The sun had scarcely risen when Pattaya’s notorious nightlife surged into daytime mayhem. Just a stone’s throw from the city’s legendary Walking Street, a wild melee ensued, capturing the chaos on a video clip that’s become the talk of the town. All this while the bars around blared beats as if the night had no end. This particular brawl erupted behind the Marine Hotel in South Pattaya, where onlookers, both Thai and foreign, encouraged the spectacle with rowdy enthusiasm. Even as the morning light streamed down, music pounded from a near-by bar, stirring questions about Pattaya’s enforcement (or lack thereof) of bar closing hours. At the heart of the chaos, two Thai women engaged in a feisty exchange of blows right in the soi. In the midst of this, a brave foreign tourist attempted to intervene, but the scene took another twist as two foreign men joined the fray, with…