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...expanding beach city and do suffer from some of the drawbacks of increased popularity, but victims of mass tourism we are not. Pattaya has one of the most diverse sets of expat residents and tourists of any Southeast Asian city. The diversity and open-mindedness that has attracted so many is ingrained in our city's heritage. From the local seafood vendors (who still sell seafood along the beach) to the luxurious foreign restaurants across the street, Pattaya is a unique crossroad of cultures...
...African politicos, meanwhile, gave speeches so uninspired, tedious, and off-topic that they visibly embarrassed many of the expat participants. “The Special Advisor to the Honourable Minister of Tourism and Modernisation of the Capital City,” whose title was announced in full ad nauseum, gave a speech that embodied the tenor. The only time this man lit up was a one-paragraph run (out of what must have been a 50-page speech) where he named some of Ghana’s many problems, hinting that blacks in the diaspora could help out a little...
...mannequin's hand poking through the ceiling, for one). Everyone seems to pass through - even the county chief has dropped in for a beer and a game of pool. THE RAVEN With jazz and coffee in the afternoons, and hip-hop and martinis in the evenings, this expat-owned bar, tel: (86-887) 828 9239, is Zhongdian's trendsetter. THE TREEHOUSE Under Tibetan-Hawaiian management, the laid-back Treehouse, tel: (86-887) 823 1296, is an ideal place to sip tea and snack on sunflower seeds while warming your toes beside a wood fire. HAZEL BAR Run by a former...
...RAVEN With jazz and coffee in the afternoons, and hip-hop and martinis in the evenings, this expat-owned bar, tel: (86-887) 828 9239, is Zhongdian's trendsetter...
...show. Started in Japan, it has become a prime-time hit in Britain, not known for entrepreneurial zeal or money obsession. That, of course, is changing. The Brits are demonstrating that they can be as avaricious and rude as any Yanks. The VCs, who include Doug Richard, an American expat, even fight with one another. "You've just completely been a sly little s___," one excoriated another after getting burned...