Hands of bananas and a banana blossom

I took this photo at a beach front restaurant in Pattaya, Thailand. The restaurant is on Beach Road in Pattaya Central and their tropical garden is like an eye candy for passersby. I took this photo in the middle of September, and I was so impressed viewing hands of bananas and its large banana flowers near a cute white replica of Manneken Pis. By the way, banana blossom salad is called ยำหัวปลี in Thai term. Yep, it's edible, and it's yummy. Anyway, I was using this photo as my blog's title image for a long time. Today I've changed the title image, so put this photo in a post.

กุ้งผัดบร็อคโคลี่

The photo shows กุ้งผัดบร็อคโคลี่ which I had at my hotel's on-site restaurant in Pattaya, Thailand. It looks good, doesn't it? กุ้งผัดบร็อคโคลี่ could be translated into English as stir-fried broccoli with prawns. Since Pattaya is known as a beach resort city in central Thailand, having their fantastic seafood recipes is one of the most important must-dos during vacation. So I did, and will do. กุ้งผัดบร็อคโคลี่ is one of my favourite seafood recipes, so I was really happy having that yummy one with cold bottles of Singha beer.

BOGOF

I took this photo in Pattaya, Thailand. It's always so much fun to walk around the city while checking out some specific topics. It was on the second day of my last trip to Pattaya, and I was walking around Central Pattaya and South Pattaya to make a decision where I would go for drink and eat during my trip. I was just personally comparing between some places looked fairly new and some places I've been to and satisfied during my previous trip to Pattaya. The Happy Hours ad board in front of Cadillac Cafe Bar was really tempting. BOGOF, except for wine. Also, the place itself looked super cool. It's located right on Pattaya Beach Road, Central Pattaya.

Sit on the edge of my seat at Tiffany's Show

I'm in Pattaya, Thailand right now. Yesterday, the city had gotten quite a shower in the morning, but the heavy rain didn't last for a long time. Everything is perfect and it's so much fun being here. Last night I went to watch Tiffany's Show in North Pattaya. Tiffany's Show is one of the very popular Pattaya city's attractions, and is also a very famous must-see. Tiffany's Show is described as a transvestite cabaret show, but not only that. There, I could see a lot more than that. The show was very well considered entertainment performance. I was kinda sitting back before the thick curtains were unveiled, but right after the show had started, I was definitely sitting on the edge of my seat and it lasted until the end of the show.

ผัดผักบุ้งผัดไก่

I'm in Pattaya, Thailand right now and the photo shows ผัดผักบุ้งผัดไก่. One of the dishes of my last night's dinner. ผัดผักบุ้ง is like a stir-fried tropical vegetable, and is a very popular food here in Thailand. It's my favourite too. Yesterday, Ihad ผัดผักบุ้ง for lunch as well, so for dinner I ordered slightly different one. ผัดผักบุ้งผัดไก่ is like a stir-fried tropical vegetable with chicken. I ordered one more dish and a bottle of Singha, of course with some ice cubes. It was a very nice dinner at a local eatery on Pattaya Sai 3 Road.

Pink fridge is here in my hotel room

The photo shows pink fridge in my hotel room. I'm in Pattaya, Thailand right now. I've heard or read an article somewhere else about colourful electronic products in Thailand. If my memory is correct, white electronic products are worst popular here in Thailand, and people tend to choose other than white. I don't remember who told me about that, or which article I've read, though. Viewing this pink fridge, it reminds nods me of that story. What's inside? 3 cans of Singha and some flavoured milk.

I'm in Pattaya, right under the ceiling fan

I'm in Pattaya, Thailand since last night. Right now it's around 4 am and the temperature is 29 degrees in Celsius. According to a weather website, the temperature reaches 31 degrees today. 2 more degrees in the daytime. My hotel room has AC, plus a fantastic fan on the ceiling. Not to mention it is so confortable laying down under the tropical ceiling fan. It's 4 am, but I woke up without any tiredress. Might it mean that I still can't fix my jet lag or something? I think have plenty of time to take another power nap before breakfast eateries will be getting ready to start their business.

Viewing Jomtien from Pattaya Park Tower

I took this photo six or seven years ago in Pattaya, Thailand. The photo shows a view of Jomtien Beach from Pattaya Park Tower. Pattaya Park Tower is the tallest structure in Thailand and is 240 meters tall. At that moment I was viewing that view near the top of the tower while I was enjoying to have buffet lunch at their revolving restaurant. Since the restaurant was a revolving restaurant, I could view a lot of different faces of Pattaya city from above. The photo shows Jomtien area and its beach. Jomtien Beach is located a few kilometre-south of Pattaya beach.

Look down the tropical garden

I took this photo in my hotel's balcony in Pattaya, Thailand in September 2015. The hotel was located on Soi Buakhao (Thai: ซอยบัวขาว) and my room was on the second floor. I loved to view that kind of tropical garden-ish settings from my balcony, so I enjoyed it so much. The swimming pool over there looked like a hidden oasis for only a selected few. Also, I could view a lot of tropical plants included some banana trees with a hand of bananas. I realised that there was a tiny visitor in my balcony, it had beautiful semi-transparent wings.

