CPB = ?Originally Posted by bkkguy
(I want to ask - but I will not ask - how you know all this, how you know who owns these lots and streets. Did you hack the Thailand land registry?)
CPB = ?
(I want to ask - but I will not ask - how you know all this, how you know who owns these lots and streets. Did you hack the Thailand land registry?)
CPB = Crown Property Bureau
When you live in Bangkok over a period of years, as with any city you pick up a vast local knowledge that few tourists would even think about checking on.
christianpfc (March 9th, 2017)
Interesting discussion.
I would like to thank forum members who responded to my comments with their insights...
Perhaps we oldies should just remember the good times, accept the changes, and retire peacefully in Europe. But even the gay scenes in Berlin and Amsterdam have changed dramatically....
TaoR (March 9th, 2017)
I did think of that briefly about 3 years ago. I even went back to the UK for most of November - lousy time for weather but that was the idea. I ended up thinking that after 35 years in Asia I could perhaps think about moving back. But after a week back in Bangkok, I realised I couldn't! My soul would die!
Yes fountainhall. Who on earth refers to soi Duangthawee?
It has been known forever as soi Twilight after the infamous bar on the left hand corner.
Even though it is known as soi Twilight,that bar is long gone and is now Hotmale.
I am perfectly well aware of that as per my previous posts and dozens of visits to the old Twilight Bar (far more fun than its replacement IMO). But its official name was Duangthawee and now it is Pratuchai. Hence my question.
Searching in Thai, google gives more hits for ซอยประตูชัย (Soi Pratuchai) than for ดวงทวีพลาซ่า (Duangthawee Plaza). Checking the entrance gate on google maps street view Sep 2011, there is written ดวงทวีพลาซ่า (Duangthawee Plaza) among advertising for the bars. The Soi is not on google maps, nor in any map of Bangkok I have. There is no road sign at either entrance.
This certainly is strange. Then it must be indeed a private road. But still, a map should map every street that is publicly accessible. How weird map makers just ignore it after so many years. I wonder what the reason is.
You are confused Khun fountainhall and your repeated displays of confusion are confusing others.
The name of the Soi is Pratuchai and it is not new. Duangthawee (as BKKguy has noted above) is the name given to the buildings and the paved area between them that line the Soi. Duangthawee Plaza.
Just google the address of Dream Boys or Dicks Cafe and you will find that they are consistently listed as:
38/3-6 Duangthawee Plaza, Soi Pratuchai, Suriwongse Road, Bangrak
and
894/7-8 Duangthawee Plaza, Soi Pratuchai, Suriwongse Road, Bangrak
respectively.
Of course, there are incorrect variations on the www posted by similarly confused individuals.
But now I will add a confusion of my own. Christianpfc will be interested in this: Open up Hornet and zoom into the location of Dream Boys and Dicks and you will see the small street labeled as Soi Decho!
That is not to be confused with Decho Road which runs between Suriwongse and Silom, much further west (west of Pullman G Hotel) of course.....
Thanks MiniMee. But many guides some years ago only mentioned the Duangthawee part and never Pratuchai. Here are a Lonely Planet and a Bangkok Gay Guide entries from the early 2000s -
Duangthawee Plaza
Red-light district in Riverside, Silom & Lumphini
This strip of male-only go-go bars is the gay equivalent of nearby Th Patpong. Expect tacky sex shows by bored-looking men.More resent listings certainly include Pratuchai. So I will now consign Duangthawee to posting history!More gay places atDuangthawee Plaza
From Suriwong Road leads a small Soi (lane) to a lot more gay places like . . .
This soi is marked by kind of a wooden entrance gaye opposite where Taniya Road ends.
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