<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:41:27.954-08:00</updated><category term='Bangkok Bar'/><category term='Bangkok traffic'/><category term='Bangkok Nightlife'/><category term='bangkok thailand airport'/><category term='Travel Information'/><category term='tumultuous capital'/><category term='Bangkok Hilton'/><category term='PayPal'/><category term='Shark Go Go Bar'/><category term='Bangkok Party'/><category term='Baiyoke Tower II'/><category term='Thailand&apos;s airlines'/><category term='Thailand Scenes'/><category term='Pantip Plaza'/><category term='bangkok tonight'/><category term='Bangkok Bank'/><category term='Soi Cowboy Slides'/><category term='entertainment patong'/><category term='bangkok thailand'/><category term='Nana Plaza'/><category term='Liberty Reserve'/><category term='thai'/><category term='bangkok physical'/><category term='bangkok bistro'/><category term='Thai Boxing'/><category term='Night Market'/><category term='Nat Kesirin'/><category term='Turnover'/><category term='Thai Girls'/><category term='Nightlife Bangkok'/><category term='Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy'/><category term='Thonglor'/><category term='transport in Bangkok'/><category term='nanaplaza'/><category term='Soi Cowboy'/><category term='Bangkok Nightlife Street'/><category term='Jatujak Weekend Market'/><category term='go go bar nanaplaza'/><category term='Bar Scene in Thailand'/><category term='At AdBux'/><category term='Sukhumvit Road'/><category term='bangkok massage'/><category term='bangkok tonight classifieds'/><category term='BUX.TO'/><category term='Tata Young'/><category term='The BTS Skytrain'/><category term='Bangkok'/><category term='Pattaya Snaps'/><category term='Girl on bus'/><title type='text'>Bangkok Thailand  Nightlife  Blog Guide  Travel in your  nightlife when you Stay Bangkok</title><subtitle type='html'>Bangkok Thailand  Nightlife  Blog Guide  Travel  For your enjoy and good trips in Bangkok Capital of Thailand , Bangkok is Travel City in Top Ten ... Sawadee Bangkok..</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>65</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-1875477789078036916</id><published>2009-04-27T08:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T08:11:33.373-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tumultuous capital'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangkok'/><title type='text'>Holidays to Bangkok</title><content type='html'>Bangkok, an exuberant city of contrasts, from the serenity of the exquisitely ornate golden temples to the vibrant nightlife. Holidays to Bangkok bring you the vast malls of designer shops to the bustling street stalls and marketplaces. You can discover a thrilling mix of ancient and modern, oriental and occidental in this buzzing metropolis. At Bangkok enjoy a host of day and overnight trips to fascinating places, including the Bridge on the River Kwai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holidays to Bangkok include the glittering temples, particularly the fabulous Grand Palace, attractive Wat Po, with its colossal reclining Buddha, and peaceful Wat Arun, Temple of the Dawn on the banks of the Chao Phraya River. Bangkok has many cultural influences, alive at hundreds of wonderful restaurants and the Chinese and Indian market districts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holidays to Bangkok include day and overnight excursions to the ancient Siamese capital and World Heritage Site of Ayutthaya, the bustling Damnoen Saduak floating market and the poignant railway, cemetery and museum at the River Kwai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During your holidays to Bangkok you will learn that before 1939, this country where both rice and tolerance are cultivated with the same ardour was called Siam. But as it had never been colonized, it preferred the name Thailand, signifying "Land of Free Men". They number 60 million, 90 per cent of whom are Buddhists, a fact that permeates all facets of national life. Even in sophisticated Bangkok, women turn out in front of their houses soon after dawn to offer rice to saffron-robed monks. At Bangkok you will find that Thais are very proud of their past and their royalty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the tumultuous capital Bangkok, catch your breath in the peaceful atmosphere of a temple. Then experience the passage of time as you glide along the Chao Phraya River in a boat, observing the life of the canals, the colonial quarter with the legendary Oriental Hotel, and the futuristic skyscrapers. While on holidays to Bangkok, take time to wander in Chinatown, where the odours of the opium dens and brothels still linger. But times have changed: children whose parents rode water buffaloes out in the rice fields now programme computers and run production lines in Bangkok. In turn, city-dwellers need to journey 100 km to find an authentic floating market.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-1875477789078036916?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/1875477789078036916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=1875477789078036916' title='44 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1875477789078036916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1875477789078036916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/holidays-to-bangkok.html' title='Holidays to Bangkok'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>44</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-8255848112391079873</id><published>2009-04-27T08:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T08:07:44.401-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel Information'/><title type='text'>Bangkok: A City Of More Than Angels - Travel Information</title><content type='html'>Simultaneously the geographic, cultural and political heart of Thailand, Bangkok bustles with enthralling nightlife, charms with enchanting histories, and sooths with its blooming relaxation industry. Therefore, the world explorer may find that travel to Bangkok is an all-encompassing experience of modern Southeast Asia's many diverse offerings. And luckily, finding airfare to Bangkok right here on cFares is not nearly as mysterious as navigating the charming but winding streets and canals of the city itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok is officially known as Krung Thep, "City of Angels" in Thai, and Bangkok is actually only a small district that is home to the original village situated along the Chao Phraya River. The Bangkok of today certainly offers a taste for every palate. The infamous nightlife is overactive while the temples, museums and walking tours are abundant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Travel Bangkok through the Ages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The palaces and wats are a wonderful place to begin your Bangkok journey. Begin with the Grand Palace, which was the home and headquarters of the King of Thailand from the 18th to 20th centuries. The breathtaking complex sits on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River and is built in moat-wall fortress fashion to shield the Royal Family from invasions. Do not miss the Wat Phra Kaew, which contains the legendary Emerald Buddha - a solid jade figurine donning pure gold robes that are changed by the King with the seasons. To the north, Wat Pho is home to the world's largest reclining buddha, 15 by 46 meters of solid gold. The modern Royal Family resides at Chitralada Palace, a phenomenon of architectural landscaping and a bastion of education (there is a school on the grounds) and environment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best way to experience the different districts of Bangkok and the city's evolution resulting from global and local events over the last few centuries is to walk down the main avenues as they pass through changing scenes. Khao San Road is famous for its international diversity marrying east and west, if not solely for the funky hippy charm and somewhat diluted sense of reality you may feel yourself walking into. Make sure to also explore the stretches of Sukhumvit Road for a more downtown Bangkok feel teeming with clubs and restaurants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indulge the Thai Way, It's Your Way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many associate a vacation to Thailand with a jaunt into the lap of leisure, and you should consider Bangkok the capital. Bangkok boasts some of the most famous hotels in the world, including the Oriental and The Peninsula, which are full service spa experiences. Seek and you shall find the Thai massage of your dreams. Bangkok is filled with hundred of full service spas and simple massage houses, something to fit every budget. The canals also offer a nice break from the exhaust and motors of congested city streets. A boat tour for every fancy is available, including a market tour to experience the unique Bangkok street markets from the convenience of the canal, or a temple tour by water that explores 5 different temples and their histories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the pleasures, wonders and tastes of Bangkok are at your fingertips. A few clicks on cFares is sure to land you airfare to Bangkok in no time. See for yourself the dynamic cultural mesh of ancient Thailand and western post-war Bangkok, a beautiful melting pot of expats, students, young vibrant locals and the old generation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-8255848112391079873?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/8255848112391079873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=8255848112391079873' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8255848112391079873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8255848112391079873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/bangkok-city-of-more-than-angels-travel.html' title='Bangkok: A City Of More Than Angels - Travel Information'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-7463750090561544942</id><published>2009-04-27T08:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T08:06:35.464-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bangkok - Capital Of Thailand</title><content type='html'>If New York is the city that never sleeps then Bangkok, Thailand's vibrant resources city, comes a very close trice place. The city was founded in 1782 by the first monarch of the give Chakri reign. nowadays it's the country's spiritual, commercial and educational hub, home to approximately ten million people or more than 10% of the Thai population. Bangkok (or Krung Thep in Thai which means "city of angels") is an exciting, high contrast melting pot of east meets west. It is a dynamic city that has embraced technology and advanced living with its hectic expressways, bold skyscrapers and designer name filled shopping centres. Yet underneath it all, it remains a traditional port of urbanity, account and time-honored customs, where elders are respected and family forever comes first. As you move from the airport you'll see plenty of examples of advanced architecture dotting the cityscape and with them all, fixed proud, are glittering Buddhist temples such as Wat Phra Kaew and The complete Palace. Twisting through the solid jungle, you'll spy remnants of the "old Bangkok" below you - olden canals and waterways that are well meaning exploring on a dinghy jaunt. Every Thai household and edifice, even the most advanced, has a traditional soul house built farther for good destiny and to credit the soul of the land. Each day, small offerings of fruit and water are laid out, often with arrangements of flowers. If you're an early riser, keen to make the most of your rest time in Bangkok, don't be astounded when you see Buddhist monks in saffron robes making their morning "alms" rounds accepting food and donations from regional people, babyish and old. Thailand has a steamy climate with an yearly mean temperature of around 75 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit, so push light clothing for your jaunt. innate fibers like yarn and linen are often more comfortable when you're walking and touring in hot climate. Practically everywhere you go in Bangkok you'll find you some relief from the ardor, with blasts of icy cold air conditioning in retail outlets and hotels. From rally to May it's the hottest time, with the record temperatures and wetness. From June to October is monsoon period, so memorize to take an umbrella. November to February is cooler and minus sultry. memorize that the monsoon period varies throughout the country and can imitate the climate you experience. You'll find all types of accommodation in Bangkok - from prolific 5 star international names to minor backpacker hostels, favored by babyish tourists. Book online and see what singular charge you can find to become your mood and that all-important account. You'll realize everything from peaceful luxury escapes with spas to exciting hotels right in the nucleus of the action. One of the first terms you'll learn in Bangkok is "Rot tip" or "rot tit" which exactly means "cars that stick", in other terms passage jam. But the everyday snarls and gridlock have been hugely improved by Bangkok's cosmopolitan ship system. You can now outing the subway, the Hua Lamphong - Bang Sue line has 18 stations along the 12 mile send. It's sudden, peaceful and advanced. Jump on a BTS Sky train. BTS sky trains ply along Sukhumvit, Silom and Phahonyothin roads. The routes link Bangkok's principal hotels and main shopping areas such as Siam upright, Silom, Ratchaprasong and Chatuchak Weekend sell. Of course, you can't go to Bangkok lacking a outing in a tuk-tuk. These rapid three-wheeled open-air motorized taxis are trendy for suddenly journeys. Fares must be bargained in spread, it's part of the fun. The complete Palace: the number one attraction. Every visitor to Bangkok should see the magnificent buildings inside the complete Palace compound to get a mood of this complete architectural adapt. since the founding of Bangkok as the Nations resources by emperor Rama I, The complete Palace has been the main architectural sign of The Thai imperial Family. The imperial Family actually resides at Chitralada Palace while The complete Palace is used for ceremonial purposes. Wat Pho: perhaps the most interesting temple in Thailand. It combines account, health skill and is a spotlight for meditation and traditional massage exercise. Have a massage while you're here, at a very fair value. Chatuchak Weekend Market: with over 9,000 shops and stalls you'll be tempted over and over. Close to everything that is for trade in Bangkok is here, including antiques, Buddha amulets, handicrafts, clothes, flowers and furniture. (You'll sight that some maps indicate it "Jatuchak". Many English terms have various spellings, so if you're in doubt, ask the lodge concierge to write it in Thai for the taxi driver.) Vimanmek house Museum: the world's largest blond teak edifice located in the compound of the Dusit Palace on Ratchawithi road. The three-storey imperial house has 81 rooms, halls and ante-chambers containing matchless memorabilia. Jim Thompson's House: this piercing Thai house and buildings viewpoint as a museum to the man who recharged the Thai silk business after the trice World War. The visitors he founded, Jim Thompson Thai Silk, is recognized worldwide for its brilliant fabrics, home accessories and vogue substance. The gardens are equally impressive with a deluxe steamy jungle imitating nature's jumbled beauty right in the spotlight of the city. Shopping in Bangkok is not limited to one or two streets. You'll find dozens of malls, markets and luxury retail outlets throughout the city. The most trendy are located around the Ploenchit-Ratchaprasong vicinity, Sukhumvit Rd and Silom-Surawong-Patpong, including the fantastic Patpong night sell where you can pick up your souvenirs, vogue and Thai handicrafts. Don't be shy to bargain in the sell (nicely) as your cash can go a long way. Bangkok's core waterway, the Chao Phraya is the place to be. picture a imperial flotilla stretching as far as your eyes can see. A fleet of superbly fixed imperial barges leisurely sail into consider, manned by the imperial Thai armada dressed in olden ceremonial uniforms. Each sailor rowing in complete unison, perfected through months of intense apply. Thailand has a well deserved reputation as the "The Land of Smiles". You'll obtain a warm meet and feel the real friendliness of the locals. One thing's for surely, the memories of a rest here will visit with you for a days.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-7463750090561544942?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/7463750090561544942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=7463750090561544942' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7463750090561544942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7463750090561544942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/bangkok-capital-of-thailand.html' title='Bangkok - Capital Of Thailand'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-8620731878813269673</id><published>2009-04-27T07:34:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:35:35.911-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bangkok - Capital of Thailand and Where East Meets West</title><content type='html'>If New York is the city that never sleeps then Bangkok, Thailand's vibrant capital city, comes a very close second place. The city was founded in 1782 by the first monarch of the present Chakri Dynasty. Today it's the country's spiritual, commercial and educational hub, home to approximately ten million people or more than 10% of the Thai population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok (or Krung Thep in Thai which means "city of angels") is an exciting, high contrast melting pot of east meets west. It is a dynamic city that has embraced technology and modern living with its busy expressways, bold skyscrapers and designer brand filled shopping centres. Yet underneath it all, it remains a traditional haven of culture, history and time-honored customs, where elders are respected and family always comes first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you travel from the airport you'll see plenty of examples of modern architecture dotting the cityscape and amongst them all, standing proud, are glittering Buddhist temples such as Wat Phra Kaew and The Grand Palace. Snaking through the concrete jungle, you'll spy remnants of the "old Bangkok" below you - ancient canals and waterways that are well worth exploring on a boat trip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every Thai household and building, even the most modern, has a traditional spirit house built outside for good fortune and to honor the spirit of the land. Each day, small offerings of fruit and water are laid out, often with arrangements of flowers. If you're an early riser, keen to make the most of your vacation time in Bangkok, don't be surprised when you see Buddhist monks in saffron robes making their morning "alms" rounds accepting food and donations from local people, young and old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thailand has a tropical climate with an annual average temperature of around 75 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit, so pack light clothing for your trip. Natural fibers like cotton and linen are often more comfortable when you're walking and touring in hot weather. Practically everywhere you go in Bangkok you'll find you some relief from the heat, with blasts of icy cold air conditioning in retail outlets and hotels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From March to May it's the hottest time, with the highest temperatures and humidity. From June to October is monsoon season, so remember to take an umbrella. November to February is cooler and less humid. Remember that the monsoon season varies throughout the country and can affect the weather you experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll find all types of accommodation in Bangkok - from lavish 5 star international names to smaller backpacker hostels, favored by young tourists. Book online and see what special rates you can find to suit your mood and that all-important budget. You'll discover everything from peaceful luxury escapes with spas to exciting hotels right in the heart of the action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the first words you'll learn in Bangkok is "Rot tip" or "rot tit" which literally means "cars that stick", in other words traffic jam. But the everyday snarls and gridlock have been vastly improved by Bangkok's cosmopolitan transport system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can now ride the subway, the Hua Lamphong - Bang Sue line has 18 stations along the 12 mile route. It's fast, quiet and modern.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jump on a BTS Sky Train. BTS sky trains ply along Sukhumvit, Silom and Phahonyothin roads. The routes connect Bangkok's leading hotels and major shopping areas such as Siam Square, Silom, Ratchaprasong and Chatuchak Weekend Market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, you can't go to Bangkok without a ride in a tuk-tuk. These zippy three-wheeled open-air motorized taxis are popular for short journeys. Fares must be bargained in advance, it's part of the fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Grand Palace: the number one attraction. Every visitor to Bangkok should see the magnificent buildings within the Grand Palace compound to get a feeling of this grand architectural style. Since the founding of Bangkok as the Nations capital by King Rama I, The Grand Palace has been the major architectural symbol of The Thai Royal Family. The Royal Family actually resides at Chitralada Palace while The Grand Palace is used for ceremonial purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat Pho: possibly the most interesting temple in Thailand. It combines history, medical science and is a center for meditation and traditional massage training. Have a massage while you're here, at a very fair price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chatuchak Weekend Market: with over 9,000 shops and stalls you'll be tempted over and over. Close to everything that is for sale in Bangkok is here, including antiques, Buddha amulets, handicrafts, clothes, flowers and furniture. (You'll notice that some maps spell it "Jatuchak". Many English words have multiple spellings, so if you're in doubt, ask the hotel concierge to write it in Thai for the taxi driver.