Secret Beer Bars Bangkok: Quiet Sois Where Nobody Shouts 'Welcome!'
Step one soi back from the famous strips and the touts vanish. Here are Bangkok's quieter beer bars, what they charge and how to behave.
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Lamai Beer Bars: Koh Samui's Cheapest Thrills Behind the Beach Road
Lamai's open-air bar plaza sits just behind the beach road, around a Muay Thai ring. It is smaller, cheaper and slower than Chaweng.
PSE Shops6 min
PSE Shop in Thailand: The Porn Star Experience Explained
PSE means porn star experience: longer, wilder and less clock-watching than a standard short time. How a PSE shop works and what it costs.
Pool Bars7 min
Thai Bar Games: Connect Four, Jenga and Dice the Girls Always Win
Connect Four, Jenga, dice and a pool cue: the bar girls have played every one a thousand times. Learn the stakes, the tricks and how to lose well.
Swingers6 min
Single Men Swinger Parties: How to Actually Get Through the Door
Single men are the most frequent applicants and the least often invited. Here is what gets a single guy through the door and what gets him banned.
Lesbian Nightlife Bangkok: Pop-Ups, Mixed Bars and Where to Start
Bangkok has few permanent lesbian bars but plenty of pop-up women's nights and queer-friendly spots. How to find the party and what it costs.
Sexual Health6 min
Viagra in Thailand: Pharmacies, Fakes, Kamagra and Condoms
Buy from a licensed pharmacy, never from a hawker with a tray. Here is how Viagra works in Thailand, plus condoms, lube and emergency contraception.
Pattaya Pool Villa Party: How the Bachelor Weekend Really Works
A villa, a pool, a speaker and a guest list agreed in advance. How a Pattaya pool villa party works, what it costs and the rules.
PSE Shops7 min
PSE Bait and Switch: Not the Girl in the Photo? How to Dodge It
Photos like a goddess, a door that opens on someone else. How PSE bait and switch works, the red flags and how to walk away with your baht.
Karaoke Bars7 min
Karaoke Bar Bill: How One More Song Hits Five Figures
You came for a few songs and a cuddle on the sofa. The bill came for your wallet. Here is how a karaoke tab balloons and how to keep yours sane.
Chiang Mai Karaoke Bars: Cheeky Hostesses, No Bangkok Bill
Japanese-style hostess clubs, Thai karaoke for the locals and a bar strip a short walk away, all at lower prices than Bangkok.
Bangkok Pride: Thailand's Wildest Queer Party and Where to Go After
Rainbow flags, a parade that took back the streets and after-parties that run until sunrise. How to do Bangkok Pride and keep the night going.
Late Night Food in Sukhumvit: Eats Near Nana and Soi Cowboy
The bar fine is paid, the beer has worn off and everyone is starving. Where lower Sukhumvit feeds you at 2am and what she will want to eat.
Patong Guest Friendly Hotels: Where to Sleep Near Bangla Road
Pick your zone near Bangla Road first, then get the guest policy in writing. Here is how to choose a base in Patong, and what a joiner fee costs.
Lesbian Bars6 min
Tom and Dee in Thailand: Decoding the Sapphic Scene
Short hair, snapback, swagger and a sweet-talking girlfriend on his arm. A decoder for Thailand's tom and dee culture and how to read the room.
Pattaya Rooftop Bars: Sunset Cocktails Before the Sleaze Begins
Sunset drinks, a bay full of lights and a clean shirt before Walking Street gets its claws in. Pattaya and Phuket rooftops, prices and timing.
PSE Shops6 min
PSE vs GFE vs Happy Ending: Which Is Worth Your Baht?
Porn star, girlfriend or a happy ending with your oil massage? What each Thai experience feels like, who it suits and what it costs.
Koh Samui Hidden Gems: Back-Soi Bars Package Tourists Miss
Chaweng gets the crowds. One soi back, Lamai and the north coast pour cheaper beer and friendlier smiles. Here is how to find them.
Swinger Clubs in Bangkok: The Honest Answer for Couples
Couples keep asking where the swing clubs are. The honest answer is cheekier and less glamorous: what exists for lifestyle couples in Bangkok.
Boyztown Pattaya: Gogo Boys, Cabaret Shows and Late Nights
Go-go boys, cabaret shows and a soi that keeps going until sunrise. How Pattaya's gay strip works, what it costs and how to play it safe.