More Saturday night in Bangkok tales...

Yes, the nightlife in Bangkok is well known, and centered mainly around the sex industry. The night market that we were wandering through is jam packed with strip clubs and other venues, and you are constantly being approached by guys with little cards that list off a bunch of odd acts that you can see, and if you follow them you can have free entry into their club. Between the guys, girls, and ladyboys trying to direct you into a club you are also approached by guys that could be bums that will flash you a little card that only reads "CD - DVD - SEX" like those items are of equal value back in whatever alley they wander out of.

That makes for a fun night, and we opted to hit one of the open patio bars in the middle of all this and just watch the fun. I was thinking that we would be able to quickly spot the guys really looking, and then we could place bets on what type of venue he would enter. But, and I'm thinking our dinner had a part in this, I decided to become a cheapskate and found the 100 baht drinks at all the bars surrounding the market too expensive. So we left the market and started walking back towards the hotel.

That's when we found it, a tiny little food/drink stand on the corner of a fairly busy intersection. Drinks were much cheaper at only 60 baht, and the workers were really friendly. The talked and joked with us and then brought us over a connect four game to play....

Now that's a fun night out, and we still had our fair share of prostitutes and johns walking towards the market area for us to make fun of. Tina tired of the game quickly, but the staff was more then willing to show me how good they were, with the one girl boasting "you can play, but I never lose." She was right, and by nights end I walked out of there with an 0-20 record against the bar staff.