Nighttime Entertainments in Thailand

Of the many nighttime activities, the most important is eating. Thailand is famous for its eating places with a great choice of delicious dishes at reasonable prices.

Indeed, the places for dining in this country are unlimited. Apart from the ordinary indoor restaurants, there are also outdoor restaurants and restaurants-on-boat. Some riverside restaurants also provide boats for their customers to view the night scenes along the river. They usually sail at about 7 p.m. and spend at least one hour cruising.

Many restaurants, especially those in the first-class hotels, provide music for entertainment. As in night-clubs, there are singers singing Thai and Western songs or musicians playing various kinds of musical instruments. But if you want to experience something Thai, why don't you go to a high-class Thai restaurant where you can enjoy Thai dishes, Thai music, and maybe Thai classical dances, too, all at the same time.

If you are still full of energy after dining, you may go to such places as : discotheques, bars, pubs, nightclubs and karaokes. There are plenty of them in Bangkok and other tourist cities. Some karaokes even offer private and VIP rooms.

If you don't like any of these, perhaps seeing movies may suite your interest. In the first-class cinemas, the last show of film starts variedly from about 10 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.

To visit shopping centers and department stores is another kind of entertainment which you can have until 9 p.m. which is the closing time for most department stores.

By the way, watching Thai-style boxing is also popular. Two best-known boxing stadiums in Bangkok are Lumpini Stadium on Rama IV Road and Ratchadamnoen Stadium on Ratchadamnoen Road. Boxing matches are staged at the former on Sundays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and at the latter on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The programmes may include international-style boxing and usually begins early in the evening. There are also boxing stadiums in tourist cities such as Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Phuket and Samui.