Soi 8 Photos (Part 2)

This is the forth and last page of this tour. If you have arrived here you may like to go back to the initial page of the Soi 7 and 8 tour.

Like previously stated Soi 8 is quite busy in the daytime. However it is night-time when it is most busiest and when most foreigners are around. During the day it is mainly Thais going about their business on Soi 8, and 7 for that matter. Because of that most of the business is aimed at the Thais as far as the hawkers are concerned. At night you will still see stuff being sold to the tie but there are a lot of hawkers trying to sell stuff to farangs.

The hawkers can be a real pain at times on both Soi 8 and 7. They sell everything from fake watches to pirate movies to wallets and belts to just about anything you would like to mention. You will also have people would want to clean your shoes while you have a drink. Then there are the people who want to take your photo and charge the 100 baht for the pleasure. Some of these people carry around snakes and monkeys for you to have your photo taken with. These hawkers can become very annoying at times.

One thing that may sadden you to see are children out late at night. You may see a mother (it may not be the child's mother at all) carrying an infant begging for money. Often you'll see children as young as maybe 5 or 6 selling incandescent bracelets and chewing gum. You can see these children out late at night. Most of them are not Thai but usually from Laos. These children will climb on you and pull at you. Be very careful with the contents of your pockets when they are around.

Anyway on with the show. We have now entered the soi that joins Soi 8 with Soi 7. Immediately on the left is the only beer bar complex on this soi.

You can see the bars a little better in this photograph.

And better again in this one.

This one looks back towards Soi 8.

Here you can see the intersection with Soi 7.

Looking back towards Soi 8.

This building is of a very different design than anything else in the area.

Now we are back on Soi 8 and heading towards Second Road.

The first door is of Sexy Girls Agogo

The Sunbeam hotel is another large hotel on Soi 8.

The Eastiny Group also has the Eastiny Palace Hotel on Soi 8

Looking back towards Beach Road.

Feeling like having a drink yet!!??

That brings us to the end of Soi 8.

The next few shots are taken along Second road.

We walk a little towards Soi 7.

The 7-eleven sign is at the entrance of Soi 8.

The 7-eleven sign in the next photograph is at the entrance of Soi 7.

Here is the entrance of Soi 7.

Just backing up a bit the next photo was taking at the corner of Soi 9 and Second Road. It is at this intersection that the bars stop. Behind the camera on the same side of Second Road there is a large shopping complex being developed. In the past there were bars on Soi 9 but not now as they were demolished to make space for the shopping complex. Will Soi 7 and 8 face the same fate?

That is the end of this tour and thanks for you company. For some photographs of this area at night you can see the Pattaya Night Photos section.

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