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Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

July 18, 2015 by David Herd

This section of the hotel has been demolished to make way for a new tower in 2019.

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya is on Beach Road opposite the beach and has beautiful gardens and grounds. If you can afford it stay in the Ocean Tower, good rates through this link.

It is May 2017 & a huge renovation is underway, the Garden section is being totally demolished & a new tower will be constructed in its place. Tavern by the sea on Beach Rd will also be demolished.

Two fabulous pools

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

Lots of places to relax & chill out.

Relax at the bar

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

This is my kind of bar. 🙂

Ocean tower room

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  Sorry about the unmade bed but it was a little early for the maid service, which is a very high standard I might add.   Check the Webcam here for the Ocean Tower view.  

View towards Wongamat beach

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  The yellow building on the left is the Dusit Thani and the 2nd high-rise from the left is Cape Dara Hotel.   The high rise buildings overlook my favourite bar, the Beach Club at the Pullman Hotel.  

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  No bar here but ideal if you want to do some laps.  

Beautiful garden

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

In May 2017 & a huge renovation commenced, the Garden section is being totally demolished & a new tower will be constructed in its place. Tavern by the sea on Beach Rd has also been demolished.

Amari garden reception

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  The Amari garden section was the low rise lower price accommodation.

Restaurant overlooking the gardens

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

In May 2017 & a huge renovation commenced, the Garden section is being totally demolished & a new tower will be constructed in its place. Tavern by the sea on Beach Rd has also been demolished.

Ocean Tower reception

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

A nice modern reception.

November 2007 Ocean Tower opens. 

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

I’m with a group of acquaintances from Australia at the opening of the Ocean Tower in November 2007.  

Opening night

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  Here are the happy entertainers on opening night of the Ocean Tower in November 2007.  

Tavern By the Sea

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  This is part of the Amari hotel and offers many great food specials. Two for one drinks between 5 & 7pm each night.  

Ribs & Wings

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  All you can eat for 469 Baht every Wednesday, in fact I was there last Wednesday July 15 2015.  

Terrific duo

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  This duo were fantastic entertainers, both have great voices and they perform a really good style of dinner music.  

The jewel in the crown

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  The Mantra has been my favourite restaurant since it opened back in 2004, the Sunday brunch is magnificent.

Sunday brunch is the best

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

Without a doubt the Mantra Sunday brunch is the best I have had anywhere in the world. If you visit Pattaya put it at the top of your list. Oysters from France, Alaskan crab, etc etc, nne different kitchens to choose from.

 

The fabulous Mantra restaurant, Amari hotel in Pattaya Thailand.

Birthday

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  Every year I celebrate my birthday at the Mantra, this was 2014.  Thanks for visiting my Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya photo blog.             

 Brendan Daly with daughter Hannah and Nathan Corbett

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

  Brendan was the Amari General manager in 2013 (Australian) and Nathan (Australian) on the right was 11 times Muay Thai world champion.  

 The Herd family, Warren, Laura, Elyssa and David

Amari Beachside Hotel Pattaya

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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. 🙂

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

Beautifully lit up at night this Unique Pattaya Hotel represents good value. For an excellent room rate just book through THIS LINK.

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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Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

July 17, 2015 by David Herd

Cape Dara

Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

 Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya is a nice beach side hotel overlooking the ocean. Located halfway between central Pattaya and Wongamat beach. The hotel mini bus will ferry guests to the Dolphin roundabout where they can link up with the Naklua Rd restaurants or a Baht bus to Walking St.

Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

There is something about polished hardwood floors that adds atmosphere in the tropics.


 

Cape Dara Resort Hotel Pattaya Coffee shop

Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

 

I must admit I didn’t try out these stools, personally I prefer a chair that I can lean back in. 🙂

Ming Xing Chinese restaurant

Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

  This is a delightful restaurant which offers a daily Yum Cha for 499 Baht and the food was excellent. 

Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

  Here is a mango desert served at Ming Xing Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya.  Mango is without a doubt my all time  favourite fruit.

Sandy beach

Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

Wongamat & Cosy Beach Pattaya  are located north & south of the main Pattaya beach and offer far better conditions than the very busy and noisy Pattaya beach. There are no noisy speedboats taking people para sailing and to the islands so it is much easier to relax and enjoy the warm waters of the gulf of Thailand.  

Location

Cape Dara Hotel Pattaya

Cape Dara with the rather recognisable roof line is behind the Dusit Thani hotel which is the yellow and white building being repainted.

