Those of us who live outside Pattaya- for instance in Jomtien, found travel into the beach area nigh -on impossible. Not only were the roads already clogged by midday, the baht busses I saw were dangerously overloaded and few in number. Motor-cys may have squeezed their way in but nothing else.

I saw a family with two children waiting forlornly in Theppasit as buses passed them by. Very sad; it looked a good show.. And it's great to see Pattaya attracting crowds again, despite the problems such numbers cause.