What Is Going On In Bangkok Nightlife?

[gobbledonk]

YimSiam said:

 

Certainly there are areas that are higher risk than others – freelance, latenight, heavy-party scene, you raise your odds. But they are fucking everywhere, these replicas – and I’d be glad to wager that anyone who’s hit 20 or so work-at-night Thai chicks has hit a kathoey and not realized it.

 

I got more to say about this issue, as it’s been eating me up and pissing me off, but that’ll have to follow a bit later, if at all. To me, the interesting questions are: why so many of the ‘replica’ (rather than comic) version of the LB now in the nightlife scene? And: if one wishes to differentiate between the ‘born’ chicks and the LBs, how to do so?

 

YS, I posted here a while back that I strongly suspect I may have found myself in a 'plastic pussy' in KL, of all places. She was Thai, but even through the condom something just wasnt right - after a couple of minutes I gave up, paid her and she left. Absolutely no issues with her appearance - definitely not one of the 6' drag queens outside Nana - but I'm fairly sure it was a LB - whatever it was, there is no way I would have gone back for seconds. Weird is weird - even if she *was* a woman, something wasnt right down there.

 

Personally, I don't have an issue with other folks sexual orientation, but it's interesting that you believe most guys dont want to be seen with their LB GF in broad daylight and I tend to agree with one exception - Pattaya. I dont know if it's just the general 'this is Disneyland and we can do what we want !' vibe of the place, but I've seen quite a few big, strapping younger guys walking hand-in-hand with their LB dates. It's interesting that gay men seem to keep their activities behind closed doors - much more in line with the Thai way - while their 'non-gay' brothers strut around town with a guy or gal from Isaan on their arm. Is it possible that gay men have a better handle on how Patts is supposed to work than the rest of us ?

 

End of the day, I can store enough porn on a laptop to keep me away from LBs regardless of how fat and hideous the bar population becomes over the next few years

[gobbledonk]

Sad snippet from you-know-where: Since being flattened, nothing much has happened at the area once known as Washington Square. It has sat dormant for what seems like a year or so, with weeds and plants starting to take over as they do in the tropics. A fence has gone up around the area which looks like it is going to be sealed off from Sukhumvit. Whether that means redevelopment of the area will start soon or whether the land owners just want to keep people out, no-one seems to know.

[cavanami]

About one year ago, it looked like they would be doing something with the Washington Square area, then nothing.

 

They did get the Holiday Inn up and running but that was it.

 

Maybe the folks at the Holiday Inn said they would not build if the Square was torn down?

 

No matter, the people owning the land have mountains of $$$ and will not miss any meals....

[gobbledonk]

I just thought that it was a sign that the real estate in that part of BKK was now worth enough money for them to redevelop it - God knows, there are enough vacant site eyesores all over Bangkok as it is .....

[Whitney]

Compared to 11 or 12 years ago, Nanaplaza was an ok place. Now with the prices going through the roof, and having to be sure what exactly I'm looking at on stage, I keep my visits there at a minimum. At least in Pattaya, you can move about pretty quickly and find something to your liking without having to spend a fortune

[ALHOLK]

Compared to 11 or 12 years ago, Nanaplaza was an ok place. Now with the prices going through the roof, and having to be sure what exactly I'm looking at on stage, I keep my visits there at a minimum. At least in Pattaya, you can move about pretty quickly and find something to your liking without having to spend a fortune

 

I was there in March and on the bright side , more bars were showing than a couple of months ago. Som even had full frontal nudity on display. As you pointed out the rices are ridiculous so I only make very short trips to Bkk or stay away completely.

Prices are on the rise in Pattaya as well but it is still much cheaper than Bkk. Furthermore the nightlife in Bkk doesn't hold a prayer to Pattaya.

 

ALHOLK.

[Guest]

As my boyfriend jokes, why have a beef burger when there is steak at home.

[TroyinEwa/Perv]

Because who the hell wants the same steak every night?

[huumlaar]

Beef Burger is tasty

 

I seem to frequent Saphon Kway a lot lately as I am back in that area, quite enjoy it, good food too - literally, most bars are restaurants as well, and Big Leo's 110 baht, who can complain

[Coss]

I'm with Huumlar, well I was one night anyway, though suffering from a deleterious hangover, I saw the potential in Saphan Kwai.

 

I went to Soi Cowboy on Monday and also a month or so ago, and the experience is not what it used to be, drink prices are through the roof, girls are very expensive. Maybe it's because I'm hooked in MLG, or maybe it's because of the Thai view on running businesses, (if demand falters, put up the prices) but I'm not keen on Cowboy any more, I did want to see Patpong, but, maybe next time it's Saphan Kwai!