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Gay Guide To Bangkok At Night
he tolerant nature of is alive and well and sauntering
modern society in Thailand between the many bars and patios
has made many a traveller of Bangkok’s Gay street.
feel comfortable and at home
despite being in Asia. It has One of the most popular places to
also made Bangkok the site of enjoy a cocktail and watch the
many an unforgettable party. parade of people passing is the
Balcony. Not only do they have a
There is fun to be had in a large number of street-side
variety of locations around the tables, but their happy hour
city from the comforting company prices are the best in the area.
of foreigners to the truly Thai Plus the bar is perfectly
style of a local disco. Although positioned to watch the staff on
the options for men almost shout the other side of the street who
at you they are so visible, there are inevitably well dressed and
are a number of locations where drool-inducing.
women meet women for drinks,
dancing and perhaps more. On rainy nights, Telephone Pub
and Restaurant is another popular
Although many of the bars are venue. Each table comes equipped
primarily targeted towards men, with its own telephone so that
there are all kinds of people those too timid for a direct hit
cruising down Silom soi 4. Phuket can start conversations with
and Pattaya may have great beach strangers at a distance.
parties but for a night out in
the city, nothing beats this In addition to the cocktails,
pocket of Bangkok for action. pubs and sports bars on the soi,
Every year the whole city several establishments host
explodes during Pride Week, but nightly cabarets and shows. Just
every night, the spirit of pride off soi 4 is the G.O.D. club,
formerly known as the Freeman Although many kathoes are so
Dance Arena. Under its old name convincing they are difficult to
the shows were legendary, and tell apart from those born as
since reopening the club has only women, kathoey, just like
gotten better. An enticing everyone else, come in a wide
mixture of alluring drag queens variety, from men who dress as
and purely masculine muscle, women, to those undergoing
G.O.D. really stands up to its various stages of hormone
name: Guys on Display. treatment and surgery.
One visitor from the UK, Jack DJ Station, on Silom soi 2,
Nambert has visited Bangkok a combines a nightly cabaret-style
number of times over the last few show with a fantastic DJ for the
years. He says that although he rest of the night. Cover charge
loves the saunas and discos, it’s is minimal and includes two
the drag shows at G.O.D. that drinks, generally mixed on the
keep him coming back. “G.O.D. strong side. After the show, the
club looks great, the music is crowd is pumped for dancing and
fantastic and it’s open until at by the end of the night, it’s
least 04:00. It blows other clubs hard to get to the bar amid the
completely away”, he said. crowd of shirtless sweating men
who have come to dance here from
Drag queens in Thailand are all over the world.
legendary for their beauty, poise
and all around sex appeal. The The most notable club in the area
phenomenon on men dressing and is on Kamphaengphet road. ICY was
living as women is widespread and recognised by Metro Magazine as
accepted in Thai culture. The one of the hottest gay bars in
Thais call them kathoey; English Bangkok and if you want to meet a
tourists call them lady boys. Thai guy, this is the place to
go. Bangkok stay at home every night,
it is true that they can be
The intersection of Ramkhamhaeng difficult to find. For an
and Lamsalee roads is another outsider passing through and
area worth exploring for a taste looking for a night on the town,
of Thai culture. Several bars, it can sometimes seem impossible
including ICK, SeaTure, Finalle to locate the private gatherings
and Crazy, attract a primarily and hidden lairs of the lesbians
local clientele. Most of the bars in Bangkok.
have good DJ’s, especially on
weekends, and unlike the clubs on Because many Thai lesbians feel
Silom soi 4 that cater to entirely comfortable going out
foreigners, the Lamsalee bars with the girls in Thai society,
serve drinks that are reasonably the fact of the matter is that
priced. they can be found almost
anywhere. The trick is spotting
Men in Bangkok need only to head them.
to a bar, a club or a sauna to
meet other men. Women don’t have When searching for lesbians out
things nearly quite so easy. on the town in Bangkok, the best
After strolling up and down Silom thing to do is go out on a Friday
soi 4 several times and still not or Saturday night. Sukhumvit road
spotting any likely lesbians, one has the most number of promising
tourist asked a bouncer at Balls, establishments including Mambo, a
a sports bar on the soi where she restaurant with cabarets, and
could find lesbians. “I think Thumb Up, both on soi 32.
they go to sleep at 18:00”, he
promptly replied. Vega, on soi 39, is actually run
by a lesbian couple so even if
Although not all lesbians in there is no one in attendance,
they are usually happy to dish crowd including some toms and
out the low down on what’s dees at many clubs.
happening in town. Things do tend
to get hot here on the weekends It’s definitely not as easy for
though with great live music women to find other women as it
complementing a selection of is for men to find other men and
excellent food. for travelers with a limited
amount of time to enjoy the
Bars that cater to a mixed crowd sights, sounds and flavors of
litter Silom road and there are Thailand, it can be very
several on Phra Athit road. On a frustrating.
weekend, there’s usually a good
About the Author:
Part time Thailand resident Andy Burrows spends plenty of time in Bangkok, especially in bars! He recommends; http://www.1stopbangkok.com/hospitality/gays/ and http://www.1stopbangkok.com/gallery/
Published At: www.Isnare.com
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