After having a great time at Nana Plaza, I figured I needed to see how Soi Cowboy compares. This time I visited on a weekend night, and as expected, there were a lot more tourists, the ratio was probably closer to 10:1 women to guys. This time, armed with my camera, I was determined to get more pics for everyone. Ladies and gents, welcome to Soi Cowboy...
Similar to Nana Plaza, Soi Cowboy dominates 3-4 blocks. I walked down what looked like the main strip to find a place for food. I decided on a place located at one end of the street, and sat outside -- which proved disastrous as every freakin' hustler was trying to sell me his or her wares. I had a guy put a watch on my table and tell me how amazing it was. This was followed by a woman wearing a hat uncomfortably similar to Rocky 3's Apollo Creed who tried to sell me a wooden cricket that made crazy sounds.
At any rate, I ate my food and just enjoyed the feel of the area. Next to me were seated two English blokes. We started chatting it up and it turns out that they're from Liverpool (Everton fans) and had just arrived in Bangkok. They bought me a couple of drinks and then we decided to check out the strip.
Both of them said they wanted to go to a strip club, and who am I to argue with our diplomatic friends? This is perhaps the second coolest sign I've seen in Thailand, so, naturally, this is where we went.
For all of the Dallas Cowboys fans out there (I'm not included in that list), the girls were dressed as Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, well, if the cheerleaders didn't wear tops. We were instantly swarmed by girls and one of them asked me if I was interested as she wiped her mouth. I suppose there are certain things that language transcends. hehe
I went on a stealthy, Mission Impossible style sneaking and was able to get this pic for ya...This is looking down onto the stage.
Some of this gets a little foggy, and I'm not sure how long we were there, but we decided to leave and we headed off to another bar where there was a crazy Thai band / DJ playing a mix of American songs and crazy-ass Thai songs. I took this random picture (not sure why, but I figured that I'd post it anyway).
The bar was fairly crowded and there was a ton of dancing -- I did my fair share of booty shaking and I eventually lost sight of my English friends.
The next day I also uncovered this on my phone. It must've been a good time ;p
Also in the world of random, the next day, as I was leaving brekkie, the English guys walked in. I got a pic for your entertainment...
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