Pattaya
Located only 1.5 hours drive from Bangkok and famous for its nightlife, Pattaya still on the list to visit by traveller coming to Thailand from around the world. Although many bad rating given to Pattaya lately by some friends for these reasons : - the beaches is far overrated. (kind of true..Bali @ my home country still offer much better ones.) - the services by locals can be a ripped off (but it happens at many touristy places, right?) - its not family friendly due to many sex shows and go go bars. It used to have many HIV cases here. - not much to see around (well.. its not true!) I'd say Pattaya is not that bad. We should appreciate the local tourism authority whose trying to change that bad image of adult destination to a family friendly tourist objects. Beside the beach (well, it is very narrow with too much umbrellas), within short drive we can also get to Nong Nooch (Nong Nuj) with beautiful garden landscape, Mini Siam, Pattaya floating market (claimed as the biggest one)...