PATTAYA beach deodorized – the end of an era

Pattaya is seriously changing but not always for the worst.

It does seem like the Pattaya City Council is taken its job of  ‘re-inventing’ the hooker-capital of Thailand more serious this week. Not only have they talked a lot about the need to finish the Jet ski scam (which they have been for years), the absolute imperative to make Pattaya girly free and family friendly, and the top priority of providing a healthy and wholesome destination for all these high-end tourists and film makers (yes, Pattaya is going to be the Hollywood of Thailand – or so they told us this week) but they have actually gone all out and provided us beach dwellers & lurkers with shiny new (and clean) rubbish bins. Gone are the days when you would walk along beach road wondering where the sickly smell that just took your breath away was coming from.
Was it the Ladyboy that just walked past you, did the Indian looking guy not use the right 2 week protection deo last week, had the hooker that reached out and grabbed your arm just now come back from short time in some toilet or was it yesterday’s Som Tam in the green bin on the side of the road. Well now we can say with a feeling of pride and certainty that it was either of the first 3 options (probably the ladyboy as they seem to be ever increasing on the beach) because the bins ARE CLEAN. One would think, a thing that will not happen again for the next 4 to 5 years. So if you want to enjoy a de-smellified environment and be part of this once in a lifetime experience get down to the beach tonight and enjoy - it won’t last.