The urban myth that Pattaya beach is "dirty"

[socal]

[quote=Loy Toy;1861743]

Never understand why people complain about the beach

Have you ever walked along that beach?

This is Pattaya water

raw sewerage etc, there isn't

Wrong.

Did the treatment plants get bombed ?

[Loy Toy]

I'm responding to danlo, not you socal.

Your beyond hope I'm afraid.

[nidhogg]

[quote=socal;1861779]

Never understand why people complain about the beach

Have you ever walked along that beach?

This is Pattaya water

Nice try. But that is Koh Lipe in Satun province. That island does have a beach called "Pattaya beach" - but thats not what this thread is about.

[nidhogg]

No No, say it ain't so!!!

Raw sewage spilling into walking street - surely not!

City slow to react to sewage problem on Walking Street - Pattaya Mail - Pattaya News, Communities, Opinions and much more...

and even a vid:

[Cujo]

[quote=nidhogg;1861814]

Never understand why people complain about the beach

Have you ever walked along that beach?

This is Pattaya water

That island does have a beach called "Pattaya beach" - but thats not what this thread is about.

It's that Pattaya beach he has been talking about all along don't you know.

[socal]

No No, say it ain't so!!!

Raw sewage spilling into walking street - surely not!

City slow to react to sewage problem on Walking Street - Pattaya Mail - Pattaya News, Communities, Opinions and much more...

and even a vid:

Tied with Vancouver now for sewage spills.

[Carrabow]

No No, say it ain't so!!!

Raw sewage spilling into walking street - surely not!

City slow to react to sewage problem on Walking Street - Pattaya Mail - Pattaya News, Communities, Opinions and much more...

and even a vid:

Tied with Vancouver now for sewage spills.

Is this what you were talking about?

[Agent_Smith]

It's that Pattaya beach he has been talking about all along don't you know.

Ah, the old swithcheroo! Nice play Socal, I believed you were talking about that dirty, filthy, nasty beach just a couple hours outside Bangkok. All this time you were talking about completely different province several hundred kilometers away...

Please clarify these things, in the future and you will avoid much ridicule.

[socal]

It's that Pattaya beach he has been talking about all along don't you know.

Ah, the old swithcheroo! Nice play Socal, I believed you were talking about that dirty, filthy, nasty beach just a couple hours outside Bangkok. All this time you were talking about completely different province several hundred kilometers away...

Please clarify these things, in the future and you will avoid much ridicule.

I did an image search "Pattaya Beach water" and that is what came up. The caption under the photo is "Paddle boating around the calm waters of Pattaya Beach"

Maybe the guy was wrong but here is another one.

[Cujo]

It's that Pattaya beach he has been talking about all along don't you know.

Ah, the old swithcheroo! Nice play Socal, I believed you were talking about that dirty, filthy, nasty beach just a couple hours outside Bangkok. All this time you were talking about completely different province several hundred kilometers away...

Please clarify these things, in the future and you will avoid much ridicule.

I did an image search "Pattaya Beach water" and that is what came up. The caption under the photo is "Paddle boating around the calm waters of Pattaya Beach"

Quite honestly Socal, if you thought that was Pattaya beach, Pattaya, you're either thick as bricks or you've never been to Pattaya.

[harrybarracuda]

Quite honestly Socal, if you thought that was Pattaya beach, Pattaya, you're either thick as bricks or you've never been to Pattaya.

I suspect he's both.

[Agent_Smith]

I did an image search "Pattaya Beach water" and that is what came up.

you're either thick as bricks or you've never been to Pattaya.

Yes, now I'm suspicious, too. Socal, have you ever been to Pattaya - down to the beach - in person?

[OhOh]

Leftover Labor Day Trash, Feces May Taint LA Water Supply

"LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Labor Day may have come and gone, but leftover trash and waste in one of the Southland’s biggest parks has left local campsites filthy and could even be contaminating your drinking water.

As much as 30,000 pounds of refuse was found in just one canyon of the Angeles National Forest in the wake of the holiday weekend, according to park officials.

KCAL 9′s Kara Finnstrom reports a small group of U.S. Forest Service workers and volunteers are still trying to make a dent in the amount of Labor Day litter.

Nathan Judy of the U.S. Forest Service said the concern is not just with trash this that ends up alongside roads and in campsites — it’s also the trash that ends up clogging up the San Gabriel River.


“Approximately 35 percent of L.A.’s drinking water comes from this river,” said Judy. “To pollute it up here where it begins is a travesty.”

While the city’s drinking water is filtered below, volunteer river watchers also monitor bacteria levels to assess just how much damage has been done.

“The trash content, the feces content that’s in here is high,” said Judy.

So Judy — who knows his small brigade is not enough to tackle this growing problem alone — is educating and recruiting younger park visitors in the hopes they can make a difference.

But after the mess from last weekend, Judy is just trying to keep the faith.

“It’s heartbreaking when you pick it up and it comes back the next weekend,” he said."

That is the pollution you can see, the underlying bacteria count will be increased due to the inadequacy of the waste water system to cope. Bottled water only in CA.

