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Soi Cowboy
For a long time an area of bar beers covered the waste ground above what is now Sukhumvit MRT. These have now been closed down (they were probably illegal anyway) and the area boarded up. But, unable to take "no" for an answer, few enterprising souls put portable bars and tables right there on the street corner. I don't know what time close up but since they are obviously breaking the law by being there in the first place, there is probably no reason why they should observe the same closing time imposed on the other bar districts.
Cowboy itself is quite a small strip but it is packed with bars. Small bars, big bars, bars where you can sit and watch live Premier League Soccer on Saturday nights, bars where you can play pool and of course bars where you can play with the staff. There are nay-sayers who will insist that the girls aren't as cute in Cowboy but I think that's a load of old tosh. I like Cowboy because its a little more laid back and not as frantic as Nana or Patpong.
Highlights Tilac - One of the biggest bars on the strip. Midnite Bar - Some of the girls dance nekkid and I even fancied the mama-san. Doll House - Skimpy white skirts with with nothing underneath mmm After School - Naughty Boys corner |
 
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Cowboy reminds me of what Patpong used to be like a long time ago. A fellow
can stagger happily from one side to the other with only the occasional
motorbike to knock you over. Groups of girls hang about outside the bars
enticing customers in the various bars, food vendors congregate and street
kids sell roses for the customers to give to the objects of their desire.
At
the other end on Soi 23 there are some rather nice restaurants. Two to
note are; Fish and Chips, probably the most authentic British style fish
and chips you'll get this far from the North Sea. It's on the left a few
doors up from the service station. The other Le Dalat Indochine on the
other side at number 14. A very classy restaurant that unashamedly celebrates
the French influence on Vietnamese cuisine.
And
of course there is the "Naughty Boy Corner" at After School. Naughty boy
corner is a blind spot at the end of the bar where said naughty boys go
to be punished. It is not possible to actually witness the punishment
in progress but everyone can clearly see the ... um ... remorseful look
on the naughty boys face. 300 baht for a spanking, 600 for a stiff talking
to ... or so I'm told.
