Beach Walks - Now & Then

[PeteC]

For the northern part maybe consider renting one of those small Thai fishing skiffs, similar to those in Buk's trip photos? Can't be that expensive even for two daily sessions, and you could cruise the shallows south to north and get some good photos. Take a friend or two and share costs.

Easier on the feet and shoes as well. Pete

[STEVE G]

I've just found the photo's that I took when the tide was very low and they were taken just after midday on the 14th July and looking at a set of tide tables for the year, the low tide for that day is shown as -0.10 at 11:43 which seems to be about the lowest of the year, the day after shows very slightly lower.

[Big Boy]

For the northern part maybe consider renting one of those small Thai fishing skiffs, similar to those in Buk's trip photos? Can't be that expensive even for two daily sessions, and you could cruise the shallows south to north and get some good photos. Take a friend or two and share costs.

Easier on the feet and shoes as well. Pete

Nice thought Pete, but the idea is to get myself walking again

[Big Boy]

I've just found the photo's that I took when the tide was very low and they were taken just after midday on the 14th July and looking at a set of tide tables for the year, the low tide for that day is shown as -0.10 at 11:43 which seems to be about the lowest of the year, the day after shows very slightly lower.

-0.10 - that must be lowest low tide I've seen .

I'll keep an eye on the tables, and try to find something much lower than today. In the meantime, I'll skip the Hilton to the Palace stage for now. I'll try again with the Palace to Queens Park leg soon.

[STEVE G]

-0.10 - that must be lowest low tide I've seen

I was curious about that myself and I've just had a look on the internet and that was something to do with the moon being at it's closest point to the earth and apparently around the 14th of July was an exceptionally low tide everywhere. I just happened to arrive down there at that time by chance and noticing the tide was so far out, I went for a stroll around under the pier.

[STEVE G]

Here is a view under the pier during a low tide.

[Big Boy]

Yes, I took similar photos on my previous venture North:

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[STEVE G]

I think I can see a new barnacle on the left that wasn't there in 2014!

[PeteC]

The wooden pier pillars are what interests me. What I'm used to from my youth along the EC of the USA are posts pressure treated with creosote. Can't mistake it with its sticky black appearance and odor which lasts for years and years. I think all those boardwalks and piers in those days used some species of pine, just like they used for telephone poles. They would last forever though with that creosote treatment.

These appear to be treated with nothing, and the colour reminds me of teak, but if they are pressure treated the colour could be from that. Some kind of Thai hardwood though for sure.

I assume they are anchored in some massive concrete blocks under the sand, probably all tied together somehow to prevent uneven shifting. Pete

[Dannie Boy]

The wooden pier pillars are what interests me. What I'm used to from my youth along the EC of the USA are posts pressure treated with creosote. Can't mistake it with its sticky black appearance and odor which lasts for years and years. I think all those boardwalks and piers in those days used some species of pine, just like they used for telephone poles. They would last forever though with that creosote treatment.

These appear to be treated with nothing, and the colour reminds me of teak, but if they are pressure treated the colour could be from that. Some kind of Thai hardwood though for sure.

I assume they are anchored in some massive concrete blocks under the sand, probably all tied together somehow to prevent uneven shifting. Pete

I believe that a common wood used in the piers in the West (particularly the USA) was Douglas Fir


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[Big Boy]

Conspiracy theories are forming.

After an aborted 7th leg of the walk, I moved on to leg 8, Palace to Queens Park this morning. So where does conspiracy theory come in to it?

Even though leg 7 was aborted, I walked a good 8 Km in my oldest pair of Crocs - absolutely no problem. Before todays walk, which is by far the shortest leg of the journey (just 2,000 footsteps round trip) the same Crocs were inspected again - they passed the test. These Crocs have walked on many beaches in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam over the years, without a glitch.

Today, I was 500 paces into my trip when I heard the familiar flop with every step. I looked down, and sure enough, yet another indestructible Crocs was on it's last legs. Today's beach was easy walking, and I didn't completely lose my sole.

Why have 3 soles dropped off indestructible Crocs (not including the repaired Croc) in 3 walks on Hua Hin beach? Is it just coincidence, and they're dying of old age, or it something more sinister ?

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[Big Boy]

3. Soi 77 to Marakesh

Continuing my journey South, I am still in dog walking territory, so know my way through here quite well.

photo 1

We start with a look South. Apart from a dirtier beach, the skyline looks very similar.

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Photo 2

Apart from me getting the camera angle wrong (spot the hopeless cameraman), this is still the same photo.

