Here are 2 panoramas being taken only at a few days interval, showing the difference between before and after the thunderstorm. It will help to get an idea about the extend of the damages done by one thunderstorm to the once named "Miami Beach of Asia" by the city officials.

Here is a gallery showing the state of the beach after the first strong thunderstorm from April 2nd. There are a dozen of strong thunderstorm within a year, we are in Thailand and rain season can bring important downpours that are draining the sand from the beach. Last year, the city invested ...

I am not a supporter of any party, but at a geopolitical scale, it is obvious that this election was the occasion for the West to get control over East Asia again. The coup in 2014 was a major blow to the Western powers that were totally controlling this part of Asia through the Taksin ...

The price in Thailand is simply the double or triple of what you would pay by buying on eBay for example, or directly in the USA at Sweetwater or Thornman in Germany. Does it means that the local dealers in Thailand cannot buy at normal dealer price? Or maybe they want to make too much money ...

Starting in November 2018, friends, girlfriend and I complained about getting sick all the time, feeling burn in the chest and other symptoms that we though were coming from Europe and the tourists. Then people started to talk about pollution. That's when the girlfriend got a pneumonia and at ...

This article will take the example of the Chocolate croissant price to demonstrate the way some uneducated managers are thinking about economy and setting the price of goods, not based on market law but based on their greedy thinking. Typically in Thailand, the offer and supply rules is not ...

The no bag day is every 1st Monday of the month and has the goal to make us accepting to buy bags instead of having them given for free. Not only you have to bring your bag (that you have to pay) but later on, you will have to buy bags for use for the trash. There is nothing about saving the Earth ...

Pay attention and look around you. All the cars are covered with this powder that is looking like baby power or talc... but it is in fact the deposit of the pollution, the infamous 2.5pm particles. One night is enough to spread your car and if you do not touch your vehicle for a week, it will be ...

Morning Sunset The smog is here every morning and every night... pollution that limits the visibility and is coming from trash burning and farmers fires in Cambodia.

I took this picture a couple of days ago when the AQI was very unhealthy at about 190. It reminds me the movie Blade Runner.

Pattaya is having a qualified staff crisis. Mostly due to the big company's greed who are not acknowledging the situation. Your Deluxe burger does not have tomatoes? Your steak is burn while you asked medium rare? You cannot eat because there is no one in the kitchen? You wait 30 min to get your ...

If you want to visit some pristine beaches in Sattahip, you are now bared from entry if you are a foreigner. I tried to go last week and the navy told me several time "go to Pattaya, beach is for Thai only". Draw your own conclusion about how these people are considering us. If we want to swim ...