Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

A good article,"fair and balanced" as Fox news like to say.This bit made me laugh.

" Take a walk down Beach Road, Pattaya's main promenade. Its renovation is comically never-ending and so unsightly that you must remind yourself it was Phuket, not Pattaya, that was hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami. Every 50 meters or so, bewildered Thai laborers peer into newly excavated holes like bad performance artists, while plants wilt in unfinished flower beds. (The city is plagued by water shortages.)"

Posted

I also like the even-handed manner in which the article is written. It seems rare that anything written tries to cover the multiple faces of the city. Usually it seems all bad or white-washed good. He seems to have captured well the odd mixture of visitors there with:

Can Pattaya have its cake and eat it? Can it really be a child-friendly red-light area? The Thai, British and Russian families at my four-star hotel shared their breakfast buffet with fiftysomething Western men and their teenage Thai companions.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.


  • Topics

  • Latest posts...

    1. 5

      Thailand Live Sunday 24 November 2024

    2. 27

      Nissan to Cut 1,000 Jobs in Thailand Amidst Restructuring

    3. 5

      Thailand Live Sunday 24 November 2024

    4. 5

      Thailand Live Sunday 24 November 2024

    5. 0

      Unlucky 25-Year-Old Assaulted, Then Arrested for Possessing Crystal Meth

    6. 0

      Police Bust Illegal Vehicle Trading Network, Seize Over 83 Items Worth 5 Million Baht

    7. 0

      Security Guard Arrested as Administrator of Secret Group with Over 100,000 Spy Camera Files

    8. 0

      Thai-Chinese Collaboration: MOU Signed for Environmentally Friendly Waste-to-Energy Plant

  • Popular in The Pub


×
×
  • Create New...