Phat Pong Road

If you read enough about Bangkok, it is inevitable that you will encounter information about the booming sex industry here. While I do not agree with it, condone it, or want to support it in any way - coming all this way, I couldn't resist seeing it for myself.

In Bangkok, Phat Pong Road is the center of the sex industry. While the center of the road is lined with the inevitable street market (the availability of night markets in Bangkok make it possible for you to literally shop 24 hours a day), the store fronts are lined with stores selling questionable merchandise and bars revealling stages full of dancing girls (all clad in bikin's). While this is nothing different than you see on Burbon Street in New Orleans, the difference here are the men trying to lure you in to the "real" shows complete with menus of everything you can expect to see. So to not offend, I won't go into detail, but can share individually, if you care to know what you're missing.

The worst part of it for me was yet another street, free of the market, with store fronts filled with Thai women in evening gowns, with numbers pinned to their dresses.

I'm glad I went to see it for myself, but I will not likely be going back any time soon.