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| The generals who seized power in Thailand have disrupted one of the country's most lucrative industries - the go-go bars that were forced to close early because of a curfew.
Now the junta has lifted the curfew, giving a green light for Bangkok's red-light districts and other evening activities to roar back to life.
For the first time in a month, Saturday night freedom returned to the Thai capital.
"This is a party city, that's why we're here," said Dan Moore, a 40-year-old visitor from England who had arrived on Saturday morning and planned to stay up all night to celebrate a friend's bachelor party. He had flown in, just like the 1980s pop song says, for One Night in Bangkok.
Moore's group started the night on one of the capital's most infamous red-light streets, Soi Cowboy, where they toasted the curfew being lifted.
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-essentials/travel-news/bangkoks-red-light-district-roars-back-into-life-20140617-3a9rw.html |
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