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...TIME's Bangkok bureau sits on a quiet residential soi, or street, where Buddhist monks stroll by in saffron robes. Parents drop off their kids at the local elementary school; university students in uniforms - yes, college kids wear uniforms in Bangkok - lug backpacks full of books. But just a few blocks away is one of the city's many saucy neighborhoods: Soi Cowboy, a neon-lit stretch boasting clubs such as Spice Girls and Doll House. During the day, I can walk Cassius, my pet schnauzer, down Soi Cowboy, and she gets friendly pats from sex workers in hot pants...
...contrast between Soi Cowboy and the neighboring streets is all the more striking, because the majority of Thai women are quite modest. Their collars are high, their hemlines low. Their bra straps do not peek out from under their shirts. A local newspaper recently ran an advice column counseling that girls should not get their ears pierced before the age of 18. Walking the residential lanes of Bangkok, you rarely see decolletage or muffin-tops, those rolls of flesh that peek out between hip-huggers and shrunken tank-tops. But then you turn a corner and a clutch of women...
...SIMON ROBINSON, Africa bureau chief, TIME The two blocks of shops in Old Melville include a couple of fantastic used-book stores. After browsing for forgotten classics, eat Thai (Soi is a favorite), Indian, Greek or Ethiopian (the newly opened Abyssinica), or have a drink at the Mozambican-flavored Xai Xai Lounge, pictured. If you don't linger you can catch a show at the Market Theatre in artsy Newtown...
...African food, head to Nambitha in Soweto. It has a vibe you can't quite get anywhere else, very friendly. Simon Robinson, Africa bureau chief, TIME The two blocks of shops in Old Melville include a couple of fantastic used-book stores. After browsing for forgotten classics, eat Thai (Soi is a favorite), Indian, Greek or Ethiopian (the newly opened Abyssinica), or have a drink at the Mozambican-flavored Xai Xai Lounge. If you don't linger you can catch a show at the Market Theatre in artsy Newtown...
...hidden from prying eyes off Sukhumvit Soi 22, but Bangkok's Washington Square is a compact slice of Americana lost in space and time. If you're in the Thai capital and happen to need a fix of bourbon and Johnny Cash tunes?or a quiet spot to chow down fried chicken amid Jim Beam and Burma Shave signage?then you've found your mecca...