Archive for June, 2009

Guide To Bangkok Nightlife

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Bangkok Nightlife is amazing! It’s naughty! It’s juicy! Featuring live music, chilly bars, high-spirited dance venues and great restaurants to entertain you with large mix of musical styles including drum and bass, hip-hop, house, trance, chart music, rock and Thai music, Bangkok is at its best during nights; it’s thrilling!

Patpong road is an illustrious red light district situated between Silom road and Suriwong road. Patpong has two streets with both downstairs and upstairs bars. There is also a night market. Some of the recognized and reputable bars are the King’s group bars, Crown Royale, Cosmos, and the Madrid. It is one of those places that most visitors and Thais want to see.

Nana Plaza has turn out to be the most visited nightlife region in Bangkok. It is a great favorite with holidaymakers and short-time visitants. The well-known Nana Plaza bars include the Rainbow bars, Hollywood Rock, Hollywood Strip, Playskool, Voodoo, G-spot, Rock Hard, Silver Dragon, Mandarin, Carnival etc.

You can enjoy every type of activity along Khao San Road during night. This is possibly the most notable street in Bangkok, located in the old city and famed for backpackers. Every variety of pub / bar / club is sited here; some of the most notable ones are Silk Bar, Lava Club, Shamrock Irish Pub, Gullivers and The Club.

Sukhumvit is one of the longest and leading streets situated in the Central Business District. It is the most-preferred hangout for expats. It becomes vigorous and entertaining during night. Fashionable restaurants, numerous bars, contemporary malls, luxury hotels and many hip clubs give it a distinctly multi-ethnic flavor. Qbar, located in Sukhumvit 11, is a great place to enjoy nightlife scene. Q Bar is a hip sophisticated bar with good dance scene.

Often nicknamed as ‘Thailand’s Wall Street’, Silom is by day a major hub of economic institutions, business firms and global corporations. By night, it turns into an active shopping avenue and playground with the renowned red-light district Patpong and the gay-friendly Soi 4 and Soi 2. It is famous for Shopping, straight and gay nightlife, restaurants, bars, clubs, pubs, hotels and go-go bars.

If you are a social night owl, you must check out the BANK CLUB, a very exclusive member club conveniently located in the Center of Sukhumvit near Thonglor BTS station. Less than a year old, the BANK CLUB is now famous in Bangkok nightlife for GREAT DECORATION and the HOTTEST GIRLS willing to accommodate your every need.

The BANK CLUB caters to International Entrepreneurs & Senior Managers looking to kick back and relax with beautiful girls and 5 Star entertainment service. You can start the night easy in their 1st floor lounge chatting with one of their top models, listening to acoustic folk songs. Later, enjoy a game of pool in the second floor business lounge and before you finally ESCAPE to one of their luxurious VIP rooms, a party sanctuary for your “boys night out.”

Eco-Tourism In Thailand

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Eco-tourism is a form of tourism. You see, like in tourism, it reaches some of the same goals which are educational and entertaining. Contrary to tourism, animal life such as dolphins is observed in its natural habitat instead of an artificial setting created by humans such as an aquarium.

Thailand is very popular with tourists looking for adventure in the wilderness, and is mainly because of the abundance of natural resources that Thailand has to offer its visitors. Mountain biking, whitewater rafting, camping and trekking, scuba diving, bird watching and rock climbing have become the done thing in natural tourist areas. All these activities are available all over Thailand, especially in the south, west and the mountainous regions of the north. The most popular of all these activities being offered to tourists are trekking, bird watching, scuba diving and mountain biking.

The government and private organizations are making sure that there are many back-to-nature activities for eco-tourism seekers. Most national parks in Thailand come under the purview of the Royal Forest Department and they have trekking trails for nature lovers. Many camping sites are also present in these national parks.

Neither trekking nor camping is a new activity in Thailand. They have been present for decades. However, eco-tourism has ensured that the activities are better managed now than before. Thailand is paying more attention to preserving its natural resources as it has come to realize that the tourists will come as long as the natural resources are unspoilt and off-the-beaten areas are better equipped to cater to tourists without disturbing the environment and the natural flora and fauna.