Längre reportage i Bangkok Post idag om "Sin City". På det stora hela intressant och balanserat (inget man är bortskämd med numera när det gäller journalistik), där såväl sexköpare som sexsäljare får komma till tals liksom polis mfl.
Roligast dock historien i inledningen om Pattayas begynnelse som innehöll lite mer detaljer än vad i alla falll jag kände till sedan tidigare:
"It started off as nothing more than a small fishing village on the Gulf of Thailand. Its long sweeping bay was dotted with a few boats and shacks where the villagers lived. Then a group of 500 American soldiers stationed at a military base in Nakhon Ratchasima were driven to Pattaya on June 29, 1959, for a week of rest and relaxation (R&R). They rented several houses at the southern end of the beach from a prominent local, Luang Sunthorn, thus opening a Pandora's box for this sleepy fishing village.
Word spread among American soldiers stationed in the region and Pattaya quickly become a hot alternative destination to the concrete sprawl of Bangkok. GIs had put Pattaya on the map as the best beach destination to unwind and indulge.
When large numbers of troops began to arrive at the neighbouring Baan Sattahip air base, now known as U-tapao airport, things really started to pick up in Pattaya. After almost half a century, Pattaya has transformed itself from a getaway destination for international soldiers during the Vietnam War to Thailand's best-known red light district among sex tourists from every corner of the world."
Man får tacka Luang Sunthorn för att han hyrde ut till de där amerikanska soldaterna på permis från Korat år1959 
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1205077/no-sex-please-were-thai