Pattaya 2011

Pattaya Today is a magnet for All kinds of people. Unfortunately, not all of 'em are wanted by all groups. The nightlife Here Is Without Any comparison Elsewhere in Asia , aim the red-light presence, accounts for a Majority of the tourists here and That Is very visible. We do not want to carry on the Thousands of sex workers in town, on the GoGo bars, sleaze-shows or perversions of the sex trade, as media Already That HAS year of overflow. We Want to Give You a Detailed Report on the situation here, Regarding tropical beaches. After all, Pattaya Is not Marketed as a huge whore house, intended as a beach holiday destination Some community with character. So we Looked Deep into this matter and visited all the major shores in 2011:


The seaside resort of Pattaya lot of attractive to visitors, tourists and holiday guests from Many Nations on this planet. The beaches and untouched Were Almost free of people, When the cam US soldiers here in the 60's and 70's on a break from the fighting zones in nearby Vietnam and Cambodia . The birth of Pattaya as a touristic destination Fell Into this time frame. Coconut trees, sand and shallow shores Provided everything, the soldiers and early FEW backpackers needed.

From small straw huts to Two-floor-hotels to mega-towers for Thousands at a time, the Transition Period WAS Relatively short. Today's Pattaya hotels Have Every thinkable option of accommodation for you, to follow Offerings Every taste and budget.

The Three Major beaches are Wong Amat, Pattaya and Jomtien beach. Wong Amat in the North just HAS Developments Witnessed Some huge, predominantly for visiting Russian Their clientele. Russian holiday seekers do now control the northern share of Pattaya, Naklua Also Known As. This Used To Be a holiday ghetto for German and Austrian tourists, drank Their numbers continue to dwindle further Top. Some older buildings on signage remind onlookers of Those Times When Deutsche Marks and Austrian Shillings, Were the currencies of choice here. Marks Have vanished and Along Came the Euro, Which of the Russian tourists Bring big bundles. Nobody likes Their Own, Communist worthless currency, So They Bring stacks of US-$ and €. The Russians scored big with Any vendor here and gladly pay the inflated Prices Asked. Most visible signage These Days, Is in Russian or Thai, Even the Germanic form food temples, now feature Cyrillic (Russian) signboards.




Part 2: Pattaya City Beachfront

Pattaya Does Have a wide beachfront, Which is fully Developed and commercialized. The So Called Beach Road, Pattaya Beach Along the stretches and the bumper-to-bumper traffic here, IS a sheer nightmare.

Seventeen pedestrian traffic lights Along the main roads, are Supposed to Reduce Fatalities and injuries in the Pattaya. Located on goal although zebra-striped crossings, Their sheer existence IS wildly Being ignored and the law enforcement Does absolutely nothing about That. Is not a red light signal to stop for a Thai driver, It Is Merely a colorful dot of light That Is to Be ignored. We Observed Even police pickups and motorcycles, running a red light clear. THEY make great Model Citizens To Others!

Once pedestrians make the dash across Beach Road in one piece, They face a concrete path, flanking the road on the beach side, Before the forests of umbrellas on the beach for itself. The beach IS making headlines as a crime scene to weekly and IS Noted Further Disappear. Ocean Currents Their toll and take away massive flush Amounts of sand daily.

The thin stretch of coarse sand Did not APPEAR as dirty, as on previous visits. DURING the day, sun worshipers Some come here for a tan. The Jet Skis are here for world famous Their Prices and extortion of inflated tourist's cash compensation with fake damage Demands, read Our Own Jet Ski Scam report on this matter!

Powerboats twin outboard engines with oversized, new ferry tourists to outlying islands, like in the old days. The Few swimmers, That do not Have Concerns about heath water contamination, are now restricted to cordoned off sections of the water. Hardly anyone brave the purpose floods here. I do not blame 'em at all! Occasionally, Some Arabs or Indian tourists Can Be seen swimming, drank the warm water HAS lost it's appeal to guests MOST.


