Speedy Dodger wrote.
"I live 25 minutes from the gay venues in Pattaya -"

For me it's usually couple of hours. A coffee at the raised coffee bar on the Bang Saray Beach Front or perhaps Bacca Beach or The Glasshouse. Then a gentle amble along Jomtien Beach road maybe pausing to take in the view and finally stopping off in the complex to see who's about.