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(btwn Soi 3 & Soi 15, Th Sukhumvit; 11am-11pm Tue-Sun; Nana exits 1 & 3) Knock-off bags and
watches, stacks of skin-flick DVDs, Chinese throwing stars and other questionable gifts
dominate at this market peddling to package and sex tourists.
CLOTHING
Soi Lalai Sap
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(Soi 5, Th Silom; 9am-4pm Mon-Fri; Si Lom exit 2, Sala Daeng exit 2) The 'money-melting'
street has a number of vendors selling all sorts of cheap clothing, watches and homewares
during the day. Regular perusers say that imperfections from name-brand factories often
appear in the stacks.
Patpong Night Market
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SOUVENIRS
(Soi Patpong 1 & 2, Th Silom; 6pm-midnight; Si Lom exit 2, Sala Daeng exit 1) Drawing more
crowds than the ping-pong shows, this market continues the street's illicit leanings with a
deluge of cheap and pirated goods, particularly watches and clothing. Bargain with intens-
ity as first-quoted prices tend to be astronomically high.
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DANGERS & ANNOYANCES
You are more likely to be charmed rather than coerced out of your money in Bangkok.
Practised con artists capitalise on Thailand's famous friendliness and a revolving door of
clueless tourists. Bangkok's most heavily touristed areas - Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho, Jim
Thompson House, Th Khao San, Erawan Shrine - are favourite hunting grounds for these
scallywags. The best prevention is knowledge, so before hitting the ground, become fa-
miliar with the more common local scams.
If you've been scammed, the tourist police can be effective in dealing with some of the
'unethical' business practices and crime. But in general you should enter into every mon-
etary transaction with the understanding that you have no consumer protection or re-
course.
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