The beach and nightlife form GI R & R resort of Pattaya, Is Now One of Thailand's foremost cash generators for international tourism. The Thousands of hotel beds Offered, are fighting hard for occupancy rates. The sleazy red-light districts ATTRACT Probably more touristic interest, the mediocre beach Than Itself. Hence Pattaya's public image Remains Low in the western world and lots of violent crimes Rather, Discourage families to come. Police here HAS sincere long left the "to serve & protect" standpoint, As Is Accused with corruption and extortion Frequently too. That turn a blind eye THEY Openly visible to underage prostitution, child pornography and Other side effects from society here, IS Known and Documented well. At times, law enforcement importé commandos from the capital Bangkok , do large raid discos, Entire whore house golden avenues run So Called sting operations. Their success Goal Is Always very temporary and limited Therefor. Entire loads of night club visitors Were Forced to Give urine samples to check for substance abuse in the Most Recent Past and road accidents with serious Injuries or Fatalities outscore the counts of Much larger cities. Local transport IS a big scam in Itself. Inner city bus lines Were Forced out of business and Passengers Were Bullied by the omnipresent blue "bahtbus" society. Except for A Few fixed routes, They charge 150 Baht As Much as for 2 or 3 km. That is for wrinkles in the back of a pickup truck! Extortion scams and follow the visitor here at a closed space, the hotels Have a hard time to fill Their rooms outside the peak season short.

International hotel chains run Some objects here. While Some Have Their guests built a new place to stay, Others Have resorted to a quick-cash operation and refurbished a year older beach road tourist hotel. One Of Those Is The Hard Rock Hotel (shown below), that 'tries hard to hawk the Well-Known brand Amongst the newcomers with bigger budgets.

Cafes, restaurants and gourmet temples all want piece of the profits Their here, while A Few Accomplish Their Goals and Their Customers Satisfy well, Others go for a quick buck and rake in whatever THEY can.

Discos Have free drinks for cheap or single ladies to lure the Abundance of girls for the night Into Their halls, guests order pay way above average for Their drinks. GoGo Bars and Beer Bars with "hostesses" are Offering sex and drinks, and citywide Often Until late. Our own sleep in a very remote from of town (North Pattaya) Until 4 AM WAS disturbed by Some ultra-loud Karaoke Bar nightly.



Part 3: Jomtien Beach Chomtien gold (South of Pattaya)

The only real share of Pattaya, the beach Where we clean Considered Enough for our baby, WAS SEVERAL km south of Pattaya at Jomtien. Here the red light seemed to Be sleaze and less dominant, we enjoyed Spent time here very well. Plenty of Others liked it here too and the beach Appeared Fairly full. If ever We Have to stay in Pattaya again, it sure Will Be clear away from the city. At least Pratamnak up hill on the way to Jomtien.

The sand here est aussi Fairly coarse, That Was Actually better purpose for our youngster. He found kids to play with Other, anytime we needed a break. We Did not Have a boring minute here. Chairs are 30 Baht per day and drink Prices Were reasonable. The water Appeared clean and free of trash and plastic Any oil slicks.

Nothing real nice, if Compared to the beaches Much prettier island of Koh Chang for example. Surely good enough goal for a picnic at as well as Some Beach Some chillout and fun in the sand.

As gasoline a year, we Would Like to state - That UNLESS you are a single traveler, looking for a male or female Hired company, Pattaya Can not Be a serious choice holiday destination or for anyone. Pattaya's public image as Asia's biggest whorehouse, IS a very true statement by some. A Few man-made attractions around (zip-lines or wooden temples) do not change this. Public transport IS very substandard and mafia-style exaggerated in terms of fares. Send Pattaya's Politicians to Penang or Georgetown to learn about this. Location of your accommodation Makes a big difference here, a wrong choice and your nightly sleep There Goes. If you want to party wild, this May Be a place to hang around. Order if you want to Spend a holiday by the sea, There Are Hundreds of better options alone in Thailand . A positive aspect for Some Is The availability and selection of ethnic foods from all over the globe, we aim like Thai food and That Is Being sold here only in Remote Areas. Folks That fancy Couscous African, Arab or Russian dishes Shaowarma Can really dig in here. Pizza, schnitzel and steaks are aussi HAD To Be everywhere.