Confuscious Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Every time the school of my kid has a few days off, I went to the beach. Mostly Jomtien because of the short distance. Lying on a (rented) chair on the beach for 100 baht/day, beach sellers offering seafood and other snacks when I call them, masseuses and beauty consultants offering their services at my chair, order breakfast/lunch/dinner/drinks at the beach chair rental people, etc.... The easy and good holiday. The people of the beach chair rental kept their space clean and removed any dirt off their beach space. I was reading every day the "cleaning" of the beaches by the new government in Thaivisa, but did not imagine what they where doing in reality. 2 weeks ago I went again to Jomtien. At the same beach I went every time. But the beach was not the same anymore. Like I read in ThaiVisa, most of the beach chair rentals was gone and the beach was empty. I still don't have accumulated enough "Thainess" to buy a rug and some drinks in a 7/11 shop and go lie down at the beach. Lucky for me, there were still a few Beach chair rentals left over and I want to one of them. It was Sunday and I started to enjoy my holiday. Around 9 AM, several pickups parked in front of the beach and a lot of Thai families started to enjoy their day at the beach. The stove like they use almost everywhere in Issaan was unloaded from the truck and lighted up with charcoal/ignition liquid, leaving a stinking smoke on the beach. The woman started to make SomTam. The smell of their cooking went from "bearable" to "annoying". Then they put something on the stove/barbecue that switched the air to "DANGEROUS FOR YOUR HEALTH". I knew that smell very good. It was "stinky fish". At about 4 PM, they dumped the remaining ashes and charcoal on the beach loaded everything in the pickup and left. Leaving a lot of rubbish behind. Nobody took the time to clean their rubbish up and dump it in a waste bin (5 meter away). I booked the next day a room at a hotel with a pool and stayed at the hotel for the rest of my holiday. WELL DONE for the new government. But not for many people who were enjoying a day at the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David48 Posted October 27, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy your day at the beach because others were. So sorry I'm ... With the veil of corruption slowly being lifted from Thailand ... you sort to focus on this! Just quietly ... BTW ... must be a Pom. PS ... the photo of the beach looked disgusting. No open areas, no shade, no-one enjoying themselves ... no fun at all. Bring back those beach chairs I say ... Bt300 a day ... seems only fair. More of this is better! OP ... bring your own beach chair next time ... maybe even a beach towel might do the trick, heaven forbid! . Edited October 27, 2014 by David48 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AYJAYDEE Posted October 27, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2014 how DARE thai citizens cook food that farang find smelly on a beach in their own country!! have you contacted your embassy about this??? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Jomtien beach is soo long/big! Don't you think there is enough space for everyone? Ever thought that 100 Baht/char/day is expensive to avarage Thai people? Edited October 27, 2014 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanpierre Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 if you go 50 meter futher you have plenty of beach chairs from where that pic was taken!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 It got to be where the sand was covered in acres of deck chairs with very few people using them. On a weekend maybe, when the hoards descend from BKK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya28 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 For me, the "best bit" of the OP's story is when the family deposited all their "rubbish" 5 metres from the rubbish bin. And I also agree that being down-wind of a stinky-fishy smell is disgusting. It's same as playing VERY loud Punk music on a beach. 2 further indications of Me Me Me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slygeeza Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 just dont do the same if you are a farang, the Thais will tell you that Thais never do that and maybe will wave bottle at you, ok, Im joking, Ive only seen it happen twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanaust Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Where exactly did they remove beach chairs from Jomtien Beach? If anything there are more chairs and umbrellas here than ever. Down the south end, they practically erect them in the water! As for the trash issue, there clearly needs to be an education campaign of some sort as the thais just don't seem to get it, but thats not going to happen... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I think there should be a poll of which ex-pat nationalities gripes, whinges, moans and complains the most about how much everything irritates them in Thailand. Could it be the whinging pom, the ranting Yank or the angry Oz? Are there any ex-pats that feel happy and content staying in Thailand and actually enjoy their lifestyles here? The one thing that makes me really happy is that I don`t have to live with these old groaners, it must be hell for those that do, the oppressed and the persecuted who believe the Thais main ambitions are to make them miserable and suffer. My advice is; chill out, live and let live. I bet there are many of those in our home countries stuck and trapped in their mundane lives who dream about relaxing on a nice beach in a tropical country, including the stinky fish and all. The problem is that some people don`t know when they`re well off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdanielmcev Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I guess that means you picked up their trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinot Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Please, just stay