Thailand is known for its greenery, the temples, the night life, the street food and the most important, the islands. I toured three places across Thailand within 15 days, when I visited this beautiful country back in 2015.
Pattaya was the first destination we arrived at straight after the 5 hours journey from Pakistan. The city was filled with tuk-tuks and kiosks on the sidewalks of the road. I toured to some amazing spots in Pattaya and here are the highlights.
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The Beach
The Pattaya beach was the most beautiful scenery. The shore was lined with up rafts and electric boats. Kids were swimming, adults were jet-skiing, and the risk takers were in the sky, parasailing. Soon after, my entire family and I climbed in a boat which rushed across the sea and took us to a spot in the middle of the beach where parasailing activities took place. There were at least six men around me who buckled me tightly to the ropes connected to the parachute. At that moment, my heart was racing but as soon as that boat took off and my feet were high above the wooden ground, I felt very ecstatic. The weather was windy, and I was about 300 feet up, but the ride only lasted for 3 minutes. The experience was amazing.
Next, the boat took us to the other side of the Pattaya beach where more activities such as scuba-diving, jet skiing and canoeing took place. The relaxing thing was everything was extremely safe, and the people in that area were friendly.
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The Markets
If someone gives you an option to shop in either Pattaya or Bangkok, go for Pattaya because not only you get variety, but it is also very cost saving. The stalls on the street made it easy for me to put a tick mark on the shopping list that I carried. The shops offered distinctive lamps to bohemian clothes and handbags. The hand-made pieces of jewellery were colourful and unique. It took my mom and I only minutes for shopping for our friends and families as we found everything nearby. If any of you are blank on what to buy for your loved ones, look out for mini pouches and elephant key chains. They are super adorable and very affordable.
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Ripley’s believe it or not and Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks
I know spending time in malls can be a little dull since they are all the same but not Royal Garden shopping mall. This mall located in Pattaya consists of two major attractions. We first visited Ripley’s believe it or not. This museum was fascinating and equally creepy. It displayed haunted dolls, world’s tiniest man, world’s tallest man and it featured a lot more things from the show. Next, we were required to sit on a ride which took us inside a haunted house, and we had to shoot the famous serial killers with a gun to score points. I found the ride extremely entertaining, and I have to say, it’s fun killing bad guys.
Moving on, we then went to visit a Thai version of the iconic Madame Tussauds, a place filled with wax figures of celebrities. All the wax figures were divided between nine zones: Pop Stars, Chamber of Secrets, British Royalty, Political & Humanitarian Leaders, Horror Den, Batman & Friends and Celebrates in Character.
PS. The Jason and Freddie wax figures scared the life out of me.
That was the end of my journey in Pattaya. No doubt, Pattaya is a spectacular destination. After a sad goodbye, we continued our travel to the capital city of Thailand. Find out more in my next post.
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