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The stray dogs which live around my condo are getting out of control. They like to fight in the early hours of the morning, and gang up in packs to attack each other.
Can't someone give them a home, round them up, or put them down? I live in a middle-class area now - I don't want to be bothered by such nuisances!
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Farang C took me to Nana Plaza. I must be the only foreigner in Bangkok who did not know where to find it, so now at least I can put that worry to bed. I've seen it, so that's that.
Earlier, farang C, who introduced me to my new condo and is also my neighbour there, took me on a tour of Irish pubs in soi Convent, and Sukhumwit soi 1, Nana.
For good measure, we also dropped in to a hole-in-the-wall bar in Silom soi 1.
Why all this socialising activity in Bangkok's tourist hot spots? I am the new guy in town, the ignorant fellow from the sticks. Farang C is showing me the Bangkok he knows.
If I ever visited these exotic places, it was nine years ago, when I first arrived in the kingdom.
In deference to the fact that farang C is straight, we visited only straight bars, but I imagine the gay ones are little different.
In a bar close to Nana Plaza, we took a seat on a raised perch overlooking passing wildlife on the street. At a table behind us, two foreign men had persuaded two young women who work at the bar to sit on their laps.
We played 'spot the teacher-type'. Then, spot the tourist; spot the guy with the cellphone; spot anything which looks unusual (plenty of them), and spot normal, well-dressed types (precious few).
Tiring of that, a couple of hours later, I went home alone.
At Nana, I rubbed up too close to humanity's dark side. As I went to bed last night, I felt soiled. Today, I feel little better.
I doubt the delights on offer at tired Nana Plaza represent the real Bangkok, even for most tourists.
Surely they would have more sense than to mix in such desperate places. They do, don't they?
4 comments:
ReplyDeleteAsia in Australia24 March 2009 at 21:16
no, dreamer...sadly many of them dont...
my bf's school is in nana. whenever i go pick him up after school (around 9pm) i get shocked by nana. there are heaps of farang there that in my home country would only live under a bridge or at the train station begging for money...here they think they are the kings of the world.
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Lino24 March 2009 at 21:25
Man, you have touched on the two things that actually make me uncomfortable in BKK -soi dogs and foreigners up to no good. The heat is often in there too, but if I have just left NYC during the summer there is not much difference.
The sunsets in Bangkok are truly beautiful. I believe the amount of particulates (crap) in the air contribute to this, but if you have a decent shot at the sky....from your rooftop pool....that must be a great and romantic way to end the day.
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kopichai25 March 2009 at 02:57
hey bkkdreamer, does ur bf know where farang c has been taking you to? he might get worried that farang C is converting you to becum str8.....lol
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Bkkdreamer25 March 2009 at 18:34
Lino: sunsets from the rooftop pool do look superb, you are right. One day I might be able to drag the boyfriend up there to share the romantic moment, too.
Kopichai: He'd be more worried if we were visiting gay places, as I might spot someone I liked.
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