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vimanmek Mansion Museum: the world's largest golden teak building located in the compound of the Dusit Palace on Ratchawithi Road. The three-storey royal mansion has 81 rooms, halls and ante-chambers containing unique memorabilia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jim Thompson's House: this exquisite Thai house and buildings stand as a museum to the man who revived the Thai silk industry after the Second World War. The company he founded, Jim Thompson Thai Silk, is recognized worldwide for its brilliant fabrics, home accessories and fashion items. The gardens are equally impressive with a lush tropical jungle imitating nature's haphazard beauty right in the center of the city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shopping in Bangkok is not limited to one or two streets. You'll find dozens of malls, markets and luxury retail outlets throughout the city. The most popular are located around the Ploenchit-Ratchaprasong area, Sukhumvit Rd and Silom-Surawong-Patpong, including the fantastic Patpong night market where you can pick up your souvenirs, fashion and Thai handicrafts. Don't be shy to bargain in the market (nicely) as your dollar can go a long way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok's main river, the Chao Phraya is the place to be. Imagine a royal armada stretching as far as your eyes can see. A flotilla of superbly carved royal barges slowly sail into view, manned by the Royal Thai Navy dressed in ancient ceremonial uniforms. Each sailor rowing in perfect unison, perfected through months of intense practice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thailand has a well deserved reputation as the "The Land of Smiles". You'll receive a warm welcome and feel the genuine friendliness of the locals. One thing's for sure, the memories of a vacation here will stay with you for a lifetime.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-8620731878813269673?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/8620731878813269673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=8620731878813269673' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8620731878813269673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8620731878813269673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/bangkok-capital-of-thailand-and-where.html' title='Bangkok - Capital of Thailand and Where East Meets West'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-8788041586562165522</id><published>2009-04-27T07:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:34:27.404-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Enjoy a Grand Time in Bangkok</title><content type='html'>The capital as well as the largest city in Thailand, Bangkok is a mesmerizing destination, situated in the central region of the nation, on the low flat plains of the Chao Phraya River, near the northern tip of the Gulf of Thailand. Known as Krungthep in Thai, literally meaning the 'City of Angels,' Bangkok is the cultural, economic, educational, and political center of the nation. Bangkok is credited to be the only metropolis in the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further, it serves as Thailand's main port. The history of Bangkok as a modern city dates back to 1782 when it was declared capital of Thailand by King Rama I of the Chakri Dynasty. Since then, Bangkok has grown steadily to become one of the world's prominent cities, consisting of 50 districts stretching up to an area of 1568 sq mt. Above all, Bangkok is one of the most visited cities in South east Asia. Perhaps for these reasons, Bangkok is sometimes acknowledged as the 'Venice of the East.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok offers a feast of attractions to the visitors to the city, ranging from ancient temples and magnificent palaces to modern as well as classy malls and multiplexes. Of the attractions of the city, perhaps the most popular is its more than 400 dazzling Buddhist wats or temples of incredible beauty and fascination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Few among the prominent Buddhist shrines in the area are the Temple of Dawn, decorated with numerous Chinese porcelains; Wat Benchamabophit, which is much favored for its main chapel erected in white Carara Italian marble; Wat Phra Chetuphon, with a huge Reclining Buddha of 46 m long and 15 m high; and Wat Traimit, whose focal point is a -metre tall, 5.5 tonne solid gold Buddha image, erected more than 700 years ago during the Sukhothai period. Apart from these, a good number of Hindu shrines such as Erawan Shrine can also be seen here, apart from fantastic churches and mosques.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The city also abounds in splendid palaces. Among which, most noteworthy as well as spectacular is Grand Palace - an architectural splendor which served as the royal residence as well as the administrative seat of the government for more than 150 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the specialties of the palace is Wat Phra Kaew, (the Temple of the Emerald Buddha), whose highlight is an Emerald Buddha dating back to the 14th century. Also, included in the highlights of the palace are seven elegant royal buildings and a stunning chapel. Vimanmek Mansion, King Taksin's Palace, The Front Palace, Tha Phra Palace, Bahn Moh Palace, and Sra Pathum Palace are the other significant palaces in the area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok's attractions also include Snake Farm, also known as the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, which is one of the leading producers of anti-venom Serum in Asia; Crocodile Farm -the largest of its kind in the world, where you can see more than 60,000 fresh as well as sea water crocodiles; and Rose Garden, a well-manicured area where cultural shows are conducted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further, don't miss any of the fantastic museums in the area, while your stay at Bangkok. Museums in Bangkok are categorized into palace museums, special museums, and Kings' museum. Prominent being Suan Pakkad Palace Museum, the Bank of Thailand Museum, Thai Labor Museum, the Museum of Buddhist Art, and King Rama VI Museum. Let it be any type of museum, each of the museums in Bangkok is considered a rich tapestry of Thai history and ethnicity. In addition, Bangkok is home to the world's largest outdoor museum, Ancient City, exhibiting gigantic-sized replicas of renowned monuments and temples found across the nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok also renders superb options to enjoy a variety of leisurely activities. For instance, for golf freaks, the city comes with some of the top-rated golf courses in the world, including Royal Thai Air Force, Royal Bangkok Sports Club, and Royal Thai Army Sports Center. If you love to be pampered, then head to any of the city's superb spa facilities, offering rejuvenating massages and relaxing natural treatments. For those looking for something different, one of the best options would be to spectacle Thai boxing, which is conducted on the two main stadiums of Bangkok, such as, Ratchadamnoen Stadium and Lumpini Stadium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further, the city is a venue for a variety of interesting festivals, including Songkran Festival, the International Festival of Dance and Music, Vegetarian Festival, and Loy Krathong - also known as the Festival of Lights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gastronomically, the culinary delights of the area are simply amazing, with thousands of world-class restaurants and eateries. Bangkok is also a shopper's paradise, boasting of some of the best shopping facilities in Asia. Above all, Bangkok is renowned around the world for its lively as well as exciting nightlife.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-8788041586562165522?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/8788041586562165522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=8788041586562165522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8788041586562165522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8788041586562165522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/enjoy-grand-time-in-bangkok.html' title='Enjoy a Grand Time in Bangkok'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-1298309611835174194</id><published>2009-04-27T07:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:33:47.262-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Visiting Bangkok in 10 Easy Steps</title><content type='html'>One Night in Bangkok…as the famous song goes, but there’s much more to this city, including fantastic culture, great value shopping, exciting entertainment and plenty of sights to point a camera at. With only a few days in the Thai capital, here are ten things you really must see or do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shopping&lt;br /&gt;Whether you hot-foot it around Bangkok’s latest glitzy addition to its long list of shopping malls – Siam Paragon, or you spend hours sifting through the bargains at Pratunam Market, shopaholics will not be disappointed with Bangkok’s offerings. Ranking as one of Asia’s top shopping hubs, it is no wonder that shopping is a favourite pastime of the Thais. With all of the main centres within walking distance of one another, you can start at Siam Discover Centre; pass through Siam Square on your way to MBK, then hit your final destination, the World Trade Centre. The biggest problem will not be finding what you want; it will be getting it back home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew&lt;br /&gt;The royal residence known as the Grand Palace sits adjacent to Thailand’s most famous temple complex, Wat Phra Kaew. Home of the Emerald Buddha statue, made of jade contrary to what the name suggests; this is one of the most revered religious sites in Thailand and the location of many prestigious ceremonies. Make sure you wear appropriate clothing if you want to visit these must-see landmarks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat Arun&lt;br /&gt;You can catch a glimpse of this important Buddhist temple on the back of a 10 baht coin if you want a taste of what to expect. Nestled between Chinese-style pavilions on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, the highlight of Wat Arun is its Khmer-style tower. At the base of the tower is a sculpture of the Hindu god Indra and depictions of Chinese soldiers and animals, while the tower itself is intricately decorated with seashells and small pieces of porcelain. Once the home of the Emerald Buddha during the time of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, this temple remains one of the most important religious sites in the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lumpini Park&lt;br /&gt;Sit back and relax in the shade of palm trees or rent a peddle boat and explore the lake and its canals, Lumpini Park is a haven of tranquility, ideal for those in need of a rest from the urban jungle. Interesting features include the Thai Lanna and Chinese pavilions, while there is also a pretty Chinese-style clock tower. In addition to some impressive sculptures, there is a children’s play park and a new pavilion designed as a rest area. And if you miss the buzz of the city, the park is right in the heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patpong&lt;br /&gt;The go-go bars and wild nightlife often overshadows Patpong’s other offerings, of which there are plenty of the tame variety. People-watch from one of the cafés, relax and listen to some live music, barter for some bargains at the night market or enjoy a tasty meal; however, if it is trouble that you are looking for, you won’t need to walk farther than a couple of meters before being approached by a tout promising a menu of sexual delights. While this can be annoying, there is no denying that this is a novelty for many and the reasonable percentage of non-sleazy venues makes it a friendly, non-intimidating place to browse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chatuchak Market&lt;br /&gt;If you want something specific but you’re not sure where to find it, this is the place. Chatuchak weekend market has vendors selling literally everything, from books to kittens. Busy all year round, expect to be pushed, shoved and pulled at as you wind your way through the narrow alleys. But don’t worry; there are plenty of places to stop for a rest and eat some delicious, inexpensive food. It’s a good idea to decide on a landmark before you begin to explore as the size and crowds here make it easy to loose your hopping companions. A bargain lover’s hunting ground; this is a shopping experience you will not want to miss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jim Thompson’s House&lt;br /&gt;Thompson was responsible for rebuilding the Thai silk industry, for which he gained recognition as making an outstanding contribution to Thailand. Before his mysterious disappearance in 1967 on a vacation to the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia, Thompson built this impressive Thai-style teak house, which became the talk of the town. Now a museum, visitors can explore the building and gain insight into this colourful characters life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dreamworld&lt;br /&gt;Not all stomach-churning rides, this popular adventure theme park has dozens of attractions including gardens, miniature replicas of seven wonders of the world, live shows and performances, a cable car and even a snow field where you can sling snow balls at your friends. A lively alternative to Bangkok’s traditional sightseeing attractions, the park is easily accessible by train, bus or car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Khao San Road&lt;br /&gt;If you don’t fancy staying in among hundreds of backpackers, this travellers’ mecca is still worth a look, if just for its cheap pirate CDs. Renowned as a party street, things are unusually quiet until street vendors set up shop in the afternoon. By nightfall, the street is unrecognisable as it fills with throngs of youngsters dining, drinking and watching football. A great place to meet people and make friends, this is also the spot to get cheap travel deals to onward destinations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muay Thai Boxing&lt;br /&gt;Only football inspires as much passion as boxing in Thailand, with the latter being considerably more violent. Even if you are a bit reluctant to spend your money on watching men sling punches and lethal kicks, it is surprising how the electric crowd can soon have you up there cheering with the rest of them. Fights are held almost nightly at Lumphini and Ratchadamnoen stadiums, with tickets sol in three tiers, depending on how close you want to be to the action.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-1298309611835174194?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/1298309611835174194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=1298309611835174194' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1298309611835174194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1298309611835174194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/visiting-bangkok-in-10-easy-steps.html' title='Visiting Bangkok in 10 Easy Steps'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-7404161966966626046</id><published>2009-04-27T07:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:31:58.018-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Discover Bangkok</title><content type='html'>The Kingdom of Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia. To its east lie Laos and Cambodia; to its south, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia; and to its west, the Andaman Sea and Myanmar. Its capital and largest city is Bangkok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outlook of a tourist destination is as important as its image in a tourism department. It is the duty of tourism department to make the place more attracting to the tourists. Authority must ensure that they give the tourists, both international visitors and Thai residents, a general outlook on Thailand as a tourist destination. This helps the tourists to have a better idea about the culture and places of Thailand. For some visitors cultural sights, cuisines and friendly people are considerably important and some others will look for entertainment and nightlife of Thailand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When tourists were asked about why they choose Thailand as their tourist destination, the reply will be ""hospitality of Thai people is really welcoming and touches our emotions moreover Thai has all modern facilities for tourists visiting Thailand"".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each and every visitor has different picture in their mind about their holiday destination and the taste varies from person to person. Some like to spend their vacation in adventurous places and some others like to spend holidays in places with amazing scenery and good climate. Thailand is a place in which people love to keep in their hearts with the memories and good time they spend. Most of the people will refresh it quite often to remember the wonderful moments they spend in Thailand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thailand is one of countries whose major income source is tourism. Thailand is filled with hotels, resorts, bungalows and guesthouses for tourists. Standard of accommodation of Thailand is excellent with well-mannered hotels all around. Most of the hotels offer wide range of accommodation categories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To add zest in Thailand destination, a lot more you can have rather than sea, sand and sun or temple visits. The southern part of Thailand and related islands are most famous for sea, fishing and canoeing where as the northern part of Thailand is well-known for adventures including trekking, river rafting, caving and mountain biking. Most of the tourists who choose Thailand destination as their holiday camp quite often enjoy adventure safari, leisure, nightlife, shopping, sightseeing and lot more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the important factors which tie and call visitors to the land of Thailand is mouth watering cuisines. Rice is the major component of Thai cuisine and fragrant jasmine rice which is native to Thailand is mostly used. Cuisines of Thailand destination is well known all around the globe for distinctive combination of flavors which often stir up the images of hot, spicy, tasty flavors and exotic ingredients.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Food of Thai is the indication of Thailand's heritage which is a combined influence of western and eastern. Capital of Thailand - Bangkok, the 22nd most popular city in the world, is the largest city in Thailand situated near by bank of Chao Phraya River. Bangkok is one among the many to hit the fastest rates in constructions of high rising buildings. The cultural wealth of the city makes it the most admired tourist destination. The city Bangkok has a striking mix up of new and old- recent and ancient things to watch and enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you select Thailand as your vacation destination, do not forget to visit Bangkok because it is home to Wat Phra Khao and the Grand Palace which are best for sight-seeing. Bangkok is showered with more and more attractions every square mile unlike any other cities. In spite of heavy crowds, architecture and attractions, the city is really appealing and worth to see and travel. One of the most unique attractions of Bangkok is the traditional life which is safe and sound from the modern civilization and thus would be an enthralling one to watch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kingdom of Thailand, the captivating land, is now a most preferred tourist destination. There is no wonder why each and every year tourist is increased at faster rates. New and frequent visitors have lots to watch in Thailand. Enjoy and keep in mind as most precious moments with Thai people. The heritage of the land doesn't get swept away with the arc lights of trend and modernity. Renowned hospitality, magnificent natural beauty, inspirational temples, tastiest cuisines and also the tremendous appealing ancient kingdoms are the factors which makes Thailand the land of tourist. Now who wouldn't love to visit Thailand on their vacations!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-7404161966966626046?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/7404161966966626046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=7404161966966626046' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7404161966966626046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7404161966966626046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/discover-bangkok.html' title='Discover Bangkok'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-3154561188380035912</id><published>2009-04-27T07:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:30:42.778-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Nightlife of Bangkok</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="KonaBody"&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;One Night in Bangkok&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Bangkok is quickly becoming Asia’s capital of modern entertainment, with brilliant live music, hip bars, dancing venues, great restaurants, and groovy jazz and blues clubs. The nightlife in Thailand, especially Bangkok, can cater for every traveler, ranging from a simple few beers, too energy pumping dancing inside nightclubs.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;there are a a large number of Irish and British style pubs due to the a steady expat in the population, filled with a number of traditional British and Irish activities. The recent migration of the Japanese have also made karaoke bars popular around Bangkok. the rich society of Thailand will often be found all around in hotel bars and A-list nightclubs. if traveling in groups, it is a custom to all share a bottle of whiskey, payed for by each of the group of friends.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In bangkok the drinks are rapidly evolving to keep up with what is modern. Owners of bars will spend a great deal of cash hiring experts to create unique drinks using flowers, spices, herbs and fruit juices. Nowadays tradition drinks are very rarely asked for, and drinks like the tom yumtini, made with lemongrass and chili, can only be found in the vars of Bangkok.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the past the government as tried to crack down on the clubs and bars that generate a small sex and drug tourism. In March 2004 the Thailand authorities enforced a midnight curfew on all businesses, tying to target the bars and nightclubs. This action, a attempt to convey the image to then outside world of Thailand being only a country of temples, beaches and sunshine cause a large cry of outrage from club and bar owners, claiming that the tourism would be affected and unemployment would increase. A few months later there was a compromise which divided the town of Bangkok into zones, each zone having a different curfew, these not set in stone, allowing an all night city if you know where to go.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;                                                               &lt;div class="image"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;          &lt;div class="text"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paul Benjinks is a 32 year old American who has just started writing guides on the hundreds of countries he has visited on the website &lt;a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.international-travel-guides.co.uk/"&gt; International travel Guides &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As long as this bottom text remains you may use this guide for any free online purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-3154561188380035912?