Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realenglish1 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Not much different than today albeit hairstyles are different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LALes Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Beach looked a lot wider and cleaner. I don't remember jet skis being around back then. Water was probably cleaner, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henricus Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Walking Street 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomrakuhn Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 How do we view this video ?I get a tiny picture half the size of a postage stamp that is not live ?Sent from my CAM-L21 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) I love the comments in "Austrian-German" German with an Austrian voice and some vocabulary specific to Austria. One remark translates like: "Pattaya developed to a glamorous beach resort" "The so-called bathing-beach rarely offers a quiet place for romantic characters. It's more like a fun-fair and a market". Edited March 26, 2018 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 16 minutes ago, Pomrakuhn said: How do we view this video ? I get a tiny picture half the size of a postage stamp that is not live ? Sent from my CAM-L21 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Some users have a technical problem with those embedded FB links. Try this: https://www.facebook.com/100002600698167/videos/1598533806909960/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaidream Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 The difference is obvious- water cleaner-no overbuilding and chaos like today. I was there in the early 70s and it was pristine- no jet skis or the other scam nonsense and only 1 western style hotel. Compared to yesteryear- the current Pattaya is horrid!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansell Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 The jet skis are just a small boat with an outboard, a sort of crude jet ski. I was surprised to see the parachute thing being towed around at that time....didn't know they were around in the late seventies. Never having been to Pattaya it looks quite nice back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grobec Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Ah yes, the good olde days. notice the outboard on the seadoo. we used to call them farang leg eaters. seems like the “talent” was also better those days. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieqw Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 think ive just seen my future M-in-L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generealty Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 What no ladyboys, tattood freelance girls harrassing you. Even those pesky Farangs look a cut above the norm. So all in all Pattaya has gone down dramatically since this was taken. Love the bit where the lady picked up her Lilo and just walked across Beach Road- unheard of today ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I wonder if the beach erosion started before or after they cut down most of the trees to make way for deckchairs ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwheldale Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 My first visit in1989. Didn't look a whole lot different to that video, though doubtless more hotels by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 My first visit was in 1979. It didn't yet have the reputation of being the sex capital of the world , just a step up from a holiday in the Med. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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