Pattaya city in Chon Buri Province
Updated 17 October 2026. This guide revises a historical PersonalThailand article. Schedules, prices, rules and services may change. Pattaya offers more variety than one crowded stretch of sand. The original PersonalThailand guide listed nine beaches and made detailed claims about individual restaurants, beach quality and hidden spots. Those conditions can change, so this updated version…
Editorially updated 17 October 2026. This article has been rewritten and fact-checked; verify changeable local details again before travel. There is much more to Pattaya than the nightlife for which it is internationally known. The other side of Pattaya Pattaya’s international reputation often begins and ends with nightlife. Yet the city and surrounding Chon Buri…
Your Thai daughter in Pattaya When I was walking in Pattaya last week I noticed all the mix children there are in Pattaya, it must be the center of half-Thai half-western children in the world right now. Maybe somewhere in northeast Thailand have a tighter community but not bigger. In Thailand, mix with western and…
Living in Pattaya? Reduce rubbish problems with better storage, sorting, collection checks and official reporting when public areas need attention.
Discover Pattaya Wan Lai, the local extension of Thailand’s Songkran New Year, with cultural context, water-festival etiquette and travel tips.
A few weeks ago we told you about two nitwits that produced sex movie in Thailand for selling abroad and on the Internet. Now it looks like the Pattaya Police finally have caught one of them after his girlfriend at that time told the police (I guess Pattaya Police do not read my blog). The…
Have you been drugged in Pattaya? If you have been missing some items during the last few month it is time to head down to the Pattaya Police station and talk with the Police. The Police have arrested a female Cambodia / Thai girl for stealing valuables from rooms after she gave the men a…
A look back at Pattaya Music Festival 2010 and the official 2026 beachfront concerts, with practical advice for checking future schedules and travel details.