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/3154561188380035912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=3154561188380035912' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3154561188380035912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3154561188380035912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/nightlife-of-bangkok.html' title='The Nightlife of Bangkok'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-6893932341620630723</id><published>2009-04-27T07:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:29:42.084-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bangkok Nightlife - Much More Than Sleaze</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="KonaBody"&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was reasonably well-dressed and relatively sober, so why wouldn’t he admit me? Eventually the club’s manager explained to me that it wasn’t that they doubted my age and that they didn’t doubt I was old enough to be allowed in, it was that they thought I was too OLD to be admitted. I was speechless. Then, in typical Thai style, his face broke into a huge grin: ”ha ha, just joking but I fooled you, ha ha, we only need ID to help police”. He told me that I could come in provided I promised to write something nice about his club, which I refused to agree to do, but which I can in any case do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The club is called ‘Curve’ and is better suited to the younger generation, as to most older clubbers the music will sound about as harmonious as finger-nails on a blackboard (this aversion on behalf of their elders being of course the reason that the kids love it so much). ‘Curves’ is packed with young Thais every night of the week, doing one of the things they are best at – partying to Thai music. If the Beijing Olympics were to include a ‘partying’ competition, the Thais would win hands-down, especially if teams got negative points for undesirable behavior like drug abuse and violence, which are less prevalent on the Thai club scene than elsewhere in the world. Maybe the judges of this putative partying Olympic event could award extra points for friendly behaviour like sharing your bottle with all-comers, with special bonus points awarded for dancing in a sufficiently foolish fashion as to make everybody else think that they might as well join in, as they couldn’t possibly dance any worse than you do. If such points were awarded, however, then there would no point in holding the competition at all, as Thailand would take the gold, silver and bronze medals every time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thais are some of the world’s biggest party animals and Bangkok is their capital, so it is not surprising that it has a humming club scene. The carousing is not confined to weekends in the many clubs offering music for every taste and to clientele of every sexual orientation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rooftop bars are a speciality. Classy Vertigo &amp;amp; Moon Bar, an open-air rooftop lounge, offers breathtaking views of the river and the city skyline. Or you can quaff premium beverages in a romantic al fresco ambience at Hu’u, a club, bar and restaurant, whose kitchens won’t disappoint even the most discerning of foodies. The music ranges from Jazz, acid jazz, lounge to tempo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of Bangkok’s biggest and best clubs, ‘Hollywood’, is popular with slightly older Thais and with tourists of all ages. Western dance-music is alternated with Thai cabaret in a sensational feast for the eyes as well as ears. It can sometimes be disappointing when the management have been let down by acts and try to fob the audience off with dancing girls, which is not what the place is really about. You can almost imagine the pandemonium backstage: “what, the band haven’t arrived yet, OK, get the girls back out on stage, this time tell them to get their tops off, maybe that will keep the punters happy”. It doesn’t.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the nicest things about Thai night-clubs is that they lack the undercurrent of mindless random violence present in many Western establishments, where for many men the second best choice for an evening’s entertainment, if they can’t attract a woman, is to get into a fight with a stranger who they don’t like the look of.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Things are done differently in a Thai club, which the would-be clubber is advised to take note of. Firstly, don’t march up to the bar and order a round of drinks. You should just wait until a waiter comes up to you and takes your order. He will then find you one of the least packed spots to stand and go off and get your drinks. When he returns he will bring a small waist-high drinks table along with your drinks. You never need to go to the bar:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thailand taught me yet another lesson about patience when I went to a Bangkok club the other day. I was too impatient to hang about waiting to be served, so went to the bar and ordered a drink. After a while a waiter took my order and THB 1,000, then disappeared. For a long time. As my friends tucked into their drinks I became more and more impatient and went to complain. Just after I had got into my stride moaning, the waiter turned up with my drink and the change, making me feel so stupid that I wished the cracks between the floorboards would open up enough for me to be able to dive between them. He had been delayed by having to get change for my drink, which isn’t something that customers normally get until the end of the evening. I had thought that I had already learned the lesson that patience is best in Thailand, but obviously I had not learned it well enough.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One thing we have to thank deposed Prime Minister Thaksin for is for insisting that all clubs close at the ridiculously early hour of 2 am. No doubt he thought he was doing all our livers a favour, as prior to that it had been hard to resist the temptation to stay up all night in this most unabashedly hedonistic of party cities. Insomniacs and die-hards can still, however, find a late drink by going to the seedy Nana Plaza, where old dears serve unlicensed beer to the lust-lorn and where you can enquire as to the location of the latest all-night bars.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Looking for Love &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for love then wear nice clothes and don’t worry about over-dressing. Thais set great store by how well you dress. If you look presentable then your friends will call you ‘law jang leu-ee’ (handsome) even if you are suffering from a red-eyed hangover squared and the bags under your eyes are big enough to carry your shopping around in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Much as we’d like to ignore it, something must be said about Bangkok’s sex industry. It is thriving, fuelled mainly by older Western men but also by younger ones who would like to behave better but whose hormones, like immigration officers, block their roads to better places. Trainloads of factory-farmed girls are still ‘harvested’ from the fields of Isaan every spring (directly after school’s-out) and are then sent to Patpong, Patong and Pattaya (the infamous three P’s). It is hard to know what to make of the business. On the one hand, many prostitutes undoubtedly do very well out of the job and drag their families out of poverty through it. On the other, successful prostitutes are the exception and many of the ones who succeed are so brutalized that they seem to lose sight of all morals: there are quite regularly cases in the press about prostitutes murdering their lovers to get their hands on their money.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whilst in Thailand, why not visit out one of the country’s currently best three beach destinations:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Koh Lao Liang: &lt;a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.andamanadventures.com/kohlaoliang.shtml"&gt;http://www.andamanadventures.com/kohlaoliang.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ao Nang: &lt;a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.andamanadventures.com/ao_nang.shtml"&gt;http://www.andamanadventures.com/ao_nang.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Railay/Tonsai: &lt;a rel="nofollow" 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type='text'>Bangkok Go-Go Bars</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UMrteW1NiRU&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UMrteW1NiRU&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;Bangkok Go-Go Bars&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-4483007273280554213?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/4483007273280554213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link 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type='text'>Bangkok Massage Parlors | Soapy Massage Thailand</title><content type='html'>There are literally thousands of Thai massage parlors in Bangkok, Thailand. Essentially, there are three types of massage: the soapy massage, the Thai massage and the herbal oil massage. We all know that many massage parlors are little more than a front for prostitution, and in many massage parlors, this extra option is readily available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has to be the ultimate entertainment experience in this exciting city, if you have not tried it, you owe it to yourself to try this at least once. Although we are sure that it won't be your last. In the various massage parlors there seems to be a similar procedure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upon entering the establishment, you will be lead to a reception area where you will see a group of girls, usually in another room with a one way mirror. While you are admiring the females, you can always get a drink while you take your time to make your choice. Once you have made your selection, just give the manager the name and number(s). The girl will be brought out to greet you, and you could have a drink and chat with her, or simply head to the private room. Be fully aware gentlemen that you will be expected to settle the bill in advance of departing to the room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Massage Parlors in Bangkok&lt;br /&gt;Girls sitting behind the glass window for you to choose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upon reaching the room with your selected escort, you may be offered the opportunity to order another drink, both for yourself and your companion. Chatting is optional, you may wish to progress and head for the type of massage you have selected. Depending on the option that you have chosen, you will first be placed in a soapy bubble bath, pleasurably cleaned up by your companion(s), and if you have chosen the body massage you will get the rubber mattress treatment. If you have not yet had this pleasure, it is widely recommended. Another suggestion, if your budget allows, is the “sandwich” where you get two young ladies to attend to all your needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you have been dried, and are squeaky clean from the soapy bath and massage, you will be shown to the bed, which is usually round or oval. This is round two of your pleasures, so prepare yourself. You can tell if the young lady is enjoying her time with you about now, since if she did not, she would be reluctant to spend even more time with you. The body massage usually takes about 90 minutes, but can last as long as two and a half hours if your masseuses are happy with the way you are treating them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If all you are really looking for is a good body massage, then opt for traditional Thai massage, which originated some two and a half thousand years ago. The techniques were passed on originally by word of mouth, then written upon palm leaves. These may be viewed at the Wat Pho temple in Bangkok.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-3364170788438488205?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/3364170788438488205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=3364170788438488205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3364170788438488205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3364170788438488205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2009/01/bangkok-massage-parlors-soapy-massage.html' title='Bangkok Massage Parlors | Soapy Massage Thailand'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-3796783449263873183</id><published>2008-09-16T02:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.698-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The BTS Skytrain'/><title type='text'>My Public Transport Mode of Choice - The BTS Skytrain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM98dw6oEAI/AAAAAAAABVw/wsWxdFVHsSs/s1600-h/The+BTS+Skytrain.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM98dw6oEAI/AAAAAAAABVw/wsWxdFVHsSs/s320/The+BTS+Skytrain.jpg" border="0" alt="My Public Transport Mode of Choice - The BTS Skytrain"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246548941698764802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;bangkok &lt;/b&gt;’s &lt;b&gt;BTS sky train &lt;/b&gt; is a relatively fast and reliable way to make your way around town and to avoid the chaotic, &lt;b&gt;traffic &lt;/b&gt;plagued roads below. As of now there are two sky train lines:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Rp_1Fx8G1A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Rp_1Fx8G1A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Sukhumvit line has 16 stops and connects On Nut with Mo Chit, with en-route stops including Siam and Asoke (Sukhumvit). The Silom line has 7 stops and connects Sapan Taksin with National Stadium and its en-route stops include Silom aka Sala Daeng and Siam. The two lines connect at Siam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bts &lt;b&gt;Skytrain &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The BTS &lt;b&gt;Skytrain &lt;/b&gt; connects with its MRT Underground counterpart at Sala Daeng (Silom Underground), Asoke (Sukhumvit Underground) and Mo Chit (Chatuchak Underground). Most of my journeys on the BTS are between On Nut, Siam and Chong Nonsi where I get off and walk a bit further to my office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Skytrain &lt;/b&gt; fares are cheap starting from 15 baht to 40 baht which is still pretty much next to nothing. Tickets can be purchased from machines located at the stations. Unlike the MRT Underground ticket machines, a lot of machines for BTS tickets still only accept coins, not banknotes so you might have to change your note for coins at one of the information desks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back to the ticket machine, choose the zone your destination is in and it will automatically calculate the correct fare for you. You’ll be provided with a small cardboard ticket, roughly the size of a standard credit card to be inserted into a turnstile to access the platforms. Comes the end of your journey, you do the same to exit the platform but this time around it’s not returned to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trains run from 6am morning to 12pm at night, are very frequently packed but thankfully are air conditioned. All upcoming stops are announced in both Thai and English.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you live and work in &lt;b&gt;bangkok &lt;/b&gt; and are tired of the shitty &lt;b&gt;traffic &lt;/b&gt;here, I’d highly recommend adopting the BTS &lt;b&gt;Skytrain &lt;/b&gt; as your primary mode of public transport.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-3796783449263873183?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/3796783449263873183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=3796783449263873183' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3796783449263873183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3796783449263873183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-public-transport-mode-of-choice-bts.html' title='My Public Transport Mode of Choice - The BTS Skytrain'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM98dw6oEAI/AAAAAAAABVw/wsWxdFVHsSs/s72-c/The+BTS+Skytrain.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-7263150978535259722</id><published>2008-09-16T02:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.707-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baiyoke Tower II'/><title type='text'>Baiyoke Tower II, Bangkok</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM962dyIwlI/AAAAAAAABVo/-buRzZfAxIc/s1600-h/Baiyoke+Tower+II.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM962dyIwlI/AAAAAAAABVo/-buRzZfAxIc/s320/Baiyoke+Tower+II.jpg" border="0" alt="baiyoke tower"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246547167036359250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There’s dozens of &lt;b&gt;skyscrapers&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Tower&lt;/b&gt;ing the skies of &lt;b&gt;Bangkok&lt;/b&gt; but by far the tallest and most impressive has got to be The Baiyoke &lt;b&gt;Tower&lt;/b&gt; II which was opened in 1998 and is about 310 metres high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s also the 26th tallest building in the world. In fact, there’s roughly 2060 steps from bottom to top and it would take you over an hour to reach the top on foot - so much, much easier by lift!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Architecturally speaking, the piling of the building runs a staggering 60 metres deep underground, easily the height of a 20 storey building. Go up the lift to the 77th floor and from there you will find another lift to the 84th floor for the revolving deck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VN8MHfHPilA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VN8MHfHPilA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;baiyoke view&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you get there, you will understand why the viewing area is so attractive to both locals and foreign tourists alike. The views are simply amazing and up a little further is the wicked revolving deck that lets you enjoy the whole of &lt;b&gt;Bangkok&lt;/b&gt; so far as your eyes can stretch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t forget to bring your camera as there’s some great photo oppornities and when you’re finished, there’s a nice little bar up there for you to sit, have a cold one and take in the great view.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;baiyoke &lt;b&gt;Bangkok&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Open Monday-Friday: 10.30am to 10.00pm and weekends &amp; bank holidays: 9.30am to 10pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fares: Adults - 120 baht, children - 60 baht&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-7263150978535259722?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/7263150978535259722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=7263150978535259722' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7263150978535259722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7263150978535259722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/baiyoke-tower-ii-bangkok.html' title='Baiyoke Tower II, Bangkok'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM962dyIwlI/AAAAAAAABVo/-buRzZfAxIc/s72-c/Baiyoke+Tower+II.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-4853331705618242125</id><published>2008-09-16T02:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.714-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thai Boxing'/><title type='text'>Thai Boxing aka Muay Thai</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A0rltzN_1uc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A0rltzN_1uc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though I have relatively little interest in conventional &lt;b&gt;boxing &lt;/b&gt;, I’m somewhat passionate about &lt;b&gt;thai&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;boxing &lt;/b&gt; aka Muay &lt;b&gt;thai&lt;/b&gt;. I remember when my mate visited me a while ago we really wanted to experience a vibrant evening at a Muay &lt;b&gt;thai&lt;/b&gt; arena - he chose Ratchadamnoen and we went there together. At the time we had quite a bit of cash to spare so decided to splash out on ring side seats that set us back 1500 baht (£25/$45) each. But every single penny was well worth it because we got to see the action so frighteningly close.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;muay &lt;b&gt;thai&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;boxing &lt;/b&gt;That said, you can alternatively opt to spend a bit less on cheaper seats starting at, say, 300-400 baht up in the cages which to us looked like a bloody wicked atmosphere amongst the absolute frenzy of gambling locals. Generally speaking, the evening starts at 8-9pm and goes through till quite late so it does make for quite nice after-dinner entertainment. By the ringside, there’s a couple of young lads serving beer as well as other refreshments but be warned they can be quite pricey by Bangkok standards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The evening programme covers boxers of differing weights and skills, though all the lads are strikingly fit and have muscles in places you might not think possible. Prior to the fighting, both boxers circle the ring in a mesmerising ceremonial dance before kneeling down to pray. There’s also a local music group that drums a somewhat hypnotic beat throughout the night. Even if you’re not a big fan of violence, I’d still urge you to attend - this is a major part of &lt;b&gt;thai&lt;/b&gt; culture and tradition. And while Muay &lt;b&gt;thai&lt;/b&gt; may have a brutal image, most fighters have nothing but complete respect for one another and it is quite rare for kicks to go anywhere above shoulder height but when they do you can easily expect some serious pain!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-4853331705618242125?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/4853331705618242125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=4853331705618242125' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4853331705618242125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4853331705618242125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/thai-boxing-aka-muay-thai.html' title='Thai Boxing aka Muay Thai'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-5700131355016754652</id><published>2008-09-16T02:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.722-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jatujak Weekend Market'/><title type='text'>jatujak weekend market,Bangkok ตลาดนัดจตุจักร タイ バンコク</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1&gt; jatujak weekend market,Bangkok ตลาดนัดจตุจักร タイ バンコク &lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJDtlGw4VCs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJDtlGw4VCs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jatujak Weekend Market&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone has heard of �Jatujak� the center of a great variety of goods, lots of shops, and Thai products, wholesale market for farmers� products and local handicrafts.  Furthermore, this place is a big market for Thai local products export. The variety and lively atmosphere of Jatujak Market has added colour to the weekend for Bangkok people for long time. This place has helped create careers and added wealth to thousands of people and attracts huge numbers of foreign tourists.  Jatujak has a long history of being the largest market in the world, covering 68 rai (1 rai = 1,600 square meters) and made up of 27 sections. It has 10,000 shops and 300 vendors.