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 ...

It is not an April fool (we are April 2nd) but at the peek of the hot dry season we got a +1 hour freak thunderstorms, with lightnings and thunder every 10s and a lot of water. As usual in that circumstances, Pattaya got flooded everywhere. The new beach is also damaged. 3h after, Sukhumvit is ...

Today was an amazing day, with no pollution and a perfect blue sky. 32 degree Celsius is feeling like spring in Europe. The beach is not completed and it is looking incredible, specially close to Walking Street where the beach was totally gone. It is a little bit late, but today you can see on the ...

Today is very hot, 33 degree C on the Balcony and the feeling is heavy, like if the rain is coming.The weather forecast thunderstorms in the next 2-3 days and we can see them developing North East of Pattaya. We need some rain to flush the drains who are rotting under the roads, so it will be ...

When you read Aljazeera or the Washington Post it sounds like Thailand will be devastated by a powerful Typhoon. Actually Pattaya will be affected marginally, or even not at all. We can see it from the windows, or just looking in the direction of the sea, it is a big mess of clouds just in front of ...

Thanks to the rain, the pollution that was at dangerous levels (red!) went down to moderate! When the government will apply the law and stop these people who are burning their fields and their trash? The same thing happen every year at the same period, suffocating pollution coming from the farmers ...

Lot of rain and a very strong thunderstorm has disturbed the normal Loy Krathong festival. Some were obliged to launch their krathong from their home having no mean to travel outside.    

Today I got a shower on the scooter, but I there was no clouds. We got several loud thunder strikes, coming from nowhere. Weird weather! Raining

We have a depression passing by over all Thailand and rain was expected. Lot of strong thunderstorms and clouds, with intermittent heavy rain all day. This also gives nice ice cream in the sky!

After a lot of rain, the sun is back and it is tanning time. Check out these pictures I took today at 10am.

Pattaya is probably the only popular resort in the world to get flooded every time there is a thunderstorm that last more than 1 hour. The water is toxic because mixed with waste water. What about the "lose the face issue"? When some swingers parties are happening behind walls, you get 30 police ...