Pattaya was fun back 20 years ago , now it’s completely over run with Indians & Russians , back over 20 years ago it was mostly Europeans & Americans & British , there was a nice laid back vibe to the place where people knew everyone in their own areas that you frequented like going down to you local pub basically , Chinese you’d only see them when the big busses would pull up & do their tour & buffet to eat that’s it they would never be see spending other than that where as like the rest of us it was out drinking from evening to nearly morning or as long as you could stay going , we were spending money but things were way cheaper back then too , prices of drink down walking street now can cost even more than Europe for a small bottle of beer etc so many Europeans are choosing places like lanzarote solou Tenerife for their holiday destination, i was there in January for 1 night I couldn’t believe how many places that have been taken over by Indian people around beach road & second road , it looked like they had a 80 % majority of establishments there , not the place for me anymore but maybe I’m getting older & like the quiet life more nowadays but aside from that it’s a different place completely to what it used to be & its mostly down to the different people I’ve mentioned that have taken it over in massive numbers