PATTAYA : An International Playground

Pattaya is nestled along a picturesque bay on the East Coast of the Gulf of Thailand, roughly 105 miles southeast of Bangkok. From a fishing village in the 1960s, Pattaya has emerged as a favorite Southeast Asian vacation center. This scenic destination makes an all-out attempt to provide the best of everything — from recreation, to entertainment and sports, to sightseeing and fun. This is the place where you can fill your day, from dusk to dawn, with endless activities, or you may choose to do nothing at all and relax.

Variations on the Songkran theme
Date : 16 Apr 2010 – 18 Apr 2010
at : Pattaya

 Pattaya celebrates Songkran a week later
Pattaya and its neighbouring resorts in Chonburi province celebrate Songkran a week later than the rest of the country, which gives the festival’s hardcore followers a second round of fun if they are still on holiday.
In Pattaya, the festival is officially called Wanlai and starts in Naklua a village community at the northern tip of the resort and continues in unabated enthusiasm, all week throughout the resort, from the Naklua tip to the Jomtien toe.

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Pattaya International Music Festival 
Date : 19 Mar 2010 – 21 Mar 2010
Cool music to beat summer heat

The grand Pattaya Music Festival is back in town to entertain music lovers. This is an unrivalled opportunity to enjoy a weekend of listening and dancing to beautiful music performed by more than 100 musicians. Fun awaits everyone, on March.

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TOUCH POOL
The first stop is the Touch Pool, which allows visitors to interact with the marine animals. Our touch pool displays a selection of animals found in rock pools and coastal areas around Thailand. The soft body of a sea cucumber, the sticky tube feet of a starfish and the spiny shell of a lobster tell you something about their habitat and behavior. Visitors can handle marine creatures such as the smooth-textured (and de-barbed) blue-spotted stingrays and the rough texture of the bamboo sharks. Other interesting exhibits include the sharp shooter – archer fish

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Pattaya’s name evolved from the march of Phraya Tak (later King Taksin) and his army from Ayutthaya to Chanthaburi. This took place before the fall of the former capital to the Burmese invaders in 1767.

When his army arrived at the vicinity of what is now Pattaya, he encountered the troops of Nai Klom, who tried to intercept him. When the two leaders met face to face, Nai Klom was awed by Phraya Tak’s dignified manner and his army’s strict discipline. He then surrendered without a fight. The place the two armies confronted each other was called Thap Phraya, which means the Army of the Phraya. This was later changed to Phatthaya, which happens to mean the wind blowing from the southwest to the northeast at the beginning of the rainy season. Today the city is officially know as Pattaya.

For centuries, Pattaya was a small fishing village. But a change occurred on April 26, 1961, when the first group of about 100 American servicemen who were fighting in the Vietnam War arrived in Pattaya for relaxation. From this beginning, Pattaya became a popular beach resort which now attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors. Fishermen’s huts along the beach were replaced by resort hotel and shopping malls. Fishing vessels were adapted to become tourist boats

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