In 20 years I never went to Pattaya. Like phuket, but that is coming closer and closer to Patttaya in atmosphere.

Now, as a friend wanted to go last year there before going to Phuket, I gave in.....

We stayed in Jomtien in a villa. Villa's were fine, but the beach and the eateries, were nothing to write home about!
But although many girliebars the place was not so terrible as I thought! Walking street was even fun, with some nice restaurants over the water. It is lively, a kind of mini Vegas with girls.

I even visited a Go-go, I liked. th3angelwitch" do their best to give an attractive show, sometimes I even had to do my best to see explecit nude in some acts. The very young "gérante" came sitting nex to us to tell us more about the place. Nice. We went to another go-go another evening, but did not like it that much at all. Not that the act was that vulgar, but just boring.

But something I did like was, that in walking street, Jomtien, other places there are a lot of small venues with band playing Pink Floyd, eric Clapton,etc. Some bad, but some extremely good!

A week was more then enough, this has nothing to do with rural Thailand, but I have to admit, I had some guilty pleasures. Also if you have the courage, rent a bike. I went more to the South -East, and discoverd fishermen villages, nice people, and even a winery near to the buddah on the rock. Also there are hidden beaches, between Jomtien and Pattaya, and also in the North, that are not so bad!



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thailand_november_2007 Photo Gallery by Indieke at pbase.com