Living in Pattaya 2022
Living in Pattaya 2024, this is my 13th year in this layback seaside city on the gulf of Thailand. Recently things have been much quieter than usual due to the world’s overreaction to the so called Covid-19 crisis.
The excellent photo above is owned by Robert Cameron, I hope he does not mind me using it.
The Space building
Located on Naklua Rd adjacent to the Dolphin roundabout.
View from Space.
Looking South.
Looking at Terminal 21
T21 is featured in the top left hand corner.
Chicken & cashews
$6 AUD at Sonja’s restaurant in Soi 4.
While we are on the subject of food
One of my favourite restaurants is the Longhorn Steakhouse located in the arcade off 2nd Rd behind Mike shopping mall.
My usual choice at Longhorn
Toast Skagen & Lobster soup.
Picture at Longhorn
Although it’s dated 1960 I actually took this shot in March 1980, the guy on the right is my old friend Rob Symonds.
An excellent foot massage
Right opposite the Longhorn.
El Mercado Bangkok
Fabulous seafood.
Clouds over north Pattaya
Clouds, storms, sunsets, I love them all. 🙂
Farewell to the Sabai Resort
I often stayed at this hotel for over 10 years from 1998.
Speed machines
They are so much bigger than they were years ago.
View from my condo
How lucky am I?
Peter Hobbs from Sydney
In the early 80s I lived for 6 years in a waterfront apartment in Sydney, in 1983 Peter moved in to the same complex, he is still there today 39 years later.
The building on the left, 72 Wrights Rd Drummoyne.
Peter is on the ground floor left hand condo, I was on the 6th floor which you can’t see in this photo.
My beautiful 25′ Bertram
It could almost take me to Doyle’s blindfolded. 🙂
There were cetain advantages owning a boat
Plus living on the waterfront. 🙂
Fabulous view
Playa bistro
Located on the ground floor of Markland where I reside.
Pancake at Playa
Delicious, but lots of calories. 🙂
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My history, particularly over the last 30 years is dominated by overseas travel. I sold my home in Australia October 20th 2011 and have have been living in Thailand since then. I don’t know where the time has gone? It seems like you go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and 20 years have flashed by. Not sure how many years I have left, however I have enjoyed a wonderful charmed life, and if it all ended today I would leave this world with no regrets.
I was born in Sydney halfway through the last century, started my travels in the 60s with the usual U.K. Europe adventure at the age of 20, back to Australia and worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide in Sales & Marketing with multinational companies including Sanyo, Canon & Remington.
Engaged to be married 3 times and never quite made it to the alter, finally realized by the mid 90s I was not cut out for "long term relationships" so I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland in January 1987, worked for a couple of banks as a Financial Planner, I took a year off work in 1998 to travel and never went back to full time work again, after 25 fun filled years on the Coast I packed up and moved to Thailand.
What is the purpose of this blog? Well I really want to use it to record my travel experiences & to display my photographs, give and receive travel tips, comment on places I visit, restaurants I eat in and use it to replace the autobiography I intended to write, apart from all that it helps me fill in my day. :)
I moved to Thailand mainly because I wanted to keep travelling while my health allowed me to, there are huge advantages being closer to all the places I want to visit.
Cost of living in Thailand is around 35% of the cost in Australia, plus flights are 50% cheaper because you are much closer to everywhere. ????
Consequently I am able to travel to many more places compared to living in Australia.
Having said all that, it is & has always been my intention to return to Australia when my travelling is finished, I predict this will happen around 2021.
