Trip report from January 2025: Walkability and bad street layouts, Pattaya construction notes, the ghost tower, future high-speed railway and monorail, Jomtien Beach as a future apartment hotspot, and air quality. Pattaya is on the eastern side of the Bay of Bangkok in Chonburi province. I visited Pattaya in January 2025 after visiting Sri Racha. This […]
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How to fix Sihanoukville
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Merging provinces in Southeast Asia
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Sri Racha Trip Report
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Cleaning up roadside rubbish in Cambodia
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