Thursday, September 22, 2005

Pattaya Nightlife


Soi 4 Pattaya Beach Road

The main part of Pattaya is split between two roads, which operate a one way system, between these two roads which are about 200M apart are what are called Soi's (street). During the day these look like any other street in Thailand, but at night they become lit up with neon signs, Girls outside bars promising you the world to get you in the bars and loads of Restaurants.

I'm not going to beat around the bush in this blog, any guide book you read about Thailand will only devote a paragraph to this side of Thailand, it is however part of the tourist scene and I think its best people know about it. So if your easily offended dont read any more of this post.

Most bars around this area are what are called "Girl Bars", basically they are open air bars that on the face of it are full of Girls, if you want to just have a drink and a bite to eat, No problem, if however your looking for a companion for the night. The girls in the bar are more than happy to oblige for a fee. They are a good laugh, and should you just want to have a chat, find out about the nightlife or anything about Thai life, for the price of a drink you'll get all the info you need. Some places have closed doors, with Hawkers outside trying to get you in, these places are more like Lap Dancing Bars, they put on the famous Ping Pong and Banana shows you hear about, whilst most are up front, you need to find out the price of entry and the price of the drinks before you enter. Some offer free entry and cheap drinks, unfortunately you have to buy a $100 bottle of Champagne before you can start on the beer. Usually inside the girls dance around a central stage, they all have numbers on them, This is so you can identify them if you would like to meet them later, they have numbers because they dont like being pointed at. Should you want a girl for the company then you have to pay what is called a bar fine, a charge to the owner, because you take the girl away from the bar. I've obviously only been told about this, i've never been in any of these establishments!

In Pattaya, there is a large gay scene, with parts of the beach dedicated to men only, as usual these are the smartest parts of the beach. In the town, rather than be hassled by some of the loutier tourist there is "Boys Town". Again this is a really smart and cleaner part of town.

The main steamy part of town is called "Walking Street". Along this 500M street there are more bars and Go Go bars, there are bars with Thai Boxing going on, if your drunk enough you can have ago, Don't! These guys are as hard as nails, they might only be just over five foot tall, but they will kick your ass. All night Nuch had been in a bad mood because she was missing her favourite program. The Thai version of Fame Acadamy, thank God we found a small bar on Walking Street that was showing it, I got bored with this, so went across the road to the bar in the picture and watched the Chelsea/Charlton match on ESPN, I had several girls come over to me, but I was able to say that I was married. This did not put the girls off until I pointed Nuch out about 20M away. Although Nuch did not care, her program was much more interesting.

The last picture is of one of the girls who try to get you in a bar, she told me to say to all my english friends "I will love you and your wallet for long time"

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