Is it safe to visit pattaya/bangkok...we are planning for a week's visit end aug 2010 along with our daughter.?

I live here and from what I see Bangkok has calmed down.It had to because it is the beginning of the rainy season and most all of the protesters were from where I live in the Isan.They only get one season a year to plant Khao niao(sticky rice) so they are all back here working everyday,drinking their Lao Khao(rice whiskey) and talking about what they did.As far as Pattaya goes it is a nasty town.I don't know how strict you are about what your daughter sees but it is FULL of hookers and old,drunk,fat European men with their 17 year old girlfriends.It is rife with HIV,expensive and as far from what real Thailand is as you can get.I avoid going there like the plague.There are so many better places in Thailand than Pattaya you would not believe it.I made it there 2 hours and left.If you are down that way just get on a nice,cheap VIP bus or minivan and head down to Trad(or Trat depending on what book you look at) and take a look at Koh Chang island.It is considered to be the most beautiful island in the country and I agree.I have been there a least 30 times.It has big cloud ringed mountains,beautiful waterfalls,excellent/cheap seafood,it has accommodations to fit every budget,ranging from a few dollars a night to very expensive and a great night life.I usually stay in a place that has a beautiful porch with marble tables looking out at the sea,a living room with a fridge and satellite tv,down the hall there's a nice room with a soft bed,air con,satellite tv and a bathroom,down the hall again is a changing room and a bathroom with a rock waterfall in it,out back looking up at the jungle mountains is a patio built just like the porch all for about $15.00 a night.The tourist area is pretty much only on one side of the island so if you want to know what it is like feel completely cast away you can stand on beaches on the back side where you are the only person around.Trust me there is not much in this country that I have not seen and almost no where I have not been and every bit of it was far more interesting than Pattaya.Pattaya is fake Thailand.