Pattaya, Thailand Photo 9

Pattaya, Thailand

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April 8th 2009
Pattaya. The seediest place in Thailand...? Perhaps. It is kind of the Las Vegas of Thailand, centered around tourism, conventions, shopping and the sex trade. While I was there, the 14th Annual ASEAN Summit was taking place. It had been scheduled to be in Thailand last December but was cancelled due to the "Yellow-Shirt" PAD party demonstrations. The "Yellow-Shirts" took over the Suvarna ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more