Where in the world is Patayya? Well it is much closer to the harbor of Laem Chabang than is Bangkok. So the bus ride was only 45 minutes each way. We were getting tired of long bus rides. And we wanted to take a good long walk not on the ship.
Patayya is a famous beach resort city. There are many fancy hotels along the beach along with 2 very large shopping centers. We walked more than 3 miles in one shopping center. The beach was crowded with sunbathers, boats and soooo many parasails. I couldn’t believe it to be safe with so many close to each other. This city is known for it’s night life. Supposedly the bars along the beach get real crazy at about 6 PM and that lasts all night until the sun comes up. There were a few crew members who confessed to going out after they finished serving dinner. They came back to the ship at 3:30 and served breakfast at 6. Good to be young!
We had dinner at the World Café and were joined at the normal table by Bob and Rose-Marie, our new friends from Canada. Unfortunately they disembarked so they were only available as a photo on my computer. We did have wine poured for them but we had to drink it. The rest of the table included several other friends from the group doing the entire Grand Pacific Cruise.
After dinner we went to the theater and watched a presentation of Thai dancing from a local Thailand dance Company.
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