Word: soi
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...mosques and schools. Accompanying the aid were teachers from those countries, with the result that today 10% to 15% of Cambodian Muslims are Wahhabis. Many go to Saudi Arabia to study. "They come back and are filled with fire and want to change the way we do things," says Soi Ponyamin, a commune chief in the village of Svay Khleang...
...Here are three reputable Bangkok shops where antique opium paraphernalia can be purchased: Lampion and Cheng's Collection, both in the River City shopping complex next to the Royal Orchid Sheraton, and Kilin, at the Oriental Place on Charoen Krung Road, Soi...
...Sukhumvit Soi 11, (662) 651 3537, is an old favorite for bouts of booty shaking to the best local and visiting DJs. Just down the street is the painfully hip Bed Supperclub, (662) 252 3274, where you can recline like a pasha on sprawling white sofas, with the added benefit of being able to boast to your friends about the beautiful people you were in Bed with last night. On the other side of Sukhumvit is British export Ministry of Sound, (662) 229 5850, where a regular procession of superstar international DJs and gaggles of glam young Thais keep...
...unsurpassed people watching, try the Balcony Bar, (662) 235 5891, on Silom Soi 4. It's a sidewalk gay bar that welcomes straights, and the ensuing mix of trendsetters and goggle-eyed tourists makes for a fun night. There are at least a dozen more clubs and bars clustered in the lane, catering to most music tastes; one of the best is the funk-tastic Tapas, (662) 234 4737. Stargazers should head to the Greyhound Caf? in The Empori-um, which resounds with the gossipy banter of soap-opera divas, pop stars and actress-models-despite signs designating areas...
...late-night fix of primo Italian dishes and sleaze at a safe distance, book a window table at Caffe Di Roma at 3 Soi Patpong 2, (662) 632 8250, for a fine meal accompanied by a grand view of the red-light district's notorious nightlife. It's one weird circus...