farangman Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 If you must know I have a house in Ramintra and a condo on Soi 8. .... next attempt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibblies Posted August 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 So Sukhumvit Road is now classified as a Red Light District??? There are red-light pockets within Sukhumvit Road but to tar the whole area as being red-light is a bit much. I'm sure all the office workers and the hi-so Thais that live/work/shop on Sukhumvit Road appreciate your classification Yep, I specified the area from Nana to Asoke (on the odd side). At night, from 12 onwards, pretty much a red-light district. There's a reason why decent Thai girls don't care to be there at that time... 80% of the girls on the street at that time will be hookers. What would you call that? Just because hookers and johns congregate there doesn't mean they have a greater right to be on Sukhumvit than anyone else. My point is, at crowded times, I have a more logical reason to be there at 1 in the morning! And yes, to me, the whole area between Asoke and Nana should be a designated monger-only walkway. :grin: To be fair, most Arabs are at least polite, getting out of the way and letting me pass more readily than some others. But the sheer number of them is annoying at bottlenecks. I'm unused to having to wade my way through prams and fat women in full black robes at this time of night and I can't see why they're not somewhere else. What is the attraction there for them? Shopping? Walking? I'm happy to point out better areas... I mostly made the post just because I was surprised that no one mentioned it. There are so so many of them here now, it's so striking. I've never seen them in such numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardy641 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Have to disagree here. Sukhumvit turned into a freelance hangout because of Purachaiâ??s ridiculous social order crusade. Before this nonsense started there have been plenty of late night places to go (Nana Disco, good old Rainbow 2000 and of course Thermae). Nobody had to be bothered sitting on the street after 2:00am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinod Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 wasn't that area more less Indian and Arab before Nana became NANA Plaza? Nana become Nana Plaze after Indian family owned or built Nana Plaza. NP is owned by Indian orgin family. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Yes, but as I recall the "plaza" was mainly a car park and some shops, a kebob/middle eastern food place, before it became what it is today. I think Woodstock was the first bar in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Rainbow was the first OH. 1981/2. They moved from Soi 16. There was also a bar called Rosemary. Lucky Lukes was there too. Woodstock opened a couple years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 This all happened when Rachada (Asoke on the south side of Sukhumvit) was widened and soi 16 cut off from reaching Suk. I'd say that Rosemary (now part of Rainbow 4, along with the old Woodstock), Three Roses (now a part of Spanky's, along with the old Hog's Breath) and Rainbow (now Rainbow 1) all moved in at about the same time. 1982ish... As you say, Lucky Luke's was already there, in its present location. As a point of trivia, Sunshine was the other displaced soi 16 bar, and moved to Cowboy, where it is now AfterSkool. Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Between Suk 14 and 16 really. Ah yes Three Roses. I seem to remember Sexy Night opening around that time too. Happy days and sexy nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 I had a few good nights in Spider's Web too... Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Remember Asian Intrigue (one of Crown's first bars)? How about XTC (it's one of the Rainbows now, I think) and Mon Cherie (now Playschool)? Cheers, SD -- NEP was very hip once upon a time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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