Pattaya - World's Sleaziest Place?

Girly barsPattaya's most colourful as well as most notorious
Pattaya is especially infamous for its girly bars.street, Soi 6 has about 50 bars with names such
The official closing time in ‘entertainmentas ‘Butterfly, ‘Route 69’ and
zones’ is 1am, but ‘closing time’ is‘The Eager Beaver’ most of which are
defined as switching off the music and‘short time’ bars, where the phrase
non-essential lighting, and numerous bars remain‘popping in for a quicky on the way
open 24/7. The most popular bar areas are:home’ takes on a whole new meaning.
1) Walking Street, which could better have been5)Second Road. On the west side of Second
named ‘Ogling Street’, as there areRoad opposite the Central Festival Centre is a
around 160 girly bars on the street and on thecollection of about 35 very popular beer bars.
adjoining lanes.Discotheques
2) Pattayaland features on many a PattayaPattaya has two types of disco - those that are
postcard, as when it’s lit up at night, theon or near Walking Street, and those that are not.
go-go bar signs are a memorable and photogenicThose on Walking Street are more popular with
sight. If you look carefully on the postcards youWesterners accompanied by bar girls, and with
may spot men hurriedly leaving several of thebar girls looking for customers. The ones further
establishments, having not got what theyaway from Walking Street are generally more
bargained for, as the dancers are all boys, nottypical Thai discotheques: no special area for
girls.dancing, but lots of shows and great atmosphere.
3) Soi 7 & Soi 8. With 130 bars here, there'sThe best are Chivas Palace, Hollywood Disco
always something going on, and in the early hours(sister club to the Bangkok club of the same
in high season unmitigated mayhem often breaksname – se more in the Bangkok section),
out.Xzyte Entertainment and Star Dice Entertainment,
4) Soi Yodsak (Soi 6). Imagine a kerb-crawlersone of the few discos in Pattaya that doesn't
paradise - and then pedestrianise it. Arguablydual-price foreigners.