Red-light Reopened: Week 1

February 28, 2021 By bangkok7

Greetings mongers. Bangkok Seven here. You’ve found your way to my blog. Below is a set of photos that go along with an article I wrote for BKKNites.com and which chronicle Patpong’s first week back post-2nd lockdown. If you want to paruse the text that goes with this pictorial, head on over to BKKNites.com around

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Gogo Dancers in Limbo: An Artistic Interpretation

February 21, 2021 By bangkok7

What’s up reader, Bangkok Seven here. You’ve found your way to my blog. Over the past month, I’ve been sharing some photos from past years when the vibe on Patpong was decidedly more festive. There was no Koof to speak of, and so the party raged on with no inkling of the devastating pandemic about

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Patpong Time Machine: Gogo Dancer Spotlight

February 14, 2021 By bangkok7

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. If you’re lucky, you’ve got someone to spend it with. If not, maybe the following photo essay will at least give you a warm feeling deep down in your………………..heart. We’re living in dark times, aren’t we reader? A pandemic with the power to kill 0.04% of the population is ravaging the

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Patpong Time Machine, 2019 Part 2

February 7, 2021 By bangkok7

Oh, 2019. How we miss it! Would that we’d known how great that year was, in contrast to the past 13 plus months! At the time, things seemed pretty shitty in the Bangkok red-light. Tourism was down. Punters and bar owners alike were worried for the future of the scene. And now, as we enter

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