Pattaya bar with a crude and offensive nam

Pattaya Culture Shock

When I first arrived in Pattaya I was a backpacker setting out on my journey of a lifetime. When I left I was a failed backpacker, I was broke, in love, optimistic and hopeful, with a grand plan to return…

Failed Backpacker

Through circumstance, appointment, or coincidence. Because of passion, lust, or money. Surviving on wits, labor, or fortune. We all have our own story, however bizarre it might be. Why, when and how we came to stay in Pattaya? Below is…

View of Pattaya bay from bali hai in 2014

Pattaya Photos: From Bali Hai

Bali Hai Viewpoint and the Pattaya Sign is undoubtedly one of the best vantage points to photograph Pattaya Bay. I must admit though that I landed at Bali Hai not by choice but by chance. I originally planned to take…