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-5700131355016754652?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/5700131355016754652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=5700131355016754652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5700131355016754652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5700131355016754652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/jatujak-weekend-marketbangkok.html' title='jatujak weekend market,Bangkok ตลาดนัดจตุจักร タイ バンコク'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-5331601426239428241</id><published>2008-09-16T02:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.728-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pantip Plaza'/><title type='text'>Bangkok Thailand Pantip Plaza Compuer Mall</title><content type='html'>&lt;span&gt;bangkok Pantip Plaza a huge multi story mall that has all sorts of electronics and computer equipemnt &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SnHmZmP3KmE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SnHmZmP3KmE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Plaza houses hundreds of hardware and software shops as well as a couple of booths on the ground floor. In this very same complex are fast food, restaurants, coffee shops and a somewhat scruffy food court. Near the main entrance, there’s even a KFC to cater to Chavvy visitors&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-5331601426239428241?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/5331601426239428241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=5331601426239428241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5331601426239428241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5331601426239428241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/bangkok-thailand-pantip-plaza-compuer.html' title='Bangkok Thailand Pantip Plaza Compuer Mall'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-4286079611645448622</id><published>2008-09-16T02:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.735-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thai Girls'/><title type='text'>Four Sexy Thai Girls Dancing at Pantip Plaza HQ</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vlsZhepFnDs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vlsZhepFnDs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Four Sexy Thai Girls Dancing at Pantip Plaza HQ &lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-4286079611645448622?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/4286079611645448622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=4286079611645448622' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4286079611645448622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4286079611645448622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/four-sexy-thai-girls-dancing-at-pantip.html' title='Four Sexy Thai Girls Dancing at Pantip Plaza HQ'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-4752083654714231543</id><published>2008-09-16T02:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.742-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pantip Plaza, Pratu Nam</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM9300NThaI/AAAAAAAABVg/dP3QQ9PMJjU/s1600-h/pantip-bangkok.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM9300NThaI/AAAAAAAABVg/dP3QQ9PMJjU/s320/pantip-bangkok.jpg" border="0" alt="Pantip Plaza, Pratu Nam"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246543840161269154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pantip&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By far the best place to go in Bangkok for any sort of computer-related products is the five-storey Pantip Plaza in Pratu Nam, near the impressive Central World shopping mall. Prices are predictably cheap and the range rather extensive, though not that many vendors speak an awful lot of English.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pantip bangkokThe Plaza houses hundreds of hardware and software shops as well as a couple of booths on the ground floor. In this very same complex are fast food, restaurants, coffee shops and a somewhat scruffy food court. Near the main entrance, there’s even a KFC to cater to Chavvy visitors!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case you run short of cash, there’s plenty of cash machines within the mall as well as a money changer at the nearby bank. Watch out for Nigerian scammers though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And while there is a huge variety of computer-related products for sale on the cheap, Pantip is most associated with the massive amount of pirated software available. A lot of them are located in booths right next to factor outlets. For some reason, they just co exist in perfect harmony. There are literally tonnes of different vendors shifting hacked versions of software of all sorts and they’re usually the most up-to-date too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When in Pantip, haggling over price is what they call a time-honoured tradition. Last month I went to pick up a 160GB external hard drive that finally cost me a mere 2000 baht (£35/$65) and, yes, it did come with the box and 3-year warranty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And to those of you highly sensitive gits, don’t be offended by the guys approaching you saying “CD” (”seedy” more like) in a bid to sell you pornos. They do this to virtually everyone regardless of your horny look or not. Obviously, they’re just doing their job so it’s best just to ignore them unless you want to add some new titles to your fast-growing collection!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-4752083654714231543?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/4752083654714231543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=4752083654714231543' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4752083654714231543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4752083654714231543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/pantip-plaza-pratu-nam.html' title='Pantip Plaza, Pratu Nam'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM9300NThaI/AAAAAAAABVg/dP3QQ9PMJjU/s72-c/pantip-bangkok.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-677247951188810221</id><published>2008-09-16T02:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.750-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thonglor'/><title type='text'>Song Salueng Bar, Thonglor</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;On soi Thonglo&lt;/span&gt;r there are a couple of cool bars and clubs that are worth spending your evening in. I have been to most bars in this area but by far the most established and notable has got to be Song Salueng (สองสลึง) bar on soi 21. And here’s my review:&lt;br&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N2boplli0Qs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N2boplli0Qs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The club: one beautifully, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;uniquely designed&lt;/span&gt; hall with rather neat table settings that are also relatively easy to navigate your way through. Upstairs on the balcony, there’s a couple of comfy couches perfect for those unable/unwilling to compete for limited dancing space downstairs. There are two bars on both ends of the club with quick and reliable service. Outside there’s a long array of equally comfy seats and tables with a lovely view if you fancy a ciggy or some fresh air.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The music: as the bar is a single two-storey room with no alternative choice of music other than what is offered, you have to most of the time make do with live bands playing all the usual Thai tunes but hip hop hits are introduced once every hour while the bands take turns so make the most of them before the loud mouthed lads return to the stage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The crowd: mostly youngsters but a fair number of people of working age too. Westerners are something of a rarity so expect surplus attention here. Girls are lovely by Ekamai/Thonglor standards and sometimes even inviting so join in with them and good luck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The price: Whiskey (Red Label 1 Litre) - 1600 baht. Mixer - 50 baht. Beer (Heineken) - 200 baht&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-677247951188810221?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/677247951188810221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=677247951188810221' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/677247951188810221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/677247951188810221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/song-salueng-bar-thonglor.html' title='Song Salueng Bar, Thonglor'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-6569468502612856885</id><published>2008-09-16T02:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.757-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangkok'/><title type='text'>Bangkok at Nana plaza night</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3WOsVntIaoU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3WOsVntIaoU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok at Nana plaza night Right opposite The Mothership and im sure all you Bangkokonians know what im saying answers on a postcard&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-6569468502612856885?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/6569468502612856885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=6569468502612856885' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6569468502612856885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6569468502612856885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/bangkok-at-nana-plaza-night.html' title='Bangkok at Nana plaza night'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-6695335932010404459</id><published>2008-09-16T01:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.767-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Night Market'/><title type='text'>Huay Kwang Night Market</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM91zlbG4eI/AAAAAAAABVY/5llf1fBd_kw/s1600-h/Huay+Kwang+Night+Market.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM91zlbG4eI/AAAAAAAABVY/5llf1fBd_kw/s400/Huay+Kwang+Night+Market.jpg" alt="Huay Kwang Night Market" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246541619989504482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you’re out quite a lot in Bangkok you probably agree with me that the closing hours are such a pain in the arse for us party animals and there ain’t much we can do about it but moan, moan and moan. Fortunately enough though, there’s a couple of after hours clubs that remain open until as late as 5 am in the morning for those of you hardcore clubbers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a fun-loving young man, I enjoy partying to bits but after closing hours usually get too knackered to carry on elsewhere. But I do often get starving having spent hours boozing and bopping the night away and when I do, I usually end up finding somewhere to eat with my mates. There are plenty of late night eateries in Bangkok but by far my most favourite has got to be the wicked Huay Kwang night market, about 5 minutes away from Ratchada/RCA and 10 minutes from Sukhumvit (with no traffic).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;huay kwang night market&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a nutshell, it’s a night market packed with clothing, jewellery, fake stuff stalls and a couple of worthwhile restaurants. I’ve been to two and the food served there is not bad at all. It’s a bit busy but surely worth it as once you’ve sat yourself down you’re bound to be surrounded by beautiful fellow diners who offer an amazing view and make the already good meal even better!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently the night market is primely located not too far from the nearby road strip with loads of karaoke bars, gentlemen’s clubs etc. and this is precisely why you normally see many girls on their own in sexy clothing straight out from work. Most of them pop by to spend their not-too-hard-earned cash while some just come to grab good food like the rest of us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;huay kwang night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here’s the deal: this might be a bit cheeky but you could actually try your luck with some of these girls but just make sure they’re absolutely on their own and with no cocks around. When in an eatery, it’s not unusual for people to start talking to each other so those of you with extra guts fuelled by beers should love it here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Funnily enough though, the easiest place to start chatting girls up in the Huay Kwang night market is in fact along the long pavement where they stop by stalls to buy clothes and girlie stuff. And while there’s tonnes of techniques available, improvisation will usually do the trick.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-6695335932010404459?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/6695335932010404459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=6695335932010404459' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6695335932010404459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6695335932010404459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/huay-kwang-night-market.html' title='Huay Kwang Night Market'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM91zlbG4eI/AAAAAAAABVY/5llf1fBd_kw/s72-c/Huay+Kwang+Night+Market.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-6523827505342545076</id><published>2008-09-16T01:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.774-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nightlife Bangkok'/><title type='text'>Spanky Nana Plaza Nightlife Bangkok</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jv81TqcOBvM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jv81TqcOBvM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spanky Nana Plaza Nightlife Bangkok&lt;br /&gt;Nanaplaza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thailand truly is a tourist's dream; pristine white bea- ches, beautiful green golf courses, blue seas perfect for scuba diving, and of course there is the nightlife...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The nightlife in Thailand can be rather overwhel- ming, there is just so much to do. Bangkok alone is home to a few dozen discos, almost a 100 GoGo bars, hun- dreds of karaoke bars, and literally thousands of pubs and cafes. With so much to choose from there is bound to be a place you like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, since there is so much to do, a guide to the nightlife in Thailand is invaluable.&lt;br /&gt;Please allow us, Nanaplaza, to be that guide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If this is your first visit to Nanaplaza.Com, we recommend that you read this page first. It will help you get the most&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-6523827505342545076?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/6523827505342545076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=6523827505342545076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6523827505342545076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6523827505342545076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/spanky-nana-plaza-nightlife-bangkok.html' title='Spanky Nana Plaza Nightlife Bangkok'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-1063573844815761095</id><published>2008-09-16T01:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.783-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangkok Nightlife Street'/><title type='text'>Soi Cowboy Spice Girls - Bangkok Nightlife Street</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1&gt; Soi Cowboy Spice Girls - Bangkok Nightlife Street &lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U5Ibx0embgU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U5Ibx0embgU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's with all the stuffed animals, is it like a carnival where you win prizes xD ? its like going to the fair for the 1st time, us blokes like to make the girls happy and buy toys like that,i dont just have a drink and fun greatest man place on earth&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-1063573844815761095?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/1063573844815761095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=1063573844815761095' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1063573844815761095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1063573844815761095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/soi-cowboy-spice-girls-bangkok.html' title='Soi Cowboy Spice Girls - Bangkok Nightlife Street'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-5064324636133893967</id><published>2008-09-16T01:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.791-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangkok traffic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transport in Bangkok'/><title type='text'>Bangkok’s Metered Taxis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM9zyyPDiWI/AAAAAAAABVQ/-qE77Z-yj1U/s1600-h/metered-taxi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM9zyyPDiWI/AAAAAAAABVQ/-qE77Z-yj1U/s400/metered-taxi.jpg" alt="Bangkok’s Metered Taxis" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246539407225489762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today I’ve been out to do a bit of grocery shopping on metered taxis so I thought it’d be interesting and useful to those of you new to Bangkok to offer my take on one of the most popular modes of public&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/search/label/transport%20in%20bangkok" title="transport in Bangkok"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;transport in Bangkok&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/a&gt; So here it is:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You’ll have little difficulty finding a metered taxi in Bangkok - they’re absolutely everywhere! The majority of them are bright coloured in pink, blue, yellow etc. so you surely can’t miss those ones. Just look for the ‘Taxi Meter’ sign and signal to the eager driver and if the taxi is free he will stop and pick you up.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thanks to the chaotic nature of &lt;a href="http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/search/label/bangkok%20traffic" title="Bangkok traffic"&gt;Bangkok’s traffic&lt;/a&gt;, you’re unlikely to get too far too fast in a metered taxi. If you happen to be close to an Underground or BTS skytrain station, I’d then recommend you to use one of those as your usual means of public transport around town, otherwise I’d recommend metered taxis over tuk-tuks any day of the week. Tuktuks are good fun for a 1 off trip but you really can’t rely on them to get you where you’d like to go without a time-wasting stop at a shop, where the driver typically earns nice commission.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As a rule of thumb, the meter starts at a mere 35 baht when you’re picked up. The fares of course are bloody cheap relative to Western standards, with a journey of a couple of kilometres costing between 100-200 baht. In fact, the seemingly long journey from central Bangkok to Suvarnabhumi airport ought to cost no more than 300 baht.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In addition, most taxi drivers in Bangkok are extremely friendly so you might like to make friends and learn a bit of Thai from them too. A few of them can also be more sophisticated than you may think and have some great stories and views to share so next time you get stuck in traffic in a metered taxi you know exactly what to do!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-5064324636133893967?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/5064324636133893967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=5064324636133893967' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5064324636133893967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5064324636133893967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/bangkoks-metered-taxis.html' title='Bangkok’s Metered Taxis'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SM9zyyPDiWI/AAAAAAAABVQ/-qE77Z-yj1U/s72-c/metered-taxi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-6206472377265581259</id><published>2008-09-13T16:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.797-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pattaya Snaps'/><title type='text'>Pattaya Snaps by David Kuri and Duncan Stearn</title><content type='html'>Pattaya Snaps by David Kuri and Duncan Stearn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dcothai.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=ohostore&amp;amp;page=http://www.dcothai.com/product_info.php?products_id=497"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.dcothai.com/images/products/pattaya-snaps.jpg" alt="Pattaya Snaps" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pattaya Snaps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Every year, thousands of foreign males make their way to Pattaya and fall in love, not with the beaches or the scenery, but with some of the beautiful, stunning and sensual women who have made this seaside resort famous around the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inside the covers of this unique photographic compilation (including rare shots inside a prominent a-go-go bar) are some of the city's most alluring and attractive women, and the majority were completely unaware they were the focus for a camera lens.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-6206472377265581259?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/6206472377265581259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=6206472377265581259' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6206472377265581259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6206472377265581259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/pattaya-snaps-by-david-kuri-and-duncan.html' title='Pattaya Snaps by David Kuri and Duncan Stearn'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-4814891010876314202</id><published>2008-09-13T16:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.805-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bar Scene in Thailand'/><title type='text'>Guide to the Bar Scene in Thailand</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.dcothai.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=ohostore&amp;page=http://www.dcothai.com/product_info.php?products_id=229"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMxN-wX-K7I/AAAAAAAABP8/76T52LMdu3k/s320/Guide+to+the+Bar+Scene+in+Thailand.jpg" alt="Guide to the Bar Scene in Thailand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245653406512458674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Guide to the Bar Scene in Thailand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;English - Thai - Bar Guide: Bar girl small talk&lt;br /&gt;This book will be your guide to the bar scene in Thailand.&lt;p&gt;Bar beer, go-go bars, massage parlour, Patpong, Soi Cowboy, Nana, bar fine, sex shows, katoeys, rules to play by...