"Tchiowa" wrote in message
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> "Markku Grönroos" wrote in message
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> > "Bob Godwin" wrote in message
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> > > I'm traveling w/ wife and mother-in-law to Thailand in August. We
> > > would like to go to a beach area near Bangkok but we don't really want
> > > to swim in the sewer of central Pattaya. Can someone recommend an area
> > > or specific resort near Pattaya that offers clean beaches and swimming
> > > and access to shopping, without being surrounded by the more tawdry
> > > elements? We don't mind paying a little more for a hotel/resort with
> > > some amenities and which is somewhat removed from the muck.
> > >
> > Jomtien Beach next to south is a decent choice for many people. Beaches
are
> > clean and one doesn't have to listen that "hello .y man" bullshit all
the
> > time. About 100 km east is Samet Island, which is very nice and it is
close
> > to the mainland.
>
> ????? Jomtien represents just about the worst of the Pattaya area as
> far as what he asked about. It's a gathering ground for pedophiles,
> for one thing. Lots of girls plying their wares. And lots of other
> sales people.
>
A married couple and a mother in law hardly get fussed by pedophiles. I was
at Jomtien and couldn't recognize any "pedophile like" behaviour. True, my
experience on Jomtien is narrow. However, it is bounds and leaps better than
Pattaya proper. Pattaya region in general is mediocre. Once I took my small
bike to the Jomtien beach and didn't leave it on a parking lot. When I was
driving out, a guard stopped me and turned down the ignition to make me push
the bike the last few meters. Perhaps he is a pedophile. At least he was a
freak.
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