Sex and souvenirs: Cleaning up in Patpong after the pandemic


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Eateries and street stalls in Bangkok are open until the wee hours of the morning to serve tourists eager to experience the city’s night life. — Unsplash

David Bowie found Bangkok’s seedy charms hard to resist back in the 1980s. A Thai woman brought him to watch girls poledancing to his song Ricochet in the SuperStar gogobar.

Drink in hand, the singer was filmed in the red light district of Patpong, one of the most famous in the world.

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