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This book covers it all and more...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-4814891010876314202?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/4814891010876314202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=4814891010876314202' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4814891010876314202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4814891010876314202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/guide-to-bar-scene-in-thailand.html' title='Guide to the Bar Scene in Thailand'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMxN-wX-K7I/AAAAAAAABP8/76T52LMdu3k/s72-c/Guide+to+the+Bar+Scene+in+Thailand.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-7923031114793349396</id><published>2008-09-12T07:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.811-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PayPal'/><title type='text'>PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=AF58DQ82JB6T4"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMp2hCpp7kI/AAAAAAAABPU/qhj_2yYRq20/s320/Paypal+Logo.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245135026045709890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PayPal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is an &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;e-commerce&lt;/span&gt; business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. &lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;PayPal&lt;/b&gt; serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;cheques&lt;/span&gt; and money orders. &lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;PayPal&lt;/b&gt; performs payment processing for online vendors, auction sites, and other commercial users, for which it charges a fee. It sometimes also charges a transaction fee for receiving money (a percentage of the amount sent plus an additional fixed amount). The fees charged depend on the currency used, the payment option used, the country of the sender, the country of the recipient, the amount sent and the recipient's account type&lt;sup class="noprint Template-Fact"&gt;&lt;span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources since May 2008" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;citation needed&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;. On October 3, 2002, &lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;PayPal&lt;/b&gt; became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; Its corporate headquarters are in San Jose, California, United States at eBay's North First Street satellite office campus. The company also has significant operations in Omaha, Nebraska, Scottsdale, Arizona; and Austin, Texas in the &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;; India; &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;Dublin&lt;/span&gt;, Ireland; and &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;Berlin&lt;/span&gt;, Germany,and now also in &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;Tel-Aviv&lt;/span&gt;, Israel after &lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;PayPal&lt;/b&gt; acquired an Israeli startup called FraudSciences &lt;span class="external autonumber"&gt;[1]&lt;/span&gt; for $169 million.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"&gt;[2]&lt;/sup&gt; As of July 2007, across Europe, &lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;PayPal&lt;/b&gt; also operates as a Luxembourg-based bank.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-7923031114793349396?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/7923031114793349396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=7923031114793349396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7923031114793349396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7923031114793349396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/paypal-is-e-commerce-business-allowing.html' title='PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMp2hCpp7kI/AAAAAAAABPU/qhj_2yYRq20/s72-c/Paypal+Logo.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-1709867381734900453</id><published>2008-09-12T06:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.818-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BUX.TO'/><title type='text'>BUX.TO : One of the Best PTC ever seen</title><content type='html'>BUX.TO :One of the Best PTC ever seen&lt;br /&gt;One of the Best PTC ever seen . This is the site you can believe 100 Percent . It has been more &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bux.to/?r=ohostore"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMpyHR6SLUI/AAAAAAAABPE/IQaer8sxUn0/s320/bux.to.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245130185418878274" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;than one year spend with this site , and i am fully satisfied with this site . I recommend this site , for every one who like to earn through PTC .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For viewing the ads/Click :: 0.01 $&lt;br /&gt;For your referral click :: 0.01 $&lt;br /&gt;The minimum payout :: 10 $&lt;br /&gt;Payment Methodology :: Alertpay&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bux.to/?r=ohostore"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMpyHuaX-ZI/AAAAAAAABPM/DHolvYHIrfY/s320/buxto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245130193069668754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earnings Example :-&lt;br /&gt;» You click 10 ads per day = $0.10&lt;br /&gt;» 20 referrals click 10 ads per day = $2.00&lt;br /&gt;» Your daily earnings = $2.10&lt;br /&gt;» Your weekly earnings = $14.70&lt;br /&gt;» Your monthly earnings = $63.00&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-1709867381734900453?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/1709867381734900453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=1709867381734900453' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1709867381734900453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1709867381734900453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/buxto-one-of-best-ptc-ever-seen.html' title='BUX.TO : One of the Best PTC ever seen'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMpyHR6SLUI/AAAAAAAABPE/IQaer8sxUn0/s72-c/bux.to.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-3622331197511913976</id><published>2008-09-12T06:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.826-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='At AdBux'/><title type='text'>How AdBux Works</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href='http://adbux.org/?r=ohostore'&gt;&lt;img src='http://adbuxsupport.com/banners/banner03.gif' border='0' alt='AdBux Banner'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;At AdBux&lt;/span&gt;, you will accrue points, that translate into REAL dollars to view websites, complete offers, sample products, signup for free trials, play games, shop online, and much more. With over 900,000 members and thousands of advertisers, AdBux is the ultimate online rewards program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Earn Points to View Ads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advertisers will pay you, as a consumer, to look at websites that interest you. We have three different ad types with a variety of different prices so, the points you earn will vary with each view. Your point earning potential increases if you use our Affiliate program. With every friend that you refer to AdBux, you can earn increase point value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Earn Points to Complete Offers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advertisers will often buy traffic to their website in LEAD BASED form. Instead of a user simply visiting the website and earning a small amount of points per visit (as above), users can visit the site and complete a registration, submit an e-mail address, take a survey, sign up for a trial based membership, etc. and earn several points or more. Some offers pay up to 30 points!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Un-Referred Users&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We know how difficult and time consuming referring others can be, especially when you simply don't have the time. Why not let us do the referring for you? In fact, we have newly registered members who joined without a referrer, who we can automatically place beneath you and let you reap the rewards! Check out the "Buy Referrals" page within the members’ area to see the current pricing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Qualified Leads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With AdBux Leads, you can purchase REAL, un-referred sign-ups who have APPROVED their e-mail address, confirming their validity who are NOT currently active. After purchasing the leads, you will be able to message them using the AdBux messenger (only with a Premium Membership). The messenger will automatically send the message to their e-mail address and into their AdBux messenger inbox.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://adbux.org/?r=ohostore'&gt;&lt;img src='http://adbuxsupport.com/banners/banner05.jpg' border='0' alt='AdBux Banner'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Premium Membership&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a user, you have the option of upgrading your account to a Premium Account, which offers you a variety of additional point earning options. These features include; more ads, extra downline stats, more interest choices for ad targeting, and the ability to message your downline. Being a Premium Member also shows the advertisers that you have buying power, which gives them even more of a reason to target you as a consumer. Check out our "Upgrade" page within the members’ area to view current pricing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-3622331197511913976?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/3622331197511913976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=3622331197511913976' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3622331197511913976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3622331197511913976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-adbux-works.html' title='How AdBux Works'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-5987748325072160832</id><published>2008-09-12T06:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.834-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Offers vs. Ads - Which Pay More?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://adbux.org/?r=ohostore"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMprCaO07GI/AAAAAAAABO0/ZRh8SQb6xt0/s320/Offers+Equal+Cash.jpg" alt="adbuxsupport" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245122405171784802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The BIG question! Can I earn more points completing offers or ads? AdBux TOP earners complete offers and don’t bother with ads. Why? One offer can equal 1 point ($1.00). If an AdBux member opts to click on ads and the advertisers are paying one penny per click, it can take 100 clicks on one ad to equal the same payout on completing just ONE offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, it can take a little more time to complete an offer but, the benefits are clear. Complete offers and one can build their point balance quickly. AdBux members (who complete offers) have been paid up to $5781.00 (USD). The majority of their points have been accrued by completing offers, as opposed to clicking on ads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When completing offers, it’s best to set up an email account through Google, Yahoo or Hushmail, as you will receive emails. You should always check your email box in order to validate any offers you have completed as if you don’t validate an offer, you will not receive credit for the offer. In fact, the emails you will receive will also offer additional links (to other sites) in which you can earn even more money by completing surveys.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://adbux.org/?r=ohostore"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMprnbLIOUI/AAAAAAAABO8/bNOmk2QOJ4I/s320/adbux.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245123041079867714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, the easiest way to earn points is by clicking on ads and other bux sites only offer ads and do not provide high-paying offers to their members. The AdBux Advantage is that we concentrate on providing high-paying offers to our members. Those who take advantage of completing offers, reap the benefits!&lt;br /&gt;Adbux is in the talk for last 2 years . Some say that it is a scam . But i say it pays for genuine clickers . I got paid twice through adbux .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For viewing the ads/Click :: 0.01 $&lt;br /&gt;Sign up bonus :: 0.10 $&lt;br /&gt;The minimum payout :: 10 $&lt;br /&gt;Payment Methodology :: Alertpay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://adbux.org/?r=ohostore"&gt;&lt;img src="http://adbuxsupport.com/banners/banner12.gif" alt="AdBux Banner" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-5987748325072160832?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/5987748325072160832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=5987748325072160832' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5987748325072160832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5987748325072160832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/offers-vs-ads-which-pay-more.html' title='Offers vs. Ads - Which Pay More?'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMprCaO07GI/AAAAAAAABO0/ZRh8SQb6xt0/s72-c/Offers+Equal+Cash.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-5676125701297355939</id><published>2008-09-12T05:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.842-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberty Reserve'/><title type='text'>libertyreserve</title><content type='html'>&lt;a title="libertyreserve "  onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.libertyreserve.com/?ref=U6720000"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMpbQqsfzPI/AAAAAAAABOs/JO-He2XbxhI/s320/libertyreserve.jpeg" alt="libertyreserve " id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245105057923321074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a  title="libertyreserve " href="http://www.libertyreserve.com/?ref=U6720000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Liberty Reserve&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is an online payment system and provider of digital gold currency (&lt;i&gt;LR-gold&lt;/i&gt;). They are an offshore company incorporated in Costa Rica, launching their USD backed digital currency (&lt;i&gt;LR-USD&lt;/i&gt;) in 2002 and they also have a Euro backed digital currency (LR-EUR). Their gold backed digital currency was launched in 2005. Liberty Reserve is a member of the Global Digital Currency Association (GDCA), a voluntary regulatory body in the industry.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="libertyreserve " href="http://www.libertyreserve.com/?ref=U6720000"&gt;Liberty Reserve&lt;/a&gt;'s web site is suffering a massive &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;DDoS attack&lt;/span&gt; since May 1, 2008 according to the information provided on &lt;span class="external text"&gt;their blog&lt;/span&gt;. It's not the first time the site is under a &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;DDoS attack&lt;/span&gt;, the blog talks also about implementing a permanent solution to the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-5676125701297355939?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/5676125701297355939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=5676125701297355939' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5676125701297355939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5676125701297355939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/libertyreserve.html' title='libertyreserve'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SMpbQqsfzPI/AAAAAAAABOs/JO-He2XbxhI/s72-c/libertyreserve.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-7367485483438356418</id><published>2008-08-20T17:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.851-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bangkok tonight classifieds'/><title type='text'>bangkok tonight classifieds</title><content type='html'>bangkok tonight classifieds Bangkok teen kills taxi driver, imitating online game Grand Theft Auto&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok Post reports that a Polwat Chinno, a 19 year old Mathayom 6 (12th Grade) student stabbed a taxi driver to death in Bangkok yesterday, acting out a robbery he copied from the online game Grand Theft Auto (GTA). Police were called in by the neighbors to Soi Charan Sanitwong 77 in Bang Phlad district about 2.30 am after being woken up by a constantly blowing car horn and saw people struggling inside a pink color taxi.Police arrived and saw the student trying to steer the taxi backwards, but the soi (street) was a dead end. The teen had locked himself in the car but was finally persuaded to get out of the cab.The body of the taxi driver named Mr. Kuan Pohkang, 54, from Maha Sarakham, was on the back seat. He was stabbed about 10 times by two sharp knives that were found nearby. There was blood all over the vehicle.Police said Polwat confessed to being addicted to the online game Grand Theft Auto and said killing seemed easy in the game. He imitated a scene where a criminal kills a driver for his car to escape police. The game allows people to play the role of a criminal in a big city and climb up the criminal ladder. They are given various missions to complete, such as bank robbery and assassinations."I needed money to play the game every day. My parents give me only 100 Baht a day, which is not enough. I am also fed up with them fighting. They are civil servants and do not make good money," he said."Today (Saturday) my mother gave me 500 Baht, so in the evening I went to the Lotus superstore and bought knives." He flagged down one taxi near his house on Soi Charan Sanitwong 75, but the place was crowded so he did not make a move. He tried again and was picked up by Mr. Kuan the victim, hoping the older man would not resist him.When the taxi arrived at the destination, he pulled out a knife and held it against the driver's neck. He said he did not intend to kill him but the driver reached for a metal bar under a console and tried to hit the boy. He stabbed the driver several times, killing him, then dragged the body onto the back seat and sat behind the wheel. He could not drive, but thought it would be easy like in the game. He was still struggling with the car when police arrived.Mr. Manon Pohkang, 25, the victim's son, said he was shocked by the sudden loss of his father, who was the family's bread winner and was trying to repay loans to a bank and some loan sharks. "He was a nice man, who harmed no one," he said.Polwat was charged with robbery causing death and possession of knives.Teenage kids are so addicted to online games these days that they are mixing up virtual reality with the real world. It is such a tragic incident. I hope that the government takes stricter measures to control internet cafes to avoid such an incident in future. I used to enjoy playing GTA but not on the killing part, more of the relaxed driving part with my favorite music playing in the car, and then hijacking the next car that looks cooler.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-7367485483438356418?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/7367485483438356418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=7367485483438356418' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7367485483438356418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7367485483438356418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/bangkok-tonight-classifieds.html' title='bangkok tonight classifieds'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-8365737205857091715</id><published>2008-08-20T17:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.860-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bangkok tonight'/><title type='text'>bangkok tonight one late night in bangkok</title><content type='html'>it seems that almost 3/4 of the population in bkk moonlight as an ah-go-go boy or girl. just like how we earn easy money by giving tuition. one late night over beer, fruit tea n coffee in a 24-hr joint off silom bangkok. we were attempting to make conversations with the ah-go-go boy, ahlong. luckily, ahlong was a thai-chinese so language wasnt much of a barrier since he could converse in chinese. jan wanted him to guess our occupation so she formulated an mcq n asked him to choose :-&lt;br /&gt;a) insurance agent&lt;br /&gt;b) teacher&lt;br /&gt;c) zookeeper&lt;br /&gt;d) dentist&lt;br /&gt;doesnt need a rocket scientist (let alone an ah-go-go boy) to get the correct answer, right? :o)&lt;br /&gt;last june’s trip to bkk was abt the best bkk trip that i’ve ever made. more highlights in future entries.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-8365737205857091715?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/8365737205857091715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=8365737205857091715' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8365737205857091715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8365737205857091715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/bangkok-tonight-one-late-night-in.html' title='bangkok tonight one late night in bangkok'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-8302664330072334534</id><published>2008-08-20T17:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.868-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tample in Bangkok Tours</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wat PhrakaewWat Phrakaew (with the Emerald Buddha)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; and the Royal Grand Palace, are easily the most visited tourist sites in Bangkok. The complex was built during the Rattanakosin area (Bangkok), but incorporates various older architectural styles. Visitors are guided first to the Wat Phrakaew compound, and when exiting this compound enter the Royal Palace compound. Ideally one would need from 4-6 hours (with some drink stops) to cover the most important parts at leisure.Wat Arun or the 'temple of dawn' is located on the Thonburi site of the Chao Phraya river. It was once home to the Emerald Buddha. The major prang was built in the beginning of the 19th century, in what can be called Khmer-Thai style.Wat Traimit, Temple of the Golden Buddha, houses a 5 and a half ton Buddha image, which was only discovered some 50 years ago, having been plastered to avoid detection.