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Sabai Wing North Pattaya

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Beach Club Pattaya Bay

July 10, 2015 by David Herd

Beach Club Pullman Hotel

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

Beach Club Pattaya Bay is a fantastic location to enjoy a cocktail or 3 and watch the sunset. You can swim in the ocean or the 2 beautiful swimming pools.

Relax with a cold beer

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

No doubt this is one of the best locations in Thailand, happy hour is 5 to 7 pm every day and the food is very good.

Tapas for lunch at Beach Club Pattaya Bay

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

This is a great spot to have lunch, swim and check out the eye candy.

Did I mention the sunsets

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

We have some wonderful sunsets in Pattaya.

Breathtakingly beautiful

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

Sunset over the gulf of Siam.

Beach Club Pattaya Bay Seafood Buffet

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

The seafood feast on Friday and Saturday night was initially priced at 999 Baht but I believe now it has become more expensive.

Do you have a sweet tooth?

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

A huge variety of beautiful deserts.


 

My Australian friends

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

The beach club is on of the first paces I take my friends who are on holiday from Australia.

Muay  Thai World Champion

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

This is Nathan Corbett from Australia’s Gold Coast in Thailand training for his next title fight. He absolutely loved the Beach Club. Nathan has held 11 World Champion titles in three different weight divisions, not only is he a champion fighter he is a very nice person.

Watching the sun go down while enjoying a cocktail.

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

Take a look at this photo, you could be anywhere in the world.

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

grab a chair, order a cocktail and take a swim in the pool or the bay.

Private tent

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From memory you pay 1000 Baht or $30 usd to hire for the day, however if you spend the same amount on food and drink the tent is free.

Another view of the tents

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

Tents, what tents? I don’t see any tents. 🙂

Beach Club Pattaya Bay is a beautiful setting

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

As I said earlier you have the choice of 2 swimming pools of the sandy beach.

Make sure you shower before swimming in the pool.

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

If you want to see more of these gorgeous Russian girls at the beach club visit one of my other posts here.

Neighbouring Condos

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

There are many new high rise buildings surrounding the Pullman hotel, I’m sure the residents are happy the Beach Club is close by.


With friends at the Beach Club

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Blood red sunset from the beach Club

Beach Club Pattaya Bay

Sensational sunset at Beach Club Pattaya Bay.

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Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

July 8, 2015 by David Herd

Centara Grand at Wongamat

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

 Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya or lost city Atlantis? They have created quite an extraordinary environment in the hotel grounds. Perfect for children to have fun.

Pools or beach, you decide.

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

The Centara Grand is located on the beach so you can choose between a number of different pools or a nice sandy beach.

Is that a totem pole?

 

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

The hotel grounds are quite special, a fabulous place to take your children.

Elephants R Us.

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

 

The attention to detail is incredible, reminds me very much of some Las Vegas themed hotels.

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A short walk along the beach to my favourite bar.

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

This is the Beach Club at the Pullman hotel, only about 200 metres along the beach. The best place in Pattaya to watch the sunset.

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

What a great place for kids to have fun, use this Agoda link for very good rates at Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya. This is a rather expensive hotel as you can imagine, however book through THIS LINK and you are guaranteed an excellent room rate.

Kids paradise

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

Lot’s for the kids to do here.

Many places to explore

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

 

At the Centara Grand there is a surprise around every corner.

An imposing entrance

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

 

When you arrive at the door of Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya you just know this hotel is rather special.

Spectacular entrance

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

Most certainly one of the premier resorts in Thailand.

The Cove condo is beside Centara Grand

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

Beyond the Cove is Cape Dara Hotel.

A fascinating property

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

 

There are restaurants and coffee shops should you care to visit.

Copper elephants

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

 

As I said earlier it does remind me of Las Vegas.

Great design

Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya

 

Everywhere you look there is something interesting to see.

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Warren Herd, Nikki Murphy and David Herd

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My friend Nikki Murphy and my brother Warren at the Centara Grand Lost City Pattaya.

 
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Three Fabulous Thailand trips 2003

April 29, 2015 by David Herd

Atlantic Bar Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Three Fabulous Thailand trips 2003, in fact the whole year was frantic, not sure how I survived, it was one of the busiest & best years for travel that I have ever experienced. I went to Vietnam twice in January & April, Thailand in April & July, then around the world in November starting in Chile, then on to Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, Barcelona & Bangkok on the way home to Australia.

Low tide at Pattaya beach

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

The skyline has changed a lot since 2003, now in 2015 there is a building boom in condominiums and hotels.

Golf at Phoenix with John and Andy

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Andy got tied up with a Thai girl who relieved him of his one million GBP inheritance.

Surrounded by caddies at Phoenix.

