Tag: pattayakids
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THE PATTAYA COMPASS: WHAT “SUCCESS” LOOKS LIKE TO A 12-YEAR-OLD
To macro-economists, Pattaya is a tourism hub. To the men on the internet, it’s a playground. To 12-year-old Wut, living in a crowded concrete box off Soi Ko Pai with six relatives, it is simply the only universe that exists. Wut just turned twelve. His father captains a wooden ferry from Bali Hai to Koh…
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THE SCHOOL GATES OF PATTAYA: THE ULTIMATE REALITY CHECK
If you want to understand the true social fabric of Pattaya, don’t look at the bars at midnight. Forget Walking Street, LK Metro, and the beach road. Instead, go and stand outside one of the local, unassuming schools around Naklua or Thepprasit at seven o’clock on a Tuesday morning. Living near these schools opens your…