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wat Pho (Wat Phra Chetuphon)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; BangkokWat Pho consists of a large compound just a few hundred meters south of the Royal Palace. It houses a marvellous 46 meters long, gilded reclining Buddha, in its own Vihara.Phra Maha Chedi Sri Rajakarn consists of four huge pagodas, corresponding to the reigns of the four first Thai kings of the Chakri dynasty.Wat Pho has long been involved in health. Different statues of hermits in exercise postures can be seen. At present Wat Pho is still a center for traditional Thai massage, which can be experienced in situ.The main chapel boundary wall is decorated with bas-reliefs from the Ramayana. You will see copies of the images on transparent pages all over Thailand.Wat Pho is a definite must on your visit to Bangkok.Wat Benchamabophit, BangkokAlso called the 'Marble' temple, since it is made of Carrera marble. Built by King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V) The main Buddha image is a copy of the famous Phra Phuttha Chinnarat at Phitsanulok.The gallery around Wat Benchamabophit has a substantial collection of Buddha images in different styles. They are both original Buddha images, and copies of original sculptures or bronze statues. (The image on the right here is in the 'Lopburi' style.Similar to other large temples, the compound around Wat Benchamabophit is quite spacious and makes for a pleasant walk. The monks' living quarters are quite colorful.Wat Bowonniwet, Loha Prasat, Golden Mount, Democracy Monument (Bangkok)As most other large temple complexes, Wat Bowonniwet offers, besides the religious buildings, gardens and greenery, and a possibility to get away from Bangkok's stiffling heat and congestion. An unusually large number of cats seem also to have found a home there.Loha Prasat, a quite original building, houses a Buddha relic.Golden Mount is most suitable for a visit in the late afternoon. Close to sunset, the light conditions are marvellous arond the gilded Chedi. Although only modestly elevated above the city, it offers a good view of the surroundings.Mahakan Fortress is a remnant of the old fortifications around Bangkok.Closeby is the Democracy Monument on a busy intersection. The central structure has a sculpture of a book on top, representing the constitution.Wat Suthat, Giant Swing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Wat Ratchabophit,&lt;/strong&gt; City Hall, BangkokWat Suthat houses well known wall paintings (although rapidly deteriorating, with the best preserved ones high up the walls) and statues of Buddha surrounded by his disciples. There are some marvellous mother of pearl decorations on the doors.Closeby is a large square, with the Giant Swing, on which quite a few young men lost their live, before its use was prohibited. City Hall, a rather drab building is on the opposite site.Wat Ratchabophit is within close distance of the more visited Wat Pho. It has its own distinctive architectural style, small, with European influenced inside decorations. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-8302664330072334534?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/8302664330072334534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=8302664330072334534' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8302664330072334534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8302664330072334534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/tample-in-bangkok-tours.html' title='Tample in Bangkok Tours'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-4174249132252417254</id><published>2008-08-20T17:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.877-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thailand&apos;s airlines'/><title type='text'>Thailand's airlines facing difficult times</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SKy16QA4JHI/AAAAAAAAA8U/3ujcIcqhDPQ/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236760479060730994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Thailand's airlines" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SKy16QA4JHI/AAAAAAAAA8U/3ujcIcqhDPQ/s200/untitled.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;By Nicholas Ionides&lt;br /&gt;Thailand, one of Southeast Asia's most competitive markets for low-cost airline operations, is undergoing a period of major change as high fuel prices and weakening demand force much-needed restructuring.&lt;br /&gt;The biggest change of late has been the recent grounding of domestic low-cost operator One-Two-Go. It claimed it was due to a need to restructure financially but Thai authorities insist it was a forced grounding due to preliminary findings of concern from the ongoing investigation into a fatal crash at Phuket a year ago.&lt;br /&gt;A forced grounding or one that was coming anyway as a result of financial woes, One-Two-Go and most other Thai airlines have been facing troubled times of late, requiring quick corrective action. It is something they are not used to the country's three low-cost airlines - the others being Nok Air and Thai AirAsia - had all seen generally good times in terms of traffic growth since their launches in 2003 and 2004. The market has roughly tripled in size since then, from around 4 million passengers annually to more than 12 million.&lt;br /&gt;In the weeks before its grounding, One-Two-Go had already parked some of its Boeing MD-80-series aircraft to help it cut costs. It said it was because of high fuel prices and weak economic conditions in Thailand that were impacting demand.&lt;br /&gt;Udom Tantiprasongchai, chief executive of One-Two-Go's parent Orient Thai Airlines, told Airline Business sister publication Air Transport Intelligence that the carrier had been reducing operations "because the economy is so bad".&lt;br /&gt;He said fuel price hikes had hit airlines in Thailand particularly hard as the country's carriers have to pay value-added tax on fuel, unlike in some other countries. But he also said the carrier will return some of its grounded aircraft to service when the peak tourist season begins later in the year. On its website it says it hopes to be flying again in September.&lt;br /&gt;One-Two-Go is not the only Thai carrier that has radically reduced operations in recent weeks, however.&lt;br /&gt;Nok Air, which is 39%-owned by national carrier Thai Airways International, has also been cutting back as a result of losses. It recently suspended its only international service, from Bangkok to Hanoi in Vietnam, and suspended services on several domestic routes. It also reduced frequency on many other domestic routes and will be reducing the size of its fleet.&lt;br /&gt;The carrier, which has nine Boeing 737-400s and one ATR 72, is seeking to wet-lease aircraft out to other operators as a result of its cutbacks. It recently agreed a deal to wet-lease to Myanmar Airways International a 737 for international services between Yangon and both Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. MAI had previously been wet-leasing an MD-82 from Orient Thai but this deal ended when its One-Two-Go unit was grounded.&lt;br /&gt;Nok chief executive Patee Sarasin, a former advertising industry executive turned airline boss, told local media recently that if oil reaches $170 a barrel "I am better off selling noodles" - a joking reference to the fact that he owns a noodle restaurant in Bangkok.&lt;br /&gt;The Sydney-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation says that "Nok's outlook is tenuous", adding in jest that as food prices have also been going up "Patee Sarasin might have just as much trouble selling noodles".&lt;br /&gt;Analysts say one of the problems facing Thailand's low-cost carriers is they have focused so heavily on winning market share in the domestic market, which is particularly price sensitive. This has made it difficult for them to pass on higher fuel costs through increased fares as this has a particularly harsh - and immediate - effect on demand.&lt;br /&gt;Thai domestic market 2008-2004&lt;br /&gt;Airline&lt;br /&gt;ASK share August&lt;br /&gt;2008&lt;br /&gt;2007&lt;br /&gt;2006&lt;br /&gt;2005&lt;br /&gt;2004&lt;br /&gt;Thai Airways&lt;br /&gt;52.8%&lt;br /&gt;41.9%&lt;br /&gt;44.9%&lt;br /&gt;53.6%&lt;br /&gt;59.2%&lt;br /&gt;Thai AirAsia&lt;br /&gt;23.2%&lt;br /&gt;17.0%&lt;br /&gt;13.4%&lt;br /&gt;10.1%&lt;br /&gt;8.1%&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok Airways&lt;br /&gt;15.1%&lt;br /&gt;10.5%&lt;br /&gt;11.9%&lt;br /&gt;13.7%&lt;br /&gt;11.1%&lt;br /&gt;Nok Air&lt;br /&gt;6.8%&lt;br /&gt;14.1%&lt;br /&gt;17.7%&lt;br /&gt;10.6%&lt;br /&gt;7.3%&lt;br /&gt;Orient Thai/One Two Go*&lt;br /&gt;0.8%&lt;br /&gt;15.4%&lt;br /&gt;10.3%&lt;br /&gt;9.5%&lt;br /&gt;9.2%&lt;br /&gt;Others&lt;br /&gt;1.4%&lt;br /&gt;1.0%&lt;br /&gt;1.7%&lt;br /&gt;2.6%&lt;br /&gt;5.1%&lt;br /&gt;NOTE: *Orient Thai and One Two Go Airlines missing data for 2008.SOURCE: Innovata.&lt;br /&gt;"The Thai domestic market is small and a big portion is transfer traffic from Bangkok which they can't get," says Mark Webb, a Hong Kong-based airline analyst. "It's hard to see how anyone makes money on it."&lt;br /&gt;Nok and One-Two-Go have faced particularly tough times as they now rely exclusively on domestic operations (although One-Two-Go's parent Orient Thai operates limited international services).&lt;br /&gt;Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia's 49%-owned Thai associate, Thai AirAsia, has also been losing money as a result of market over-saturation. Analysts have generally been critical of the carrier and its continuing weak financial state when compared to that of the main Malaysian operation, although some say it is in a somewhat better position than its rivals within Thailand as it also focuses on international services to better balance things.&lt;br /&gt;AirAsia group head of finance Rozman Bin Omar says he sees things eventually turning better in Thailand as well as in Indonesia, where it has another 49%-owned associate carrier.&lt;br /&gt;"Recently there have been some shake-ups in the industry in Indonesia and Thailand with some airlines cutting back capacity and even closing down," he says. "This bodes well for our Indonesian and Thai JVs. We remain strong in these two markets and our position will be even stronger as we replace the older 737s with the new Airbus A320s."&lt;br /&gt;Full-service carrier Bangkok Airways, meanwhile, says it is not making cuts to domestic routes as a good portion of its traffic is feed from international services. It focuses more on this higher-yield traffic, much of it from foreign connecting passengers, and links several resort destinations. Analysts say this puts it in a better position than the budget carriers but they note that political instability could impact inbound tourism and in turn affect Bangkok Airways as well.&lt;br /&gt;The airline says it is making some international route cuts to help it deal with increases in fuel prices, but stresses that this will enable it to allocate capacity elsewhere where demand is stronger. It adds that it will be suspending services between Bangkok and Shenzhen in China on 15 August and suspending services between Bangkok and Fukuoka in Japan on 1 October. In addition, Bangkok Airways will reduce frequency between Bangkok and Hiroshima in Japan on 1 October to two flights per week from three.&lt;br /&gt;"Everyone has to tighten their belts now," says Bankgkok Airways. "We are going over all the routes that make the least money and we will adjust our network as we need to. But we are looking to increase our flights in other areas and we will announce those when they are ready."&lt;br /&gt;Thai Airways, meanwhile, relies more than most other Thai carriers on international traffic, including those transferring to its domestic flights which it scaled back radically several years ago.&lt;br /&gt;However, it too has been making international network cuts as a result of rapidly eroding earnings. It recently said it would sell its ultra-long-range Airbus A340-500s and has dropped non-stop services from Bangkok to New York. Bangkok-Los Angeles will also be switched to one-stop services soon and the carrier has reduced the frequency of services to several other international destinations.&lt;br /&gt;Thai says that despite continuing increases in revenues, yields have been falling as its ticket and fuel surcharge hikes have not been able to keep up with fuel price rises.&lt;br /&gt;Thai domestic market 2008-2004&lt;br /&gt;Airline&lt;br /&gt;Weekly seats available August&lt;br /&gt;2008&lt;br /&gt;2007&lt;br /&gt;2006&lt;br /&gt;2005&lt;br /&gt;2004&lt;br /&gt;Thai Airways&lt;br /&gt;135,001&lt;br /&gt;132,598&lt;br /&gt;142,598&lt;br /&gt;155,019&lt;br /&gt;162,682&lt;br /&gt;Thai AirAsia&lt;br /&gt;54,552&lt;br /&gt;50,820&lt;br /&gt;38,962&lt;br /&gt;26,866&lt;br /&gt;22,344&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok Airways&lt;br /&gt;46,699&lt;br /&gt;40,671&lt;br /&gt;45,937&lt;br /&gt;49,320&lt;br /&gt;36,110&lt;br /&gt;Nok Air&lt;br /&gt;17,324&lt;br /&gt;44,349&lt;br /&gt;57,567&lt;br /&gt;29,800&lt;br /&gt;20,860&lt;br /&gt;Orient Thai/One Two Go*&lt;br /&gt;1,800&lt;br /&gt;45,732&lt;br /&gt;32,760&lt;br /&gt;26,740&lt;br /&gt;23,684&lt;br /&gt;Others&lt;br /&gt;4,880&lt;br /&gt;4,354&lt;br /&gt;6,352&lt;br /&gt;8,890&lt;br /&gt;17,116&lt;br /&gt;NOTES: *Orient Thai and One Two Go Airlines missing data for 2008.SOURCE: Innovata.&lt;br /&gt;Analysts say Thai's business model, which is focused largely on long-haul leisure traffic, leaves it at a disadvantage in the current environment to other Asia-Pacific flag carriers. Singapore Airlines, for example, focuses far more on high-yield business traffic, which allows it to pass on fuel price hikes to passengers more easily.&lt;br /&gt;Thai's board is increasingly concerned about the carrier's deteriorating financial state. In June, at a tense board meeting at which directors discussed how the national carrier is in "crisis" due to rising costs, president Apinan Sumanaseni was abruptly stripped of his management powers, which at Thai is the equivalent of being sacked.&lt;br /&gt;The airline's chairman stepped in and managed to convince several fellow board members to reconsider the move and Apinan was promptly reinstated. But whether he will survive another ousting attempt by board members opposed to him remaining in the job is still in question.&lt;br /&gt;The carrier said in a stock exchange announcement that Apinan will from now on be under "close monitoring by the board of directors". With the market undergoing such a dramatic period of uncertainty, this is probably something all other airline boards in Thailand are doing with their top managers as well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-4174249132252417254?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/4174249132252417254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=4174249132252417254' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4174249132252417254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4174249132252417254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/thailand-airlines-facing-difficult.html' title='Thailand&amp;#39;s airlines facing difficult times'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SKy16QA4JHI/AAAAAAAAA8U/3ujcIcqhDPQ/s72-c/untitled.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-4300095225431882998</id><published>2008-08-20T17:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.884-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangkok Bank'/><title type='text'>Home Mortgage Loans for Foreigners with Bangkok Bank</title><content type='html'>Home Mortgage Loans for Foreigners with &lt;strong&gt;Bangkok Bank&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;A foreigner in &lt;strong&gt;Thailand desiring&lt;/strong&gt; to buy a house, a condo, or land must be in possession of a resident permit, passport, work permit, house registration, and foreigner voucher. They also need to have income of at least 200,000 baht per month. If a foreigner abides by these conditions, he or she can buy property in Thailand and mortgage the property with Bangkok Bank. The mortgage documents will not need to be sent to Singapore for review.&lt;br /&gt;If the foreigner is not in possession of the required documents, yet desires to have property in Thailand, the foreigner will need to marry a Thai national, and have the Thai buy the property in his place. However, the foreigner cannot be owner of the property, i.e. claim title deed rights to the property. The mortgage documents will also need to be sent to Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok Bank will provide a loan of not more than 70% of the requested loan to foreigners for purchasing a house with property, a town house, a condo, or construction of a home. The bank’s mortgage assessment guidelines depend on the assessment of the Land Department and the market price. Processing a request for mortgage credit takes around 14 working days.&lt;br /&gt;In the event a foreigner has possessory rights to Nor Sor 3 land, the foreigner can request a mortgage loan from Bangkok Bank if the foreigner provides evidence of land ownership or possessory rights.&lt;br /&gt;The fee for registering a mortgage at the Land Department is the responsibility of the borrower. The rate is 1 percent of the mortgage price.&lt;br /&gt;Request for mortgage credit for buying land must be for construction of a home on the land only, in an appropriate location, and not more than 1 rai.&lt;br /&gt;For more information, please contact Bangkok Bank directly at 333 Silom Road, Bangkok 10500, email &lt;a href="mailto:info@bangkokbank.com"&gt;info@bangkokbank.com&lt;/a&gt;, tel + 66 (0) 2 230 1000 or 66 (0) 2 231 4333.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-4300095225431882998?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/4300095225431882998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=4300095225431882998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4300095225431882998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4300095225431882998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/home-mortgage-loans-for-foreigners-with.html' title='Home Mortgage Loans for Foreigners with Bangkok Bank'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-6864961192839816416</id><published>2008-08-20T17:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.892-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bangkok bistro'/><title type='text'>Bangkok Bistro: Thai Food at its Best</title><content type='html'>by Adam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OUZ6lmrT37g/SJiHXtL8UmI/AAAAAAAAAi8/6tjEXO69IAY/s1600-h/US-02135-854104791_2005-09-28-14-06-298758.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I am rather reluctant to write this food blog because I don’t want to reveal this hidden gem to the Boston Food World-at-Large.Bangkok Bistro: Thai Cuisine. Do not be fooled by the restaurant’s décor. Outside the restaurant is pink. Inside, the walls are a turquoise green, there are fish tanks everywhere, pictures of Bangkok, etc. Endure this, and you will be rewarded with the best Thai food I have ever tasted. Seriously. If you can make it to the restaurant for lunch (they are not open for lunch on Monday, but these specials apply for the weekend as well), then you should order off of their lunch specials menu. For $8.95 (the price has gone up recently) you get a bowl of Tom Yum Soup (the best version of the soup I’ve ever had), an entrée and a side appetizer. Even at $9 it is still worth it. Even though I’ve had the Tom Yum Soup multiple times, every time I eat it I am still hit by the spices and immediately have a coughing attack that lasts for a minute exactly. But I can’t help myself…the soup is too good to let a little tickle in my throat stop me. The lunch version of the soup contains 2 pieces of chicken and 1 shrimp. If you order it separately you can specify chicken or shrimp and then you get more meat. They add mushrooms right before serving and, even though I’m not really a mushroom fan, I love them in this soup. A tip if you are ordering this soup to take-out is to ask them to include the mushrooms on the side and then they do not shrivel up in the hot broth! I know my stuff.For the appetizer sides, I highly recommend three: the spring rolls, the golden triangles, and the chicken wings. The spring rolls are crunchy and delicious…but after one of them I am usually satisfied. So what I like to do is ask for 1 spring roll and 1 golden triangle: the best of both worlds! The golden triangle is also crunchy but contains a vegetable puree inside that nicely offsets the sweet dipping sauce it is served with. While the chicken wings look very similar to a chicken wing you would order at a Chinese restaurant, the spice rub they add gives them a unique taste—I would say a little curry and a little cumin might be used.The entrée portion at lunch is nicely sized. I have 2 favorites—Pad Thai and Yellow Curry with either beef or chicken depending on my mood. The Pad Thai is slightly sweet and contains big pieces of chicken and small shrimps. They do not overload it with too many peanuts or bean sprouts—something I appreciate very much. The Yellow Curry is served with a generous portion of rice. The sauce contains potatoes and pineapple. Mostly I order the yellow curry because I like the pineapple and potatoes it comes with—there are many other curries (red, green, masaman, basil, “wild wild wild,” choo chee, mango, panang…) and they are served with other vegetables (eggplant, peppers, bamboo, onion, carrot, baby corns).I love the people that run Bangkok Bistro. I frequent the restaurant so much that they have come to recognize me when I come in. Their customer service is wonderful, and on occasion, they have provided us with a sampling of some of their favorites dishes: their shumai (shrimp dumplings) are tender little bites of goodness, the satay (both chicken and beef) are well flavored and come with cucumber sauce and peanut sauce. Tip: If you order the Bistro Sampler you get the best of all of their appetizers. Finally, their Thai iced tea (although too sweet for me) is a favorite with many other visitors.I have also been to the restaurant for dinner, and while you don’t get the same deal as the lunch special, the food is just as good at night! My advice for dining there at night is this: bring a friend or a date who will have a good sense of humor about the décor, order the Tom Yum Soup (if you cough like I do when you eat it, it will be a great ice breaker), order a sweet dish and a spicy dish (they can make their drunken noodle dish VERY spicy on request) and share a great evening of food and fun! Bangkok Bistro gets an A.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-6864961192839816416?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/6864961192839816416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=6864961192839816416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6864961192839816416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6864961192839816416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/bangkok-bistro-thai-food-at-its-best.html' title='Bangkok Bistro: Thai Food at its Best'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-3528398313293635787</id><published>2008-08-20T17:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.900-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangkok Hilton'/><title type='text'>99 years Bangkok Hilton for teenage drug smuggler</title><content type='html'>Micheal Cornell, a 19 year old British youngster has been sentenced to 99 years Bangkok Hilton by a Thailand court, which translates in imprisoned for live at Klong Prem prison, nicknamed "The Bangkok Hilton".&lt;br /&gt;The father of the British boy now starting to serve his 99 year "Bangkok Hilton" sentence in Thailand for drug smuggling said today he was "absolutely devastated" by the sentence past on his son.&lt;br /&gt;Michael Connell, 19, was arrested at Bangkok Don Muang airport last November when 3400 class-1 ecstasy tablets were found hidden in 2 body lotion containers in his luggage.