A collection of Thailand photos from 1971

[PoorSucker]

Some pictures that my old friend took 1971.

[ExoticMatter]

Great!! love these retro pictures makes one nostalgic. Pattaya beach has changed a bit!

Watched 'man with the golden gun' with the TW, theres some great footage of Bangkok 1974.

[crazyswede]

Great pix .. thanx for sharing!

Edited July 25, 2010 by crazyswede

[LPCustom69]

That's the way Pattaya still looked in '75.

[Shotime]

Great!! love these retro pictures makes one nostalgic. Pattaya beach has changed a bit!

Watched 'man with the golden gun' with the TW, theres some great footage of Bangkok 1974.

I just watched it too. I love to see what it looked like years ago. Thanks for the pictures.

It's awful how they could turn it into such a shit-house.

Edited July 26, 2010 by Shotime

[Peterbigeyes]

These photos are epic!

[BlueTerrace]

Great!! love these retro pictures makes one nostalgic. Pattaya beach has changed a bit!

Watched 'man with the golden gun' with the TW, theres some great footage of Bangkok 1974.

I just watched it too. I love to see what it looked like years ago. Thanks for the pictures.

It's awful how they could turn it into such a shit-house.

i second that, its a lovely little beach in that photo...now a veritable cess pool

[mystwoodcol]

Simpler times, simple pics a great trip down memory lane

[nisakiman]

Great pics.

I didn't go to Pattaya when I was in Thailand in '71, but I did go to Patong, Phuket. Talk about change! You really wouldn't recognise it as the same place now...

[Baa_Mango]

think i rode that benz bus recently. pics are great !

[aletanda]

very nice

[watcharacters]

I know which Pattaya beach I prefer and it ain't the one with 17,000 beach chairs...

[maxtingtong]

that's great! Thanks for sharing

[Xangsamhua]

Very nice. Thank you.

We stayed in a beach house at Nakluea, Pattaya over Easter 1973. I seem to recollect that there were some beach chairs and vendors around then at Pattaya beach, but not a lot.

I think we only went in to Pattaya once in a four-day stay. We were self-sufficient at Nakluea - beach in front of the bungalow and the market just a short distance away.

Yes, the tourism industry does a lot of damage to nice places, but as a frequent tourist (not to Pattaya for a long time), who am I to complain?

[Xangsamhua]

Seeing those pictures of the river shanties in 1971 reminds me of the little houses by the canals in those days and the beautifully dressed young women that would emerge from them to go to work in the morning. It was such a contrast.

[Ch23]

staggering. Pattaya looks amazing back then. thanks for the upload

[EnhancePlus]

Thumbs up. Those Leica's ROCK!

[wareagle]

This brings back fond memories. I remember the Thatched roof Restaurants on the beach. (and of course the beautiful women)

[angiud]

Thank you! Can I have more?

[grahamhc]

What a beautiful photo of Pattaya Beach in its natural glory

I believe this is from the same postion, taken 2007. From Hard Rock Hotel looking to the Headland and Dusit Thani Hotel

This was from near Bali Hai pier, 2011. Now a concrete jungle and looking more like Hong Kong skyline every day..

[frimu]

So beautiful!

These fotos brought a smile on my face! Looks like Cambodia today!

[TheKeeNok]

Awesome! It looked betterback then!

[katana]

Like the one of the school kids peering into the car. Correctly exposed as well.