If it's not a go-go bar, what do they do on stage in their underpants?

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stand around looking bored, talk to each other, take calls on their mobiles - in other words the same as most of the "go-go dancers" in most of the other "go-go" bars in BKK, so I suppose it is a go-go bar after all!

bkkguy

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Thanks for the clarification. Strange that the bar turns into a disco afterwards ... but then again, this is Thailand! I've gotten accustomed to the lack of body movement amongst the so-called dancers on stage. Just as long as I can see some skin I'm content. And underpants are at least better than having them pose in street clothes like they do in most of the Saphan Khwai bars.

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After one visit, I can tell you the skin I saw would certainly not have me return.

That way they get round the mandatory 1 a.m. closing time and can stay open much later.

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Legal closing times are the same for go-go bars and discos.

What they've figured out, though, is how to maximize the use of a piece of real estate: there is no demand for a go-go bar open past 1:00 am, and there is no demand for a disco before 1:00 am.

Now they just have to figure out how to use the facility during the day. Maybe open a restaurant in it.

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Never knew that. But is that just a zoning thing? In the zones, you must close at 1:00 am. Outside you can stay open later?

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Selling cum smoothies maybe?

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