&lt;br /&gt;Connell, from Bury, Greater Manchester, escaped the death sentence in Thailand, by admitting yesterday to the Bangkok court, that he was trying to smuggle 2,9 million Baht (US$ 74,500) worth of drugs into Thailand. The sentence passed on him yesterday, was 99 years imprisonment at the "Bangkok Hilton".&lt;br /&gt;Micheal's father, Derek Connell, said the family had hoped for a sentence of only 25 years, after pleating guilty, and said they planned to appeal the judgment of the Bangkok court.&lt;br /&gt;Derek Connell further said: "We had been told that the death penalty or live imprisonment would be reduced to only 50 years and even maybe to 25 years because of the young age of Micheal."&lt;br /&gt;"But that didn't happen. Micheal admitted to his crime and the Thailand justice department hit him with the full 99 years. I'm devastated but what can we do? We will appeal the decision and just take it from there on.", Derek added&lt;br /&gt;Mr Derek Connell, a 48-year-old British taxi driver, has visited his son only once in the prison in Thailand but could not be present for the sentencing yesterday. He was told the terrible news by a British Embassy official and has not been able to speak to his son since the sentence was passed yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;He said his son, who is currently held at Klong Prem prison, which is dubbed the "Bangkok Hilton", writes regular letters to the family which describe the prison's conditions as "bad" but does not mention any further details.&lt;br /&gt;"When I visited the "Bangkok Hilton" jail they take you to the prison area they want you to see, a little area which has tropical plants and little ponds with "Koi Carp" fish in them. But it is a complete different story in the actual jail. People who have seen the conditions say they are horrendous, worse than you can imagine Hell.", Derek Connell said.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Connell, who lives in Bury, admits he believe his son tried to smuggled the drugs into Thailand to pay off a small debt.&lt;br /&gt;He said: "Michael is 19 but has a mental age of a 14 old. From what I can gather, he got into debt, probably just a few hundred pounds, and he was persuaded to smuggle the tablets to Thailand to pay off the debt. Micheal is very naive and he has learning difficulties, so he was the perfect target for drug dealers that always need someone to do their dirty courier work.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-3528398313293635787?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/3528398313293635787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=3528398313293635787' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3528398313293635787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3528398313293635787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/99-years-bangkok-hilton-for-teenage.html' title='99 years Bangkok Hilton for teenage drug smuggler'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-4310687103806844274</id><published>2008-08-20T17:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.908-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangkok Hilton'/><title type='text'>Bangkok Hilton</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Bangkok Hilton is a six-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by director Ken Cameron. In 2000 it was released on DVD in the United Kingdom, with a four-and-a-half hour running time; there is also another DVD edition with a drastically shortened length. The title of the mini-series is, in the story, the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the protagonist is imprisoned.&lt;br /&gt;There are actually three hotels in Bangkok currently affiliated with the Hilton Hotels Corporation: Millennium Hilton Bangkok, Conrad Bangkok and Conrad Residences. At the time the movie was made, Hilton International Bangkok (opened in 1983) was also in business. It is now owned by Raffles International and is known as Nai Lert Park Bangkok.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-4310687103806844274?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/4310687103806844274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=4310687103806844274' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4310687103806844274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/4310687103806844274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/bangkok-hilton.html' title='Bangkok Hilton'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-6345234802957447251</id><published>2008-08-20T17:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.917-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bangkok thailand airport'/><title type='text'>Bangkok thailand airport</title><content type='html'>Notice - from September 28, 2006 at 3am all commercial flights in and out of Thailand, and also all domestic flights land and depart from Bangkok's new International Airport - Suvarnabhumi, Since then the airport hotel is the Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel - end Notice -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This review is valid only while Don Muang is still in full commercial operation - Bangkok Airport is split into three major terminals, two International (1 and 2) and the domestic terminal. Don Muang as it is called, may not be the most sophisticated airport in the world but it works, and is well spread out with handy electronic walk ways, throughout the airport.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All three terminals are connected land side via air conditioned passage way, it would take roughly 20 minutes to walk from the domestic terminal to International terminal 1. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inside the airport there are food and beverage outlets, even pubs to help you pass the time. However most of these are before you pass through immigration. In between terminal 1 and 2  you will find on the second level, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, a Thai restaurant, and a couple of Pubs the best of which is the Hofbrauhaus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once however you have passed through immigration, which can take a long time depending what time you actually are departing your choice is very limited. There is a Kentucky Fried Chicken, which can be found close to the security pass for gates 40-49, and there is also a small restaurant style cafeteria which is on the second level, upstairs. The choice is very limited and consists of mainly a few Thai dishes. There are also a few little cafe style cafeterias dotted around the airport, which serve delicacies such as hot dogs and a few sandwiches. Other than that, the only other place for food and beverage, would really be the lounges which you can only access, if a) your are travelling in the appropriate class (namely business or first), b) you are a "Gold" card member with that airlines frequent flyer programme, c) You belong to a club such as Priority  or d) you pay. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depending what time your flight is leaving, passing through immigration can take anywhere from 5 minutes to 40 minutes or even longer. As I write this I am sat aboard Thai airways and the queue in immigration was frightening, a whole group of tourists seemed to descend upon the immigration queues, just as I arrived. There are ways to avoid these minor inconveniences, if you are travelling Thai, and you are in business or first class then the ladies and gentlemen in white coats (no jokes please !) will escort you through immigration without you even having to queue. These kind people can be found at the special check in areas, for first and business class Thai Airways, some other airlines do also offer this 'Fast Track' service so check with the airline when you check in .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you have passed through immigration you can then either go to the lounge (if applicable as stated above), go shopping, or simply laze around. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lounges at Don Muang are generally very good, yet basic, with a lot of airlines having just finished their lounge renovations, most lounges at this airport are non smoking. One exception to this is Thai. Thai has three lounges for business class passengers and the one situated in the middle of the airport offers guests a smoking lounge on the upper floor, as does their newest lounge which offers great views of the airport.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for shopping at Don Muang, the airport consists of one Duty Free outlet, King Power Duty Free. All general Duty Free items are available at reasonable prices. There are other shops scattered around, however it generally tends to be cheaper to buy the same goods in downtown Bangkok, especially such as books etc. so do think about what you need to take back before leaving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Domestic terminal is very simple, they have a very basic Thai airways business class lounge, and about three Burger Kings in the one terminal ! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Book shops can be found in each of the terminals but as mentioned before the choice is limited and more often than not the same book may have been cheaper downtown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are arriving at Bangkok International Airport, you will be able to buy Duty Free before passing through customs. These shops are just after immigration and are located at either end of the baggage reclaim area. Cigarettes are a good buy with a packet of Dunhill International Red costing 490 Baht but alcohol tends to be a little expensive, a bottle of Balvenie 10 yo will cost you roughly 1,600 Baht. Wine is definitely expensive so if you enjoy a good claret then bring it in with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are meeting friends at the airport be SURE to ask which way out of customs you should turn. At the domestic terminal this will not be a problem however in both the International Terminals this can cause confusion and mild panic, as you can turn both right and left ! Generally the meeting area is on the left if you have your back to customs, however the right side is always less crowded and you will find your friends/family much easier here&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-6345234802957447251?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/6345234802957447251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=6345234802957447251' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6345234802957447251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6345234802957447251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/bangkok-thailand-airport.html' title='Bangkok thailand airport'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-2044494785311062503</id><published>2008-07-24T12:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.926-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sukhumvit Road'/><title type='text'>Sukhumvit : Museum of horrors</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Sukhumvit Road,&lt;/strong&gt; as the rest of Bangkok and Thailand is continuously changing, and in this case not necessarily for the better.A lot of time has passed since the economic crisis started in 1997, and while there is encouraging news lately, a large proportion of the urban populations seems to be suffering more and more in the last few years. While this was a rare sight in the mid 1990's, you will see quite a few homeless people spending day and night just standing or lying around on the pavement, in dirty clothes and unwashed in months. They probably survive on handouts from the many food stalls around Sukhumvit. The number of beggars has risen exponentially over the last year. They crowded &lt;strong&gt;around the skytrain&lt;/strong&gt; exits and around the &lt;strong&gt;pedestrian bridges&lt;/strong&gt; over the road. They are not just regular &lt;strong&gt;beggars&lt;/strong&gt;, but most of them feature gross physical deformations, due to leprosy, road accidents or congenital malformations. It really is a museum of horrors, although one seldom stands still and reflects on them. Quite a few of them have open wounds. It may be heartless to say, but most likely some of them reopen them before going to work, to evoke compassion and pity from the many tourists who crowd the street.&lt;br /&gt;It is also not uncommon to find beggars simply lying on the pavement (usually with gross limb deformations) while pedestrians have to navigate around them. Even in poorly lit areas this can happen, and the chances of stepping on them, are quite real, and possibly is what is hoped for. On one of the pedestrian bridges a young woman has taken the habit of positioning her about 6 months old child in the middle of the walkway, also probably hoping for an 'accident' which would create a situation where she could ask for compensation from a guilty feeling tourist who just stepped on the child. Yes, I know I am overly cynical about all this.&lt;br /&gt;I seldom give to beggars nowadays, although I can make an exception for a women with child sitting by the&lt;strong&gt; roadside&lt;/strong&gt;. Rumour has it that some gangs control the beggars, and that they make a lot of money overall. Most likely this is an urban myth, created so people do not feel guilty passing by these people, and neglecting them. My personal opinion is that this problem should be solved by the Thai people themselves. It is not up to the tourists visiting and looking for entertainment. If they are 'real' beggars, the Thai government, charities and Thai rich tycoons should be doing something about it. If it are illegal immigrants or if gangs are involved, it is up to the police department. Surely, it is a real eyesore, and is one further step in the degradation of . &lt;strong&gt;Sukhumvit Road&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-2044494785311062503?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/2044494785311062503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=2044494785311062503' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/2044494785311062503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/2044494785311062503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/sukhumvit-museum-of-horrors.html' title='Sukhumvit : Museum of horrors'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-7699448054813154357</id><published>2008-07-24T12:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.935-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shark Go Go Bar'/><title type='text'>Shark Go Go Bar is a top place in Soi Cowboy</title><content type='html'>You are invited in Soi Cowboy’s best place to enjoy an unforgettable time with the most beautiful Thai dancer ladies in Bangkok, Thailand.&lt;br /&gt;Entertainment with Night Parties with lucky draw, theme night parties and much more are proposed every night by the SHARK Go Go Bar…&lt;br /&gt;The bar features an air-conditioned luxury interior with private seating booths, 2 floors with glass dance floor, Snooker &amp;amp; Bar, Terrace Bar, VIP room, Free Internet...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-7699448054813154357?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/7699448054813154357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=7699448054813154357' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7699448054813154357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/7699448054813154357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/shark-go-go-bar-is-top-place-in-soi.html' title='Shark Go Go Bar is a top place in Soi Cowboy'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-1274643312039242482</id><published>2008-07-24T12:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.951-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turnover'/><title type='text'>'Turnover' at bars in Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy</title><content type='html'>Historical background and explanation :Girls at the bars of Patpong, Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy dance on stage in shifts. The girls are divided in two or three groups who alternatively dance for 3 to 5 consecutive 'songs'. Up to a few years (there were less bars, and the bars possibly had more girls on average) there were always three shifts. In between dancing, the girls had ample time to go and sit with the customers, get some lady drinks, and get acquainted.&lt;br /&gt;The last few years the three-shift system all but has disappeared. Most likely the bars employ less girls on average, and they try to make the most out of them and out of the customers. As a result, the girls have less time to get acquainted with the customers. When coming off stage, they typically linger around a bit, go to the bathroom, chat with their friends, before walking around trying to catch the eye of a customer, and sit down with him. After a minute or two, the customer might buy a lady drink, she has to get it (another few minutes), and before you know she is back up on stage dancing. The customer may wait for her, she may come back to finish her drink with you, but more likely than not, by the time she comes back off stage, the customer has moved on to another bar.All in all, this is a great way to increase the number of lady drinks, but once the customers have picked up on this, it is kind of a turndown.&lt;br /&gt;Now some bars have gone to some extremes, limited the number of songs per shift to only four, and having two shifts of girls overlapping on stage for one song. Girls may be off stage only for the duration of 3 songs (about 10 minutes), so you can calculate how much time you can spend with them. The bars who have this kind of rather offputting policy, we list as 'fast-turnover' bars.&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, some bars still have girls dancing in three shifts (the really busy bars usually), have shows in between shifts, keep the girls longer on stage, on still have girls entering the dancing stage, one after another, and not in groups. These bars we would classify as 'slow-turnover' bars, and might be more enticing to visit. Though they are not all fully described on this website, a lot of the very small bars at Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza fall into this category, and therefore may be more attractive to visitors who want to interact and chat with the girls.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-1274643312039242482?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/1274643312039242482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=1274643312039242482' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1274643312039242482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1274643312039242482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/at-bars-in-nana-plaza-and-soi-cowboy.html' title='&amp;#39;Turnover&amp;#39; at bars in Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-6488087590817427797</id><published>2008-07-24T12:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.961-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy'/><title type='text'>J-Bars as bars that are mostly frequented by Japanese customers</title><content type='html'>J-Bars as bars that are mostly frequented by Japanese customers. How this came about, we have no way of knowing. Most likely some bars are actively promoted, talked about at certain websites, and mentioned as Japanese-friendly in Japanese guidebooks.&lt;br /&gt;In any case, some of these bars are among the most busy at Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy. The Rainbow bars at Nana Plaza, and Baccara bar at Soi Cowboy are the most popular venues for Japanese visitors to the nightlife scene.&lt;br /&gt;Historically Japanese visitors had their own entertainment venues around Silom and scattered in karaoke bars and lounges around town. Often, signs would tell visitors only Japanese customers were allowed inside. But over the last few years Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy have become popular with this group of visitors. Most likely, these venues are much cheaper to visit.&lt;br /&gt;The coming of the Japanese has some important consequences for the bars involved, the bar girls, and the (farang) customers.The bars, that have a lot of Japanese customers, seem to be doing well, kind of without exception. The Rainbow bars at Nana Plaza actually still have lower beverages prices than most, so customers are not overcharged, even if they can be assumed to have more to spend.&lt;br /&gt;The girls benefit, because this group of customers spends much more on drinks and on the girls. We have it from good sources (that is, the girls themselves) that minimum short-time pay starts from 2,500 baht and up (4000 baht is not unusual). Once the girls have tasted this, it is very understandably very hard for them to accost a farang customer, who still may want to bargain for a 1,000 bath outing. We fully also understand this situation. After all, when working for a certain salary, would we accept and continue working is the salary dropped by half the next month?&lt;br /&gt;While they still may like individual customers, most of the girls dancing and working at J-bars, hardly make eye contact with farangs, and concentrate on the Japanese customers. It has to be said, there seem to be two distinct groups of Japanese visitors to the bars. One group are the people who work here for a Thai-Japanese company. The other group consists of tourists. Most of the latter group seem to be rather young people, fashionably dressed, with blonded hair and the like, and are very popular with the bargirls. No way the average, middle-aged, bald and overweight farang can compete with these young people.&lt;br /&gt;Since the Japanese seem to be much more attracted to beauty and cuteness, the girls in the bars tend to be better looking than average, and certainly better looking than in most of the other bars. It has become fashionable since a few years for bar girls to adapt the Japanese custom of dying one's hair, and you will find few girls with (attractive) Asian black hair. The fact that a lot of the girls in these bars are good looking, makes them still attractive to visit to farang customers, even though their chances of attracting the girls are minor (unless they indicate wanting to spend a lot of money)&lt;br /&gt;Japanese customers (and other Asian visitors) are spreading out, and we do not know what the long-term effect of this will be on the nightlife at Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy. After all, Asian tourists have long overtaken farang tourists to the land of smiles, and this now shows itself at the nightlife venues, that up to about 7-10 year ago were almost exclusively visited by customers from Europe and U.S.A.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-6488087590817427797?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/6488087590817427797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=6488087590817427797' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6488087590817427797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6488087590817427797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/j-bars-as-bars-that-are-mostly.html' title='J-Bars as bars that are mostly frequented by Japanese customers'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-276639310537904749</id><published>2008-07-24T12:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.970-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nana Plaza'/><title type='text'>Rainbow 1</title><content type='html'>The first of the &lt;strong&gt;Rainbow bars&lt;/strong&gt;. It is the first real &lt;strong&gt;a-go-go bar&lt;/strong&gt; on the right of Nana Plaza ground floor.The bar is medium sized, but is always rather packed with people. It is part of the busy, most interesting corner of Nana Plaza, which also includes Playskool, Hollywood, and the bigger sister bar Rainbow 2.