chuckwoww Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Somewhere in the world there may be a city with a more seedy reputation, a place more devoted to the sex industry and more notorious as a haven for criminals on the lam. But probably not. When dusk comes to this beach resort, a sea of pink neon bulbs casts a pale glow onto the thickly made-up faces of thousands of women (and some men) who sit on bar stools waiting for their patrons. If Las Vegas is Sin City, Pattaya is a bear hug from Lucifer himself. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/world/asia/16iht-pattaya.html?_r=2&ref=asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanddawg1 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 What a crock of shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Another "journalist" parachutes in to write another amazing story...NOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 << A two-hour drive from Bangkok, Pattaya was little more than a fishing village four decades ago when U.S. soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War discovered a pristine, coral-filled bay. Tens of thousands of lonely soldiers armed with dollars sought respite from the war in a country of relative poverty, lax law enforcement and historically tolerant attitudes toward prostitution. The result was predictable. >> Wow! How come I'd never even heard of Pattaya when I was a GI in RVN? In fact, I don't know a single guy who went on an R&R in Pattaya. Do you think the fact that it wasn't an R&R option may have had something to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 I don't suppose many got further than Bangkok. I'm not sure about the timeline but all the versions I've heard have a bunch of guys driving down from Udon in a jeep and building a beach hut. I guess the trickle quickly became a flood and the girls weren't far behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Pattaya was popular with the guys STATIONED in Thailand, such as the USAF dudes at Udorn. No "U.S. soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War" ever set foot in the place. R&R was 6 days and 5 nights. No GI from RVN did anything except hit the bars and MPs of Bangkok. They arrived at Don Muang, checked into a hotel ... and went out on the town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous God Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Maybe people at U Tapoe base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 R&R was 6 days and 5 nights back in the day we called I&I intercourse and intoxication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damen Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 I like his comparison to law abiding Singapore..... where prositiution is actually legal. Ive read the same article hundreds of times, penned by different authors. I guess he probably had to fly out from NY to actually "see" what he was writing about, so from that angle I cant say I blame him. If i were a reporter, I would try and let my bosses do a 12 part series on the evils of Pattaya. Anyhow, that Lucifer fellow is not such a bad guy and a hell of a lot of fun. I beleive that I had a drink with him the other night on Walikng Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Actually Thomas Fuller is stationed in Thailand and has been for several years now. He was the guy interviewing Sah Deang when he got shot. But I do agree, the article is just a rehash of many others. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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