Police closed Bangla at 02 am tonight

[mansaf]

Too true - lets hope Patong isn't turning into an English mentality state

 

[BEASTMODE]

yep, full of juice and nowhere to go.
be blues at the food markets and where ever else.
recipe for trouble.
ive always thought for the amount of people on the juice in patong, it has always GENERALLY been a low agro place. most people are well behaved.
i hope this doesn,t change

 

[Dr P]

I don't think that is so. Although in most Patong bars, the customary start time for the girls in 10 PM, in Patts many of the bars require the girls to start of 8 PM.

 

[MOULIN ROUGE]

Jaybee most girls where?? don't start until 10pm??? I reckon you've been away too long!!!

Bangla Road bars open from 2ish, second shift of girls come to work from 7.30pm, sois girls start from 8ish, MTB think the girls open up at 8.30, can't swear to that as never there that early, well except for Songkhran and wa salready a bit worse for wear!!

 

[Ms Take]

2 post over 3 years ?!?!?

 

[mimi09]

We dont have such big golf tournaments every year, last time was 8 years ago...

 

[Casey R]

Jaysus!! These bar owners have turned into real slave drivers!! :whip:

 

[Jennifer B]

As with the low season (which seems to take everyone by surprise every year) bar closing times are a tedious irritation we have to put with on an almost annual basis. Here's what will happen.
After about a month tourists and expats will realise what is going on and start to go out earlier.

Smarter bar beer owners should be rubbiing their hands with glee as this is always good for them. Even smarter bar beer owners will be telling their 'hostesses' that the new start time is actually 7:30 pm and that they no longer turn up at ten, eat in the bar and then hang around 'dancing a bit' until the discos open whilst getting a salary and/or 'loom' from their bar beer.

The discos suffer big time whenever this happens and I feel sorry for them, but they get a good shake when the closing times are late so they really shouldn't complain too much.

It is obviously bad for tourism, but that has never bothered the circus that is the interior ministry too much in the past. (And no, this country would not be on its **** if it wasn't for tourism, its 5% of the GDP, they can do without it, new expats will now be enraged, deal with it, they do not need you, honest).

Crack downs like this are usually a sign of an impending election though, so expect an election within the next few months. Cracking down on percieved farang debauchery is a very popular vote winner amongst most of the electorate who don't live in Patong, Pattaya or Bangkok, but on farms, in the countryside. Following the election, everything will return to normal and the closing will creep back up, until the next election.

But then again I might be wrong.

 

[solovesunshine]

Nice post and I agree with you.
One of the reason that I like "another" location better is that I don't have to wait till 10PM to go out.
Giving it a decent few hours it will be 1 or 2 AM before one would even consider calling it a night.
For the hard core much later.
I would much rather get started with my evening as soon as the sun sets and be doing my bedloom exercise by midnight.

 

[cadij]

ill compare boston and vancouver to nyc

bars close at 2am sharp and boston and same time most nights in Vancouver(sometimes 3am)
you get all those people spilling in the street, i have seen viscious fights. kids getting pummelled

nyc closes at 4am-sometimes to 5am
people tend to trickle out at all hours so you donthave that mass exodus and i rarely see a fight outside bars or clubs in nyc
now, that doesnt include brooklyn, bronx, or staten island-completely different story!!!

 

[SJ Ellis]

It wont .... fights mostly start over women and since there are more than enough to meet demand - little need for aggro here!

 

[WinterNights]

"Normal" in Thailand: NOT following the laws :what:

 

[epic failure]

I know that feeling --- FREE MONEY!!!!

Kind of like winning a lottery you lost.

cheers, Robaht

 

[doppler]

Once more it seems I was talking utter bollocks and I must thank 11 for letting everyone including myself know. I had assumed that the board was open for anyone to freely express any old opinions regardless of how shite they are, y'know, just to put them out there kinda thing.

My mistake and I humbly withdraw every comment I have ever made on the board as clearly I am a complete ****wit. I should leave this sort of thing to the real experts like 11, so sorry for wasting everyone's time.

 

[T Bryant]

Johnnie Walker Classic takes place at the beginning of this month Robaht, PM was down the other week with the Malaysian PM as well. That and the change over of the head of the police is part of the more high profile approach.

I hope this is seen as constructive comment by other BMs

 

[billyvnilly]

Post is constructive , comments at the end just appear childish !!!!

As do the ones on your other recent posts.

 

[tynamitom]

Does that include the new homes being built in Issan and sponsor money?
:jap:

I wonder what perceneforum.xxxe of Issan GDP is from Farangs.

 

[Yellow Dango]

Just saw that they are going to target patts as well. This really blows

 

[mckenziecalhoun]

that is extremly true
but get a bunch of knuckleheads walking onto bangla all at 2am, girls or not, there will be some bouts

 

[J3SS]

Yes you are!

Apart from Bangla 'front' bars - other are resistant to opening earlier as staff can only work so many hours, and earlier opening has been tried and failed by 'smarter bar owners' and failed miserably by most. The 'hostesses' dont want to get up earlier as they ply the diso's FL after bar closing and stopping them eating when they so desire is downright ridiculous. BTW girls are supposed to be licensed to dance - even in bars - thats why the Bangla 'front' bars dont have gyrating girls (LB's get away with it in Soi Croc).

Early closing has little to do with impending elections, but down to i) new police chief/Govenor. ii) BKK police down (due to Royal/VIP visit/Summits etc).

As for your comment about farang crackdowns being a vote winner - utter bollox - (the farmers couldnt give a toss).

Thailand may like these exercises in social/moral control, and perhaps 7% toursim GDP doesnt matter, but the intelligensia in charge will be merely helping the economies of Philippines, Cambodia etc - som num na!