Pattaya || The City of Fun || life with kiran

For some people who don’t like bar girls, visiting #Pattaya might seem like a strange decision to make. But honestly it’s something I’d love to do again in the next occasion.

pattaya-the city of fun

Welcome to my blog post www.lifewithkiran.com After our #phuket visit at around 2.30 pm we reached Pattaya airport. from there we boarded another cab for hotel. #Pattaya is like those small "gallis" in GOA. We were thinking like we are in GOA. just one thing is that..there is lot of traffic and one ways... it took almost 1.5 hr to reach hotel. Hotel was really good and up to expectations centara pattaya.

Hotel centara pattaya

we haven't had anything since morning ..after an hour we went out to eat something ..there is mall just opp to hotel...with MacD and KFC..we had burger there. Now our stomach's are full and we didn't have anything in our itinerary today. We called up "Alex"..and surprisingly he had booked a local show tickets for us.. he send his own car for pickup and drop..really it was great hospitality from him. We paid 600 bath per head for "#Alcazar #show" 1 hr....missed to take photos though..it was nice start to trip.

we came back to hotel at around 9:00 pm...and immediately went out for diner. searching for good food i desperately wanted to eat Indian food. We started walking in search of Indian restaurant and simultaneously enjoying night life in Pattaya. Its almost like GOA but bit more free and full of lights. Thai massage parlors are after every 2 shops. People are standing at every corner to saying "Boom Boom".... also lot of big open restaurants with live music and performance..DJs...snooker.. almost like GOA..again..but different environment and crowd.

pattaya street

We were walking through internal roads search of Indian food..exploring night life in pattaya...it was almost 1.5 hrs we were walking and didn't found any Indian restaurant yet and also don't know how to reach hotel. Really it is difficult to travel in Pattaya and if you are planning to explore by your own..keep map handy. Luckly we had one with us..and we came back near hotel..there we found one Punjabi boy..inviting to his restaurant..and finally we found an Indian restaurant. I started talking to him in Punjabi... hehehe....its really good to understand and speak different languages..it can be useful at any time. Normally you may not talk to any unknown people but when in different country you automatically found that "Ajnabi" as someone of your friend :D. We had nice "Chiken Tikka Masala" and " Roti"...it was good but my wife had vegetarian food. and rates are same as India but just in Thai Currency bath :P..so if you are expecting Thailand as cheaper then ..its not..rates are actually double for cloths or food.

After diner we started walking towards beach, it was around 10 mins from hotel..really beautiful and shining with lights..night market was also fully crowded ..exploring different things till 2 am

coral island pattaya

coral island pattaya-life with kiran

Next day early morning we had to go for "Coral Island" tour..at 7:30 we received a wake up call from reception. I got up..

we were ready by 9:00 am .. no time to take breakfast.. and tour operator was waiting for us..but still we had breakfast in just 5 mins..tour operator actually came to cafeteria to pick us...hehehehe...

Coral Island tour.. This was also worth and main thing is its included in package.. we reach Island after one hr speed boat ride thru deep blue see..

its an amazing experience...and in between there are some small deck created for water sports ...like Para sailing (500 bath), deep sea walk like Scuba diving (1200 bath) and speed boat ride.. we did all water sports .. it was really a good experience.... you are walking at the bottom of sea between corals and different type of fish.. amazing experience..."Zindagi na milegi dobara :) type...

Note: if you are planing to cover #water #sports try to book it in advance thru some local Indian tour operator or online if possible..that will be cheaper.. and also if you are planning to take speed boat ride..make sure that there is no damage in it..or else they will charge you for the same.. finally we reach coral Island..its a full white beach.. with clean blue water..beautiful... we relaxed there for some time..and headed back towards Pattaya for complimentary lunch. It was almost 1 hr ride thru speed boat..really very thrilling experience.....

water sports-pattya

After Coral Island tour and complimentary lunch..Our tour guide took us to Gems Jewellery factory...There was a nice show about making of gem stones, followed by factory of making gems and then actually Jewellery shop. Initially i was very tiered and feeling very sleepy but ride was very exciting which changed my mood. Real stones were kept there unprocessed and processed.

All precious stones from entire world was prsent there Diamonds, Emeralds, Topaz, Ruby, Sapphires, Garnet, Opel, Jade, Tourmaline, Pearl, Zircon..etc. It was really a very nice experience to visit that store...If you are going with your wife..then definitely be prepared to spend because its really attractive.

gems gallery pattya

Most of good Jewellery was above 20000 bath. They treated us like VIP. While leaving they gave us complimentary drinks and drop to hotel also. Very good hospitality. Obviously our guide must have got commission for this, but anyways we didn't had anything on our itinerary and it was good experience and that too free of cost :)