D Eco Wellness Center Hotel Pattaya

Located in the Naklua Beach district of Pattaya and nearly a 6-minute walk from the massive temple “Sanctuary of Truth”, the 5-star D Eco Wellness Center Hotel features a sauna, a terrace, and a shared lounge. The hotel is placed 10 minutes’ drive from Monster Aquarium, and provides guests with a Jacuzzi, sauna facilities, and an outdoor swimming pool. The restaurant at the D Eco Wellness Center Pattaya – Recommended Looking at – serves a buffet breakfast every morning. Pattaya Night Bazaar is approximately 3.8 km from the accommodation, while Na Kluea 18 is nestled 10 minutes away by car. Mikey’s Corner features European dishes, and is situated merely 550 metres away. Cultural sights in the area are Art in Paradise (2.4 km) and Bottle Art Musuem Museum (2.3 km). The nearby entertainment options include the arts Tiffany Cabaret Show Theater, which is about 2.3 km away. Also, you will find a microwave oven and an electric kettle provided. The property features 57 rooms with a balcony and a dining area, furnished with a writing table. These units offer views of the pool.

Now this is where many of the problems arise here in Pattaya.

These are the materials and base foundation that the road finishing is laid on. The procedure to comply to also isn’t implemented in Thailand road construction. To make sure this sub – base is constructed correctly you require specific machinery that they simply do not use here in Thailand. Once complete the sub base should be installed in layers of a specified maximum depth along with special membrane materials, and compacted to a specified strength, which is then tested using a compaction gauge. When constructing a heavily trafficked road the first objective is to excavate to a good sub virgin (or compact) sub soil. Before completing the sub base to finished height (ie the final layer) you would then install all underground services, being drainage, cable ducts (Thailand seems to not want these). Now this is where many of the problems arise here in Pattaya. Once any services are laid in place the void should be filled using a graded material and compacted to a specified target.

This simply isn’t done here and hence once the rains come the underground voids fill and subsidence occurs, meaning the road surface becomes under mined which creates all the pot holes we see and the breakdown of the road finishing surfaces. You will notice that many of the local roads are of two different types of surface, some being Tarmacadem (Tarmac) and others concrete. Both road surfaces hold their own advantages and disadvantages. My personal opinion for a country such as Thailand would be to use concrete. My reason for this is due to the climate, with tarmac decomposing quicker in high temperatures. Concrete roads are easier to repair, but in hand cost more in labour to install and take longer to install. In many cases the reason for installing one over the other potentially comes down to cost. Another major problem is the drain locations. Tarmac can handle traffic just hours after installation. I’m still amazed that the Civil Engineers designing and constructing the local roads seem to think that water travels up hill.

They place the drainage covers in the middle of the road as opposed to up against the kerb line and have the gradient of the road fall towards to drain covers. Many times when we see this is due to the road being widened after the original road had been constructed, but a simple solution is to create off set drainage at the road side kerb lines. Many of these over looked solutions may come down to expense, but in the long run, and like in most situations, trying to cut corners in the beginning lead to higher expense in the long term. Road maintenance can be a huge expensive for any local council, so to save money the job should be done properly in the first place. Most of the problems with drainage and flooding in Pattaya cannot be helped. A large section of the city ground levels are very close to the water table, or sea level, and most of the original infrastructure put in place when this was a quiet holiday town aren’t sufficient to cope with what the city is today.

Being a beach front resort makes it very difficult to go back and change the infrastructure as most of the beachfront areas are al now built out and there is no room or scope to upgrade that infrastructure to cope with the water usage and waste this city produces nowadays. One way to remedy this problem, which the UK implement very well are inner city water treatment works, where all the local waste and surface water is stored and reproduced as drinking or sufficient tap water. This would also solve many of the city water shortage problems in the hot seasons. So, where to go from here. But that’s another issue to discuss at a later date. I think the local City Hall should look into the way they constructed their roads here, and spend more time in planning. Overall the road construction, layout and infrastructure could be improved. Let’s hope that this high end beach resorts roads can take the expected increase in traffic that the local council expect over the coming years.