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PATTAYALAND
The series Pattayland is based on Pattaya, Thailand renowned and stigmatized as a tourist destination where the lure of cheap sex is its only "virtue." It is often referred to as a modern Sodom, where every resident is condemned as sinful or corrupt.

Yet it is a town where Thais come to work at everyday jobs, tourists enjoy good, clean holiday fun, and...
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  • Thai and Royal flags with phone and electric wires. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A foreign resident walks his dog on Pattaya's beach promenade. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A group of Korean tourists in matching shirts collect souvenirs after a boat trip. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A group of Korean tourists in matching shirts wade ashore on Pattaya beach after a boat trip. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A tour bus with scenes of Thailand illustrated on its side. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • Korean tourists pay in Won (Korean currency) for souvenirs. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A bus used as a mobile bathroom painted with scenes of Pattaya beach. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • Palm trees grow from the entrance of an unfinished hotel. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A woman sleeps in a plastic raincoat on Pattaya's beach promenade. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A western man and Thai woman converse on Pattaya's beach promenade. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A couple asks for directions. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A woman gazes out to sea on Pattaya beach. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • Rain drops on a swimming pool. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A Thai woman gives a foreign tourist a massage during the mid-day heat. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A shrine with offerings of food and soda on a side street. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A mother breast feeds her child on Pattaya's beach promenade. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • Sale girls try to attract customers outside the Kitten Club. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • Woman chatting on the phone at a currency exchange. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A mural of palm trees at a foot massage parlor. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A foreign tourists gets a massage in the comfort of air-conditioning. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A shirtless foreign tourist eats at an outdoor food stall. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • A woman sits under the palm trees at night. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • Two prostitutes walking along Pattaya's beach promenade at night. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • Waitresses and bartenders dance for a customer at a beer bar. By photographer Christopher Wise
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  • Two foreign men check-in late with a Thai woman. By photographer Christopher Wise
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