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Water Sports
4 A MATTER OF
If you enjoy getting
an adrenaline fix right at PERSPECTIVE
the beach, Patong is the Some foreign travelers
place for you. From wave are shocked by Patong’s
running and speed boat extremely liberal sexual
rides to para sailing and norms, particularly after
banana boats, Patong the sun goes down.
Bay offers a range of The Bangla Road area
exhilarating marine is the nightlife epicenter
of Patong, and it’s not
activities (left). the place for families
with young children.
People-watching here
can be an experience,
but Bangla Road is not
all Patong has to offer
and it is easy to avoid
if not to one’s taste.
Street
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Markets
The night market sells
everything from T-shirts
to Buddha images, and
prices are low. Those
near the beach road
offer the widest choice.
Bangla Road
Fresh Seafood
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The central vein
At sundown, restaurants along the beachfront
promenade display the day’s fresh catch packed on of Patong is ablaze at
ice. Snapper, grouper, shrimp, crabs, lobster, and night with neon lighting
other delicious seafood can be individually selected, and has music blaring
grilled, and seasoned to your taste. from every direction.
Discos
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Patong’s awesome
nightlife needs little
intro duction. Some of
the area’s most popular
party spots include Tiger
Disco, Banana Disco, and
Seduction Discotheque.
Dance floors are packed,
as DJs spin every thing
from garage to disco.
Bars
Cabaret Shows
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These colorful
As the island’s bar
shows, starring trans- capital, Patong boasts a
vestites, have been huge range of places for
thrilling audiences for enjoying a cold beer or
decades. The most cocktail, from traditional
popular venue, Simon Irish pubs to open-air
Cabaret (left), puts on beer bars, and from
two shows in an extrava- go-go bars to sports
gantly decorated theater. pubs (above).

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