| If you have ever gone to Pattaya, Thailand you | | | | up doing on your last night in fun city. |
| know what the Pattaya blues are. | | | | And then the taxi arrives and you mope all the |
| When I talk about the Pattaya blues I am not | | | | way to the airport. You will fondly remember all |
| referring to music. I am talking about the feeling | | | | the good times and snap back to reality and |
| of remorse you have after you have just spent | | | | remember that you are going back to the real |
| the best three weeks of your life. | | | | world. |
| Every single man who has ever experienced | | | | On the plane you will relive every moment of the |
| Pattaya knows this feeling. The symptoms usually | | | | past few weeks. The good, bad, and possibly ugly. |
| start two to three days before your flight back | | | | And then you will start to think about your return |
| home. | | | | trip. You will try to figure out how you can get |
| You have been having a blast partying day and | | | | two vacations in one year instead of just one. |
| night for a few weeks and the reality of going | | | | How you can earn extra money so you can get |
| back home is starting to sink in. You realize that in | | | | back to Pattaya as soon as possible. |
| a matter of days you will be back to your | | | | Landing at your home airport will jolt you back to |
| miserable town, your terrible job, and cold | | | | reality. You will clear customs and head home. You |
| weather in winter. | | | | may spend time looking at your vacation pictures |
| You start to realize that you won't be able to get | | | | and surfing the net for Pattaya pages. |
| great meals for a few dollars. You are going to | | | | You will go to forums to post your trip report and |
| miss all of those lovely lasses and their Thai | | | | tell others about your great vacation. You will |
| smiles. You will really miss the laid back, mai pen | | | | listen to Thai music and watch some of the |
| rai attitude that everyone in Thailand has. | | | | videos you bought. You will tell your friends and |
| With the blues setting in, you will try to live your | | | | co-workers tales of your trip that they won't |
| last couple of days in Pattaya to the fullest. You | | | | believe in a million years. |
| will go out and eat, drink and be crazy. You will do | | | | You will search for a cure for the Pattaya Blues |
| all of the shopping that you should have done the | | | | and one day you will realize that the only cure is |
| first two weeks. You will try to cram another | | | | to return. There is no other medicine, drug, or |
| two weeks of fun into your last two days. | | | | magic potion that will cure you. You have to |
| And then the fateful day will come. You will have | | | | return. So you do the math, check with the boss, |
| to face the eventuality that you have to go back | | | | work the overtime and buy your return ticket. |
| to Bangkok and catch your flight back home. You | | | | You are not cured yet, but you are starting to |
| will plan your last night to go everywhere and do | | | | feel better. The symptoms will stay with you |
| everything. There will be a lot of ""good-bye's"" | | | | right up until you board the plane for your flight to |
| and farewell toasts. You will visit all of your | | | | Pattaya, Thailand. Then you will finally be cured, or |
| favorite bars and try to decide what you will wind | | | | will you? |