Pattaya

by / on April 25, 2012 at 11:57 am / in Asia, Gary Fong, Pattaya, Stay, Thailand

PATTAYA, THAILAND: D2 HOTEL

  PATTAYA, THAILAND - Civil unrest, political coups and floods… if you’re a frequent visitor to Thailand, chances are, you’ll probably have the unfortunate experience of encountering one or more of these dramas.  For me, it was the Red Shirt Protests, whose leaders chose to make Ratchadamri, my neighborhood at the time, their very own ground zero for all red activity. [...]

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by / on October 20, 2011 at 10:53 pm / in Asia, Gary Fong, Pattaya, Relax, Thailand

PATTAYA: SEX, SAND & SLEAZE BY THE SEASHORE

  BANGKOK – If you want quick-access, beach action without having to plane-it or suffer the unbearable solitude of Hua Hin then head out to Pattaya.  You can do a lot worse than this sex, sand and sleaze by the sea shore and it’s just a short cab ride from Bangkok.  Stay in the quieter Jomtiem area, where the beaches [...]

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