Pattaya today

Hi

It has been a hot day, temperature around 31/32 C .
Usually from early April to late May/early June can be the hottest time of the year with the temperature hardly dropping at night.

The high humidity level ( approx 75 % ) makes it feel hotter still.
It certainly is important to be drinking enough water.

Some rain is forecast for the coming week which could make it feel a little more comfortable albeit just temporarily.

Whilst out for a walk and to do some shopping, took a quick photo of the current exchange rates between some popular currencies and the Thai baht.
Currency exchange booths all over the city, some marginally better than others.

Nearby one of the many fruit stalls at a market

Royal Masala restaurant review

Hi

Royal Masala restaurant is one of the newer Indian restaurants in Pattaya, located on Pratumnak Road.

I tried it last week.

Popadums, a small onion and tomato salad to accompany,  nan bread,then chicken tikka masala as a main served with pilau rice.

1 large ( 660 ml ) beer and the total bill came to a fairly reasonable 600 baht ( approx US $ 18 )

The mobile sellers

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There are many mobile sellers of goods here in Pattaya, amazing just what can be bought when sitting at a bar/restaurant or just out on the streets generally.

A welcome snack cake seller, cost just 10 baht per piece, about 20 pence UK.

Or maybe some plants

Pattaya cables

Hi

They are not in to neat placing of cables here, some places look like spaghetti junction :

British bar owner succeeds in fending off motorbike theft

Fortunately a rare event but a British Pattaya bar owner managed to fend off 6 Thais who attempt to hijack his motorbike, he did well with the odds against him.


http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/183119/british-bar-owner-fights-off-gang-of-youths-in-east-pattaya/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PattayaOneNews+%28Pattaya+One+News%29

Grottino Italian restaurant

Hi
This is located in soi 33 naklua, near the well known Dolphin roundabout.
Opening hours 5.00 PM - 12.30 AM
Italian run.

I`ve tried it a couple of times, excellent food and good service.
It has both an indoor air con section and an outside terrace area with fans.
Only slightly above mid range pricing and worth it for the food quality.

A glass of house wine was 130 baht  ( exchange rate is approximately 32 baht to 1 US $ )
Carafes and bottles also available.

The tasty lasagne was 280 baht

An Italian style ice cream about 130 baht, nice rich taste.

Pattaya Pharmacies

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It is incredible just how many pharmacies there are here, on many busy streets there will be several.
Within 10 minutes walk of where I live, there is probably more than 20.

Not that it is particularly unhealthy living here, just seems to be a very common shop type and a Thai obsession with taking loads of different tablets whenever they have a very minor ailment..

Unlike in the UK, pharmacies here can and do sell antibiotics without prescription.
Useful in one way, perhaps unwise in another.

Prices are generally reasonable.

You can buy unrestricted amounts of paracetamol & ibuprofen, again unlike the UK.
You cannot however buy in a pharmacy anything containing codeine, it is a restricted drug, so things like nurofen plus ( ibuprofen + codeine ) co-codamol ( paracetamol + codeine ) cannot be bought.

A hospital pharmacy may be able to supply it.

Long opening hours, many pharmacies being open until 10.00 PM/midnight and there is at least 1 24 hour one that I am aware of, which would suggest there is probably a few more.