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Now this is the way to play golf. 🙂

Marta was a pole dancer from Prague

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Marta was quite a wild Russian girl, I chatted to her on Walking St and invited her to join us at Cosy Beach. We had a great day culminating in an even better night. 🙂

The rear view

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Here is Marta again at my hotel, the Sunshine Vista in Soi 3. There are more photos in the slide show at the end, I can’t show them in this part of the post as Photobucket censor any bare boobs. 🙂


John Martin aka Pothole at the Sunshine Vista

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Certainly one of the craziest people I know. He moved to Pattaya a year or two after this, grabbed a girl off the pole and produced two children with her.

John Sinclair, Sinclair Waters (RIP) and Bob Dark.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Sinclair is famous for adding people to his “black list”, after a couple years of being in favor in 2016 he put me back on it. 🙂

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

We are just a bunch of naughty little boys. 🙂

Thai music on Beach Rd Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Traditional Thai music.

Here are some gorgeous Thai girls from 2003  

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How sweet they were. 🙂

Oysters

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  At the Lobster Pot in Walking Street, there are many seafood restaurants where you overlook the bay.  

Lunch at Fuji

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Here is a typical Thai story, I invited Ja in the yellow to lunch, she worked in the phone section of Big C. However unbeknownst to me she then invited 4 of her friends to come and enjoy a free lunch at my expense. 🙂 This is quite normal in Thailand and it’s not the first, and won’t be the last time I have been caught.

Soi 4 hotel Pattaya

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   New hotel Soi 4, + North Shore in the background.  

Fresh food in Soi 3

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Thai people have taken street food to an art form.

Still same price in 12 years later in 2015

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Foot massage still same price 12 years later in 2015, however the Thai massage is now 200. I still have 4 or 5 foot massages every week.  

Songkran in Pattaya

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This is one of my all time favourite photos. Songkran is a week of madness in Pattaya to celebrate the Thai New Year.

Songkran Pattaya

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  Another tradition is plastering the face with white powder.  

Pothole, prince of fashion.

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  Here is another weird sight around Songkran, John Martin aka Pothole Bin Ladin and his wonderful Thai style shirt.  

Chinatown Bangkok

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Always lots to see in Chinatown.

Chinatown Bangkok

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Chinatown is a “must see” part of Bangkok, another good look into the past is “Jim Thompson” house. I also love taking a cruise on a long tail boat along the mighty Chao Phraya river. Make sure to stop off at Wat Arun, “The Temple of Dawn”.  

Here is an amazing sight in Chinatown.

 

Fresh fish in Bangkok Thailand

Bangkok babe

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Some of the most beautiful babes in the world.

Lovely Jane from Bangkok  

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

This is my friend Jane, we first met in 1999 at Nana Plaza. I took her to Koh Samui for a holiday.  

John Sinclair and David Herd

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It’s 2017 & John still lives in Soi 4 Nana.

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Three Fabulous Thailand trips

  Elephants have now been banned from the city streets.

I remember this happening

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It is now 2016 and they are still prosecuting the criminals.

Atlantic Bar Princesses

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On the left is Nok in 2003, the next photo shows her in January 2011. A couple of years later she quit Pattaya to live in the country with her new baby.  

Here is Nok in 2011.

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    Here is a coincidence for you, I published this post two days ago on April 30 2015, then last night on May 1st I ran into Nok who is back working at the Atlantic. Her theme song should really be “All my life’s a circle”.:)

Harry Chapin - All My Life's a Circle

Mable from Beijing

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 I met Mable online in a chat room, she was one of my excellent guides when I went to Beijing where she lives. In 2003 I flew her to Thailand to meet me for a holiday. We visited Bangkok, Pattaya and Koh Chang.

Cosy Beach Pattaya

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  The elevator to the beach is the Royal Cliff Hotel.  

Notice how the sand enhances the colour of the towel.

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Towel, what towel? I don’t see a towel. 🙂

John Sinclair at Cosy Beach

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

In 2015 the Navy removed all the food vendors from Cosy Beach, such a shame.

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Three Fabulous Thailand trips, Citadines in Soi 11

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

The rooms are compact and nicely laid out including a kitchen if you like to prepare some food. This is now my hotel of choice, plus Soi 11 is a great street for bars and restaurants.

Excellent pool & Gym at the Dynasty Grande

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

For an excellent room rate just book through THIS LINK.

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Tropical storm floods Pattaya

April 4, 2015 by David Herd

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

Tropical storm floods Pattaya, when it rains it really pours down. I love to see the storm clouds roaring across Pattaya bay from my condo. You can can also watch from anywhere in the world on my webcam.

