As a Pattaya veteran of 18 trips and a 8 year member of Pattaya Addicts, I can comment that you are VERY VERY LUCKY that you were not seriously injured after trying to take photos in a Go-go bar....Muay Thai training and all that. The Thais take that very seriously and I have heard several stories of people ending up in wheelchairs. Personally I do not drink that much in Pattaya...there is too much available pussy to be fucked.