I went there on the 24th Nov, 2008 and scheduled to come back Malaysia on the 30th Nov, 2008.
It will take a long time for me to write story for the whole week. And, you know, I don't have much time for it. So, let's look at a few photos taken during my trip there....
This is Pattaya Floating Market, a new floating market located in Pattaya. See the photo on the right, see anything interesting? hahaha, take a look at the toilet sign.... :-)
This is a very nice place to go.... It is a grape farm, but the place is so so so..... There's a lake, lots of flower, and a wind mill..... it's a very large grape farm... oh, by the way, this place is called Silverlake. And, beside Silverlake is Khao Chee Chan, also known as Buddha Mountain, where a giant Buddha image lasered into the hill’s face.
Khao Chee Chan - Built in 1996 to commemorate King Bhumibol’s golden jubilee, the 50th anniversary of his accession to the throne, the King’s children with members of the department of Geological Resources and the nearby Asian Institute of Technology started the construction. Using American laser technology the image was carved into the sheer cliff in just two days, but It would take many months to fill the grooved image with the required gold leaf. The cost of the project is said to be over three million dollars.
This is the long-neck people village... This girl is only one of them.
This place called Walking Street, located in Pattaya. This is the most famous nightlife attractions to tourists. I think from the photos you can guess what inside the street....
Walking Street is a famous and vibrant part of the city located in south of Pattaya Thailand. It is a location that is well-known to many tourists visiting Thailand, and especially to the male visitors. It is also known as International Meeting Street. Walking Street runs from the Beach Road to the Bali-Hi Pier, and there are entrance arches at either end. The street is traffic-free at night (from 6:00pm).
Elephants...... just along the roadside... but the smell, aiyoh....
Wat Maha That in Ayutthaya
This is The Head of the Sandstone Buddha Image.
Wat Maha That is believed to have been made in 1374 during the reign of King Borom Rachathirat 1. The current name was given during the reign of King Ramesuan [ 1388 to 1395 ]. This wat was a royal monastery and the spiritual centre of the city. In the period 1610-1628 A.D. the main central prang collapsed, but was restored and heightened in 1633. It was restored and remodelled many times in the later Ayutthaya period, until it finally collapsed in 1904. Restoration work by the Fine Arts Department in 1956 revealed many artefacts including the relics of the Buddha once housed in the stupa, other Buddha images and votive tablets, now on display in other museums.
And, this is the the most interesting part......
Remember there's a riot in Bangkok sometime in November 2008 which cause the Thailand Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport to close????
And, I'm one of the victim..... The airport is closed... How to come back to Malaysia??
Sigh, after several calls to Malaysian Embassy, MAS office in Thailand, MAS office in Malaysia, and even calls to our Foreign Minister - at last, we managed to confirm a place in MAS flight on the 29th Nov, 2008.
So, we went to U-Tapao International Airport (temporary airport for international flights). Aiyoh, so many cars and people..... I can say that every inch of the airport was filled by human....
After long long time, and after squeezing here and there, at last we (my boss family and i), managed to get into the check-in counters area, and lastly into the boarding area.
We reached U-Tapao airport at about 3pm (our flight scheduled at about 7.55pm). However, after several hours wait and wait, we waited until 11pm..... and the MAS person-in-charge told us that the MAS plane has fly back to Malaysia without passenger.... because the plane cannot land... not enough parking space down there because many other airlines cannot find their passenger to board.
So, we were sent to a hotel for overnight stay, and sent us back to U-Tapao the next morning (aiyoh, not again...).
2nd day in U-Tapao seems a bit different, more organized. And, at last, we managed to get into plane at about 3pm.... after 24 hrs stranded, at last we were in the plane... yahoo!!! and we are in the MAS Airbus aircraft - big plane leh....
1. U-Tapao Internation Airport main entrance.
2. Can you find any place without human?
3. Some airlines sent ah kua there for entertainment... hehe... but too bad, they're outside, i'm inside... cannot see.
Do you know where is it? It's inside the boarding hall... full of rubbish... rubbish here and there....
1. see, that's me on the floor.... no place to sit mah....
2. the metal detector gate is falling down, falling down.... :-(
3. smoking area.... can imagine how many cigarettes being burnt?
At last, I'm in the aircraft!!!!!! Yes, I can go back to Malaysia liao...
and, i'm safe to Malaysia on the 30th Nov, 2008..... evening at abt 5.30pm.....
