Thailand 2013: A Nice Day in Pattaya

Pattaya Skyline

Our first full day in Pattaya. Still as hot as ever, but we are adjusting to it a bit.

Last night we went out to the notorious "Walking Street" and did the tourist stroll. It is amazing to us the variety of people out doing the stroll. There is usual red faced and overweight older guys happy that there are all these younger women paying attention to them to the families out with the children getting a different kind of education and taking all sorts of pictures and of course the curious couples like ourselves. To round out the lot, there are the tour groups freshly of the tour bus and obediently following their flag carrying tour guide. There are Go Go bars, Discos, beer bars, show bars of every and I mean every type, restaurants and street performers.... the place is just alive with activity. Night life takes on a new meaning here. But of course when I went to take pictures of it all, the camera battery went dead so we are heading down there again tonight to experience it all again.

Shopping is great here. We spent the hot part of today cruising the air conditioned malls, picking up a few things. Tomorrow will be another traveling day as we make our way over to Hau Hin on the other coast of Thailand Bay.

We have a few more pictures to share as we picked up a card reader today for the other camera. Hope you enjoy them. Talk to you soon.

One last picture from the Wat temples in Ayutthaya

Some shots of the night market in Ayutthaya where we would eat each night.

A couple of typical tour buses we see traveling around.

Over the top Buses

A view of our bus trip to Pattaya as we pass through Bangkok.

Scenes from the night markets in Pattaya... Full of life and colour.

The police officer in the picture is holding a baby bunny in his hand,

The picture on the left is of cooked crickets grubs and grass hoppers

The picture on the right is of the fresh (still alive) crickets.. now that's fresh!

More Night Market Scenes.

Ronald MacDonald in His Thai Pose

Today we went out with a couple of Realtors and looked at some houses. One we didn't like and the other we just loved. It was a three bedroom Bali style of home, which is like a free flowing one level home. Has a very zen like peaceful feeling to it. The tiles were in an earth tone in the main living area, wood floors in the bedrooms and the bathrooms have their shower inclosed but outside. The best description is the pictures that are incorporated into this posting. The only thing we had against it is where it is located. At this point, we are not to sure that we would be happy living in Pattaya... but who knows.