Tag Archives: Pattaya

Pattaya By Foot

May 24, 2012 – 4:24 pm

Pattaya offers locals and tourists many forms of transportation, but at one point you must walk from a vehicle to your destination. The uneven levels of the sidewalks, missing grates, and the errant baby elephant require constant alertness and courtesy is a valued asset along Beach Road, where stalls protruded into the public walkways and […]

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Accidents Thai Style

May 24, 2012 – 4:13 pm

Pattaya’s roads are tattooed by spray-painted outlines of bodies and tires. Directional arrows indicate how the accident occurred without attributing blame to any of drivers. Many foreigners fear that they would always be at blame for a fender-bender, yet this shouldn’t be the case, if you follow a few rules of courtesy and patience during […]

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Thai Ties

May 23, 2012 – 12:18 pm

Every time I visit my tailor for shirts, he asks why I don’t buy any ties. I tell Pinky that I wore them for most of my life and don’t see the point of wearing them in Pattaya. Like who am I trying to impress? My drunken friends or the madam of the Buffalo Bar? […]

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Fashion Faux-Pas in Pattaya

May 23, 2012 – 12:11 pm

Pattaya is a well-known beach resort for a variety of reasons, but the fashion consciousness of its male farang population is certainly not one of the drawing points. The town boasts more sweep-over hair-dos than a General MacArthur lookalike jamboree and a surprising number of gentlemen sport beards and moustaches better suited a b-grade pirate […]

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Perfect Day

May 18, 2012 – 12:59 pm

Lou Reed recorded a signature song on his album TRANSFORMER. Actually more than one. VICIOUS and WALK ON THE WILD SIDE was joined by PERFECT DAY, which was later used for a TV commercial. “Oh, such a perfect day. I’m glad I spend it with you. You just keep me hanging on.” Normally hearing a […]

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