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Home » Reader Submission » Ban Amphur beach has turned into a jungle! (reader submission)
Ban Amphur beach has turned into a jungle! (reader submission)
The most beautiful beach between Pattaya and Sattahip, namely the one in Ban Amphur, has apparently turned into a jungle. The beach no longer exists and hundreds of trees have been planted theret.
The area on the left is off limits and the toilet block has been partly demolished! Faded glory, what a disaster, I was shocked when I arrived yesterday. That was news to me, maybe to many readers of TB too?
I am very sad and I do not understand this metamorphosis! What on earth possessed the Municipality to close the most beautiful and largest beach here?
Submitted by Paco
Fortunately, not everyone has to have the same vision.
Isn't it nice that the beach is being given back to nature?
It is bad enough that overpopulation is increasingly taking over natural resources. If you do the opposite now, it's not good again. But all this is, of course, a matter of debate.
Yes, that was a slap in the face for me too. Dead and faded glory. It was often packed. One of my favorite restaurants is right there on the corner, where the fishing boats come in. But now closed and apparently no longer in use. Was always cozy and full of life, child-friendly playground and last year quiet with food on the beach. The locals won't be happy either. Now tree lovers can go there. Even that restaurant just to the south in the bend with those three floors and great sea views was closed and deserted and possibly no longer in use. A lot has to make way for the big money is my estimation.
Totally agree with Paco. Was always a favorite place for me to go with visitors from NL.
Enjoy a whole day out, eat there on the beach and the visitors could sunbathe and swim.
Where should we go now….
The total coastline of Thailand is 3.219 km, beach enough I think?
Dear Khan Peter,
this is a very justified comment, but do you know what an effort this requires from people, who came from 10.000 km away, and now have to go 1 km further to be able to sit on a beach? That is really insurmountable. The inaccessibility of this newly constructed 'jungle forest' is there to protect the young plants against the destructiveness of the drunken tourists. The photos clearly show that it was built to be opened later. There is even a beautiful walking path built in it. So big panic and negative comments for nothing and yes, whatever is done, it is never good for some people.
Beautifully and delicately replicated Lung addie.
And indeed, the intention is to create plenty of natural shade here for beach guests in the future.
Only short-stay tourists prefer beaches full of hideous parasols. Short-stayers sometimes imagine themselves a few degrees more northerly and prefer to sit in the full sun (after all, they have to show their tropical holiday bronze at home in three weeks).
Of course they only do that once, but that would not have been possible in a beach jungle…
I also think the redesign is very successful.
Color
Right Jacques, a beach packed with polluting tourists, umbrellas and beach chairs is much nicer.
Just look around the tourist cities. Full of gigantic buildings, loud bars and arrogant traders looking to rake in as much money as possible. I know what I like better, but everyone has their own choice as far as I'm concerned.
Indeed, finally something that goes against the concreting. Finally something other than those horrible skyscrapers they put up everywhere on the coasts. Just enjoy the natural environment.
Yes Kris,
You put the finger on the right wound!
I think that the right environmental people and landscape architects have been working here to create a beautiful beach for the future.
No half-painting umbrellas and rickety folding chairs underneath, but a natural-looking beach, where more families and tourists will come in the future.
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Dear Kris, I am also a nature lover and yet I have mixed feelings about this stretch of beach. Especially now that the restaurants are out of business.
We had been coming there for years and it was cozy and only very busy with Thai people on set (weekend) days. Fewer and fewer foreigners came and the pollution also came with them. I'm not against change, but communication could have been better. It was one of the few stretches of beach where you weren't harassed by peddlers and beach vendors.
But what is the purpose of this tree planting, because the experts can be found here on this blog. And in the shade in your swimming trunks on the beach with a mat or towel is highly inadvisable, unless you prefer the injuries of vermin. Give me a decent lounger, because they were certainly to be found there. However, there are plenty of other places where the beach bustle, for those who prefer this, still continues, I am aware of that.
For the key question asked in the article, maybe they wanted to create some more shade for those who still intend to go to the strip of sand that can still be accessed
I think it's absolutely beautiful. Be sure to take a look. Nice and shady and quiet. ♥️
Jungle? It looks more like a landscaped plantation. Anyone have any idea what kind of palms they are?
According to the Pattaya msil (August), new facilities should also be or be built,
Well,
When those new trees are in full leaf in 2 years and the supports are gone, you have a great shady place to put down a mat and talk about everyone (Thai's number 1) and then walk to the warer for a bit to swim (Thai's nr 99)
I was in Bangsean (Chonburi) last week and they really filled the entire beach with ugly umbrellas and folding chairs. Just horribly. That makes me sad.
What is being discussed here in this thread is just complaining for the sake of complaining. As far as I'm concerned, I think this is a wonderful achievement. The beach is not gone, on the contrary, it has now become a much nicer place. The Thai do not like the sun, now they have created a natural shady environment.
Can I agree… Only I think the sun lounger peddlers won't be happy about that, because now :
1/ Once those trees are fully grown, it will be difficult to fit their tables, chairs and umbrellas in between
2/ And as we know, those Thais don't like to take the cheese from between their bread, they can be very fanatical about that...
And let's hope the jet ski MAFIA stays away when the beach opens again!
I have lived in Ban Amphur for 8 years (I have been gone for 3 years now). I spent a lot of time on the beach, but right next to the Ocean Marina, which the masses of tourists don't know about. kHad those little bays to myself sometimes. There were also (new) devices to do a little fitness. And when I wasn't in the water of that bay or working on those devices, I strolled through the Marina several times, all the way to the end of the longest of the 2 piers. Beautiful memories…
When those trees are mature, it will probably be a huge crowd puller.
The rich people of Bangkok will queue to get a seat in the shade of the trees, because they really dislike brown skin.
Until then, it will probably remain off limits.
Think everyone can sit or lie Dirk TZT.
It is not recommended in my opinion, coconuts are more than a pain in the ass, so taking a nap in the half shade is not recommended.
Yes, it must of course be a coconut-giving palm tree.
There are plenty of palm tree species that don't produce coconuts.
We're going to experience it.
But, I assume the sea is still there? Then nothing is lost. The temporary closure will be to allow the young plantings to grow into something beautiful.
And isn't that layout great? Stretch a ribbon between four trees, put your mattress on it and you have your own little world. Isn't that what people like? No more quarrels with other world inhabitants who don't want you close and then shout 'Das hier ist mein Koil!'
No, this is going to be a beautiful thing. Also without 'Koil'.