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Lobstah on Patpong – 1990s

February 1, 2024 – 11:10 am

Back in the 1990s I was in Bangkok s Patpong gogo zone. I was standing at the bar and heard a younger man order a beer. “Are you from Maine?” “Lewiston.” “Falmouth Foresides. We must be the largest gathering of Maine people in Asia.” We clinked beers and he shook his head, saying, “Those two […]

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Sleaze a la Old Bangkok

April 1, 2019 – 7:29 am

Most tourists to Thailand have wandered through Patpong, but the old sex entrepot has been tamed by time, but even twenty years ago other than the sex shows on the second floors there was never too much sleaze of the soi. Mostly straight-forward go-go bars and beer halls with the usual barfine and ‘love you […]

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Patpong Back to Normal

March 31, 2019 – 10:25 pm

GW Bush passed through Bangkok on his way to the Beijing Olympics. His economic advisers trawled the city for copyright sin. They were disappointed to discover the hotbeds of terrorist fake luxury goods had been purified by the ever-vigilant Bangkok Police. Al-Quada supporters on Patpong were reduced to sellign bananas and the Islamic fascists behind […]

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Patpong Dawn

March 31, 2019 – 4:30 pm

dawn, patpong, thailand Patpong at sunrise. Years ago I went to sleep at dawn. Now I wake up at that hour like a new-born baby. Sleep – the most beautiful experience in life – except drink. – W. C. Fields

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Spirit of Patpong

March 31, 2019 – 1:37 pm

from http://www.bangkokeyes.com/

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