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Weekend Trip to Pattaya

October 8-9, 2005: Weekend Trip to Pattaya

I haven't visited Pattaya for ten years and I just had a chance to visit it on a family trip last weekend. Things have changed a lot.

We left Bangkok in the afternoon of Saturday, took Highway #7 (the Motor Way) and arrived at the Horseshoe Point Resort around 6 pm. We checked in and left the hotel for a fine German dinner at Bruno's Restaurant. The food, the decoration, and the food was extremely impressive. It was as if we were having dinner at a fine restaurant in Paris. Anyway, the price was extremely expensive as well. After the dinner, we went for a little walk at the Royal Garden Plaza and finally went back to the hotel. We started Sunday seeing things around the resort, then visited an outlet mall in Pattaya and went straight to Bang Phra for a Thai-style seafood lunch. We left there around 2 pm and arrived in Bangkok around 4 pm.

Here is my little photojournalism from my Nikon D70 and palmOne Treo 600 cameras. Hope you like it!

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Royal Garden Plaza

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People Relaxing inside the Mall

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Children Having Fun with
Water Fountain in the Mall

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Some Ads

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Street Market Outside

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T-shirt Shop by the Beach

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The Horseshoe Point Resort
and Country Club

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Interesting Activity

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Nice Horse!

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Shopping at Pattya Outlet Mall
on the Way back

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Inside the Outlet


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Anonymous said…
Nice photo shoots!! but why don't i see any pictures of you or your family at all??
10:57 AM
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