Pattaya's very own twilight spectacle, and all from the safety and serenity of Coconut Bar

I think it looks much more impressive in the flesh.

Captain Stubing and Gopher are almost certainly waiting in the lobby

This is what Patts will look like in 2050. Relax - we won't be here to see it !

But it's still Pattaya.

Quite tacky really.

I think it looks much more impressive in the flesh.

Captain Stubing and Gopher are almost certainly waiting in the lobby

This is what Patts will look like in 2050. Relax - we won't be here to see it !

Massage parlour(s)?

"Captain Stubing and Gopher are almost certainly waiting in the lobby"

Quite so, but he's been in Patts a bit too long,

Awww, MrWw. I was hoping you could have cruised further down Coconut bar a tad and given our furtively lurking Pattaya bashers a similarly wide-angle shuftie up the magnificently spreadeagled arse-end of Soi 6.

Bugger the twilight spectacle, Give us the redlight one!

Now THAT'S the future of Pattaya!

"Captain Stubing and Gopher are almost certainly waiting in the lobby"

Quite so, but he's been in Patts a bit too long,

Capt.JPG

I wonder why some people refer to Pattaya as Patts. Among all the indignities heaped upon it, that seems to one of the more irritating and it's use is normally reserved for Pattaya bashers who claim they would never come here (but seem to think they know all about it).

Pattaya's very own twilight spectacle

Not sure why floodlit palms and garish neon lighting qualifies as being "romantic" either.

If that seems tasteful or turns your thought to romance, you'd probably become positively orgasmic in LV. I mean the Eiffel Tower, the pyramids and Venice all rolled into one big neon nightmare ... I mean twilight spectacle.

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None of the above are a patch on Blackpool Illuminations.

None of the above are a patch on Blackpool Illuminations.

Or Salford Quays

But it's still Pattaya.

Quite tacky really.

Hence the Captain Stubing addendum - Aaron Spelling made a lot of money from some truly dreadful TV shows but nothing he did was worse than The Love Boat. I can happily sit through the first series of Star Trek but Spelling's wafer-thin characters were just cringeworthy. If you want a reminder that the 70s and 80s wasnt all beer and nekkid ladies, look no further.

FWIW, I think there are many people in Pattaya who wouldnt have a problem with the city becoming another Vegas. Let's face it - even with Thailand's stance on gambling that's far more likely than it morphing into another Singapore.

But it's still Pattaya.

Quite tacky really.

Hence the Captain Stubing addendum - Aaron Spelling made a lot of money from some truly dreadful TV shows but nothing he did was worse than The Love Boat. I can happily sit through the first series of Star Trek but Spelling's wafer-thin characters were just cringeworthy. If you want a reminder that the 70s and 80s wasnt all beer and nekkid ladies, look no further.

Never really watched the show. Was it the show with the little guy who would sat 'de plane de plane'? I know that show was based on the devil.

"Captain Stubing and Gopher are almost certainly waiting in the lobby"

Quite so, but he's been in Patts a bit too long,

Capt.JPG

I wonder why some people refer to Pattaya as Patts. Among all the indignities heaped upon it, that seems to one of the more irritating and it's use is normally reserved for Pattaya bashers who claim they would never come here (but seem to think they know all about it).

Apologies for the irritation, I can assure you I am no basher and certainly not intending to go anywhere else

This is what Patts will look like in 2050. Relax - we won't be here to see it !

Speak for yourself MRWW, I plan on seeing it all, I may be falling apart by that time but I will be there!

But it's still Pattaya.

Quite tacky really.

Hence the Captain Stubing addendum - Aaron Spelling made a lot of money from some truly dreadful TV shows but nothing he did was worse than The Love Boat. I can happily sit through the first series of Star Trek but Spelling's wafer-thin characters were just cringeworthy. If you want a reminder that the 70s and 80s wasnt all beer and nekkid ladies, look no further.

Never really watched the show. Was it the show with the little guy who would sat 'de plane de plane'? I know that show was based on the devil.

That would be 'Fantasy Island' and I believe it followed Love Boat every Saturday night in the States. The little guy, Tattoo, had something of a cult following but the actor had a few problems and eventually shot himself. Game of Thrones fans will recognise Peter Dinklage as the only Lannister they dont want to see dead, but I admit that I have problems imagining him as Villechaize.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Villechaize

In a March 2012 New York Times interview, Peter Dinklage revealed that he and Sacha Gervasi had spent several years writing a script about Villechaize. Gervasi, a director and journalist, conducted a lengthy interview with Villechaize just prior to the latter's suicide; according to Dinklage, "[a]fter he killed himself, Sacha realized Hervé's interview was a suicide note".^[6] The film, entitled My Dinner with Hervé,^[7] is based on the last few days of Villechaize's life, and will star Dinklage in the title role.

"Well, Tattoo, here we are at Dunkin Donuts- what'll you have?"

"De plain, Boss, De plain."

FWIW, I think there are many people in Pattaya who wouldnt have a problem with the city becoming another Vegas. Let's face it - even with Thailand's stance on gambling that's far more likely than it morphing into another Singapore.

I thought that there were casinos in Singapore already; very strictly controlled it being Singapore. I love Vegas and I love Pattaya too and I love the fact that they are both so much different from each other. I'd like it to stay that way.

The casinos in Sillypore are tightly controlled, or at least they are supposed to be - locals have a daily limit, but very few of us were born yesterday. In any case, the high rollers can just get on a plane to Macau or HK.

Thailand, AFAIK, has zero legal casinos - if that ever changes I'm quietly confident that Pattaya would be seen as the ideal place for a casino trial.