A fall in the property market
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:
September 6th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I don’t think this was a View Talay building but the low rise hotel that was being built in front of View Talay 3.
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September 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I think you are right. But View Talay is always a popular target!
September 11th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Did 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.
September 11th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Best day ever. Pissed me off because they weren’t even my photos!
September 11th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
well, shows you better stop messing around with some ironing board that floats and get out and cover the news!
November 26th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
[...] 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. [...]