{"id":23825,"date":"2023-10-20T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T07:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=23825"},"modified":"2023-10-20T06:34:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:34:09","slug":"bangkok-part-3-soi-cowboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/10\/20\/bangkok-part-3-soi-cowboy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Part 3:  Soi Cowboy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>By Joe Berk<\/h6>\n<p>Another day, another Bangkok blog, and another famous Thai locale\u2026Soi Cowboy.\u00a0 \u00a0Soi means street in Thai, so Soi Cowboy is Cowboy Street. It played a role in the movie <em>Hangover II<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s amazing how many famous spots there are in this amazing town.\u00a0 The guys in orange vests you see in the big photo above are motorcycle taxi dudes.\u00a0 They take folks (mostly women) around Bangkok on the back of their bikes carving paths through traffic as if it wasn\u2019t there.\u00a0 It\u2019s an amazing thing to see.<\/p>\n<p>Soi Cowboy is a street that is pretty dead during the day.\u00a0 When the sun sets, though, Soi Cowboy comes alive.\u00a0 \u00a0There are street vendors selling food from their carts.\u00a0 \u00a0The clubs come to life.\u00a0 And the B-girls start doing their thing.\u00a0 As an older married guy, it all seems pretty silly.\u00a0 Sue was mortified.\u00a0 But it is what it is, and I&#8217;m going to show you just a little bit of it here.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23849\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23849 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5094-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5094-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5094-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the many food carts on the street in front of the clubs on Soi Cowboy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23850\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5096-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5096-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5096-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another food cart.\u00a0 I had the Nikon on its \u201cauto ISO\u201d setting, which basically means it runs the ISO up as high as it thinks it needs to be to get a good shot.\u00a0 Some of these photos were at ISO 12,800.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23853\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23853 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5105-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5105-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5105-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More Thai food. I didn&#8217;t work up enough courage to try eating off these street vendors, but I&#8217;ll bet the food was good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The clubs are bars with entertainment.\u00a0 Most of the entertainers are young Thai women.\u00a0 Most of the entertainees are older western guys.\u00a0 It&#8217;s pretty sad, actually, and I imagine it&#8217;s a pretty rough life for the girls.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23848\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23848 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5088-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5088-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5088-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snap shot in front of one of the clubs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23851\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5098-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5098-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5098-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another club shot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As always, motorcycles and motor scooters were everywhere.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23852\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23852 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5104-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5104-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_5104-600-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bikes lined up just off Soi Cowboy last night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23854\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23854 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_51350699.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_51350699.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/171008_51350699-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And finally, a look down Asoke (that\u2019s the street name) from a pedestrian overpass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So that\u2019s it for this post from Thailand.\u00a0\u00a0 Watch for scenes from the floating market tomorrow.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Help us bring more content to you:\u00a0 Please click on the popup ads!<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Never miss an ExNotes blog:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<style>\r\n        .wpedon-container .wpedon-select,\r\n        .wpedon-container .wpedon-input {\r\n            width: 171px;\r\n            min-width: 171px;\r\n            max-width: 171px;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style><div class='wpedon-container wpedon-align-center'><form target='_blank' action='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr' method='post' class='wpedon-form'><input type='hidden' name='cmd' value='_donations' \/><input type='hidden' name='business' value='ExNotes@ExhaustNotes.us' \/><input type='hidden' name='currency_code' value='USD' \/><input type='hidden' name='notify_url' value='https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-post.php?action=add_wpedon_button_ipn'><input type='hidden' name='lc' value='en_US'><input type='hidden' name='bn' value='WPPlugin_SP'><input type='hidden' name='return' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='cancel_return' value='' \/><input class='wpedon_paypalbuttonimage' type='image' src='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif' border='0' name='submit' alt='Make your payments with PayPal. 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