Jomtien Beach was also a favoured destination for locals, foreign tourists and the hoards of Bangkokian day trippers looking to take a well deserved day off to celebrate my birthday usual called Labour Day no doubt in respect to my mother who spent many hours in labour on this day many many moons ago. Parking was plentiful on the Jomtien Beach Road up to about 8am when the tour buses started arriving en-mass.
There were plenty of deck chairs vacant as the beach boulevard became paved with thousands of straw mats and som tam, Singha and seang som parties. Gaggles of giggling kids headed to the waterline with their rubber rings and frolicked in the frothy foam of this pristine Thailand beach destination.
Beach vendors had a jackpot day selling more shrimp, crabs and sticky rice in an hour than they would in a normal day. With prices mysteriously higher than normal for this day a subtle change could be seen in the early evening as the tourist mats disappeared to be replaced with numerous beach side parties occupied by the beach vendors who had had a long and weary day and needed a beer or two or three to wind down.
