Bazle Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Painter said: I'm sure they'll bring in a bunch of these at regular intervals to keep the slabs clean.... No excuse not to: plenty of scrubbers in Pattaya! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) The Problem With Palm Trees I ran across this article and it happens to back up what I have been saying for years, that all those Bloody Plam Trees on the beach do not cool things down. Even the Bloody shade from those Palms is not a cool shade like the shade of a real tree.......I finally have some prof here......Ha....... I was not crazy after all for saying this....... Everyone intuitively knows this......That's why the walkway is almost devoid of people in the daytime... It's frigging HOT... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-12-19/the-problem-with-palm-trees Ficus and Rosewood trees, meanwhile, have much lower water needs and managed to cool the surrounding area by seven degrees and three degrees, respectively. The palms chilled the air less than one degree. A similar study on oases in southern Israel found that palms actually managed to warm the surrounding area. Edited March 16, 2023 by fforest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Keep it up fellas. Git er done ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yessongs Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 @john luke Looks like some real progress being made on Beach Rd huh? And for the better. Remember for many years, it was dicey to say the least, walking around there for sure. I have not been there since Sept 2018. That all changes when wifey and I arrive this Sunday for 5 days. Thanks for the pics..I like feeling safe LOL! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Yessongs said: @john luke Looks like some real progress being made on Beach Rd huh? And for the better. Remember for many years, it was dicey to say the least, walking around there for sure. I have not been there since Sept 2018. That all changes when wifey and I arrive this Sunday for 5 days. Thanks for the pics..I like feeling safe LOL! Yea, beach road is not dicey anymore at least during daylight hours.... Because it's practically deserted... Due to it being very hot with hardly any shade and having zero seating......... Yes, the riff-raff is gone along with everyone else.. The numbers are much reduced at night too... Does anyone remember when the beach at night was lined from one end to the other with girls?.... A few times I was on a baht bus and did a beach girl count at night... I counted over 500 girls..... Edited April 5, 2023 by fforest 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) Just look back through all the daytime beach road pictures in this thread.......How many people do you see in the pictures?....... Case Closed.... Edited April 5, 2023 by fforest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Most of my photographs are taken between 0700 hours and 0830 during my morning walk along Beach Road. There are quite a few regular walkers/joggers around at that time, otherwise, it is a quiet time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 I had an appointment at BHP yesterday afternoon, so I set off around 50 minutes beforehand, which is plenty of time. The first obstacle was the Thepprasit road works, which were once again snarling up the eastbound traffic. I got onto Thepprasit at Soi 8 and it was soon clear that it was jammed all the way to Suk, so I did a U-turn and took Soi 5 up to Suk just south of Lotus. If I'd stayed on Thepprasit I'd never have made the appointment. But even on Sukhumvit, on an ordinary weekday, the traffic was manic, backed-up from the lights at South Pattaya Road almost to the Thepprasit junction. Similar large queues at all the other traffic lights, too. I made it in time, but the amount of traffic on the roads is crazy, before the pandemic it was only ever this bad during a public holiday. Pattaya seems to be becoming unliveable, at least if you want to live a normal life and get out and about the place. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Torrential rain this morning, some water collecting on the surface. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Chaotic scene on Second Road; the two concrete mixers are (or were at the time I left) blocking the only available lane and dropping concrete. The traffic has built up past the lights and out towards Jomtien. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Surprised they didn't design the new parking area for angle parking. Probably fit at least twice as many cars into the same space. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) 16 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Surprised they didn't design the new parking area for angle parking. Probably fit at least twice as many cars into the same space. As much as a Hate Hate the new promenade ..........One good thing did happen....They took out a whole bunch of those dammed Palm Trees to make these parking places... It's beyond shameful that they had 3 years and a massive budget $$$$$ and have created a walkway with all the charm of a strip shopping center parking lot.... Anyone one of you guy could draw up something way better with just an hour spent on the internet looking at pictures of parks around the world.... Edited April 18, 2023 by fforest 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 On 4/8/2023 at 10:53 AM, john luke said: Chaotic scene on Second Road; the two concrete mixers are (or were at the time I left) blocking the only available lane and dropping concrete. The traffic has built up past the lights and out towards Jomtien. Cripes all mighty.