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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The rainy season brings its own delights in Bangkok. In the deep end One of the strangest results of flooding in Bangkok is that it…