champers Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I have been away for a couple of days and I see that the charter boats are back disembarking their Chinese and Korean tour groups onto the beach. Has the Bali Hai experiment failed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Maybe they didn't expect you to come back so soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatawonderfulday Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Not failed just ensured that the back handers are given to different people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Still plenty of them on Bali Hai Pier every morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Is this what the OP is talking about? There goes the nice quiet morning walk along the beach: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickb Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 The video by JF says it all. I never had any idea it was this bad every day. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorayme Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) Every morning boats pass by Jomtien on their way to Pattaya and go back in the afternoon. One tug has pulled as many as 14 boats. Edited June 12, 2017 by dorayme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I live down on Soi 4 in North Pattaya, about 150 metres from Beach Road, and every morning am woken by screaming of outboard motors being gunned full throttle. Where did the peaceful little fishing village go ? Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiWai Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 12 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said: I live down on Soi 4 in North Pattaya, about 150 metres from Beach Road, and every morning am woken by screaming of outboard motors being gunned full throttle. Where did the peaceful little fishing village go ? Very sad. Why do you stay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: Is this what the OP is talking about? There goes the nice quiet morning walk along the beach: maybe a tugboat business would do well... except once you start it, another 10 will pop up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan B Tong Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Life in the land of 'I can get a way with it'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBird Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Where are all those tourists going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Off topic post removed, topic is about charter boats not how much you dislike Pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jippytum Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 It's a pity really the present administration have made a lot of effort to return Thai Beaches to the people but are unable to sustain their good intentions .I expect if we ever have another election the local High so's will retake the public locations for their private business interests as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 There are too many Chinese for Bali High alone: At about 8:30 from the speed boat boarding dock on the pier , all the way down to the entrance and along the breakwater there was a solid 10 - 12 Chinese wide line waiting /moving very slowly for one or two speedboats taking on passengers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, JayBird said: Where are all those tourists going? Koh Larn. Others getting in smaller boats may be going to the dozen or so parasailing barges anchored in the bay. Edited June 12, 2017 by NanLaew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis22 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 4 hours ago, rickb said: The video by JF says it all. I never had any idea it was this bad every day. Thanks for sharing. Certainly enforces my view on why I never want to go there again , Two days was enough the first and only time. Sure didn't mind wasting the remaining 3 days I had already paid the hotel for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooo Upto Me Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 4 hours ago, ThaiWai said: Why do you stay? Prob coz he bought property there. Why? Do u object? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 2 hours ago, JayBird said: Where are all those tourists going? To Larn. The Chinese go in hordes for the seafood restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooo Upto Me Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 19 minutes ago, marquis22 said: Certainly enforces my view on why I never want to go there again , Two days was enough the first and only time. Sure didn't mind wasting the remaining 3 days I had already paid the hotel for. Bye ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucec64 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I suspect the military is moving the buses away from bali hai because the intended use of the cleared space has always been for the navy regatta in november.Sent from my SM-J710F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) In all fairness, that's to be expected in the middle of town. Sure, it's way over the top. But those are (sadly) the sounds of money being made. I head past Pattaya around 15 minutes and lodge in South Jomtien where there may be one or two boats on the beach within 500 meters and they each move a couple of times in a day. More likely to get smacked by a kite or wind surfer, but they don't come out until the wind does- in the afternoon. And they make less noise. Edited June 12, 2017 by impulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokairportlink Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 4 hours ago, JayBird said: Where are all those tourists going? I am also wondering ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepattaya1961 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 7 hours ago, ThaiWai said: Why do you stay? Rather dumb question......would you rather have the entire beach occupied by screaming outboard engines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: To Larn. The Chinese go in hordes for the seafood restaurants. I though they preferred the all you can eat buffets. Edited June 12, 2017 by possum1931 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucec64 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 2 hours ago, impulse said: In all fairness, that's to be expected in the middle of town. Sure, it's way over the top. But those are (sadly) the sounds of money being made. I head past Pattaya around 15 minutes and lodge in South Jomtien where there may be one or two boats on the beach within 500 meters and they each move a couple of times in a day. More likely to get smacked by a kite or wind surfer, but they don't come out until the wind does- in the afternoon. And they make less noise. The point of this thread is that for the last 3 months, all of the bus and boat traffic was pushed to Bali Hai, and it made Beach Road almost livable again. Unfortunately, they have seen fit to reverse this, and Beach Road is once again a mess of buses, traffic jams, and literally hundreds of boats taking loading and unloading on every meter of beach outside of the swimming areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) 10 minutes ago, brucec64 said: The point of this thread is that for the last 3 months, all of the bus and boat traffic was pushed to Bali Hai, and it made Beach Road almost livable again. Unfortunately, they have seen fit to reverse this, and Beach Road is once again a mess of buses, traffic jams, and literally hundreds of boats taking loading and unloading on every meter of beach outside of the swimming areas. And that sucks. It does, and I'm not minimizing that. But for all the guys who think Pattaya is ruined (as if they thought otherwise while the boats were at Bali Hai), all you have to do is move 5-10 miles down the road to enjoy the beach. Edit: And according to at least one post here on this thread, the queues at Bali Hai pier were horrible, probably bad enough to cut into a lot of revenue streams. Edited June 12, 2017 by impulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachdude Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Just one of many reasons I moved away from Pats to a quieter location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 20 minutes ago, Beachdude said: Just one of many reasons I moved away from Pats to a quieter location. Wheres that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) This is all included in the package they paid 10000 baht for in China. 4000 for the flight, 4000 for hotel and food for 1 week , and the rest goes to charter boats , buses etc. I am not joking . Edited June 12, 2017 by balo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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