dddave Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Patpong really has become more of a tourist market than anything else. One of the things that I think has damaged it is the rapacious taxi Mafia operating there, demanding B300 for a trip to Sukhumvit and threatening taxi's flagged down. You have to walk a pretty long distance to find one willing to use the meter. I know the ones hanging on the Asoke end of Soi Cowboy are the same but if you walk to the soi 23 end, no problem flagging one who'll turn on the meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 You have to walk a pretty long distance to find one willing to use the meter. Not really, just cross over Silom, head to the corner of Soi Convent and jump into a metered taxi there, never a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 As Mekong says, you only have to cross Silom and there's no problem getting a meter taxi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Patpong really has become more of a tourist market than anything else. Certainly there are a lot of tourists milling around the night market on PP1 (but then there always have been) but you won't find many of them in the bars, at least not the bars I frequent and very few make it through to PP2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Poor Patpong ... much of it's own doing though. Any geezers remember the Patpong Mardi Gras days? A weekend would be set aside for charity raising, and the sois turned into a street fair. Chinese acrobats and the Tiffany Show at night, families roaming around (with husbands nervously hoping none of the girls recognised them and greeted them) ... even the governor of Bangkok would be there. I have pics of the BGs mobbing the gov and groping of him (as he grinned in delight). It was anything goes in the bars back then. The market started simply as a few vendors on one soi. Then the Patpong gals got involved and rented out spaces to make money. The Pong has never been the same since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 I remember back to late 99 2000 they closed the whole main road once a month on a sunday for a market - great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 That was Silom, not Patpong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 By 2001, it got to be every sunday for a while. Was great way to spend an afternoon. I guess the traffic problem with Silom closed from Narathiwas to Rama IV just got to be too much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Oh man, that was so great, the Sunday closing of Silom...I remember the first few times they did it, even though there was no chance of traffic, the Thais were scared to walk in the street, haha... Once it got going, it was a great party, lots of street food, live music, and a tiny corner of BKK with no automobile domination (or pollution)... what killed it was the evil capitalist Silom shopowners, who complained that the lack of easy accessibility for cars was killing their business, stupid fuckers... entrepreneurs are so evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Patpong really has become more of a tourist market than anything else.One of the things that I think has damaged it is the rapacious taxi Mafia operating there, demanding B300 for a trip to Sukhumvit and threatening taxi's flagged down. You have to walk a pretty long distance to find one willing to use the meter. I know the ones hanging on the Asoke end of Soi Cowboy are the same but if you walk to the soi 23 end, no problem flagging one who'll turn on the meter. On the last couple of trips, the Soi Cowboy Taxi Mafia tout routinely tried to tell me "200 baht!" for a cab back to Nana Hotel (or Nana Plaza), and they always immediately backed down when I replied "Don't be ridiculous. Hasip baht, meter." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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