent there

[popshirt]

We went there yesterday, hardly any farang but tons of Thais (well it was Father's Day) , in fact quite crowded but in a nice way. I enjoyed myself. There are a few shops selling quality merchandise and a good restaurant plus many enticing food stalls. I would go again sometime.

[Jingthing]

Is there an admission charge or is it pay as you go at the vendors?

[foxxx]

free entry, we went past it the other day - not been in yet.

[johng]

Went there last month, was still only 80% finished..not much to buy..no entry fee

they said they will be having shows at the weekends.so I'll be going back sometime when its up and running 100%

[beginner]

A group of friends visited the Floating Market today.

We were impressed by the size of the enterprise and how busy it was in the present very quiet time in Pattaya. The vast majority of visitors there were Thai and seemed to be happy enough. Taking photos of the fake buildings and eating Thai foods served from boats tied up to the walkways.

Unfortunately we were suckered into going by the Hobgoblin post referred to above which suggested a KFC and Pizza Place. Maybe this was meant to be funny?

see http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Floating-Mar...&hl=pattaya

Sadly there are no such eateries. However there was humour to be found.

The men's urinals were clearly designed by a drug taking hippy. You have to position yourself to fire into the open mouth of a fanciful fibreglass fruit with a bird perched on a branch at its side. If your equipment happens to be at the same height from the floor as the mouth then all is well. If not.....

Post cards of the toilets will surely soon be available. Not to be missed! Or else.

The party's disappointment was assuaged by moving on to the Lung Sawai restaurant where we all ate really excellent fresh seafood and enjoyed the sea breeze. The only upset to our newly established contentment was the fact that some people had a view of La Royale from their seats.

This building seems to bring out the architectural critic in many people. "The worst building paint job I have ever seen anywhere in the world including Soviet prisons" was one of the milder comments. "How could they?". and "But WHY?".

As we drove past on our way back to Jomtien it became apparent to some of our party that not only have the developers commissioned an unforgettable exterior paint job but also managed to build what looks like a shanty town slum of low rise units at the front of the tower. A brand new slum. Now that's an innovation.

Hobgoblin, you have a lot to answer for. First you persuade us into visiting the Floating Market to eat non available Pizza then we end up arguing about the world's worst building paint job.

Next time we will go to the Mantra. You get what you ask for there.