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Patpong consists of two parallel side streets running between Silom and Surawong Roads [3] and one side street running from the opposite side of Surawong. Patpong is within walking distance from the BTS Skytrain Silom Line's Sala Daeng Station, and MRT Blue Line's Si Lom Station. Patpong 1 is the main street with many bars of various kinds.
The first bar opened in Soi Cowboy in the early 1970s, but it was not until 1977 that a second bar opened on the street [2] by T. G. "Cowboy" Edwards, a retired American airman. Edwards got his nickname because he often wore a cowboy hat and the soi was given its name in reference to him by longtime nightlife columnist Bernard Trink. The number ...
The city's nightlife is the subject of the song One Night in Bangkok performed by Murray Head which includes the line: "One night in Bangkok can make a hard man humble". ". While the choruses extol Bangkok's reputation and exciting atmosphere in the song, the American in the music video would denounce the city, including its red-light district, "muddy old river" and "reclining Bu
In 2016 two waitresses in the plaza's Bangkok Bunnies go-go bar said that they received monthly wages equivalent to £130 (US$165) and daily tips equivalent to £11–16 (US$14–20). [8] This compares with a 2016 average monthly wage in Thailand of around 13,800 baht (US$388). [9] As of July 2019, Nana Plaza housed 30 bars and three "hotels".
Women also set about establishing their own clubs in the late 19th century, such as the Ladies' Institute, and the Ladies' Athenaeum. They proved quite popular at the time, but only one London-based club, The University Women's Club , has survived to this day as a single-sex establishment.
Si Lom Road in 2021. Si Lom Road (also written as Silom, Thai: สีลม, pronounced [sǐː lōm]) is a major street in the Thai capital Bangkok, best known for its commercial neighbourhood, which, along with the nearby and roughly parallel Sathon Road, forms one of the city's main business districts.
It was known as a Western-style nightlife entertainment district during the 1920s, and was—and still is—home to many leading hotels. The road grew as a business district along with the nearby Si Lom Road during the mid-20th century, but lagged behind in development toward the end of the century due to its limited traffic capacity. Today, it ...
According to Oat Montien, a former artist-in-residence at Patpong Museum where history of sex tourism around Patpong area is studied, Soi Pratuchai began its name as a gay destination from a gay go-go bar named Twilight; later the soi's alias, that relocated from Sukhumwit area to the entrance of Soi Pratuchai in 1971.