Barry Kenyon

Initial feedback is warning against the widely-held assumption on social media that the padlocked Nashaa club fire was likely started deliberately. The nitery, strongly...

The virus pandemic has certainly turned up the heat on what Pattaya will look like in two or five years from now. Projections range...

The hope by Thai authorities that the final months of the year will lead to a flood of international Sandbox visitors in tourist-starved Pattaya...

Pattaya made the most of its new freedoms on day one of the government’s limited liberalization of red zone provinces.  The barbers and salons...

Apart from some crabapple expats, everyone wishes success to the proposed Pattaya Sandbox reopening on October 1. Under the plan, fully-vaccinated international tourists will...

Tired of staring at the bleak pics of what used to be Pattaya’s Walking Street? Spare a thought for the fate of its Cambodian...

The UK government’s decision to move Thailand from neutral amber to danger red in its idiosyncratic traffic lights travel system has doomed the immediate...

The government’s top health committee has taken the plunge. Sort of anyway. The CCSA (Center forCovid-19 Situation Administration) spokesman said the relaxation of some...

The UK’s latest revision to the traffic lights travel system has moved Thailand from neutral amber to danger red.  This means that from 0.400...

As the sun dips and before the 21.00 curfew kicks in, Jomtien promenade comes to life.  The lockdown restrictions still allow locals and expats...