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Kicking Donkey

17 Nov 2024

One of Bangkok’s Best Spots for Sports, Cold Beers and Pub Food If you’re on Soi 4 in Bangkok and looking for a place that combines

Whisgars

11 Nov 2024

Bangkok’s Hidden Gem for Whisky, Cigars, and Class In the heart of Bangkok’s nightlife district on Soi Sukhumvit 23, you’ll find Whisgars—a haven for those who

Discovering Pattaya’s soi 6

7 Nov 2024

The Social Heart of Pattaya’s Nightlife Soi 6 is more than a street—it’s a Pattaya nightlife institution, celebrated for its open-front bars, inviting staff, and the

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Fernie – Interview With An Internet Sensation

5 Oct 2020

Fernie Warisa is a former Hooters girl and freelance model who has made quite an impression recently with her self-promotion on social media and Onlyfans site.

Ultimate Go-Go Bar Guide

14 Jul 2024

A First-Timer’s Essential Handbook Thailand is world-famous for its vibrant nightlife and adult entertainment venues, a paradise for those seeking an unforgettable experience. In this article,

The Death of the Personal Ad

2 Jun 2018

It’s 2018—the age of PC nonsense, where women in the West can claim sexual assault for having an unsatisfying one-night stand, and all personal ads are

Stickman Revisited…

8 Apr 2018

Bargirl Relationships by Bangkok Seven A few days ago I was rummaging through Stickman’s archives and I came across a piece from May of last year

An Interview with Fernie

27 Jun 2021

Greetings, friend. You’ve found your way to the Sunday Rap here at BKKNites. My name’s Seven, guest writer and aging whoremonger-at-large. Fernie—the Thai adult video sensation—rose

Kicking Donkey

17 Nov 2024

One of Bangkok’s Best Spots for Sports, Cold Beers and Pub Food If you’re on Soi 4 in Bangkok and looking for a place that combines

Bangkok Speakeasy: A Monger Finds A Way

14 Feb 2021

Happy Sunday, reader. My name’s Seven, and I’m a sometimes staff writer for BKKNites. Thanks for clicking on us. As you well know, the inane, unnecessary, stupid,

Cowboy, Nana, Patpong. Which is Better and Why?

14 Mar 2021

Happy Sunday, reader. You’ve found your way to BKKNites and me, a semi-frequent guest writer. My name’s Seven. How’s it hangin’? This week’s topic concerns what

Red-light Morning to Night: Patpong

9 Sep 2018

Hey there. I’m Seven. I live the dream in case you can’t. This is the first in yet another series I’m doing called “Red-light Morning to

Bangkok Nites Revitalizes

25 Jul 2024

New Team and Fresh Thailand Content July 25, 2024  – Bangkoknites.com, formerly a leading online resource for tourists and expats living in and visiting Thailand, is

Euro Compensating: Italy

19 Apr 2021

Well, here we are again, everybody. Trapped in the limbo of a Covid-related shutdown of devastating proportions. Can’t go to bars, can’t go to red-light districts,

Why do men come to Thailand?

14 Nov 2018

It isn’t solely about sex. Is it? It is personal to the individual, and on that note I will selflessly share my experience. It started 7

Who Is A Whore

15 May 2019

Who is a whore? Dictionary or any Wiki page tells that a person is a whore if he or she provides sexual service in exchange of

Euro Compensating in BKK: England and Ireland

21 Mar 2021

What’s up, reader? How’s your Sunday going? Good, I hope. My name’s Seven—weekly contributor to BKKNites and gogo hound-about-town. I don’t know about you, but even

Spanky’s

25 Jul 2021

Happy Sunday, reader. My name’s Seven—sometimes BKKNites writer and bored, stuck-at-home whoremonger. It’s been so long since I’ve sidled up to a Bangkok gogo bar stage,

Confessions of a Red-Light Addict

8 Jul 2018

Part 3: Nana as Methadone It’s 7:40 on a Monday night. It’s pissing down rain. I’m having an argument with myself in the mirror…..”Yeah, I know

A Bar Girl Replies…

23 May 2018

To an open letter to Thai bar girls A couple of months ago, Bangkok Seven wrote 7 suggestions in an open letter to bar girls. Here

Nana Night Club

30 Sep 2024

The Legend Continues Bangkok, known for its lively and abundant nightlife offers something for everyone. One of its most famous, and infamous, nightspots is Nana Night

