Secrets of Bangkok red light zone laid bare in new museum
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Secrets of Bangkok red light zone laid bare in new museum
looks worth a visit to bring back some old memories of the "pong"


https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ ... oMK13TnpqQBangkok (CNN) — Prostitution, the CIA, the Vietnam War and Chinese immigration are all on display in a new museum dedicated to one of Bangkok's most famous red light nightlife zones, Patpong Road.
Alongside "Triple X," "fetish" and kinky cabaret exhibits are tamer displays highlighting David Bowie's 1983 visit to Bangkok, as well as other bits of pop culture, including a nod to "The Deer Hunter" -- a 1978 war drama starring Robert De Niro that included scenes reportedly shot in former Patpong bar Mississippi Queen.
But documenting Patpong's unofficial ties to the US Central Intelligence Agency's deadly activities in Laos during the US-Vietnam War in the 1960s until 1974 is the museum's most fascinating purpose.
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Re: Secrets of Bangkok red light zone laid bare in new museum
Fascinating stuff, thanks for that.
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Going next month to BKK and in that area so will pay a visit.
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Re: Secrets of Bangkok red light zone laid bare in new museum
Bring back a ping-pong ball with the girls signature on it to prove you have been there.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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I don't want to get chased around BKK by the sniffer dogs, thank you very much. I'll keep a copy of the ticket as proof!
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Re: Secrets of Bangkok red light zone laid bare in new museum
for me,
this is what forever changed Patpong
this is what forever changed Patpong
thou wasn't on the sidewalk, but on the soi and closed the road to vehicle's1991
The Night Market opens up on the sidewalks during the evening and night hours on Patpong Soi 1.
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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