New Year brings back old traffic problems in Jomtien

PATTAYA:--New Year’s Eve brought an old problem roaring back to Jomtien Beach: Traffic.

Cars driven by Thais from many provinces jammed the beachside road, with visitors in town both for the sand and the sounds of the Pattaya Countdown concerts later that night.

It seemed half the cars parked along Jomtien Beach Road had Bangkok traffic plates, which made sense to anyone in the capital that day, where Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok was a ghost town and the restaurants and shopping malls half empty. With a week-long holiday, everyone had left town.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2015-01-09

Remind me to stay in Bangkok next year to celebrate the New Year .

Hey not long to go, it's the 9th of Jan now, best plan ahead for a spontanious life.

Remind me to stay in Bangkok next year to celebrate the New Year .

My friends there said the roads were empty! We were there around Xmas and experienced the same thing. Quite nice.