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This very well-written Bangkok Post article offers an insight into a world unseen by those haunting the usual nightlife areas.

By SUPOJ WANCHAROEN
Down the quiet alleys and small sois of Bangkok’s old town in the Rattanakosin area, Orn and Kae, both in their early 20s, hang around in the shade of the hot afternoon waiting for […]

Paris was my home from 1982-1986. Two of those years were spent on Impasse Dantzig. My 16 year-old girlfriend had an atelier in an old artist commune on Impasse Dantzig. Candida worked as a model. A few magazines liked the melange of her Puerto Rican, Jewish, and French roots. I thought she was beautiful.

We went […]

Ever-vigilant Pattaya Police executed a daring nocturnal round-up of Central Asian women suspected of breaking the Prevention and Suppression Act B.E. 2539 (1996). 50 officers and volunteers escorted 22 Uzbekistani females from Walking Street to the Immigration Office. During interrogation the suspects admitted to selling sexual favors at a price range of 2000-3000 baht, which is 4-6 times the […]

The Taliban ruled the majority of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. Normal citizens welcomed the Islamic militants in hopes that peace could be restored, instead a strict Sharia law was imposed on their subjects.

The burqa was draped over every woman and education was banned for any females over the age of eight. The Koran was the only book […]

Pattaya has long been a destination for pleasure-seekers from around the world. While not a big fan of Walking Street and its go-go bars, my support for the exotic arts remains firm. Like pornography, stripping is the first line of defense for free speech and expression.

Local authorities seem to disagree and this last weekend raided […]