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Patpong - Bangkok's Premier Red Light DistrictOne of the premier Red Light, Hooker, Strip Club districts of Bankok, Patpong is two parallel streets and a lane running between Thanon Silom and Thanon Surawong approx 2-3 km from Thanon Khao San. It is renowned as a vibrant nightlife center, but also offers a busy night market, good bookstores and several restaurants. It's an interesting place that closes down between 1-2 am. Patpong Nightlife features agogo, bars, clubs, discos, escorts, karaoke, massage, pubs, restaurants and hotels. Fireshow and Bar Dance at "The Strip" Patpong Soi 2 Getting There: Take the BTS to Saladaeng station and walk to Patpong or take the MRT to Silom station and walk to Patpong. Patpong Soi 2 is the smaller of the Patpong sois. The first Patpong Soi you will reach when walking from the train stations. The strip is the second bar on the right when coming from Silom. Right next to BarBar. The strip that never sleeps Patpong is most busy at night. By day it's another Bangkok shopping street of bookstores, pharmacies and supermarkets. After dark with a multitude of vendors, shoppers, sightseers, foodstalls set up at either end of Patpong, some of them good enough to be reviewed in the city's English-language papers. The market is mixed right in with a great many of the infamous go-go bars in the area. Then bootleg DVDs and CDs, cotton clothing, fake Rolex and other designer watches, designer bags and clothes, Thai Silks and souvenirs are laid out on Soi Patpong 1.  Remember that bargaining is normal for all transactions here in the market and a good place to start is about half of the asking price. DO NOT GET LOUD, STAY FRIENDLY, ENJOY THE WHEELING AND DEALING and you will be very happy with the deal you get in the end. Later the street fills with revelers as the restaurants and bars open up.  Adjoining tattoo shops in Soi Patpong 2, Bangkok. Previously one of Bangkok's liveliest (not loveliest) tourist spots it has rather gone downmarket over the years. Bars and Restaurants in Patpong Right in front of the elevated train station is a street which caters to Japanese tourists-with some places billed as onsens japanese natural hotspring baths
Patpong is renowned for its go-go bars, discos and late night "constellations." Despite it's somewhat unsavory reputation, it's remarkably safe to visit - though it's as well to stick to the downstairs bars, as some of the upper floor establishments have been known to overcharge. Soi Patpong 1 has a few go go bars but is mainly a shopping street where foreign couples shop and drink. Soi Patpong 2 has numerous smaller beer bars (ba bia in Thai), as well as a row of karaoke establishments and the most popular restaurants on the strip. Soi Patpong 3, an unassuming dead-end lane, is more of a gay venue. The strip comes alive in the early evening, but with the exception of a handful of constellations is more-or-less closed down by 1am. Although sex is for sale in Patpong, the area is much more than just a red light area, being frequented by young Thais and foreign visitors who dance, talk and dine into the small hours. Sex Show in Patpong Transportation
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