Your are probably on holiday and want to start right away on that all-over body tan, or show off all the hard work from the gym. But before you start flexing your muscles in public or going topless at the beach, PLEASE take heed to what is appropriate in Thailand. it is OFFENSIVE to Thai [...]

The other day I was sitting alone in a lovely French cafe in East Pattaya eating their fabulous salad nicoise. I was alone and a little bored so I purchased a copy of the Pattaya People from the bar for 25 baht. The paper uses the snappy slogan “we dare when others keep silent”. I [...]

No – this isn’t about guys cruising in toilets. In Thailand this has another meaning altogether. This is the nickname given to the attendants who work in the male toilets in many of the Thai managed bars and discos. They are universally hated by tourists for the obvious reason, ie, do you really want some [...]

Pattaya Talk is the largest of the many chat and information forums about Pattaya. As I write it has over 11,500 members and 410,000 individual posts. Unlike some of the alternatives (pattayaaddicts.com for example) it is owned and managed by one bar – the FLB bar in walking street – so quite naturally there is [...]