Here it comes

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

John Fogerty has a question….

I really love watching the black clouds roll in over the bay.

Is this a road or a river?

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

 

Looks more like a river to me. 🙂

Oh oh! This does not look good.

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

The roads flood so quickly as the drains just can’t handle the incredible volume of water. Often these storms only last for 30 or 40 minutes however that’s enough time to cause havoc.


LadyBoy in distress.

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

 

This LadyBoy looks a little concerned.

Houston, we have a problem

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

 

Hmmm what do I do now?

Helping hands

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

 

You see a lot of this during the storms.

Pattaya weather

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

 

South Rd near Tukcom.

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

My friend and I were relaxing in Starbucks watching the action.

No problem for the Baht bus.

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

 

The Song Tao or Baht bus ploughs straight through.

They won’t all make it

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

Believe me, not all these vehicles will get through.

Help is on the way

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

 

Tractor to the rescue.

The result

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

  The beach gets smashed time and time again throughout the year this is the result.  

Gutters can’t handle the volume

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

 

I don’t think there is any drainage system that can handle the sheer volume of storm water.

Repairs are needed

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

Sadly this in an all too familiar sight on Pattaya beach.

Soggy footpath

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

 

The aftermath of the storm.

Crazy idea

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

Here are 3 pumps to take the water from the flooded road onto the beach, don’t ask me to describe the logic behind this crazy idea. It simply washes away the sand as you can see in the above photos. One thing I do know however, logic and common sense are thin on the ground in Thailand.

The cavalry arrives

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

 

Repairing the beach.

A perfect Pattaya day

Tropical storm floods Pattaya

After all the rain and floods and beach erosion you can always be sure a perfect day is just around the corner.

April 30 Pattaya storm


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River Kwai Bridge Kanchanaburi

February 19, 2015 by David Herd

The Burma Railway

River Kwai Bridge

River Kwai Bridge

River Kwai Bridge Kanchanaburi was of special interest to me due to my late uncle Allan Herd, who spent 2 years as a POW on the Burma Railway. In fact I urge you to read his amazing story, you can find it by following this link which will take you to “One Soldiers Incredible Story”.

War Museum

River Kwai Bridge

The war museum shows you how the poor prisoners lived and died at the hands of the brutal Japanese army and their incredibly cruel Korean guards.

Forgive but not forget

River Kwai Bridge

The sign outside the museum says it all.

River Kwai Bridge war graves

River Kwai Bridge

The cemetery is beautiful kept, I was really surprised by the diverse number of nationalities buried here as well as their ages, many were so young.

What a waste of lives

River Kwai Bridge

Forced labour was used in its construction. More than 180,000—possibly many more—Asian civilian labourers (romusha) and 60,000 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) worked on the railway. Of these, estimates of romusha deaths are little more than guesses, but probably about 90,000 died. 12,621 Allied POWs died during the construction. The dead POWs included 6,904 British personnel, 2,802 Australians, 2,782 Dutch, and 133 Americans. After the end of World War II, 111 Japanese and Koreans were tried for war crimes because of their brutalization of POWs during the construction of the railway. 32 were sentenced to death

 

River Kwai Bridge

Some of the weapons

River Kwai Bridge

They look very ancient indeed.

River Kwai Bridge guard tower

River Kwai Bridge

That’s my brother Warren Herd inspecting the five star facilities.

Dheva Mantra Resort

River Kwai Bridge

We stayed at this very nice hotel on the river about 15 minutes walk to the bridge. Restaurants and rooms were good and a terrific pool area and grounds. Book the Dheva Mantra Resort here.

Dheva Mantra Resort and Spa

River Kwai Bridge

Lots of greenery. 

River Kwai Bridge

River Kwai Bridge Not much to look at but loaded with history.

Here comes the train.

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My apologies for this image

River Kwai Bridge

Long time friend Tony Murphy and my brother Warren Herd after a refreshing shower. For the record they were not sharing a room. 🙂

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Bangkok floating market

February 6, 2015 by David Herd

One of the most popular attractions.

Bangkok floating market

Bangkok floating market

Bangkok floating market is a little over two hour west of the city, a short taxi ride then a long-tail boat will take to the fascinating market.

Long-tail boat

Bangkok floating market

The long-tail boat is designed to carry passengers on a river & may include a lightweight long canoe hull, up to 30 meters long, and a canopy. There is a great variation among these boats, some have evolved from traditional craft types, while others have a more improvised look, the sole defining characteristic is a second-hand car or truck engine.

Crowded and chaotic

Bangkok floating market

This is really a great day out, put it on your bucket list.

