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[infinity11]

The same reason so many hate it:

Basically anything goes 24/7.

[Crazy chef 1]

trolling is a nice hobby...

[gmac]

Unfortunately that is so untrue. Everything doesn't go 24/7........... it used to be that way but now more and more rules, selectively enforced by way of crackdowns in many cases.

[Water Buffalo]

Well enjoy and please stay there.

[MrWorldwide]

trolling is a nice hobby...

I don't care if he IS trolling - I agree with him. Granted, after two years rose-coloured glasses may have kicked in, but I cant wait to get back in early May.

How many other red-light districts do you know that attract literally millions of non-punters each year ? One of our more imaginative board members recently claimed that 95% of Pattaya tourists were sex tourists - an absolutely ridiculous claim, and I doubt that was even the case in it's heyday as a 'naughty boy' destination. I seem to recall busloads of Asian tour groups (families, mostly) from Korea and Japan well before the Chinese - and the Russians - started coming en masse. Whatever the breakdown, it's a non-stop feast for people watchers from 7pm till well after midnight - you can sit in a bar and watch the passing parade of gawkers for hours for the price of a Happy Hour beer or three : sure, it gets old after a while, but it's a lot cheaper than wandering around Emporium or Siam Paragon IME. I love the restaurants, particularly Indian, and most of it is in a relatively compact area as long as you don't mind the odd hike along Beach Road. I just ignore the lowlife, treat every ATM with extra caution and try to focus on the positives.

By day, Patts may not be the most attractive destination - the crowds and the traffic are hideous - but if you can find a cinema or bookstore you like, it's not all bad. I'm not normally a huge fan of Central World-style malls, but that aircon feels good after you've battled the footpath brigade. Move further out and there are other attractions - including a weekend on Koh Chang if you decide you've had enough of Patts, a quick visa run to the Cambo border if you need more time, or an hour in the other direction and you're back in Bangkok. Try as I might, I just don't feel I have anywhere near as many options in Hua Hin - YMMV - and BKK grinds me down in under a week. As with anything, horses for courses, but as of right now I miss Patts more than any other destination in the region.

[MrWorldwide]

Unfortunately that is so untrue. Everything doesn't go 24/7........... it used to be that way but now more and more rules, selectively enforced by way of crackdowns in many cases.

I take your point, but I suspect that we've both sat in bars, drinking with the lights turned off and the music turned down while the cops wandered past, tea money securely stashed in their pockets

I've left bars in central Patts at 7am and there were still customers drinking and playing pool. No dramas, no fights - if anything, I prefer those evenings to the madness that often precedes 'closing time' elsewhere in Pattaya.

[JSixpack]

It's so easy to enjoy threesomes here, too.

[Pattaya46]

Unfortunately that is so untrue. Everything doesn't go 24/7...

So untrue? Ok certainly not everything, but I appreciate to be able to go make my shopping during the night, being midnight or 5am, with nearly nobody in the shop. No problem to find a restaurant so you can eat at whatever hour you want/need. Probably not so easy to find a bank opened after 8pm or 9pm, but it still lets you more than 12 hours a day to visit them. Many pharmacies and clinic/hospitals open 24/7 in case of health problem. Most petrol stations are 24/7 too. All in all not so bad

What are the services you would need in the middle of the night but who are closed ?

[MrWorldwide]

It's so easy to enjoy threesomes here, too.

That's, like, me and two women, right ?

[Tmymaimee]

Why I love Pattaya?

Where else in the world can you do all of the below in the same day, all within a half hour of the city?

1) Play some great golf courses with beautiful caddies

2) Take your bike to BIRA and for 1200 baht, ride all day at any speed you want with no insurance, safety regs and so on.

3) Take your go-cart to BIRA and race all day for 800 baht.

4) Go skydiving to jump from 13,000', with only your first jump tandem.

5) Parasailing

6) Go jet skiing all day with your buddies (but don't rent:)

7) Go out on the water for fishing, skiing, tubing or whatever else.

8) Go out to Pattaya Airpark and learn to fly or rent a plane

9) Take up a hobby with never having to worry about snow or cold weather. Now I'm into RC helicopters but there's probably a club for whatever you like to do.

10) Go out to some great clubs like IBar after an awesome lobster dinner on the waterfront.

You see, so many people hate Pattaya but the real reason is because they don't have the money to enjoy life. No different if they lived anywhere else int eh world on a limited income. Get out of the bars and enjoy life…..!

[JSixpack]

It's so easy to enjoy threesomes here, too.

That's, like, me and two women, right ?

Up 2 u. That's what I like, though. Watch the ladies for awhile, then jump in!

[Ulysses G.]

[i seem to recall busloads of Asian tour groups (families, mostly) from Korea and Japan well before the Chinese

I remember them too. The big Japanese buses would go from massage parlor to massage parlor and the wives would help the men pick out girls to bring back to their hotel. That was back when Pattaya was really wild.

[NanLaew]

Yes, and you didn't have to drive half way to Nakhon Nowhere to find a 'local' pub and try something 'strange'. Used to be you only needed to go half-way down the road towards Naklua, just past the temple, to be in a wilderness where no white man feared to tread.