Welcome to Walking Street

"Welcome to Walking Street"- Chris Coles

On any given night, one hundred thousand people visit Walking Street in Pattaya, on the coast two hours southeast of Bangkok....it's one of Thailand's top tourist attractions, a five billion dollar a year business.....Thailand's version of Angkor Wat, the Great Pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, Disneyland........ Russians, Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Iranians, Japanese, Koreans, Australians, people from all over Europe and the U.S.........

Russian Adonis at Pattaya Beach

Russian Adonis at Pattaya Beach - Chris Coles

In the year 2012, close to one million Russians are expected to visit Thailand. Mostly during the six month Russian winter, desperate to escape the darkness, cold and endless grey. Not only from the now glittering Moscow and St. Petersburg but also Vladivostok, Volgograd, Novosibersk, Irkutsk, Murmansk and even the Siberian capital, Magadan. Hundreds of direct flights, mostly charter and straight into the U-Tapao Airport adjacent to Thailand's sprawling seaside metropolis of sin and debauchery called Pattaya, each flight disgorging hundreds of Russians, ready for their month in the sun......