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Archive for June, 2009

Guide To Bangkok Nightlife

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Bangkok Nightlife is amazing! It’s naughty! It’s juicy! Featuring live music, chilly bars, high-spirited dance venues and great restaurants to entertain you with large mix of musical styles including drum and bass, hip-hop, house, trance, chart music, rock and Thai music, Bangkok is at its best during nights; it’s thrilling!

Patpong road is an illustrious red light district situated between Silom road and Suriwong road. Patpong has two streets with both downstairs and upstairs bars. There is also a night market. Some of the recognized and reputable bars are the King’s group bars, Crown Royale, Cosmos, and the Madrid. It is one of those places that most visitors and Thais want to see.

Nana Plaza has turn out to be the most visited nightlife region in Bangkok. It is a great favorite with holidaymakers and short-time visitants. The well-known Nana Plaza bars include the Rainbow bars, Hollywood Rock, Hollywood Strip, Playskool, Voodoo, G-spot, Rock Hard, Silver Dragon, Mandarin, Carnival etc.

You can enjoy every type of activity along Khao San Road during night. This is possibly the most notable street in Bangkok, located in the old city and famed for backpackers. Every variety of pub / bar / club is sited here; some of the most notable ones are Silk Bar, Lava Club, Shamrock Irish Pub, Gullivers and The Club.

Sukhumvit is one of the longest and leading streets situated in the Central Business District. It is the most-preferred hangout for expats. It becomes vigorous and entertaining during night. Fashionable restaurants, numerous bars, contemporary malls, luxury hotels and many hip clubs give it a distinctly multi-ethnic flavor. Qbar, located in Sukhumvit 11, is a great place to enjoy nightlife scene. Q Bar is a hip sophisticated bar with good dance scene.


Often nicknamed as ‘Thailand’s Wall Street’, Silom is by day a major hub of economic institutions, business firms and global corporations. By night, it turns into an active shopping avenue and playground with the renowned red-light district Patpong and the gay-friendly Soi 4 and Soi 2. It is famous for Shopping, straight and gay nightlife, restaurants, bars, clubs, pubs, hotels and go-go bars.

If you are a social night owl, you must check out the BANK CLUB, a very exclusive member club conveniently located in the Center of Sukhumvit near Thonglor BTS station. Less than a year old, the BANK CLUB is now famous in Bangkok nightlife for GREAT DECORATION and the HOTTEST GIRLS willing to accommodate your every need.

The BANK CLUB caters to International Entrepreneurs & Senior Managers looking to kick back and relax with beautiful girls and 5 Star entertainment service. You can start the night easy in their 1st floor lounge chatting with one of their top models, listening to acoustic folk songs. Later, enjoy a game of pool in the second floor business lounge and before you finally ESCAPE to one of their luxurious VIP rooms, a party sanctuary for your “boys night out.”

Many Shopping Venues in Bangkok

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Generally, Bangkok is considered to be one of the leading shopping destinations in the world. There are so many outstanding Bangkok shopping venues where shoppers can shop until they drop. You can certainly find for sale whatever you are looking for. People from all over the world travel to Bangkok simply so that they can visit the wonderful shops, boutiques, markets and shopping malls. Bangkok is well known for its pirated DVD movies and software as well as all the fake brand name clothing which is for sale in many of the street side vendors however there are also a large number of modern shopping malls in the Thai capital city.

The Central World Shopping Mall in Bangkok is in fact the largest mall in all of South East Asia. This Bangkok shopping mall is home to over five hundred stores, various entertainment centers and over fifty restaurants. The largest supermarket found anywhere in Asia is also located at the Central World Shopping Mall.

If you would like to buy some games, software or some IT products then the best place to visit in Bangkok is definitely Pantip Plaza. This large IT shopping mall consists off hundreds of both small and large computer stores and Pantip Plaza is popular with both local residents as well as tourists. Pantip Plaza is located along Petchaburi road nearby to the Amari Watergate hotel.

During your stay in the Thai capital, if you are a hard core shopper then you should definitely visit the MBK Shopping Center. This well known Bangkok shopping mall has eight floors and over two thousand small stores. Opening hours at the MBK Shopping Center are daily from 11:00 until 22:00 and it is located right next to the National Stadium Bangkok Sky Train station.

In Bangkok, the most famous weekend market is the Chatuchak weekend market. This popular Bangkok market attracts close to a quarter of a million shoppers every weekend. Prices for many products found at the fifteen thousand market stalls are the cheapest found anywhere in Bangkok which is why both tourists and Bangkok residents enjoy shopping at the Chatuchak weekend market. Opening hours during the weekend are from 08:00 until 19:00.