As point of interest in the LP we stopped at Jomtiem, just South of Pattaya, half of the way back to Bangkok for two nights. There was nothing remarkable about Jomtiem, it consists, most interestingly, of an avenue adjacent to an average beach holding a strip of guesthouses and shops pedaling the usual tourist tat. Pattaya is very different, to everywhere. It is a brothel. A maze of pedestrianised side streets and alleyways are rammed to overflowing with half dressed (but quite attractive) Thai girls beckoning you inside bars with and promises of 'Thai massage' and placards. A couple of noteworthy placards that amused me were 'girls, girls, girls' and 'over one hundred girls inside', I am sure an young man of unscrupulous morality could find entertainment here; Tolstoy did. Coincidentaly, we saw gangs of the
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