点评:The sea surrounding this island is beautiful with clear turquoise and blue water and the sand is like powder particularly on Pattaya beach. The island itself is also beautiful but unfortunately very overcrowded with boats coming and going all day long. Walking street is manic at night with crowds of people and during the day is busy with motorbikes and trucks delivering goods. As a result it’s not pleasant to walk along. There are no roads as such so everything seemed congested with not enough infrastructure. When you walk around you find areas where rubbish bags are piled up which is an eye sore as obviously this little island has now got too popular and cannot cope with the amount of people. One of the locals told me that big fish used to come close to the beach but the boats have scared them away. The restaurants were not particularly good either with the exception of the elephant bar which was outstanding. At night every bar and restaurant was packed out. There are several beaches to walk to but sunset beach was nice and relaxing and not too busy which was nice. I enjoyed my stay there but it was not what I expected and I feel the cat is very much out of the bag.
翻译:环绕这座岛屿的海水清澈碧蓝,景色优美,芭堤雅海滩的沙子尤其细腻如粉。岛屿本身也很美,但可惜的是,岛上人满为患,船只来来往往,络绎不绝。步行街夜晚人潮涌动,热闹非凡;白天则摩托车和货车穿梭往来,熙熙攘攘。因此,漫步其间并不舒适。岛上没有真正意义上的道路,基础设施匮乏,处处显得拥挤不堪。漫步岛上,你会发现垃圾袋堆积如山,十分碍眼,显然这座小岛如今游客众多,已无法容纳如此庞大的人口。一位当地人告诉我,以前经常有大鱼游到海滩附近,但船只的往来将它们吓跑了。除了大象酒吧(Elephant Bar)之外,岛上的餐厅也乏善可陈,大象酒吧却格外出色。到了晚上,每家酒吧和餐厅都挤满了人。岛上有好几处海滩可以步行前往,其中日落海滩(Sunset Beach)环境优美,宁静祥和,人也不多,非常惬意。我在那里住得很愉快,但这与我的预期不符,而且我觉得事情已经完全败露了。