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 I was shocked to see they're doing the trenching and underground electric work before they put the concrete in and new pavers on top. Thailand just keeps amazing me. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 It's never-frigging-ending! I went to Siamburi's this morning, so straight up Thepprasit to Suk. Only there was a long traffic queue tailing all the way back to the filling stations because they've decided to dig up the road again on the eastbound side near Suk and relay all the drains. I'm sure this is the third time they've done that stretch, and at the moment Thepprasit is reduced to just one lane heading towards Suk. Having got what I wanted (more of the very cheap O'Hara's Nitro stout!) at the shop, I headed back down Nongkrabok to Suk. There I simply turn right at Soi Wat Boon or do a U-turn, either way will get me back to where I live along Thepprasit. But not today, they've decided to dig up half the southbound carriageway and the turning at Wat Boon is completely blocked off, so you've no choice but to go all the way down to Chaiyapruek. It was only a few years ago that they completely resurfaced this part of Suk, why in the name of Buddha do they need to do it again? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) Still no work on Soi 15, the mess has been left..... Could not believe this mess I saw about mid night coming out of W/S.. I thought this was all finished... This is going on at ''The Avenue''...... And this by Soi Dianna........ Edited June 13, 2023 by Blue Streak 3 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Beach Rd lads now from Mikes Shopping north....... I think they have been laying a cable and cementing it in as they go, look for a couple of bits where they couldn't get the blocks in and just dumped cement in and troweled in the brick lines...... This is the beast that's been doing it... Just north of Pattaya Klang. Up to Soi 6 tomorrow...... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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forcebwithu Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Looks like @Blue Streak has the evening shift for pic taking and I have mornings. The 5G Smart Poles are now being installed. Could find no sources on how much these poles are costing, but doubt they come cheap. But hey, the higher the cost, the fatter the brown envelope. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Fresh circles of Hell appearing on Thepprasit. As well as the centre of the road being blocked for most of its length now, it looks like they're installing traffic lights at the Soi Kopai (Soi 6) junction. That's an odd choice as Soi 8 is a wider and busier north-south road, yet there's no way to turn right into or out of it now. A few days ago I watched as a coach tried to turn left from Soi 7 onto Thepprasit, but was unable to do so because of the new central reservation and cars parked on the road. The last I saw it had blocked the entire westbound side of the road but still couldn't make the turn, but I didn't hang around to find out how they sorted that one out. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, Toy Boy said: Fresh circles of Hell appearing on Thepprasit. As well as the centre of the road being blocked for most of its length now, it looks like they're installing traffic lights at the Soi Kopai (Soi 6) junction. That's an odd choice as Soi 8 is a wider and busier north-south road, yet there's no way to turn right into or out of it now. A few days ago I watched as a coach tried to turn left from Soi 7 onto Thepprasit, but was unable to do so because of the new central reservation and cars parked on the road. The last I saw it had blocked the entire westbound side of the road but still couldn't make the turn, but I didn't hang around to find out how they sorted that one out. Just crazy how they're putting that central median in with no cutouts for traffic to access businesses and condos on the opposite side. You would think by this point in time the Thai engineers would have enough experience with what works and what doesn't. But going by the Thepprasit project, they still have a long way to go with learning proper traffic flow skills. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) Thanks, guys for the beach photos......I would take more but it's depressing looking at the mess and all that concrete they are covering the walkway with...(except for the bloody Palm trees, of course)...lol......... No money for plants, but plenty of money it seems for some very bad ass and powerful looking 5G broadcasting stations..... 5G could have a very long thread in itself.... But I would think they would want to be broadcasting all this 5G goodness toward the city of Pattaya and not onto the walkway as in, at least the picture above..... Internet reception is already very good on the beach... Edited June 14, 2023 by fforest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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