The attached photos of the old Blue Pattaya Bar & Restaurant are intended for those of you who went there in the early 60s and are still able to recall the place! Most of you on my ASA mailing list were there after those early times, so these shots will have no meaning for you.
As information, though, during that time the 5th RRU brass and JUSMAGTHAI, I suppose, provided this "retreat," complete with power boats and skiing equipment, for the "troops." The 5th also provided a VW
bus and Thai driver to take us from Bangkok to Pattaya, a distance of..........what? I have no idea today about the distance, but I recall it being over roads that would be considered primitive by today's
standards. Could it have been 50 or 100 miles?
Anyway, the one "watering hole" that I recall at the place--Pattaya Beach--during those times was Blue Pattaya. It is my understanding that Pattaya is now a very large city, catering to the vacationing crowd, with a huge superhighway from Bangkok to the place.
Gary Kay
5th RRU
April '62 - April '64
Pattaya, Thailand (Early 1960's)
Pattaya, Thailand (Early 1960's)
View from Blue Pattaya Bar