Miguel's Bachelor Party - Day 7 - Bangkok

I have finally become accustomed to two things: The time change and my body running on alcohol. I am now at a point I don't remember not drinking on this trip. We are in too deep to stop. With a little heat and humidity, maybe the late morning walk to the train station will help sweat it out. We need our energy for the day, because we are on our way to the Chatuchak Market in the Northeast part of Bangkok.

This weekend-only market is a site to see. Food venders, clothing vendors, merchandise vendors blend in together at this open-air market. Around 200,000 people flock to this market every weekend to take in as many of the deals as possible. The market is casually broken up in sections such that you can hit one area to buy jewelry and the other section, you can buy pets, but they all eventually blend together. It's just another experience in Bangkok that one must see, if they are fortunate enough to be there on the weekend.

We closed down the day at the market and made our way back to the hotel before our last night in Bangkok. Our final nightlife destination for Bangkok was going to be the Sukhumvit area and we were going straight for the most touristy, hedonistic, what-the-hell-are-we-getting-into kind of night.

This was the night that nobody brought a camera. Sacrilegious! We knew the general area to find one of the most touristy night spots, but we didn't know the exact street. We just knew we were looking for Las Vegas condensed onto one little alley that was really only meant for seedy deals under the shadows of discrepancy. Then arrived Soi Cowboy.

If you visit, Thailand, note that soi means side street that branches off of a major road. In this instance, one man started a ladies club in an alley off of a major road. Well, alley is translated differently, so in reality, it is a side street. However, it's small enough to be an alley. Details, details.

This gentleman started the first nightclub on this street and called it, Soi Cowboy, or Side-street Cowboy. Clever, no? Over the years of hosting soldiers and the likes of salivating men who needed to explore their most natural instinct without being conscientious, the alley exploded with new vendors. Every crevice and nook of the street is covered in lights attracting the already attracted. One would say overkill, but at this level of exposure, it's a wonder in itself.

Instantly, you are pawed at like a cat plays with its prey. By the time you make it down to the end of the alley, you have a case for 8-10 charges of sexual assault, indecent exposure, and a close call of battery. The battery only comes into play, if you let them pull you close to the door and then you walk away. That's like taking food away from a baby cub after you just walked into the den with the mother. Bad move.

The explicitness in Thailand for exploiting adult entertainment is overwhelming that you find yourself walking around with your mouth open. Just be careful you don't take it all in.

We eventually found our way back to the corner of the alley to dive into this normal bar with a live band. This was the first instance that I have to say, Thailand has some serious singers and bands. There was amazing ability to cover some of the most recent top 40 songs dynamically and completely. Their talent provokes you to turn around to verify someone is really singing and it isn't the radio playing over the speakers. Little did I know, we would be seeing a lot of that in Phuket. A display of grand portions of incredible talent for entertainment. Now, if they could just get a Disneyland in the country, they could say the entertainment industry is balanced...somewhat.

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