Two tourist attractions in Pattaya
Wat Yannasanwararam
In general, I have nothing against tourist attractions or souvenirs. In both cases you can let your own taste be decisive.
Thai temples have been characterized by a high degree of kitsch for several hundred years. This kitsch, however, is so consistently and tastefully executed that the whole thing is extremely graceful and, to me, a delight to the eye.
Because I write exclusively for pleasure, there are hardly any negative elements in the many stories that have been published. Today an exception. A description of two tourist attractions, one just rubbish, the other always a pleasant sight.
Floating MarketPattaya
Today an experience that does not need to be shared. Due to circumstances I had not yet visited the Floating Market of Pattaya. This market is located on Sukhumvit Road towards Sattahip, just past Chayapruek Road. It is an extensive souvenir market, where you really can't find anything that you don't find everywhere in souvenir shops. With the big difference that normal souvenir shops or markets are a bit easier to access. The inconvenience of this market is that it has been thought to place all the stalls in the water. One big nonsense, where I would not like to show visitors around. Leave this to buses full of Japanese people.
Wat Yannasanwararam
The Chinese museum on the grounds of the Wat Yannasanwararam remains a worthwhile collection of knick-knacks. Every year, new objects are donated by wealthy Chinese, ensuring their peace of mind. For photographers a feast for the lens of the camera. Together with the gigantic Buddha against the mountain, a must for friends and acquaintances who come to visit.
Although the floating market is "bland crap", it runs like a train with busloads of Thai, Chinese, Japanese and some more tourists. The owner does a good business and it's not overly expensive shopping and for a tourist it's quite fun.
Chang Noi
In January of this year we went to the floating market in Pattaya. It is indeed nice if you have never seen a floating marker, but also no more than fun. We went to the Damnoen Saduak floating market a year earlier and if you make a comparison, the market in Pattaya is a poor substitute. At the end of this year we will be in Bangkok for the first week of the holiday and will definitely visit a floating market in the city, but hope that it looks more like that of Damnoen Saduak than that of Pattaya. If anyone else has any tips, I'd love to hear them.
The floating market is nice for tourists, but no more than that. I went to see it myself out of curiosity and found it mediocre compared to the Damnoen Saduak. Oh well, for the Russians, Chinese and so on, it's a nice alternative to lying on the beach all day.
Wat Yannasanwararam, on the other hand, is highly recommended. It is very photogenic and also interesting to look at.
Tourists like a lot, but the tour operators like it even more. Another destination in the program that costs them nothing, just like the many temples!
The tour operators will undoubtedly get a commission for it if they arrive with buses full of tourists who walk around for an hour and spend money 😉
Will be no different at the temples…
How annoying are you doing now. Let everyone decide for themselves what they like. I find the article an annoying piece, because that is just the opinion of 1 person.
I have been to the Floating market twice in the last two years and just thought it was nice to walk through. I also already have two of the Chinese temple
visited once because you don't absorb everything in one go. It was fun too, even the second time. And to say that Pattaya is a poor copy of Damnoen Saduak is not acceptable to me. Don't put up with each other so much. Damnoen Saduak there is more water Ok, but for the rest the articles all remain the same and also very touristy. All Thailand goers, just like all of you, whether you live there or come often (not like me). We all went to Thailand for the first time and still stood in line for all the attractions. (I can already hear the big boys saying I don't hear it!!!!) Nope.
Why is it nice for buses, Japanese, Chinese, etc. Did you know that Floting market in Pattaya is visited by many Thai people.
Why this matcho behavior here on the Blog? Even Hans Bos participates in it. WHY ?? Be happy that Pattaya is doing something in terms of attractions.
Macho? Why is it macho to take a critical look at tourist traps? Hua Hin now has two, in an area where the soil can hardly hold water. In addition, Hua Hin never had a floating market and became two because the operators reportedly got into a fight. That's what I call macho...
@Ruud
Because you refer to my statement of weak imitation, I feel addressed. If you say that they are not much inferior to each other, I honestly wonder if you have ever really been to Damnoen Saduak. It is indeed touristy there. I will be the last to deny that, but besides the articles that can also be obtained in Pattaya, there are many other things available such as fruit, tasty dishes such as soup, snacks, etc., which you will find in Pattaya (certainly not in that variety).
And yes, we are often at the "tourist attractions" when you come somewhere you have not been before. But we do try to go on our own and not with an organized trip, so we always have the opportunity and also consciously take it to visit other interesting places that we find out through contacts with the local population.
So macho? in our eyes certainly not, but a sincere opinion about taste, atmosphere and quality. And well-intentioned advice should always be welcome. No one always knows everything and has to make choices. There are also visitors here who (can) only go to Thailand for a short time and they often get a travel plan based on the experiences of others. So think about that too. Someone who sees quality is more likely to come back than someone who only encounters manufactured entertainment.
Jan Willem
We agree on a lot of things, but I immediately thought it was such a grumble. Taste, atmosphere and quality I know all about. And everyone thinks their opinion is sincere. Me too. And I have been to Damnoen Saduak twice. And fruit, tasty dishes such as soup, snacks, etc., as you mention, I also ate and drank in Pattaya.
Yes, I also go on my own, but that is not the difference. You arrive at the same place as when you go there by bus. And yes, I also see what I can find among the local population and that is often very pleasant. I actually enjoy Thailand, the places that I sometimes think I visit alone (this is not true of course), but the tourist who comes to Thailand for the first time should not immediately warn you about these attractions that we are talking about. to have. Hans Bos talks about critically examining tourist traps. Well, it's like that everywhere. In the Netherlands too. People want this, otherwise it would never be so busy there. Let them !! And what one person finds beautiful, another doesn't like. One loves the mother and the other the daughter. And some of both. Sorry the word macho isn't that bad. Macho also means tough. Smile again and don't have a short fuse.
Have you ever been to “the sanctuary of truth”, which is really worth it, a tourist attraction that is worth seeing.
The temple has its own website, just google it if you want to know more about it.