Phasakorn Channgam
The New Year exploded across Pattaya in a shower of
fireworks and traditional celebrations as the city counted down to 2011.
Pattaya’s entire beachfront was lit up with fireworks
displays, the largest of them staged at Bali Hai Pier where city officials
presided over the official Grand Pattaya Countdown 2011. Shells exploded in
a rainbow of colors for 10 minutes in a show seen across Thailand and Asia
on television and by tens of thousands in town.
Bodyslam and other Thai rockers kicked up the volume for
the celebration for tourists and locals packed into the pier area. But the
celebration didn’t stop there.
Restaurants, entertainment complexes and hotels welcomed
the new year with various festive events. Walking Street was packed
shoulder-to-shoulder and the roads clogged with horn-honking vehicles and
shouting revelers.
Things were a bit tamer at the Amari Orchid Resort and
Tower where traditional shows greeted guests. Meanwhile, at the Hard Rock
Hotel, the huge swimming pool provided the backdrop for a memorable New
Year’s Eve.
Bjarne
(left) and friends ring in the New Year at Cafe Kronborg.
Happiness is everywhere on New Year’s Eve in Pattaya.
The Los
Cuerdas Trio from the Philippines
entertains guests at the Moon River Pub.
Beautiful women dress in their best attire
at the Amari Orchid Resort and Tower Pattaya.
It’s a
fancy costume night at the Mata Hari restaurant.
It’s a
pink New Year on Walking Street.
Foreign
guests certainly enjoy the festival.
Walking
Street is always packed with tourists throughout the festival.
Elvis is
in the building, at the Green Bottle Pub.
As
always, traffic is bumper to bumper on the last day of the year.
The
traditional show brings down the house
at the Amari Orchid Resort and Tower Pattaya.
Hundreds
of guests gather around the pool to ring in the New Year at Pullman Pattaya
Aisawan Resort & Spa.
As the
magic hour approaches, and well beyond, the house band at the Moon River Pub
cranks up the volume and inspires guests to dance into the New Year.
Guests
dance into the New Year at the Dust Thani Pattaya.
It’s an
extravagant show at the Dust Thani Pattaya.
Stalls
along Pattaya Beach Road from North to South Pattaya do brisk business
during the New Year festival.
It’s a
rockin’ New Year’s Eve at where else but the Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya.
The race
is on! Who will win the beer drinking contest
at the Hard Rock Hotel?
Fun and
games for all ages at the Amari Orchid Resort and Tower.
Montien
Hotel puts on a heart stopping
‘Silver & Gold Extravaganza for New Year’s Eve.
Fireworks light up the night sky from North to South Pattaya.
