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2000s: How does a woman end up working in the Patpong area of Bangkok?
Miss Bangkok: Memoirs of a Thai Prostitute
What you need to know before your trail
Miss Bangkok is a vivid, powerful and moving memoir of a life spent in prostitution in Thailand. Poor and uneducated, Bua Boonmee escaped an abusive marriage only to end up in the go-go bars of Patpong. There, in the notorious red-light district of Bangkok, she succumbed to prostitution in an effort to support her family.
Locations
Reset- Thailand - Bangkok
- A: Patpong Night Market
- B: Si Lom train station
- C: Chao Phraya River
Travel Guide
Bangkok
The Patpong area
Patpong is internationally known as a red light district and is at the heart of Bangkok’s sex industry. This is the area however where it’s also popular with tourists as A busy night market aimed at tourists is also located in Patpong.
“Sometimes I wonder was I born to be unfortunate; is this life my destiny? I pray to Buddha that this not be the case. My life seems to be that of a country girl who has spent her days escaping from a tiger, only to be eaten by a crocodile. Mine is an ever-worsening tale with no end in sight. `You see, I am a prostitute, though farangs prefer to call women like me “bar girls”. I believe the term is more acceptable to westerners’ ears. But to a girl like me, it is all the same. `You can buy me for 2,000 baht. In return, I will do almost anything that is asked of me, but I won’t kiss customers–some things are just too intimate to do with a stranger. Kissing is for a wife or girlfriend; sex is for Thai girls like me.’
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Miss Bangkok: Memoirs of a Thai Prostitute
Destination : Bangkok Author/Guide: Bua Boonmee Departure Time: 2000s
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