Bangkok Seven – The Interview

21 Nov 2020

A couple of weeks ago, the infamous Bangkok Seven asked me to do an interview for his Patpong Nightlife blog, which to be honest I was

Billboard Celebrates 9 Years

2 Oct 2024

A Nana Plaza Legend Going Strong Billboard celebrated its 9th anniversary in style, with all the girls dressed up in impressive costumes that added to the

Whisgars

11 Nov 2024

Bangkok’s Hidden Gem for Whisky, Cigars, and Class In the heart of Bangkok’s nightlife district on Soi Sukhumvit 23, you’ll find Whisgars—a haven for those who

Thai Virgin Part 1 Me Not The Girls

21 Jul 2024

Falling in Love in Thailand: My Journey with Thai Girls Get ready to buckle up for a wild ride by long time reader of Bangkok Nite’s

Relationship Issues…

9 Jan 2019

With A Satanic Cowboy Coyote. In this week’s Hazel’s Agony Aunt Address we talk with Dave about recent relationship issues he had with a Satanic Cowboy

The Happy Hour Drink Chasers…

8 Apr 2019

A Bangkok Phenomenon When I decided to move to Bangkok the only person I knew was my girlfriend (who is now my wife) and 1 other

Last Week in the Red-Light

7 Mar 2021

Welcome to the new post-lockdown, same as the old post-lockdown. Like deja-vu all over again, as Yogi used to say, here we are in the midst

State of the Red-Light: Soi Cowboy

23 Jan 2020

‘Sup dudes, my name is Seven. I’m one of the many debauched bloggers here in the Thai City of Angels. As a favor to my friends

Euro Compensating: Germany and Greece

25 Apr 2021

Happy Sunday, reader. How’s the no-fun-allowed limbo of Covid overreaction (Coverreaction for short, copyright BKK7) treating you? Ostensibly, we should be back to normal by this

Where to Take a girl in Bangkok

11 Jun 2018

Bangkok can be a uniquely romantic and intoxicating city when you get here you can becomeoverwhelmed with the choices at your feet. If you’re already planning

A Man Who Likes To Photograph Prostitutes

22 Jul 2021

Stickman Bangkok – I have few regrets from my time in Asia.  The things I do regret do not concern anything I did, rather the things

Euro Compensating in BKK: Spain

4 Apr 2021

Hey there reader, how’s life treating you? Good, I hope. Today’s Sunday Rap is all about getting your Spanish food fix here in Bangkok. I don’t

A Bar Girl Intervention

21 Jun 2018

When should you conduct an intervention for a bar girl? I mean, their job consists of drinking and dancing for a living. Can you really have

Thai Virgin Part 1 – Me, Not The Girls

2 Jul 2023

Falling in Love in Thailand: My Journey with Thai Girls Get ready to buckle up for a wild ride by long time reader of Bangkok Nite’s

Geisha Gogo Bar

21 Feb 2024

Geisha Bar is one of the biggest gogo bars in Nana Plaza, Bangkok. You’ll find it with plenty of space, comfy seating, and a big stage

Thai Therapy: The Cure for Covid

7 Feb 2021

Well, not really. But let’s see where this goes. What’s up BKKNites fans? I’m Bangkok Seven. Long ago, in another life, before the pandemic, I was

Finding a Wife or Girlfriend?

2 Sep 2018

10 Top 10: Finding a Wife (1-5) or Girlfriend (6-10) Behold the next installment of Seven’s 10 Top 10. It’s a doozy. So, as you may

Is the Bangkok A Gogo Scene Washed Up?

16 Jan 2019

It’s Your Duty To Go Balls Deep A lot of people I meet in Bangkok still remember the old days in Thailand when girls were cheap

Euro Compensating in BKK: France

28 Mar 2021

Hey everyone, happy Sunday to you. I’m Seven—part-time writer here at BKKNites and Patpong monger, here with the next installment of posts covering some restaurants in

Mandarin Gogo

1 Nov 2022

We hard grafting souls at Bangkok Nites were recently invited to shoot at Mandarin gogo bar. Mandarin is on the right as you enter Nana Plaza,

Discovering Pattaya’s soi 6

7 Nov 2024

The Social Heart of Pattaya’s Nightlife Soi 6 is more than a street—it’s a Pattaya nightlife institution, celebrated for its open-front bars, inviting staff, and the

