This video was undoubtedly either filmed by the owner of the bar or after his consent. Do not try to take photos or video inside of any gogo bar. If you are lucky they will only make you delete what you have taken before showing you the door. However, it is more likely that you will get a bit more than you bargained for. There are things that occur in gogo bars in Pattaya that could get the bar in a lot of trouble if they are publically displayed. Bar owners take this issue very seriously because of past experiences.

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How it usually works is that a tourist will rent a jet ski. If the renter has a small accident the operator will claim that a lot more damage was done during the accident (ie any preexisting damage with be included). The other alternative is that the claim for repairs will much greater than it will actually cost to make the repairs. The renter will then be intimidated into pay a lot more than what should be paid.

The second incident of extortion is not common in Pattaya. The Thais tend to be a lot less aggressive than depicted in the video. They are far more likely to drug a victim than threaten and carry out violent acts to get money from their victim. Violence does occur but it is not a bit problem as far as robberies are concerned.

Like anywhere you need to be smart in Pattaya. Don’t flaunt your wealth by displays of expensive jewellery, camera equipment and flashing lots of cash. Stay low key, smile and don’t act aggressively. If you follow these rules you will most likely have nothing but fun in Pattaya.

Pattaya was very busy over the weekend as many people travelled to the city for the display. On both nights Beach Road was closed to allow many pedestrians to pack the shoreline to watch the display. The final night was opened with an extravagant display in honour of the Queen’s birthday a couple of days earlier.

This video starts off by showing the crowd that gathered for the display before showing some of fireworks display.

A walk down Walking Street later at night is must on any visit for anyone who is visiting Pattaya. There are many interesting things to see and ladyboys are just one of the more interesting things. Just don’t get too drunk or you may give in to temptation and get a surprise in the morning.

It would appear that a lot of the video was taken quite early in the evening. Generally there are a lot more people on Walking Street  later in the evening. The video is a little slow and could do with some music to liven it up a bit. It does show what can be expected in the area in the early evening.

While it must be remembered that not all the ladies are not out looking for a customer many are. In this video you can see the way the women conduct themselves and get a feeling for the atmosphere that exists in this area.

Be careful as all is not as it seems. Some of the ‘ladies’ in this video are not actually females. See if you can pick the ladyboys in the video. Be particularly careful late at night as many ladyboys hit walking Street in hope of finding a drunk male to offer a surprise.

Soi 8 is dominated by open air beer bars. Some of the bars are in complexes while others are individual bars. There are also a few small gogo bars and coyote bars. A couple of years ago a few closed air-conditioned bars opened on the soi but the area wasn’t ready for them and most of them have subsequently closed.

One thing to note in the first video is the number of vendors walking past. This is a feature of sois such as Soi 8. You can be asked to buy a particular item by one person then another person will ask you to buy the same item one minute later even after you told the first one no and they are part of the same group. It does test your patience at times. From the vendor at 1:42 in the first video it appears that this video was taken at about Christmas time.

This soi and the Soi 7 must be visited on a trip to Pattaya. The atmosphere is very different from that of Walking Street and the action is more concentrated that the Soi 2 and 3 area. While the bars are open more or less open 24 hours a day the best part of the night starts at about 9pm. On a good night things can continue until 4am or perhaps even until dawn. There are many small bars to visit but don’t miss the gogo bars even if it is only to cool down on a warm night.

The two videos are taken by the same person. It is a bit unfortunate that he decided to spilt it into two parts. The two videos give an idea of the nature of Soi 8

By Kenneth4618