Saturday 10 May 2008

Shopping Mall Next Door

Construction Update

Went for a walk along Pattaya Beach today. I wanted to take a look at the large shopping mall they are building next to View Talay 6, and take a few photos. Construction of Central World Pattaya has now reached a height of more than 50% the height of the View Talay 6 condominium building - and still growing.

Building Separation

I took a few photos from the beach side of the road and then crossed to take a shot showing the separation between the south-side of Central World Pattaya and the north-side of View Talay 6. As I mentioned in my previous post, this separation seems to be very small, and I wanted to get a shot to illustrate this.

No Photos!

Was a little surprised when site security guards started yelling at me. "No photo". I ignored them, squeezed off a few shots, and kept walking. Couldn't help wondering why they were so jumpy though.

Could it be that the separation is below legal requirement, and the developers want to minimise attention until the construction is completed - when it's too late for a complaint to reach the courts and stop construction?

Will post photos here as soon as I can get them uploaded.