RAWBangkok

As a blogger, there’s something that started bothering me sometime in the past year, and now it’s positively starting to drive me crazy, like an itch in the middle of my back that I can’t reach and can’t make go away.

Part of writing a Bangkok blog is to write about the nightlife. Some would say that’s the only reason for writing a Bangkok blog, though I would disagree with them intensely. For me, it is about trying to make the experience of life in Bangkok come alive for others; to offer a glimpse into what it means to live here. I see politics, work, personal relationships, transportation, language and many other topics to be relevant topics for me as a blogger. But that’s a different discussion.

For today, I want to talk — not about Bangkok nightlife directly — but about the act of writing about Bangkok nightlife.

I have always written about the three well-known pay-4-play areas: Nana, Cowboy and Patpong. Barring unforseen circumstances I expect I will talk about them for as long as I write a Bangkok blog.

But I have never limited myself to these centers of sin. My writing has reflected my interests, and my interests are varied.

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