Wandering down Bangla at 7:15 one morning, Soi Easy was emptying itself of the last patrons of the night. While many bars are open throughout the day, by early evening pretty much everywhere has its doors open, but beer bar birds don't show up until well into the evening and the discos, theĭomain of freelancers – of which there are many – don't get going until midnight or later. Things get going later on Bangla Road than they do up north.

– which frustrates many customers because they tend to be more attractive! But what sets them apart from gogo girls is that they often aren't available In Bangkok, coyote dancers are often very attractive ladies who really can dance. But behind the sexy dress, it's much the same – the same mannerisms, same lack of manners and same games played.Ī number of the beer bar complexes, such as that below Tiger Disco, feature coyote dancers. Something you don't tend to find in Bangkok or Pattaya. The bars are dominated by the maidens of Isaan, but there are southern girls amongst them, They're invariably younger, prettier and often dressed more sexy. The beer bar girls of Bangla are a step up from what you find in the beer bars in Pattaya. A Pattaya retiree who had failed to check the price list before ordering a drink in a Bangla beer bar might have a heart attack. The price of drinks in some barsĮxceeds what you pay in the most expensive gogos in Bangkok. But then things should be better because you pay a premium. They're better decorated, better maintained and have much prettier girls than what you find elsewhere. Phuket has the best beer bars in all of Thailand.

There are clusters of beer bars all over Patong, Phuket's most popular beach, as well as the other beaches of Phuket, but the largest concentration and the most attractive bars and girls are found on Bangla Road.īangla Road features sois of beer bars including Soi Eric, Soi Easy, Soi Seadragon and Club Croc, once known as Soi Crocodile, the soi famous for the ladyboys who have been dancing and milling around the mouth of the soi for as long as I have been visiting Phuket probably has the youngest and most handsome sex tourists in all of Thailand. The depressing scenes of Bangkok and especially Pattaya, of tired guys who have let themselves go isn't the norm in Patong at all. Perhaps the biggest difference is that, for the most part, the customers in the naughty bars in Patong are young, oftenįit and handsome guys. While Patong's nightlife is similar to what you find in Bangkok and Pattaya, it has its own distinctive flavour. Running perpendicular to Patong Beach, there's beer bars, gogo bars, discos and freelancer venues lining Bangla Road and firmly putting Phuket on the naughty boy's map. The centre of Phuket's nightlife is Bangla Road. Phuket may not have the same reputation as Bangkok or Pattaya, but the island's foreigner-oriented naughty nightlife industry is large. But there's another aspect to Phuket which draws visitors. Visitors flock to soak up the sun's rays, eat great seafood and be pampered in world class spas. Think of Phuket and pristine beaches lined with deckchairs and sun umbrellas comeīut Phuket is not just sun and sand. Phuket is one of the jewels in Thailand's tourism industry, the most developed island with some of the best beaches and the most sophisticated resort developments. It is 5 years since my last visit, a drought I broke this week. After settling in Bangkok, I initially visited Phuket each year, but over time found myself becoming less and less impressed. It's 5 long years since I stepped foot in Phuket, the island I used to love and where I originally planned to settle in Thailand.

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