What can you do in Patong? I think they have opened a traditional theatrical workshop and bingo hall in town. Plus there's the clubs. Plus there's the hundreds and hundends of girlie and not so girlie bars where the ladies can often be cheaper than the drinks, with much worse hangover ramifications!! The clubs are fun enough, but full of "independent" worker girls and foreign men that believe every Thai (or Thai looking) girl in the club is a worker. I used to like evry so often sitting in the bar directly opposite Soi Crocodile I think it is, on Soi Bangla, the main strip (literally and figuratively); it is where the lady boys / kraktoeys have their area - very very funny to watch. Western guys pullings girls that seem to be packing something else Big dudes dressed up in garb hassling fresh tourists for money. Children walking along with their parents on their first night after buying that Patong is the perl of the Emerald Coast! If you can make Flash-a-go-go (the cafe area that leads to it is full of very aggressive girls that will grab your attention if you see what I mean crying "Buy me one drink?!"), that will probably keep you amused for a while. If sordid is not what you are after, move to Karon or better Kata.

Advice? Thailand's sex workers have a massive % of hep, aids and other nasties. If you are going to indulge (and I believe that is the only reason single guys go to Patong), then think twice and make sure the rubber is a good western brand, not Thai made as you might be going back home with something more than you expected and less than you would like.

If you want to find things to do outside Sleeze-and bad-taste-t-shirts-for-sale-ville, let me know

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