Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.therockpub-bangkok.com
; 93/26-28 Th Phayathai; 9.30pm-2am; Ratchathewi exit 2)
With posters
of Iron Maiden as interior design, and black jeans and long hair as the dress code, this
cavelike live-music bar is Thailand's unofficial Embassy of Heavy Metal.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
LIVING LARGE
In your home town you may be considered average or even petite but, based on the Thai measuring stick, you're
an extra large, clearly marked in the tag as 'LL' or, worse still, 'XL'. If that batters the body image, then skip the
street markets, where you'll bust the seams from the waist up - if you can squirm that far into the openings. If
you're larger than a US size 10 or an Australian size 14, you strike out altogether. Men will find that they exceed
Thai clothes in length and shoulder width, as well as shoe sizes. For formal wear, many expats turn to custom or-
ders through tailors. For ready-to-wear, many of the vendors at Pratunam Market and several stalls on the 6th
floor of MBK Center stock the larger sizes.
