Pattaya  Information:

... is a city on Thailand’s eastern Gulf coast known for its beaches.

A quiet fishing village as recently as the 1960s,

it’s now lined with resort hotels, high-rise condos,

shopping malls, cabaret bars and 24-hour clubs.

Nearby, hillside Wat Phra Yai Temple

features an 18m-tall golden Buddha. 

Source: Google

The city´s name evolved from the march of Phraya Tak

(later King Taksin) and his army from Ayutthaya to Chanthaburi,

which took place before the fall of the former capital

to Burmese invaders in 1767.

This was just a fishing village until the 1960s.

Then, during the Vietnam War, American servicemen  stationed at

nearby U-Tapao or other US bases in Thailand began visiting Pattaya.

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