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Fat Coco A-One Hotel

July 24, 2021 by David Herd

Fat Coco A-One Hotel

Fat Coco A-One Hotel

Fat Coco A-One Hotel is a rather unsusual name, I have no idea what it means or what it stands for. Having said all that I was able to follow the entire building process from my balcony on the 21st floor of Markland Condo. The shot above was how it used to look before somebody decided to spoil what was an attractive unusual landmark on Beach Road.

OK, lets do it.

Fat Coco A-One HotelThis particular construction started on the 31st of January 2021.

January 19 2021

Fat Coco A-One HotelWhat a great view from my balcony, I have lived in Markland for 10 years.

Up come the tiles

Fat Coco A-One Hotel

Next job is the demolish the beautiful swimming pool. This is what I call a very cunning plan. ๐Ÿ™‚

After all, who needs a nice pool at a Beach resort?

Fat Coco A-One Hotel

Far greater minds than I know the answer. ๐Ÿ™‚

Now we are getting somewhere

Fat Coco A-One HotelI have always been of the belief, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. That logic certainly does not apply here. ๐Ÿ™‚

What a fabulous locating

Fat Coco A-One HotelPattaya beach in all it’s glory.

Those trees have to go.

Fat Coco A-One HotelReplace them with concrete please. ๐Ÿ™‚

Bring in the excavators

Fat Coco A-One HotelThose palms will be “gone baby gone”.

Fat Coco A-One Hotel February 23rd 2021

Fat Coco A-One HotelAs you can see progress is being made.

Thats my condo in the background

Fat Coco A-One HotelI get an excellent view of the renovation from the 21st floor. 

We need some bamboo

Fat Coco A-One Hotel

Bamboo will certainly enhanse the tropical theme. ๐Ÿ™‚

Pattaya Beach

Fat Coco A-One HotelRight across the road is Pattaya Beach.

The finished product

Fat Coco A-One HotelAt the rear of this new section is a very nice restaurant & bar called Malibrew, please check out THIS LINK.

Many thanks for visiting

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Fat Coco Pattaya (noise machine)

December 31, 2019 by David Herd

Fat Coco Pattaya

Fat Coco PattayaFat Coco Pattaya is certainly a noise machine, a couple of days after they opened, on December 28, the music was excellent, one of the many bands actually had saxophones etc. The following night the quality diminished greatly, quite monotonous including a shrieking female presenter with a microphone.

Life is good…..

Fat Coco PattayaUnless of course you are a neighbour (which I am) or a hotel guest trying to sleep. ๐Ÿ™‚

Could this be the stairway to heaven?

Fat Coco Pattaya Probably not, but here is the song anyhow by Led Zeppelin, by the way it goes for 8 minutes. ๐Ÿ™‚

I like these colours

Fat Coco PattayaThe opposite side is not as attractive, then again, at night with the music blaring who would really care?

If you want to just lounge around & listen to the music….

Fat Coco PattayaThis is the place for you. ๐Ÿ™‚

Jimmy Buffet knows exactly what to do.

The stage

Fat Coco Pattaya Here is where the noise is manufactured. ๐Ÿ™‚

There’s an attractive rubber duck.

Fat Coco Pattaya It’s so important to have the right toys in a pool.

Another bar on the north side

Fat Coco Pattaya Not sure what the drink prices are, but they were charging a whopping B500 or $24 AUD to enter. I wonder how many Thai ladies will fork out 500. I also wonder if they are actually being charged that ridiculous amount. They can come to my room in Markland & listen for free. ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

Here is my view

Tropical storm floods PattayaTrust me ladies the music is still very loud up here. This photo shows the pool area before it was transformed.

Fat Coco Pattaya

Fat Coco PattayaEven though they have been operating there is still some fine tuning to be done.

Cactus anyone?

Fat Coco PattayaJust don’t get too close if you have had too many tequilas. ๐Ÿ™‚

“Tequila” is a 1958 Latin-flavored rock and roll instrumental recorded by the Champs. It is based on a Cuban mambo beat. The word “Tequila” is spoken three times throughout the tune.

La vida es buena

Fat Coco PattayaOf course you all know this means “life is good” in Spanish.

Finally the food…

Fat Coco Pattaya Looks like wood fired pizzas to me.

Here is how it looked on Feb 16 2020.

Fat Coco PattayaOn the 15th they had an event which was widely advertised, for some crazy reason the entry fee was B800, or $40 AUD. In my opinion very few Thai people or foreigners would pay that inflated price. It turns out there were only around 20 people, & half of those would have been staff.

Two days later

Fat Coco PattayaThe wreaking crew moves in.

The cost so far must be very high

Fat Coco PattayaThey don’t seem to understand people are not stupid, they want value for money on a night out.