I Don’t Miss the West – Pt 1

22 Jul 2021

And your whining is really annoying! I often run across articles by ex-pats on the topic of what they miss most about home and the things

Thai Virgin Part 2

19 Dec 2018

Apple decides that than staying in Bangkok is a little boring so we should head off to Phuket for a week and sample the beaches, so

Dating A Thai Hooker

23 Jan 2019

This story starts not about myself but someone I am fairly close to and share thoughts and beers with and consider a friend, so no names

Unleash Halloween Vibes at Demonia

26 Oct 2023

🎃 Bangkok and The Castle Pattaya! 🎃 Don’t Wait for October 31 – Unleash Halloween Vibes at Demonia Bangkok and The Castle Pattaya! 🎃🔥 When Tuesday

10 Worst Farangs…

6 Feb 2019

At your Local Girly Bar Thailand is known for its progressive, sex positive culture. Consequently, strip clubs or ‘girly bars’ can be found in virtually every

An Expats View On The New Bangkok

8 Nov 2018

Long gone are the days where you would find me and some friends doing the old-fashioned pub/bar crawl over the wee hours, old father time has

Not Quite a Lockdown

11 Apr 2021

Happy Sunday, reader. It’s time again for the Sunday Rap, and if you tuned in for part 4 of my ongoing series—Eurocompensating—highlighting various restaurants around town

Walking and Smoking

21 Feb 2021

Or How to Kill Time During the Lockdown Salutations BKNites readers. My name’s Bangkok Seven (or BKK7, or just Seven), semi-permanent guest writer and aging Pongmonger

The unbearable politeness of being

17 Jul 2018

I think the British, for the most part, believe they always have to be. Canadians actually enjoy it, even when they’re being duplicitous pricks. Aussies take

A gogo dancer’s hard lesson

31 May 2018

Last week I got caught in a sudden rain shower while walking down Patpong Soi 1 in the early evening. No gogos were open yet, so

The Strip Patpong

10 Jun 2018

Back From the Brink? t seems like the climate of Patpong is in such a state of flux that by the time a blog is published

The Red Lights Of Bangkok

30 Sep 2018

The great city of Bangkok has three western oriented red light districts: Soi Cowboy, Nana Plaza, and Patpong. Whilst all three have some similarities, they all

Don’t Move To Thailand

22 Jul 2021

I have had a few mates, who after living in Thailand for various amounts of time seem to have had enough, one mate from the States

 I Don’t Miss the West – Part 2

19 Oct 2023

And your whingeing is really annoying! I often come across articles written by expats discussing what they miss from their home countries and what irritates them

An Unwelcome Friend

30 Jul 2020

I messaged a drinking buddy last weekend to see if he wanted to go trolling for girls. He replied, “I can’t mate, my friend is visiting

Up Past Cocoa Time

2 Jan 2019

A Tale Of Soi Cowboy Up past cocoa time. It appears to me that for many red light patrons, gogo bar reviews are paramount in giving

Why I’ve (almost) never had

6 May 2018

A bad experience with a Thai girl Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the polyamory In two previous blogs, I bragged like a

Nightlife Venues Extend Hours

11 Nov 2023

Many venues, aka bars and clubs, are now extending their operating hours until 4am While this news is welcomed by many, it’s important to note that

The STDs You Will Get in Thailand

22 Jul 2021

The advent of dating apps like Tinder has fostered a sexual revolution in Thailand. Women who may have once been too shy to approach foreign men

Why do men come to Thailand?

20 Dec 2020

It isn’t solely about sex. Is it? Covid has tailored the tourist industry to its bare bones, affecting all who made a living from it, to

Climax Night Club soi 11

4 Oct 2024

Renovations Complete – Now Open! Climax on Soi 11 at the Ambassador Hotel is back and better than ever after undergoing five months of extensive renovations.

The Red – Light is a puzzle

22 Jul 2018

And every girl is a piece When Electric Blue closed in Patpong and became The Steakhouse Co., it sent shockwaves through the red-light. Girls who had

Cheating on a bar girl

11 Jun 2018

2 Wrongs — Cheating on a Bar Girl I know what you’re thinking. A bar girl is someone you cheat with, not on. But that’s because you’re not

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