The Foot Soldiers
If there’s ever a second class citizen, it’s the Bangkok pedestrian. Driven to despair A friend’s wife recently complained about how she was nearly knocked…
Crime Buster
Conversations with the fearless representative of the fuzz, Sgt Nop. The porn brokers Have you ever wondered what happens to the pornographic magazines confiscated in…
Burning desire
One of the more off-putting sights that periodically surfaces in Bangkok’s bars is a girl dancing with burning candles. As she bumps and grinds away,…
A rattling good time
On a number of occasions cockroaches have been known to upstage a-go-go dancers in some of Bangkok’s less distinguished establishments. One variation on this theme…
See you again
A rather tatty “cocktail lounge” was the scene one evening of a memorable, though somewhat brief, visit. Apart from a couple of gentlemen of Middle…
What’s Off?
It is hardly a secret that in certain establishments girls can be taken out providing the customers pay a fee to the bar for the…
Nothing but the tooth
In most Thai entertainment places, along with overpriced drinks, customers are usually served heavily salted peanuts, popcorn or other allegedly appetizing items, whose sole function…
A Night on the Town
Bangkok’s nightlife needs no introduction. Inadmissible evidence? Many years ago American singer Connie Francis made the hit record Lipstick On Your Collar, a song which…
Left high and dry
Then of course, one year it didn’t flood: In unprecedented scenes, Bangkok’s long-suffering citizens were out on the streets in force to protest the nonappearance…
Knees and noises
During floods there is a positive side for those directly affected. You start doing unusual things such as talking to the neighbours. You might even…