Here is the next project

Fat Coco Pattaya Let’s hope it has more success than Fat Coco, aka the noise machine. ๐Ÿ™‚

Swimming pool is re-born

Fat Coco Pattaya After the failure to attract a crowd they have done an about turn & bought back the swimming pool. The main reason for the failure was the entry fee of B800, or $40 AUD, nobody is prepared to pay such a ridiculous price.

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Here is a history of the construction.

My webcam looks down over Fat Coco, check it out.

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Fat Coco Beach Club construction

November 13, 2019 by David Herd

Fat Coco Beach Club construction

Fat Coco Beach Club

Fat Coco Beach Club construction has been in progress for many months during 2019, many of the following photos have been taken from the 20th floor of Markland which overlooks the A-One Hotel. As you can see above it was just a normal swimming pool area.

Lets dig some holes they said…

Fat Coco Beach Club construction It will be an improvement they said. ๐Ÿ™‚

From ground level

Fat Coco Beach Club construction This was September 2019.

What a mess. ๐Ÿ™‚

Fat Coco Beach ClubThey work from very early in the morning until late at night.

September 12th, week 2.

Fat Coco Beach ClubStill too early to get an idea of their plans.

Concrete roof

Fat Coco Beach Club construction First they made a frame then set the concrete on top.

Raised platform

Fat Coco Beach Club constructionAdjacent to the footpath, perhaps if will provide privacy? Wh knows what they are planning.

It’s getting very confusing

Fat Coco Beach Club construction They have put dirt in the bottom of the pool, & those large white blocks are foam.

Foam being laid on top of the dirt.

Fat Coco Beach Club construction I have no idea why they are following this procedure. ๐Ÿ™‚

Chopping up the foam

Fat Coco Beach Club construction

 Hopefully I can find out about this method.

The bar I presume

Fat Coco Beach Club construction I’m betting the alcohol prices will be rather expensive. ๐Ÿ™‚

On her perch. ๐Ÿ™‚

Fat Coco Beach Club

Fat Coco Beach Club Work is finished & she is sitting four meters in the air checking her messages.

November 15 2019

Fat Coco Beach Club construction They work on this structure to after 10 pm at night.

Lets thatch this gizmo. ๐Ÿ™‚

Fat Coco Beach Club construction Looks good.

Fat Coco Beach Club

Fat Coco Beach ClubParadise, I doubt, more like a noise factory. 

Houston, we have a problem…

Fat Coco Beach Club construction The noise factory is about to open, my advice to my neighbours in Markland, start getting quotes on double glazing. ๐Ÿ™‚

December 8 2019

Fat Coco Beach Club construction You can see a round shallow pool being built here.

Thatched canopy

Fat Coco Beach Club constructionNot sure, but this may be where the band sets up.

Houston, we have a problem.

Fat Coco Beach Club Check out the size of the speakers, noise city will not be pretty.

Here is the finished product. just follow this link.

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A-One Beach Road Pattaya

July 17, 2015 by David Herd

A-One Hotel pool

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

Unique Beach Road Pattaya Hotel the A-One has two main pools to enjoy or simply walk across Beach road to the beach. The hotel is in a perfect location next door to my condo. ๐Ÿ™‚

Twin ships

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

The main hotel consists of 2 buildings at the front shaped like ships and 2 at the back, in adjacent Soi 3 there are 3 more 6 story hotels and a huge 20 story one under construction. The 27 floor high-rise in the photo is Markland where I live on the 20th floor.


A-One Beach Road Pattaya

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

This is only one of around 6 of there properties in the area.

Stunning at night

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

Unique and unforgettable, no wonder it is one of the most popular hotels in Pattaya. Take a Baht bus in front of the hotel for a short trip to wonderful Walking St for 10 Baht or 30 cents usd.

Seafood BBQ every night

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

Sit beside one of the two large pools and enjoy the seafood buffet.

All aboard

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

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A-One Beach Road Pattaya

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

Located on Beach Road north Pattaya between Soi 2 and Soi 3.

Exciting & spectacular

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

The view looking down from my condo in Markland.

September 16 2016

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

Big renovation going on around the pools.

Another A-One in Soi 3

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

Ai have quite a few adjoining properties, this one is located in Soi 3.

The big mishap in Soi 3

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

This new A-One hotel will be huge, over 20 floors, they had a little mishap late 2014 when the crane toppled over.

A closer look

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

Luckily there were no reports of any injuries.


 

June 2015

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

One and 1/2 years later they are still at ground level.  Once they start above ground the progress will gain momentum.

September 4 2016

A-One Beach Road Pattaya

On the way to being completed, has reached 19 floors high.

July 2017

A-One Beach Road PattayaThe finished project, they call it the MYTT Hotel.

A-One Beach Road Pattaya, lights at Xmas 2017.

A-One Beach Road PattayaQuite spectacular. 

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