opalred Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 pattaya was the gem of asia years ago i went back after 14yrs what a change a real s/hole iwent for a swim and face and skin started burning told wife not to come in the water stench of gasoline boat fumes and rubbish around that night body had rash all over i went for early walk on beach and see why all the boats were fueling up on beach hundreds of drums on beach fueling boats they were spilling it then wash boats down and pump bilge into water other places in los take boats out of water and fuel and wash away from beach i notice a change now more old frangs taking there thai granddaughters for holidays there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Pattaya ....... such a lovely place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 You forgot to mention the broken bottles and what looks like sewage floating around. I didn't get a skin rash'. I got the runs. The whole point Of Pattaya is that it has a beach and the beach is a polluted rubbish dump. Why do people buy condos in a place that give you a view of a polluted, filthy seascape? Beats me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRRR Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I went for a swim there about 14 ys ago cut my foot with in 2 min of entering, looks a lot better now than then but I'm never going in that water again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 One large oversize picture / post removed and the topic moved to Pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 pattaya was the gem of asia years ago How many years? I've known it for over 35 years and in all that time it has never been any sort of gem. Boracay was though, at least until about 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonseeker Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 True, a perfect dump. And still we live here and still people come here. The Pattaya-Virus? MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannascuba Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I swam in Pattaya bay...................................................................................once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I think you left an "r" out in phrase "Pattaya was the gem of Asia". I've lived in Jomtien around 10 years and have yet to go in the water. I may be dumb but I'm not stupid. Sad state of affairs when folks travel thousands of miles to be at a beach and wind up hanging around the pool (which often has it's own hazzards). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longstebe Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Pattaya is a great place but the beach is pretty crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 The whole point Of Pattaya is that it has a beach ... I really don't think so. (It's the culture and temples). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 pattaya was the gem of asia years ago How many years? I've known it for over 35 years and in all that time it has never been any sort of gem. Boracay was though, at least until about 20 years ago. Boracay - agreed, I went there in 98 and it was changing rapidly. I have heard from others I would not recognise it now By the way the OP is fairly renowned for "contentious" posts....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketboybkk Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 What beach? Never had a problem. Places change. Op, next time try Vietnam. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Went there with my buddy....his gf had never seen the sea....they were inner tubing..a turd floats by......She jumoed out so fast it made time stop...That was twenty years ago..... ps... look down at the beach from a hi level condo or hotel.... umm like swiming in that?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fey Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Body rash was from impetigo or vd not the sea water. Stuff does not concentrate in sea water that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketboybkk Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Sounds like the op needs a damn good wash Dirty beggar Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keetoot Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 some call pattaya beach "BIG TOILET" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Stop knocking Pattaya. The Chinese & Indians like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traxster Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Jeezus...if youse freakin whingers don't like it here in sunny Pattaya p××s off back to where ever the hell it is youse come from... nobody is forcing youse to stay here...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yahooka Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Persons who voluntarily enters the water in the Bay for a swim,must either be blind or insane !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolley Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Who goes to Pattaya for the beach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatboy Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I went for a swim there about 14 ys ago cut my foot with in 2 min of entering, looks a lot better now than then but I'm never going in that water again. not much different to 30yrs.ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Who goes to Pattaya for the beach? yeah I think they go for sex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC1 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Went there with my buddy....his gf had never seen the sea....they were inner tubing..a turd floats by......She jumoed out so fast it made time stop...That was twenty years ago..... ps... look down at the beach from a hi level condo or hotel.... umm like swiming in that?.... I think you're onto something there. Latch the turd onto the back of the speed boat and off you go. 'Turd ride' instead of 'banana ride'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmh8 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 its so true, imagine the sex on the beach here, sand is one thing, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 It has been known since at least 1992 that one shouldn't swim in the sea at Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Pattaya ....... such a lovely place Not bored yet posting same rubbish over and over again? I am sure a village in Isaan is a much lovelier place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 OP is shocked there are changes after 14 years? Lol What's next? TV's now have colour? Would anyone with half a brain swim in a water where boats are docked and used? Common sense suggests it would be polluted and dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttthailand Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 20 years ago it smelled like a toilet or gas. Today at lease most of that smell is gone. I wouldn't let my dogs swim in it then and still wouldn't. Who ever says Pattaya beaches are fine has never seen a real beach with clean water... We all have different standards. I go to Pattaya to party with my friends, nothing more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toknarok Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 About 25 years ago a work friend and I decided to have a hoiday in Pattaya. One day we hired a boat and sailed over to Koh Larne for the day. In the evening we returned to Pattaya and assisted in getting the boat out of the water. In doing so we got our hands and feet wet. We returned to Wester Australia and a couple of days later my mate complained that his arm was very sore. I took him to Port Headland hospital where he was examined by the doctor. It transpired he had a mosquito bite on his wrist which he had scratched breaking the skin. This had become infected. The doctor said he had never seen anything like it. There was a bright red line running from his infected wrist all the way up the inner arm until it reached the gland in his armpit which had become very swollen. The doc was so impressed he took a colour photograph. Took massive doses of antibiotics to clear it up. After that I wouldn't even put my big toe into Pattaya Bay to test the water temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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