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Pattaya / Jomtiem

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September 3rd 2005
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 ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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