Food, food and more food

Bangkok floating market

Bangkok floating market is certainly about Food, food and more food, everywhere someone is either eating or selling food.

Actually it’s not just food

Bangkok floating market

Plenty of stock to sell here.  

Clothes & hats a well

Bangkok floating market

This is probably my 3rd visit to the Bangkok Floating Market and I’m sure there will be a 4th.

Long-tail boat

Bangkok floating market

  Check out the size of the engine that pushes this little boat along the river and canals.  

 Bag of bananas 10 Baht

Bangkok floating market

  In the supermarket they are 8 Baht each. 🙂  

Genuine “copy” Lous Vuitton bags

Bangkok floating market

In Thailand they will sell anything anywhere. 🙂

Bangkok floating market, Rambutans, yum!

Bangkok floating market

This is my 3rd visit to the floating market and is always enjoyable.

Bangkok floating market

Bangkok floating market

The Bangkok floating market is certainly a “must see” when you visit Bangkok. Other interesting tours are of course the Grand Palace and Wat Arun.

Here is our transport

Bangkok floating market

Check out the waterfront homes Thai style.

Bangkok floating market

Bangkok floating market

Lots of waterfront shops and homes.

Thanks for joining me at the famous Bangkok floating market photo blog

Bangkok floating market

A couple of years after this visit I moved to Thailand to live permanently in Pattaya for about 10 years, one of the best decisions of my life.
 
If you visit Thailand please go and see Famous Bangkok floating market.
 

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Party Bar Pattaya Hot Babes

February 1, 2015 by David Herd

Great night with sexy babes

Party Bar Pattaya

Party Bar Pattaya

Party Bar Pattaya had a re-opening Monday January 26 2015, a new partner bought into this little business so it was time to sing, dance and celebrate. So that’s what my friend Hamish & I did, minus the singing & dancing, we concentrated on drinking & checking out the pretty ladies.

Just a little corner bar

Party Bar Pattaya

Located behind the Avenue shopping centre on 2nd road. Nothing too flash just a little corner bar where you can have a beer and watch the passing parade. In many ways people watching is why I also like the Cherry Bar on the corner of Soi 3 and 2nd road North Pattaya.

Party Bar Pattaya Lovely Noi

Party Bar Pattaya

Noi has just become part owner of the Party bar, drop in sometime and say hello.

Surrounded by gorgeous creatures

Party Bar Pattaya

What time can I start having fun?

Pretty ladies

Party Bar Pattaya

Great smiles certainly brighten up the night.

Lovely cowgirl Kung

Party Bar Pattaya

On this night all the girls wore cowgirl outfits and looked terrific, sadly now however they have reverted to normal clothes. It’s a shame really because any little back street beer bar needs to make sure customers remember them, so a point of difference that separates you from the thousands of similar places in Pattaya can only have a positive effect on the business. Walking streetLK Metro & Soi 6 have the passing traffic but most of the little back street bars don’t, so my message is loud & clear, dress the girls in the western outfits, they look terrific. 🙂

Check out my post on Seven sexy American restaurants and see how they do it, the yanks are masters of promotion.

Party Bar Pattaya & dinner is served

Party Bar Pattaya

One thing Thai girls like to do is eat. 🙂

Some great looking babes here.

Party Bar Pattaya

A very happy looking bunch.

A lesson for the Farangs

Party Bar Pattaya

Not all Thai ladies are available in Pattaya for foreigners like myself merely because you have a few thousand Baht to burn on a night out. I was quite impressed by this gorgeous lady so I gave her my card and later in the week tried to arrange to meet her for a drink. To her credit she had too much style to be seen with a fat old Farang like me, so she made an excuse that she was sick. Good luck to you Yuie, stick with the younger cooler dudes. 🙂

Yuie likes to drink and dance.

More Sexy Thai girls dancing in Pattaya Party Bar

 


 

 

Never too young to party at the party bar.

Party Bar Pattaya

This little guy was happy to be in the action.

Never too old either

Party Bar Pattaya Hot Babes

Good luck to Party Bar Pattaya, I hope they have success, fun and make a lot of money.

Sabai Wing Soi 1 North Pattaya

Party Bar Pattaya

Sabai Wing Soi 1, 3 swimming pools and nice rooms, 100 meters from BigC, great value at only $23 usd per night as of August 15. I live in the high-rise in the background, Markland. For a great room rate book here.

For a more upmarket hotel on Beach Rd

Party Bar Pattaya

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1g Duck

 
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Show them to me from Marc (MyNutZak) on Vimeo.   Thai street food is world famous

 

More about Pattaya here

 

The one and only Soi 6

 

 
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