I arrived at Suvanabhumi Airport five p.m. It is not my first time here. Looking for a taxi, which was found abundance supplied, I glanced at an ugly giant statue of ogre smiling to greet me at the entrant of the airport terminal facility.

Although the rail link to the heart of the city’s still under construction, reaching the downtown area is quite convenience with several choices of transportation services. I took a shuttle bus to the hotel I have been booking to as suggested a man at the gate.

So tired, but I planned to discovered the entire city in one night.

I started with an acquainted place on the Sukhumvit road. A Soi Nana is a good place to visit. Most bars open since seven p.m. They shut doors earlier around two a.m. according to new law enforcement.

I decided avoiding the backpackers’ Mecca, Kaosan Road, by discovering the city on foot. The beers here are quite cheap, 350 baht (around $11.30) a drink.

There were good looking girls at the bars as always. Bar’s partners rushed for my arms and pushed me in every shop I walked by. But that wasn’t my goal for this time.

It’s nine p.m. but the whole place seemed still early evening. I revisited the go-go bar at Soi Sukhumvit 24. The girl I met some times ago wasn’t there. Her girl friend said had been moved to England with her boyfriend. Bad news.

I caught a motor rickshaw to another Bangkok’s nightlife-street, Patpong, which adjacent to Silom. The narrow alley or Soi has been notorious for red light area for decades, but my goal wasn’t at the go-go bars. It was a night market that’s plenty of paddlers hawking expensive-looking wares from around the world. I bought a couple of Hollywood movie DVDs that still in theater in the U.S. and a fake Rolex watch.

Five p.m. the street seemed as daylight. Restaurants here are never closed. Even more guests come as the day is going to die.

I visit an internet cafe for a couple of hours to chat and exchange email with colleagues back home. The cafe door has been shut by midnight but the store keeper told me that I was welcomed to stay as long as I wish.

I left the internet cafe two p.m. for Patpong. Avoiding the white-guy packed go-go bars I found one on another narrow Soi. It was the most amazing that I have got. Being stranger in the local folks, I fell like I am a somebody.

The go-go bar’s door has been already closed as I arrived, but they keep one at the back opened.

I’d met with tens of the local girls and gathered as much as eight numbers. They thought I was an expat. But I felt totally lost. That’s very good. I absolutely forgot tiring from long-hour journey.

It’s four a.m. My next sightseeing is the morning float market at Wat Arun (morning temple). It’s feeling great to discover Bangkok by boat this time. I had a seat on a fifty-yard long boat-restaurant. It only takes fifteen minutes to get there from Patpong.

Monks went out for morning round in line. I always like to see people smile at this time when they giving alms to the monks. It’s exceptionally beautiful scene with sun rise as the background. From the Oriental side of the Chao Phaya River, Wat Arun was buoying beautifully over fire of golden ray reflection. I thought of time to rest.

However, there wasn’t much time to appreciate the beauty, because I was so dog tired and had got a plane to catch. I went back to the hotel seven a.m. and fell to a sound sleep until it’s dark again.