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Originally Posted by sabinal
I just got back from Pattaya for a few days..some of the most beautiful woman I've seen in my life in one place, and ready to play for pay!! Beaches were subpar and floating oils on water surface reminded me why Phuket is the premier place to swim and for beach activity. Pattaya is abound in good deals for staying, food, prices for nightlife... Many retired farangs there, with the young thai girls in arms. If that is your thing, than it's probably the best in the country. It's worth checking out for yourself..only 2 hours by taxi/coach from BKK... pay no more than 800baht for taxi from BKK..and if by bus..around 100baht...
nothing special ..except the 20,000 Isan girls who will keep your pants off and your std gambles high.. another angle of Thailand
Pretty good description of the walking street part of Pattaya. There is actually much more in Pattaya but the reasons above are why most people go. Pattaya is without a doubt the place to go for degen fun times.
The thing that I wanted to highlight here is this:
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Pattaya is abound in good deals for staying, food, prices for nightlife...
Undoubtedly true, what a lot of guys on here don't realise is that Pattaya prices for everything are much cheaper than any other place in Thailand popular with Foreigners (Cheaper than Samui/KPN even), you can get really good deals on apartments there, and it's still within easy driving distance from Bangkok.
There are classier areas of Pattaya too, and nicer beaches than Pattaya beach. If you imagine Pattaya = Patong, then Jomtien = Karon and so on and so forth. Another major advantage of Pattaya is that it doesn't suffer from the power and internet outages that can be a problem on the islands.