home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I walked the beach last week from Soi 1- Soi Welcome. Most venders have reduced there chairs having moved them further from the sidewalk and closer to the water. In fact most had their first row of chairs within feet of the water. It seemed that this maybe to discourage people from sitting on the sand there. A couple areas such as near the volleyball court has had the venders removed so the area is now open and chair less. For the last 5 high seasons and now living here I have been going to the same concession. Always it has been 30 baht. Some times Russians are made to pay 60 and upfront. Someone saw you coming if they charged you 100. The open areas had a couple of people on the sand. I like most are not looking for chair and umbrella free beaches to fry on. This is to keep foreigners at the pools earning hotels cash. To my way of thinking this is the elites catering to the major hotel owners. Those companies usually have military higher ups on their boards. The family who run the concession I go to have had it 34 years. To kick them out like what is being contemplated is criminal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyOliver Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Its only a matter of time before kids listening to that new rock and roll music pitch up! Although I have to say it's not nice when people eat smelly food right next to you :\ ... Apparently that's ok buy having a cigarette is not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I think there should be a poll of which ex-pat nationalities gripes, whinges, moans and complains the most about how much everything irritates them in Thailand. Could it be the whinging pom, the ranting Yank or the angry Oz? Are there any ex-pats that feel happy and content staying in Thailand and actually enjoy their lifestyles here? The one thing that makes me really happy is that I don`t have to live with these old groaners, it must be hell for those that do, the oppressed and the persecuted who believe the Thais main ambitions are to make them miserable and suffer. My advice is; chill out, live and let live. I bet there are many of those in our home countries stuck and trapped in their mundane lives who dream about relaxing on a nice beach in a tropical country, including the stinky fish and all. The problem is that some people don`t know when they`re well off. Best post of the month!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemoonexpat Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 People like you will always find something to complain about no matter where you are; in fact if the beach was was clean and quiet, you would most likely not enjoy it. I feel sorry for your neighbours; if they haven't moved on already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 The tourists and expats I have read on various forums complaining about the chairs and umbrellas have more often than not been Australians. Well fine we all know you come from a place with plenty of great beaches. Thing is seldom are they at the beach here. They do not come here for them, which is all fine and good, but rather the bars which are full of them. The rest of us who come from upper north hemisphere places like them just fine the way they are other than cleaning up the water. This is also nothing about cleaning up corruption just replacing it with that of others higher in the food chain here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Maybe the OP is a bit over the top. But the fact is there are too many Thais in the Pattaya/Jomtien area now. And this includes too many lowlifes that you dont want to be next to you while at the beach. Not referring to families cooking but to groups of Thais drinking and heavy cigarette smoking. Edited October 28, 2014 by morrobay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBob Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Just for the record, only the white beds are 100 baht, the traditional wood/canvas beds are 30 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Maybe the OP is a bit over the top. But the fact is there are too many Thais in the Pattaya/Jomtien area now. And this includes too many lowlifes that you dont want to be next to you while at the beach. Not referring to families cooking but to groups of Thais drinking and heavy cigarette smoking. Too much Thais enjoying the beaches in their own country, wow, cannot have that now can we, i cant believe you wrote that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBob Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Maybe the OP is a bit over the top. But the fact is there are too many Thais in the Pattaya/Jomtien area now. And this includes too many lowlifes that you dont want to be next to you while at the beach. Not referring to families cooking but to groups of Thais drinking and heavy cigarette smoking. Too much Thais enjoying the beaches in their own country, wow, cannot have that now can we, i cant believe you wrote that! Yes, it's unbelievable how some people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Must of missed the white chairs. Too busy checking out the young Russian babes I guess. Are they on the main Jomtien Beach or on the other (west) end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBob Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Must of missed the white chairs. Too busy checking out the young Russian babes I guess. Are they on the main Jomtien Beach or on the other (west) end?I see a lot in the sections near Pattaya Park which is the north end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Dongtan, OK, I don't get down that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddinChonburi Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Well someone important must have finally seen all the Monday morning garbage here in Bang Saen because the cleaning crew is out there in the dark now sweeping and washing things up before the sun comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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