Last year a large hole appeared in Theppraya road, and a baht bus drove straight into it. Would have made an excellent photo if I had had a camera with me, but I didn’t. Since then, I have always tried to remember to take a camera with me wherever I go; and since then there has, of course been little of excitement to photograph.
This morning I am sitting at the polo club helping them choose from my too extensive collection of polo photos for their web site, and I get a call from an excited Nik. There has been an extremely loud crash and it appears that the second floor at the View Talay site has decided to join the first floor without asking permission, and the result is a mess. He is off with his camera to capture the scene, whilst I am sat 40 minutes away looking at pictures of horses. Bugger.
Apparently they were pouring large quantities of concrete onto the second floor when everything collapsed, creating a lake of wet concrete and a tangle of metal. Nobody killed, unless there is someone under the concrete lake they haven’t missed yet.
Fine photos courtesy of Nik:
Comments 🔗
2008-09-06| dancewatchers saysI don’t think this was a View Talay building but the low rise hotel that was being built in front of View Talay 3. dancewatchers.com
2008-09-06| Spike saysI think you are right. But View Talay is always a popular target!
2008-09-11| The Ghost saysDid you get a huge spike off this? I saw you put a link on Thai Visa and I put one on Pattaya Addicts, as well as my blog, of course.
Addicts and TV can bring a lot of referrer traffic. Best way to grow an audience.
2008-09-11| Spike saysBest day ever. Pissed me off because they weren’t even my photos!
2008-09-11| The Ghost sayswell, shows you better stop messing around with some ironing board that floats and get out and cover the news!
2008-11-26| From the Blogs: Protest Babes, Tinkertoys & Fatal Attractions at The FARANG Speaks 2 Much says[…] Pattaya Days explains what happened: Apparently they were pouring large quantities of concrete onto the second floor when everything collapsed, creating a lake of wet concrete and a tangle of metal. Nobody killed, unless there is someone under the concrete lake they haven’t missed yet. […]