[OhOh]

Stomach bug could end Thames charity swim by David Walliams - Telegraph

"The Little Britain star, 40, was falling behind schedule after becoming "very poorly" with a high temperature, vomiting and diarrhoea. Doctors were constantly assessing his condition to see if he has to abandon his 140-mile swim for the charity Sport Relief.

The comedian, who has already raised £200,000, said that the "Thames tummy" was making a hard task even harder. "This is already much harder than I thought it would be – but this Thames tummy I've got is making the task seem incredibly difficult and London seems a long way away," he said. "I always knew there was a risk that taking in the water could cause problems, but now it's happened it's still hit me really hard."

Walliams is three days into the eight day trip from Gloucestershire to London and reached the 50 mile mark despite his illness. But contact with the water, which contains bacteria such as E.coli, salmonella and hepatitis, has taken his toll and made it difficult for him to carry on.
He has dropped more than an hour from the schedule already. A spokesman for Sports Relief said: "He is ploughing on. He is swimming but he is not well. "It is a vicious circle. He doesn't want to eat anything but he needs to eat to refuel."

The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Walliams vs The Thames is being filmed for a documentary to be broadcast in the build-up to the Sport Relief weekend in March next year. Walliams, whose wife the model Lara Stone has been cheering him on, is no stranger to getting wet for a good cause – in 2006 he swam the Channel, raising £1 million in aid of Sport Relief. He has also swum the Strait of Gibraltar and last year cycled from John O'Groats to Land's End, also for Sport Relief."

[Cujo]

^ and ^^ . But what's that got to do with Pataya?

[sabaii sabaii]

^ and ^^ . But what's that got to do with Pataya?

Nothing, the same as this

[sabaii sabaii]

you're either thick as bricks or you've never been to Pattaya.

I remember Socal came to Bangkok this year, someone on here asked to meet him to play pool.

He was busy apparently

Socal, more shit than a farmers wheelbarrow

[OhOh]

^ and ^^ . But what's that got to do with Pataya?

Nothing, the same as this

A few hundred posts ago there was a discussion regarding whether Pattaya's "problem" was unique. Both these recent posts, by me, indicate other places in the world have similar problems.

So

[pickel]

A few hundred posts ago there was a discussion regarding whether Pattaya's "problem" was unique. Both these recent posts, by me, indicate other places in the world have similar problems.

Neither of the posts you mentioned refer to a tropical beach tourist destination though. And, Socal's point in the OP was saying that Pattaya beach isn't dirty.

[OhOh]

Neither of the posts you mentioned refer to a tropical beach tourist destination though. And, Socal's point in the OP was saying that Pattaya beach isn't dirty.

This topic has meandered more than the Thames. At some point there were discussions regarding the cause of the beach being dirty or not. There were also discussions regarding the possible consequences of polluted or "possibly" unpolluted water.

References to the severity of the Pollution were gauged against other "beaches" in other countries.

My two recent posts have illustrated that the causes of the "possible" pollution or consequences of actual water pollution are not only happening in Pattaya but elsewhere around the world.

If of course one should only highlight problems in Pattaya or Thailand, please let me and others know so that we will not include references to known similarities.

[Cujo]

Neither of the posts you mentioned refer to a tropical beach tourist destination though. And, Socal's point in the OP was saying that Pattaya beach isn't dirty.

This topic has meandered more than the Thames. At some point there were discussions regarding the cause of the beach being dirty or not. There were also discussions regarding the possible consequences of polluted or "possibly" unpolluted water.

References to the severity of the Pollution were gauged against other "beaches" in other countries.

My two recent posts have illustrated that the causes of the "possible" pollution or consequences of actual water pollution are not only happening in Pattaya but elsewhere around the world.

If of course one should only highlight problems in Pattaya or Thailand, please let me and others know so that we will not include references to known similarities.

The discussion is whether or not Pattaya beach is dirty.
Not whether other places are also dirty or the causes of pollution generally,
The discussion is specific. Pattaya beach.

[OhOh]

If you think that your outburst will have any affect on my posting then you are sorely misinformed.

Why don't you start a poll to get me jailed/banned/......

[Mykinos]

its blowing into winter now, give it a miss.

[socal]

you're either thick as bricks or you've never been to Pattaya.

I remember Socal came to Bangkok this year, someone on here asked to meet him to play pool.

He was busy apparently

Socal, more shit than a farmers wheelbarrow

That was towards the end of my trip. I was in Pattaya for the weekend but I had to run a girl back to BKK cuz she had to work on Monday. I should never have booked a trip that was less then 3 week long. So much to do, not enough time.

[socal]

A few hundred posts ago there was a discussion regarding whether Pattaya's "problem" was unique. Both these recent posts, by me, indicate other places in the world have similar problems.

Neither of the posts you mentioned refer to a tropical beach tourist destination though. And, Socal's point in the OP was saying that Pattaya beach isn't dirty.

Water quality in general is relevant to the topic.

Isn't dirty meaning no more dirty then any other beach then yes, I stand by that. Yet to hear somebody prove otherwise.