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Photo 3

This house still looked under construction or renovation back in 2014 – even in Thai time, it looks to have finished now. Surprising to see the palm trees still need support, 4.5 years on.

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Photo 4

Somebody has shut the door, but still basically the same photo. However, if you look closely, the level of sand has dropped considerably. Given the location of this expensive extension to the Intercontinental, I’m doubtful that it has been washed away by recent storms.

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Photos 5 & 6

Again, where has the sand gone? I’m fairly sure the building on the right of the 2nd photo now has a rooftop bar, but apart from that very similar. This is another hotel that benefits from nighttime viewing. At night, there are many open flame torches illuminating many parts of the hotel, and it really looks great, although full illumination by this method is quite rare.

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Photo 7

Another almost identical photo, but again a lot less sand.

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Photo 8

The entrance to Sailom Hotel. The massage tables have gone, and the access to where they were, well what can I say? A pile of rubble. Is this work in progress, or has a lorry just dumped a load of rubbish there? It looks pretty ugly, whatever is happening.

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Photo 9

The front of Sailom Hotel. When dog walking, I can honestly say this is my favourite bit of beach. It is by far the best bit IMHO on the Hilton to Takiab stretch. Very well floodlit at night, clean. usually pleasant music coming from the band, and always a busy restaurant.

If you compare the 2 photos, you might be able that they have put some of the restaurant area under cover now, including an air conditioned section.

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Photo 10

Obviously a beach café in years gone by, but the catering element seems to have been replaced by some sort of storage, and the associated umbrellas have move towards the sea a little.

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Photo 11

No change.

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Photo 12

Another distance view of the beach, a little dirtier, not so many people, but still the same skyline.

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Photo 13

Not much changed on this one either. The grey cubby hole where the guard sits has become a bit overgrown, but that’s about it. Interesting thing about that guard in his cubby hole is he has a very powerful searchlight that he uses to illuminate the way for beach walkers at night. He even used it to find our black dog who had scarpered after hearing a firework go off one night.

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Photo 14

A new lamppost at the end of the Soi here, And the red waste bins have been replaced by ugly, dirty blue.

Interesting thing about the 2018 photo is to the right of the steps you can see where recent rainfall has created its own channel to the sea as mentioned in part 2, where I was expecting to see something a lot worse at the end of Soi 75.

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Photo 15

When I first looked at the 2 photos, I thought same, same, but different. Just a bit of green stuff growing in front. Then I zoomed in on the signs, which seem to indicate some kind of First Aid advice, and then to the right there is a red post with a First Aid looking type of post on it. There is clearly something attached to the rear of this post. Finally, there’s what seems to be a load of small yellow buoys stringed together, attached to a larger pink buoy. What is all of this stuff? Is it connected? What does it do?

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Photo 16

Not much difference here, but much nicer with the flowers in bloom.

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Photos 17 & 18

The Beach House. I remember this place having a major refurb a couple of years ago after the 2014 photo was taken. It’s now closed for another refurb, with at least 1 year of work to be undertaken until completion. I’m assuming the picture at the entrance is what the new version will look like.

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Photos 19 to 23

The Marakesh. In the first photo, the drainpipe seems to be growing – maybe trying to reach the beach.

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Photo 20 has a couple of tent like features added. And the huge (what looks like) shade area in the front is no longer there.

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Photo 21 has had an outdoor shower added for after beach use.

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Photo 22 no change.

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Photo 23 not a good replication of the original photo, but the sign on which I wanted to line my photo up on was no longer there.

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Next week’s installment Marakesh to Barai.

[Thailightzone]

Conspiracy theories are forming.

I have strong evidence that the 2014 beach walk was faked, that you never set foot on the beach in 2014.

In order to beat a claim of the first beach walk by the rival Pattaya Forum, it was all photographed in a studio in the Mojave Dessert and covered up all these years by the CIA/NSA/FBI/KFC/TiT

- In your 2014 photos the shadows are all wrong, and where are the stars?
- The solar radiation levels at this location would produce unbearable temps.
- It is humanly impossible to pass through the Chinese Temples tide belt.
- There is no sand on the soul of crocs, only the upper layer, suggesting photoshopped image manipulation.

[Big Boy]

[Big Boy]

You cannot use super glue on something that flexes. A good contact adhesive, or I have used clear silicon on material like that. For sure the shoe man should be able the fix them.

or destroy them, as he did with mine sandals

Mrs BB took the blue pair in to be repaired this morning. The guy will glue them and stitch ( ) them. Stitch Crocs . Cost, 200 Baht, and pick up Monday.