Patpong 1

Patpong (Thai: พัฒน์ พง ษ์ "Phatphong") is an entertainment district in Bangkok, Thailand, catering mainly, though not exclusively, to foreign tourists and expatriates. While Patpong is internationally known as the red light district in the center of the sex industry in Bangkok is actually only one of many red-light some of the food especially Thai men and some others, such as Patpong, catering mainly to foreigners.

Location and layout 

Patpong (location: 13 ° 4342 "N 100 ° 3200" ECoordinates: 13 ° 4342 "N 100 ° 3200" E) consists of two parallel side streets work between Silom Road and Surawong roads and one side of the street, coming from the opposite side Surawong. Patpong is a short walk from the BTS Skytrain Sala Daeng Shiloh Line and Si Blue Line subway station Lom.

Patpong 1 is the main street with many bars of various kinds. Patpong 2 has a lot of these bars. Next to these lies Soi Jaruwan, sometimes called Patpong 3 but best known as Silom Soi fourth It has long catered to gay men, while the nearby Soi Thaniya a road bar with a Thai lady that cater almost exclusively to Japanese men. 

History and Ownership 
Patpong gets its name from the family that owns most of the property area, Patpongpanich (or Patpongpanit), natives of Hainan Province, China, came into the area in 1946. At that time it was undeveloped land on the outskirts of the city. Small Klong (canal) and teak houses were only features. The family built a road - now called Patpong 1 - and several shophouses, which were leased. Patpong 2 was added later, and both roads are in fact private property, not city streets. (The so-called Patpong 3 and Soi Thaniya does not belong to the family Patpongpanich). The old teak house was demolished long ago and Klong was filled to make way for more shophouses. Originally just a normal business area, the nearest of the bars will eventually drive out most other plants.