In my experience, again I don't profess to be an expert, the 'normal looking ones' can indeed be more dangerous, certainly in my experience. A bargirl while being more business like, at least you know where you stand and it's a 'contractual' thing, quick and clean with no feelings to mess with. Perhaps her education is lower, and she has not been afforded the things others have, but this makes her no less of a person to be reckoned with in fact. Like the vast cross section of Thai womanhood, there's good and bad. [in any country for that matter] You take your chances similarly however with the jean-clad bar beer/go-go girl, or the mysterious and beautiful girl sitting pretty in the Hyatt Erawan bar in a Gucci dress.... Know it, because it is true.

Sawat dee khrap...it means hello, goodbye, good morning, good night, welcome or any other greeting you can imagine?..(Greetings) from Bangkok, the City Of Angels as it?s known locally (Grung Tep).  You thought that title deservedly belong to Los Angeles?  Well, LA is for Hispanic angels and BKK is for the Oriental angels.  Remember that there are good and bad angels.  Bangkok is also known as The Big Mango (vs The Big Apple). I think an expat named it that and it stuck.  Bangkok is the biggest city in Thailand, LOS, the Land Of Smiles (it?s also read Land Of Scams or the land of traffic, temples, sex, drugs and rock?n roll), with an official population of 6 million but it is estimated at any given time there are twice as many people in the city and during peak hour (read between 5 AM in the morning until 3 AM at night), it seems that there are 4 times as many people in the city, especially if it?s raining.

The go go bar scene
Bangkok is in(famous) for its nightlife since many decades. Best known is the Patpong area, which is going strong now for more than 30 years. Also being around for about two decades is Soi Cowboy, a long time favorite of long term expatriates. The last ten years we witnessed the rise of Nana Plaza.

Patpong is located at Silom Road, while the other main a go go bar areas are all located on Sukhumvit Road.

The above entertainment areas all cater to tourists and expatriates living in Bangkok. While local men occasionally visit, especially at Soi Cowboy, they are in general discouraged from entering the area (barowners and bargirls want to avoid trouble with them, and between them and foreign customers). There is a go go entertainment area that caters to Thai men at Saphaan Kwaai, where foreigners are allowed to visit but seldom do.