&lt;br /&gt;Always a lot of girls on stage at Rainbow 1, making it rather crowded. We checked it our lately, and found that no less than about 150 girls are actually working at Rainbow 1! If you go around midnight, about a 100 of them will already have left the premises. Who thinks there is no money to be made in the gogo bars?There is no lack of girls, and therefore the girls dance in three shifts. Most bars nowadays have only two. As a result the girls have lots of time in between dancing, and this is clearly to the benefit of the customers. They do not disappear right away, after you buy them a drink, as in most places around &lt;strong&gt;Nana Plaza.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Possibly the bar appeals more to some customers than its sister &lt;strong&gt;bar Rainbow 2&lt;/strong&gt;, which possibly due to its size, has a little bit less atmosphere.&lt;br /&gt;Drink prices are at 125 baht for a beer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-276639310537904749?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/276639310537904749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=276639310537904749' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/thai-bangkok-go-go-bar-nanaplaza.html' title='thai bangkok go go bar nanaplaza'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-5525848822132059209</id><published>2008-07-10T21:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:33.995-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thailand Scenes'/><title type='text'>Thailand Scenes thru bloodshot eyes</title><content type='html'>Thai scenes and nightlife done to popular music. Scenes of Bangkoks' Sukhumvit Rd, Soi Cowboy, Patong Beach, Sukhothai and Chiang Mai&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7yXAJzcu1Ew&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7yXAJzcu1Ew&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-5525848822132059209?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/5525848822132059209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=5525848822132059209' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5525848822132059209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5525848822132059209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/thailand-scenes-thru-bloodshot-eyes.html' title='Thailand Scenes thru bloodshot eyes'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-393153834246658784</id><published>2008-07-10T21:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.004-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soi Cowboy Slides'/><title type='text'>Soi Cowboy Slides</title><content type='html'>A laid-back slide-show of one of Bangkok's famous entertainment venues. Laid-back too, in comparison to say, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Patpong or Nana.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XZ73NZVDykc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XZ73NZVDykc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-393153834246658784?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/393153834246658784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=393153834246658784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/393153834246658784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/393153834246658784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/soi-cowboy-slides.html' title='Soi Cowboy Slides'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-1167388715416162632</id><published>2008-07-10T21:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.013-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangkok Party'/><title type='text'>The Lifestyle Bangkok Party Indians</title><content type='html'>A glimpse of the Thai and Bangkok-Indians nightlife party experience and a bit more&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mD0FSGa7GU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mD0FSGa7GU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-1167388715416162632?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/1167388715416162632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=1167388715416162632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1167388715416162632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1167388715416162632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/lifestyle-bangkok-party-indians.html' title='The Lifestyle Bangkok Party Indians'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-6170882553673843655</id><published>2008-07-10T21:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.032-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangkok Nightlife'/><title type='text'>Bangkok Nightlife ll</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eWWoIzBuSr4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eWWoIzBuSr4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Bangkok Nightlife ll&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-6170882553673843655?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/6170882553673843655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=6170882553673843655' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6170882553673843655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6170882553673843655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/bangkok-nightlife-ll.html' title='Bangkok Nightlife ll'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-8013767127047856511</id><published>2008-07-10T21:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.041-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangkok Nightlife'/><title type='text'>Bangkok Nightlife</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Crws8ZvqlNQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Crws8ZvqlNQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Bangkok Nightlife&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-8013767127047856511?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/8013767127047856511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=8013767127047856511' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8013767127047856511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/8013767127047856511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/bangkok-nightlife.html' title='Bangkok Nightlife'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-2016837073444530984</id><published>2008-07-10T21:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.049-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soi Cowboy'/><title type='text'>Soi Cowboy Spice Girls - Bangkok Nightlife Street</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Soi Cowboy Spice Girls - Bangkok Nightlife Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U5Ibx0embgU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U5Ibx0embgU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-2016837073444530984?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/2016837073444530984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=2016837073444530984' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/2016837073444530984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/2016837073444530984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/soi-cowboy-spice-girls-bangkok.html' title='Soi Cowboy Spice Girls - Bangkok Nightlife Street'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-9175835463022094518</id><published>2008-07-10T21:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.060-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tata Young'/><title type='text'>Tata Young</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SARsBdnTjRI/AAAAAAAAAcg/gvPa_m5X2Dk/s1600-h/tatayoung2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SARsBdnTjRI/AAAAAAAAAcg/gvPa_m5X2Dk/s320/tatayoung2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189391443022810386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SARsBtnTjSI/AAAAAAAAAco/rSUoElg8IFY/s1600-h/tatayoung3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SARsBtnTjSI/AAAAAAAAAco/rSUoElg8IFY/s320/tatayoung3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189391447317777698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SARsBtnTjTI/AAAAAAAAAcw/hGnkU1oe_y8/s1600-h/tatayoung5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SARsBtnTjTI/AAAAAAAAAcw/hGnkU1oe_y8/s320/tatayoung5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189391447317777714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tata Young (born December 14, 1980 in Thailand) is a Thai American singer, model and actress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Thai superstar at age 15, she became an international success with the release of her first English-language album I Believe in 2004. She remains one of the most popular performers in Thailand, and is a perennial "favorite" pick by magazines and music-video channels.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-9175835463022094518?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/9175835463022094518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=9175835463022094518' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/9175835463022094518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/9175835463022094518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/tata-young.html' title='Tata Young'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SARsBdnTjRI/AAAAAAAAAcg/gvPa_m5X2Dk/s72-c/tatayoung2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-3005270977498669368</id><published>2008-07-10T21:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.069-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nat Kesirin'/><title type='text'>Nat Kesirin White T- Shirt Beach Photoshoot</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;   &lt;a href="http://bangkok-girls.blogspot.com/2008/04/nat-kesirin-white-t-shirt-beach.html"&gt;Nat Kesirin White T- Shirt Beach Photoshoot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="entrydate"&gt;&lt;span class="style2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;     &lt;!-- google_ad_section_start--&gt;       &lt;object height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1LTyMfUIprQ&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1LTyMfUIprQ&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sexy Thai Model Nat Kesirin ( Nong Nat / Nat Chanapa ) in a White T-Shirt Beach Photoshoot.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-3005270977498669368?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/3005270977498669368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=3005270977498669368' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3005270977498669368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3005270977498669368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/nat-kesirin-white-t-shirt-beach.html' title='Nat Kesirin White T- Shirt Beach Photoshoot'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-3705427095162172223</id><published>2008-07-10T21:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.078-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nat Kesirin'/><title type='text'>Nat Kesirin White Shirt and Bikini at the Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;   &lt;a href="http://bangkok-girls.blogspot.com/2008/04/nat-kesirin-white-shirt-and-bikini-at.html"&gt;Nat Kesirin White Shirt and Bikini at the Beach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="entrydate"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;     &lt;!-- google_ad_section_start--&gt;       Here we have sexy Thai Model Nat Kesirin ( aka Nong Nat ) wearing a White Shirt and Bikini on the Beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NnGTvdy3wxU&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NnGTvdy3wxU&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p class="blogger-labels"&gt;&lt;a rel="tag" href="http://bangkok-girls.blogspot.com/search/label/Nat%20Kesirin"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-3705427095162172223?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/3705427095162172223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=3705427095162172223' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3705427095162172223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/3705427095162172223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/nat-kesirin-white-shirt-and-bikini-at.html' title='Nat Kesirin White Shirt and Bikini at the Beach'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-1079790099868730075</id><published>2008-07-10T21:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.086-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Girl on bus'/><title type='text'>Girl on bus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SC4gLE-c_tI/AAAAAAAAAw8/lUXR03tcjFI/s1600-h/Girl+on+bus+in+Bangkok.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SC4gLE-c_tI/AAAAAAAAAw8/lUXR03tcjFI/s320/Girl+on+bus+in+Bangkok.JPG" alt="Girl on bus" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201129994345840338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Girl on bus&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-1079790099868730075?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/1079790099868730075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=1079790099868730075' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1079790099868730075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/1079790099868730075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2008/07/girl-on-bus.html' title='Girl on bus'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/SC4gLE-c_tI/AAAAAAAAAw8/lUXR03tcjFI/s72-c/Girl+on+bus+in+Bangkok.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-5819211514536117757</id><published>2007-10-31T09:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-31T09:37:56.586-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yuwie’s Top 10 Questions</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/banner.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Yuwie’s Top 10 Questions&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;  How much can I make? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;A: &lt;/strong&gt; We can’t say exactly, but here’s an example of what &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; happen. The chart below assumes you refer 3 people, and those 3 people refer 3, then those refer 3, through 10 levels, and each referral gets 1000 page views for the month, and the month’s &lt;a href="http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; RSR is $0.50.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.yuwie.com/images/chart.png"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Results are not guaranteed.  This is just an example of what &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; happen.  Please see &lt;a href="http://r.yuwie.com/chiangmai"&gt;terms&lt;/a&gt; for full details.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-5819211514536117757?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/5819211514536117757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=5819211514536117757' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5819211514536117757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/5819211514536117757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2007/10/yuwies-top-10-questions.html' title='Yuwie’s Top 10 Questions'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-2920357725400820239</id><published>2007-10-22T02:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.094-07:00</updated><title type='text'>best life insurance</title><content type='html'>people find the best life insurance for their families and businesses. For over 35 years, Wholesale Insurance and our parent company have been helping people like you get the life insurance they need to protect the ones they love. In an ever-changing world, finding a little peace of mind can be priceless — and life insurance offers peace of mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our licensed customer service representatives are NOT sales people. They are dedicated to helping you find exactly what you need in a no-hassle, no-pressure environment. We think buying life insurance should be easy, so we make it easy. Get your quote now and apply online. Remember, life insurance isn't for people who die; it's for people who live!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-2920357725400820239?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/2920357725400820239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=2920357725400820239' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/2920357725400820239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/2920357725400820239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2007/10/best-life-insurance.html' title='best life insurance'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-467679206080358120</id><published>2007-10-13T12:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.102-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Low Cost Car Insurance For Life In Less Than 1 Hour</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://kholo.lowcostins.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=7797Y6D9"&gt;Want To Cut That Cost In Half?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you had talked to Mike Doyle that day, you’d know why he was in such a lousy mood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two teenage drivers on his car&lt;a href="http://kholo.lowcostins.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=7797Y6D9"&gt; &lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;insurance &lt;/b&gt; policy&lt;/a&gt;.  One with two speeding tickets in 6 months and the other with a recent accident on her driving record.  And Mike?  He was getting absolutely slammed by his car &lt;a href="http://kholo.lowcostins.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=7797Y6D9"&gt;&lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;insurance &lt;/b&gt; company&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kholo.lowcostins.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=7797Y6D9"&gt;His car &lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;insurance &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was going to cost $1,137 more the coming year - that was a whopping 43% increase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike first turned to what most folks do - he called around to different car &lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kholo.lowcostins.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=7797Y6D9"&gt;insurance&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt; companies to see if he could find low car insurance.  It didn't happen.  These other companies were going to charge him more than what his company wanted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you paying eight hundred dollars a year?  One thousand?  Two thousand dollars?  Four thousand dollars or more?  Whatever amount you're paying for car insurance, it's to much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can expect to spend an average - are you ready for this - $109,523.00 during your lifetime.  More than a hundred-grand on &lt;a href="http://kholo.lowcostins.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=7797Y6D9"&gt;car &lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);"&gt;insurance &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - unbelievable!  A few will spend less.  Most will spend more....a lot more.  It doesn't have to be that way.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-467679206080358120?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/467679206080358120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=467679206080358120' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/467679206080358120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/467679206080358120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2007/10/low-cost-car-insurance-for-life-in-less.html' title='Low Cost Car Insurance For Life In Less Than 1 Hour'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-775495671750924954</id><published>2007-10-13T12:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.111-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Set up your automatic Insurance website!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.insuranceleadsgeneration.com/go.php?offer=kholo&amp;amp;pid=1"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/RxEduCKj3EI/AAAAAAAAAFE/xi8NY43SAtA/s320/banner.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120906927989316674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insuranceleadsgeneration.com/go.php?offer=kholo&amp;amp;pid=1"&gt; Set up your automatic Insurance website!&lt;/a&gt; - Create mini websites for your Insurance business the easy way. Let your website do the job for you whether you�re working on your desk or away on a leisure trip.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-775495671750924954?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/775495671750924954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=775495671750924954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/775495671750924954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/775495671750924954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2007/10/set-up-your-automatic-insurance-website.html' title='Set up your automatic Insurance website!'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZLwbk1R9Bc/RxEduCKj3EI/AAAAAAAAAFE/xi8NY43SAtA/s72-c/banner.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810533010350251529.post-6976850316822208337</id><published>2007-10-13T02:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:08:34.120-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Insurance Leads Generation</title><content type='html'>&lt;A HREF="http://www.insuranceleadsgeneration.com/go.php?offer=kholo&amp;pid=1"&gt;Insurance Leads Generation&lt;/A&gt; - Generate quality new leads at a fraction of the cost of offline marketing. Keep in contact with current leads. (It costs practicly nothing to email a lead online). Everything that takes hours offline manually can be done online with tools that automate practically every &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;part of your business.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3810533010350251529-6976850316822208337?l=bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/feeds/6976850316822208337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3810533010350251529&amp;postID=6976850316822208337' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6976850316822208337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3810533010350251529/posts/default/6976850316822208337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bangkok-nightlife.blogspot.com/2007/10/insurance-leads-generation.html' title='Insurance Leads Generation'/><author><name>SEAGAMES 2009</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
