We arrived in Pattaya on Sunday, Dec. 22nd, and Thavorn is getting acquainted with Pattaya again after 6 years. Yesterday we played pool in a bar we played at 6 years ago. The difference this time around is 6 years and Jaidan. Jaidan had the bar manager laughing at his comments as he kept score on who was winning, which was me 6 games to 1. Thavorn did not play badly but I was playing well :-)
Pattaya has changed quite a bit since we were here 6 years ago. I asked the bar manager how business was and she confirmed my suspicion that it was more like low season rather than high season.
Russians are still in abundance but they seem to be families and couples who have managed to weather the ruble getting battered over the last 5 years.
The taxis are pretty bad here and when asked how much to go anywhere, the answer is always the same, 200 baht. It should always be about 50 baht if they used the meter. The motorcycle taxis are also over priced by about 100 percent. In bad economic times, Thais always raise the price rather tan compete by lowering the price.
Today, we may attempt to walk down from Pratunmak Hill to walking street which I think will take about 20 mins. We took a taxi yesterday (bargained down to 160 baht, s/b 50 baht) and treated Jiadan to his favorite lunch of nuggets.
I hope to have some pics for you tomorrow.
TTYL
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