Closing time games
With police now enforcing another crackdown on opening hours, bars across the country are having to shut their doors around 1am. So, people wanting to kick on find themselves out on the streets, looking for any fly-by-night bar that will sell them a drink.
Published on March 25, 2008
The tables on lower Sukhumvit are doing a roaring trade, much to legitimate bar owners' disgust.
As during the era of "Mullah Pu" - former Interior Minister Purachai Piumsomboon, Sukhumvit has become one of the longest bars in Thailand.
The sad part is, back alleys such as those off Soi 7, have become open toilets that stink of urine.
This strip is, like Patpong, a popular haunt for katoeys, as this great photo by Roland Neveu illustrates.
Bars in Phuket's Bangla Road and in Pattaya have also faced the same dilemma with the new government out to make an impression ... and probably a bundle.
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