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One Night in Bangkok.(Brief Article)
So much for the Wild, Wild West of the East. A wave of government-imposed morality has swept through Bangkok since last summer, when Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra launched a campaign against "social evils." Go-go bars, street beer stalls and upscale pubs alike were forced to shut their doors by 2 a.m.--just when tourists and expats in the Thai capital usually shift into high gear. Night owls have decried the move as ill conceived, saying it will cost everyone from the government to bar girls serious money. "They're destroying what makes Bangkok 'Bangkok'," grumbles one Canadian. "People are going to stop coming here if they can't have a few wild nights." Um, not quite. PERI's Joe Cochrane offers a few of the many alternatives:
The night market in Patpong is just spitting distance from the sex shows. Why gaze drunkenly at cheap flesh when you can pick up cheap ...
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