Tag: Surat Mekavarakul
Mike Shopping Mall welcomes in Chinese New Year
Nine dragons and the Beijing Lion Show were featured at the Chinese New Year celebrations at the Mike Shopping Mall. The celebrations were...
Wat Chaimongkol Community receives larger office
The Wat Chaimongkol Community became the latest Pattaya neighborhood to receive a new community office, this one complete with massage services. Nine monks from...
Imaginations run wild as Eastern Seaboard celebrates Children’s Day
Imagination became reality for Eastern Seaboard kids as the area’s annual Children’s Day celebrations offered opportunities to play fireman, soldier and superhero. Pattaya Mayor...
Monks parade to mark promotion of Chaimongkol Temple abbot
Hundreds of area residents lined the street as a procession of monks paraded through Pattaya to herald the promotion of Chaimongkol Temple’s abbot. ...
59 hotels certified to offer clean, safe food in new Pattaya...
Fifty-nine Pattaya hotels have been certified as offering safe and clean food in the city’s new “Clean Food, Great Taste” campaign. The Amari Orchid...
ADB supports Joint Chamber meeting
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was one of the two sponsors of the latest joint chamber meeting, led by the Australian Chamber (AustCham), with...
GM Gang dine under the stars at Cape Dara
Cape Dara, the newest star on the hotel scene, played host to the GM Gang late last month when general managers and executives...
YWCA celebrates New Year … twice
The YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center celebrated the new year twice, both western and Chinese style. The YWCA invited members to the Cape Dara restaurant...
Chinese flavors at Cape Dara
Santana Mekavarakul (2nd right) cuts the ribbon to officially open the Ming Xing Chinese Restaurant at the newly opened Cape Dara Resort Pattaya....
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A strong Baht, who wins, who loses and why expats are paying attention
PATTAYA, Thailand - “The baht is strengthening.” It sounds like an ordinary line from an economic report. For expats living in Thailand, it is...
Pattaya authorities enforce sidewalk rules, ticket cars blocking pedestrian paths
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers cracked down on vehicles obstructing sidewalks, issuing a ticket to a white Honda Jazz parked on South Pattaya...
Pattaya bustles with festive cheer on Christmas Eve
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya came alive on Christmas Eve as tourists and locals flooded the city’s famous Walking Street, soaking up the festive atmosphere....
Foreign tourist injured in fight outside Jomtien beer bar in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand — At around 2:00 a.m. on December 25, police at Pattaya City Station were notified of a brawl with injuries in front...
Foreign tourists clash in street fight along Pattaya Beach over minor bump
PATTAYA, Chonburi — A street brawl between two foreign tourists erupted along Pattaya Beach, causing alarm among onlookers and disrupting the area’s normally festive...