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Nightlife and entertainment
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More than a thousand sex-related businesses operate in Bangkok: they dominate Thanon Sukhumvit's Soi Cowboy (between sois 21 and 23) and Nana Plaza (Soi 4), but most are concentrated in
Patpong
, the city's most norious zone between the eastern ends of Silom and Suriwong roads. Here, girls cajole passers-by in front of lines of go-go bars, with names like
French Kiss
and
Love Nest,
while insistent touts proffer printed menus detailing the degradations on show. If you do venture inside one, be warned that you'll be charged exorbitant prices for drinks, and will have to face a scary bouncer if you refuse to pay. In amongst the bars there's a night market which mainly sells fake designer clothes - and attracts all sorts to the strip after dark, including demure tourists of both sexes.
But Bangkok's nightlife is not all seedy and depressing: Silom 4 (ie Soi 4, Thanon Silom), just east of Patpong 2, hosts the capital's hippest
bars
and
clubs
, and nearby Silom 2 is the centre of the city's gay scene. For a more casual drink, join the Thai youth and yuppy couples who pack out the music bars concentrated around Soi Langsuan and Soi Sarasin on the north side of Lumphini Park. Other useful information
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Thailand,
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