Having rescued our money from the randomly-changing-combination-numbers safe, we take a taxi to the nearby Patong town to explore the nightlife. We head for this area called Paradise – a
sort of hotel complex with a load of bars on the street similar to those in
Bangkok, but a lot tamer.
And nothing like Paradise by any stitch of any imagination.
We have a drink in one, next door to one with a
couple of lady boy staff (not brave enough to sit in that one!). It was still early so we head from there to
the busier part of town for coffee to pick me up and a walk along the crowded
streets looking at all the odd sights – lots of caged dancers that I couldn’t tell if they were men or women (probably the former, well at least at one point
they were, i.e. at birth). We manager to find a halal Arabic fish place (nice) and watch the sights of the street workers trying to get trade and business from the tourists. One was particularly persistent, grabbing people's nipples to get their attention!
After dinner we head briefly back to Paradise area, but
it’s still really quiet, so after a cocktail or 2 that contained very little alcohol, we head back to the hotel.
Bangkok's Patpong area is far wilder...
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