Editor;
Re: Vendors applaud beach tree trimming (PM Friday, 24 August 2012). I used to go for walks the full length of the beach under those trees, which gave a modicum sense of being in an exotic place and some shelter from the sun beating down on you in already 34C air temperatures. The temperature of the sidewalks will be unbearable, impossible for barefoot beachgoers.
Pattaya is no longer on my list of places to go as a result of this final straw that broke the camel’s back – the (*) who sanctioned this merely forced tourists off the sidewalks in the day, killing the daytime street-vendor sales, and forced the “night” trade onto an unlit beach at night creating a more violent scenario for out-of-towners that will be out of the sight of passing traffic and pedestrians. It also looks like total crap now. Ask us next time!
Fred