Sticky rice in a basket

The photo shows Thai sticky rice (Thai: ข้าวเหนียว, Pronounce: Khao Niao). I took this photo at a very nice eatery on Soi Chaloem Phrakiat 25 (a.k.a. Soi Chaiyapoon) in Pattaya, Thailand. When I stayed in a hotel on Soi Buakhao in September 2015, that eatery was my usual breakfast place. It's been decided from my first bite. My up-coming trip is 4 days away. I'm gonna stay in a hotel on Soi Buakhao, so hopefully I can go back to that eatery on Soi Chaloem Phrakiat 25 from the 2nd day of my trip. For breakfast, of course.

Featured sculpture of Suvarnabhumi Airport

I took this photo at Suvarnabhumi Airport (a.k.a. Bangkok International Airport, Thai: ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ, หรือ สนามบินสุวรรณภูมิ) in Bangkok, Thailand, and this is one of my most favourite photos at Suvarnabhumi Airport (I'm using this photo as a desktop wallpaper on my iPad mini for quite a long time). Always at Suvarnabhumi Airport, always right after getting through the immigration, I saw a tall and large very Thai sculpture. The sculpture is in the area where is mostly busiest at the airport, and it's like a featured sculpture so it's very popular and always being surrounded by a lot of passengers. Under that crowded circumstances, this is my best photo so far.

T minus 7 days and counting

I took this photo in Pattaya, Thailand in March 2014. That time, I stayed in Pattaya for about three weeks and enjoyed the city itself,  delicious Thai cuisine, the fantastic weather, shopping, and everything so much more than my expectations. I will revisit Pattaya, in the middle of next week and will stay in Pattaya for 4 nights and 5 days. I booked my flights to and from Bangkok, Thailand and made a hotel reservation about two weeks ago, and since then I'm counting down the days to my departure. T minus 7 days and counting!

ยำกระเพาะหมู

The photo shows ยำกระเพาะหมู which I ordered at a popular local eatery in Pattaya, Thailand. ยำกระเพาะหมู is kind of like a Thai salad with pork tripe. If it's summer, and also if it's around 17:30 to 18:30 as temperatures slightly drop, but it's still hot, you might want to grab a cold one with some appetiser, in that case, ยำกระเพาะหมู is the best choice. Pork tripe has a unique texture, so if it's cooked as salad, it'll come to a variety of textures. ยำกระเพาะหมู and Thai beer are a match made in heaven, the hot temperature is the icing on the cake.

Hello, Mr., I'll see you next month.

I took this photo in front of Mickey D's Central Marina Branch in North Pattaya, Thailand. Central Marina is a fairly new shop, eat and drink district in North Pattaya, formerly known as just Central or Central Centre. Central Marina is a super cool place where I'll definitely go back during my up-coming trip in May. I'll go back there to shop (I'm 100% sure), and probably to eat and drink (now I'm still thinking, though). There are so many nice eateries and sports bars all over Pattaya, Thailand, so it may take some time to decide where to eat, where to drink, where to have fun.

Soi Post Office

The photo shows a view of hectic Pattaya Soi 13/2, a.k.a. Soi Post Office in South Pattaya, Thailand. Thai word Soi means street in English term. This street is known as Soi Post Office, just because there is a post office. Pretty simple. If you come from Pattaya Second Road, the post office is on the right, and if you walk pass the post office, you'll hit Pattaya Beach Road. Many kinds of eateries, pubs, massage parlours, and then some are lined up on the both sides of this street. Not to mention street view looks so different during the day and at night.

A stall on Soi Bua Khao

I took this photo in Pattaya, Thailand. When a walking along Soi Bua Khao (Thai: ซอยบัวขาว), I found a stall where I could buy my favourite Naem Yang (Thai: แหนมย่าง). Naem Yang is like grilled minced pork with a slightly sour taste. A very yummy food. So I asked to grill two of them. While I was waiting my Naem Yang were well grilled, I asked to take a photo of the stall. Everything looked yummy, and the grilled Naem Yang was absolutely delicious. My next trip to Pattaya has been confirmed, and I'll stay at a hotel on Soi Bua Khao. I can't wait to go back there.

My next trip has been confirmed

I took this photo in my hotel room in Pattaya, Thailand in September 2015. Last night, I managed to complete flights reservation to and from Bangkok, Thailand in the following month. I'll fly with Thai Airways International, my favourite airline company. My next trip will be from May 03, 2017 to May 07, 2017 and my destination will be usual Central Pattaya, Thailand. I booked a room at a hotel on Soi Buakhao. The hotel is where I've stayed three times during my past trips to Pattaya, Thailand. I took this photo during my last stay in the same hotel.